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Shaw Brothers

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  The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter

  The swansong of Shaw Brothers is a true martial arts masterpiece…

  
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  My Name Ain’t Suzie

  Atomic pen and feminist Gothic…

  
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  Women

  You could hardly get a more apt debut than the first film from Stanley Kwan, director of the much-loved Rouge and Centre Stage…

  
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  The Dream of the Red Chamber

  Brigitte Lin gives a taste of things to come in this beautifully shot (but possibly impenetrable to casual viewers) musical drama…

  
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  The Oily Maniac

  Classic exploitation howler where a man transforms to enact revenge upon those who have unwisely wronged him…

  
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  Five Superfighters

  Clash of the Titans kung fu style or a Hong Kong Dirty Almost half-a-dozen…

  
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  Line Walker

  Jazz Boon brings his hugely successful TV series to the big screen…

  
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  The Seeding of a Ghost

  One of the Shaw Brothers’ most infamous and sleazy shockers finally gets the rerelease it deserves…

  
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  The Angry Guest

  The “iron triangle” attempts to work its magic with a different approach, but falls pretty flat…

  
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  Heroes of the East

  A softer version of the Chinese vs Japanese theme in this classic from director Lau Kar-Leung…

  
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  The Killer Snakes

  A downtrodden young man finds he can communicate with snakes, and uses them to take gruesome revenge…

  
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  House Of Traps

  Chang Cheh’s action packed, and completely impractical, solution to simple home security! Definitely not sponsored by Ikea…

  
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  The Lady Assassin (1983)

  A lesser-known gem, with non-stop action that combines swordplay and director Lu Chin-Ku’s signature wirework…

  
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  Opium and the Kung-Fu Master

  A solid period piece based on a real martial arts master and his break with addiction…

  
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  Black Magic

  A little sleazy, a little gory and a lot dated. This film is everything you could want from a 1970s horror…

  
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  Shaolin Martial Arts

  More martial arts and bald geezers in the famous Chinese temple. But without the temple…

  
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  Killer Constable

  A dark and occasionally gory film that delivers a real punch in terms of action and storyline. An unexpected gem…