2024-07-01
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon could be called "Swordswomen Two." Three decades earlier, Shen Yi, Essie Lin Chia, and Pan Ying-tzu took on Shaw's first international superstar, Lo Lieh for the Han Family Sword - making this a four-star treat for action fans.
This sequel makes for more bittersweet laughs and heart-wrenching misfortune, as Ah Niu gets out of the jail to find his true love becoming the wife of an abusive husband, and his uncle further exploits his naive nature.
Hong Kong rhapsody is a musical extravaganza full of song and dance! Peter Chen-Ho stars as a playboy magician who changes his ways after he becomes the guardian of a young singer (Li Ching), the daughter of a deceased magician friend.
Three young doctors pursue three hard-to-get beauties in this romantic film set in the 70s "a-go-go" era. They have no idea where to start and use Rock-paper-scissor method to match themselves with the girls. The tactics and tricks they use are hilarious and they have to reshuffle their plans when nothing leads to success!
Tycoon Zhou is a playboy who is engaged to be married, but that did not keep him from working his charms on as many ladies as he can. He keeps a diary about his romantic escapades and soon, the women with whom he has been intimate with are being murdered one by one. Zhou becomes the number one suspect by the police but is the killer someone else?
A duel has been arranged at the Forbidden City between two formidable swordsmen of the martial world, Ye Gu Cheng and Xi Men Chui Xue. Lu Xiao Feng smells something fishy about the duel as the two swordsmen never met and do not have any conflicts. He decides to investigate more with Hua Man Lou, and eventually uncovers some hidden conspiracies...
Incredibly, the title serpent is not a harbinger of horror, but actually the film's hero. This virtuous viper sniffs out bombs, fights gangs, battles a baby-killing rodent and even takes on a duplicitous woman. This one-of-a-kind thriller will be applauded by reptile fans everywhere.
The Ten Tigers of Kwang Tung is a group of anti-Ching martial artists who have killed a Ching official. Years later, when five disciples and descendants of Ten Tigers meet one night, one of them is killed by the son of the late Ching official who returns with a vengeance. They must fight against him to protect the Ten Tigers clan...
Emperor Chien Lung travels incognito to Jiangnan to review his people's livelihood but soon discovers that corrupt officials are oppressing his people. The emperor meets an upright young man and they join hands to teach the corrupt officials a lesson. The young man was appointed as his bodyguard thereafter.
A gang of unemployed martial artists seem to have their bad fortunes turned when the head of a local security agency hires them to take out the competition, who their new employer insists is up to no good. However, the men are being played for fools and have to take each other on until the last drop of blood is spilled.
Some of Shaw Brothers' biggest female stars of the 1970s share the screen in this tale of young love and interfering parents, starring Lily Li, Shu Pei Pei and Essie Lin Chia.
Wei Fu is an unremarkable woodcutter. However, when psychotic marauders killed his family and abducted his sister, he goes through vigorous martial arts training with an expert swordsman in order to exact revenge on the evildoers.
Dr. He moves to the remote Lanyu island off the coast of Taiwan to look for his long lost father, and starts to run a clinic curing islanders who are bitten by the fatal red worms there. He meets Ya Lan who works as a nurse in his clinic and falls in love with him. Things get vicious for Dr. He as a jealous islander plots to get rid of him...
Martial arts student Yen returns from school to defend his family homestead against Japanese financiers after his father is killed. On the way, he meets Hua and falls in love with her. However, Hua discovers that her father is plotting with the Japanese to take Yen's property and wants to murder him. It is a tough choice between family and love...