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Legend of the Red Dragon / The New Legend of Shaolin / Hung Hei Kwun: Siu Lam ng zou (1994)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | History | Romance
A young father and his infant son are beset by forces of evil and corruption. They wander China, upholding their sense of honor and protecting the weak. When they are forced into combat, spectacular and hilarious fast-motion kung fu sequences follow. In the end, they must call on all of their abilities in a battle royale, to attempt to vanquish a supernatural man-monster or die trying.
Starring: Jet Li, Chingmy Yau, Deannie Yip, Mo Tse, Sung Young Chen, Chun Hua Ji, Damian Lau, Lung Wei Wang
Director: Jing Wong, Corey Yuen
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Tags: Chingmy Yau, Chun Hua Ji, Corey Yuen, Damian Lau, Deannie Yip, Jet Li, Jing Wong, Lung Wei Wang, Mo Tse, Sung Young Chen
Posted on August 27, 2014 |
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The Kung Fu Instructor / Instructor / Jiao tou (1979)
Action | Drama
Huang is a famous martial artist trapped into teaching kung-fu to the wrong clan while the opposing `good` clan tries to save him so he can instruct their members. Besides kung-fu comedienne Wang Yu starring in one of his few serious roles, Sun became the first Shaw Brothers' director to use a Steadicam which gives the film‘s action and editing style a unique brand of tension and rhythm. The pole fights are also out of this world.
Starring: Lung Ti, Yue Wong, Feng Ku, Angie Chiu, Lung Wei Wang
Director: Chung Sun
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Tags: Angie Chiu, Chung Sun, Feng Ku, Lung Ti, Lung Wei Wang, Yue Wong
Posted on August 24, 2014 |
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Eight Diagram Pole Fighter / Magnificent Pole Fighters / Wu Lang ba gua gun (1984)
Action | Drama
The Yang family was the loyal strong-arm of the Imperial army. But a jealous General betrays the Eilte Spearman and their father to the opposing Mongol army. After an ambush of a battle, only two of the seven sons survive. One remains hidden by the family while the other lives on the run. The traitorous general must find them and silence them before either of them can testify to the Emperor of his treachery.
Starring: Chia-Hui Liu, Sheng Fu, Lily Li, Kara Hui, Ching-Ching Yeung, Lung Wei Wang
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
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Tags: Chia Hui Liu, Chia-Liang Liu, Ching-Ching Yeung, Kara Hui, Lily Li, Lung Wei Wang, Sheng Fu
Posted on February 18, 2014 |
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Return to the 36th Chamber / Shao Lin da peng da shi (1980)
Action | Comedy
The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.
Starring: Chia-Hui Liu, Lung Wei Wang, Hou Hsiao, Lun Hua, Yeong-mun Kwon, Kara Hui, Szu-Chia Chen, Tsui Ling Yu
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
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Tags: Chia Hui Liu, Chia-Liang Liu, Hou Hsiao, Kara Hui, Lun Hua, Lung Wei Wang, Szu-Chia Chen, Tsui Ling Yu, Yeong-mun Kwon
Posted on January 13, 2014 |
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Five Shaolin Masters / Shao Lin wu zu (1974)
Action | Drama
Hu Te escapes the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the south away from the Qings, and also identify the traitor who sold out Shaolin temple. Ma Fu Yi (the traitor, played by Wang Lung Wei), joins the Qing top fighters to eliminate the rebels but is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing who gets captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu meets up with a group of Shaolin men secretly posing as bandits to rescue Ma as their leader is killed in the process, thus the bandits join the rest of the Shaolin patriots. Suffering continuous defeats at the hands of the Qing kung fu experts, the 5 Shaolin patriots return to the temple ruins to perfect their kung fu and take revenge for their destroyed temple and dead comrades.
Starring: David Chiang, Lung Ti, Sheng Fu, Kuan-Chun Chi, Fei Meng, Lung Wei Wang, Ka-Yan Leung
Director: Cheh Chang
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Tags: Cheh Chang, David Chiang, Fei Meng, Ka-Yan Leung, Kuan-Chun Chi, Lung Ti, Lung Wei Wang, Sheng Fu
