Yun Ling

Yen Shih-san is reputed to be a swordsman without equal and in a brief space of time kills several challengers, all of whom were also skillful swordsmen. One day, Miss Mu Yung Chiu-ti suddenly appears on the scene and proclaims that Third Master is the most superior swordsman, and that he has killed several hundred swordsmen all of whom had challenged him to duels. (jaman.com)

Following "Clans Of Intrigue"'s success, director Chu Yuan, novelist Ku Lung, and superstar Ti Lung re-teamed for another adventure featuring sexy knight Chu Liu-Hsiang. This time, he travels to the mysterious Island Of The Bats, where he encounters treacherous monks, beautiful women, and a strange Prince. The movie is also a significant milestone in the amount of female flesh revealed on screen, proving that Shaw movies can balance the yin of cheesecake with the yang of beefcake. (hkcinemagic.com)

To Kill a Jaguar features two alumni that got big breaks starring in Bruce Lee films, Nora Miao, Bruce Lee's love interest in The Big Boss, Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon, and Liu Yung who co-starred with Bruce in The Big Boss and Fist of Fury. In To Kill a Jaguar, Liu plays Miao's jilted lover that but he refuses to let go as the film has more twists than a soap opera. (hkcinemagic.com)

The team of real-life kung-fu champion Chen Kuan-tai and director Pao Hsueh-li was a productive one, resulting in such classic hits as The Boxer From Shantung, Man Of Iron and Iron Bodyguard. This powerful saga is one of their last together, as well as one of their most sweeping. It tells of the battle between a usurper of the throne and the patriots, led by Chen, who backs a Yunnan Governor just after the revolution. (hkcinemagic.com)

This bloody tale, full of betrayal and intrigue, will most probably please fans of samurai sword fighting. (allrovi.com)

For noble college and kung-fu student Yen Tzu-fei (played by experienced matinee idol Ling Yun), there can be no forgiveness or mercy, as an unscrupulous Japanese financier's sordid family literally rapes and pillages everything Yen holds dear. It's a fight to the finish against both his oppressors and their even more venal collaborators. (hkcinemagic.com)

Welcome the "Bandit With A Thousand Faces" to the ranks of the great screen "outlaw heroes". Like Zorro, he uses a secret identity as a playboy to foil tyrannical Shan Yung county authorities. (hkcinemagic.com)

Our main character (played by Ling Yun) carries the titular twin blades and is on a quest to take out the Ghost Gang who murdered his parents. (silveremulsion.com)

The Iron Buddha starts off uniquely as the rapist Xiao Tianzun (Wong Chung-Shun) is caught red-handed, but let free by a merciful martial arts master who is familiar with the reputation of the rapist's teacher. He does not leave the rapist unscathed, though, carving a deep cross on his chest to mark him as an evildoer. Three years later, Xiao tracks down the man who gave him the scar, rapes his daughter while he watches and then kills him! (silveremulsion.com)

Ling Yun, of Gun Brothers and Hellgate (among many others), ably plays a magician-warrior who initially protects the villain from an ambush by the title heroes. But after his wife's and friend's deaths, he must fight to set things right. (hkcinemagic.com)

A villainous martial artist steals the manual for "The Mighty Technique", but discovers that the last two moves are missing. Will he find them before his evil deeds catch up with him? (hkmdb.com)

In the sixties, love stories portrayed women as sentimentalists or sacrificial lambs. Later on, directors like Chu Yuan replaced these themes of sacrifice with abandonment. The Forbidden Past is a heart tugging, rare Chinese Christmas story about a bar girl (Ching Li) serving drinks to a man that looks like her husband from five years ago. She convinces him to fulfill her son's wishes of having the father he's never seen, show up for Christmas. A merry Christmas follows? (hkcinemagic.com)

Two guys and their women constantly get harassed by a group of young motorcycle outlaws on a small island. The situation becomes deadly when one of them gets killed. (imdb)

Top Kung Fu actors, Phillip Ko, Ling Yun, and Robert Tai battle it out for turf supremacy in old shanghai. Note: special Triad codes are shown in this film for the first time. (youtube)

This is the first starring role I've seen Casanova Wong play. He and the film's producers seem to be paying homage to Toshiro Mifune, Clint Eastwood, Jimmy Wang Yu et al. Casa is very much the taciturn, serious lone man on a mission. He is always focussed, apparently calm, until he explodes into action. (The Movie Database)

The setting for this tale is an inn where people come from all corners of China every 5 years to witness and participate in a prestigious horse race. However, the inn is also swarming with thieves and con-men looking to score. Angela Mao plays the innkeepers daughter and she sends the villains back to where they came from in a series of great fights. Angela Mao using the Snake fist is a must see. (imdb)

AKA Dressed To Fight It's all action, all the time, in this seldom-seen kung fu extravaganza starring Tien Peng, who's all dressed up with somewhere to go: He's on his way to kick some butt! In the vaunted tradition of grind-house Hong Kong action flicks, this film features breathtaking thrilling battles and martial arts moves that have to be seen to be believed (and then you still won't believe them!). (The Movie Database)

Xunhuan comes back to his home after three years of wandering. He has decided to have a normal life, but a group of skilled fighters and leaders are bent on killing him, so they can be ranked top by Bai Xiaosheng in his renowned list of the best warriors in the martial arts world. Li Xunhuan battles them as he searches for his estranged friend A'fei, who is now married and living in seclusion. (Wu Tang Collection)

AKA Knights of Misadventure; Happy Hero Follow the exciting action as three young swordsmen uncover the corrupted actions of the Imperial superintendents only to find further perils. Action packed martial arts flick. (Wu Tang Collection)

AKA Moonlight Cutter Swish, and energetic kung fu action with everyone hunting a golden dragon statue and a killer called Moon Night Cutter. Some fab, acrobatic battles, bloodshed, epilepsy, magic flutes, big swords, awesome sets, and with Angela Mao and a midget in a steel wrecking ball. (Wu Tang Collection)

A comic crime caper from the Shaw Brothers.

A young man is taught the orthodox Mantis fist to prepare him for the fight of his life when he must face the Menace of the Southern Territories, Very rare, must see shapes film. (Wu Tang Collection)

AKA The Revenger; Chou Shu grows up to be a valiant and courageous fighter. But on his birthday, his mother reveals that his father was killed by the evil Mao Kao. Chow Shu sets out on a journey of discovery to find his father's bones and bury them in the family tomb. At the same time, Mao Kao learns that Chou Shu is still alive and is determined to finally eliminate the young man. (hkflix)

After her entire family is wiped out by Swordsmen of various clans the young vagabond soon comes of age and sets out on her one woman vengeance trail. One by one she kills all the Swordsmen she dares to challenge with her trusted deadly blade. Her most feared and deadly foe is Peerless Swallow the top Swordsman in China Will she finally meet her match or will fate cast a dark shadow. (Wu Tang Collection)

Superb swordplay film, depicting more daring swordplay and acts of chivalry from the debonair swordsman, Third master. This film is based on the novel by prolific writer of Wuxia Ku Lung. (Wu Tang Collection)

Shih Hsin-chiao (Ling Yun) is a journalist who trained under mentor Lu Tao-jan (Chin Han). Lu's daughter, Chih-pai (Tien Niu) is infatuated with the good-looking and intelligent Shih, but Shih sees her only as a child. When he returns from a long stay abroad, he finds that things have changed. Chih-pai is now an attractive young woman in a relationship with rich boy (Wang Yu). A miscarriage and Lu's death throw Shih and Chih-pai back together again. (imdb)

Not a love triangle but a love rectangle, Rose, Be My Love is a romantic drama that represents the high standards achieved by Shaw Brothers in both star power and technical polish. Set on the eve of Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong's invasion by the Japanese, the tragic romance takes on added poignancy in light of the future fate of leading lady Li Ting, the "Rose" of Rose, Be My Love who committed suicide a mere three months after the movie's release.

1. A crash leaves a man dead, and his wife badly injured. Soon, he returns as a ghost to try to take her with him. 2. A caretaker wins the lottery thanks to the saucer spirit. Things begin to go wrong when he breaks his promise to it. (imdb)

Legendary jewel thieves "Nocturnal Earl" (Ling Yun) and "Fragrant Night" (Lily Ho) are set on a collision course for destiny when both arrive in Japan to get their hands on the famous "Venus Tear Diamond." But sparks fly between the jewel thieves and the two fall instantly in love, without knowing that their beloved is after the very jewel each is seeking!

sadistic and certainly batty, sexy, proud and violent POW scum fest that sets 'Chinese' insurgents against vile, evil 'Japanese' camp guards who think nothing of shooting, stabbing, torturing and slapping their mud covered, constantly scream-in wards. Elsa Yang plays a clever, kill-happy revolutionary super spy intent on breaking out her countrymen so they can go plant bombs and rid the land from the tyranny. (TubiTV)

Private eye Chang Wen Chiang receives a telephone call from his girlfriend Li Lan Hsing. He rushes over and finds her dying in a pool of blood.

A little-known Taiwanese Wuxia.

A sensitive love triangle helmed by one of Shaw era’s top directors, Chin Chien. A psychiatrist taking a room at an old friend’s apartment soon discovers an insane woman living in a neighboring flat. As the doctor gradually heals the woman he also falls in love with her. The problem arises when the friend’s daughter confesses her love to him as well. Misunderstanding and mistaken passions soon lead to broken hearts and an emotional confrontation in the love triangle.

The Shaw Brothers version of The Parent Trap, only they found real twins for the roles of the kids!

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.

Part 1 : ‘Gun Snatchers’ - Two criminals wanted for murder are turned in by one of their own. Part 2: ‘Arson’ - A Triad revenge plan to burn down a nightclub goes wrong and results in the deaths of five people.