Peter's invincible Asian movies
Must see kung-fu movies from before 1985, lots of SB (Shaw Brothers) and more
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- DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsChia-Hui LiuLieh LoYue WongA man studies kung fu at the Shaolin Temple to fight back against the oppressive Manchu government.
- DirectorJoseph KuoStarsJack LongYi-Min LiKuan-Wu LungSupposedly dead, embittered former official, The Ghost Face Killer has returned and seeking revenge on those martial arts masters than once opposed him - his name is infamous and his Five Elements fighting style is deadly. Meanwhile, young Ah Pao joins a martial arts school in order to become a great fighter in order to take revenge on the man who killed his father. He gets very good quickly but timing is everything and his arrival at the school in relation to the return of the Ghost Face Killer sees him suspected of being connected and thus put out of the school. He falls under the tutelage of an elderly chess master in the town while all the time the focus of his vengeance kills his way closer and closer.
- DirectorJoseph KuoStarsPolly Ling-Feng Shang-KuanPeng TienCarter WongA ruthless and treacherous prime minister writes a self-incriminating letter conspiring to overthrow the emperor. The letter is stolen by a group determined to expose his treachery, and he will stop at nothing to get it back.
- 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.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsJimmy Wang YuChiao ChiaoChung-Hsin HuangA noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang of rival swordsmen.
- DirectorChi-Hwa ChenStarsJackie ChanNora MiaoCheng-Lan ChinA martial arts book, which Hsu Yin-Fung carries, is being highly sought by various clans and gangs, but he is in pursuit of someone himself.
- DirectorJoseph KuoStarsYi-Min LiJack LongKuan-Wu LungAn aging martial arts expert is gifted a plaque from the Emperor declaring him the Kung Fu World Champion. Unsure of whether or not be is deserving of this title, he embarks on a journey to defeat the 7 Grandmasters.
- DirectorChung TingStarsDon WongYi ChangPhillip KoThe martial-arts action film 10 Brothers of Shaolin tells the tale of ten specially trained fighters, five monks, five laymen, who have been taught their skills in order to protect Master Chu, who needs all the help he can while attempting to bring down the Mings.
- DirectorChiu LeeStarsKa-Yan LeungHua-Chung TingKuo-Chung ChingA ruthless warlord from the north of China has come south to take control of the province of Canton. However, Canton's hero "Iron Bridge Sam" a local coolie has other Ide.
- DirectorKar-Hung YauStarsChia-Hui LiuYue WongMeng LoFong Sai-Yuk (Wong Yu) and Hu Huei Chien (Chin Siu-Ho) are reluctantly enrolled in the Shaolin Temple, as they are being chased by an Imperial Guard.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsFeng LuSheng ChiangChien SunCritically acclaimed director Chang Cheh has The Five Venoms turn Shaolin fighters as they challenge the authority of the evil Chings in Invincible Shaolin. Per usual, the fights will knock your socks off.
- DirectorFeng HuangStarsSing ChenAngela MaoKong ChuThe plot deals with a search for a valuable pearl, dubbed the Buddha's Relic, which is sold to an unwitting Japanese emissary by a corrupt Ching Dynasty prince who seeks to steal it back for his own purposes.
- DirectorHsin-Yen ChangStarsJet LiLan DingQiuyan HuangRomance blossoms between two rival families practicing Shaolin and Wudang kungfu respectively. despite familial opposition - until they overcome a gang of scheming bandits together.
- 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.
- DirectorMar LoStarsSiu-Tung ChingChiu-Sing HauFeng KuanA small-time crook goes in search of the other half of a wooden keepsake which will lead him to the legendary kung fu technique of the Gibbon Clan Fist.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsDavid ChiangPing ChenMichael Wai-Man ChanDavid Chiang plays a hero who is the master of a secret kung-fu technique and uses it to avenge his father's death in this martial arts chiller Shaolin Hand Lock. A must see for all.
- DirectorChia TangStarsTung-Shing YeeJason Piao PaiPhillip KoShaolin Temple becomes suspect when several clan leaders are robbed and killed by the deadly Shaolin Palm technique.
- DirectorArtis ChowStarsFeng-Jiao LinFeng ShihLung Hua LeAn ancient feud is reborn when two master of Kung-Fu come face to face. Their battles are fought using strength, cunning and magical powers.
- 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!
- DirectorChi LoStarsFei MengNancy YenChung Chien LiTwo Ming patriots spend their days helping the weak and rescuing damsels in distress. This alum 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.
- DirectorCorey YuenStarsJet LiJosephine SiaoAdam ChengThe Cantonese hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood "The Red Flower", who are trying to overthrow the Manchurian emperor and re-establishing the Ming dynasty. The social upheaval is combined with Sai Yuk's personal moral conflict about how to conform to the rigid regime of the brotherhood and on top of that sort out his difficult love life, saddled with two presumptive wives.
- DirectorHsin-Yen ChangStarsJet LiHai YuChenghui YuA young man, hounded by a psychopathic general, learns martial arts at the Shaolin temple to avenge his father's death. To achieve this he forgoes a budding romance with his kungfu master's daughter, a shepherdess.
- DirectorPeng-Yi ChangStarsLung TiSzu-Chia ChenMeng Lo
- DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsKuan Tai ChenLieh LoYue WongHong Hsi-Kuan devotes years to mastering Tiger style Kung Fu in order to defeat the evil priest Pai Mei. His wife, who is an expert in Crane style Kung Fu, has a feeling training in only one style won't be enough.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsDavid ChiangLung TiSheng FuFive students escape from the destruction of their beloved Shaolin Temple...now each must take revenge and train in their own seperate fighting styles...they will become The Five Shaolin Masters!!
- DirectorMar LoStarsChiu-Sing HauSiu-Hung LeungAustin WaiThree young martial arts students and their teacher are beaten up badly by a wandering man who proclaims himself ''a corrector of bad kung-fu.'' Determined to avenge their teacher and regain their honor, the three students all go their separate ways to find kung-fu masters who will take them as students.
- DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsChia-Hui LiuYuka MizunoYasuaki KurataA Chinese man (Liu) marries a Japanese woman through an arranged marriage and manages to insult all of her Japanese martial arts family by issuing a challenge to her that is misinterpreted by the others. He must then prove how good Chinese Kung Fu really is through a series of duels with the seven Japanese martial artists who come to meet the challenge.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng FuKuan-Chun ChiYi Ling ChenWhen the ruling dynasty in China sends soldiers to destroy the Shaolin Temple, students use their martial arts to defend the school.
- DirectorCheh ChangWu MaStarsSheng FuJenny TsengHsia Hui WuInternational favorite Alexander Fu Sheng cemented his stardom in this, the fourth film in his esteemed director's "Shaolin" series. Fu gives both a great dramatic and kung-fu performance as an honorable carriage driver who finds love and death when he battles particularly homicidal street punks.
- DirectorKei-Ying ChengStarsKuan-Chun ChiKei-Ying ChengHelen PoonCaptain Lau Si Chung (Chi Kuan Chun), realizes his kung fu isn't that good when he gets beaten by a weird old man (Cheng Kei Ying). He goes off to a temple to learn from the old man. Once he becomes proficient, the old man tells him that his master was killed by a Bandit known as "The Red Dart." Lau Si Chung then seeks vengeance & a book on nerve-lock reverses that was also stolen by The Red Dart.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng FuKuan-Chun ChiMing Li ChenImpetuous young martial arts master Kuan takes a job at a textile factory where another disciple of the revered Shaolin discipline warns him about the rival Manchu clan, who run another nearby mill.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsDavid ChiangLieh LoLily LiInternational favorite, David Chiang, stars as the great Chih Shim, the monk who saved the Southern Shaolin Temple. Joining him is Lo Lieh, the Shaws' first international star who returns to his famous role of Shaolin renegade Pai Mei. The result is a true martial arts epic.
- DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsChia-Hui LiuYuka MizunoYasuaki KurataA Chinese man (Liu) marries a Japanese woman through an arranged marriage and manages to insult all of her Japanese martial arts family by issuing a challenge to her that is misinterpreted by the others. He must then prove how good Chinese Kung Fu really is through a series of duels with the seven Japanese martial artists who come to meet the challenge.
- DirectorJeong-yong KimStarsMyung-ah KimYeong-il KimRyong WangA sacred statue is stolen from the Shaolin Buddist Temple after a vicious Warlord assassinates the Abbott of Shaolin. A group of Shaolin nuns and village girls assemble to bring the Warlord to justice.
- DirectorKarl MakaStarsKuan Tai ChenFei MengChia-Yung LiuThe story begins with the star Chen Kwan Tai's family being killed by Lau Kar Wing, Leung Kar Yan and Wilson Tong. During the fight that ensues, Chen loses a thumb in the battle and manages to escape and vows revenge. Enter Meng Fei. He's a scam artist of sorts, who fakes a relationship with Chen to thwart the crew of Lau, Leung and Tong. Action packed classic!
- DirectorCheh ChangWei-Bin LiuHsueh-Li PaoStarsTony LiuKuan-Chun ChiLung TiThe story of a seemingly suicidal mission to destroy the Japanese Navy's flagship in 1937.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsLung TiLi ChingTung-Shing Yee
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng FuKuan-Chun ChiYen-Tsan TangThe famous story of the Shaolin Temple's betrayal by the White-Browed Hermit, and the subsequent revenge by Shaolin firebrand Fang Shih-yu.
- DirectorCheh ChangWu MaStarsSheng FuKuan-Chun ChiLung TiThe Shaolin Temple is the last place to resist defeat by the Manchu Dynasty, mostly because of their unique fighting style. Men from far and wide come to wait outside the temple, hoping that they will be admitted as pupils. As the Abbot becomes older, he realizes that the Manchus are determined to destroy the temple and eradicate the Shaolin fighting techniques. To this end, he decides that it is time at last to admit worthy men into the temple as students, to learn the way of Shaolin.
- 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.
- DirectorSum CheungStarsJohn CheungPan Pan YeungPhillip KoRobert Ko (Phillip Ko Fei) returns home and befriends local vagrant, Tiger (John Cheung Ng-Long), who's fallen for Ming (Yang Pan Pan). Unfortunately, Master Ma, is also interested. A contest ensues to see who will win her hand.