Jimmy Wang Yu
Also Known As: Yu Wang, Wang Zhengquan, Wong Yu-lung, Wang Yue, 王羽, جیمی وانگ یو
Biography: Wang Zhengquan, better known as Jimmy Wang Yu and Wong Yu-lung, (born March 8, 1944 - died April 5, 2022) was a Chinese actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Wang rose to fame in 1967 with his starring role in The One-Armed Swordsman, a martial arts film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. The Chinese Boxer (1969), another film he acted in, is credited as the first Hong Kong action film that kickstarted the unarmed combat genre that took Asia by storm in the 1970s.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Wuxi, China
Birthday: March 28, 1944
Deathday: April 05, 2022
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Doctor's Innocence
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-02-11
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The Man from Hong Kong
Overview: Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-31
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Golden Swallow
Overview: Golden Swallow revolves around the further adventures of its title character. This time around, she is forced into violence when a figure from her mysterious past goes on a killing rampage while leaving evidence that holds her responsible. Golden Swallow also makes room for a love triangle involving a mad, but righteous, swordsman named Silver Roc and a gentle warrior named Golden Whip. The three team up to conquer the evil forces of the martial world, but their joint venture only lasts so long, due to the two men's egos. Ultimately, a duel to the death is planned between them, leaving Golden Swallow caught between two men, both of whom she admires.
Genres: Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1968-04-03
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The Double Double Cross
Overview: Jimmy Wang Wu plays an outsider caught between two gangs.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-10-16
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The Chinese Boxer
Overview: Lei Ming, a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a treacherous, blood-thirsty Japanese karate expert, which leads to many memorable battles as well as several unforgettable training sequences.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-11-27
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Shanghai 13
Overview: A patriot finds evidence that the government is collaborating with a foreign power. If the people knew about the deception, they would revolt and overthrow the corrupt government. One patriot in office steals the proof and must make it out of the country. He gets assistance from a local rebel leader who is in charge of a motley group of fighters called the Shanghai 13. Not all of them can be trusted, as some of them will turn in the government official. Our weak protagonist must run a gauntlet of the who's who already mentioned.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-02-04
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The Magnificent Trio
Overview: A wandering swordsman named Lu Fang who is returning from battle discovers that several farmers have kidnapped the local magistrate’s daughter. He sides with them after learning that this is an act of desperation to improve their low standard of living.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1966-11-08
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Overview: Eight demon swordsmen and their gang have spread menace across many sword teaching schools. The students seek the help of Fang who alone can combat them. Will Fang take up the challenge.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-02-28
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One-Armed Boxer
Overview: A martial-arts student learns the iron fist and death grip techniques to avenge his teacher's death.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-08-02
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Dragon
Overview: A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-07-04
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The Iron Man
Overview: In 1944 Chang Chin's father was murdered by the Japanese with the help of Ching Tang and Fan Hsi-Shang, two collaborators led by Fung Mu. Now a grown up and a master of kung fu, Chang is ready to revenge his father.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-01-19
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The One-Armed Swordsman
Overview: A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang of rival swordsmen.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-07-26
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The Assassin
Overview: Yu is a two-armed swordsman who is betrayed by a jealous rival, but initially seeks a life of simple pleasures until an accidental meeting with another patriot sets him back on the road to bloody, brutal vengeance.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1967-12-22
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The Sword and the Lute
Overview: The adventures of a young married swordfighting couple, Lianzhu and Gui Wu, and the swordfighting members of their different clans.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-04-20
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Knight Errant
Overview: Taiwan taxi driver Jimmy Wang Yu has good intentions -- he wants to pay for an operation to help his sister recover her sight -- but he's saddled with some bad luck of his own. When Jimmy's dad angers three brothers who are looking for payback for their parents' deaths, Jimmy must now defend his father and try to save his sister. This crazy 1970s martial arts action flick will delight fans of the genre.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-04-01
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The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
Overview: One of the greatest, prolific and most influential action directors in history Chang Cheh! Documentary about the Shaw Brother's most prolific director.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2003-06-04
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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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Big Leap Forward
Overview: 1978 Hong Kong comedy Big Leap Forward aka Tian jiang heng cai, directed by Kuen Yeung, starring Jimmy Wang Yu.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-03-23
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The Sword of Swords
Overview: A noble swordsman fights to recover the magical blade that has protected his country for centuries after being blinded and betrayed by a ruthless villain. A cunning killer has blinded the brave warrior chosen to defend his country with an enchanted sword, and murdered his family. After recovering, the sightless defender sets out to recover the weapon, and seek revenge against his murderous nemesis.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1968-08-23
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The Great Hunter
Overview: Wang Yu plays a military captain who forms a bond with orphaned Chia Ling. Together they comb the Taiwanese countryside in search of the person or persons who murdered Chia's father.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Temple of the Red Lotus
Overview: Jimmy Wang Yu plays a young kid who heads off to Dragon Valley to meet the childhood friend who was promised as his bride. When he gets there, he finds that the family of the bride might not be an entirely honest bunch of people though. What is the story behind their feud with the monks at the Temple Of The Red Lotus, for a start?
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1965-01-10
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The Trail of the Broken Blade
Overview: Chivalrous swordsman Jun-zhao goes in search of a fugitive named Li Yueh in order to reunite him with his love, Liu Xian. Though the two men meet and become loyal brothers, Li does not reveal his true identity until Jun-zhao's life is endangered by swordsmen from Flying Fish Island who are looking for revenge.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-03-04
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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Overview: The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transformed Western action cinema and inspired the birth of cultural movements such as blaxploitation, hip hop music, parkour and Wakaliwood cinema.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-14
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The Lantern Street
Overview: The Lantern Street is a taiwanese Martial Arts movie starring Jimmy Wang Yu.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Fast Fists
Overview: The man, the legend, the hero known as Jimmy Wang Yu returns in his greatest adventure since the One Armed Swordsman! Wang Yu must protect an army General from treachery while on an important mission. He must not only move fast but think and outwit the enemy as well.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-08-02
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The Twin Swords
Overview: Gui Wu happens upon a kidnapping with his wife Gan Lian-zhu at the Red Lotus Temple. Lian-zhu sends Wu to go for reinforcements while she stays to fight the kidnappers. Fortunately, the mysterious Scarlet Maid is surreptitiously helping her.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1965-12-22
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The Guillotines
Overview: In the time of the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor Yongzheng created a secret army known as the Guillotines. It was the job of the Guillotines to protect the Emperor by killing anyone who posed a threat to him or his rule. After 348 successful missions to eliminate their target, the 349th assignment proves to be their last.
Genres: Action History Adventure Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2012-12-20
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The Magnificent Chivalry
Overview: Hong Kong superstar Jimmy "One Arm Boxer" Wang Yu stars as the Bamboo blade, China's top swordsman. His services are rendered by the Imperial treasury who want him to infiltrate a powerful gang of Highwaymen and get back the stolen silver bullion. After numerous deadly encounters the gang are beaten by the bamboo sword and only the gang leader remains, however he is a lot tougher than was originally bargained for.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-07-22
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Let's Go!
Overview: Siu Sheung (Juno Mak) is a solitary and frustrated young man. He works as a delivery boy at a small noodle shop and lives with his mother (Pat Ha) in a large, dilapidated Kowloon housing estate. As a young boy he enjoyed nothing more than watching his favourite anime, Space Emperor God Sigma, and singing along to Leslie Cheung's theme song with his father. However, after seeing his dad shot dead trying to apprehend a bank robber, Siu Sheung has spent the last twenty years wandering aimlessly, looking for a way to bring justice back to the community
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2011-11-10
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Clash of the Professionals
Overview: Clash of the Professionals, 1985, Jimmy Wang Yu. Taiwan. Action.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Tiger Boy
Overview: Tiger Boy, an itinerant young knight-errant bent on revenge for his father's death 15 years earlier rescues a young maiden after her brother is killed protecting her from the advances of a band of bandits. While the heroes escape the band's clutches and seek refuge in the forest, Tiger Boy discovers that her perpetrators are led by the son of his father's killer who also has a yen for the maiden. As fate would have it, she instead falls in love with our hero who pledges to return to her after vanquishing all his enemies. To accomplish this, he sets out to singlehandedly crash a large birthday party held in his father's killer's honor. Meanwhile, Tiger Boy's chivalric quest is complicated when the maiden also sets out after him straight into peril in the enemy's own stronghold.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1966-02-16
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The Private Eyes
Overview: The kingpin of the Manix Private Detective Agency and his fellow detective solve cases together.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1976-12-16
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Millionaires' Express
Overview: What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-01-30
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Island of Fire
Overview: Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-03-28
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Master of the Flying Guillotine
Overview: A one-armed martial arts master is being stalked by an Imperial assassin, the master of two fighters killed in the previous film. When the One-Armed Boxer is invited to attend a martial arts tournament, his efforts to lay low are unsuccessful, and the assassin soon tracks him down with the help of his three subordinates: a Thai boxer, a yoga master, and a kobojutsu user.
Genres: Fantasy Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-04-24
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Kung Fu Killers
Overview: Australian stuntman Grant Page travels to Hong Kong to find Bruce Lee's successor and looks at the cultural phenomenon that Asian martial arts has become in the West. He talks to actors such as Angela Mao, Stuart Whitman and George Lazenby - who were all making movies in Hong Kong at the time - and fights Carter Wong twice.
Genres: Documentary Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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A Man Called Tiger
Overview: A young man suspects his father's suicide was actually a murder committed by gangsters. Using his expertise in martial arts, he gets himself hired by the gangsters who he suspects are responsible for his father's death.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-02-01
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Blood of the Dragon
Overview: White Dragon must get a list with the names of rebel supporters to Prince Ma Tung, the leader of the rebellion. Trying to stop him in his mission is the evil Prime Minister, who naturally wants the list in order to crush his opposition. Adding another complication is the fact that Ma Tung wants to kill White Dragon in revenge for the humiliation Tung's father suffered in a duel against White Dragon years earlier.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-12-08
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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
Overview: Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-01-13
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The Killer Meteors
Overview: Mi Wey is a local hero named after "Killer Meteors", his secret weapon which makes him invincible. However, when "Immortal" Wa Wu Bin, another powerful local character seeks his assistance, Killer Meteor will face the greatest and the deadliest challenge of his life.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-08-21
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Beach of the War Gods
Overview: In the waning days of the Ming dynasty, Japanese marauders raid villages on the Chinese coast. A wandering swordsman single-handedly dispatches a group of the foreign thugs, and agrees to help defend the town. He assembles a core team of highly skilled warriors, and together they train the townsfolk to stand up to the foreign pirates, using strategy and skill. When the army launches an all-out assault on the town, a ferocious battle rages, leading to final conflict on the Beach of the War Gods.
Genres: Action War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-07-13
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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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Furious Slaughter
Overview: When a martial arts expert discovers the existence of an illegal slave trade in the 1930s, he goes to great lengths to overthrow it.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-03-31
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One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers
Overview: Watch WANG YU as a one-armed savior battling the local goons in this martial arts classic. He has some rather amazing moves up his sleeve.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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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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The One Armed Swordsmen
Overview: The martial world is now awash in one-armed knights, who aren't inclined to make any permanent alliances among themselves.
Genres: Action Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-03-13
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Rage of the Master
Overview: Tiger Wong (Jimmy Wang Yu) is a student of martial arts who made a promise to his late father never to show his martial arts skills in public. a gang of mercenaries raid a nearby village. The villagers, led by Fong Li, send a party to ask for his help. But Tiger Wong refuses to help or get involved in the trouble. Only after seeing the brutality of the gang does he decide to take some action.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-12-31
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Showdown
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-06-04
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The Deadly Silver Spear
Overview: Silver Spear (Jimmy Wang Yu) is a deadly Kung Fu bounty hunter who has been hired to kill three martial arts experts. When the white-haired super-warrior known as The Old Hermit hears about this, he sends some of his own men to put a stop to it. But these newcomers are no match for the mighty bounty hunter, so The Old Hermit sends more, and more, and more, succeeding only in whipping up the raging martial arts maelstrom that is Silver Spear.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-06-30
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The Two Cavaliers
Overview: Gangster boss Red Rose and his evil gang exploit all regions with their raids and kill everyone that tries to stop them. During one these raids, a group of guards die during a brutal fight. Lung Hao, boss of the company, swears revenge for the murdered men!
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-07-25
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Seaman No. 7
Overview: When a sailor accidentally kills a Japanese man in a bar room brawl, he tries to escape the law by hiding himself in a freighter heading for Japan only to find himself in the middle of a massive drug war.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-04-20
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Boxer, Lover, Lawyer
Overview: Brothers Zhengxiong and Zhenghan lost their father in their early years. The brothers have been dependent on each other since they were young, and they have a deep brotherly love. Zhengxiong has an active personality, is upright and strong, and likes to fight with others since he was young. Zhenghan has a quiet personality and likes to read. Seeing that Zhenghan is eager to further his studies, Zhengxiong learns boxing and becomes a boxing coach to earn money for Zhenghan to study. Zhenghan becomes a famous lawyer in the future, and he works tirelessly while studying law at university. Zhengxiong meets Lin Yinyin, a top student from the art department from Zhenghan's university and seeing how perfect of a woman she is, Zhengxiong tries to set Zhenghan up with Yinyin. However, Zhenghan's heart is only in his studies.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-03
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The Lion's Heart
Overview: Drug trafficker Yu Shan returns home after 13 years to move a big shipment for his boss Kuang. But he finds that his family is under the pressure from a local bandit and is forced to go on a deadly rampage.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-07-11
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The Hero
Overview: A village under the thumb of a band of thugs recruits a hero to help fight them off.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-12-31
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Fury of King Boxer
Overview: Jimmy Wang Yu leads revolutionaries against the Manchus featuring his trademark huge fights.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Auntie Lan
Overview: The contemporary issue of single mothers is sensitively handled in this melodrama as a young woman must decide whether she will tell the new man in her life the real truth or forever remain the child's auntie Lan? (Celestial Pictures sypnosis)
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-03-02
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Asia-Pol
Overview: Yang Ming Xuan intercepts a truckload of contraband, but the criminals stage a brazen helicopter attack, ruthlessly eliminating their own operatives and destroying most of the shipment before it can be confiscated. In the process, Ming Xuan's partner is killed, and the young agent is brought to the unwelcome attention of the leader of the smuggling operation.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1967-06-22
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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 Battle of Ku-Ning-Tou
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-08-02
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The Brave and the Evil
Overview: Wang Yu stars as the charismatic martial arts master Iron Palm who crosses paths on the road with angry swordswoman Hung (Shang-Kuan Ling Feng, Dragon Inn). She's out to get revenge for her father who was killed by a band of ruthless bandits (Paul Chang Chun, Kenneth Tsang, Sit Hon, and Man Chung San). After their fateful encounter, Iron Palm decides to covertly assist Hung in her quest.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-02-01
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Fantasy Mission Force
Overview: A force of loners and fighters is put together to try and rescue the generals and save the war effort with the promise of gold and pardons of past crimes.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-02-13
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The Tattooed Dragon
Overview: Written and directed by Lo Wei for Golden Harvest, this feature stars Wang Yu as a guy known only as The Dragon – he’s got super sharp hearing! He’s also kind of a mysterious tough guy who wanders into a small town where the fine upstanding populace has a recurring problem with some gangsters who have decided to setup a casino in the area. Once the townsfolk start losing all of their money, and then all of their other belongings, and then even their homes it becomes obvious that there’s a scam going on here.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-12-21
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The Thundering Ninja
Overview: A Ninja Organisation and the C.I.A are fighting each other for the plans for a missile.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-16
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The Invincible Sword
Overview: During the Sung dynasty, Ch'in Kuei, a corrupt premier, orders the arrest of Yüeh Fei, an heroic general. Ling Yu Fong, an idealistic follower of the general, recruits a small force to free him, failing miserably, losing most of his troops and sustaining wounds. He's hidden and nursed back to health by a troupe of traveling acrobats, two brothers and two sisters. One of the sisters falls in love with Ling. He asks them to help him free the general, and the five undertake this quest against great odds. The general himself brings an element into the story that his liberators do not anticipate.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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One Arm Chivalry Fights Against One Arm Chivalry
Overview: The story centers on a secret society that plots to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and resume the Ming monarchy. The organization gains the support of numerous righteous martial clans, but the Qing government has its own plans of squashing the rebellion. The scheming prince of Qing poisons the rebels' central figure, Chi Zi Qiang (Jimmy Wang), and uses the antidote to force him to surrender. Being the hero that he is, Chi would rather cut off one of his own arms to save his life than submit to the prince. He then, single-armedly, defeats all the Manchurian minions...
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-03-18
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Queen of Fist
Overview: Local gangsters apply pressure to the wrong family when they realize that the leader of the family is a mother with powerful kung fu skills.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-12-12
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Dark Society in the East
Overview: A story about the activities of Southeast Asian Mafia gangs in Shinjuku. Ryosuke Kano is an ex French Foreign Legion soldier and is now a cocaine smuggler and dealer. He is acquainted with Larry, a Japanese American, but he turned out to be an undercover cop from New York.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-05-15
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Boxers of Loyalty and Righteousness
Overview: Warlord Yu Ming gained great power for himself. Anyone he suspected of disloyalty was jailed or murdered. He himself was a notorious killer, having personally betrayed his friend General Yip and then slaughtered his entire family. But the General's son escaped to tell the tale, and spent a lifetime learning all the martial arts, with the sole aim of one day killing his evil enemy Yu Ming. Only first he must lure him away from his private army of thugs and gangster.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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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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The Criminal
Overview: A court justice finds himself in a bad spot when the criminal case that he hears involves members of his own family. He jails his own son for murder and witnesses the break up of his family among other things.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-09-17
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The Gallant Duo
Overview: A merciless professional killer is hired by an evil court official to get rid of his opponents. Soon, the assassin discovers that the official was responsible for his father's death and he vows revenge on the official and his supporters.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-03-26
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The Sword
Overview: This Film Centers On A Famous Sword, A Master Swordsman, And A Young Fighter Obsessed With A Personal Quest
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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The Black Friday
Overview: Wang Yu as a pimp with redeeming qualities — concern for a hospitalised sister and love for a "good" girl — which throw him into conflict with his boss, with fist-fights and killings, as the inescapable result.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-08-11
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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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A Century of Light and Shadow
Overview: Revisit 100 years of Chinese cinema through the RTHK TV program A Century of Light and Shadow. Aired in 2005, this interesting and informative documentary traces the development of the Chinese film industry from the pioneering years to contemporary times. From the volley between Mandarin and Cantonese films to the rise of the New Wave, this program touches on all the major trends and developments that have helped define Chinese cinema and explores different genres and representative figures and films. From actors to directors, over 200 film industry names, including Jackie Chan, John Woo, Sammo Hung, Connie Chan, Andrew Lau, Peter Chan, and Lau Ching Wan, appear in the program, bringing their intimate knowledge of the industry and providing insight about what lies ahead for Chinese cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Four Real Friends
Overview: When a case of gold is stolen in transit, the surviving member of an escort party, Sung tries to recover it. He initially turns to Master Wu who unfortunately develops a drinking problem after he gets out of prison for accidentally killing someone. He has felt guilty ever since. Wu's friend Hung decides to help Sung and enlists a conman, Sau Pau.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-04-24
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The Rebel Boxer
Overview: Believing that her brother has been murdered, a martial artist (Nancy Yen) sets out to avenge him.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-06-14
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The Joy of Spring
Overview: Hong Kong musical directed by Lo Chen.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1966-12-21
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The Gallant
Overview: In this martial arts anthology film, Wang Yu plays three different characters, each of whom must employ his fighting skills to the full.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-08-24
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My Father, My Husband, My Son
Overview: Taiwanese drama film directed by Pai Ching-jui.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Soul
Overview: Chuan, a quiet 30-year-old man working as a chef in a Japanese restaurant, collapses suddenly and is rushed to a hospital. His colleagues send him to his father, who resides in the mountains. While there, Chuan becomes immobile: he won’t speak, eat or even go to the toilet on his own. One day his father returns from work only to find Chuan sitting in the corner with his daughter lying dead in a pool of blood. In an unfamiliar, eerily calm voice, Chuan says, “I saw this body was empty, so I moved in.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-08-30
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Requital
Overview: A young Taiwanese man after being released from prison starts his life as a gangster. He goes to Hong Kong to do some business with the Triads.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-11-19
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Shogun and Little Kitchen
Overview: Bo is the owner of an old building in Hong Kong. He sublets his building to other people, and even though they never pay rent on time, Bo still treats them like they are family. One day, Bo discovered an unconscious man who was left for dead on a street corner, and decides to take him to his place to treat his wounds. It is later discovered that the man is Lam Feng, the son of a rich property developer. During his stay at Bo's place, Feng learned about hospitality and human kindness, but things are about to unravel. Feng's father had his sight set on Bo's building, and ordered his staff to do whatever it takes to force Bo to sell his property, even if it means involving the Triads. The movie also included other subplots, such as Bo's uncle, along with his acrobatic and culinary prowess.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-03-19
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Iron Fist Adventure
Overview: An action-packed, flamboyant kung-fu adventure, based around a double revenge tale. The hero Kwan, stoic in the face of extremes, grits and airs his 'iron-fist' against the gun-toting baddies as he, single-handedly, decimates his adversaries. Demonstrating all the classic Chinese codes of restraint, asceticism and patience, Kwan reduces the complicated intrigue of plots.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1972-07-28
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The Invincible
Overview: After mistakenly helping Chang-qing, the sister of ruthless Mongol chieftain Liang escape capture by Song forces, Mu-bai sets out to make amends by assassinating the Mongol warlord single-handedly.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-07-14
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Cinema of Vengeance
Overview: A documentary study of martial arts films and their leading protagonists. Included are profiles of such artists as Bruce Lee, Cynthia Rothrock, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme and John Woo favourite Chow Yun Fat.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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The Beheaded 1000
Overview: An executioner beheads his 1000th criminal, and unleashes a demon army headed by an evil witch called the Blood Lotus
Genres: Horror Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1993-06-28
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Revenge Of Kung Fu Mao
Overview: A housewife is searching for her errant husband as he seeks revenge on his killers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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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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