Martial Arts
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(90 min)
1983 - Martial Arts - Hong Kong, South Korea
A monastery holds four books containing the secrets of its powerful martial arts techniques. Everybody wants to get their hands on them, including a band of local evil types. The abbot is killed, and the head students begin to argue over who should keep the books safe.
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Director : Godfrey Ho, Tommy Kim
Cast : Hwang Jang Lee, Dragon Lee, Jacky Kim
(92 min)
1983 - Martial Arts, Chinese Opera - Hong Kong
Focusing round a motley crew of travelling opera performers, who immediately run into troubles after the town’s local commander decides he must have the lead actress at whatever cost. Things are complicated by the fact she is already quite smitten with ‘Handsome’, the groups lead actor and main stumbling block between the wicked commander and his desires.
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Director : Chen Chang
Cast : Sheng Chiang, Hsu Chung Fei, Cheung Lee, Chien Sheng Lee, Feng Lu, Chien Tien Su
(78 min)
1999 - Action, Thriller, Martial Arts - Hong Kong
Kwan and Lee are two Hong Kong cops who consider each other the best of friends. The problem is, they both love the same woman, a beautiful cop named Ling. Ling marries Lee, but on their wedding night, Ling is attacked by a gang of serial rapists, while the dying groom is forced to watch. Ling decides to become the ultimate seducer in order to seek revenge.
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Director : Aman Chan
Cast : Vincent Zhao, Stephen Au, Xu Jin Jiang, Ma Tak Chung, Pinky Cheung
(97 min)
2004 - Martial Arts, Action - Thailand
Deaw (Dan Chupong) is a Special Forces police officer that witnesses the murder of his partner when a drug bust goes terribly wrong. Disheartened by this tragedy, Deaw decides to join his sister and a troupe of elite athletes on a government sponsored charity event on the Thai/Burmese border. Everything seems to be going well until a group of heavily armed guerillas arrives, with a nuclear missile in tow, taking the sleepy village hostage. The ransom they demand is the release of nefarious drug lord General Yang. The clock is ticking. Can Deaw and the athletes rescue the village from the mercenaries? Can they save Bangkok from nuclear disaster?
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Director : Panna Rittikrai
Cast : Dan Chupong, Noppol Gomarachun, Suntisuk Phromsiri, Piyapong Pue-On, Somluck Kamsing
(55 min)
2004 - Documentary, Martial Arts - USA
CHOP SOCKY – CINEMA HONG KONG is a documentary about the major films and actors from the beginning history of Hong Kong martial arts films. Includes interviews with Hong Kong movie star like Jet Li, David Chiang, Sammo Hung, John Woo and many others…
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Director : Ian Taylor
Cast : Jackie Chan, John Woo, Jet Li, David Chiang, Sammo Hung, Cheng Pei Pei
(93 min)
1988 - Action, Martial Arts, Comedy - Hong Kong
Two women are taking a local factory to court for polluting their fishpond (really!). Jackie Chan is the Lawyer hired to investigate, and when he employs the help of Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung, they not only start to woo the two women, but also start to suspect that something is very wrong at the factory.
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Director : Sammo Hung, Corey Yuen
Cast : Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yeung Biao, Pauline Yueng, Dick Wei, Wah Yuen
(85 min)
1976 - Martial Arts, Comedy - Hong Kong
After Bruce Lee’s death, he finds himself in ‘the underworld’. A band of iconic criminal figures plan to rule over his new home, and so Bruce Lee (Bruce Leong) must fight James Bond, the Exorcist, Dracula, and 70s soft-porn babe Emmanuelle.
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Director : Lo Ke
Cast : Bruce Leong, Eric Tsang, Simon Yuen Siu Ting, Alexander Grand, ‘Jenny’, Sraina Sai
(110 min)
1973 - Martial Arts - Hong Kong, USA
Lee, a Shaolin monk, is recruited to infiltrate the island lair of a one-armed crime boss, Han. Han was a former student of the Shaolin school but has turned his attention to drug smuggling, he still enjoys marital arts and hosts a tournament every three years. Under the guise of the tournament Lee hopes to defeat the man who has brought shame to his Shaolin school.
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Director : Robert Clouse
Cast : Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Kien Shih, Ahna Capri, Angela Mao, Jim Kelly
(120 min)
2004 - Martial Arts, Drama - South Korea
Excerpted from masutatsuoyama.com. Masutatsu Oyama (Choi Baedal) took on all challengers, resulting in fights with 270 different people. The vast majority of these were defeated with one punch! A fight never lasted more than three minutes, and most rarely lasted more than a few seconds. His fighting principle was simple — if he got through to you, that was it. If he hit you, you broke. If you blocked a rib punch, your arm was broken or dislocated. If you didn't block, your rib was broken. He became known as the Godhand, a living manifestation of the Japanese warriors' maxim ichi geki, hissatsu (one strike, certain death). To him, this was the true aim of technique in karate. The fancy footwork and intricate techniques were secondary (though he was also known for the power of his head kicks).
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Director : Yun-ho Yang
Cast : Dong-kun Yang, Aya Hirayama, Masaya Kato, Tae-woo Jeong, Doo-hong Jung
(107 min)
1996 - Action, Martial Arts, Crime - Hong Kong
Jackie, a Hong Kong Police officer, assist the CIA in a nuclear arms smuggling investigation. Jackie is sent to Ukraine to follow a mysterious women. After a hot pursuit of one of the suspects Jackie get hired by Russian officials to track the suspect all the way to Australia. He must recover the nuclear warhead before it is sold.
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Director : Tong Stanley
Cast : Chan Jackie, Lau Hok-Yin, Ng Annie Sun-Kwan, Pik Chun-Wai, Tuan Wai-Lun, Tung Bill Piu
(100 min)
1995 - Action, Martial Arts, Comedy - Hong Kong
The story of a group of highly skilled terrorists that seek to steal the royal jewels on the opening night of the exposition. One of the guests is Frankie the famous kung fu movie star (wanna be Bruce Lee). Frankie's bodyguard Lt. Kit Li (Jet Li) has a score to settle with the terrorists, 2 years ago his wife and son were killed by an explosion from a bomb planted by the leader of the terrorist. During the night many people discover that Frankie is not the superstar that the movie screen shows him to be but luckly Kit Li is always there to save him. Along with a police officer and a journalist the four try to ruin the plans of the terrorists.
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Director : Wong Jing
Cast : Chao Charles Cha-Lei, Jacky Cheung, Billy Chow, Valerie Chow, Hung Chow, Ben Lam
(104 min)
1998 - Action, Martial Arts, Gangster - Hong Kong
The leader of a faction of Yakuza working in Hong Kong gets murdered. A reward of 100 million US dollars is offered for the death of the one who kill the mysterious hitman, all the best hitman in the world apply for this mission. Fu (Jet Li) an ex Golden Triangle Soldier from mainland China, is desperately poor and takes on work as a hitman in Hong Kong, he hears about the prize and try to see the people offering it. There he meets a shady character that helps him get inside, in return he asks to be his agent for a cut of the prize money. These two soon become friends and try to solve the murder, they discover that the murder was done by someone known as the Killing Angel who excepts no money for the people he kills. They eventually get into trouble with the grandson of the Yakuza leader that is trying to find the Killing Angel and to claim the money. Now they must fight for their lives and found who is the Killing Angel.
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Director : Tung Stephen Wai
Cast : Gigi Leung, Li Jet, Eric Tsang, Simon Yam
(87 min)
1977 - Martial Arts - Japan
After leaving his mark on the world of martial arts, Oyama’s life started to degrade. Not only he is being looked down upon because of his very rude temper, but his affiliation to organized crime has casted him far away from his ambitions of being a true martial arts master. However, with the help of a group of friends and the confrontation of an old rival, his old dreams will finally rise again.
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Director : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Cast : Sonny Chiba, Eiji Go, Yutaka Nakajima, Etsuko Shihomi, Tetsuro Tamba
(88 min)
1975 - Martial Arts - Japan
After living in seclusion for several years and training in martial arts, Oyama suddenly appears in the middle of a Karate tournament. To everyone’s surprise Oyama ends up victorious of all challenges. However, Oyama feels that Karate is becoming a dance rather than a real fighting technique. Following his victory to the tournament, Oyama settles in Tokyo begins thinking of starting a good life. His championship victory left a very strong impression on some people. Some want him as their new teacher, others want revenge, and the rest simply view him as a threat to their fighting style reputation. Not only will Oyama have to deal with these people, but he will also have to take responsibility towards a widow who lost her husband because of Oyama.
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Director : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Cast : Sonny Chiba, Jiro Chiba, Yumi Takagawa, Mikio Narita, Masashi Ishibashi
(87 min)
1975 - Martial Arts - Japan
Near the end of World War II, Doshin So, a martial art expert who has studied Shaolin Kung Fu in Manchuria for many year, is currently working as an undercover spy for the Japanese government. However, being now defeated, it is time for Japanese troops to retreat to their homeland Doshin is now backs in Osaka, but gangster and Allied forces are oppressing the Japanese. It is time for Doshin to stand and use his Shorinji Kenpo fighting skills for the poor and the homeless and right the wrongings. This is an interpretation of the real Doshin So, creator of the famous Japanese martial art style, Doshin So’s Shorinji Kenpo.
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Director : Noribumi Suzuki
Cast : Sonny Chiba, Tetsuro Tamba, Yutaka Nakajima, Etsuko Shiomi, Sanae Kitabayashi
(90 min)
1986 - Martial Arts, Comedy - Hong Kong
Hsiu Chuen is too young to join the Mao Shan school of magic and martial arts, and dreams of the day when he can join their ranks. Whilst the students are good people, their master seems to be up to something. Could this be linked to the disappearance of a local father and daughter? When a girl comes to town to search for her missing family, she must team up with Hsiu Chuen to uncover the truth.
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Director : Lee Tso Nam
Cast : Lin Hsiao-Lin, Yakuri Oshima
(96 min)
1985 - Comedy, Martial Arts - Hong Kong
Muscles and Ricky (Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao) are cops chasing a gang of diamond thieves led by Lam Ching Ying. It is decided that the only way to do this is to employ the services of some lovable criminals. Kidstuff (Sammo Hung) and the Lucky Stars (Richard Ng, Eric Tsang, Charlie Chin, Stanley Fung) turn up to lend a hand.
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Director : Sammo Hung
Cast : Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Richard Ng, Eric Tsang, Charlie Chin
(90 min)
1990 - Martial Arts - Hong Kong
Shaolin Temples are being recognized for their inhabitant’s supreme martial arts, and it’s drawing a lot of unwanted attention. The abbot wants to close the temple and shut it off from the rest of the world so they can concentrate on Buddhism. People keep showing up wanting to learn Kung Fu, and worst of all, a clan of Japanese ninjas is intent on wiping out the Temple once and for all.
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Director : Robert Tai
Cast : Alexander Lo, Alice Tseng
(90 min)
1993 - Martial Arts - Hong Kong
Wong Fei Hung and his students are invited to compete against representatives of eight different countries in a Lion dancing contest. China is struggling to deal with the changes that the foreigners bring, and are suffering at the hands of corrupt foreign officials, so the Chinese see this competition as a good way to save face. The problem is, with vigilante groups such as the ‘Ladies of the Red Lantern’ attacking foreign properties, tensions are high, and violence is expected.
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Director : Yuen Bun
Cast : Chiu Man-Cheuk, Chin Kar Lok, Jean Wang Chin-Ying, Max Mok
(104 min)
2003 - Martial Arts - Thailand
The head of the Buddha statue, Ong Bak, is stolen from a poor, remote village in Thailand. The village is aggrieved and disconsolate with the theft. Local country boy Ting (Tony Jaa) volunteers to travel to the big city of Bangkok to retrieve the sacred object. The monks who raised Ting taught him the Thai martial art Muay Thai. In Bangkok, Ting meets up with Humlae (Petchtai Wongkamlao), a fellow villager who left the village for city life long ago. Ting tries to enlist Humlae’s help in tracking down the head of Ong Bak. The two team up, after awhile, and get sucked into the violent world of club fighting, ruled by a wheelchair-bound man, who speaks with the aid of a microphone positioned at his throat.
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Director : Prachya Pinkaew
Cast : Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Pumwaree Yodkamol, Suchao Pongwilai, Wannakit Sirioput
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