Rare Shaw Brothers Movies to track down!!
A list of rarer Shaw Brother movies to see - not released on DVD or Blu-Ray
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- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsKuan Tai ChenKaren YehWu Chi LiuA man agrees to trade his wife to settle his massive gambling debt but is overcome with remorse and guilt. He attempts suicide but is saved by a beautiful ghost.
- DirectorTso Nam LeeStarsYun LingHan ChinHung LiA roadside bandit reluctantly agrees to become the muscle for a traveling gambler/cheat. In an attempt to steal from traitorous warlords, they get involved with rebel fighters who hope to use the riches to fund their revolution.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsChing LeeWei-Tu LinShao-Hung ChanA woman reaches from beyond the grave to claim the man she loves.
- DirectorChi LuStarsPing-Ping WangPing ChenTina Chin-Fei
- DirectorKang ChengStarsKang ChengNan ChiangTao Chiang
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsKuan Tai ChenKaren YehLin TungCheng, a restaurant manager who socks it to the thugs in order to make the mean streets of Hong Kong a little less mean. This is the sequel to 1974 "The Teahouse."
- DirectorTseng-Chai ChangStarsPing ChenHsieh WangDanny LeeHe Ming-Zhu seeks revenge against a gambling syndicate who forced her father's suicide.
- DirectorLauren BarkerStarsTiffany StrengStephanie Rose QuinnellCarly D. AndersonWhile former paramedic Emily tries to live a low-key life to cope with her PTSD, her new roommate has other plans--and a long-held vendetta against medical personnel.
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsKwok-Leung KamLin-Lin LiChun ChenA young man who has been beaten, abused, humiliated and laughed at all his life finds that he has an unusual empathy with snakes. He can talk to them and they understand him, and eventually he finds that he can get them to do his bidding. He decides to use his newfound friends to take his revenge on everyone who ever did him wrong.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsDanny LeeChung WangYun LingA group of down-on-their-luck robbers pull off a spectacular job - only to find themselves hunted by cops and possible betrayers.
- DirectorHun ChoiHsueh-Li PaoStarsTony LiuNancy YenDanaThree female detectives--from Hong Kong, Korea, and Singapore--go undercover in a cabaret to expose a murderer.
- DirectorChung WangStarsChung WangDanny LeeHing-Yin KamWang Chung plays a cop in charge of a rag-tag bunch of misfits who are after a drug runner.
- DirectorHan Hsiang LiStarsTony LiuNi TienJason Piao PaiDuring the reign of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, Xu Hu and the White Widow, the head of the salt smuggling group, were both in danger of being arrested because the honest official Li Zhenbiao refused to accept bribes, and the governor of Liangjiang ordered strict suppression of salt smuggling. In order to avoid being caught by her colleagues, the white widow went to the government without permission and agreed with Li Zhenbiao to submit herself to the court. Li Zhenbiao agreed to the request of the white widow, considering that she had sworn in with Xu Hu and the white widow's deceased husband. The white widow was sentenced to hang. Li Zhenbiao sent someone to send poison to the white widow in order to avoid the Governor's intervention in the case and then to make trouble. Xu Hu was shocked to learn that the white widow was sentenced to death for her sole responsibility, and the revenge action was immediately launched.
- DirectorChung WangStarsChung WangKent ChengRay LuiCrank and Fatty, two remarkably incompetent cops whose inept investigations lead to rape, torture, duplicity, and murder.
- DirectorChi LuStarsTi AiDai LingJu-Hua PeiThree lotharios vie to become principal of the Macho Man Training School, an extremely non-monastic institution dedicated to extremely non Shaolin-types of physical exertion, in this strange and erotic farce of the classic 36th Chamber Of Shaolin.
- DirectorHsia HsuStarsSiu-Ho ChinKam CheungJu-Hua PeiAn evil black-magic priest unleashes some nasty Japanese ghosts on a peaceful Chinese village.
- DirectorAngela ChanStarsCherie ChungKen TongChun-Hao Chen
- DirectorKwok-Ming CheungStarsKa-Yan LeungKong ChuKris PhillipsCop Chow's colleague and friend Kim resigned because of manslaughter and became a professional killer. Now Chow takes charge of cases did by Kim.
- DirectorAlex LawStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungChing-Ying LamPei-Pei ChengThe story of Beijing Opera School, its teacher Master Yu and his students.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsJimmy Wang YuMargaret Tu ChuanPing ChinTiger Boy, an itinerant young knight-errant bent on revenge for his father's death 15 years earlier rescues a young maiden after her brother is killed protecting her from the advances of a band of bandits. While the heroes escape the band's clutches and seek refuge in the forest, Tiger Boy discovers that her perpetrators are led by the son of his father's killer who also has a yen for the maiden. As fate would have it, she instead falls in love with our hero who pledges to return to her after vanquishing all his enemies. To accomplish this, he sets out to singlehandedly crash a large birthday party held in his father's killer's honor. Meanwhile, Tiger Boy's chivalric quest is complicated when the maiden also sets out after him straight into peril in the enemy's own stronghold.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsPei-Pei ChengChing TangChing-Yun HuangA fearsome swordswoman known as The Jade Raksha appears in the martial arts world and begins killing people whose surname is Yan.
- DirectorKôji ShimaStarsPeter Chen HouPat Ting HungBetty Ting PeiA rich guy with unruly appearance and unswerving inner wants to marry a wealthy girl. He fails on abandoning his pregnant wife and murders her. But he is threatened by a suspected ghost and scared to death.
- DirectorChi HsinStarsLily LiPing AnHung WeiA young girl swordsman has stealth capability and loves to play pranks. She riles terrorists and bandits, so she has to struggle against them. During the struggle, she is injured and poisoned. A young handsome doctor saves her and then she drives away all the bad guys after rehabilitation. But the doctor keeps on exploring a way to heal the stealth problem.
- DirectorAkinori MatsuoChih-Hung KueiStarsLily HoPei-Shan ChangMiao ChingGe Tianli is an assassin who always get's her man, but this time she's the target.
- DirectorJoseph KuoStarsLi ChingHung-Lieh ChenChing ChenThe daughter of a slain hero is on a mission to take the coveted Gold Dragon Sword back to the Capital for safe keeping.
- DirectorTseng-Chai ChangStarsYin WangHung LiHung-Lieh Chen
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsChing TangPing WangFeng Tien
- DirectorChung SunStarsPei-Pei ShuDan LauChia Chien LiThe Jiuxian Witch and her Bloody Ghouls Clan are planning domination of the Martial Arts world. Standing in their way are two clans who posses a magic mirror each.
- DirectorTseng-Chai ChangStarsChing LeeLieh LoFeng KuSiu and Ma are two bandits who ride from town to town robbing banks and killing anyone who tries to stop them. When a hold up goes wrong, Siu is caught, and soon realizes that Ma has kept the money and isn't coming to rescue him.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsLieh LoPing ChenMei Sheng FanOne night a textile worker is sexually assaulted by five deviants. The young lady tries to cope with the aftermath of this dramatic event but her life is ruined.
- DirectorShan-Hsi TingStarsJung WangYan-Yung TsoPing-Yu ChangWang Jung is aided by a band of female warriors led by expert swordswoman Tso Yen Jung. Together they battle the bandits seeking to raid the emperor's tomb.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsChing LeeHsiung ChaoChih-Ching YangThis movie sees Officer of the law Wan Chao-fan and his father being framed for a robbery they didn't commit. With only his father's sword at the scene and the man nowhere to be found, retribution is aimed at Chao-fan, who flees in order to figure out who really stole the jewels so that he may get revenge and clear the Wan family name.
- DirectorChing-Yun Chu-KoChing-Chen YangStarsSzu ShihHan ChinYuan YiA recently jailed martial arts master teams up with a wronged woman to take down the man's brother, a coal baron who rules a small town with an iron fist.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsHua YuehSzu ShihHung-Lieh Chen
- DirectorTso Nam LeeStarsChao-Hsiung HungTe-Ren LiuHsin Tang
- DirectorHan-Hsiang YuStarsLu ChinYuan ChuanMargaret Hsing Hui
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsHua YuehWu Chi LiuChia Lin HsuDuring a night, a mechanic is the involuntary witness of a brutal homicide. He goes to the police and from that moment on he and his family becomes the targets of a Triad gang revenge. A cop named Apple is assigned to them as bodyguard, as the gangsters tries everything to kill the witness, including send to him a box full of snakes. Pushed to the extreme, the man will go into a ruthless revenge.
- DirectorTetsuya YamanouchiStarsLi ChingTina Chin-FeiPing AnNa Cha is sent to the land of the dead to fight the seven devils.
- DirectorChung SunStarsHua TsungBetty Pei TiWu Chi LiuOld men get ripped off by a young man and sexy girls. The old men finally wake up and exact revenge.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsPing ChenChun ChenHsieh WangA young wife lives with an older man that can't satisfy her,
- DirectorTseng-Chai ChangStarsHan ChinTina Chin-FeiTi Ai
- DirectorShan-Hsi TingStarsPing WangJung WangChi-Yu Chang
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsDavid ChiangSheng FuLily LiA wealthy young playboy flees his repressive family and joins forces with a gang of street toughs who are unaware of his true identity, until he's kidnapped by white slavers who demand a ransom for his safe return.
- DirectorHsueh-Li PaoStarsDavid ChiangKuan Tai ChenDanny LeeWith the cast list, you would almost expect this to be another Chang Cheh film. Two of Chang's proteges, David Chiang and Chen Kuan-tai go head-to-head in The Imposter which sees cinematographer Pao Hsueh-li back in the director's chair. Chiang plays Ko Liang, as master of disguise who puts his seven faces to good use when he goes to the aid of two young guardsmen Tseng Yung (Danny Lee) and Tseng Kan (Wang Chung) who have been framed by Captain Lo (Chen Kuan-tai) for murder.
- DirectorIl-Ho JangStarsPing ChenLieh LoHui-Ling LiuA wronged female ghost is out for revenge.
- DirectorChi LuStarsSzu ShihChi LuEddie Chan
- DirectorHsueh-Li PaoStarsDavid ChiangChen-Chi LinChung WangA honest, diligent and helpful taxi driver Chen Kuang (David Chiang) is unfortunately involved in a bank robbery, and the police mistook him as a robber. He together with a driver Tu Fa (Chung Wang) strives to gather evidence. After some twists and turns, the two finally are able to help the police in bringing the culprits to justice.
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsDanaFeng ErhLi-Jen HoThe Haunted House: Two friends are challenged by a third to stay overnight in a haunted house. They each secretly plot against each to other to scare the others and all three are eventually killed in their attempts to drive each other out. The Cold Skeleton: The dead mother of a son keeps reappearing in her son's house even after repeated reburials. It is later revealed that the son is a sleepwalker and digs up the body himself while asleep and places it in his own home before waking. He eventually kills himself. A Wolf Of Ancient Times: A lecherous scholar and his assistant find refuge at the house of a villager and his two nubile daughters. The two girls seduce the young man, but soon reveal themselves to be hopping zombies. The assistant escapes death because he wears a charm around his neck.
- DirectorChung SunStarsPing ChenChung WangSusan Yam-Yam ShawAh Ying is a former gangster trying to lead an honest life and occasionally using her fighting skills to help out the girls in the factory where she now works.
- DirectorKang ChengMeng-Hua HoShan HuaStarsSzu ShihWei SzuLu-Min ChenAn anthology film featuring three true-crime stories that took place in Hong Kong in the early 1970's. Part 1: Hidden Torsos' A woman and her daughter are murdered by her abusive boyfriend. Part 2: 'Valley of the Hanged'-A man murders his wife and her lover. Part 3: 'The Stuntmen' - A gang boss is murdered by his wife's lover.
- DirectorHsueh-Li PaoStarsYun LingLi ChingFei Ai
- DirectorHan Hsiang LiStarsLung TiYao HsiaoLisa Lu
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsWu Chi LiuWei-Tu LinLin TungA poor woman is mugged, losses her fiancee and gets taken advantage of before turned into a sex slave. Her spirit delivers whats coming to them, all the way back to the original muggers.
- DirectorDavid ChiangStarsDavid ChiangHung TsaiYing BaiChiang plays a righteous character who helps an unjustly imprisoned swordsman accused of stealing. Together they break out of prison and serve notice to all the evil men in their lives that a new deadly duo is in town.
- DirectorHan Hsiang LiStarsShirley YuPing ChenHsieh WangThe first story features an elderly jeweler's adventures with his unsatisfied wife, a handsome neighbor, and the neighborhood bordello. The second is a more modern tale of sex, lies, and videotape.
- DirectorShan HuaStarsTony LiuLily LiChin HuLiao Jiang is the lowest ranking member of a gang that holds up a jewelery store. Subsequently the three other gang members die, and their gold haul goes missing. Liao Jiang and his new gang member Huge Eyes are then forced to turn to a triad gang to help get back their gold from a rival group.
- DirectorShan HuaChih-Hung KueiChung SunStarsFei AiShen ChanHo-Chiang ChenAn anthology film featuring four true-crime stories that took place in Hong Kong in the early 1970's.
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsYun LingTerry LiuDanny LeeTwo guys and their women constantly get harassed by a group of young motorcycle outlaws on a small island. The situation becomes deadly when one of them gets killed.
- DirectorShan-Hsi TingStarsLung TiFeng-Jiao LinTung-Shing YeePatriotic extravaganza concerning early 20th century political events in Taiwan.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsLung TiNi TienLieh LoAn evil magician and his zombie minions are up against a trio of doctors who are on a mission to find the cause of an outbreak of unknown diseases caused by his spells.
- DirectorNgai Choi LamStarsSiu-Ho ChinWai-kong HaChien-Hua HsuWhen a gambling boss named Chen Yuan Lung ends up dead, he leaves his two sons, Chia Chin and Chia Kang in the custody of his good buddy Chiptooth.
- DirectorLung TiStarsDavid ChiangLung TiChuan ChenFatherless as a child, Hsiang supports his mother. When gangsters kill his mother, he kills in revenge.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsLung TiWei-Hao TengKuan-Chung KuThe 8th Prince and Chu Liu Hsiang pretend to be rivals and stage 8th Prince's assassination attempt in order for Chu to go undercover in the "Villa of Phantoms" to investigate, King Eagle, who has been recruiting criminals for evil plot.
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiChung SunStarsFei AiShen ChanChia Liang ChengPart 1 : 'Maniac' - A gang is kidnapping and raping young women. Part 2: 'Queen of Temple Street' - A gambling addict sells his wife to a brothel to pay off his debts.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsChing TangPing WangFeng Tien
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsLiang Chun TaiFei AiLily Li13 family members are murdered and then dumped in a well. 30 years later their descendants are cursed.
- DirectorChung SunStarsHua TsungYao HsiaoHung WeiYoung man returns from studying abroad to take over management of the large family farm, and falls for the daughter of a tenant farmer. The unique twist is that her pet, best friend, confidante and protector is a cobra - but he hates snakes because his mother was bitten and killed by one when he was a child.
- DirectorChung SunStarsTony LiuKuan Tai ChenLieh Lo
- DirectorChung SunStarsWei-Hao TengSheng LoKang ShihA fearful crime syndicate known as the Qi Sha clan is terrorizing towns across the Chinese empire. The syndicate, infamous for their atrocities, is controlled by Seven Chiefs that rule their own separate territory. Not wanting to yield to their widespread terror, the Government assign the Minister of Crime Investigation Department who then devises a plan to wipe out the gang from "within" by infiltrating his spy, whose identity is as enigmatic as the leader of the syndicate, into the Qi Sha clan. Haunted by internal conflicts among the Qi Sha Chiefs that lead to treachery and cold-blooded murders, it is only a matter of time before the mysterious mastermind must reveal his identity, and the enigmatic spy must confront him in a duel-to-the-death showdown.
- DirectorCheh ChangChih-Hung KueiStarsChung WangLily LiBetty Pei TiA low budget kung fu movie - an ambitious martial arts student infiltrates a murderous gang in the hope of finding the man who killed his father.
- DirectorAkinori MatsuoChih-Hung KueiStarsLily HoPei-Shan ChangMiao ChingGe Tianli is an assassin who always get's her man, but this time she's the target.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsConnie ChanKang-Yeh ChengShao-Lin ChiangThe following content was provided by the publisher: In Shanghai, police are baffled by a cunning thief known as "The Lizard", a modern day Robin Hood who steals from the corrupt upper class and gives to the poor. When a corrupt police chief discovers that his adversary is also a brilliant martial arts expert able to climb walls just like his namesake, the chase is on! Packed with combat mayhem, witty double crosses, and a dazzling Shaw Brothers cast including Lo Lieh ("36th Chamber Of Shaolin"), Yueh Hua ("Come Drink With Me") and teen favorite Connie Chen Pao-chu, this fast-paced fan favorite from the director of "The Magic Blade" offers nonstop excitement! Featuring the Chinese version with English subtitles and rare English-dubbed version.
- DirectorHsia HsuStarsSiu-Ho ChinKam CheungJu-Hua PeiAn evil black-magic priest unleashes some nasty Japanese ghosts on a peaceful Chinese village.
- DirectorJing WongStarsYue WongMelvin WongYin TseA forerunner to the new wave gambling films, this is one of Wong Jing's first hits--before he would go on to dominate Hong Kong cinema for the next two decades. Although rife with Japanese spies, Shanghai tycoons, beautiful starlets, and enough intrigue to keep 007 happy, Bond himself would be no match for the heroes' skill at mahjong and other games Hong Kong gamblers play--proving that the cube is often mightier than the baccarat card.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsDanny LeeChung WangYun LingA group of down-on-their-luck robbers pull off a spectacular job - only to find themselves hunted by cops and possible betrayers.
- DirectorWei LoStarsLily HoFanny FanTina Chin-FeiA father whose daughter is killed by the Devil Girl's Gang, goes in search of justice.
- DirectorShaw's Scenario & Direction GroupMeng-Hua HoShan HuaStarsYung Henry YuKuan-Chung KuYa-Ying LiuTale of the immoral private lives of the royal court's high officials. All the bed and body hopping is not exclusive to the family, either. Their maids and servants get involved as well, leading to flesh, fibs, and suicide, among other things.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsOn-On YuKuan-Chen HuKuo-Chu ChangAi Nu is forced to work in Madam Chun's Merryland brothel. She is unwilling at first, but soon learns what to do to survive.
- DirectorNgai Choi LamStarsJason Piao PaiJung WangMeng LoTwo very different cops are out to capture a local drug boss. The two cops go about their job differently, one of them doing everything to the letter of the law and the other not caring and doing whatever it takes to get the job done.
- DirectorKang ChengStarsTony LiuFanny Fen-NiHelen PoonA probation officer tries to help a prisoner who faces harassment from corrupt guards and inmates.
- DirectorChung WangStarsDanny LeeRay LuiChing WongA crime saga of a Sino-Vietnamese crime gang.
- DirectorHan Hsiang LiStarsShen ChanHsi ChangWei-Ying ChenThree inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be careful what they wish for. Story 2, a naked female ghost gets revenge from her watery grave. Story 3, a dead prostitute returns as a ghost.
- DirectorHan Hsiang LiStarsShen ChanHsi ChangWei-Ying ChenThree inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be careful what they wish for. Story 2, a naked female ghost gets revenge from her watery grave. Story 3, a dead prostitute returns as a ghost.
- DirectorLung TiStarsLung TiHo-Wai ChingTi-Hua KoForced to choose between the woman he loves and the dangerous, fast-paced life of motorcycles, what will our hero do? Will he toss the bike aside and pick the girl? Or will he leave the girl in favor of the bike?
- DirectorKuen YeungStarsLeanne LauTung-Shing YeeHua YuehStory revolves around a possessed young police woman who kills everyone who gets in her way.
- DirectorChung SunStarsJason Piao PaiLieh LoFeng KuAn unfaithful wife frames had her husband framed for murder, and eventually poisons him. However, he returns from beyond the grave to take his revenge against those who wronged him.
- DirectorTaylor WongStarsAlex ManCarol 'Do Do' ChengLung TiDirector Taylor Wong gathers a great cast for this politically charged romantic thriller. Dodo Cheng, star of Jackie Chan's Operation Condor, is a conscience-stricken lawyer defending a rapist. Renowned leading man Alex Man is her cop boyfriend. The glorious Joey Wong, the beautiful star of A Chinese Ghost Story, plays the villain's first victim.
- DirectorLung-Wei WangStarsKa-Yan LeungNorman ChuShu-Yuan HsuAfter receiving a life imprisonment sentence for a NY Chinatown massacre, Jia Shi Lan obtains a pardon through the Mafia's influence.
- DirectorChung WangStarsChung WangDanny LeeHing-Yin KamWang Chung plays a cop in charge of a rag-tag bunch of misfits who are after a drug runner.
- DirectorIl-Ho JangStarsLi ChingYun LingLily LiYan Zi Fei and Guan Yue Hua are returning home in love and plan to tell their parents but once they arrive back they find that there is a conflict between the two families. Guan Fun Lin is working with Master Ogawa to assist the Japanese in taking possession of the Yan family's forest - by fair means or foul. With Master Yan refusing to sell, Ogama continues his plotting, using deceit, betrayal and ultimately bloody violence to get what he wants.
- DirectorPatrick TamStarsCherie ChungTony Ka Fai LeungYuen ChorA rich old man and a sexy young photographer compete for a stunning young gym instructor. The younger man is clearly winning until the rich man offers a deal.