Kwan Tak-Hing
Also Known As: 關德興, Tak-Hing Kwan
Biography: Kwan Tak-hing MBE (27 June 1905 – 28 June 1996) was a Hong Kong martial artist and actor best known for his portrayal of martial artist folk hero Wong Fei-hung in at least 77 films, between the 1940s and the 1980s. No one else in cinema history has portrayed the same person as many times. In total he made over 130 films. He was elected in 1955 as the chairman of the Chinese Artist Association of Hong Kong. He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 1982.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kowloon, Hong Kong
Adult: No
Birthday: June 27, 1905
Age: 119 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 28, 1996
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One-Eye Dragon, the Strange Hero
Overview: An early Romantic Comedy featuring Tak-Hing Kwan and Kien Shih.
Genres: Action Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1947-12-22
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The Chivalrous Whip
Overview: Doctor and whip-wielding Hero Chai Tin-sum travels to an isolated village where he finds the population dying of the plague while being oppressed by the Ku family and their fortress. The family has cutoff the supply of fresh water to the village causing calamity. Chai must find a way to defeat the Ku family and restore water or the village will die.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1968-08-13
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Wong Fei-Hung Tries His Shadowless Kick
Overview: Starring Tak-Hing Kwan as Wong Fei-Hung
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1954-07-21
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The White Crane Hero
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Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1956-12-25
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Huang Feihong: The Invincible Lion Dancer
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Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1968-04-02
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Wong Fei-hung: King of Lion Dance
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Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1957-04-07
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How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated Three Bullies with a Rod
Overview: Master Wong Fei-hung and disciple Ling Wan-kai take refuge at Golden Cock Township in Guangxi.They befriend the Mok sisters being forced to marry a local tyrant. Master Wong and Ling intervene to help the sisters to uproot the evil tyrant.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-18
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羊城殲霸戰
Overview: How Wong Fei-Hung Set Fire to Dashatou
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1956-01-28
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黃飛鴻醒獅會麒麟
Overview: How Wong Fei-Hung Pitted a Lion Against the Unicorn
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1956-05-16
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Wong Fei-Hung's Battle with the Five Tigers in the Boxing Ring
Overview: Wong Fei Hung meets the Five Tigers
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1958-06-01
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Wong Fei-hung's Battle at Mount Goddess of Mercy
Overview: Battle at Mount Goddess of Mercy
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1956-09-13
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Wong Fei-Hung's Fierce Battle
Overview: Wong Fei Hung must stands up for people who are unable to stand up for themselves.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1958-02-13
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It's a Wonderful Life
Overview: This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and Chinese New Year's eve. We are introduced to thirteen "Big Rich" people, learn of their particular dispositions and dilemmas, are witness to the former either getting changed or developed and see the latter (re)solved. Teresa Mo as the daughter just returned from studying in France; Leslie Cheung as the friend who came in tow; Tony Leung Kar Fai as the cartoonist son who can only speak normally when he is anxious; Anita Yuen as the woman who Tony Leung's character falls in love with; Carol "Do Do" Cheng as her flat-chested, disciplinary-cum-art teacher sister; Raymond Wong as the eldest son who cannot handle alcohol well; Petrina Fung Bo Bo as his estranged wife; Sean Lau as the marriage-minded cousin; and Kwan Tak Hing as the eccentric-but-definitely-not-senile grandfather.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-02-06
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How Wong Fei-Hung and Wife Eradicated the Three Rascals
Overview: While Wong Fei Hung is away traveling, three ruthless villains pretend to establish a temple as a front for a range of criminal activities including kidnapping young woman to be used as sex workers. Wong’s wife is told about the goings on by a student and together they take on the gang. Eventually Wong Fei Hung returns and the operation is raided by the married couple and their students. But the villains have filled their temple with traps and secret rooms.
Genres: History Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1958-08-24
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Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship
Overview: An adventurous tale featuring Wong Fei-Hung
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1968-11-15
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Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves
Overview: Wong Fei-Hung takes on the the five wolves gang.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1969-05-20
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The Magnificent Kick
Overview: Veteran actor Kwan Tak Hing plays the legendary Hung Kuen master Wong Fei Hong in this story of the legendary ‘Shadow Kick’.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-18
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Huang Fei-hong's Battle at Liu-hua Bridge
Overview: Battle at Liu-hua Bridge
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1950-04-13
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Huang Fei-hong's Blood Battle in Furong Valley
Overview: Blood Battle in Furong Valley
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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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 Story of Wong Fei Hung, Grand Conclusion
Overview: The Story of Wong Fei Hung, Chapter 5
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1951-03-15
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The Magnificent Butcher
Overview: A plump butcher student of Wong Fei Hung, Lam Sai-Wing gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as Five Dragons. He is accused of raping the Head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now Ko, the Head of Five Dragons, wants revenge.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-12-19
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Dreadnaught
Overview: Mousy, a timid laundry man, crosses paths with a violent criminal known only as 'White Tiger', who hides amongst a theatre troupe, murdering anyone who discovers his identity.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1981-03-26
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Wong Fei Hung Trapped in Hell
Overview: Wong Fei-hung goes up against members of the underworld
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-06-07
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Wong Fei Hung's Battle with the Gorilla
Overview: Wong Fei-hung and his disciples hear that a small village is being terrorised by a ferocious gorilla. It turns out that the beast is actually a small-time crook in a gorilla suit under the orders of a precious metal smuggler who wants to intimidate the villagers. The crook takes advantage of his disguise to abduct a beautiful girl and escape to the mountains, but has a surprise in store for him. Just how many gorillas are loose in them there hills?
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1960-06-16
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The Skyhawk
Overview: Master Wong (Kwan Tak-Hing) and his disciple Fatty (Sammo Hung) are paying a visit to Thailand when they are assaulted by a hot-headed street fighter dubbed “Little Lion” (Carter Wong). In true Wong Fei Hung fashion, the master takes Lion under his wing after the impetuous youth gets his clock cleaned by a rival martial arts instructor. Meanwhile, Wong’s friend Chu is facing trouble from the local crime boss, who’s trying to seize control of Bangkok’s lucrative shipping business. Wong urges his friends and students to seek a peaceful resolution to their problems, but when the bad guys attack Fatty’s sister (Nora Miao), the master agrees to take up arms.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1974-01-22
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Huang Fei-hong on Rainbow Bridge
Overview: Further adventures of Wong Fei Hung
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-01-02
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Wong Fei-Hung Burn the Tyrant's Lair
Overview: Shot at the same time as the inaugural chapter, The Story of Wong Fei-hung, Part Two is a continuation of the story. Solving the cliffhanger at the end of Part One and carrying on with a series of fights against a lineup of martial artists recruited by Master Wong's nemesis, Part Two culminates in a showdown with Grey Hair Fu, played by the great character actor Sek Kin, who is to appear as the archvillain in most of the following chapters, each time in a different guise.
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-12
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How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated the Tiger on the Opera Stage
Overview: Hung Gar Champion Wong Fei Hung The most prolific hero of kungfu movies wasn’t Bruce Lee. It was a founding father of Hung Gar kungfu and a real folk hero named Wong Fei Hung.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-01
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Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice
Overview: Baldy and King Kong shuttle between New Zealand and Hong Kong to recover a hi-tech prism that can impart superhuman powers.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-07-24
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Madam White Snake's Reincarnation
Overview: A fantasy film with an appearance from Huang Fei-hong
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-05-08
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Wong Fei-hung: The Whip That Smacks the Candle
Overview: Martial artist Wong is confronted by other masters. After he returns to his disciples, he vents his anger during a fierce fight.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1949-10-08
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Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation
Overview: Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation is the last film of the long running Huang Fei-hong series starring Tak-Hing Kwan
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1970-08-05
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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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Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan
Overview: Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan is a Wong Fei-Hung movie starring Kwan Tak-Hing.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1956-10-20
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Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival Disturbance
Overview: Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival Disturbance is a 1956 Wong Fei-Hung movie directed by Wu Pang.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1956-02-28
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The Story of Wong Fei-Hung, Part 4: The Death of Liang Huan
Overview: The Story of Wong Fei-Hung, Part 4: The Death of Liang Huan is the fourth movie in Kwan Tak-Hing's Wong Fei-Hung series.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1950-04-16
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Wong Fei-Hung Seizes the Bride at Xiguan
Overview: Wong Fei-Hung Seizes the Bride at Xiguan
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1958-03-30
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King Kong's Adventures in the Heavenly Palace
Overview: King Kong escapes from Heaven and wreaks havok on the human world with his insatiable desire for women, until at last the Gods must beg the Monkey King for help to subdue the rampaging Gorilla.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-04-24
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黃飛鴻浴血硫磺谷
Overview: hong kong film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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黄飞鸿神威伏三煞
Overview: hong kong film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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黄飞鸿巧夺鲨鱼青
Overview: hong kong film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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神探一號
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-03
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黃飛鴻威震四牌樓
Overview: hong kong film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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黃飛鴻擂台比武
Overview: hong kong film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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黃飛鴻大鬧佛山
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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黃飛鴻大戰雙門底
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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黃飛鴻三戲女鏢師
Overview: hong kong film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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黃飛鴻義救龍母廟
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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黃飛鴻怒吞十二獅
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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黃飛鴻鐵雞鬥蜈蚣
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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黃飛鴻龍舟奪錦
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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黃飛鴻水底三擒蘇鼠廉
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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黃飛鴻沙面伏神犬
Overview: hong kong film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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黄飞鸿肉搏黑霸王
Overview: hong kong film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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黄飞鸿醉打八金刚
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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黄飞鸿威震五羊城
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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黄飞鸿虎爪会群英
Overview: hong kong film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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香江花月夜
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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青龙镇歼霸战
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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神拳铁扇子
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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黄飞源大破五虎阵
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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屠龙女三斗粉金刚
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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天山双孤斗屠龙(上集)
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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怪俠赤屠龍
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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哪吒蛇山救母
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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黄飞鸿擂台争霸战
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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闻天香三戏闻太师
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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七侠五义夜探冲宵楼
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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大破銅網陣
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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火葬烂头什么
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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三盜九龍杯
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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黄飞鸿虎穴救梁宽
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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黄飞鸿铁鸡斗神鹰
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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飞行太子
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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黃飛鴻大破馬家莊
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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十万童尸
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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黄飞鸿大闹凤凰岗
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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黄飞鸿大破金钟罩
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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薛刖打烂太庙
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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樊梨花金光阵产子
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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万世流芳张玉乔
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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黄飞虎反五关(续集)
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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黄飞鸿五毒斗双龙
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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黃飛鴻二龍爭珠
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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關公千里送嫂
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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十五貫
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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哪宅大闹天宫
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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黃飛虎反五關
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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魚腸劍
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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拳頭世界
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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黃飛鴻血濺姑婆屋
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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橫霸七省勝字旗
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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黃飛鴻大破飛刀黨
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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楚漢爭(霸王別虞姬)
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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黃飛鴻喋血馬鞍山
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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南海拳王夜盜梅花馬
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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黃飛鴻夜探黑龍山
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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胭脂馬三鬥黃飛鴻
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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黃飛鴻河南浴血戰
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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哪宅鬧東海
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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風火鬼頭刀
Overview: hong kong film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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