The Legend of the Purple Hairpin

Based in Chinese opera, the film tells the story of a young scholar in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yi who travels to the capital Changan to take the national civil examination. During the Lantern Festival, he encounters Huo…

He Walks Like a Tiger

A man is jailed unfairly for his debts, so his son takes up a job as a traveling medicine salesman and street performer to get him out. During his travels, he is killed in a confrontation with the son of a local kingpin.…

Iron Head

A bumbling martial arts teacher has the skills but lacks the confidence to use them. Run out of town by some ne’er-do-wells, he sets out on some comic adventures as he travels the countryside. Taking up some companions…

The Dancing Girl of Izu

7.5

Izu no Odoriko is based on the story The Dancing Girl of Izu by Yasunari Kawabata. It tells the story of the interactions between a young male student from Tokyo, and a small group of travelling performers that he…

Za Karate

4.0

In this first film in the ZA KARATE trilogy, Japanese-American martial artist Tadashi Yamashita (played by Japanese-American martial artist Tadashi Yamashita) travels to Kyoto to compete in a Budo tournament, hoping…

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold

When fellow operatives (and childhood friends) Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson disappear during an undercover mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones travels there to find them. With the help of local detective Mi…

See Pan Din

It tells the story of Mae Ploy and her multi-generational family, during the reign of King Rama V. (Source: traveltobangkok.blogspot.com) ~~ Adapted from the novel by M.R. (Mom Ratchawong) Kukrit Pramoj.

From China with Death

Old school action takes center stage as two scoundrels get in and out of trouble using Kung Fu. Henry Yu Young is a sharp travelling con-man adept at mahjong (cheating) and Kung Gu who runs into womanizing petty thief…

Never Forget Me

7.4

Two high school students have romantic feelings for each other at a time when such relationships are not allowed at their age. Travelling together by train to school every day, they promise to spend their future together.…

The Best of Shaolin Kung Fu

Prince Chien Lung, who soon became the Ching Dynasty's most famous and far-reaching emperor, travels with his bodyguard to locate a secret document offering evidence of the prince's Han Chinese heritage. The document…

Lee Wan Chung

Li Yun Zhong was born on September 2, 1911 in Tianjin, China. He was an actor, known for Come Drink with Me (1966), Prisoner 407 (1976) and Trail of the Broken Blade (1967). He died on April 29, 1981 in Hong Kong from suicide. (Source: IMDB)

Kusumoto Kenji

Enomoto Kenji is a Japanese actor born on March 12, 1929 in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. His real name is Enomoto Kenzo.

Wang Zhao Xi

Wang Zhao Xi was born in China in 1918. He moved to Hong Kong in 1947 and went on to edit more than 200 films there. He won the Gold Horse Film Award for Best Editing for the 1964 film Romance of the Forbidden City. Wang was hailed as "The King of Film Editing" for his professionalism and craftsmanship.…

Choo Kok Leong

Choo Kok Leong was born in Malaysia in 1910. He produced around 100 films, mostly in Hong Kong from 1964-1978. Choo died in Singapore in 1996.

Imaizumi Ren

In 1947 he joined Toho as the second Toho New Face . At the same time , there are Toki Shiozawa , Yoko Sugi , and Ken Echigo . He has appeared in many works regardless of genre, mainly special effects movies . Since the actor left early and turned to a lecturer in the Toho Theater Club , there is no…

Simon Chui

Simon Chui is an actor, writer, director, stuntman, and martial arts director. He worked in films from 1963-2011.

Leung Lung

Leung Lung is known for his work on The Buddhist Fist (1980), The Suicide Murder (1974) and The Lady Hermit (1971). He was active from 1962-1988. (Source: IMDB)

Yi Fung

Yi Fung also known as Erh Feng is an actor and assistant director, known for The Other Woman (1959), Fist of Unicorn (1973) and The Inn of Mercy (1970). He was active from 1956-1979. (Source: IMDB)

Takeuchi Akiko

Kanai Dai

Kanai Dai was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture. He dropped out of the Chuo University, Department of Law. In 1952, he founded the theater company Izumiza. His eldest son is the actor Kanai Setsu. On June 17, 2001, at the age of 74, he died of pneumonia at a hospital…