A young man, Chin, believes he is an orphan, until he meets three men and learns from them that his father was a great swordsman who was killed when he was trying to dispel rumors of a wrongdoing and return a lost sword to its rightful owner. Chin seeks out the men’s help to take vengeance on the wrongful death of his father.
Fashion designer Shi asks his friend Mui to comment on his new design but is angered by her criticism. When Mui asks him to design a gown for her to attend a gala event, Shi takes revenge by making a clown costume instead. Seeing Mui’s embarrassment, Shi feels guilty and apologizes to her, before they fall in love…
Professional killer Lui goes to Malaysia after completing his mission of killing the big boss of a Hong Kong gang. His next target is a groom who is throwing his wedding banquet at a hotel in Chinatown. Just when Lui takes aim at his target, another victim instead of the groom is shot, and he becomes a scapegoat in this mystery assassination.
Connecting all the antics of bosses, monks, beggars, and thieves is the slippery and sinuous efforts of three pickpockets so adept at their chosen skill that they can even trick three beauties of their underwear without missing a step.
Adapted from the renowned Chinese novel, The Water Margin, this is the story of a poor and beautiful girl Lotus Pan, who is raped by her master and had to be married off to a midget who treats her badly. Lost and lonely, Pan unwittingly becomes a pawn in the game of lust between her husband’s playboy brother Wu Song, and a murderous man Men Ching.
Chang Chung-wen, Pai Yun, Paul Chang-chung, Hung Wei, Li Kun, Chin Jen-shu
Adapted from the novel by Jin Yong, havoc breaks out when a warrior on the run uncovers a sword, training manual, treasure map & a secret message on the body of a deceased martial arts master.
This is a story about an army out to destroy the Hsien Lung gang of anti-Yuan revolutionaries. Their leader Ru Yi Tu is up against Fu Zhong Yuan, the identified successor of the Hsien Lung gang who must also prove his own legitimacy. The plot thickens with murder, sibling rivalry and shocking discoveries that could change the course of history.
Mrs Xu is childless and watches a lonely little girl playing at the rear entrance from afar every day. She warmly nurtures the girl and even adopts her from her uncaring parent. The girl brings happiness to the Xu’s until her long lost mother appears one day and to make her happy, Mrs Xu reluctantly lets the girl reunite with her mother.
Butterfly Woo, Li Hsiang Chun, Wang Ai Ming, Chao Ming
This internationally popular tale of a brother and sister, seeking vengeance for the death of their parents through using the mythical yin/yang Holy Flame kung-fu technique. It's an outstanding epic choreographed and co-starring lead "Venom" Kuo Chue (aka. Philip Kwok).
Liu Hsueh-hua, Max Mok, Pai Piao, Kuo Chui, Weng Tsing-tsing
This is an epic tale set during the time of the Sino-Japanese war. A painter Yu saves a young girl, Lotus, who is being sold to a brothel. They fall in love, get married and settled in to a peaceful life. However, their life is soon shattered by the Japanese invasion and the brutal regime that follows.
With Hong Kong cinema's new wave, high flying, martial arts action of the 1980's, came a new wave of actors; teeny-bopper, canto-pop singer/stars with little or no martial arts background. However, when a film like LITTLE DRAGON MAIDEN intelligently mixes the old with the new, the results are pure golden magic. This costume-action, drama, love story features relative newcomer Leslie Cheung, who falls in love with the Dragon Maiden while learning the art of swordplay. The recipe is complete when veteran kung-fu stars Chen Kuan-tai and Lo Lieh add just enough weapon-wielding spice to make this film really cook. Cheung garnered international recognition in John Woo's A BETTER TOMORROW and Ronny Yu's THE BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR.
Leslie Cheung, Weng Tsing-tsing, Chen Kuan-tai, Liu Hsueh-yua
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.
A man joins the Hong Kong police force to track down a murderer who has killed his friend in a robbery. While he struggles to reconcile his law defending police duty with his desire for vengeance, he also has a new-found respect for the law.
