Tsao Chien

A Touch of Zen
as MagistrateKu Shen Chai, an artist in his early 30s, still lives with his mother, but he is suddenly shaken...
Movie pageIsland of Fire
as Fong's FatherSomeone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as...
Movie pageDragon Inn
as General Wu NingChina, year 1457. The Minister of Defense is executed, and his children are sentenced to exile...
Movie pageThe Boxer from Shantung
as Tea House Waiter (uncredited)Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead...
Movie pageThe Challenge of the Lady Ninja
as uncreditedDuring the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, a Chinese woman trains in the covert arts. When she...
Movie pageSnuff Bottle Connection
as Chancellor PuAs China and Russia's governments are talking peace, traitorous agents on both sides seek war....
Movie pageReturn of the 18 Bronzemen
as Court OfficialDespite the national resistance, the Manchurians have taken over China, but the Ching Emperor...
Movie pageFour Moods
as uncreditedDirected by some of most well known Chinese-language directors of the time, the portmanteau film...
Movie pageThe Swordsman of All Swordsmen
as Yun Chung-ChunA master swordsman is on a twenty year quest to revenge the death of his parents.
Movie pageSwift Shaolin Boxer
as Lord HoAngelo Mao, Judy Lee and Barry Chen star in this tale of murder, intrigue and betrayal. When two...
Movie pageGrowing Up
as Mr. ZhuThe story follows a young man as he changes from an intelligently aware youth, to a teenager...
Movie pageHot Wave
as uncreditedA taiwanese romance set during the summer starring Brigitte Lin.
Movie pageBeach of the War Gods
as Japanese officerIn the waning days of the Ming dynasty, Japanese marauders raid villages on the Chinese coast. ...
Movie pageOutside the Window
as uncreditedBrigitte Lin's debut film is a melodrama in which her character gets involved in a socially...
Movie pageThe Shaolin Brothers
as uncreditedComplicated mix of Chinese history and myth, where old Shaolin friends find themselves on...
Movie pageThe Wheel of Life
as Lu Zizhen, part 1Jointly and respectively directed by King Hu, Lee Hsing, and Pai Ching-Jui, three major Taiwan...
Movie pageOur Neighbor
as Chen A-faAn orphaned girl in a poverty-stricken neighborhood is adopted by a kindly neighbor. He...
Movie pageA Sword Named Revenge
as uncreditedTwo swordsmen from separate sects band together to kill Ruthless Chi, head of another sect.But...
Movie pagePurple Darts
as uncreditedIn an attempt to seize the famous Tai Hsuan Book of Swords the outlaws Wang, Ku, Lu and Pai Feng...
Movie pageThe House for Love
as uncreditedLo Wen (Chin Han) is enamored of his college sweetheart Xiao Yu (Brigitte Lin), and the two wish...
Movie pageOne Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers
as Chow Yi To/ChuWatch WANG YU as a one-armed savior battling the local goons in this martial arts classic. He...
Movie pageBlack and White Umbrellas
as uncreditedTop class swordplay action from Taiwan, where umbrellas are used as swords.
Movie pageThe Glory of the Sunset
as Prof. LuA young doctor, regardless of his family’s objection, had decided to marry his beloved one. When...
Movie pageThe Outsiders
as uncreditedIn 1985, senior high school student A-Qing was found fornicating with a staff member at school...
Movie pageBeauty of Beauties
as uncreditedHsi Shih: The Beauty of Beauties was one of the most ambitious films made in the Taiwan film...
Movie pageIron Mistress
as Hsin TsanDuring the time of the Sung dynasty (roughly, around the 12th century), rebels in North China...
Movie pageThe Fists of Vengeance
as uncreditedChinese mine workers are being cruelly suppressed by the Japanese, and a Chinese officer is sent...
Movie pageThe Dark Alley
as uncreditedSet against the backdrop of Thai International Boxing, what starts out as a happy love story...
Movie pageDeadly Opponents
as uncreditedFlame hand wants to rule the martial world and test her skills, therefore she kills off many...
Movie pageGodfather from Canton
as AgentA coolie is ofter a job a policeman after saving a government official, and through treachery...
Movie pagePainted Waves of Love
as uncreditedA talented woman painter falls in love with a gallery owner, who is married. His son falls in...
Movie pageErrant Love
as Mr. HoKao Han (Kenny Bee) and Pan-yun (Xiu-ling Lu) meet for the first time as strangers in a pet...
Movie pageMan on the Police Gazette
as uncreditedThe notorious bandit, Shi Wen Lung breaks out of a California jail and flees back to China to...
Movie pageInfernal Street
as Dr. ChauA Chinese doctor's assistant fights the morphine-dealing criminals who run a Japanese nightclub.
Movie pageThe Hero
as Chow Chang's FatherA village under the thumb of a band of thugs recruits a hero to help fight them off.
Movie pageFlying Masters of Kung Fu
as Healing MasterIn order to avenge her father's murder, Hsiang Ying trains herself in the deadliest form of...
Movie pageShadow Girl
as Bridegroom's fatherA young woman whose kung fu has reached the point where she can turn invisible runs afoul of a...
Movie pageThe Dragon vs. Needles of Death
as Master FungA young man joins a kung-fu academy but fails to fit in. He soon runs off with the master's...
Movie pageThe Everlasting Glory
as uncreditedA most touching and consistently heart-gripping war drama depicts the heroic deeds of General...
Movie pageFighting of Shaolin Monks
as Chi Yun's FatherThe Fighting of Shaolin Monk tells the story of the Famed Monk, Tamo (Chen Sing Hong Kong's most...
Movie pageBy Love Obsessed
as uncreditedWhile taking pictures in a remote forest, a young photographer encounters a beautiful,...
Movie pageFist of Shaolin
as uncreditedA man trains in kung-fu to avenge the murder of his father
Movie pageThe Invincible
as uncreditedAfter mistakenly helping Chang-qing, the sister of ruthless Mongol chieftain Liang escape...
Movie pageNightmarish Highway
as uncreditedA car accident on a curvy road with a history of death is just the beginning of a woman's horror...
Movie pageThe Absurd Brave
as uncreditedThe arrest and execution of the head of the outlawed Five Flower sect leaves his four offspring...
Movie pageThe Furious Killer
as uncreditedA young girl witnesses the massacre of her family at the hands of cold blooded kung fu killers....
Movie pageThe Escape
as Mr. YeungEveryone seems to want to stop General Tsai from leaving Peking.
Movie pageBruce Takes Dragon Town
as uncreditedAlan Tang is forced into a swirling dilemma between two antagonistic drug smugglers. Double...
Movie pageBlack Invitation
as Father HuangBrilliant Taiwan wuxia film Black Invitation directed by Chou Hsu Chiang. Living large in the...
Movie pageConspiracy
as uncreditedTo gain control of a gold mine, the owner Ho Kwai-Shan is poisoned by the Lee family. His...
Movie pageHe Loved Once Too Many
as uncreditedAn early drama starring Brigitte Lin.
Movie page"Golden Sand" Sword
as uncreditedThe Golden Blade should be kept in the hands of a good person; if it fell into the wrong hands...
Movie pageA Story of Lou Po-Wen
as uncreditedTsu Hong Wu is a highly fictionalized fantasy retelling of the early years of Zhu Yuanzhang’s...
Movie pageThe Last Night of Madam Chin
as uncreditedSet in Shanghai in the 1940s. Story of a ballroom girl Jolie Chan who falls in love with a...
Movie pageVengeance of Snow-Maid
as uncreditedSnow Maid spends years practicing kung fu under the guidance of Ugly Maid in the mountains. All...
Movie pageChinese Kung Fu and Acupuncture
as Taoist priestKung Fu combined with acupuncture is used with great effect to defeat Japanese invaders in an...
Movie pageThunderstorm Sword
as uncreditedA swordsman and swordswoman fight to protect Lady Liu who is trying to return to power. She's...
Movie pageThe Ferocious Brothers
as uncreditedA man returns to Japan to avenge the death of his father.
Movie pageThe Way of the Tiger
as uncreditedThe greatest martial arts spectacular of all time!
Movie pageThe Trios of the Peach Garden
as uncreditedA film based on the Oath of the Peach Garden which is a fictional event in the 14th-century...
Movie pageHeroic Pioneers
as uncreditedTaiwan's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986. In the story,...
Movie pageDesperate Crisis
as uncreditedThrilling basher from Taiwan set amidst the dangerous and contemporary world of gangsters &...
Movie pageLove with Cloud
as President HerWong Chi-chae, an ambitious young doctor, is secretly in a relationship with Cheng Yuh-hsya, a...
Movie pageJustice Pao
as 王延龄Justice Bao is a 236-episode television series from Taiwan, first airing on Chinese Television...
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