Schedule Week

12:50am

Mercenaries From Hong Kong

Ti Lung, Wang Yu, Chen Hui Min, Candice Yu

Wong Jing

Filmmaker Wong Jing produced Mercenaries From Hong Kong, his very first modern-day adventure drama. In the dramatic plot he wrote, he sends superstars Ti Lung, Chen Hui-min, Wang Lung-wei, Lo Lieh and Wang Yu on a deadly mission. The film's action sequences are all closely guided by three great kung fu choreographers, led by Tang Chia!
02:30am

Forbidden Tales of Two Cities

Hu Chin, Tanny Tien Ni, Chen Ping, Ku Feng

Li Han Hsiang

Li Han-hsiang wrote and directed this charming and fascinating comedy, Forbidden Tales Of Two Cities. The two cities in the picture are Macau, where a love quartet is a morally-unsound source for sexual entertainment; and Hong Kong, where a woman enters a gambler’s apartment to find four shackles hanging from his ceiling to aid in kinky activities.
04:20am

One-armed Swordsman

Wang Yu, Pan Yin Tse, Chiao Chiao, Chang Pei Shan

Chang Cheh

Accepted to the Golden Sword School after his father sacrificed his life to save his master, Fang Kang is resented by his fellow pupils and decides to leave. His master's daughter challenges him to a fight and cuts off his arm. Fang masters the art of sword fighting with one arm and finds himself returning to the School to save his master again.
06:20am

Ode to Gallantry

Kuo chui, Tang Tsing, Liu Hui-ling

Chang Cheh

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.
07:55am

Passing Flickers

Liu Yung, Tai Liang-shun, Li Tien-hsing

Li Han-hsiang

This film is an amusing insider’s look at the Hong Kong film industry and is based on Director Li Han Hsiang’s popular newspaper column recounting his work at Shaw Brothers. The collection of some of his funniest and most surreal film musings of the era, filled with behind-the-scene asides, this is a must-see for any Hong Kong cinema aficionado!
09:25am

That Fiery Girl

Cheng Pei-pei, Chen Liang

Yen Chun

The bandits of Hulu Valley slay the chief of the Mei Clan while searching for a treasure map. In retaliation, Chun from the Mei Clan infiltrates the bandit's fortress to map a way in for the authorities, but ends up falling in love with the bandit leader's daughter, Pearl. While Chun’s plot is uncovered, he receives unexpected help from Pearl.
11:05am

The Mad Monk

Yeh Feng, Yu Yung, Ai Fei, Shaw Yin Yin

Li Han Hsiang

The movie consists of four stories of the Mad Monk helping others, from saving a mother and daughter from crumbling walls, to helping hawkers deal with bullies, recovering stolen money for a young man and punishing a devious court official and his son.
12:55pm

The Young Avenger

Yueh Hua, Tung Lin, Shih Szu, Chen Yen-yen

Yueh Fung

Liu seeks out Li to avenge his brother’s death and loses an arm in the fight, vowing revenge ten years later. Li dies after asking his sister to send his daughter Bao Zhu to learn the Dragon Sword skill to avenge his death. Bao Zhu grows up to become a skilled swordswoman and meets Liu for the planned duel with her cousin Chen. Can she defeat Liu?
02:25pm

Rose, Be My Love

Pat Ting Hung, Li Ting, Kwan Shan, Ling Yun

Chin Chien

Not a love triangle but a love 'rectangle', Rose, Be My Love is a romantic drama set on the eve of World War II that represents the high standards achieved by Shaw Brothers in both aspects of star power and technical polish.
04:05pm

Crazy Shaolin Disciples

Liu Chia-hui, Wang Yu, Lo Mang, Chin Siu-ho

Yau Ka-hung

Three young kung-fu warriors from wildly different backgrounds become students of Shaolin at the same temple. These three warriors are: Royal Guard Lo Lieh, fleeing soldier, Lo Meng, and villager, Wang Yu.
05:40pm

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Cherie Chung, Yi Lei, David Lu, Tan Tien Nam

Chang Kuo Ming

A beautiful but ignorant woman is abducted by aliens but nobody believes her close encounter. While planning a suicide to prove herself, she meets a failed detective who is also planning his suicide. They change their minds about dying after finding each other and start to encounter bizarre adventures, before falling in love with each other.
07:20pm

The Savage Five

David Chiang, Ti Lung, Wang Chung, Chen Kuan Tai, Danny Lee

Chang Cheh

A group of bandits flees with a stolen safe to a village where they oppress the villagers and force the blacksmith Wei to unlock the safe. Wei refuses and flees to report to officials, while heroes of the town emerge to fight the bandits.
09:00pm

Legendary Weapons of China

Liu Chia Liang, Liu Chia Yung, Kara Hui, Gordon Liu

Liu Chia Liang

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.
10:50pm

Tales of Larceny

Tsung Hua, Hsia Ping, Liu Tan

Li Han-hsiang

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.