Chang Cheh — Director (66)
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The Generation Gap (1973)
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Chang Cheh actor: David Chiang Da-Wei / Agnes Chan Mei-Ling …
other title: 叛逆
Ling Xi (David Chiang) is a rebellious youth whose liaison with underage girlfriend Cindy (Agnes Chan) is the spark which lights the eventual flame of his rebellion. Against the wishes of her parents, Ling Xi and Cindy move in together, and the two find a measure of bliss in their shared life. However, rumors circulate that Ling Xi is using Cindy as a means of financial support. After his brother Ling Zhao (Di Lung) returns Cindy to her parents, Ling Xi is branded an outcast. His anger only leads to spiraling bitterness, and finally employ in a triad gang which gives him the ability to release his frustration - which he does until the bitter end.
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Ninja in Ancient China (1993)
神通 IMDb TMDB
Chang Cheh actor: Zhihua Dong / Mu Li-Xin …
other title: 神通
When tragedy befalls Taoist master Yu at the hands of power hungry general Suen Cheuk, the Taoist master's students, the Five Element Ninja, decide that revenge is their only option. However, if they are to have their vengeance they must first infiltrate the inner circle of the general's closest allies. (GreenfanDVD)
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Boxer Rebellion (1976)
八國聯軍 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Chang Cheh actor: Alexander Fu Sheng / Chi Kuan-Chun …
other title: A rebelião dos Boxers / Der Aufstand von Peking …
Three young martial arts brothers, played by Chi Kuan-chun, Alexander Fu Sheng and Leung Kar-yan, go in search of fellow patriots dissatisfied with Imperialist foreigners and wind up joining a rising sect of the Boxers, led by an opportunistic conman. Named as such for their use of martial arts, these boxers are revolutionaries who believe that spirits protect their bodies from foreign guns. They even dupe the Empress Dowager, who gives them her royal blessing to fight the foreigners.
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All Men Are Brothers (1975)
蕩寇誌 WikiData IMDb TMDB
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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The Nine Demons (1984)
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Chang Cheh actor: Lu Feng / Ricky Cheng Tien-Chi …
other title: 九子天魔
Childhood friend Joey and Gary are the only survivors of a coup against Gary's family. Joey lands in hell, and sells his loyalty to the devil in return for magic powers. As part of the deal, Joey has nine demons enter his body. The demons demand a daily feed of blood, but they must obey Joey. He uses the new powers to help Gary, and to kill the plotters. But events soon get even more complicated.
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The Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1981)
碧血劍 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Chang Cheh actor: Phillip Kwok Chui / Candy Man …
other title: Das blutige Schwert des Königstigers / 碧血劍 …
Raised to be a righteous martial artist, Yuan kicks off the story proper by finding a cave containing a skeleton, a treasure map, and a manual teaching him the Golden Snake style. Obeying a request hidden in the manual to give a portion of the treasure to the Golden Snake's old girlfriend, Yuan begins to seek the woman out - on the way solving the riddle of the Golden Snake, and how he came to his end.
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Heaven and Hell (1980)
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Chang Cheh actor: Li Yi-Min / Mama Hung …
other title: 第三类打斗
When a fallen angel descends to the Earth on a mission to storm the underworld, a love shared between angels and humans offers telling testament to the power of a lucky ghost. In the battle that follows, both the living and the dead will discover that a war waged in hell could have consequences that resound forever.
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The Delinquent (1973)
憤怒青年 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Chang Cheh / Kuei Chih-Hung actor: Wang Chung / Lily Li …
other title: Shen Chang und die Karate-Bande / 憤怒青年
Delivery boy Chung rings an order to a local martial arts school. He shows that he too is a kung fu student when he punches a bag and also kicks out the instructor for his money. Chung has a tough life. His father constantly nags him to work hard. One day, his is heckled by Chien-Pe, a disabled thug who runs a gang. Chung fights and beats them up and as a result, he is fired from his job. Chien turns to his boss, Tai Chung, to get Chung.
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Attack of the Joyful Goddess (1983)
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Chang Cheh / Chiang Sheng … actor: Ricky Cheng Tien-Chi / Chiang Sheng …
other title: 撞鬼
A troupe of traveling performers stop in a small town. However, the general who controls the town has designs on the group's leading actress. They must figure a way to get out of town before the general has his way with her.
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Two Champions of Shaolin (1980)
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Chang Cheh actor: Chiang Sheng / Lo Meng …
other title: I due campioni dello Shaolin / 2 Campeões de Shaolin …
Shaolin warrior Tung Chien-chen is injured in battle against the hated Wu Tang clan, and nursed back to health by a knife-throwing master. As he recovers, Tung learns this deadly art, and also falls in love with his teacher's daughter. But when a Wu Tang attack disrupts the young lovers' wedding, Tung must put his new skill to use as he seeks revenge.
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Chinatown Kid (1977)
唐人街功夫小子 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Chang Cheh actor: Alexander Fu Sheng / Sun Chien …
other title: Il padrino di Chinatown / Der Kung Fu-Fighter von Chinatown …
Struggling to survive the murderous gang wars of Hong Kong, Tan Tung, a young martial arts street fighter, successfully takes on all challengers—until he runs up against the savage underworld empire of Hong Kong's Triad mafia. Escaping to San Francisco, he again tangles with criminal gangs, but this time fights his way to the top of the city's most feared gangster organization led by the White Dragon boss.
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Death Ring (1984)
擂台 WikiData IMDb TMDB
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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Shaolin Rescuers (1979)
街市英雄
Chang Cheh actor: Jason Pai Piao / Lu Feng …
other title: Der Todesschrei des gelben Tigers / 街市英雄
Two friends who long to be heroes join the fight against a Ching warlord and his students. They get help from a Kung Fu student and a rebel. They also save Hung Si Quan's life.
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Heroes Two (1974)
方世玉與洪熙官 WikiData IMDb TMDB
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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Friends (1974)
朋友
Chang Cheh actor: David Chiang Da-Wei / Alexander Fu Sheng …
other title: 朋友 / Die Blutsbrüder des Kung-Fu …
Hua Heng is a poverty-stricken aspiring painter whose day job involves painting the ads that go up on the sides of buildings. He and his buddies hang out in a makeshift gym set up in an abandoned building where they train and practice kung fu. His girlfriend is Gao Xin, a bar maid who is in debt to loan sharks. Into their lives comes Jiaji, who happens upon Hua Heng in a street fight with local thugs who'd made fun of the painting he's carrying and decides to help him out.
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The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Roy Ward Baker / Chang Cheh actor: Peter Cushing / David Chiang Da-Wei …
other title: La leggenda dei 7 vampiri d'oro / Die 7 goldenen Vampire …
Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the cause of these phenomena, for the undead are controlled by the most diabolical force of all.... Count Dracula. But he is not alone- to aid him comes a mystical brotherhood of seven martial arts warriors.