It all started with THE FIVE VENOMS, the internationally loved kung-fu thriller which introduced director Chang Cheh's recurring cast of martial arts masters. It continued through more than a dozen high-flying, bloody good entertainments featuring the same action actors in pairs, trios, quartets, and, most memorably, quintets. While this is considered the last official "Venoms" movie, what a film it is. The title does not lie: an evil prince has secreted stolen imperial treasures in a building that practically bristles with booby-trapped blades. Bodies are pierced, limbs are cut off, and there's one plasma-spurting attack after another as heroes and rogues alike try to solve the secrets of the hell house. The core Venoms themselves choreograph the gory fun in this fond farewell to their worldwide film series sensation.
Lu Feng, Wang Li, Lung Hien-Chiang, Chien Hsiao-Hou
This is a love story between an alluring fairy, Seventh Sister, who comes down from heaven to experience life in 70’s Hong Kong, and a man who is running a debt laden orphanage. A heartless tycoon plans to take over the orphanage for its land but has to deal with Seventh Sister’s magical powers as she aims to protect it from falling into his hands!
Ah Niu finds a bag of jewels on the street and becomes rich. It is at this time that Uncle Zhou asks him to sign a contract to marry a girl, but it turns out to be a trap for Ah Niu to sell his house. In the end, Ah Niu becomes poor again…
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?
Chin Han, Tina Ti, Fang Ying, Margaret Tu Chuan, Fanny Fan
Wang Zhao Jun refuses to bribe the imperial painter, so he draws an ugly portrait of her, preventing her from being selected by the Emperor until they meet in person. The painter ends up in exile and plots for Wang to marry the Hun’s warlord as a revenge. The Emperor rejects this, provoking a war which is only averted when Wang sacrifices herself.
Lin Dai, Chao Lei, Hung Por, Wang Yueh Ting, Chang Tsui Yin, Li Yin
The heroine Yu Fei Xia is accused of stealing the book of martial arts secrets. To prove her innocence, she disguises herself as a man and finds her way into the Shaolin Temple to find out the truth...
This is Jenny Hu's stunning debut as a struggling singer who tries to keep her career and marriage intact. This movie also includes seven memorable hit songs.
Peter Chen Ho, Paul Chang Chung, Jenny Hu, Lily Ho
The charm of Pursuit Of A Killer lies in the long awaited reunion of Five Venoms duo, Lo Meng and Sun Chien; Lo Meng, who plays a Mainland Chinese criminal escapee to Hong Kong in search of a better life, and a cop (Sun Chien) who helps him adjust to Hong Kong life while tracking down his mysterious killer at the same time.
Da Yung, the son of a rich entrepreneur, meets Lian Lian, the niece of a kindergarten principal by chance. They get into a misunderstanding at the first meeting, causing Da Yung to lose his wallet. Further misunderstanding occurs when he tries to use her to act as his fiancé, in order to drive away two women whom he does not like…
The prince of the Sung Dynasty is captured by the Chin invaders and is guarded by top martial arts masters. It is up to two powerful patriots to fight the overwhelming odds and pull off the impossible: to rescue the royal Prince and get out of the Chin stronghold alive.
This sequel to The Empress Dowager continues the tale of Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi. Despite Guangxu’s enthronement, his ability to rule effectively is overshadowed by the ever-present power of Cixi. When his attempts to reform the Imperial system are thwarted by the Empress Dowager, Guangxu attempts to curb her power.
Sun Chung had been recognized as an expert comedy and crime thriller director, but he was to gain even greater acclaim for his soulful, powerful, intelligent, and beautifully-made martial arts epics. This stands alongside The Deadly Breaking Sword and The Kung-fu Instructor as one of his very best. It's not so much the plot - a master swordsman protects a treasure chest on a dangerous journey - that makes this great, but what Sun does with it, inspiring the cast and crew to some of their finest work.
Betty Ting plays Susan, a young woman hiding from her father by being a nightclub singer in Japan. Pop singer Chao Ke-jen (Lin Chong) gets permission from his boss to visit Japan, with the condition that he finds the boss's daughter. Boy finds girl, boy falls in love. But will the father approve?
Betty Ting Pei, Jimmy Lin Chung, Chao Hsin-yen, Kao Ling
In the finale of this trilogy, Gordon Liu reprises his famous role, Monk San Te, as he tries to protect Fang Shih Yu, an arrogant youth who gets into trouble with the Qing officials, and nearly lands Shaolin Temple into trouble too.
