Ku Chun
Also Known As: 古軍, Ko Chun, Ku Chun, Goo Gwan, Gu Jun, Chun Ku, Jun Gu, Ku Kwan
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Adult: No
Birthday: December 18, 1918
Age: 106 years old
Gender: Male
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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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Beauty of Beauties
Overview: Hsi Shih: The Beauty of Beauties was one of the most ambitious films made in the Taiwan film industry in the 1960s. After leaving The Shaw Brothers studio in Hong Kong and moving to Taiwan, filmmaker Li Han-hsiang mounted this historical epic. Told through the story of Xishi (Hsi Shih), one of the 'Four Great Beauties' of Chinese history, the film portrays the war between two Chinese Kingdoms during the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C). After the kingdom of Yue is defeated by the kingdom of Wu, King Goujian of Yue takes pains to prepare for his revenge and rebuild his country. Knowing that King Fucha of Wu is lewd and lustful, he offers Xisi to the court of Wu to serve as Fucha’s concubine, with Fucha unaware that she is also a spy. She uses her charm to draw Fucha away from his office and governance, while King Goujian rallies his forces together to attempt to reclaim his lands.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1965-10-22
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Fire Bulls
Overview: The Warring States Period was a time of regional conflict as warlords sought to annex their neighbors and consolidate power across China. Set amidst this backdrop, "Fire Bulls" is an epic tale of the survival of a people and the heroism of one man. As the Yen army gathers on the outskirts of Chi seeking to gobble up its neighbor, the people of Chi are faced with the fall of the capital.
Genres: Action War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-21
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The Master Sword
Overview: A deranged swordsman travels the land taking on all comers and defeats them all with ease. News of these vile fights travels fast, and before long two other students of the sword are dispatched to rein him in.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-09-03
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The Rattling Whip
Overview: An undercover marshal wants to arrest famous bandit Kao Pao Tien, and he wants his daughter to help him find the castle where the bandit lives. He mistakes a young lady for Kao Pao Tien's daughter and saves her life while she is in an inn where she met her father's friend, who was Kao Pao Tien's man. She discovers that Kao Pao Tien was her mother's brother-in-law and that he tried to rape her once when he was drunk. He fought with the young lady's father and hurt her mother with a poisoned dart. During the 18 following years, the lady's father trained her to fight in order that she takes revenge for her mother's death.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-11-20
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Family Love
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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The Blind Hero Fighting Evil Wolf
Overview: Zatoichi goes to Taiwan to fight the Chinese.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-12-12
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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 Super Riders
Overview: A famous scientist - Dr. Chien - who works for an underworld organization finds out that his discoveries are going to be used for earth's destruction! So he decides to give his work to 2 young students of his and build a new elite troop team - The Infras! There are plenty ugly creatures, minions of a greater boss who terrorize people. The two students with the help of Dr. Chien master super powers in order to prevent evil forces from destroying the earth!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-07-17
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Fighting of Shaolin Monks
Overview: The Fighting of Shaolin Monk tells the story of the Famed Monk, Tamo (Chen Sing Hong Kong's most prolific action star) who was one of the original founders of the Shaolin Temple. Monk Tamo travels from India preaching peace and Buddhism. But if they wanted peace they never should have gotten Chen Sing to portray Tamo, as he soon gets involved with a local town that is besieged by a warlord who is trying to control the regions water supply. The final fight is Chen Sing vs. Ko Fei in a battle to the death. this is not to be missed!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-19
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Master Hui Neng
Overview: Taiwanese historical drama about the Buddhist monk Huineng.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Firefox's Killer
Overview: A Taiwanese gang tries to get the inheritance of their big boss under any circumstances. This situation will lead to numerous killings and the subsequent revenge.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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A Summer at Grandpa's
Overview: A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-11-24
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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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Fallen Petals
Overview: Taiwan's most glamorous screen couple, Ko Chun-Hsiung and Chang Mei-Yao, co-star in "Fallen Petals", a romance with the unique setting of Taiwan during World War II, when the island was a colony of Japan. Ko is drafted into the Japanese army and forced to leave his pregnant girlfriend behind. When he is presumably killed in action, Chang becomes a cabaret girl to support their baby. Thanks to director Pan Lei's sensitive scenario, the dramatic outcome is far from predictable.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1968-05-24
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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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The Purple Shell
Overview: Shaw production
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-08-02
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Remote Love
Overview: Yimin, the son of a carriage driver of Xinjiang ethnicity, is in love with Malihan. Malihan's father despises Yimin for his lowly background and forces his daughter to marry Bulate. Min then leaves town for development for 5 years and comes back as an army officer. However, Han has been forced to engage with Te. With Han defying the arrangement, Te challenges Min to a duel. Min catches the bullet meant for Te and wins him and Han's father to his side. But when war beckons, he sacrifices love to join the army. After the war, Min goes back to his hometown but everything has changed. Han and her whole family have gone without a trace. Min can only recall the past alone.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1956-10-19
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White Cloud Home Town
Overview: When female student Chen Jingfen went to Hong Kong to visit her fiancé Bai Kanru, she met Bai's classmate Lin Huaibing. Because Bai was secretly engaged in the work of purchasing and transporting arms for the Communist army, he had no time to take care of Jingfen, and soon she fell into the arms of Huai Bing. Huai Bing was used by a female spy, and his arms were blown up by the enemy. Jingfen was very disappointed with him, and she returned to the mainland to join the death squads...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Run Away
Overview: Kidnapped by a group of bandits and raped by their chief, Dan Zhu slowly develops feelings for the perpetrator. Echoing the social realism of Taiwanese new wave filmmaking, director Wang Tung revisits the wuxia genre, with the emphasis on psychology rather than action.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-07-13
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Heaven and Hell
Overview: Actors David Chaing and Alexander Fu Sheng join director Chang Cheh and the rest of the Five Deadly Venoms crew for a supernatural martial arts epic that takes the action to another plane of reality entirely. When a fallen angel descends to the Earth on a mission to storm the underworld, a love shared between angels and humans offers telling testament to the power of a lucky ghost. In the battle that follows, both the living and the dead will discover that a war waged in hell could have consequences that resound forever
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-01-18
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