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1. The Champions (1983)
86 min | Comedy, Sport
Ah Biao stars as an acrobatic country hick who must flee out of town after injuring a wealthy socialite during an innocent competition. While exploring the area, he runs into a soccer team who discovers his talents.
Director: Brandy Yuen | Stars: Biao Yuen, Moon Lee, Dick Wei, Eddy Ko
Votes: 167
2. All the Wrong Spies (1983)
102 min | Action, Comedy
A private detective gets mixed up with stolen Nazi atomic bomb formulas.
Director: Teddy Robin Kwan | Stars: George Lam, Brigitte Lin, Teddy Robin Kwan, Suk-Chi Chan
Votes: 191
3. The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968)
82 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Extremely fun Daiei adaptation of two shojo horror manga into a single, crazily FX-laden story about two rival, shape-shifting sisters who are on less than good terms. However, when an evil... See full summary »
Director: Noriaki Yuasa | Stars: Yûko Hamada, Sachiko Meguro, Yachie Matsui, Mayumi Takahashi
Votes: 520
4. All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution (1981)
94 min | Comedy, Crime
A private investigator and a police inspector team up to pursue a notorious mobster, who is plotting to milk an old millionaire out of his highly-valued stocks and bonds. Along the way, the... See full summary »
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: George Lam, Teddy Robin Kwan, Karl Maka, Kee-chan Tang
Votes: 199
5. The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Drama
Mongols with the help of an insider, ambush the influential Yang Family, defenders of the dynasty. The Mongols must hunt down all Yang survivors so their insidious plot to overthrow the dynasty will not be uncovered.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Sheng Fu, Lily Li, Kara Wai
Votes: 3,554
6. Project A (1983)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Fighting against pirates at the turn of the 20th century, the Hong Kong navy are failing miserably. It's up to Sergeant Lung (Jackie Chan) to take matters into his own hands.
Directors: Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Biao Yuen, Dick Wei
Votes: 18,525
7. Dreadnaught (1981)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A foul-tempered mute fugitive hides out amongst a theater troupe after his criminal wife got killed by the police. He sets his sights on a cowardly laundry man, and will not rest until he kills him, while donning a theatrical face paint.
Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Biao Yuen, Ka-Yan Leung, Shun-Yee Yuen, Tak-Hing Kwan
Votes: 1,051
8. A Bloodthirsty Killer (1965)
93 min | Horror, Thriller
A jealous mother kills her daughter-in-law with the maid's help. But the murdered woman's spirit takes the form of a cat to seek revenge.
Director: Yong-min Lee | Stars: Ye-chun Lee, Kum-Bong Do, Ae-ran Jeong, Bin-hwa Lee
Votes: 137
9. Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979)
104 min | Comedy, Romance
Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Herb Edelman, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 99
10. Zigeunerweisen (1980)
Not Rated | 144 min | Horror, Mystery
A surreal period film following an university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Yoshio Harada, Naoko Ôtani, Kisako Makishi, Akaji Maro
Votes: 1,499
11. Yumeji (1991)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama
Painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) gets involved with a beautiful widow, becoming a rival of her dead husband's ghost and the jealous lover who murdered him.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Kenji Sawada, Tomoko Mariya, Masumi Miyazaki, Tamasaburô Bandô
Votes: 743
12. Kagero-za (1981)
Not Rated | 139 min | Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Michiyo Yasuda, Mariko Kaga, Katsuo Nakamura
Votes: 865
13. Hong Kong 1941 (1984)
R | 100 min | Drama, War
Years later, a woman narrates her personal story of the Japanese takeover of Hong Kong in 1941. She's Nam, young, attractive, daughter of a wealthy rice merchant, and prey to painful, ... See full summary »
Director: Po-Chih Leong | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Cecilia Yip, Alex Man, Stuart Ong
Votes: 691
14. The Story of Woo Viet (1981)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Wu Viet is a Vietnamese refugee who wants to leave his country behind and start over in the United States. First, he must make his way to Hong Kong, but as he passes through Thailand, he ... See full summary »
Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Cora Miao, Cherie Chung, Lieh Lo
Votes: 292
15. My Young Auntie (1981)
Not Rated | 121 min | Action, Comedy
Cheng Tai-Nan (Kara Hui) is an honest and faithful servant of a dying patriarch who wants nothing more than to protect his vast wealth from his selfish, conniving nephew, Yung-Sheng. ... See full summary »
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Liang Liu, Kara Wai, Hou Hsiao, Lung-Wei Wang
Votes: 938
16. Zegen (1987)
124 min | Comedy
A Japanese immigrant in 1901 Hong Kong wishes to become a simple shopkeeper. Fate soon intervenes, allowing him to mix adventure and fervent patriotism with greed.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Ken Ogata, Mitsuko Baishô, Chun-Hsiung Ko, Norihei Miki
Votes: 449
17. The Prodigal Son (1981)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy
A young man discovers that his reputation as a fearsome martial artist is manufactured by his rich father, after meeting a real martial arts master, who's also a master thespian, and is determined to apprentice under him to learn kung fu.
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Biao Yuen, Ching-Ying Lam, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Frankie Chan
Votes: 3,534
18. My Memories of Old Beijing (1983)
96 min | Drama
The film shows the society and life in Beijing in 1920s through the eyes of a 6 year old girl. Yingzi Lin moves to Beijing from Taiwan with her parents. They live in a lane in the southern ... See full summary »
Director: Yigong Wu | Stars: Jie Shen, Min Zhang, Fengyi Zhang, Zhenyao Zheng
Votes: 514
19. Teahouse (1982)
125 min | Drama
An old teahouse in Beijing serves as the stage for a drama that unfolds over several tumultuous decades of modern Chinese history, from the waning days of the Qing dynasty to the eve of the People's Republic.
Director: Tian Xie | Stars: Shixiang Cao, Zhong Cheng, Haitao Ding, Zengxiang Feng
Votes: 574
20. Tora-san's Tropical Fever (1980)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tora receives a letter from Lily, telling him that she is terminally ill. He flies to see her in a Okinawa hospital, and the two get a chance to rekindle their old fling.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô, Chieko Misaki
Votes: 105
21. Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968)
Not Rated | 79 min | Horror
The local yôkai (Japanese spirits) interfere to avenge a murder and thwart the plans of corrupt officials.
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Jun Fujimaki, Miwa Takada, Masaru Hiraizumi, Mikiko Tsubouchi
Votes: 956
22. Dragon Lord (1982)
PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Sport
The adventures of a restless martial arts student called Dragon, who, while constantly pursuing a girl, gets involved in the affairs of a gang of thieves.
Director: Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Mars, Michael Wai-Man Chan, Shirley Yim
Votes: 4,411
23. Battle Creek Brawl (1980)
R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A young Asian-American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fighting competition.
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Jackie Chan, Kristine DeBell, José Ferrer, Mako
Votes: 5,836
24. House of Traps (1982)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure
A team of skilled fighters navigate a house rigged with an array of ingenious and deadly traps.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Feng Lu, Li Wang, Tien-Hsiang Lung, Chien Sun
Votes: 485
25. Bewitched (1981)
101 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
While possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit.
Director: Chih-Hung Kuei | Stars: Fei Ai, Melvin Wong, Fanny Fen-Ni, Lily Chan
Votes: 548
26. Martial Club (1981)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama
Wong Fei-Hong and his once-rival, now friend, find themselves and their martial arts schools pitted against a rival school which uses a Kung Fu expert from the North to do their dirty work.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Kara Wai, Te-Lo Mai, Hou Hsiao
Votes: 618
27. Fists of the White Lotus (1980)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Drama
The monk Hung Wen-Ting fights against the evil priest White Lotus.
Director: Lieh Lo | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Lieh Lo, Lung-Wei Wang, Kara Wai
Votes: 2,064
28. Killer Constable (1980)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Drama
Righteous constable Leng Tian-Ying has a fearsome reputation of killing criminals without remorse. But after being assigned to track a gang that robbed the imperial treasury, he comes to find that his reputation is being used against him.
Director: Chih-Hung Kuei | Stars: Kuan Tai Chen, Feng Ku, Jason Piao Pai, Tsui-Ling Yu
Votes: 514
29. Daimajin (1966)
Unrated | 84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Miwa Takada, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Jun Fujimaki, Ryûtarô Gomi
Votes: 1,887
30. Return of Daimajin (1966)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Fantasy
Giant statue exacts revenge upon those who conquer its worshippers.
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Kôjirô Hongô, Shiho Fujimura, Tarô Marui, Takashi Kanda
Votes: 974
31. Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
Not Rated | 87 min | Fantasy
In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A band of young boys decide to rescue their enslaved fathers on their own.
Director: Kazuo Mori | Stars: Hideki Ninomiya, Shinji Hori, Masahide Iizuka, Muneyuki Nagatomo
Votes: 839
32. Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
R | 105 min | Action, Adventure
After defeating The Long-Armed Devil and his armies, our nubbed hero has been living in retirement as a farmer, but circumstances causes him to come out of retirement and take on The Eight ... See full summary »
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, Chiao Chiao, Chia Essie Lin, Feng Tien
Votes: 1,439
33. One-Armed Boxer (1972)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
After his schoolmate and master is killed and he loses an arm, student Tien Lung has to learn the art of one-arm boxing.
Director: Jimmy Wang Yu | Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, Yeh Tien, Hsin Tang, Fei Lung
Votes: 1,475
34. Triple Irons (1971)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama
Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his left arm, and kung fu techniques. That he ... See full summary »
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: David Chiang, Ching Lee, Lung Ti, Feng Ku
Votes: 1,742
35. The Vampire Doll (1970)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror
Keiko and her friend are trying to find her missing brother after he disappeared visiting his girlfriend Yuko.
Director: Michio Yamamoto | Stars: Kayo Matsuo, Akira Nakao, Yukiko Kobayashi, Yôko Minakaze
Votes: 1,344
36. Lake of Dracula (1971)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror
A doctor investigates the murders of several women at a lakeside resort. His investigation leads him to believe that a vampire is responsible for the murders. He sets out to track the vampire down.
Director: Michio Yamamoto | Stars: Chôei Takahashi, Sanae Emi, Midori Fujita, Shin Kishida
Votes: 1,069
37. Evil of Dracula (1974)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror
A teacher assumes a position at a school that's run by a vampire.
Director: Michio Yamamoto | Stars: Toshio Kurosawa, Kunie Tanaka, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Shin Kishida
Votes: 891
38. Purana Mandir (1984)
Unrated | 144 min | Drama, Horror
After a rich young girl learns about a demon and it's terrible curse brought by her family for generations, she decides to go to her paternal village with her lover, and his friend, to find out the truth.
Directors: Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay | Stars: Mohnish Behl, Arti Gupta, Puneet Issar, Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Votes: 680
39. Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)
Not Rated | 78 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
The murder of an old man on sacred grounds provokes the intervention of vengeful yôkai (Japanese spirits.)
Directors: Yoshiyuki Kuroda, Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Kôjirô Hongô, Pepe Hozumi, Masami Furukido, Mutsuhiro
Votes: 450
40. The Great Yokai War (1968)
Not Rated | 79 min | Horror
When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him.
Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda | Stars: Yoshihiko Aoyama, Rokkô Toura, Akane Kawasaki, Osamu Ôkawa
Votes: 820
41. Xin ti xiao yin yuan (1975)
Drama
Director: Yuen Chor | Stars: Li Ching, Hua Tsung, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung, Kuan Tai Chen
Votes: 24
42. Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime
YAKUZA GANGSTER THRILLER
Director: Keiichi Ozawa | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Ryôhei Uchida, Junko Maya
Votes: 209
43. Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Crime
YAKUZA GANGSTER THRILLER.
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Mitsuo Hamada, Tamio Kawaji
Votes: 336
44. Outlaw: Heartless (1968)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Crime
Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a gambling problem, owed Mitsugimoto three million yen. This equation can only lead to one answer.... See full summary »
Director: Mio Ezaki | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Chikage Ôgi, Kôji Wada
Votes: 163
45. Outlaw: Goro the Assassin (1968)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama
To fulfill a prison mate's dying wish, and to right what is wrong, Gôro will kill again. Tetsuya Watari meets his archenemy Shuusuke Shirayama, a rival gangster who also wants to part with the yakuza ways.
Director: Keiichi Ozawa | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Kei Satô, Chitose Kobayashi
Votes: 176
46. Cash Calls Hell (1966)
92 min | Action, Crime
Fresh out of prison, a broken man reluctantly takes a job to kill three men, but changes his mind when some gangsters target the same men. He then tries to find out why the men are being targeted in the first place.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Ichirô Nakatani, Hisashi Igawa, Kunie Tanaka
Votes: 385
47. Hitokiri (1969)
140 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A destitute ronin allies himself with an established clan, but its ruthless leader tries to turn him into a mindless killer.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yukio Mishima, Yûjirô Ishihara
Votes: 1,227
48. Encounter of the Spooky Kind (1980)
R | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A rickshaw driver's wife and his rich client are secret lovers, and they decide to get rid of him without being implicated, so they hire a powerful sorcerer to kill him, but the sorcerer's colleague intervenes to protect him.
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Fat Chung, Lung Chan, Ha Huang
Votes: 2,772
49. The Young Master (1980)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A talented martial arts student goes after his expelled brother, who get into bad company.
Director: Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Pai Wei, Biao Yuen, Lily Li
Votes: 8,193
50. Hex (1980)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
A man who believes that he has murdered his wife, sees her return as a vengeful ghost.
Director: Chih-Hung Kuei | Stars: Ni Tien, Jung Wang, Szu-Chia Chen, Kwok-Choi Hon
Votes: 627
51. The Great Yokai War (2005)
PG-13 | 124 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young boy is chosen as the defender of good and must team up with Japan's ancient spirits and creatures of lore to attempt to destroy the forces of evil.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Chiaki Kuriyama, Bunta Sugawara
Votes: 2,667
52. Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamome uta (1980)
97 min | Comedy
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ran Itô, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 86
53. The Singing Killer (1970)
105 min | Action, Crime, Musical
David Chiang plays Johnny, a reformed criminal turned pop headliner at a hip club in Hong Kong. His past isn't exactly common knowledge, but it seems to have inspired some of his biggest ... See full summary »
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: David Chiang, Ping Wang, Tina Chin-Fei, Lung Ti
Votes: 76
54. Legendary Weapons of China (1982)
R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A band of killers from an ailing kung fu and magic society are sent on a manhunt for a former member of the society, whose bad mouthing threatens its existence.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Liang Liu, Chia-Yung Liu, Kara Wai, Hou Hsiao
Votes: 1,850
55. Brothers Five (1970)
109 min | Action, Drama
A young woman sets out to reunite feuding brothers to take out a gang of killers who have murdered their father.
Director: Wei Lo | Stars: Pei-Pei Cheng, Han Chin, Yi Chang, Yuen Kao
Votes: 247
56. Hunter in the Dark (1979)
Not Rated | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An aging Yakuza boss in the the late 18th century runs a thriving lantern and silk dying business. However, he is also a Hunter in the Dark, an shady underworld figure who unravels a ... See full summary »
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yoshio Harada, Ayumi Ishida
Votes: 578
57. Shaolin Mantis (1978)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama
Shaolin Mantis (Orig. Tang lang) is a 1978 Shaw Brothers film directed by Lau Kar-leung. Starring David Chiang and Liu Chia Hui. Shaolin Mantis tells the story of a man who learns martial arts by observing a praying mantis.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: David Chiang, Cecilia Wong, Lily Li, Chia-Yung Liu
Votes: 745
58. Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (1984)
139 min | Drama, War
Follows a Red Army company from training through to combat in the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979 and the aftermath of war, focusing on the anger created by corruption among the Party elite.
Director: Jin Xie | Stars: Xiaohe Lü, Guoqiang Tang, Wei He, Chao Tong
Votes: 436
59. The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)
99 min | Drama
Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of ... See full summary »
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Doze Niu, Shih Chang, Chung-Hua Tou, Li-Yin Yang
Votes: 1,908
60. Bayan Ko (1984)
108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An apolitical worker in a printing press who works as a scab during a company strike belatedly realizes that everyone is affected by the evils of society.
Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Phillip Salvador, Gina Alajar, Venchito Galvez, Ariosto Reyes Jr.
Votes: 561
61. Cute Girl (1980)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The daughter of a wealthy man takes French lessons so she can go to France with her fiancée, but ends up falling for a poor man who studies civil engineering.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Kenny Bee, Anthony Chan, Ping-Yu Chang, Kai-Ching Chi
Votes: 458
62. The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982)
91 min | Drama
Da-Nian is a young man from Taipei. He goes to a remote village and works as a substitute teacher. He and Su-Yun, another teacher at the school, fall in love. There are several students in ... See full summary »
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Kenny Bee, Ling Chiang, Jing-Kuo Yen, Meifeng Chen
Votes: 561
63. Road to Sampo (1975)
101 min | Drama
Going through a jail and a site of construction, a young laborer Young-Dal meets middle aged Mr. Jeong on his way to his hometown Sampo after ten years' absence. They become to know a ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Man-hee | Stars: Baek Il-seob, Jin Kyu Kim, Suk Mun, Ki-beom Kim
Votes: 178
64. Chinatown Kid (1977)
R | 115 min | Action, Drama
After getting in trouble with local gangs, a young man (Fu Sheng) flees to San Francisco, where the same gangs are still causing problems. He becomes a part of a rival gang, and eventually ... See full summary »
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Sheng Fu, Shirley Yu, Susan Yam-Yam Shaw, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok
Votes: 538
65. Ji xiang du fang (1972)
Not Rated | 77 min | Action, Drama
A gambler helps an old friend defeat a crooked gambler.
Director: Tseng-Chai Chang | Stars: Lily Ho, Hua Yueh, Feng Chin, Mei Sheng Fan
Votes: 65
66. Seeding of a Ghost (1983)
88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A Hong Kong taxi driver's life horribly falls apart after accidentally hitting a sorcerer with his cab. He decides to seek the sorcerer's help to turn the curse on his enemies at the expense of his own life.
Director: Kuen Yeung | Stars: Norman Chu, Phillip Ko, Maria Jo, Jung Wang
Votes: 998
67. Mercenaries from Hong Kong (1982)
95 min | Action, Drama
A gang of ex-military guys are hired by a mysterious dame who wants them to go into Cambodia and kidnap the assassin who killed her father.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Lung Ti, Yue Wong, Michael Wai-Man Chan, On-On Yu
Votes: 257
68. The Boxer's Omen (1983)
Not Rated | 99 min | Horror
While in Thailand to avenge his brother who was crippled in a fight with a corrupt Thai boxer, a man gets caught up in a web of fate, Buddhism and black magic.
Director: Chih-Hung Kuei | Stars: Phillip Ko, Shao-Yen Lin, Kar-Man Wai, Lung-Wei Wang
Votes: 1,934
69. Duel to the Death (1983)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
The best sword master from China vs the best sword master from Japan. Who will win?
Director: Siu-Tung Ching | Stars: Norman Chu, Damian Lau, Flora Chong-Leen, Paul Chang Chung
Votes: 2,362
70. Winners & Sinners (1983)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Fresh from prison, five friends try to stay crime free but inadvertently find themselves caught in a Triad war.
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jackie Chan, John Sham, Richard Ng
Votes: 5,647
71. His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)
90 min | Drama, Romance
After a failed romance, a temperamental young biker meets a carefree rural girl while riding through her island hometown and gets her obsessed about riding a motorcycle.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Kiwako Harada, Noriko Watanabe, Riki Takeuchi, Ryôichi Takayanagi
Votes: 680
72. The Island Closest to Heaven (1984)
102 min | Drama
A high school girl travels to the island of New Caledonia and has magical adventures.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Miyoko Akaza, Tomoyo Harada, Wakaba Irie, Shigeru Izumiya
Votes: 180
73. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)
104 min | Romance, Sci-Fi
A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Tomoyo Harada, Ryôichi Takayanagi, Toshinori Omi, Toshie Negishi
Votes: 950
74. Rickshaw Boy (1982)
123 min | Drama
Xiangzi heads to the big city to enjoy the freedom of being a rickshaw boy. In Beijing, a better life eludes the boy from the countryside, and his dream turns into a desperate nightmare. He is humiliated and struggles to feed himself.
Director: Zifeng Ling | Stars: Siqin Gaowa, Zongxiang Guan, Bide Yan, Xin Yin
Votes: 225
75. Tora-san, the Matchmaker (1979)
107 min | Comedy, Romance
Lovable Tora-san returns in episode 24 with his adorable family and friends for a whole new adventure with a new gentle lady friend and whole new exciting mishaps.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Kaori Momoi, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 93
76. The Flag of Iron (1980)
R | 113 min | Action, Drama
When director Chang Chen found new talent and blood with "The Five Venoms" actors, most of which were trained in the highly acrobatic Chinese opera and well versed with exotic martial arts ... See full summary »
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Sheng Chiang, Li Wang, Feng Lu
Votes: 504
77. The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama
In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An elderly woman is reaching close to her cut-off age during her last days with her family.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari, Aki Takejô
Votes: 9,123
78. School in the Crosshairs (1981)
90 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Mitamura Yuka (Hiroko Yakushimaru) is a normal shy middle school student that has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills by stealing the student ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Ryôichi Takayanagi, Masami Hasegawa, Miyoko Akaza
Votes: 500
79. Growing Up (1983)
100 min | Drama
The story follows a young man as he changes from an intelligently aware youth, to a teenager with much less confidence than he once had, and finally, to a stable adult.
Director: Kun-Hou Chen | Stars: Chun-Fang Chang, Fu-Sheng Tsui, Doze Niu, Chuan-Wen Cheng
Votes: 402
80. Chun huo (1970)
92 min | Drama
The rebel son of a police-detective falls in love with the waitress of a night-club, with tragic consequences.
Director: Chen Lo | Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, Margaret Hsing Hui, Feng Tien, Ching Lin
Votes: 24
81. Sha ji (1970)
98 min | Thriller
The actress plotting murderer her husband after she discover that he having an affair with her novelist friend.
Director: Mitsuo Murayama | Stars: Ivy Ling Po, Shan Kwan, Chiao Chiao, Chung-Hsin Huang
Votes: 33
82. Return of the Street Fighter (1974)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mercenary karate master Tsurugi gets mixed up in a plot by the American mafia to take over the karate dojos in Asia, aided by a corrupt dojo master.
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Claude Gagnon, Yôko Ichiji, Masashi Ishibashi
Votes: 2,288
83. The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
Director Chang Cheh reunites the Five Venoms in his second biggest cult hit in the West. It's Lo Meng's most memorable performances whose showdown with fellow Venom Kuo Chue is artistically violent while being graphically artsy.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Chien Sun, Meng Lo, Feng Lu, Sheng Chiang
Votes: 1,770
84. Invincible Shaolin (1978)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama
Critically acclaimed director Chang Cheh has The Five Venoms turn Shaolin fighters as they challenge the authority of the evil Chings in Invincible Shaolin. Per usual, the fights will knock your socks off.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Feng Lu, Sheng Chiang, Chien Sun, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok
Votes: 1,270
85. Five Superfighters (1979)
95 min | Action, Drama
Three young martial arts students and their teacher are beaten up badly by a wandering man who proclaims himself ''a corrector of bad kung-fu.'' Determined to avenge their teacher and ... See full summary »
Director: Mar Lo | Stars: Chiu-Sing Hau, Siu-Hung Leung, Austin Wai, Mo Yuen
Votes: 390
86. Aisai monogatari (1951)
97 min | Drama, Romance
Shindo's directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Following the breakout of the Pacific War, the Japanese film industry was forcibly downsized. ... See full summary »
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Jûkichi Uno, Ichirô Sugai, Denjirô Ôkôchi
Votes: 113
87. Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981)
104 min | Comedy, Romance
After the usual family fight, Tora leaves Shibamata and falls in love with a geisha from Osaka, who is struggling with her own problems. Tora tries to help her.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Keiko Matsuzaka, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 97
88. New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and ... See full summary »
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Nobuo Kaneko, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Votes: 440
89. The Boss's Head (1975)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Drama, Comedy
Sugawara is Kuroda, an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki goes wrong, and takes the fall on behalf of the Owada family, but when the gang fails to ... See full summary »
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Tsunehiko Watase, Yuriko Hishimi, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Votes: 343
90. Last Days of the Boss (1976)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Sugawara plays Nozaki, a laborer who swears allegiance to a sympathetic crime boss, only to find himself elected his successor after the boss is murdered. Restrained by a gang alliance that... See full summary »
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Isao Bitô, Takeo Chii, Takashi Ebata
Votes: 269
91. That Day, on the Beach (1983)
Not Rated | 166 min | Drama
Two friends who haven't seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful concert pianist just back from a European tour and the other has just started a new business.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Sylvia Chang, Ming Hsu, Lieh Lee, David Mao
Votes: 1,453
92. Tora-san's Promise (1981)
101 min | Comedy
Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Mikiko Otonashi, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 82
93. Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979)
R | 116 min | Action, Comedy
A disgraced former Kung Fu expert makes a living as a merchant with the help of a hot headed friend. When the men are harassed by gangsters, the merchant decided to teach his friend monkey boxing so they can defend their business.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Liang Liu, Hou Hsiao, Kara Wai, Lieh Lo
Votes: 1,160
94. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
R | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A man studies kung fu at the Shaolin Temple to fight back against the oppressive Manchu government.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Lieh Lo, Yue Wong, Chia-Yung Liu
Votes: 18,358
95. The Five Billion Dollar Legacy (1970)
93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Three Chinese girls a strange letter told them there is an overseas Chinese millionaire living in Japan who believe that he is their father. The millionaire sent air tickets to the girls ... See full summary »
Director: Umetsugu Inoue | Stars: Margaret Hsing Hui, Feng Chin, Ping Wang, Man-No Kuo
Votes: 43
96. Si jiao (1969)
105 min | Action, Drama
Uninhibited youth Zhang Chun and his friends David and Mary, while cruising on their car, meets rich heiress Wen Rou. Chun and Rou fall in love at first sight and begin dating.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Lung Ti, Ching Lee, David Chiang, Angela Yu Chien
Votes: 72
97. The Fearless Hyena (1979)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Action
A young man whose sickly grandfather has taught him a secret form of Kung Fu, starts to make a living off of his unique fighting style, only to attract the attention of his grandfather's mortal enemy.
Director: Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, James Tien, Dean Shek, Hui-Lou Chen
Votes: 5,393
98. Huo feng huang (1978)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Director: Tien-Yung Hsu | Stars: David Chiang, Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Tao-Hung Li, Hua Yueh
Votes: 53
99. Crippled Avengers (1978)
R | 104 min | Action, Drama
Three men who have been physically disabled by an evil warlord and his physically-disabled son become friends and learn kung fu so that they can seek revenge with help from an elderly martial-arts teacher and his mentally-disabled pupil.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Kuan Tai Chen, Feng Lu, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Meng Lo
Votes: 2,999
100. Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
R | 101 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
The sixth and final pupil of a dying martial arts teacher is instructed to find the teacher's five former pupils and defeat any evil ones that are among them.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Sheng Chiang, Chien Sun, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Meng Lo
Votes: 7,976
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