Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the south away from the Qings, and also identify the traitor who sold out Shaolin temple. Ma Fu Yi, joins the Qing top fighters to eliminate the rebels but is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing who gets captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu meets up with a group of Shaolin men secretly posing as bandits to rescue Ma as their leader is killed in the process, thus the bandits join the rest of the Shaolin patriots.Read More »
Martial Arts
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Cheh Chang – Shao Lin wu zu AKA Five Shaolin Masters (1974)
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Corey Yuen – Huang jia shi jie AKA Yes, Madam (1985)
1981-1990ActionCorey YuenHong KongMartial ArtsAsprin (Mang Hoi) and Strepsil (John Shum), two petty thieves who inadvertently become involved in a murder case when they steal items belonging to a murdered man. The man had hidden an important microfilm in his passport, which the thieves pass onto a forger friend Panadol (Tsui Hark). Inspector Ng (Michelle Yeoh) is assigned to the case, along with Inspector Morris (Cynthia Rothrock) from Scotland Yard. The investigation leads the cops to the bumbling crooks and soon they are on Triad leader Tin’s (James Tien) tail, he will stop at nothing to get the incriminating film back and with his hitman and bodyguard (Dick Wei) at his side, he proves too much for the inspectors to catch using legal means, in frustration they give up their badges and go after Tin alone.Read More »
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Peter Ho-Sun Chan – Wu xia AKA Swordsmen AKA Dragon (2011)
2011-2020ActionHong KongMartial ArtsPeter Ho-Sun ChanSynopsis:
A quiet villager survives an attack by thugs miraculously — or is there more to this humble villager than meets the eye? The miraculous feat draws the attention of a detective with a keen eye. The villager is a hero in the eyes of his family and the townsfolk, but the detective won’t let the matter rest. Further investigation reveals a startling past that the villager wants to leave behind. So too does the investigator have a past he wishes he could forget. Soon the lives and the roles of the villager and the detective blur as each man does what he feels he must.Read More » -
F. Sutrisno – Bandit-bandit internasional AKA The Mad, the Mean, and the Deadly (1977)
1971-1980AsianF. SutrisnoIndonesiaMartial ArtsGoogle Translate:
“The police are up against an international stealing gang, whose loot includes many diamonds. In collaboration with Interpol, the police crushes the gang.”Sinopsis
Kali ini polisi menghadapi sindikat perampok internasional. Barang rampokannya antara lain intan dan berlian. Bekerja sama dengan interpol, polisi berhasil menumpas sindikat ini.Read More » -
Chia-Liang Liu – Chang men jen aka The Lady is the Boss (1983)
Chia-Liang Liu1981-1990AsianHong KongMartial ArtsLiu Chia-Liang plays Wang Hsieh Yun, a teacher of a martial arts school teacher who has just reopened the school after having to move due to the government building a road where the school once stood. The school’s original master was to come and help open the school, but sends his Americanized daughter Mei Ling (Kara Hui) in his place, hence making her the senior and boss. Mei Ling feels Master Wang’s techniques are old fashioned and take to long to learn, boasting that her father has changed the way he teaches and that she is the authority on how it should be done. Read More »
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Chung Sun – Xiao ao jiang hu AKA The Proud Youth (1978)
1971-1980ActionChung SunHong KongMartial Arts

Nankung Sung sees the seediness of Conflicting Clans’ politics after being cut from his own clan due to a misunderstanding and accepting a quest to give song a entitled “The Proud One”, to the correct musician.Read More »
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Chun-Liang Chen – Li ti qi bing AKA The 3-D Army (1989)
1981-1990ChinaChun-Liang ChenMartial ArtsIMDB:
An evil sorcerer traps a young hopping zombie and his friend with magic. He later tries to raise an army of zombies to help carry out his nefarious schemes. It is up to a few heroes to try to stop his sinister schemes and his undead minions.Read More » -
Park Chan-wook – Life is But a Dream (2022)
2021-2030ComedyMartial ArtsPark Chan-wookSouth KoreaIndiewire wrote:
The 21-minute short, produced in collaboration with Apple, was shot entirely on an iPhone 13 Pro, and was just released on the tech company’s YouTube page. The whimsical film tells the story of an undertaker (Yoo Hai-jin) whose attempt to steal a coffin ends up awakening a ghost (Park Jeong-min). That ghost ends up bonding with the ghost of the warrior (Kim Ok-vin) the undertaker was trying to bury. The film takes some unexpected turns, and ends up being a supernatural romance, a musical, and a martial arts film in equal measures.Read More » -
Wei Lo – Hai yuan chi hao AKA Wang Yu’s 7 Magnificent Fights (1973)
1971-1980ActionHong KongMartial ArtsWei Lo

After accidentally killing another sailor, seaman Wang Hai-lung stows away on a ship bound for Japan. While Wang discovers the ship is involved in smuggling and witnesses the murder of a detective, Wang is discovered by the smugglers.Read More »






