Miao Tien
Country: Taiwan
Total Credits at Criticker: 36 (Actor)
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On the last night before the old movie theater is shut down, a Japanese youth, despite the hard rain, comes running into the theater. The theater seems empty, void of life; yet there are some people, and some may not be people... (Wellspring Media)
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This metaphysical meditation on the anomie of modern urban life focuses on the problems of a family in Taipei. (KimStim)
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When a young street vendor with a grim home life meets a girl on her way to Paris, they forge an instant connection. He changes all the clocks in Taipei to French time; as he watches Francois Truffaut's Les 400 Coups, she has a strange encounter with its now-ageing star (Jean-Pierre Leaud). (imdb)
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In the final days of the year 1999, most everyone in Taiwan has died. A strange plague has ravished the island. Supposedly spread by cockroaches, the disease sends its victims into a psychosis where they act like the insects. Eventually, they die. The Hole takes place in a crumbling apartment building. Its two protagonists live right above and below each other. The woman is on the lower floor, and the pipes above her apartment are leaking fiercely, threatening to destroy her food supply... (imdb)
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Hsiao Kang is a troubled student. Ah Tze and Ah Bing are petty criminals. During a random act of violence on the streets of Taipei, their stories intermingle...
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An artist, Ku, lives with his mother near an abandoned fort, reputed to be haunted. One night, investigating strange noises, he meets the beautiful Yang who is living there. She is being pursued by agents of an Imperial noble who have murdered her family. Ku finds himself caught up in her struggle to survive, and many fierce battles take place before all is resolved. Action adventure with a lyrical feel, this is a kung fu film with a strong spiritual element. (imdb)
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The first eunuch of the emperor has managed to have a major opponent condemned to death and his family banished from the empire. In order to avoid a revenge of his victims, the eunuch sends his secret police to assassinate the deportees. The ambush is to be carried out at the inn of the Dragon Gate, an isolated place close to the border. The original plan of the secret agents is upset as several unexpected travelers - who prove to be master fencers - arrive at the inn. (IMDB)
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In Shanghai, two rival gangs - the Furious Fox and the Black Eagle - are fighting to establish dominance in the territory. When Ronald, a major gang figurehead and good friend of Ninja master Gordon (Harrison), is killed, it creates unrest in both clans and forces Gordon to become involved. Rather than go himself, he sends his bodyguard Dragon to size up the situation and it isn't long before death comes to visit both sides of town. (Far East Films)
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Evil warlords are confronted by bold martial arts masters. (allrovi.com)
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Hsiao Yen, a Young Country girl, has come to the city to find work. Her first job is as a maid-servant. She is told by the hunchback servant Lei Kung, that the master of the house is an invalid cripple who never leaves his room. One night, Hsiao Yen's screams bring Ta Tseng, the Chauffeur, to the rescue of Wang Ma, an old servant, who has tried to hang herself... (themoviedb.org)
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This is not your typical tale of revenge. Rather a story about a group of Mongol-fighting rebels in Northern China, who must overcome treachery and betrayal from both their enemies and their friends. Led by the Iron Mistress, they fight for the simple way of life, and the safety of their people. The fury of all of Genghis Khan's Mongolia is brought to bear against a group of skilled but vastly outnumbered martial artists. (hkcinemagic.com)
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Tsai Ying-Chieh (Tien Ping) is on a 20 year long mission of revenge against the man who killed his parents. Anyone who gets in his way must be punished by his swordplay skills
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Sung, is a young man who is ambitious to make his name in a theatrical troupe, but the leader of the troupe is unimpressed with him. Sung responses by studying kung fu and becomes more aggressive in his attempts to be the best. (imdb)
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Leopard killed his wife due to her unfaithfulness and ran away with his daughter, Sung Sung. He joined a horde of bandits lead by Tiger, who is impressed by Leopards ruthless ways and together they make good business. One day, Sung Sung, now a grown beautiful woman meets Dragon and because of his stubborn upright character she falls in love with him, but unbeknownst to her enemies are her father and uncle.... (youtube)
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Thrilling basher from Taiwan set amidst the dangerous and contemporary world of gangsters & counterfeiters. A young Special agent investigates the core of the racket. (Wu Tang Collection)
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Set during China in the 1930's a young Chinese martial artist and Japanese resistance fighter strikes up a friendship with the daughter of a Japanese General leading to lots of intrigue and conflict (Wu Tang Collection)
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Kung fu superstar Yu Tien Lung stars as a Chinese doctor's assistant who fights the morphine-dealing criminals who run a Japanese nightclub with magnificent effect. (Wu Tang Collection)
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The search for the essence of Kung Fu leads our dynamic duo Cherry Pai and Champion Cheng into an adventure of terror, intrigue and blood lust - horrific fighting with spirits of dead warriors! Electrifying brutality! (The Movie Database)
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Two Ming patriots spend their days helping the weak and rescuing damsels in distress. This gets them in trouble, though, as they are captured and then volunteered to go after the fearsome Dragon Gang, a tribe of bandits that have been terrorizing the land. They must fight their way through the ranks, including a Taoist monk and his nearly invulnerable "demon," before they can finally face off against the beautiful and sinister leader of the Dragon Gang. (Wu Tang Collection)
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Two petty adolescent street urchins Lo and Lung become inseparable sworn brothers who survive the cruelty of the streets. They are separated after Lo gets caught by the law trying to steal food. Years later, Lung grows up to be an enforcer for a gambling syndicate not knowing that it also fronts as a narcotics ring. To contrast Lo is raised in a law enforcement household and is sent out to investigate drug activity in the region. (imdb)
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Classic Union films production with English subs. These are rare jewels, closer to the Kurosawa style samurai films, but this one has lots of action. (NoKungFu ForYou)
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Chang Ching Ching is superb, as usual, playing a blind girl who learns martial arts from an old master and who takes revenge on the Red Devil who murdered her entire family. Brilliant sword film as you'd expect from master auteur Joseph Kuo. (Wu Tang Collection)
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Jimmy Wang Yu plays a ruthless coldblooded swordsman out for vengeance in this thrilling swordplay epic from Taiwan. (Wu Tang Collection)
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A masked, black-clad martial artist attacks the headquarters of the highly influential Green Dragon Band and steals its most important possession, a scroll known as the Green Dragon Pass. The intruder maims and kills quite a few of the Band's members but loses a piece of jade during his escape. (Wu Tang Collection)
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Judy Lee (aka Chia Ling) is the Iron Phoenix, a cop who gets her way thanks to her super strength and deadly good looks. (Wu Tang Collection)
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AKA Ninja Wolves; A Pretended Rebel; The tribute paid by the Japanese to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was being diverted by Court Eunuch Ma Tung (Chang Yi), who used the Palace Bodyguards to kill anyone opposing him. Ti Yung (Yo Hua) rises to the level of Commander in a plot devised by the Emperor to gain evidence against Ma. (imdb)
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International crime syndicates steal a whole lot of valuable jewels and then end up losing them to a kung fu fighter who uses the bounty to start a gang war. (Wu Tang Collection)
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An orphan girl (Lilly Lee) studies Crane boxing for 10 years to revenge on the ones who slaughtered her family. (imdb)
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Yuan, Chonglu door magistrate's wife to the husband, because of sexual desire and dissatisfaction with the people of adultery, after being found was "riding wooden donkey" lethal torture. The magistrate's infant daughter Ah Ying (Joey Wang) is betrothed to the Wu Feng Yun. A newlywed husband Martial infant and a half months, to return home to visit Edie magistrate. Lovers in a tree halfway lots of rest. (imdb)
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Long ago in China, corpses are supposed to be able to follow orders given by a leader and "jump" to their respective burial places. However, some drug dealers use this method to smuggle opium.
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In the late Ching Dynasty, political corruption and natural disasters plagued the land. The suffering people wandered amidst uprising forces, religious sects and whatever groups they could find shelter in. To settle this nuisance, the government set up reservations in a remote wasteland and called it " thief villages." Each year the villages choose a few people to be imprisoned. This year, Xia-Dou and Ji-Dan have been chosen. (BIFF)
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A host of top kung fu masters join forces to fight off the remaining Japanese fighters at the end of WW 2 who are in China trying to plunder what they can do before they exit.
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A group of young people are helped to illegally immigrate from China to Hong Kong by a local gang, but when they arrive they are immediately abused by the gang and paid little for the tasks they are given. Struggling to survive, the group turns to petty crime to make ends meet. When one of the group accidentally picks the pocket of a chief detective, he decides to use the group of desperate immigrants to help him infiltrate their gang.
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A young woman who seeks revenge on the master of a kung fu school who murdered her parents is aided by acrobats, a traveling hero, and his female friend.
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A roadside bandit reluctantly agrees to become the muscle for a traveling gambler/cheat. In an attempt to steal from traitorous warlords, they get involved with rebel fighters who hope to use the riches to fund their revolution.
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