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A Touch of Zen
A Touch of Zen (侠女, Xia nü) is King Hu's 1971 Taiwanese wuxia film with Hsu Feng and Shih Chun, adapted from Pu Songling; it won the Technical Grand Prize at Cannes in 1975.
Blood Brothers (1973 film)
Blood Brothers (刺馬, Ci Ma) is a 1973 Shaw Brothers martial arts drama directed by Chang Cheh, starring Ti Lung, David Chiang, and Chen Kuan-tai, based on the Qing dynasty assassination of Ma Xinyi.
Carry On Pickpocket (提防小手)
Carry On Pickpocket (提防小手) is a 1982 Hong Kong action comedy directed by and starring Sammo Hung, following a family of professional pickpockets drawn into a diamond-theft case.
Come Drink with Me (大醉侠)
Come Drink with Me (大醉俠, Da zui xia) is King Hu's 1966 Shaw Brothers wuxia film starring Cheng Pei-pei as Golden Swallow, a landmark of new school martial arts cinema adapted from a Peking opera piece.
Crippled Avengers (残缺)
Crippled Avengers (殘缺), aka Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms, is a 1978 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh, starring the Venom Mob as crippled fighters trained for revenge.
Disciples of Shaolin (洪拳小子)
Disciples of Shaolin (洪拳小子, Hong quan xiao zi), aka The Invincible One, is a 1975 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh, starring Fu Sheng and Chi Kuan-chun as rival-bonded Shaolin disciples in a textile-mill feud; it sparked the xiaozi kid-film wave.
Dragon Lord (龙少爷)
Dragon Lord (龙少爷) is a 1982 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy directed, co-written by, and starring Jackie Chan, in which two young friends uncover a plot to smuggle Chinese antiquities.
Duel to the Death (生死决)
Duel to the Death (生死決, Xian si jue) is a 1983 Hong Kong wuxia film, Ching Siu-tung's directorial debut for Golden Harvest, about a decennial China-Japan swordsmen duel rigged by conspirators, famous for kite-riding ninjas and its cliff-top finale.
Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon (龍爭虎鬥), 1973 martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse, starring Bruce Lee in his final completed role; Warner Bros.–Golden Harvest co-production, released posthumously in August 1973.
Fist of Fury (精武门)
Fist of Fury (精武門, Jingwu Men), released in the US as The Chinese Connection, is a 1972 Golden Harvest kung fu film directed by Lo Wei, starring Bruce Lee as Chen Zhen avenging master Huo Yuanjia in Shanghai; it broke Hong Kong box office records and introduced Lee's nunchaku.
Fist of the White Lotus
Fist of the White Lotus (洪文定三破白蓮教), aka Clan of the White Lotus, is a 1980 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by and starring Lo Lieh, with Gordon Liu and Kara Hui; a loose sequel to Executioners from Shaolin in which the hero learns embroidery kung fu and acupuncture.
Five Element Ninjas (五遁忍术)
Five Element Ninjas (五遁忍术, aka Chinese Super Ninjas) is a 1982 Shaw Brothers martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh and written with Ni Kuang, in which Japanese element-based ninja squads battle a Chinese martial alliance; it earned HK$1,628,717 in Hong Kong and became a Western cult favorite.
Five Fingers of Death
Five Fingers of Death (天下第一拳, aka King Boxer) is a 1972 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Korean filmmaker Chung Chang-wha, starring Lo Lieh. Its 1973 U.S. release launched the American kung fu craze and influenced Tarantino's Kill Bill.
Game of Death (死亡游戏) (1978 film)
Game of Death (死亡遊戲) is the 1978 Golden Harvest–Columbia action film completed posthumously by Robert Clouse from Bruce Lee's unfinished 1972 footage, starring Billy Lo faking his death and the yellow-jumpsuit pagoda climax with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Have Sword, Will Travel (保镖)
Have Sword, Will Travel (保镖) is a 1969 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Chang Cheh, starring Ti Lung and David Chiang, who escort silver while fending off bandits.
Heroes Two (方世玉与洪熙官)
Heroes Two (方世玉與洪熙官, aka Kung Fu Invaders) is a 1974 Shaw Brothers martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh with Chen Kuan-tai and Fu Sheng, first of his Taiwan-made southern Shaolin cycle.
House of Traps (冲霄楼)
House of Traps (冲霄楼, Chong xiao lou) is a 1982 Shaw Brothers martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh and Ni Kuang, adapted from Three Heroes and Five Gallants; the last Venom Mob film, released 9 January 1982.
Invincible Shaolin (南少林与北少林)
Invincible Shaolin (南少林與北少林, aka Unbeatable Dragon) is a 1978 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh with the Venom Mob, in which Qing officials trick North and South Shaolin fighters into war.
Killer Clans (流星蝴蝶剑)
Killer Clans (流星蝴蝶剑) is a 1976 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Chor Yuen, adapted from Gu Long's novel Meteor, Butterfly, Sword, whose success opened a craze for filming Gu Long's novels.
Lady Snowblood (修羅雪姫) (film)
Lady Snowblood (修羅雪姫, Shurayuki-hime) is a 1973 Toho Japanese revenge film directed by Toshiya Fujita, starring Meiko Kaji as Yuki, adapted from the Koike-Kamimura manga and a major inspiration for Tarantino's Kill Bill.
Legendary Weapons of China (十八般武艺)
Legendary Weapons of China (十八般武藝, Shi ba ban wu yi) is a 1982 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung, set in the Boxer Uprising, ending in an eighteen-weapon duel; Fu Sheng's final film.
Martial Club
Martial Club (武館, aka Instructors of Death) is a 1981 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung, starring Gordon Liu as young Wong Fei-hung in a Guangzhou martial arts school rivalry, famous for its prop-free alleyway duel.
Master of the Flying Guillotine (独臂拳王大破血滴子)
Master of the Flying Guillotine (獨臂拳王大破血滴子, aka One Armed Boxer 2) is Jimmy Wang Yu's 1976 kung fu sequel in which a blind Qing assassin hunts the one-armed boxer with a decapitating flying guillotine; noted for its tournament arc and Krautrock soundtrack.
Men from the Monastery
Men from the Monastery (少林子弟, Shao Lin zi di, 1974) is a Chang Cheh Shaw Brothers kung fu film, second in his Shaolin cycle, starring Chen Kuan-tai, Fu Sheng, and Chi Kuan-chun as Shaolin fighters against the Manchu Qing.
My Young Auntie (长辈)
My Young Auntie (長輩, Zhang bei) is a 1981 Shaw Brothers kung fu comedy directed by and starring Lau Kar-leung with Kara Wai, who won the first Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress; released January 1, 1981, grossing HK$3,346,256.
One-Armed Swordsman (独臂刀)
One-Armed Swordsman (獨臂刀, Dubei Dao) is a 1967 Shaw Brothers wuxia film directed by Chang Cheh, starring Jimmy Wang Yu as Fang Gang, a swordsman who loses an arm and masters a broken-blade style; the first Hong Kong film to pass HK$1 million.
Police Story (警察故事) (1985 film)
Police Story (警察故事) is Jackie Chan's 1985 Hong Kong action comedy about cop Chan Ka-kui protecting a witness from drug lord Chu Tao; Golden Harvest production that won Best Film and Best Action Choreography at the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards.
Project A (计划) (film)
Project A (A計劃, 'A' gai wak) is Jackie Chan's 1983 Hong Kong directorial debut, an action comedy starring Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao as coast guardsmen fighting pirates, famous for its bicycle chase and clock tower fall.
Return to the 36th Chamber (少林搭棚大师)
Return to the 36th Chamber (少林搭棚大师, aka 少林三十六房續集) is a 1980 Shaw Brothers kung fu comedy directed by Lau Kar-leung, starring Gordon Liu as a con man who learns kung fu through scaffolding work at Shaolin; sequel to The 36th Chamber of Shaolin.
Revenge of the Ninja
Revenge of the Ninja is a 1983 Cannon Films martial arts film, the second of the Ninja trilogy, directed by Sam Firstenberg and starring Sho Kosugi as Cho Osaki, a former ninja in America whose doll-import business hides a heroin smuggling operation.