Yang Kuei-Yu
Also Known As: 楊奎玉, Yeung Fui-Yuk, Yeung Gam-Yuk, Kuei Yi Yang, Kuei Yu Yeung
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Department: Acting
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Gender: Male
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Secret Message
Overview: A young boy holds the secret to the coveted kung fu manual. A martial clan lead by Pai Ying hunt mercilessly for the book. Blind but not out, Lung Jun Er saves the boy and defeats the aggressors.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-09-17
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The Golden Mask
Overview: Life takes a turn for Chi Kwan Chun after he accepts a contract from the mysterious "Golden Mask". The "mark" turns out to be Chi's brother and after unwittingly …
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-11-07
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The Fantastic Magic Baby
Overview: In The Fantastic Magic Baby, director Chang Cheh weaves a wild and woolly yarn about how the legendary Monkey King and Goddess of Mercy battle and defeat the child god Hung Hai-erh then point him down the road to righteousness.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-08-15
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Downhill They Ride
Overview: Northeastern China is infested with bandits. Hsiao Kai (Paul Chang Chung), a wandering knight, captures a white horse from thieves. His skilful handling of the horse earns his admiration of fellow traveler Chu Ching Hsu (Wong Chung Shun). They arrive at Lo Lung Kow, where the villagers hunt for a living and are constantly terrorized by bandits. Grocer Ting Tze Pao (Ngai Ping Ngo) returns from his negotiations with the bandits with bad news. They intend to collect furs from the villagers at a fixed price. Village leader Mu (Yuen Sam and his daughter Tsui Ying (Pat ting Hung) run a tavern. She wonders how the white horse belonging to a Sinkiang youth named Sha Yi Ti (Man Ling) is now in the possession of Hsiao Kai.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1966-02-04
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Tiger & Crane Fists
Overview: Two masters from rival Kung Fu schools must combine their skills to defeat an evil Japanese lord.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Ferocious to Ferocious
Overview: Jackal Lam's gang and the police commissioner steal Tiger Wong's shipment of illegal gold. In order to avenge himself and reclaim the gold, Tiger Wong hires the justice fighter, Frank Chan. Frank Chan soon learns that Jackal Lum may be the head of an illegal gun-running operation... Let the violence begin!
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-12-31
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Duel with Samurai
Overview: During the Ming dynasty in China, the coastal areas were rampant. A Wokou who refers himself as the Nippon Ronin (Chan Hung-lit), colludes with the coastal local tyrants of Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces, along with cult religious groups. They occupy Baiyunzhuang and plundered everywhere. Young warrior Fan Chen-tung (Kong Ban) leads a resistance group to retaliate which prompts the Chinese martial world to share the same hatred against the Japanese and tyrants.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-09-03
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The Cantonese
Overview: Barry Chan plays the Canton kid a kung fu fanatic who takes on three vicious kung fu thugs who after being released from jail have come to Canton looking to cause a lot of trouble and to settle old scores.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-10-18
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Layout
Overview: The place: Shanghai. The time: 1921. The Japanese aggression towards China is getting stronger each day. Enter Hsueh Ao-Lin, an agent of the government sent to uncover the Chinese traitors helping the enemy. Once inside, Hsueh must fight both the Japanese and his countrymen for his sake, and the future of China.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-02-10
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The Big Fellow
Overview: Charles Heung does battle with ruthless triads during the early years of the republic
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-06-30
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The Furious Avenger
Overview: In the early days of the war of resistance against the foreign power invasion, Wu is captured and most of his family members are brutally murdered. Wu swears to seek revenge. He tracks down the murderers one by one.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-04-27
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In The Beginning
Overview: Fantasy film from Taiwan, featuring the Chinese creation mythology of Pangu and Nüwa.
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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The Fist of Justice
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Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-07-11
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The Champion of Champions
Overview: A young woman who seeks revenge on the master of a kung fu school who murdered her parents is aided by acrobats and a traveling hero and his female friend.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-01-21
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Crazy Nuts of Kung Fu
Overview: A roadside bandit reluctantly agrees to become the muscle for a traveling gambler/cheat. In an attempt to steal from traitorous warlords, they get involved with rebel fighters who hope to use the riches to fund their revolution.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-03-01
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Return of the 18 Bronzemen
Overview: Despite the national resistance, the Manchurians have taken over China, but the Ching Emperor fears that the Shaolin Temple disciples would overthrow the dynasty. So he disguises himself as a disciple, in order to become a kung fu master and control the Shaolin monks. But according to custom, he must pass the test of the legendary 18 Bronzemen before he can leave the Temple.
Genres: Action Adventure War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-08-14
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The Magnificent Monk
Overview: The Magnificent Monk is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie
Genres: Comedy Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-03-01
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The Wolf and the Angel
Overview: A 1968 film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1968-12-19
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Young Flying Hero
Overview: A 1970 film.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-03-26
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Jade Hairpin Alliance
Overview: Shaw legend Tony Liu Yung is the swashbuckling swordsman who takes on all odds. The Jade Hairpin is the only clue in a series of crimes that are carried out by the opera gang, a band of masked men of a poisonous family. Its weapon is a cunning plan of guts vs. skill and brains vs. survival in this epic!
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-08-07
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Gecko Kung Fu
Overview: Set during China in the 1930's a young Chinese martial artist and Japanese resistance fighter strikes up a friendship with the daughter of a Japanese General leading to lots of intrigue and conflict
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-02-26
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Good Bye! Darling
Overview: Have no other info than it was part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-07-30
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Battles with the Red Boy
Overview: Shaw Brothers starlet Tien stars as the mythical deity Red Boy. He is sent by the gods to do battle with the monkey King who is up to more magical mischief than is good for him.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Animation
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-02-10
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The Screaming Tiger
Overview: Rare was the film in 1973 that incorporated the star's name in the title. One of the few such films was Screaming Ninja, aka Wang Yu, King of Boxing. The story is set in China in the early 1900x. Essentially playing an extension of himself, action-star Wang-Yu spends much of the time defending himself against evil martial-arts masters. He also tries to make sense of a tragic incident in his past.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-08-16
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The Mighty One
Overview: The famed Ivy Ling Po (Temple Of The Red Lotus) stars as a mysterious swordswoman dedicated to keeping the five volume "Five Generations Fighting Methods" kung-fu manual out of evil-doers' hands. She joins Ling Yun, star of The Iron Buddha, who plays a hero known only as the Roving Knight to fight, train, then fight again -- facing such characters as The Six-Armed Giant and The 1000-Cut in this action-packed adventure.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-02-05
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Flight Man
Overview: Flight Man takes place in Taiwan in 1933, when the country was under Japanese occupation after the First Sino-Japanese War. The Taiwanese people have signed a petition to have the Japanese establish a Taiwan council, but instead this merely provokes the Japanese police to hunt down and round up everyone who signed the petition.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-10-24
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Lover's Rock
Overview: Taiwan's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1964
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1964-10-16
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The Professional Killer
Overview: Shaw Brothers star Wang Yu plays Ho Gang, a competent swordsman who takes a job as a hired assassin. Though reluctant he ends up becoming highly successful, but he is wary as one of his targets is killed before he can fulfill the contract, leading him to suspect that he is being double crossed.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-04-10
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The Way of the Tiger
Overview: The greatest martial arts spectacular of all time!
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-02-26
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Return of the Chinese Boxer
Overview: In wake of the First Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895, a group of Japanese warlords calculate that the best way to prepare an invasion of the rest of China from their southern Manchuria staging ground.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-11-12
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7-Man Army
Overview: In 1933, 20,000 Japanese soldiers and 50 tanks invaded the Pa Tou Lou Tzu, a strategic key point of the Great Wall. With only seven men stationing, these heroes took on the entire army for five days before succumbing. Director Chang Cheh recreated this epic battle with his favorite cast including Ti Lung, David Chiang, Alexander Fu Sheng and Chen Kuan-tai, as a celluloid tribute to these nameless souls.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-04-16
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Boxer Rebellion
Overview: Three young martial arts brothers, played by Chi Kuan-chun, Alexander Fu Sheng and Leung Kar-yan, go in search of fellow patriots dissatisfied with Imperialist foreigners and wind up joining a rising sect of the Boxers, led by an opportunistic conman. Named as such for their use of martial arts, these boxers are revolutionaries who believe that spirits protect their bodies from foreign guns. They even dupe the Empress Dowager, who gives them her royal blessing to fight the foreigners.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-01-29
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