Plot: A Chinese costume version of the legend of French King Louis XIV, about the Emperor's twin sons who are separated as children. One is a noble warrior, the other a despicable ruler who orders his very own sibling's face to be hidden by an iron mask.
Plot: This tale of a Chinese emperor's love for a country maiden--so beautifully filmed and sensitively told--won the Best Picture Award at the prestigious Asian Film Festival, and was a huge box office success. Once seen, it will not be forgotten.
Plot: This tale of a Chinese emperor's love for a country maiden--so beautifully filmed and sensitively told--won the Best Picture Award at the prestigious Asian Film Festival, and was a huge box office success. Once seen, it will not be forgotten.
Hong Kong: 1973
Chan Ping (Chen Ping), Lo Lieh, Chan Shen, Kong Do Crime / Drama
Plot: Chen Ping and Lo Lieh star in the searing story of Chu Ling--a rape victim out for revenge. She's infected with "Vietnam Rose", a form of VD brought to Hong Kong by American sailors, but also schooled in street fighting by her crippled boss.
Plot: Young heartthrob Chiao Chuang plays the title character, a swordsman who avenges the murders of six comrades in battle against the notorious monks of the Chao Ching Monastery.
AKA: Kung Fu Hell Cats; Five Tough Guys; 5 Tough Guys Hong Kong: 1974
Chen Kuan-Tai, Wong Chung, Ku Feng, Wai Wang, Shut Chung Tin Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Plot: An overly ambitious president schemes to murder a high-ranking general so that he may claim the emperor's throne. But the general proves to be a more formidable adversary than he realized...
Plot: When a village is torn apart by a rivalry between two martial arts clans, one of the clans resorts to some devious methods in order to frame the other clan for wrongdoings.
Plot: Veteran action actor and director Lu Chun-ku set his sights on a tale of Ching Dynasty royal intrigue as an excuse to hire his favorite action stars, gather three choreographers, and film one fight-filled conspiracy after another.
Plot: Hua Mu-Lan is the brave woman who disguised herself as a man to take her aged father's place in the army and rose to become a great general. Music, drama, and action all roll into one to make this movie a timeless favorite.
Plot: Cheng Pei-Pei plays master swordswoman Chung Kuei, who is injured in her chivalrous attempts to reform the villainous Black Demon. Hell has no fury like a woman wounded, so she teams with a pretty young sword student and virtuous swordsman for revenge.
Hong Kong: 1967
Li Lihua (Li Li-Hua), Li Ching, Wong Hap, Cheng Sam Romance / Ghost
Plot: A young fighter inadvertently falls for the spirit of a beautiful woman, who died years earlier avenging her own father's murder. The beautiful ghost is in fact the sister of his fiancee.
Plot: "Lady Of Steel" is a high plains drifter adventure where Cheng Pei-Pei plays a swordswoman on a mission: to find the bandits that killed her parents and save the country from foreign invaders.
Plot: The wonderful Shih Szu is the title character, with Lo Lieh joining her as an adoring associate. Together they track down the dirty deeds and duplicity of a raping and robbing masked bandit, before, literally, riding off toward their next adventure!
Plot: Lily Ho is perfectly cast as a gun-for-hire who always gets her man--in more ways than one! The cast and crew shot on location in such Japanese scenic spots as Mount Fuji; and there are plenty of over-the-top thrills, as Lily even masquerades as a nun.
Plot: Female director Kao Pao-Shu cast Lily Ho as the embittered swordswoman searching for the man who murdered her sister. The man turns out to be her fiance, but her nihilistic fate stays true to lone swordswoman form.
Hong Kong: 1968
Fang Ying, Ho Fan, Li Hsiang-Chun, Go Bo Shu (Kao Pao-Shu) Fantasy / Romance
Plot: The Monk, Monkey, and Pigsy find themselves in the title realm, where women can only give birth to women--unless loved by a man. Viewers under the impression that Chinese classics are chaste and conservative are in for a pleasant surprise!
Hong Kong: 1964
Carrie Ku Mei, Peter Chen Ho, Go Bo Shu (Kao Pao-Shu) Chinese Opera / Musical
Plot: An frothy romance of mistaken identities ultimately takes a back seat to wonderful musical numbers, highlighted by "The Wedding Song" (performed by Mona Fong) and "A Lover's Tears", perhaps the most romantic Mandarin song of its era.
Hong Kong: 1976
Ti Lung, Lisa Lu Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Plot: This sequel to "The Empress Dowager" equals, and in some ways surpasses, its predecessor. The attention to historic detail in the sets and costumes is everything one expects from director Li Han-Hsiang, the master of the costume drama.
Hong Kong: 1964
Linda Lin Dai, San Wing Gwan, Pat Ting Hung, Cheng Miu Drama / Historical
Plot: The Shang Dynasty came to an end after 500 years, thanks to the intrigues and betrayals of the infamous title character. The spectacle is vividly brought to the screen in one of the most lavish epics in Hong Kong movie history--starring Linda Lin Dai.
Hong Kong: 1988
Joey Wong Cho-Yin, Alex Man Chi-Leung, Carol Cheng Yu-Ling Drama
Plot: Director Taylor Wong gathers a great cast for this politically charged romantic thriller about a conscience-stricken lawyer (Dodo Cheng) defending a rapist.
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