Challenge of the Masters

Challenge Of The Masters is a - released in Hong Kong by Shaw Brothers, and directed by Lau Kar Leung.

Plot

After his father refuses to teach him kung fu and he is constantly being beaten around by rival school students, a young Wong Fei Hung must train under Luk Ah Choy to avenge the evils being done by the rival school.

Cast

Gordon Liu – Wong Fei Hung
Chen Kuan Tai – Luk Ah Choy
Lily Li – Sau Lien
Lau Kar Leung – Ho Fu

Cat Vs Rat

Cat vs. Rat is a Shaw Brothers film directed by Lau Kar Leung, starring Alexander Fu Sheng, Kara Hui and Adam Cheng.

Plot

Alexander Fu Sheng and Adam Cheng star as rival students of the same kung fu master. The Rat and Cat have spent years arguing over who has the most powerful kung fu. When the Cat is appointed as guardian to the emperor, the Rat becomes profoundly jealous and hatches a plot to discredit his rival.

Cast

Fu Sheng – Pai Yu Tang
Kara Hui – Chan’s sister
Wang Lung Wei
Adam Cheng – Chan Chao

Boxer from Shantung

The Boxer From Shantung is a Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh, and starring David Chiang and Chen Kuan Tai.

Plot

Boxer From Shantung follows Ma Yongzhen and Xiao Jiangbei. Ma and Xiao are manual laborers busting their tails in Shanghai at the beginning of the film, and Ma's first encounter with the crime lord Tan Si starts him off on the underworld influence ladder. Step by step, he earns the respect of everyone he meets, either with his strength of character or by beating them up. When he gets a really big break by defeating a Russian strongman, he indulges himself in a fancy cigarette holder, much like the one Tan Si uses. However, he is mindful of his humble beginnings, and of the fact that times are still tough for many in Shanghai. He shares his good fortune with his old fellow wage slaves, and when they assist him in his various extralegal activities, he lectures them on the futility of trying to extort money from people who simply don't have any to spare.


The tea house that Ma and his underlings frequent employs a singer, Jin Lingzi, and her uncle, who provides the music. Ms. Jin's hopes that Ma's arrival will mark a turn for the better for conditions in the crime-plagued city are dashed when she ascertains that he isn't different enough from the other bosses she's seen rise and fall.

Blood Brothers (1973 film)

Blood Brothers is a 1973 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh, with action choreography by Lau Kar Leung, and starring David Chiang and Ti Lung. It is released as Chinese Vengeance in Australia and Dynasty of Blood in North America.

The films follows a trio of bandits who join the army to suppress a rebel movement in Qing Dynasty China.

Plot

Blood Brothers follows two aimless bandits Chang Wen Hsiang and Huang Chang who attempt to rob Ma Xinyi . Unable to defeat him, they join forces and are soon thrashing hoodlums and even taking over a nearby group of bandits. But soon it becomes apparent Ma's ambitions far out reach those of his friends, he seeks a position in local government.

Having left them behind they meet again. Now a general, Ma still in not about to let anything stand in the way of his goals - which now include defeating the 'long hair' bandits and Huang's wife Mi Lan . The attraction is mutual, with her seeing potential of this ambitious man. Whilst Chang and Huang are off fighting the bandits Ma and Mi have an affair and he arranges for Huang to be assassinated rather than let his position fall into disgrace.

As Chang recounts his tale to the local Marshall, held for the murder of his blood brother, the inevitability of his fate is always clear. After Ma's men take their revenge, Mi Lan is left to recall over the good times and all the trouble she's caused.

Awards

Ti Lung received the Golden Horse Award for his performance in the film.

Avenging Eagle

Avenging Eagle is a 1978 Shaw Brothers film directed by Chung Sun, starring Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng and Ku Feng.

Plot

Eagle Chief Yoh Xi-hung raises orphans to be his personal killers, one which is Chi Ming-sing . After Chi starts to have second thoughts about his killer lifestyle he meets up with a stranger who keeps following him everywhere in Cheuk Yi-fan , who carries hidden wrist knives in his boots. Chi Ming-sing cannot understand Cheuk’s motives but Cheuk has no second thoughts about helping him kill the Eagle Clan members who begin to come after him. Not knowing that Cheuk Yi-fan is the son of a family the Eagles robbed and murdered, Chi Ming-sing confesses his evil doings after the Eagles murdered a family who took care of him and vows to change his life and get revenge by killing Eagle Chief Yoh. Cheuk accompanies Chi to Eagle headquarters but Eagle Chief Yoh sees right through him Cheuk’s intentions and both fighters put aside their differences to get rid of the Eagle Clan.
Was sampled by the Wutang Clan

Apartment for Ladies

Apartment for Ladies or Nu zi gong yu is a Hong Kong Shaw Brothers comedy film directed by Umetsugu Inoue.

Cast and roles

Alice Au Yin Ching as Ding
Barry Chan as Tommy
Chou Chia-li
Ha Ping as Lulu
Man No Kuo
Lily Li as Betty
Li Peng-fei as George
Ouyang Sha-fei as Mrs. Chan
Ting Chien
Betty Ting Pei as Yu Shu-wen
Yang Fan as Wang Te-sheng

Angry Guest

The Angry Guest or E ke is a 1972 Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh from Hong Kong, starring David Chiang and Ti Lung, it is a sequel to Duel of Fists.

Plot

Fan Ke and Wenlie are back, and this time they're up against a powerful Japanese crime syndicate . Not only that, but Killer , the head villain from "Duel of Fists," has escaped prison and wants retribution. Killer's revenge plot leads to Wenlie's girlfriend's kidnapping, and forces the two heroes to travel to Japan to set things straight and kick some ass.


In Thailand, an architect and his brother capture a gangster wanted by the authorities, a ruthless man named Killer. However he escapes from prison and seeks revenge by killing the brother's family and holding his girlfriend hostage in Japan. Although they catch up with him, they are blackmailed in that if they don't let Killer free, the girlfriend will be killed. Soon after arriving in Japan they are helped by a rival veteran crime boss who wants to oust Killer the gangster for good and dominate his operations.

It leads to a climax scene where Killer's gang are invaded on a construction site, complete with diggers and machinery used in the battle.

Ambitious Kung Fu Girl

Ambitious Kung Fu Girl is a Shaw Brothers film directed by Lu Chin Ku, starring Chen Kuan Tai and Michelle Yim.

Plot

Spoiled and with her head permanently in the clouds, Yuen Si Si - naive daughter of an affluent merchant - lives her cosseted life dreaming of a meeting with her idol Qin Ge . Qin Ge is a kung-fu celebrity somewhat out of reach though and Si Si's wealthy father decides to marry her of to his friend's son, Yang Fan . Obviously an arranged marriage is anathema to the fiercely independent young woman and she sneaks out of the house with the intention of finding her beloved Qin Ge. What she doesn't realise though is that the kung-fu skills she thinks will protect her are merely a pretence, cleverly engineered to boost her ego by her over-protective father. It isn't too long into her misadventure that the formerly hermitic Si Si discovers that the world outside is far from being the world of chivalry that she expected and there are people practically lining up to take advantage of her. Not too far behind her is Yang Fan who is keen to save his fiancée more for the reward offered by her father than any feelings of affection for her.

Abbott of Shaolin

Abbot Of Shaolin aka Slice Of Death is a Shaw Brothers film directed by Meng Hoa Ho. It is one of the Shaolin Temple themed martial arts films and their rebellion against the Qing’s, featuring David Chiang and Lo Lieh in his famous role as Priest Pai Mei.

Plot

The Monk Chi San is sent by his Shaolin masters to learn a special kung fu from a Wu-Tang priest and befriends his niece Wu Mei . The priests brother is Pie Mei , who disapproves of associating with Shaolin rebels who oppose the Qing leave’s as his nephew remains behind to cause trouble for Chi San. While Chi San is in training, Pai Mei is promoted by the court and arranges for the Qing soldiers and a northern Lama to attack and destroy Shaolin Temple. Chi San arrives too late as the attack has already run its course, his master orders him to go to the south to search for loyal Shaolin men and rebuild the temple.

Pai Mei returns to his brothers temple and arranges for his nephew to poison him, he then attacks the priest himself and kills him for teaching Chi San kung fu. Pai Mei orders the search for Chi San so that he may kill him. Chi San arrives in the south and assists a local businessman who is being robbed. The grateful man takes Chi San into his home. At this point Chi San gains his first student and goes through various integrity “tests” from local businessmen to prove if he is a true Shaolin Monk. Chi San doesn’t disappoint and the impressed businessmen offer to help Chi San rebuild the temple. Chi San also gains more students after their failed attempts to beat him at kung fu.

Pai Mei and his nephew then attempt to kill Wu Mei but she is rescued by Chi San and his students. Chi San orders his students to head south to wait on a ferry while he goes after Pai Mei and the Lama. Chi San meets the lama in the woods and defeats him but Pai Mei intercepts Wu Mei and the students. Chi San arrives before Pai Mei can kill them and defeats Pai Mei

A Time for Love

A Time for Love or Na ge bu duo qing is a Hong Kong Shaw Brothers comedy film directed by Chih-Hung Kwei.

Cast

Kwan-Min Cheng
Lily Ho
Shirley Huang
Kwan Lee
Ai Lien Pan
Dean Shek as Chau Ping

A Taste of Cold Steel

A Taste of Cold Steel or is a Hong Kong Shaw Brothers action film adventure directed by Feng Yueh.

Cast and roles

Pei-pei Shu
Yi Chang as Hsu Chin
Essie Lin Chia as Kan Ah-nan
Hung Lieh Chen as Prince Lu Tien Hsia
Hsieh Wang as Uncle Hsu
Ching Yu
Wen Chen
Mien Fang as Doctor Kuo
Simon Hsu as Crippled Tiger
Chung-Shun Huang as Fierce Tiger
Liu Hung as Drunken Tiger
Feng Ku as One-eyed Tiger
Kun Li as Little Brother
Yunzhong Li as Prince Wu Yi
Ma Wu as Sick Tiger
Pao Chin Yeh as Songstress at Inn

A Place to Call Home

A Place to Call Home or Yu nu qin qing is a Hong Kong Shaw Brothers drama film directed by Wu Jiaxiang.

Cast

Barry Chan
Yi Ling Chan
Yu Fang
Pao-Shu Kao
Ching Lee
Hsiao Chung Li
Ying Ma
Sha-fei Ouyang
Lao Shen
Feng Sun
Jing Tang
Chu Lin Tsang
Chih-Ching Yang
Chun Yen

A Cause to Kill

A Cause to Kill or Sha Ji is a Hong Kong Shaw Brothers thriller film directed by Shut Git Muk.

Cast

Chiao Chiao
Gwan Gam
Wai Ha
Pak-Kwong Ho
Chung-Shun Huang
Shan Kwan
Ivy Ling Po
Choh Lam Tsang

7 Man Army

7 Man Army is a Hong Kong film by director Chang Cheh. The film stars Ti Lung, David Chiang, Alexander Fu, and Chen Kuan-Tai

Plot

20,000 troops and 50 tanks invade Pa Tou Lou Tzu, a strategic point along the Great Wall of China . With a force of only seven men, the Chinese outpost held off the invading Japanese army for five days.