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Heavyset Master An (Got Siu-Bo) receives a message from a dying imperial messenger and finds himself to be the hunted due to the defining, powerful nature of the message. A reluctant hero and not a fighting swordsman at heart (his sword is bent and worn), he's defended by mainly a duo of females and a sneaky swordsman played by O Chun-Hung.
The inhabitants of a small village call on a new chief to protect them from bandits. The latter with the help of his two daughters make every effort to thwart the multiple attacks and looting launched on the village.
One time soft-drink salesman Chang Chia-po, now a powerful warlord, courts the support and aid of the ammunition dealers Tu Mu-hsien, Robertson and Wilson. To impress them with his power and the strength of his army, Chang orders a parade. Much to his dismay, the parade ends in catastrophe giving the gun dealers a very bad impression...
A young snake girl is kidnapped by raiders in the jungle. The local Gang Boss wants to torture her but his jailer will help her to escape.
Mandarin movie about the romance of an undergraduate with the prettiest girl on campus.
An early romantic comedy starring Brigitte Lin.
Taiwanese romantic comedy.
A man begins studying "The Secret Book of 36 Deadly Styles" to avenge the death of his father.
Efforts of a grandfather teaching his grandson a style of fighting called "Cooking kung-fu"
In this bizarre story, a young woman is led to believe that men only have one thing on their minds. To avoid being taken advantaged of, she goes on a rampage, doing what others deem to be acts of the deranged.
Young man Po Wen is in hot soup when writing a love story which involves a film star. Po Wen accidentally mails his own photographs to the publishers. As a result, he gets girlfriend Mei Chu quite jealous and demands an explanation. But Po Wen is to find that it's going to be a long explanation as a crisis crop up!
Hsia Hu sneakily graduates from the Shaolin Monastery without completing his required training. During his first encounters with people outside the monastery, Hsia Hu realizes that people are mistaking him for his twin brother, Hsiao Fu, who happens to be a criminal and an expert in the art of Kung-Fu. He is now treated with respect as well as fear and is taking advantage of his mistaken identity. His fun comes to a halt when he is confronted by Yi Lan, a former accomplice turned enemy.
The college entrance examinations are viewed as the be all and end all for Taiwanese high school students. A top student sends shock waves through his family and friends when he decides not to take them.
Taiwanese musical.
A roadside bandit reluctantly agrees to become the muscle for a traveling gambler/cheat. In an attempt to steal from traitorous warlords, they get involved with rebel fighters who hope to use the riches to fund their revolution.
A romance.
1978 Hong Kong comedy Big Leap Forward aka Tian jiang heng cai, directed by Kuen Yeung, starring Jimmy Wang Yu.
The son of a wealthy businessman (Alan Tam) sees Yun Bai (Lin Feng-Jiao) at an art exhibition for the very first time and falls in love with her. Soon he finds out that Yun Bai doesn't like men who are lazy and who don't have to do anything for their money. Hsiao Chi (Alan Tam) wants to do whatever he has to do to get this wonderful girl and is lying to her that he's a poor artist. Yun Bai falls in love with him and now he wants to reveal his real identity. But how can he do it without losing her again?
A grandfather and his young grandaughter travel to atown with a very unusual proposition: if any man can beat her in a fight, she will be his bride.
The Jade Lantern Festival comes from a very old legend that commemorates the exploits of bandits.
Comedy about five married couples — a pair of parents and their four daughters and sons-in-law. Li Li Hua plays the eldest girl, opposite her real-life husband Yean Chuan.
The governor must travel to Yunan, a dangerous undertaking for him. Therefore, five kung fu fighters are hired to protect him. There are plenty of enemies, but the most dangerous one is within their own ranks. The only question is, who could this traitor be?
Chung is in charge of an advertising company in Hong Kong. He's about to marry a model Woo. But Chung finds that Woo is cheating on him on her birthday. He's hurt so he goes to Korea for his new commercial. Chung starts to appreciate a Chinese singer Chelsia Chen by watching TV. He invites her to join his commercial shooting and they fall in love with each other. The commercial's successful in Hong Kong and Chelsia becomes a star now. Chung's uncle urges Chung to invite Chelsia to come to Hong Kong and he does so. Woo suddenly comes up and requires to cooperate with Chung again but gets refused. Woo's mad then turns to cooperate with another directo Choi. However, she's not happy with Choi and still wants to go back to Chung.
This old school martial arts comedy involves the search for the elusive “Bamboo Stick,” an aged kung fu master played by Simon Yuen, who kills a local crime boss’s son after taking the place of the son’s forced bride on the wedding night.
A loose youth passes the time freely until he comes across a young, female broadcaster who works at a radio station.
A mix-up in hotel rooms leads one young man into lots of trouble. And he's in danger of losing his girl too.
Mr. and Mrs. Ho are longing for a grandson. Their son, Ho Chieh and daughter-in-law, Wan Ping, come home from abroad. Wan Ching, the little sister-in-law, is a nurse and comes with Mrs. Ho to meet her sister. At the airport, old Mrs. Ho mistakenly hears that her daughter-in-law is pregnant. After that, Ho Chieh has to attend a business party. However, his wife is not free for it so he begs his little sister-in-law to go as his wife. Wan Ching turns out to be a hit with the guests. In order to please his mother, Chieh asks little sister-in-law to take Wan Ping to the hospital for a pregnancy test and get a false positive report. But through a mistake, Wan Ping gets the report of a sterile woman. She is saddened by it but everyone lies to the old people in order to spare them the disappointment...
This film depicts the conflict between the West and Eastern culture, the Northern and Southern ways of life and the traditional and modern concepts. It consists of six stories.
Classic slapstick comedy set in a Taiwanese apartment building.
Taiwanese romantic comedy.
Chao discovers that he is suffering from cancer and has only a few months to live. Wanting to alleviate his girlfriend Su-An's financial burdens, Chao starts working as a muscleman for a mob boss and successfully expels the competing gang from the area. With nothing left to lose, he becomes unstoppable.
Alan Tang plays a famous soccer coach who comes down with the flu. He goes to a clinic for help and meets Brigitte Lin who is a doctor. He is immediately taken with her and asks her out. She rebuffs his advances and refuses to attend his 25th birthday party. When Tang is sad at his party, his friends get the idea to fake a call to Doctor Fong (Lin). She comes and, although annoyed by the trick, stays. Lin and Tang then fall in love...
Rare drunken film, featuring Alan Liu and Hsu Buh Liao: as two likable swordsmen, who get injured by the white haired general whilst trying to save a young damsel in distress. As they recoup they invent seafood boxing to prepare them for the inevitable duel with the white haired general
Brigitte Lin stars as a young girl on the cusp of becoming a woman...a problem for her mother, who thinks it's about time that her daughter got hitched! The dilemma: Brigitte is a tomboy, and more likely to wallop a suitor than wink at him. Luckily, the neighbor's son Alan Tang is returning from obtaining his nuclear physics degree, and seems to be the perfect catch. Mom sets her trap, and Brigitte and Alan are roped in, much to their dismay! Ever the canny young girl, Brigitte does her best to pawn Alan off on her brother's girlfriend...but her heart tells her ever so slightly that she might have made a mistake! Can she win Alan back?
Kuan Ta-yung is expected to take over the family business—and settle down with a proper bride. But his heart belongs to Lien Lien, a kind-hearted woman working at an orphanage. Amid arranged dates, mistaken identities, and family pressures, love finds a way. When fate brings Lien Lien into Ta-yung’s company as his secretary, old sparks reignite, but rivals and complications arise. Through perseverance, the young couples overcome obstacles, unite their families, and turn their energy toward running the Pao Pei Orphanage, giving back to the community.
Comedy/romance film from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Iron Neck Li (Chi Kuan Chun) signs on as a personal bodyguard for a Chinese prince. The potentate plans to visit the lawless island of Formosa, where criminals lie in wait -- highwaymen who would love to take a crack at the rich prince. But garden-variety brigands are the least of Li's worries when he encounters a powerful clan. Li must now put everything on the line to save the young prince.
Taiwanese romantic comedy.
Hong Kong comedy film.
Five pretty girls go to Hong Kong to stay with their uncle who is a police superintendent. Soon they run into a gang of thieves, which gives them a chance to put their excellent kung fu skills to good use. This Bod Squad will kick your ass!
Comedy about a businessman who hires killers to kill himself when he goes bankrupt.
Rich man Xu Huitang got close to his special nurse Fang Feili, which caused a misunderstanding with his wife and left for the United States with their daughter.
Wang Chen, a police of the government, was involved with a murder case and was put in prison. His brother disguised as Pink Panther and saved him from the prison, but then they were attacked by Japanese police.