Posted on August 9, 2013 |
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Nan bei Shao Lin / Shaolin Temple 3: Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986)
Action
Jet Li weasels out of the north Shaolin temple to assassinate a despotic ruler at the ruler's extravagant public birthday celebration. Two other men from the south Shaolin temple also set out to assassinate the ruler, but all three fail and are chased all over by soldiers. Meanwhile, one of the southerners turns out to be a cross-dressed woman, who is also discovered to wear a footbell to match Jet Li's, meaning they are somehow slated for an arranged marriage.
Starring: Jet Li, Qiuyan Huang, Qingfu Pan, Hu Jian Qiang, Cheng-Hui Yu, Hai Yu, Jianwen Zhang
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
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Tags: Cheng-Hui Yu, Chia-Liang Liu, Hai Yu, Hu Jian Qiang, Jet Li, Jianwen Zhang, Qingfu Pan, Qiuyan Huang
Posted on July 29, 2013 |
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Shao Lin xiao zi / Shaolin Temple 2: Kids from Shaolin (1984)
Action | Comedy
Two rivaling families live on opposite sides of a river. One of them practices Shaolin kung fu and has only sons, while the other has only daughters and practices the Wu-Tang sword. The father of the Wu-Tang family is so paranoid about the Shaolin kids stealing his sword style (besides, he wants a son to teach it to, and the closest thing he has is a lesbian daughter) that he is taken off guard when some real bad guys come along to kill his family, but the Shaolin family helps them out. All the while, everyone is desperately trying to get the lesbian girl to marry Jet Li.
Starring: Jet Li, Lan Ding, Qiuyan Huang, Chia Hui Liu, Cheng-Hui Yu, Hai Yu
Director: Hsin-yan Chang
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Tags: Cheng-Hui Yu, Chia Hui Liu, Hai Yu, Hsin-yan Chang, Jet Li, Lan Ding, Qiuyan Huang
Posted on July 29, 2013 |
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Shao Lin Si / The Shaolin Temple (1982)
Action
The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his generals, who installs himself as emperor in the East Capital. The son of one of his slave workers escapes to the Shaolin Temple, learns kung fu, and sets out to kill the traitor, who killed his father. The monks have to help him, and in the process, they save the true emperor, who rewards them greatly. Based on a true story from Shaolin folklore, but highly fictionalized.
Starring: Jet Li, Lan Ding, Cheng-Hui Yu, Hai Yu, Chun Hua Ji, Hu Jian Qiang, Wang Guang Quan
Director: Hsin-yan Chang
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Tags: Cheng-Hui Yu, Chun Hua Ji, Hai Yu, Hsin-yan Chang, Hu Jian Qiang, Jet Li, Lan Ding, Wang Guang Quan
Posted on October 10, 2012 |
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The Sword Identity / Wo kou de zong ji (2011)
Action | History | War
Once upon a time in the Southern Chinese city of Guancheng, there lived four families, each of them faithful keepers of martial arts. Anyone who wanted to establish a new sect, or a new form of kung fu, had to fight his way through the family's gates. But when Liang Henlu requests a competition, he is rejected and driven out of town, his strange new weapon mistaken for a Japanese sword and therefore forbidden by purist Chinese masters as a foreign fighting device. Liang is taken for a Japanese pirate and forced to hide in a boat filled with gypsy dancers. After a series of fights prove Liang's sword invincible, the Guancheng masters start to question their assumptions regarding the weapon's origins. They finally recognize that it is none other than the famous sword called 'Made in China' (modeled on a Japanese weapon), which the celebrated General Qi used in his glorious defeat of the Japanese invasion.
Starring: Cheng-Hui Yu, Yang Song, Yuanyuan Zhao, Ma Ke
Director: Haofeng Xu
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Tags: Cheng-Hui Yu, Haofeng Xu, Ma Ke, Yang Song, Yuanyuan Zhao
