Dean Shek Tin
Also Known As: 石天, Dean Shek Tin, Dean Shek, Shek Tin, Shi Tian
Biography: Dean Shek Tin (Chinese: 石天) (17 June 1949—September 20, 2021) is a veteran Hong Kong feature film actor and film producer with over 92 acting credits to his name. He is perhaps best known as Professor Kai-hsien in the 1978 film, Drunken Master, Lung Sei in the 1987 film, A Better Tomorrow II, and Snooker in the 1990 film, The Dragon from Russia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Beijing, China
Birthday: June 17, 1949
Deathday: September 20, 2021
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Aces Go Places
Overview: King Kong, a clever thief who steals a cache of diamonds from some gangsters, frames another thief called White Glove for the crime. That's when the bald detective Albert Au, who has been chasing King Kong for quite some time, pairs with the volatile female Superintendent Ho to bring him to justice. King Kong ends up joining the good guys to defeat White Glove and another bad guy dubbed Mad Max, and recover the diamonds from the hiding place where they were left by King Kong's dead accomplice.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1982-01-16
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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Overview: Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the snake fist fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the eagle's claw style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-03-01
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The Delinquent
Overview: Delivery boy Chung rings an order to a local martial arts school. He shows that he too is a kung fu student when he punches a bag and also kicks out the instructor for his money. Chung has a tough life. His father constantly nags him to work hard. One day, his is heckled by Chien-Pe, a disabled thug who runs a gang. Chung fights and beats them up and as a result, he is fired from his job. Chien turns to his boss, Tai Chung, to get Chung.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-02-15
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The Young Dragons
Overview: The powerful mobster Leung, who is protected by the dangerous and wicked Huan Fai, sells two hundred Japanese weapons and ammunition to a Chinese gang. He uses the smuggler Luy Fu to bring the weapons but the smalltime thief Kim and his gang heist the shipment on the road and dump the cargo into the sea. However, he lures Luy Fu and asks a large amount to return the weapons with the intention of traveling abroad with his brother. Meanwhile Kim befriends Fan Ming, an undercover police office from Shanghai that is investigating the illegal activities of Leung. When the mobster finds that Fan Ming is a policeman, Leung ambushes him and Huan Fai and his men stab the officer that falls from a cliff into the sea. Kim brings Fan Ming's fiancée Ipi Feng to the house of his lover, the prostitute Hung, and tells Ipi Feng that her fiancé was murdered by Leung. She decides to revenge the death of her beloved Fan Ming with tragic consequences.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-07-25
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The Iron-Fisted Monk
Overview: Husker is a student of the Shaolin monks, learning kung fu so that he can avenge his uncle who was murdered by the Manchus who control the province. He leaves his training early, desperate to teach the killers a lesson, and teams up with a martial artist monk who is teaching a group of factory workers how to defend themselves. When the Manchus strike again, Husker and his Buddhist pal decide it's time to even the score.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1977-08-25
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Killer Darts
Overview: They brutally killed his wife, wiped out dozens of his innocent people, and burnt his entire village down to a charbroiled crisp. Now, master Liou Wen-lung is out for revenge. Armed with a near-invincible sword style and a pack of killer darts, he heads out to settle a 10-year old grudge with the cold-blooded evildoers. Joining him is his son, an orphan named Yu Sien and his trusty servant.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1968-05-09
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Fearless Hyena 2
Overview: A pair of evil kung-fu artists, Heaven and Earth, are slaughtering the entire Yin-Yang brotherhood.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-03-04
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A Better Tomorrow II
Overview: A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1987-12-17
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Kung Fu Conspiracy
Overview: A kung-fu movie about espionage and conflict between the Chinese and the Japanese; a.k.a. The Big Risk; a.k.a. When Tough Guys Meet; original title Hu dou hu
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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A Family Affair
Overview: To get their parents back together, two clever siblings team up with their grandpa in a series of mischievous antics.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1984-08-15
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Snake-Crane Secret
Overview: Snake and Crane Secret is a fast paced martial arts action film about a familys battle for survival. A family tries to uphold their honor while keeping their Sacred Kung Fu book from getting into the wrong hands. A tale of deceit mistrust and traditional values unfolds along with spectacular fight sequences necessary to keep the Snake Crane Secret.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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They Came to Rob Hong Kong
Overview: A bungling gang of criminal mercenaries arrives from the Chinese mainland on a mission for a mysterious evil mastermind, only to discover that their shady new employer has set them all up for a fall.
Genres: Action Crime Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-02-23
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Peking Opera Blues
Overview: In 1913 Beijing, three fierce women—disguised rebel Tsao Wan, jewel-seeking Sheung Hung, and opera heiress Pat Neil—embark on a daring quest filled with intrigue and betrayal, challenging societal norms amidst political turmoil and the vibrant world of Peking Opera.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-09-06
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To Hell with the Devil
Overview: A shmo makes a deal with the devil so he can become a great Pop star just to impress his dream girl. After he makes the deal, a catholic priest hangs around him to try and convince him that he screwed up and he needs to get his soul back or he'll be damned for eternity. Well, everything goes bad for the shmo and he wants his soul back. But, the devil's lacky doesn't want to give it back. So the priest and the devil's lackey go at it mano y mano.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1982-04-08
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Dance of Death
Overview: An orphan boy seeks revenge upon a villainous kung-fu sect that killed his friends. He chances upon two old kung fu masters who are fighting to determine who's the better fighter; one is a drunk, the other puffs constantly on a pipe. Fei Fei convinces them to teach him kung fu, and then he'll fight using both of their techniques and will discover which is superior. So Fei Fei ends up fighting his way up the ranks of the evil sect with the two old men trailing after him, evaluating the battles and counting how many of their individual moves Fei Fei uses. The final battle with the white-haired master of the sect, using new kung fu moves inspired by dancers in a brothel, is amazingly gymnastic. --Bret Fetzer
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-07-04
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Call Me Dragon
Overview: Golden Sand City is filled with brothels and casinos funded by drug lord Yim Kung Ho (evil Mr. Yem) and policed by the iron fist of his henchman Panther (Leopard Head). Vigilantes Inspector Big Dragon (Bruce Liang), Little Mouse, and Black Cat plan to bring Yum Kung Ho and his evil empire to its knees, but face fierce opposition in the deadly Panther, who has the stolen pearls sought after by Big Dragon and his new ally Mei Ling.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-21
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The Last Message
Overview: Li (Sam Hui) works at a sanitarium as a male nurse, and Ah Tim (Michael Hui) is a handy man. One day, a bearded old man is sent into the sanitarium with a large bag. Ah Tim manages to steal the bag, and finds antique fragments inside. When the old man dies, the pair learn from his daughter that there is a sunken vessel that is loaded with much more than they already have, so they decide to go after the sunken treasure.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-08-21
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The Raid
Overview: In the 1930s, China was in a state of turmoil and flurry. The dethroned Emperor Pu-Yi had established the Puppet State of Manchukuo in Manchuria and was cooperating with the Japanese in the testing of poisonous gas. The revolutionary army headed by Lieutenant Mong is assigned to crush this vicious plot. During his mission, Mong comes across witty and valiant veteran Uncle Choy and his friends, who volunteer to help. Mong believes that Uncle Choy is too old to join them. How can Uncle Choy prove himself? And can they succeed in their mission?
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-03-28
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Emperor of Shaolin Kung Fu
Overview: The Emperor is under attack by marauders and he is so depressed with his failure to protect his people, that he sees no other option than to kill himself. In his grief, he also decides to maim his daughter by cutting of her arm (there is a long tradition of one armed fighters in Hong Kong cinema). After being maimed, the Princess wanders around trying to enlist help from anyone who will listen to her, but no matter whom she meets they either prove too weak to fight off the marauders or they wind up betraying her. Things take a turn for the surreal when her faithful servant girl cuts off her own arm to impersonate the Princess and dies. The Princess goes crazy until she meets handsome Carter Wong, the gentle brute of a butcher who is caring for his Buddhist nun mother. He promises his mom on her death bed he will marry the now lunatic princess. Serious kicking ensues, including sword wielding women, and some high kicking action from Mr. Carter Wong. Enjoy!
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-04-12
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Crazy Guy with Super Kung Fu
Overview: Dead Eye and his gang are terrorizing a small Chinese region. Chan Ling and his group of misfit friends take it upon themselves to stop evildoers by learning the Super Kung Fu style. Luckily for them, a mysterious stranger is also after Dead Eye.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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The Kung Fu Monks
Overview: A monk is expelled from a monastery because he was found with a dirty magazine under his pillow. He falls in with a gang of villains, who hire him because of his martial arts skills. He later returns to the monastery where (for reasons unexplained), he fights his former buddy-monk.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1975-12-12
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Blood Reincarnation
Overview: A horror anthology. In the first, a man and his pregnant wife help an old woman bury a covered pot in a field. Believing that the pot contains treasure, they kill the old woman, only to find that it contains nothing but bones. The pregnant woman goes into labor over the dead woman's body, and blood from that event drips onto the corpse. The baby, when born, is fully able to bite his father's finger off and kill him. The second episode concerns an adulterous couple who, when discovered by the woman's husband, nail him up in a box and try various means to dispose of him, all of them somehow lacking finality. The final episode concerns a man who is wrongly accused and executed for a murder he did not commit. Using a bit of magic as he dies, he is able to return to his home for a few days as a very vigorous ghost.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-10-03
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April Fool
Overview: Hong Kong movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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The Man with Two Wives
Overview: shaw production
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-06-11
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Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog
Overview: Multi-Hand Chick asks Crazy Frog for protection after stealing someone's wallet at the casino. Foolishly he accepts, and even more foolishly he follows her home and removes his Invincible Armor when she pretends to be willing to sleep with him. Of course she steals it, and when he tries to follow her, he's stopped by Dirty Tiger who is on a mission to bring Crazy Frog back to his wife. However, Dirty Tiger would really like to have that armor himself...
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-07-21
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Drunken Master
Overview: After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-10-05
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City Hero
Overview: Five young and idealistic policemen, nicknamed Bravo (Mark Cheng), Rambo (Anthony Tang), Superstition (Bennett Pang), Wealthy (Michael Wong) and Old Bachelor (Billy Lau) are tired of their jobs and are determined to join the Special Duties Unit. Instructor Lee (Dean Shek) demands discipline, efficiency and obedience. Despite the hostility and hardships, the young officers begin to realize that Instructor Lee is passionate at heart. Eventually, they all respect him for his devotion and inspiration. On a silent night, they are summoned to an emergency assignment. A dozen of innocent citizen are held as hostages. The death of Bravo in their first successful mission sadden their high spirit and celebrating mood.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1985-10-19
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The Ring of Death
Overview: This story tells a story of an underdog mistreated by his family, given kung fu instruction from an unlikely source, and reddeemed when he comes back to take on foreign champions in a tournament staged before an imperial audience.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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The Protectors
Overview: Ling (Lo Lieh) and Guan are the Black and White Chiefs of the Eagle Escort security firm: during the opening credit sequence, we see them recover a stolen shipment of gold; by the time the credits have run, the two are literally knee-deep in bodies.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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A Queen's Ransom
Overview: A Hong Kong mobster's sister is working with authorities on their investigation into her own brother's plot to assassinate the Queen.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-09-16
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Odd Couple
Overview: Hailed as possibly the greatest classical weapons movie ever made and starring world-renowned martial arts master, director and action-choreographer, Sammo Hung. This film showcases some of the most spectacular and intricate weapons duels ever committed to film. Sammo Hung and Lau Kar Wing play dual roles as both masters and students of the sword and spear styles of kung fu. Comic mayhem ensues when the students get kidnapped and the masters must rescue them.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-08-09
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Ambush
Overview: An officer of the law and his father are framed for a robbery they did not commit. With only his father's sword at the scene and the man nowhere to be found the officer flees in order to discover who really stole the jewels so that he may clear the family name.
Genres: Action Adventure Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-01-05
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The Black Tavern
Overview: This sword-filled thriller centers on the title location--an inn where the down and dirty meet to plot nefarious doings. Award winning actor Ku Feng stars as the "Whip Devil," while the luminous and lethal Shih Szu plays "The Lady Hermit" who has a surprise in store for all the double-crossing masters of mayhem.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-12-16
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The Deadly Knives
Overview: Plotting to obtain the Yen family's land, dastardly Japanese plutocrat Omura bribes Yen nephew Hsu Chien to steal the family seal and land deed. When Hsu Chien is caught in the act, he viciously beats elderly Master Yen to death to cover his actions. Determined to avenge the wrongs committed on his family and his country, young master Yen Tzu Fei blazes a knife-throwing path of revenge that leads him to his love Yue Hua's father, who has corrupt connections with the Japanese
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-06-29
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Lady of the Law
Overview: Jiao is framed for rape and murder (and, later, two more murders) by Chen and his son - the same people who framed Jiao's father and left him orphaned. Into the mix comes THE LADY OF THE LAW, Miss Leng, whose job it is to find the guilty. This she does, and she and Jiao find themselves battling pretty much everyone else who's appeared in the movie up to this point.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-06-07
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Breakout from Oppression
Overview: Tsao Chan (Gordon Liu) is a letter carrier in the countryside who wanders into a town after being accosted by some corrupt cops. He witnesses three men running from a group of houses, and when he investigates he finds two murder victims inside. Meanwhile, a skirmish is developing between a factory owner (Fung Hak On) and his workers, led by two brothers (Paul Chin and Dean Shek). Tsao recognizes the brothers as two of the men fleeing the murder scene, so he decides to ally with the factory boss in order to go solve the crime. Soon though, it becomes clear that the boss and his thugs may have other things in mind that aren't so kosher. Tsao becomes trapped in the middle of the feuding groups and must decide who is honest and who is not.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-06-22
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Dance of the Drunk Mantis
Overview: A year after training young Jackie Chan in the Drunken Fist, Sam the Seed discovers he has a son, Foggy. He tries to train Foggy but to no avail. Foggy is then trained in Drunken Fist from his uncle as he must face his father's rival, Rubber Legs, another Drunken Fist master who combines it with Mantis Fist to create a deadly style.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-06-26
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The Villains
Overview: A poor orphan seeks help from her wealthy uncle and his sons.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-03-09
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The Singing Killer
Overview: David Chiang stars as a nightclub vocalist whose former criminal friends blackmail him into working with them again.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-12-22
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My Funny Intern
Overview: Alan Tang plays a famous soccer coach who comes down with the flu. He goes to a clinic for help and meets Brigitte Lin who is a doctor. He is immediately taken with her and asks her out. She rebuffs his advances and refuses to attend his 25th birthday party. When Tang is sad at his party, his friends get the idea to fake a call to Doctor Fong (Lin). She comes and, although annoyed by the trick, stays. Lin and Tang then fall in love...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-08-04
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The Golden Lotus
Overview: Golden Lotus is based, in part, on Jin Ping Mei, a famous erotic novel of ancient China. Li Han-Hsiang adapted part of the story into this film, which starts with Hsi Men Ching, a successful merchant, wooing Pan Chin Lien, the beautiful wife of one of the townspeople.
Genres: Romance Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-01-17
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The Girlie Bar
Overview: A widower forces his three beautiful daughters to work in his seedy bar and must do what they are told no matter what. The film features Lin Chen-chi who had just starred in Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1976-10-05
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The Human Goddess
Overview: Li Ching is the Seventh Sister, an angel who comes down from heaven to see what life in Hong Kong is like. In Hong Kong, she runs into Zili(Chin Feng), a reincarnated version of her deceased lover, Dong Yong. Zili, with help from cook Uncle Bull(the warm, portly Peng Peng), do their best to watch over homeless kids in an run-down orphanage. However, a heartless tycoon named Xu Caifa wants the land where the orphanage is and he's willing to go to extremes to get it. Armed with omnipotent powers, spirit, and help from her "celestial sisters", Seventh Sister works to defend Zili, Uncle Bull, and the orphans from Xu Caifa.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Music
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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The Fugitive
Overview: Siu Lao (Lieh) and Ma Tien Piao (Feng) are bandits who ride from town to town holding up banks and killing anyone who tries to stop them using their superb and rapid fire shooting skills. When a holdup goes wrong, Siu sends Ma away with the cash and tells him that if he is caught to try and rescue him later. Siu is tortured and as time passes he realizes his sworn brother isn't coming for him instead setting up a bandit gang to carry on with murdering and banditry. Sui manages to escape and heads for Ma's encampment to settle some scores.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-12-06
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Illicit Desire
Overview: Tang Dynasty emperors, Ming Dynasty scholars, assorted fortunetellers, and several Buddhist monks figure in a trio of erotic and mystical Chinese legends.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-08-04
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Fearless Hyena
Overview: Lung is a talented fighter but prefers to spend his time loafing around and picking fights, despite orders from his grandfather not to fight. Unknown to him, a brutal general has been slaughtering all the people from his grandfather’s clan. When the general recognizes Lung’s style of kung fu during one of his street fights, he hunts down Lung’s grandfather and kills him.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-02-17
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Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
Overview: Forced to choose between the woman he loves and the dangerous, fast-paced life of motorcycles, what will our hero do? Will he toss the bike aside and pick the girl? Or will he leave the girl in favor of the bike? Or is there a chance for some sort of compromise?
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-09-20
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Young Lovers
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Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-05-29
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Tales of Larceny
Overview: In “The Scholar and The Soldier”, Major Fang is obsessed with Yu Zhen by chance, knowing that she is the daughter of scholar Xu, he decided to enter their house in disguise with his page, and however, Yu Zhen's cousin comes back for the pre-arranged marriage at the same time. Li Han-hsiang both scripted and helmed “Tales of Larceny” about the scams cons worked and the games people played during the corrupt Chinese Warlord era, featuring a cast filled with the best of Shaw's exceptional character actors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Let's Go to Bed
Overview: shaw production
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-06-24
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Half a Loaf of Kung Fu
Overview: A young daydreamer assumes the identity of a dead martial arts hero and quickly finds himself caught up in a plot by several clans to steal famous martial arts artifacts being transported by an escort company.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-06-30
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The Bedevilled
Overview: In a small town found the only son of possession, the local, most influential family, dead and naked in vinbutiks hostess, Cheng Niang. His father insists that there is a murder committed by Chai-Tseng Chu, Cheng Niang husband. Tseng claims he is innocent. However, Cheng Niang has disappeared. Old Lin then tries to bribe Magistrate Tang judging Tseng to death and execute him immediately. Cheng Niang learns about her husband's death and freezing. Judge Tang is guilty and begins to see ghosts every night
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Warriors Two
Overview: In an attempt to save his village from being taken over by brutes, Wah is beaten to a pulp and his mother brutally murdered. Determined to take revenge, Wah learns the art of Wing Chun and enters into a showdown with the nasty villains.
Genres: Action Drama Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-12-28
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The Bodyguard
Overview: A retired bodyguard who has settled into a corner of the world where China, Russia and North Korea meet as he suffers from early dementia finds a new friend in a young girl. When her life is threatened by her father's connection with a local crime lord, .the bodyguard must call upon his long forgotten skills to save her.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2016-04-01
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Spiritual Kung Fu
Overview: Jackie Chan plays the part of the class clown in a shaolin temple whose deadliest secret is stolen. All is lost until Jackie's character discovers dancing blue ghosts with bright red hair who haunt the library.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-11-23
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Beware Of Pickpockets
Overview: Big Nose Pao is a faithful and honest constable that has been tasked to arrest Three Hands, a pickpocket. However, each time the pickpocket is caught, he's released by the lack of evidence. Although Three Hands steals for a living, the money that he takes from the rich people, is spent on the seven poor orphans with whom he lives in an old shaky church.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1981-02-05
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Chasing Girls
Overview: Afro-haired Robert demonstrates over and over to his gawking cousin how easy it is to pick up girls. Robert eventually narrows the field down to two girls. One is a TV model, the other a rich girl with a red sports car working as a waitress. Robert finds the part after the pickup to be a bit more difficult.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1981-08-07
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Laughing Times
Overview: A homeless wanderer just happens across various articles of clothing that make him resemble Charlie Chaplin much to the amusement of passersby.
Genres: Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-12-24
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Mantis Fists & Tiger Claws of Shaolin
Overview: When the local thugs harass a restaurant owner's daughter, Shuang Shuang, a mysterious stranger named Yung Feng fends them off. While Yung Feng is off to the local brothel to find his long lost sister, Shuang Shuang gets sexually assaulted by the thugs, who are later killed by something hiding in the woods. The father of the thugs, Hung Chun Piao, believes that Yung Feng committed the murders, and confronts him...
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-10-06
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Hong Kong Superman
Overview: Hong Kong Superman is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1975-06-25
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It Takes Two
Overview: It Takes Two is a 1982 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Karl Maka and starring Dean Shek and Richard Ng.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1982-07-15
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The Perfect Wife?!
Overview: The Perfect Wife?! is a 1983 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed Dean Shek and starring Shek, Eric Tsang and Linda Lau.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-08-05
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Winner Takes All!
Overview: Winner Takes All! is a Hong Kong Action-Comedy starring Sammo Hung and Richard Ng.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1977-12-29
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The Yellow Panther
Overview: The Yellow Panther is a Hong Kong Crime-Comedy starring Richard Ng.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1977-03-02
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Filthy Guy
Overview: Sammo Hung is a poor village orphan called 'Filthy Guy' for his unwashed / diseased head whose ambitious landlord's son becomes king and wants to kill him as a prophecy predicts Sammo Hung will replace him
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-12-21
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Kung Hei Fat Choy
Overview: Money God was being naughty in heaven and as a punishment, he was sent to Earth to do good deeds for humans. On Earth, he meets Fung, a restaurant owner and his son Ben. Money God guides Fung to success and his business begins to rise while also helping him fend off loan shark Mo. At the same time, Money God tries to woo Fung's younger sister Ellen. Later, Mo learns of the Money God and unsuccessfully tries to exploit him. As his popularity spreads across Hong Kong, cops, triads and ghostbusters start trailing the Money God.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1985-02-15
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No End of Surprises
Overview: No End of Surprises is a Hong Kong Comedy Drama starring Jackie Chan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1975-12-05
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Crazy Crooks
Overview: Slapstick movie about 2 swindlers, Kong Kun Chat (Karl Maka) and Moo Pi Chide (Dean Shek) who gambled with fake money with someone else to get back real money. At least Kong and Moo thought it was real money. Turned out the money was also fake, and a death warrent is issued for them. Luckily, a little kid Mak Tau saves their lives. - Yellow Hammer
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-02-14
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Broken Oath
Overview: Lotus never had a chance. Her mother seethed with anger at being unjustly imprisoned for turning her attemped rapist into a cyclops. Mother repeatedly asked her good friend and fellow prisoner, Pickpocket, to urge Lotus to take revenge for her as an adult. Lotus is given to a monastery and grows up there, but twenty years of peace and love make no impression on Lotus, who skips classes to practice pole and sword skills. Joining forces with Pickpocket and Big Rat, Lotus gets her chance at revenge.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-12-03
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The Discharged
Overview: Hong Kong action / crime / drama.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1977-11-23
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The Story of the Drunken Master
Overview: Beggar So is trying to keep his two star students, brother and sister team Cheong and Gam Fa, in line and well-trained. But So's old enemy Grasshopper Bill Chan and his brother Cougar cause trouble. Bill helps young Kai to be pledged in marriage to Gam Fa against her wishes, but actually plans to have her for himself.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-07-06
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The Pirate
Overview: Pirate Chang Pao-Chai springs a leak after an otherwise successful raid on a foreign ship. He goes ashore to get materials to patch his ship up, where he encounters corrupt Qing officials and poor, oppressed peasants. Being a good man at heart, he decides to help out and becomes an even bigger outlaw in the process.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-07-27
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The Dragon from Russia
Overview: A former member of a band of criminals known as the 'Eight-Hundred Dragons' is living in fear in Manchuria as the clan does not allow people to leave alive. However, he is eventually tracked down, and kidnapped along with a young Manchurian, Yao - whose memory is erased so that he can be trained in martial arts. Yao's work as an assassin becomes more complicated, however, when he sees his old lover again and his real memories come flooding back.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-08-03
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My Wacky, Wacky World
Overview: My Wacky, Wacky World is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Sammo Hung
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-07-16
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Paris Killers
Overview: Two young men flee Hong Kong after stealing diamonds from their boss and attempt to hide with friends in Paris, but professional hitmen persue them relentlessly throughout France.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Iron Bodyguard
Overview: An Iron Bodyguard called Wang Wu meets a scholar and forms a strong friendship with him after they fight some villains together. The scholar is a member of the reformists - a group of scholars pressing for social reform in China towards the end of the Qing dynasty. The Emperor is actually all for reforms, and appoints this group to run the country. This doesn't suit the Empress Dowager though, as she has no intention of losing her power. She orders the reformists to be arrested, and Chen Kuan Tai hence gets drawn into politics despite having no real political views himself.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-12-08
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All the Wrong Spies
Overview: In Hong Kong, Circa 1940s, World War II, private detective Yoyo and friend Inspector Teddy Robin join a resistance group during the Japanese occupation. They aim to steal back the formula to the atomic bomb from a war traitor and transfer it to an American before the formula ends up in the Japanese emperor's hands.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-03-31
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Games Gamblers Play
Overview: Michael Hui stars as Wen, a convict who's always out to make a quick dollar through gambling. Being behind bars doesn't stop him from making something off of his gambling skills. Samuel Hui co-stars as Chieh,a novice gambler who gets into trouble one day when he tries to steal casino chips from a crooked card dealer Dean Shek). Whilst in jail, Chieh meets Wen and the latter agrees to become his mentor. Can Wen and Chieh make a fortune from their combined skills or will the duo wind up back in prison?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1974-10-16
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Crazy Couple
Overview: Joe is on his way to White Cloud Hill to learn kung-fu from Mun the Invincible. Joe found that Chiao is good at martial art. He begs Chiao and finally became Chiao's pupil. Chiao assigns him to take care of his lunatic daughter June. Seven outlaws invades Ox Village. Master Kwan mobilizes his pupils and the villagers to defend but are conquered by the outlaws. Finally, Chiao appears and beats them all. Back to the house, Chiao's daughter is found being tied up. Chiao sends Joe to his brother Tiger Wang for assistance. Joe mistakenly takes Dragon Mak for Chiao and invites him to Ox Village. A fight starts when Chiao and Dragon meet which reveals a story of years ago when they were partners in a robbery. (Joy Sales)
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-12-30
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A Mad World of Fools
Overview: A whacky 1974 comedy starring David Chiang who was also the director, that's one to see. Well it certainly is whacky, and the film is actually a number of short pieces, varying in length from a couple of minutes to the last story that is 30 minutes or so.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1974-09-13
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His Name is Nobody
Overview: Lau Kar-Wing plays "Nobody", an orphan who grows up stealing food to survive, learning some meagre skills as a con artist. When he meets a true master con artist, he begs to become a pupil and learn some tricky kung fu. The pair are later separated, and Nobody finds another master to learn more deadly skills.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-08-16
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Kung Fu on Sale
Overview: Down on his luck, our unlikely hero is trying to save enough money to afford to be trained in kung fu. He joins a group of misfits in hopes of earning the money by performing for crowds in the street. However, he keeps running into trouble and a mysterious kung fu master. Will he be able to overcome the challenges that lie in front of him? Or will he die trying?
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-06
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My Life's on the Line
Overview: Minute Fong is a ruthless contract killer who dispatches his victims in precisely sixty seconds. Working exclusively for an organization headed by the Master Chou Jan Tung, Fong begins to take on his assignments with reluctance. Realizing that Fong's days are numbered, Chou hires two new experts to deal with him and his sixty-second technique.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-12-06
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Shantung Man in Hong Kong
Overview: When Shan Tung comes to Hong Kong for the first time, wanting to seek help from his countryman Lo San, however, Lo San refuses to give him a hand. Shan Tung has no choice but to sell amphetamine in the street for living. A honest guy like him with pronunciation problem often causes embarrassing situations. He is laughed at by others because of his queer ideas. In later days, he makes a lot of friends because he never hesitate to do what is righteous. Therefore he has a better life than before.....
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-11-13
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Love and Sword
Overview: When Yueh Sin's father is brutally murdered, her lover Shao Fung, the #1 samurai ninja warrior of the martial world, seeks revenge on her behalf.
Genres: Action Adventure Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-10-18
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Divorce Hong Kong Style
Overview: Typical Hong Kong drama film: Affairs, betrayal, and divorce.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1976-07-15
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18 Fatal Strikes
Overview: Kung fu classic about a Shaolin monk on the run from a Manchu warlord, and his mighty Shaking Eagle Style. After narrowly escaping the warlord, the monk is nursed back to health by two brothers. However, the warlord is close behind, and the brothers must learn Lo Han style from the monk to protect themselves. However, when one of the brothers is killed, the other, with help from the monk, seeks revenge.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-01-02
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The Young Tiger
Overview: A spoilt rich kid turns up at a fu school to show off, but he gets clobbered by the boastful Little Tiger, who is later framed for the kid's murder when a gang of blackmailers make an example of him. The police allow Tiger to escape, in order to find the real culprits. Tiger hides at his girlfriend's place, but a model she works with does some whoring on the side for the blackmailer, and so the crooks are onto his trail...
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-09-06
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The Family Strikes Back
Overview: Professor Kiu is a mad scientist who developed mental disorders from grieving the death of his son. Kiu orders his assistants to kidnap men to his lab, located in a private container on a vessel, for experiments. Police inspector Uncle Wah had sent his subordinates to gather evidence in the vessel, but failed to find any. Shek La-mai, an acrobatic performer and a former commander of the Special Duties Unit is a single father of three children. One night during a performance with his protege, Lam Hong, witnessed and intervened in a kidnapping incident by Kiu's henchmen, and the two became targets of Kiu. On the other hand, Uncle Wah discovers Shek's resemblance to a Japanese scientist named Toyota, who colluded with Kiu. Wah formulates a plan for Shek to act undercover as Toyota in order to gather evidence from Kiu's lab.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-03-27
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The Generation Gap
Overview: Ling Xi (David Chiang) is a rebellious youth whose liaison with underage girlfriend Cindy (Agnes Chan) is the spark which lights the eventual flame of his rebellion. Against the wishes of her parents, Ling Xi and Cindy move in together, and the two find a measure of bliss in their shared life. However, rumors circulate that Ling Xi is using Cindy as a means of financial support. After his brother Ling Zhao (Di Lung) returns Cindy to her parents, Ling Xi is branded an outcast. His anger only leads to spiraling bitterness, and finally employ in a triad gang which gives him the ability to release his frustration - which he does until the bitter end.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-04-20
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By Hook or By Crook
Overview: 'FLOWER KID' was a 'Robin Hood' type of hero who robs the rich and gives the poor. He was adored by many people especially a kid named 'FATSO', who considered himself as 'FLOWER KID jr.' Madam Bee, a woman of guts and evil hated 'FLOWER KID' because he once refused to kill her husband. She then married a rich 'Big Shot' and used his money and power to hire a bounty hunter called 'SKINNY'. Skinny caught the imitating hero 'Fatso'. They fought, understood, became good friends and went on look for 'Flower Kid'...
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-08-07
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The Long Years
Overview: shaw production
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-05-28
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Jackie Chan - Invincible Fighter
Overview: Invincible Fighter is a documentary on Jackie Chan
Genres: Documentary Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Intrigue in Nylons
Overview: The beautiful Ching Li works for her father's stocking company while treacherously becoming the secretary to her father's competitor Li Tzu-yang. They fall in love as she teaches him new meanings to the words "mannequins" and "hosiery".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-11-11
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A Time for Love
Overview: A Time For Love features Shaw Brothers' darling Lily Ho in a Romeo and Juliet stylized love story that breaks the tradition of Hong Kong's "class distinction" love stories. It is a film ending with a Cinderella-esque love saving happiness happy ever other ending.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-10-16
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Dirty Kung Fu
Overview: Dirty Kung Fu is about a young bounty hunter who uses his kung fu skills or lack thereof to capture criminals.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-11-16
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Twin Blades of Doom
Overview: A kung fu knight walks the road to vengeance after the evil Ghost Gang kills his wife and son. The swordsman known as "Twin Blades" must take on a quartet of color-coded cutthroats to set things right.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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All in the Family
Overview: A family gathers to be with its dying father. The reunion brings to the surface old rivalries.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-08
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My Son
Overview: Jimmy Wang Yu gets to flex his dramatic muscles in this contemporary Lo Chen drama. Wang is a detective's son whose attempt to punish a swindler leaves him and his father in a thrilling final face-off.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-06-26
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The Bravest Fist
Overview: After intimidating numerous towns and bullying the residents, Chan Wai Man goes on a fierce attack against the thugs responsible.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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I Want More!
Overview: The lecherous Ming emperor Cheng Teh sat on the throne, women were utterly subservient to men. Businessmen, officials and scholars suggested building houses of infinite pleasure to their ives. In the Ching Hua House of pleasure, the girls underwent exacting drills and instruction in the sensual arts under a stern madam, who punished any uncooperative girl into submission. Susan, the fairest and most headstrong girl in the Ching Hua House, fell in love at first sight with a handsome young scholar. He was on his way to Peking to sit for the imperial xaminations. Yet he fell in love with Susan too, and he spent his last penny to pass the night with her......
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-05-13
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Naughty! Naughty!
Overview: Wu Te-chuan is a young man trying to make a living in an easy way. But now he is penniless and will being thrown out of his Macau hotel. Kind- hearted hotel maid Hsiao Yen is the only one to help him in the world. One day, Wu plays a trick on the hotel owner. The scheme backfires and Wu has to flee to Hong Kong. Wu saves desperate painter Hsin. He convinces Hsin that his painting will sell if he is dead. After Hsin pretend to be dead, his paintings really can be sold well, but backfires finally. Then, Wu and Hsin team up and engage themselves full time in con games, gambling and sex inclusive. Finally, Wu is being chased by the ring enforcers but is saved. Finding himself in love with Hsiao Yen, Wu decides to turn a new leaf and live properly ever after.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-07-18
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Pursuit
Overview: Instructor Lin who is home from training the imperial troops for several years. He meets his wife and runs into his brother who has become a monk at the local temple. His superior Lord Gao, strangely decides to rape Lin's wife in the temple but Lin interrupts the crime. His brother is enraged and tries to kill Gao but Lin stops him with the help of Lin's training brother and old friend Lu who works for Gao. Lin is loyal to the Commissioner and will not do anything to harm his son. Once back at the Commissioner's house, Gao and Lu hatch a plan to discredit and eventually kill Lin all with the Commissioner's approval. The plan is put into motion and Lin is unjustly arrested for trespassing on imperial property.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-01-06
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Guess Who Killed My Twelve Lovers?
Overview: Six guitar playing, rock and roll singing and dancing young people on a boating trip are stranded on a rural island off of Hong Kong during a typhoon. They become suspicious of a woman who matches the radio bulletin description of a murderess who killed twelve men. Can she be trusted? Is she laying a trap for a local youth housesitting a mansion?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-09-11
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My Wife, My Love and My Maid
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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The Seven Coffins
Overview: Hsiao Tsui is the most beautiful girl in a prosperous prostitution house in a North China town. But every client of hers is chased and scared by ghosts. She is thus very poorly treated by the owner. House madame Chiao takes pity in Tsui and hides her in an abandoned inn. There are seven coffins in the inn, all results of unnatural deaths...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-04-10
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It Takes a Man to Be Henpecked
Overview: A comedy about three henpecked men and how they cope with not only their wives but a society which says they should rule the roost. A comedy of errors complicates their already complicated lives and wives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-03-19
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Dark Semester
Overview: Tu Cheng Kang (Guan Shan) teaches at the Ta Tap Middle School where pupils are delinquent. Tu’s class is the worst. As the headmaster and his fellow teachers are unable to cope with the unruly students, Tu is determined to win them over with kindness. He fails initially but does not despair. Kao Te Sheng (Chuen Yuen), nicknamed the One Eyed Dragon, is the chief troublemaker and leader. When Kao’s father, a coolie, faints at the wharf from over work, Tu takes him to the hospital and befriends him. The old man does not realize Tu is his son’s teacher and neither does Te Sheng realize that his teacher had saved his father, he continues to oppose Tu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-05-02
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Bald-Headed Betty
Overview: Poor Betty gets drugged and kidnapped at a teen beach party and finds herself in clutches of a sleazy prostitution ring. After trying to escape, her head is shaved as punishment. Soon enough, she's the star of the stable for all the local bald freaks.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-09-18
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Can't Stop the War
Overview: In 1945, Japan had surrendered but the news did not reach a small village in China. The local guerrilla force still put up a hilarious fight with the Japanese command.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-02-25
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Tenants of Talkative Street
Overview: Hong Kong drama from the 1970s
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1974-05-16
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