Chen Kuan-Tai — Actor (53)
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Tough Guy (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
決鬥老虎莊
director: Pao Hsueh-Li actor: Chen Kuan-Tai / Chan Sing …
other title: Iron Monkey Strike Back / 決鬥老虎莊
A kung-fu fighting detective investigating the murder of the emperor's wife uncovers a high-ranking conspiracy.
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The Bloody Escape (1975) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
逃亡
director: Sun Chung / Chang Cheh actor: Chen Kuan-Tai / Shih Szu …
other title: 逃亡
Gu Hui, a member of the ‘Wolf Head Gang’ becomes unhappy after their new chief decides to abandon their old code of conduct. After the chief kills a travelling family and kidnaps the daughter, Gu frees her and escapes, hiding out in a nearby town and trying to start a new life as a humble shoemaker. Unfortunately, the gang refuses to let him go and put a bounty on his head, forcing him to face up to his responsibilities.
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Shanghai 13 (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
上海灘十三太保
director: Chang Cheh actor: Jimmy Wang Yu / Ti Lung …
other title: 13 Kämpfer von Shanghai / 上海灘十三太保
A patriot finds evidence that the government is collaborating with a foreign power. If the people knew about the deception, they would revolt and overthrow the corrupt government. One patriot in office steals the proof and must make it out of the country. He gets assistance from a local rebel leader who is in charge of a motley group of fighters called the Shanghai 13. Not all of them can be trusted, as some of them will turn in the government official. Our weak protagonist must run a gauntlet of the who's who already mentioned.
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The Imposter (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
七面人
director: Pao Hsueh-Li actor: David Chiang Da-Wei / Chen Kuan-Tai …
other title: 七面人
With the cast list, you would almost expect this to be another Chang Cheh film. Two of Chang's proteges, David Chiang and Chen Kuan-tai go head-to-head in The Imposter which sees cinematographer Pao Hsueh-li back in the director's chair. Chiang plays Ko Liang, as master of disguise who puts his seven faces to good use when he goes to the aid of two young guardsmen Tseng Yung (Danny Lee) and Tseng Kan (Wang Chung) who have been framed by Captain Lo (Chen Kuan-tai) for murder.
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All Men Are Brothers (1975) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
蕩寇誌
director: Wu Ma / Chang Cheh actor: David Chiang Da-Wei / Fan Mei-Sheng …
other title: I sette guerrieri del Kung Fu / Die Eroberer …
Based on one of China's enduring epic novels, written in the 14th century, "All Men Are Brothers" continues the patriotic story of righteous warriors battling despotic leaders, featuring mythic characters familiar to every Chinese, and with a cast that has achieved an equally celebrated status among Shaw Brothers devotees.
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Thunderclap (1984) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
霹靂雷電
director: Tony Leung Siu-Hung actor: Robert Mak Tak-Law / Tony Leung Siu-Hung …
other title: 霹靂雷電
A clever Shaw Brothers wuxia comedy about a young antihero (Tony Leung Siu Hung) getting himself and his friend (Max Mok) into all kinds of trouble and ultimate defeating the "Heavenly Demon" (Chen Kuan Tai). Lightning fast action, pleasant humor, great acting and a helpful modern-day narrator makes this an unusually enjoyable Shaw Brothers production.
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Big Brother Cheng (1975) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
大哥成
director: Kuei Chih-Hung actor: Chen Kuan-Tai / Karen Yip Leng-Chi …
other title: 大哥成
Shaw Brothers' number one action hit of 1975, and deservedly so. The character of one-man kung-fu dynamo Big Brother Cheng and kung-fu superstar Chen Kuan-tai were made for each other. A Robin Hood-like restaurant manager who socks it to the thugs in order to make the mean streets of Hong Kong a little less mean, Big Brother Cheng made his first appearance in the extremely popular The Tea House, the success of which spawned this even more successful sequel.
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Big Bad Sis (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
沙膽英
director: Sun Chung actor: Chen Ping / Wang Chung …
other title: 沙膽英
Ah Ying (Chen Ping) is a former gangster trying to lead an honest life, and occasionally using her fighting skills to help out the girls in the factory where she now works. She befriends young colleagues Chong Lee and Shao Yin-Yin, teaching them self defence because "girls can't be weak anymore". Trouble starts when her old gang finds out where she now works.
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Majestic Thunderbolt (1985) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Lei ting chu chuan
director: Godfrey Ho actor: Richard Harrison / John Ladalski …
other title: Magnum Thunderbolt / Lei ting chu chuan
Two rival bosses of diamond smuggling outfits, Tiger and Franco, get into conflict over a very valuable diamond. Tiger is an apparently conventional businessman. Franco is a psychopathic playboy whose pride and lust know no limits and who murders his own mistress for her infidelity. It is smuggled into Hong Kong by Richard who tries to make a deal with Franco but Tiger hears about this deal and sends in Philip, a New York assassin, to steal the diamond.
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The Black Magic with Buddha (1983) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
腦魔
director: Lo Lieh actor: Chen Kuan-Tai / Candice Yu On-On …
other title: 腦魔
The story is about two explorers who invade a temple in the dark of a jungle. They find a mummy, remove its brain, and return to the mainland. The blood and fluid from the brain are used in black magic rituals that result in a series of bloody murders throughout the city… committed by the brain!
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Death Ring (1984) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
擂台
director: Chang Cheh / Lu Feng actor: Lee Chung-Yat / Ti Lung …
other title: 擂台
The Godfather of the classic Shaw Brothers kung fu films, Chang Cheh directs a group of Shaw superstars which includes Ti Lung and Chen Kuan-Tai in this kung fu thriller. When a father is framed for murder, his son travels to exotic Thailand to find him and ends up fighting in a 'Death Ring' championship.
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Heroes Two (1974) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
方世玉與洪熙官
director: Chang Cheh actor: Chen Kuan-Tai / Alexander Fu Sheng …
other title: Heroes Two - I due eroi / Die tödlichen Fäuste der Shaolin …
A band of fighting Ming Dynasty loyalists branded as enemies of the state are driven underground following the burning of the Shaolin Temple by Qing Dynasty officials. Due to a misunderstanding, Shaolin kung fu prodigy Fong Sai-yuk is duped into helping Qing agents to capture leading Shaolin rebel Hung Hei-gun. Upon discovering his mistake, Sai-yuk teams up with the remaining rebels to free Hei-gun before his planned execution. Plotting to stop them is General Che Kang, a formidable Tibetan kung fu master who commands an army of fighters including four deadly Tibetan llamas.
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Human Lanterns (1982) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
人皮燈籠
director: Sun Chung actor: Tony Liu / Chen Kuan-Tai …
other title: Chun Fang - Das blutige Geheimnis / 人皮燈籠
A psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source.
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7-Man Army (1976) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
八道樓子
director: Chang Cheh / Wu Ma … actor: David Chiang Da-Wei / Bryan Leung Kar-Yan …
other title: Die unschlagbaren Sieben / 7 Man Army …
In 1933, 20,000 Japanese soldiers and 50 tanks invaded the Pa Tou Lou Tzu, a strategic key point of the Great Wall. With only seven men stationing, these heroes took on the entire army for five days before succumbing. Director Chang Cheh recreated this epic battle with his favorite cast including Ti Lung, David Chiang, Alexander Fu Sheng and Chen Kuan-tai, as a celluloid tribute to these nameless souls.
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The Hidden Sword (2017) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
刀背藏身
director: Xu Haofeng actor: Xu Qing / Zhang Aoyue …
other title: 刀背藏身
The widow of a famed general teams up with an impostor posing as her late husband and schemes to steal the secrets of an elderly master swordsman. Their plans are complicated by the master's grandson, who is himself torn between his filial duty and the affections of his adopted sister.