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Fleur is the blue angel in one of Hong Kong's "flower houses" bordellos and night clubs of the 1930's... (imdb)

The Yangs are a well-known family of soldiers in the service of the government but are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 4th, 5th, and 6th brothers are killed (played by Hsiao Ho (actor), Gordon Liu and Fu Sheng respectively). 4th brother is captured by the Liao and is not mentioned again (in the source story he marries a Liao princess and returns). (Wikipedia)

A 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 it's existence.

Kung fu master Chen is tricked and his hands crippled by the villainous gangster and brothel-keeper Tuen, who also forces his sister into prostitution. No longer able to practice the martial arts, he becomes a lowly street entertainer, performing with his beloved trained monkey Ah Mao. Monkey is a petty thief and meets Chen and the two begin an odd friendly relationship until Tuen's men slaughter Chens pet monkey, causing Little Monkey to try and take revenge for him... (Wikipedia)

A young woman (Kara Hui) marries a dying senior member of a martial arts family in order to keep the inheritance from falling into the wicked hands of Third Uncle (Lung Wei Wang). Traditional family conventions are turned upside down when this 'grand auntie' by marriage arrives at the home of the rightful inheritor (Chia-Liang Liu) and his progressive son (Hsiao Ho).

The Tai Chi Master tells the story of Yang Yu-qian, Qing-era founder of the Yang style of Tai Chi, during the years where he mastered this style before founding a school. This 2005 release is a two-hour movie, edited from 25 original episodes of the Master of Tai Chi television series. (SmooveJ)

Lo Lieh directs himself in this serio-comic kung fu outing. (IMDB Comments)

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. (IMDB)

Wong Fei Hung and his once-rival, now friend, find themselves and their martial arts schools pitted against a rival school which uses a kung fu expert from the north to do their dirty work... (hkflix.com)

A prince in succession for the throne must evade the plotting of his evil brothers in the weeks leading up to the new Emperor being chosen.

A female cop befriends a mysterious martial arts drifter, who turns out to be a deadly assassin. (imdb)

A manchu general pits the South Shaolin and North Shaolin schools against each other in order to wipe them out completely. After the deaths of five Southern students, the grand master sends his best 3 students to train hard before exacting their revenge.

Yen's brother Alan has been missing for six days.Somehow, it is connected to an amusement park where a girl died 14 years ago in a ferris wheel accident. Their mother, who has the power to capture ghosts with a camera, believes he is dead, but Yen decides to go to the park to look for him. Along with friends Yen is chased out by a watchman. But they ignore his warnings and, one by one, they die. (imdb)

Liu Chia-Yung is saved from drug smugglers by Kara Hui, whose godfather is a "drunken master" and whose leprous godmother is mistress of the fairly off-putting Leprosy Boxing style.

This Chinese-Japanese co-production is a timeless story with state-of-the-art designs and special effects. Set in the present day, its valiant young heroes battle their mythological foes through the streets of Tokyo and Hong Kong. The beautiful Ashura holds the only key to The Gates of Hell, where its King is imprisoned. But Ashura has been asleep for centuries. When the evil Raga awakens her and tries to steal the key, it is up to two young monks to foil Raga's plan. (hkmdb.com)

Kuo Tsing and Huang Yung , the happy-but-beleaguered couple, continue their travels on behalf of the Beggars Clan whose chieftainship their teacher had bestowed on Huang Yung in the previous film. However, a blow by Iron Palm has seriously wounded Huang Yung, so Kuo Tsing seeks help from a reclusive white-haired beauty, "Auntie Ying", who sends them to Emperor Yuan for a cure. But first they must get past the Emperor's followers a fisherman, a woodcutter, a farmer, and a scholar. (hkflix)

A noble doctor saves a beautiful woman from being devoured by a Thai demon, only to be cursed by a wicked priest. A wild action/ horror comedy featuring kung-fu monks, zombies, and blood curses.

When Peter meets June, he falls in love at first sight, in spite of her claim that she can see ghosts. However, strange things begin happening, one after another: Are these strange events in some way connected to June's ability? (HKFlix)

A young man, who lives with his mother, meets a teenage girl through an online chat and start to date. On learning about the youngsters' relationship, the girl's wealthy and none-too-pleased parents tell them to quit. (AsianMediaWiki)

A private investigator "Charlie Chan" (Anthony Wong) is hired to investigate Hui's character "Siu-hung." Superficially, she appears to be scheming to kill Khan's father (Woo Fung), who is enjoying his new relationship with her seemingly oblivious to the threat. With time on her hands due to a suspension, Khan's police officer "Yang Ching" is able to spy on the couple, setting in motion a relationship comedy involving her police supervisor and the private investigator (Hong Kong Cinemagic)

When Triad leader Hung's wife gives birth to a baby boy, Hung considers leaving the world of the gangsters. Despite the fact that he is not sure of his decision, word gets out fast and now, a brutal war begins in the world of "jiang-hu". Two hoodlums, Wing and Turbo, set to make a name for themselves, are ordered to kill Hung. Meanwhile, an internal conflict begins between Hung and his #1 man, Left-Hand. Despite this conflict, the two have nothing but respect for each other. (imdb)

Hong Kong's answer to Hollywood's hoary Police Academy series, this film -- directed by Wellson Chin -- concerns the local police force's attempts at creating a crack all-female special unit force. Under the strict and watchful eye of Madam Hu (Sibelle Hu) and Madam Lo (Cynthia Rothrock), prospective candidates suffer through grueling training regimes and brutal physical conditioning. (allmovie.com)

It's the year 1990 and the beautiful city of Hong Kong is under siege as the crime world goes 'turbo'. Triad leaders vie for power on the streets, drug trafficking is getting out of hand and the thin blue line that separates justice from anarchy is being erased. Within a few months time, the Triads will control every major crime activity in the Pacific Rim and no law enforcement agency in the world will be powerful enough to stop them. But all of that changes when the 'Angel Terminators' arrive. (imdb)

Guo Jing and Yang Kang, the sons of two rebels, are sworn brothers from birth. As the rebels are killed by imperial guards, the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan" and a taoist priest separate the two boys, tutor them separately in martial arts for them to meet again 18 years later in a contest of abilities...

A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.

Adapted from a Hong Kong comic book, Buddha's Palm tells the tale of a young fighter who learns the fabled Buddha's Palm technique from a blind swordsman, only to discover that he is being used as a pawn in the age-old battle for vengeance and control of the Martial World.

Popular Hong Kong filmmaker Lau Kar-leung directed this historical action-comedy about two sworn enemies battling to determine which of them is the best swordsman. The Cat is Chan Chiao (Adam Cheng) and the Rat is Pai Yu-tang (Alexander Fu Sheng). The two men compete in various flamboyantly choreographed duels before realizing that they must seek the judgment of their master (Lau Kar-wing). (allrovi.com)

A youthful Shaolin initiate inadvertenly separated from the rest of gang joins forces with dashing adventurer (Biao) on a request to protect a priceless artifact from his greedy brother. (imdb)

The pre-eminent martial art moviemaker Liu Chia-liang (a.k.a. Lau Kar-leung) came up with the novel idea for this exciting and hilarious cultural, generational, and kung-fu clash. He plays a martial art master so set in his ways that his kung-fu school may be closed down. That is, until a hip, young, beautiful marketing woman arrives to take over, setting off a battle of the sexes, the ages, and even with the local crime king! (hkcinemagic.com)

Asian fans of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon recognized that its director Ang Lee was actually inspired by director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung's wonderful tales of a "martial art world" where all wushu warriors try to attain the "Deer Sword" and escape from the insidious maze-like "Toy Land." Master kung-fu choreographer Tang Chia leads the king and queen of Shaw's swordplay, Ti Lung and Lily Li, in a fascinating and entertaining adventure of consummate swordmen and sorceresses. (hkcinemagic.com)

Journey of the Doomed stars Tung Wei as a knight that finds himself protecting the life of a beautiful young lady being stalked by a bunch of assassins headed by kung-fu actress extraordinaire Hui Ying-hung. Tung Wei was the kid that Bruce Lee slaps on the head at the beginning of Enter The Dragon. He went on to kung-fu stardom before becoming a highly successful fight director for Jet Li and Jackie Chan. (hkcinemagic.com)

Respected veteran director Li Han-hsiang capped this, one of his best years as a filmmaker, with this fascinating period drama of royal intrigue. Li Kun plays the ingenious Lord Liu, whose intelligence was envied by the Emperor himself, enacted by Liu Yung. Both actors were two of Bruce Lee's favorite co-stars. Serving as a welcome co-star herself is My Young Auntie, Hui Ying-hung, showing once again why she was a favorite of both legendary directors Chang Cheh and Liu Chia-liang. (hkcinemagic.com)

In the great tradition of Hsu Tseng-hung's The Silver Fox and Chang Cheh's Legend of the Fox comes this exciting adventure, where the only thing between all the clan leaders and certain death is one young woman. But that young woman is Hui Ying-hung, the remarkable star of legendary director Liu Chia-liang's classics My Young Auntie and The Lady is the Boss. If any one can save them, it's her, with the help of Thundering Mantis star Liang Chia-jen and action director Lo Chiang. (hkcinemagic.com)

Hong Kong detectives Chau and Beethoven return in this sequel to "Pom Pom." This time out, they join forces with their boss, Inspector Chan, to find the notorious Flying Spider, who is suspected of stealing government money Chan was responsible for. Meanwhile, Beethoven falls in love with Flying Spider's daughter, Mimi. (imdb)

Tax collector Ning, a clumsy and easily frightened man, doesn't have any money and decides to stay overnight in an abandoned temple. Little does he know that the temple is haunted. He meets a very beautiful lady who seduces him, but he doesn't know that she is a ghost, usually not leaving any man alive... (imdb)

Frankie Chan Fan-kei directs and stars in this tight-scripted gangster thriller yarn. The film opens with the triad clan's patriarch getting whacked by his brother Chau Hsiong (Ko Chuen-hisang). With the leadership of the family up in the air, Chau tries to enlist the help of his vacillating nephew, Wai (Miu Kiu-wai), to help him knock off Tat-hwa (Simon Yam Tat-wah), the patriarch's son and family heir apparent. (allrovi.com)

The "Scenario and Directed By" credit is rare, but Lung Yi-sheng warranted it for two memorable Shaw movies starring the lovely and lethal Hui Ying-hung. This is the first - a beautiful fight fantasy of lute demons, magical arrows, bottomless abysses, an arduous quest, hermaphrodites, a villain named "Red-Haired Evil," and a mischievous knight named "Old Naughty." It's little wonder Lung also directed, since another director might inadvertently deflate this delicate, but delightful, confection. (hkcinemagic.com)

Hong Kong's police force boasts two of the world's finest anti-crime task forces: the Flying Tigers and the Banshees. After Madam Sybelle and her Banshees have put ringleaders of a notorious jewelry gang behind bars, they return to routine training. And leader Kan of the Flying Tigers returns to admiring Sybelle at a distance. Lo, the anti-terrorist expert, is to inspect the Tigers and Banshees. A strengthened diet of training is introduced amid the moans and groans. (hkcinemagic.com)

The venerable Inspector Wears Skirts series cranks out another sequel, this time cashing in on the gambling craze following Chow Yun Fat's God of Gamblers. When the Hong Kong cops decide to go after an illegal gambling boat operation, the decommissioned all-female commando unit is brought back into service. Madam Wu (Sibelle Hu Hui-chung) once again whips her charges into tiptop physical condition with a brutal training regime. (allrovi.com)

Wellson Chin Sing-wai once again directs the final entry in this well-worn police comedy series. Following a particularly toilsome mission, every member of the fabled Female Commando unit is either in an insane asylum or in hospital. (allrovi.com)

A public-housing tenement is plunged into a dark storm of supernatural chaos, in this loving tribute to the cult classic Hong Kong horror-comedy series Mr. Vampire. (tiff.net)

Newly crowned queen of kung-fu films Hui Ying-hung, stars in Long Road To Gallantry, a rivetting swordswoman spectacle. Shaw Brothers' actress Lily Li teams up with one time kung-fu wonder boy Chen Kuan-tai in a quest to find a missing martial arts manual. It's new wave heroic bloodshed with new wave talent such as the upcoming Rosamund Kwan who went on to star in six Jet Li films. (hkcinemagic.com)

The story of some Chinese reformers who escape from the Qing army and later battle the foreign expeditionary force during the Boxer Rebellion. (imdb)

Wu plays Mark, a hapless insurance salesman coerced into committing criminal acts by a voice barking down orders through his headset. The mysterious man, who somehow has commandeered the city's surveillance cameras, takes control of Mark's life and fashions him as a proxy for his dirty deals. (hollywoodreporter)

Late at night, 17 passengers board a bus in Hong Kong. As they emerge from a tunnel, they realize that everyone else has vanished. In the post-apocalyptic city, they encounter mysterious ailments, a Morse code communication, and a strange man wearing a gas mask. Panic sets in as the survivors disappear one by one. Based on the 2012 novel Lost on a Red Minibus to Taipo.

Shanghai is now in the 1920s. Pop's troupe of all female leads is struggling. Pop calls on Tsui to join him in the hope of her fighting sequences will pull the troupe out from imminent close-down. This enrages the actresses who are already quarreling among themselves. However, they come together with godfather Chang, who has favour to one of them. Young Lu and his friends are new generation of underworld toughs. They resist Chang's invasion because Chang deals in narcotics... (hkcinemagic.com)

90s remake of King Hu's classic "A Touch of Zen". The Chun clan and the Ha Hou clan are desperately vying with one another to regain their respective former glories. Though their families are at each other's throats, Choi Siu-ling (Michelle Lee Kar-yan), the princess of the Chun, and Ha Hou (Lau Sek-ming), of the similarly named family, have fallen in love. (rottentomatoes.com)

The tragic story of Fat Cat, a mentally retarded man who endures the mistreatment of the local villagers, and Koko, the idealistic social worker who tries to give him a better life. Koko's battle against ignorance and apathy on Fat Cat's behalf takes its toll on them both. (imdb)

Caper comedy from the director of Story of Ricky. (letterboxd.com)

The last Huangmei offering from Shaw studio is finally here! It was a very shrewd decision to cast Brigitte Lin, the reigning queen of the 70s Qiong Yao romances as Pao Yu and under the meticulous direction of Li Han Hsiang, she managed to pull it off and made this version of Pau Yu uniquely her own. Sylvia Chang has the esteemed role of Dai Yu but seemed miscast and tried too hard to make herself a tragic figure... (imdb)

J is directed into becoming a diva by her manager Kin-sun. When she loses her voice while she sings in her concert, she diappears from public and goes into an unexpected relationship with a blind masseur. While this happens, the manager Kin-sun is interested in a future prospected singer Red who is expected to make a choice between her love and career. J tries to help Red but she is also under pressure to continue in her career. (filimadami.com)

Wang plays Danny, a young martial arts enthusiast who arrives in Hong Kong to head a school of Choy Lee Fut owned by his wealthy father. At the airport, he's swindled out of his wallet and phone but is given help and shelter by a young woman, much to the chagrin of her jealous boyfriend and her kind but suspicious mother. With an important boxing match coming up, Danny is trained by a master of Choy Lee Fut, while the school's janitor tries to locate the second half of an old martial arts... (asianfilmstrike)

A romantic comedy about the origins of the Wing Chun fighting style. (imdb)

Tony Leung plays Wai, an apple polisher working in a finance company co-managed by Ma and Kang, both being brothers. Kang is the good brother, Ma, the bad one. Wai tries to set Kang up with Mina to prevent Ma from getting her, but Kang likes Jackie, especially after saving her from prostitution. Wai later reveals to Kang that he likes Mina, but is afraid Kang will be angry with him, besides the feelings between Mina and him are mutual. (imdb)

Turning Point 2 is a 2011 Hong Kong action crime thriller film directed by Herman Yau and starring Michael Tse in the title role of "Laughing Gor" and co-starring Francis Ng, Chapman To and Bosco Wong. The film is a distant sequel to the 2009 film Turning Point, a direct sequel to the 2011 TV series Lives of Omission and the third spin-off of The Academy franchise featuring Tse's character from E.U. (wikipedia)

"Mrs K" is a story of a woman who gives everything that she has to protect her husband and daughter when enemies from her past come hunting her. (imdb)

When Eva ends her ten-year relationship with Adam, he's shocked by the sudden break-up, not until he read her private journal did he realize that she has suffered 77 heartbreaks. Though unknown to the secret contained in the journal's torn-out last page, he is determined to win her back. When they finally resolve to start anew, Eva discovers his drunken tryst. Will she pardon him a 78th time? (letterboxd)

Adventures of Phoenix Luk, including his dealings with and against Miss Mandy, and another swordfighting opponent, and his friend Eagle Eye who turns against him. Note: Footage of the movie - including the 2 best fight scenes - is taken from the movie TAKE THE RAP (1983) (hkmdb)

Sharon is a noted psychiatrist whose material ambition has turned her into a neglectful mother. But once her daughter Jenny develops seriously nutty behaviour - and ghostly sightings begin to plague their spacious mansion - Sharon loses her grips on reality, eventually turning to a Catholic priest/exorcist for help. (The Movie Database)

Through happenstance, a gambler in Macau and a real estate agent in California begin exchanging letters. (imdb)

After his mother's death, Chan Kai-yuk feels so alone that he leaves Guangzhou for Hong Kong to look up the father who abandoned him and his mom. But Yuk's hopes are dashed on finding his dad has a new family and considers him a burden. Alone and homeless, Yuk is taken in by Auntie Fen, a middle-aged recluse who leads a solitary existence. At first, their different habits and personalities lead to numerous squabbles, intensified by Yuk's self-centeredness and Fen's odd temperament... (The Movie Database)

The 1990 Hong Kong action classic, starring Yukari Oshima, is titled Brave Young Girls in the U.S. It is a very interesting story about two beautiful young women who are completely different. One woman is a skilled martial artist/police officer and the other is a prostitute, but they figure out that it is much better to work together to solve their problems. Otherwise their problems will get them, sooner than later. (imdb)

A group of young undercover cops, who get in a little too deep, become hunted by the police themselves. Superb action: from Dick Wei and Kara Hui. (Wu Tang Collection)

AKA Shaolin Megaforce. During the Ming Dynasty, a young prince is sent across China in order to protect him from the Manchus. At the same time in present day, in Hong Kong a policewoman seems to have a spiritual link with the young prince. (Wu Tang Collection)

During a fraudulent exchange of jewelry, an informer of the police seizes the jewels and the money but instead of giving them to the police as planned, he fled with them to China. Both the Police and Triads will do everything in their power to find him. (Wu Tang Collection)

Guangxi province, southern China, 4 Apr 2011. On the day of the Qingming (grave-sweeping) festival, 27-year-old Yang Jie (Huo Siyan) visits the orphanage in which she was raised after receiving a letter from its head (Li Zhu). When she arrives, however, the head denies she ever wrote to her. Along with the letter was a train ticket from Xijiang to Qingming that same evening and, after receiving some childhood mementos from the orphanage head, Yang Jie goes to catch the train.

A group of Vietnamese refugees in HK kill on order of their superiors who said to get them to the US. Their hopes are shattered when their leader sends them against his boss and he is about to kill them when it's done. (imdb)

A drama film directed by Hong Kong New Wave filmmaker Peter Yung. (tmdb)

Adapted from a short story in Pu Songling's supernatural classic Liaozhai Zhiyi The Fox Lover is about white fox spirit Xiaochui, who is irrevocably in love with the naive mortal Wang Yuanfeng. In the universe resides the largest sea demon that strikes terror amongst the people. Inside Wang's soul, there is a hidden power able to destroy the fiercest demons. When Xiaochui's loyalties are tested in the clash between humans and demons, she is willing to sacrifice her life for love. (themovie

A phone call about an old classmate's death triggers a middle-aged man to look back on his past and the pained wish for a different past that may change his future. (imdb)

The film is set in the 1940s, and starts with a strange murder in a beautiful Jiangnan river delta. At the scene, all that is left is an exquisite pair of embroidered shoes. An innocent seamstress is suspected and put to death, but the bloody murders do not stop. (imdb)

Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, and an entire family close to Madame Tang fall victim to a gruesome murder. Ambition, desire and lust eventually change Tang's relationships with her own family forever. (imdb)

A teenager is magically transported to China and learns to convert his video game skills into those of a Kung Fu warrior. (imdb)

Sing is an ex-con who's supposed to dig up the buried loot of his three still-jailed buddies, but when he gets to it, he finds that the treasure chest is full of rocks. The other three are convinced that Sing stole the goods for himself.

Ji Mo is regarded as an outlier because she can see monsters. One day, she sees a monster in the supermarket and meets a monster hunter, Meng. She discovers that there really are monsters in the world, and she is involved in a new storm.

An old man of the village tells kinky ghost stories to a few of its inhabitants after all the kids have gone to bed. What follows are stories that have horror elements and some soft-core nudity thrown in.

Fresh from his smashing directorial debut comedy, "Let's Make Laugh", Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting returns to the screen with this seriocomic look at the clash of cultures that results when a Mainland Chinese peasant brings his family to Hong Kong. "Family Light Affair", whose Chinese title literally translates as "City Lights", is the director/writer's warm-hearted memoir of street life in the early 1980s, featuring an eclectic cast of pop music and kung fu stars who shine in their poignant roles.

The story of two lonely and impoverished elderly lovers at the end of their lives.

In “82 Tenants” the widow Zhang and Bing, her new young consort, want to sell an apartment house to a property developer but old man Zhang's will provides that the current tenants can stay there as long as they want or the building survives. So it is clear who the villains are—joining the greedy couple is Chao who has purchased all the land around the building but needs this final piece so he can know everything down and build a money-spinning edifice.

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