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Rich and Famous (1987)
江湖情
Taylor Wong Tai-Loi actor: Chow Yun-Fat / Alex Man Chi-Leung …
other title: 江湖情
To pay off his debt as a gambler, a man drags his sister and step-brother into a life of crime and a violent war between rival gang lords.
Watched
Oct. 4, 2026
Thought this was the film on an incomplete loop in the hotel I stayed in Taipei in the early 90s, but now I've seen it, not sure. Maybe it was the sequel, Tragic Hero.

Watched in #KungFuSat watchparty on Mastodon.
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The Story of a Discharged Prisoner (1967)
英雄本色 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Patrick Lung Kong actor: Patrick Tse Yin / Patsy Kar …
other title: 英雄本色 / Upright Repenter
Lee Jwo Horng is fresh out of jail after doing time for 15 years. By then his fiancée Betty has already become the mistress of triad boss One-Eye Jack. Lee doesn't want his younger brother Chih Shen to look down upon him, so he decides to keep his release a secret from Chih Shen, and finds accommodation with his friend Ah Han instead. Jack forces Lee to team up with him again for more criminal jobs, but, determined to clean up his act and stay out of trouble, Lee doesn't yield to his pressure. Jack then turns his attention to Chih Shen and lures him to the dark side instead...
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The Big Heat (1988)
城巿特警 IMDb TMDB
Andrew Kam / Johnnie To actor: Waise Lee Chi-Hung / Joey Wong Cho-Yin …
other title: Big Heat / 城巿特警
A cop is losing the control of his right hand and cannot pull the trigger on time anymore. Before any accident happens, he decides to resign. Meanwhile his friend and informer is brutally murdered in Malaysia. Before leaving the force, he decides to find the killers with the help of his buddy, a young cop and an inspector from Kuala Lumpur.
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The Blue Jean Monster (1991)
着牛仔褲的鍾馗
Ivan Lai Kai-Ming actor: Shing Fui-On / Pauline Wong Siu-Fung …
other title: 着牛仔褲的鍾馗
A cop gets buried under steel rebars while pursuing triad bank robbers through a construction site. He gets reanimated supernaturally and becomes invulnerable, but needs electricity to remain alive, and goes after the gang who killed him.
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Black Mask (1996)
黑俠
李仁港 actor: Jet Li / Lau Ching-Wan …
other title: La vendetta della maschera nera / Máscara Negra …
Super-soldier recruit Tsui Chik is forced to escape with his comrades after the project is canceled. Months later, he's trying to have a quiet life as a librarian with his best friend, Inspector Shek Wai-Ho. However, a string of vicious gangland murders begins that has all the markings of Tsui's former compatriots who seem to have turned to crime. Realizing that the police are helpless, he decides to take them on himself. With a disguise, Tsui becomes the mysterious superhero known only as Black Mask.
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The Tournament (1974)
中泰拳壇生死戰 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Huang Feng actor: Angela Mao Ying / Carter Huang Chia-Ta …
other title: Der Todestritt der Gelben Katze / 中泰拳壇生死戰
After an unsanctioned match between a Chinese martial arts student and a Thai boxer results in disgrace for the Chinese, they determine to train and salvage their master’s reputation.
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Forbidden City Cop (1996)
大內密探零零發
★ 7.3 14 ratings
Stephen Chow / Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu actor: Stephen Chow / Carina Lau …
An imperial agent gets ridiculed for his various inventions, until his supportive wife encourages him to attend a conference, which's actually a trap to kill all the doctors serving the emperor, where his crazy inventions come in handy.
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The Tea House (1974)
成記茶樓 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kuei Chih-hung actor: Chen Kuan-Tai / Wong Yu …
other title: 成記茶樓 / The Teahouse
Chen Kuan-Tai is Big Brother Cheng, a former refugee who runs a local teahouse in Hong Kong. Respected by his peers, Big Brother Cheng runs the teahouse — and unofficially the neighborhood — with a firm righteous hand. However, when the triads come calling, Big Brother Cheng finds out respect and common decency may not be enough. The triads use underage kids to terrorize the teahouse, and since the law won't do anything, Big Brother Cheng may have to step in and take care of it himself!
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The King of the Kickboxers (1990)
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Lo Yuen-Ming actor: Loren Avedon / Billy Blanks …
other title: Il re dei kickboxers / O Rei dos Kickboxers …
Jake, a New York policeman poses as an actor to expose the making of martial-arts death movies in Thailand.
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PTU (2003)
PTU
★ 8.2 17 ratings
Johnnie To actor: Simon Yam / Maggie Shiu Mei-Kei …
other title: PTU - Police Tactical Unit
Follows a police tactical unit during one dangerous night on the streets of Hong Kong as they try to recover a cop's stolen gun. Things turn deadly when they run into a web of gangland crimes.
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Stoner (1974)
鐵金剛大破紫陽觀
Feng Huang actor: Angela Mao Ying / George Lazenby …
other title: Stoner - Ein Mann wie Granit / Stoner se déchaîne à Hong Kong …
An Australian cop heads to Hong Kong to head off the supply of a new designer drug which raises the sexual appetite of anyone who takes it.
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Temptress of a Thousand Faces (1969)
千面魔女 IMDb TMDB
Jeong Chang-hwa actor: Tina Chin Fei / Chan Leung …
other title: Venus mit den 1000 Gesichtern / La Diablesse aux mille visages …
A mystery caper of devilish fun, Temptress Of A Thousand Faces proves a femme fatale can match any man in wickedness. A mysterious thief has been committing crimes across the city. Always disguised and ever elusive, woman detective Chi Ying cannot find any clues for a good lead. But her reporter boyfriend Yu Ta is always supportive and understanding. Reversing the standard role stereotypes, it is the man here who then becomes the damsel (or dude as the case may be) in distress. Constantly frustrating her police woman foil, the temptress manages to make a game of outwitting her nemesis.
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God of Gamblers (1989)
賭神
★ 8.0 14 ratings
Wong Jing actor: Chow Yun-Fat / Andy Lau …
other title: Les Dieux du jeu
Ko Chun, a renowned gambler, loses his memory in an accident and starts behaving like a child. Little Knife, an amateur gambler, offers him shelter and realizes that he has a penchant for gambling.
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Millionaires' Express (1986)
富貴列車
★ 5.6 5 ratings
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo actor: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo / Yuen Biao …
other title: Millionaires Express / Shanghai Police - Die wüsteste Truppe der Welt …
What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.
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The Avenging Eagle (1978)
冷血十三鷹 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Sun Chung actor: Ti Lung / Alexander Fu Sheng …
other title: 冷血十三鹰 / 冷血十三鷹 …
Eagle Chief Yoh Xi-hung raises orphans to be his personal killers. One such is Chik Ming-sing who now wants to put his killer life behind him. When the Eagle Clan come after him, a stranger called Cheuk comes to his assistance It turns out that Cheuk is the son of a family who were robbed and murdered by the Eagles. Now they will team up to destroy the evil clan.
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Magic Cop (1990)
驅魔警察
Stephen Tung Wai actor: Lam Ching-Ying / Wilson Lam Chun-Yin …
other title: 驅魔警察
A Taoist former cop is called to Hong Kong to assist in the investigation of of a series of strange murders. Aided by two local officers, he runs afoul of an evil sorceress.
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The Legend (1993)
方世玉
★ 7.8 6 ratings
Corey Yuen actor: Jet Li / Josephine Siao Fong-Fong …
other title: The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk / Fong Sai Yuk - A Saga de um Herói …
The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission to retrieve a list of members of that secret society. Meanwhile, Canton kung fu practitioner Fong Sai-Yuk falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a rich merchant.
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The Miracle Fighters (1982)
奇門遁甲
Yuen Woo-Ping actor: Yuen Yat-Choh / Bryan Leung Kar-Yan …
other title: Miracle Fighters / 奇門遁甲 …
When two elderly Taoist priests take on a young apprentice who is mistakenly presumed to be the long-lost crown prince of the Imperial Court, the emperor dispatches a eunuch with magic powers to apprehend him.