2024-09-26
The traditional lion dance has never looked so good as in Lion VS Lion which captures the most impressive sequences of lion dancing on film. Besides being loaded with enjoyable martial arts chicanery, film historians can revel because it's also the first film that clearly demonstrates the intricacies and differences between the traditional Northern and Southern lion dancing techniques.
This side-splitting comedy sees naive Ah Niu headed to Hong Kong, where he is repeatedly exploited and taken advantage of, and eventually finds himself arrested and imprisoned! Can he survive difficult times and finally overcome adversity?
Tie Qiao San, head of the Ten Guangdong Tigers, is an honourable master with many disciples. As opium becomes popular among the nobles, Tie starts taking it and gradually harms his body. When an opium house's owner defeats Tie in a fight and he is only saved from being killed by his disciple, Tie vows to quit opium and get back on his feet.
An imperial minister Cheng betroths his pretty younger daughter, Ye, to his friend's son, Mu. His wife however, refuses to let Ye marry before her elder daughter Yan, who is ugly and undesirable. Yan is asked to pretend as Ye to meet Mu but scares him away. A rich guy who likes Ye meanwhile pretends as Mu to attend the wedding...
The son of the imperial teacher is beheaded by Justice Bao for corruption. Infuriated, the teacher hires assassins to kill Bao, who is saved by Zhan Zhao. Meanwhile, a royal treasure is stolen while a murder takes place. Bao is ordered to solve the case in ten days and Zhan quickly sets off to investigate. Will they solve the case in time?
The roguish scamp Zhen and his best friend Chia collects proof of corruption from the officials in this comedy-drama. After a string of blackmailing, they end up in positions of power, but what is to happen next?
Gui Wu and his wife Gan Lian Zhu are the famous "Twin Swords" in the martial arts world. One day, they stumble upon a kidnapping plot at the Red Lotus Temple and Lian Zhu is held captive. Wu successfully escapes to find the Gan family for help, not knowing that he is sending them into an ambush by the kidnappers. Can he finally save Lian Zhu?
Su is a schizophrenic who refuses to believe that her pilot lover is killed in a plane crash and makes up stories to deal with things. She runs into an old classmate Lai, who is also a doctor one day, and he finds ways to treat her illness. Su slowly recovers and accepts the reality, as well as her newfound love.
In this surprisingly light-hearted "Venoms" martial arts adventure, a lone wanderer is repeatedly mistaken for someone else and drawn into a number of violent battles.
A young fisherman, Chin Hu is in love with his childhood friend Hsiao Yu. However, the only son of a town bully lusts after Hsiao Yu's beauty and tries all possible ways to approach her. Chin Hu protects another woman from the bully one day, leading Hsiao Yu to misunderstand him and suspect that they are having an affair...
Lei Kung, the leader of the Boxer Clan in Yunnan, dissolves the clan to save his disciples before going into self-exile. The Clan sends various assassins to kill him but failed. They then assigned Kung's brother Yong to find and kill Kung, leading to a battle between the two brothers.
Zhang and Jin's daughter, Peony, are betrothed at birth but Jin objects to the engagement now. Zhang meets a carp spirit that looks exactly like Peony and they fall in love. When Justice Bao is asked by Jin to distinguish Peony from her replica, he decides to quit the case when he witness the true love between Zhang and the carp spirit.
The story happens in a martial arts world where everyone tries to obtain the "Deer Sword". Lian's wife is wounded in an ambush and his rival Xiao saves her. They escape to Xiao's home and he treats her poisonous wound. This leads Lian to suspect his wife's faithfulness and results in several blood-splattering duels with Xiao.