Year - 1982
Aces go Places. One of Hong Kong's classic action comedy series began here, written, directed, and produced by the Cinema City collective, who turned making comedies into a science, estimating and ensuring proper gag to reel ratios. A sendup of Hollywood action films... » MORE
Duel to the Death. The ultimate Ninja action film, period. Directed by Ching Siu-Tung. ... » MORE
Great Massacre. For some inexplicable reason, I decided today to grab some of my old Ocean Shores VHS tapes and pop them in for some old style Kung-Fu action. First up is Great Massacre, named "SHAOLIN HERO" on the Ocean Shores release,... » MORE
He Lives by Night. Po-Chih Leong's film JUMPING ASH (1976, HK) is often mentioned as the first, the earliest example of Hong Kong's "New Wave." It is spoken of reverently, and it's a film I've long wanted to see. I still want to see... » MORE
Life after Life. George Lam is a well-to-do technology and astrology whiz who gets hired by businessman Patrick Tse to design a Fashion Show like no other. He picks Flora Cheung as the lead model, and decides on some creepy old wooden puppets... » MORE
My Rebellious Son. Ku Feng and Alexander Fu sheng play a father son team in this kung fu comedy about the well respected traditional Chinese doctor Master Chang (Ku Feng) and his troublesome, bored, rebel-rousing son Siu Tai(Alexander Fu Sheng). Master Chang tries... » MORE
Ninja Wars. Hiroyuki Sanada is Jotaro, master ninja, on a quest to revenge his ninja girlfriend, whose head was put onto another woman's body by a group of evil demon monks. ... » MORE
Nomad. The story of a group of fun loving young Hong Kong people who fall in love, have sex, dream of better places, wear little clothing, and strive to live their lives their own way. That is, until some crazy Japanese... » MORE
Ode to Gallantry. With a title like this, it can only be a Chang Cheh film. When it comes right down to it, ALL his films are odes to gallantry. But this movie confounds expectations by being very little about gallantry at all,... » MORE
Pink Thief. A group of illegal immigrants escape gangsters in China to start a new life in Hong Kong, but are taken advantage of by the locals to such an extent that they cannot make an honest living. They switch to petty... » MORE
Pure and the Evil, The. The story of two friends: May (Tai Liang-chun), aka "the pure", a good girl with rich parents and all the social advantages; and Rose (Chen Pei-hsi), aka "the evil", a girl with divorced parents who grew up taken care of... » MORE
Aces go Places. One of Hong Kong's classic action comedy series began here, written, directed, and produced by the Cinema City collective, who turned making comedies into a science, estimating and ensuring proper gag to reel ratios. A sendup of Hollywood action films... » MORE
Duel to the Death. The ultimate Ninja action film, period. Directed by Ching Siu-Tung. ... » MORE
Great Massacre. For some inexplicable reason, I decided today to grab some of my old Ocean Shores VHS tapes and pop them in for some old style Kung-Fu action. First up is Great Massacre, named "SHAOLIN HERO" on the Ocean Shores release,... » MORE
He Lives by Night. Po-Chih Leong's film JUMPING ASH (1976, HK) is often mentioned as the first, the earliest example of Hong Kong's "New Wave." It is spoken of reverently, and it's a film I've long wanted to see. I still want to see... » MORE
Life after Life. George Lam is a well-to-do technology and astrology whiz who gets hired by businessman Patrick Tse to design a Fashion Show like no other. He picks Flora Cheung as the lead model, and decides on some creepy old wooden puppets... » MORE
My Rebellious Son. Ku Feng and Alexander Fu sheng play a father son team in this kung fu comedy about the well respected traditional Chinese doctor Master Chang (Ku Feng) and his troublesome, bored, rebel-rousing son Siu Tai(Alexander Fu Sheng). Master Chang tries... » MORE
Ninja Wars. Hiroyuki Sanada is Jotaro, master ninja, on a quest to revenge his ninja girlfriend, whose head was put onto another woman's body by a group of evil demon monks. ... » MORE
Nomad. The story of a group of fun loving young Hong Kong people who fall in love, have sex, dream of better places, wear little clothing, and strive to live their lives their own way. That is, until some crazy Japanese... » MORE
Ode to Gallantry. With a title like this, it can only be a Chang Cheh film. When it comes right down to it, ALL his films are odes to gallantry. But this movie confounds expectations by being very little about gallantry at all,... » MORE
Pink Thief. A group of illegal immigrants escape gangsters in China to start a new life in Hong Kong, but are taken advantage of by the locals to such an extent that they cannot make an honest living. They switch to petty... » MORE
Pure and the Evil, The. The story of two friends: May (Tai Liang-chun), aka "the pure", a good girl with rich parents and all the social advantages; and Rose (Chen Pei-hsi), aka "the evil", a girl with divorced parents who grew up taken care of... » MORE