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- DirectorShan HuaStarsTony LiuLeanne LauKuo Chao
- DirectorChun-Ku LuStarsKa-Yan LeungKuan-Chen HuTony LiuA martial arts master decides to take over the throne of the young emperor. A loyal captain who served the royals tries to hunt down the man.
- DirectorChung SunStarsLung TiSibelle HuMichael Wai-Man ChanA famous weapons instructor goes on a killing spree, packed with martial arts, after his son is kidnapped and castrated.
- DirectorChun-Ku LuStarsNorman ChuLeanne LauKuan Tai ChenWudang is in trouble again, with both Dugu Wu Di planning to attack the Wudang temple and an interloping group of martial artists from Japan waiting in the background.
- DirectorTak-Cheung TangStarsKuang-Hung ChiPing-Ying HouKara WaiThe lute-demon Chin Mo has reappeared in the world to wreak havoc. Hsiao Feng-ling is ordered to find a special bow and arrow that can counter the demon.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsHua YuehLieh LoTony LiuThere are five main clans ruling the martiall world, each representing one of the five elements - fire, metal, water, wood and earth. Each year they hold a martial arts competition to decide which one of the five clans will rule the world. The story is centered around one of these tournaments, as a catastrophe arises when an evil samurai killer shows up 49 days before the start and tries to assassinate the current leader who happens to be from the water clan.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsPhillip Chung-Fung KwokHsueh-Erh WenTien-Hsiang LungYuan finishes his training in the mountains and his master gives him an assignment. In his journey, he finds a cave containing a skeleton, a treasure chest, and a manual showing the Golden Snake style. So Yuan sets on the way to accomplish the last desire of the dead person he found in the cave.
- DirectorSiu-Ming TsuiStarsKuan Tai ChenJason Piao PaiAustin WaiIt has to do with a young clan member, Zhong Yuan, who is promoted to chief of the Dragon Gang after his adoptive father dies, only to be expelled when a letter arrives revealing him to be of Mongol birth, an awkward bit of news at a time when the Dragon Gang is actively fighting Mongol occupiers. In fact, Zhong soon learns that the Mongol general leading the anti-rebel campaign is actually his real father. Still, he persists in trying to get back into the good graces of the clan, eventually helping to ferret out a traitor in their midst.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsPhillip Chung-Fung KwokSiu-Ho ChinSheng ChiangThe masked gang have created a menace, killing many people, now it is up to Philp who once worked for the masked gang to destroy them.
- DirectorTun-Fei MouStarsJason Piao PaiMo YuenSzu ShihA young kung fu student is thrown into jail on a false charge. He shares a cell with a shaggy convict, who is repeated tortured by the magistrate to reveal the deadly secret.
- DirectorChia TangStarsLung TiTe-Lo MaiLeanne LauA Kung Fu master finds out that an opium den is destroying the lives of the town he lives in, and vows to put an end to the den, but first he must try to defeat the strongest enemy he has ever faced: his addiction to the drug itself.
- DirectorPeng-Yi ChangStarsLung TiSzu-Chia ChenMeng Lo
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsTung-Shing YeeHelen PoonKuan-Chung KuYoung swordsman Lung Fei encounters strange omens portending the death of his fiancee Ting Tzu-chu. His enquiries with the help of Chief Constable Tieh Hu reveal an astounding story.
- DirectorChun-Ku LuStarsKuan Tai ChenMichelle YimTak YuenSpoiled Yuen Si Si, the daughter of an affluent merchant, lives her life dreaming of meeting her idol, the heroic Qin Ge. When her father decides to marry her off, she runs away in search of Qin Ge, with her fiancee in pursuit.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsSiu-Ho ChinSheng ChiangLinda ChuChin Siu Ho plays a young man who believes himself to be an orphan. Until one rainy night when he and three different men find themselves taking shelter from the storm in the same place.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsLung TiLi ChingPui-San Auyeung
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsLung TiSheng FuPhillip Chung-Fung KwokThe movie involves two stories concerning the original Ten Tigers and their future disciples.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsLung TiWei-Hao TengKuan-Chung KuThe 8th Prince and Chu Liu Hsiang pretend to be rivals and stage 8th Prince's assassination attempt in order for Chu to go undercover in the "Villa of Phantoms" to investigate, King Eagle, who has been recruiting criminals for evil plot.
- DirectorJohnnie ToPatrick LeungJohnny MakStarsAaron KwokMaggie CheungLung TiWhile working at a family friend's business, a penniless orphan draws the attention of a corrupt competitor and is torn between divided loyalties.
- DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsJet LiJianqiang HuQiuyan HuangIn ancient China, Zhi Ming trains at the legendary Northern Shaolin temple to avenge the death of his father at the hands of a nefarious magistrate.
- DirectorChuen-Yee ChaStarsAlex ManKara WaiWei TungShui'er is a illegitimate daughter of the Royal Prince, and the second Prince wants to use her to expose his brother's ignominy and replace his place to be a Crown Prince. The Royal Prince sends killers to murder Shui'er and the second Prince sends warriors to protect the girl.
- DirectorHao-Chuan YuanStarsDanny LeeChien SunLieh Lo3 Idealistic officers, He Zhong Heng (Piao), Luo Zhnag (Chien) and Ying Hao (Sau-Yin), find corruption and deceit rule the department, magistrate and jailers. Will they succumb to corruption? What cost must be paid to stay true to ideals?
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng FuTien-Hsiang LungPhillip Chung-Fung KwokBrave Archer and His Mate is the fourth in a series originally starring international favorite Alexander Fu Sheng as master martial artist Kuo Tsing. Kuo Chui is the new hero who is out to defeat the mass murderer of his martial arts masters.
- DirectorSze Yu LauStarsKuo Hua ChangYiu-Sing CheungYing-Ying HuiA martial artist must train incessantly to defeat the brutally powerful thief called Centipede.
- DirectorChia TangStarsTung-Shing YeeJason Piao PaiPhillip KoShaolin Temple becomes suspect when several clan leaders are robbed and killed by the deadly Shaolin Palm technique.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsTien-Chi ChengKuo ChaoYu-Po LiuTaoist Priest Yu Ji (Cheng Tien-Chi) is a victim of Magistrate Xu Gong's (Wong Lik) desire to kill General Sun Ce (Chiu Gwok) in a grab for power. Gong's plans go awry, as Yu Ji's spirit seeks revenge, after being publicly executed.
- DirectorChung SunStarsYue WongKuan Tai ChenHsiu-Chun LinWong Yu is an upstart young fighter who gets a job to deliver a box which he is not allowed to know the contents of, but will be paid a fortune once its delivered.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsYue WongNiu NiuLieh LoA righteous swordsman marries a girl from an evil clan, and the evil clansmen cripple him and leave him for dead. Years later, a virtuous young man finds him living in a cave and learns his Swift Sword techniques.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsFei AiErik Ka-Kei ChanKwok-Kuen ChanLiu Yung and Sun Chien (the Korean kicking The Five Venom from Chang Cheh's internationally popular series) team up to investigate the martial-art murders of a supposedly mortally wounded swordsman, only to find deception, death, double-dealings, impostors and one deadly duel after another.
- DirectorTaylor WongStarsTung-Shing YeeOn-On YuKara WaiThe Buddha's Palm, a technique by which an ordinary hand is transformed into a formidable force. Ku, a blind recluse living in a cave, knows its secret, which proves to be as much a blessing as a curse as it attracts all manner of mayhem.
- DirectorShan HuaStarsJason Piao PaiYu-Po LiuJung WangSeveral mysterious killings take place in the underworld and a war fighter is trying to find the culprit behind these murders.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsTung-Shing YeeCherie ChungFei AiYuen of the celestial has gathered sun light and practiced for 500 years, and now becomes immortal. He descends to the world to prevent the black snake monster from scourging. The insidious acting king sends people to murder the virtuous princess in order to grasp at authority by himself, but the murderers are defeated by Yuen. So the acting king invites the black snake monster who transformed to human form, to fight Yuen. The well-matched two knock the hell of each other and come to even.
- DirectorChun-Ku LuStarsNorman ChuTony LiuJung WangHsu Shao-chiang stars as a veritable "Spider-Swordsman" - master of the "Silkworm Style" - in this eye-filling, mind-bending martial arts phantasmagorical which truly warrants the description: "unforgettable."
- DirectorChia TangStarsLung TiTung-Shing YeeJason Piao PaiAs the names of Chang Cheh and Liu Chia-liang became legendary, all-too-often the name of their equally valued collaborator, Tang Chia, is omitted. That may be,because, unlike the previous pair, the veteran kung-fu choreographer only went on to direct three movies of his own. Of course, that makes this trio all the more special, and this first effort perhaps the most special of all. It may be an eye-filling, mind-bending martial arts tale of two royal princes battling for the rightful recovery of the throne, but it's also a party, where Tang invites two cinematographers, three editors, and no less than five other choreographer friends to almost literally shoot the works. The results are kung-fu configurations not only never seen before, but never even imagined!
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsTung-Shing YeeLung TiAlex ManDefeated villain Sung Ching-Shu restarts his reign of terror, trapping a beautiful Mongolian princess. Only two swords, and two great swordsmen, stand in his way.
- DirectorChun-Ku LuStarsTony LiuLeanne LauSiu Chung MokWith the impending death of the Emperor Ching one candidate for the throne hires the lady assassin to get rid of another strong contender.
- DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsChia-Liang LiuChia-Yung LiuKara WaiA band of killers from an ailing kung fu and magic society are sent on a manhunt for a former member of the society, whose bad mouthing threatens its existence.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsLung TiJung WangFeng KuanIt's Ti Lung versus Lo Lieh in the period piece action movie The Emperor And His Brother that features some marvellous sets and rudimentary special effects that delightfully gives Ti Lung's character's secret "peacock fist" technique a fantastical dimension.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsFeng LuLi WangTien-Hsiang LungA team of skilled fighters navigate a house rigged with an array of ingenious and deadly traps.
- DirectorYuet-Sang ChinHsia HsuStarsMeng LoYue WongPan Pan YeungTwo young martial artists find themselves the unlucky owners of a top-secret list of kung-fu alliances.
- DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsHou HsiaoChia-Hui LiuLily LiGordon Liu Chia-hui reprises his famous Monk San Te role as he tries to support and protect Shaolin her Fang Shih-yu who purposely attacks corrupt Ching officials. Fights by legendary action director Liu Chia-liang are to die for.
- DirectorChun-Ku LuStarsLeanne LauSiu Chung MokJason Piao PaiA brother and sister seek vengeance for the death of their parents.
- DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsChia-Hui LiuSheng FuLily LiMongols with the help of an insider, ambush the influential Yang Family, defenders of the dynasty. The Mongols must hunt down all Yang survivors so their insidious plot to overthrow the dynasty will not be uncovered.
- DirectorHan Hsiang LiStarsLung TiPing WangFeng KuWu Song is a Chinese legend, one of the 108 heroes of Liangshan, as described in the book The Water Margin. He was known as The tiger killing hero. This movie portrays his personal life and relationship between him and his elder brother.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsFei AiPui-San AuyeungShen ChanAcclaimed director Chu Yuan was credited for bringing mystery thriller ingredients into his atmospheric martial arts epics, and this is one of the most impressive examples. The title refers to the feared nickname of a notorious rapist-murderer who swoops down to destroy one swordsman's fiancé and frame another. Or does he? The two tragic men team with a beautiful swordswoman to find the truth.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsPhillip Chung-Fung KwokSheng ChiangLi WangWhen director Chang Chen found new talent and blood with "The Five Venoms" actors, most of which were trained in the highly acrobatic Chinese opera and well versed with exotic martial arts weapons, this crated a new spark for his use of bizarre weapons in his films.
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsKuan Tai ChenFeng KuJason Piao PaiRighteous constable Leng Tian-Ying has a fearsome reputation of killing criminals without remorse. But after being assigned to track a gang that robbed the imperial treasury, he comes to find that his reputation is being used against him.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsMeng LoSheng ChiangLi WangThe Wu Tang chief sends out his men, each of whom is given a symbol so they can recognize each other. The largest is given to Lee, whom the others are to obey.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsSheng FuJason Piao PaiTung-Shing YeeKao is given a mission by his elderly master to take a cursed sword and solve petty squabbles between skilled martial masters.
- DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsChia-Hui LiuLung-Wei WangHou HsiaoWhen thugs prey upon innocent factory workers, a small-time scammer trains for revenge by studying the moves of Shaolin temple monks.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsSiu Chung MokJing-Jing YungChau-Wah YimMax Mok is the dashing young swordsman Feng Xiwu who arrives at a beautiful, but deadly location known as Moonlit Sky to investigate rumors of deaths and disappearances there. He comes to the defense of a beautiful young woman (Mary Jean Reimer Lau) playing a zither who warns him to leave. He refuses and is soon at the mercy of the girl's mother, a woman long dead who haunts the place.She and her companions that included a group of Japanese samurai were all slain by Chinese swordsmen eighteen years ago. The ghost swore an oath of vengeance against the martial world and her Chinese husband, swordsman Lan Tianyu (Lau Wing), who betrayed her. When her daughter helps Xiwu to escape and come into the care of a Taoist priest (Lo Lieh), the ghost begins her assault on the martial world to destroy the descendants of those who wronged her. Tianyu unites with the Taoist priest and Shaolin monks to battle the ghost, but her power is too great and a spiritual master known as Purple Robe (Yueh Hua) is called upon, along with seven gods. Xiwu, Tianyu and the gods follow the ghost into the netherworld to put an end to her curse.
- DirectorTak-Cheung TangStarsKenny HoKara WaiRosamund KwanDu Meng Fei fresh out of Kung-Fu training, finds himself caught up in a 20 year conflict between the evil Thunder Gang Chief Leng Tian Lei and the Dragon Sect. Lei seeks his missing daughter and will kill anyone who gets in his way.
- DirectorKeith LiStarsTung-Shing YeeJason Piao PaiTien-Lang Li"99 have fallen, 1 remains." The Supreme Swordsman is a late, but celebrated entry into the long list of awesome Shaw Brothers swordplay epics. In feudal China, an extremely conceited swordsman named Qin Wu Xin slices his way through 99 of the best swordsman China has to offer so that he can add their famous blades to his infamous 100 Swords Mansion. Now, with only one sword left to claim, Qin Wu Xin sets his sights on the mighty Xuan Yuan Sword of the legendary Supreme Swordsman. Ironically, he is effortlessly defeated by the Supreme Swordsman due to his own inferior blade and vows to return with a worthy weapon. After questioning his master and a few locals he discovers a sword that could bring him the victory he is so obsessed with having. It is the one and only Cold Eagle Sword, belonging to the secretive Black Magic Clan, which Qin Wu Xin happens to be a member of. He becomes angered with his master for not divulging this information to him and pursues the mysterious Cold Eagle Sword with unrelenting ruthlessness.
- DirectorSze Yu LauStarsAlex ManKara WaiFelix WongIn the great tradition of Hsu Tseng Hung's The Silver Fox and Chang Cheh's Lengend of the Fox comes this exciting adventure, where the only thing between all the clan leaders and certain death is one young woman.
- DirectorShan HuaStarsLeslie CheungJing-Jing YungKuan Tai ChenLittle Dragon Maiden mixes the old with the new to create pure golden magic as kung-fu fighting veterans Chen Kuan-Tai and Lo Lieh join relative newcomer Leslie Cheung in a far-out swordplay love story that rocks.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng FuNiu TienDanny LeeA young man must complete a series of martial art tests and overcome assassins along the way.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng FuNiu NiuDanny LeeKuo Tsing wins the hand of fair maiden Huang Yung. Almost immediately, however, clan rivalries leads to Kuo being wounded by Ouyang Feng and Huang being named new leader of the Beggar Clan.