The Emperor Qianlong is not the legitimate successor to the throne at birth, but he only learns the truth when two senior members of a subversive anti-government secret organisation contact him years later. As it happens, the chef of this organisation is Qianlong’s younger brother and they must now confront each other in opposing roles…

castTi Lung, Pai Piao, Lo Lieh

directorChu Yuan

Melodrama maestro Yen Chun, directed and co-starred in this heartwarming drama about a young girl, Chen (Fang Ying) whose parents send her away to stay with the Changs to escape her disintegrating family life. On the Changs' farm, Chen meets their daughter, Ling Yun (Ching Li), the young artist, Hsu (Yueh Hua) and the eldest son, Ling Hsiao (Wang Hsia). She spends a summer she will never forget...

castFang Yin, Chiao Chuang, Yueh Hua, Wang Hsia, Ching Li

directorYen Chun

It's Meng Yuan-wen (star of The Master Strikes) versus Kuan Feng in this wild and wacky wushu saga of a priceless pole with a spectacular secret. A master martial artist's silly disciple struggles to save it from an evil white slaver, the slaver's duplicitous wife, and even his own bone-headed, but greedy, companion. Hsu Hsia choreographs the abundant action, as he had for both Five Superfighters and Drunken Master. The result is both sublime (for its kung-fu) and engagingly ridiculous.

castMeng Yuan-wen, Chin Huang, Pan Ping-chang, Kuan Feng

directorYuan Hao-chuen

This is a martial arts epic directed by Chang Cheh. In the Sung Dynasty, the government is run by corrupt officials, so Sung Jiang gathers 108 outlaws at Mount Liang and establishes a band of patriotic heroes to end the repression of brutal overlords.

castDavid Chiang, Ti Lung, Lily Ho, Chin Feng, Yueh Hua

directorChang Cheh

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.

castPei-pei Shu, Lily Li Li-Li, Essie Lin Chia

directorFeng Yueh

In this spectacular Chinese variation of The Little Mermaid, a carp transforms into a fairy who resembles our hero's lady love. Their only hope for true love lies with the Goddess of Mercy.

castIvy Ling Po, Li Ching

directorKao Li

Directed by Japanese director Inoue Umetsugu, Lily Ho and Ling Yun are two master thieves battling for brawn and brain; racing against each other for the famous and most prestigious gem in the world, The Venus' Tear Diamond. It is a delightful musical extravaganza of diamond and romance that is well-presented.

castLily Ho, Ling Yun

directorInoue Umetsugu

Inspired by the story of Macau’s Casino King Stanley Ho, the movie traces his blood-splattered fight to the top from 1930s to 1960s. In 1941, a young graduate, Benny Ho, flees Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion and heads for Macau. Benny starts as a labourer but rises to the top of the city’s casino business with his courage, wisdom and diligence.

castAndy Lau, Joey Wong, Alex Man, Chingmy Yau

directorWong Jing

David Chiang teams up with Chang Cheh's acclaimed screenwriter Ni Kuang (who has written over 300 screenplays) to continue his epic "heroic brotherhood" caricature in his second directorial feature, The Condemned. In the film, Chiang plays a righteous character who helps an injustly imprisoned swordsman accused of stealing. Together they break out of prison and serve notice to all the evil men in their lives that a new deadly duo is in town.

castLily Li, Tsai Hung, David Chiang

directorDavid Chiang

Kao Chien Fei is a young swordsman who wields a special sword with a teardrop marked on its blade. He is charged with averting an impending crisis in the martial arts world, but the villain, Zhou Tung Lai, wishes to become the ruler in the martial arts world, and launches a scheme to pit the various heroes against one another.

castFu Sheng, Pai Piao, Chiu Ya Chi

directorChu Yuan

The venerated Sun Chung made many different kinds of films for Shaw Brothers, including popular and renowned satirical comedies, contemporary action dramas, and magnificent martial arts movies. This is one of his last of the latter for the studio, so he wanted to have fun... and let the audience share it. Toward that end he cast international favorite Alexander Fu Sheng as the title character who keeps testing the patience (and kung-fu skills) of his father, a small town bonesetter and herbal healer played by award-winning character actor Ku Feng. But when a local dignitary not only smuggles drugs but plans to give a Chinese treasure away to evil outsiders, the father and son unite to take on foreign fighters and even Japanese ninja in a non-stop display of comic action prowess.

castFu Sheng, Huang Hsing-hsiu, Chen Hui-min, Ku Feng

directorSun Chung

Japanese writer/director Inoue Umetsugu (Hong Kong Nocturne, Hong Kong Rhapsody) really sinks his teeth into this death-filled, haunted house mystery. Three girls receive a letter informing them that a Chinese millionaire in Japan wants to leave them a huge part of his huge fortune. The man claims to be the girls' father. The girls have to go to Japan to claim their prizes. When they arrive in Japan, the girls are joined by three men, also expecting a cut each. Just then, things take an evil turn as the group begin to fight, bribe and backstab each other (literally) as the money draws tantalizingly near. Whatever the stakes, the end is near and it's a shocker!

castMargaret Hsing Hui, Chin Feng, Wang Ping, Kuo Man-no

directorInoue Umetsugu

Jenny Hu and veteran co-star Margaret Tu Chuan join longtime0020idol Paul Chang Chung in a battle against the notorious Black Falcon crime mob in Singapore. Together they have to face forgery, fire, and even poisoned needles to stop the mob.

castJenny Hu, Tu Chuan, Chang Chung, Wang Hsieh

directorTai Kao-mei