Tai Liang

Acting

Tai Liang

Born 1925-08-18

Acting credits

Clam Fairy poster
NR

Scholar Qin Kun rescued a giant clam shell from a group of mischievous children, unaware that the shell was actually the true form of the clam spirit, Meiniang. At this moment, Qin Kun was targeted by the female demon of the Yin Wind Cave, his life hanging by a thread. To repay his kindness, the clam spirit offered herself to Qin Kun, becoming his wife. Together, they fought the female demon of the Yin Wind Cave time and again. Ultimately, they joined forces with the Taoist priest of the Upper Qing Palace to eliminate the demon. After accomplishing this feat, the clam spirit retired from her duties. Later, Qin Kun passed the imperial examinations and became an official.

Clam Fairy

1970

The Ace of Swordsman poster
NR

Tien Yua, most well known for being the bad guy in Wang Yu films, especially the One Armed Boxer is the good guy here. Frankie Wei is in it as his rival. This is a rare film.

The Ace of Swordsman

1969

Five Shaolin Masters poster
7.3

Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the south away from the Qings, and also identify the traitor who sold out Shaolin temple. Ma Fu Yi, joins the Qing top fighters to eliminate the rebels but is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing who gets captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu meets up with a group of Shaolin men secretly posing as bandits to rescue Ma as their leader is killed in the process, thus the bandits join the rest of the Shaolin patriots.

Five Shaolin Masters

1974

The Brave Lion poster
4.8

During Japan's invasion of China in World War II, two disgraced Japanese soldiers are given a second chance. Facing execution for various infractions, the two men are offered a reprieve if they take a special assignment. Since they can speak Chinese and know the territory, the men are assigned to the task of running a Chinese labor camp the Japanese operate in occupied territory. After the men take over, they work the prisoner's so hard the labor force rises up in revolt of their treatment.

The Brave Lion

1974

The Last Day of Hsianyang poster
NR

The Three Kingdoms period begins as the walled fortress of Hsin Yang falls to invaders. Centered around this historical event, The Last Days of Hsin Yang follows the escape of the prince of Hsin Yang as he hides with a small family and escapes from the sacked and burning city. Epic battle scenes employ hundreds of extras, and forest swordplay is reminiscent of House of Flying Daggers.

The Last Day of Hsianyang

1968

Boxer Rebellion poster
6.4

Three young martial arts brothers, played by Chi Kuan-chun, Alexander Fu Sheng and Leung Kar-yan, go in search of fellow patriots dissatisfied with Imperialist foreigners and wind up joining a rising sect of the Boxers, led by an opportunistic conman. Named as such for their use of martial arts, these boxers are revolutionaries who believe that spirits protect their bodies from foreign guns. They even dupe the Empress Dowager, who gives them her royal blessing to fight the foreigners.

Boxer Rebellion

1976

The Crippled Masters poster
5.4

Two men, one a lowly peon and the other a dutiful nobleman, are betrayed by their master and crippled for life-- One left with no arms and the other with paralyzed legs. Despite their obvious disadvantages, they strive to seek revenge against their evil master. The two men endeavor to track down the fabled Eight Jade Horses, said to hold the key to special martial arts techniques.

The Crippled Masters

1979

Devil yielded to God poster
NR

Taiwanese horror movie from 1970.

Devil yielded to God

1970

Good Bye! Darling poster
NR

Kuai Chi, the conductor of a women’s western music band, alertly keeps her distance from men around her. Nonetheless, she eventually succumbs to the charms of A-lang and falls pregnant; she then breaks off her engagement and embezzles money so she can elope with A-lang. Unfortunately, A-lang fails in everything he does, and Kuai Chi persuades him to move and start a new life. However, A-lang has become addicted to excitement…

Good Bye! Darling

1970

The Enchanting Ghost poster
5.6

A young couple desperately try to keep their love alive, while living in a haunted house.

The Enchanting Ghost

1970

Dinosaur Fights Against Cosmic-Men poster
NR

Cut & paste Taiwanese monster movie that uses footage from the Japanese film, Monster Prince.

Dinosaur Fights Against Cosmic-Men

1969

Register of Deities poster
NR

1969 Taiwanese-Japanese co-production adaptation of the 16th-century Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods by Xu Zhonglin and Lu Xixing.

Register of Deities

1969

A Story of Lou Bo-Wen poster
NR

Lou Bo-Wen ​​assists the chosen emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, protecting him from many demons and monsters. To prevent the emperors assassination plot, Lou instructs him to go to Chuzhou to find his uncle-in-law Guo Guangqing. Lou searches for heroes to assist and protect the emperor and successfully persuades Hu Dahai, Chang Yuchun, Jiang Zhong, Xu Da, and Li Wenzhong, among others. Sequel to the film The Founding of Ming Dynasty.

A Story of Lou Bo-Wen

1971

Bruce Lee Superdragon poster
6.4

The young Bruce Lee (Ho Tsung-Tao AKA Bruce Li) has studied the philosophy and art of kung fu since boyhood, but his girlfriend says that he lives in a world of his own and all he thinks of is fighting. She begs him to change his ways, yet after a humiliating defeat Bruce vows that it will never happen again, and while witnessing street thugs preying on innocent people, he is driven to defend them. Things appear to be no better when Bruce comes to the United States to begin teaching, and is under constant attack by rival martial artists, but all the while his unorthodox style is beginning to catch on. Finally he becomes an international sensation as a movie star with a wife, kids, money, and everything he's always wanted - who then must fight for both his life and his reputation back home in Hong Kong.

Bruce Lee Superdragon

1976

The Fastest Sword poster
6.5

A great "swordfighter" learns humility after he is defeated by a master martial arts monk. But his reputation always precedes him, leading to danger, destruction, challenges, cruelty, kidnapping, and killing.

The Fastest Sword

1968

Lady Snow poster
NR

After being abandoned in the mountains the lovey snow maiden seeks her revenge.

Lady Snow

1969

The Boy With A Magic Flute poster
NR

Lost Taiwanese Watari film, The Magic World of Watari and Watari and the 7 Monsters preceded it.

The Boy With A Magic Flute

1970

Swordsman With an Umbrella poster
9.0

When Iron Umbrella was a child, he woke one night to find his parents murdered by a sinister man with a long sword scar across his forehead. Ironman comes upon the boy and decides to raise him as his own. Iron Umbrella grows to become a man, and sets off to avenge his parents' death.

Swordsman With an Umbrella

1970

Hotel Esquire poster
NR

Chong has been dedicating to run the Hotel Esquire for more than thirty years. Business is booming. However, a double room rented by a newly married couple is said to be haunted. Business thus declines sharply. Chong employs a private detective to look into the matter first, and then a taoist to play exorcism. But nothing has changed. One day, Chong and a tenant see a woman in weird dressing go into the room. They then plot to catch the backstage manipulator of this haunting event.

Hotel Esquire

1971

Our Neighbor poster
5.0

An orphaned girl in a poverty-stricken neighborhood is adopted by a kindly neighbor. He struggles to support her honestly, despite opportunities to participate in a neighbor’s scurrilous get-rich-quick schemes. Invoking the pain of Chinese exiles living in Taiwan, or missing relatives still in China, the touching film posits an in-between historical period during which it is crucial for displaced residents to maintain virtue as a bedrock of identity.

Our Neighbor

1963

Purple Darts poster
6.7

In an attempt to seize the famous Tai Hsuan Book of Swords the outlaws Wang, Ku, Lu and Pai Feng attack the Hsia Tien Tsai Mansion and slaughter all righteous opponents. Only Hsia’s baby daughter survives and the dying mother leaves a message in blood to urge her to take revenge once she is grown up.

Purple Darts

1969

No artwork available
NR

A 1968 film.

The Wolf and the Angel

1968

The Bride & I poster
8.0

A comical look at the preparations and anxiety associated with marriage. As a young man searches for his ideal mate, he reflects upon this madness and has second thoughts about matrimony.

The Bride & I

1969

Devil Fighter poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Devil Fighter

1970

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