Acting
Zhang Qingqing, born in 1947, Taiwanese action movie actress. She wa active in the 1960s and 1970s.
When Master Leung tries to rob Wong I-Hsia of a precious cargo he must protect, Wong I-Hsia fights him off with the iron palm and makes his escape. Too old and weak to continue his mission, Wong I-Hsia entrusts the cargo to his eldest son Wan Fu, who wastes no time in proving his fighting skills as he slays 50 of Master Leung's men fighting off a forest ambush.
Cheung 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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When To Pa, a member of the prestigious Eagle Claw Clan, commands his followers to carry out a mutinous robbery against the Almighty Imperial Lightning Whip, the victim's children are shaken by his disloyalty. With the help of one of To Pa's former minions, who's grown disillusioned with his leader's unconscionable actions, they organize a battle to avenge their father.
A Taiwanese language film. After the death of their mother, Siok-hui sings in a nightclub to support her younger sister Siok-tshing, but her immature sister looks down on her occupation. Siok-tshing then begins working in a pharmaceutical company where she has a crush on her colleague Bun-pin. But little does she know that Bun-pin has fallen passionately in love with her sister. When she finally discovers the truth, she runs away and drowns her sorrows at a bar. There, a lascivious businessman who stalks her sister forces here to go with him to a hotel. Siok-hui rushes to the hotel, where she finds the man lying in a pool of blood...
Local gangsters apply pressure to the wrong family when they realize that the leader of the family is a mother with powerful kung fu skills.
This is a fantastic rare basher from Taiwan with an all-star cast. Non-stop bloody action from start to finish.
Martial arts action with a ninja prince trying to overcome the odds and gain hid rightful place on the throne.
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!
Martian arts film from Taiwain directed by Kim Lung.
Tenn Kong-Hui is a private eye. Kong-Hui’s ex-lover, Tai-Giok is a personal assistant to a steel company’s chairman. By spying on Tai-Giok, KongHui discovers many dirty secrets of the people who work at the steel company and decides to blackmail each one of them. When Kong-Hui is found dead in his apartment one day, the police detective has identified five suspects. However, as the detective digs further into their stories, he finds that all of them have alibis. Just when the investigation seems to hit a dead end, a sixth suspect suddenly emerges…
This film is set during the Japanese occupation of China circa WWII. In it, the Japanese occupiers (and the Chinese Quislings who work for them) are portrayed as total monsters who kill children and rape all women. The heroes are resistance fighters who oppose the occupation.
A patriotic heroine must expose and stop a prince's plot for rebellion.
This early Taiwanese Wuxia film is a classic genre tale of a revenge-seeking swordswoman (Cheung Ching-ching).
As Meng, master of Patience School prepares to announce his successor, a rival swordsman named Dare Devil kills him. Although their skills are no match, the school’s students vow to get revenge.
Hong Kong superstar Jimmy "One Arm Boxer" Wang Yu stars as the Bamboo blade, China's top swordsman. His services are rendered by the Imperial treasury who want him to infiltrate a powerful gang of Highwaymen and get back the stolen silver bullion. After numerous deadly encounters the gang are beaten by the bamboo sword and only the gang leader remains, however he is a lot tougher than was originally bargained for.
As the sun sets over an Okinawan beach, penniless middle-aged Taiwanese priest Ching-wen meet Shizuko, a young Japanese woman gazing at the ocean. Drawn by her yearning for a love built on romance rather than convenience, Shizuko defies her parents’ wishes to marry into wealth and boldly pursues a relationship with Ching-wen. However, their May-December romance faces challenges beyond age, identity, and societal judgment. Beneath the surface lies a deeper obstacle rooted in Ching-wen’s past. On the beach where love both begins and ends, Shizuko and Ching-wen must confront the weight of history and personal trauma. Can their love transcend the barriers of age, culture, and a troubled past to endure?
A Taiwanese language film. Sanzhi has lost his parents, but was still accepted as a disciple by music teacher Chen Zhouting. Zhouting falls ill and has financial difficulties. Sanzhi and other apprentice, Fengying, earn money by singing. But then a long lost child comes to look for their parents...
Nightclub singer Chun-mei falls for violinist Cheng-hsiung, who writes her a birthday melody. Her father's illness, debt, and violence force them apart. Directed by Japanese filmmaker Yuasa Namio with a transnational cast, the Mandarin feature is followed by a Taiwanese-language trailer. When the same faces and scenes speak in different languages, dubbing alters character, emotional distance, market position, and cinematic identity, while the gap invites us to imagine its lost Taiwanese soundtrack.
