Tsao Chien

Acting

Tsao Chien

Born 1922-09-08 · Taiwan

Acting credits

Island of Fire poster
6.3

Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.

Island of Fire

1990

A Touch of Zen poster
7.6

Yang Hui-zhen, a mysterious princess on the run from corrupt government officials, is joined in her endeavors by skilled Buddhist monks and an unambitious painter named Gu Sheng-zhai.

A Touch of Zen

1970

Dragon Inn poster
7.4

China, year 1457. The Minister of Defense is executed, and his children are sentenced to exile by order of the tyrannical Tsao. Fearful of future revenge from the young people, Tsao sends cruel soldiers to murder them, but a brave group of swordsmen can change the course of the battle at the Dragon Inn.

Dragon Inn

1967

The Invincible poster
6.0

After mistakenly helping Chang-qing, the sister of ruthless Mongol chieftain Liang escape capture by Song forces, Mu-bai sets out to make amends by assassinating the Mongol warlord single-handedly.

The Invincible

1972

Thunderstorm Sword poster
9.0

A swordsman and swordswoman fight to protect Lady Liu who is trying to return to power. She's traveling in a coffin, the heroes can only hope they all aren't sent home in one.

Thunderstorm Sword

1970

A Sword Named Revenge poster
5.0

Two swordsmen from separate sects band together to kill Ruthless Chi, head of another sect.But did he really die? Events show that the Ruthless killer stills controls the strings and its up to the swordsmen to reveal his true identity.

A Sword Named Revenge

1981

Godfather from Canton poster
6.0

A coolie is ofter a job a policeman after saving a government official, and through treachery and corruption rises through the ranks of the police, then becomes a gangster.

Godfather from Canton

1982

All the King's Men poster
7.3

It's the 10th century BC, the emperor is not well, and the medicines he is receiving from con artist "Immortal Li" are in reality only making him worse.

All the King's Men

1983

Vengeance of Snow-Maid poster
NR

Snow Maid spends years practicing kung fu under the guidance of Ugly Maid in the mountains. All she has on her mind in these years is to avenge her mother’s death. Nevertheless, after she bids farewell to her master and leaves the mountains, she unexpectedly falls in love with her enemy’s son. As they both conceal their true identities and misunderstanding keeps accumulating, how will this romance end?

Vengeance of Snow-Maid

1970

News Hen poster
NR

An early romantic comedy starring Brigitte Lin.

News Hen

1974

The Boxer from Shantung poster
7.0

Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.

The Boxer from Shantung

1972

Snuff Bottle Connection poster
5.8

As China and Russia's governments are talking peace, traitorous agents on both sides seek war. Enter John Liu as a special agent sent to identify who the Russian traitor is, and who his contact is within the walls of the Forbidden City.

Snuff Bottle Connection

1977

The Swordsman of All Swordsmen poster
6.0

A master swordsman is on a twenty year quest to revenge the death of his parents.

The Swordsman of All Swordsmen

1968

Axing the Coffin: Death is Eternal poster
NR

When the Duke Hsuan Ch'i sends a group of ninjas to kill the elderly General Tieng and kidnap his daughter the beautiful, Szu Chin, she is rescued by their friend, Chang Chou. However their freedom is bought at the expense of General Tieng's life. Together Szu Chin and Chang Chou make their way to another kingdom. But Duke Ch'i still loves the lady Szu Chin, and after Chang Chou dies in a far off country, the Duke makes it his life's ambition to regain Szu Chin, even if it costs him his life...

Axing the Coffin: Death is Eternal

1969

Hot Wave poster
NR

A taiwanese romance set during the summer starring Brigitte Lin.

Hot Wave

1975

Rage of the Tiger poster
6.0

A village under the thumb of a band of thugs recruits a hero to help fight them off.

Rage of the Tiger

1971

No artwork available
5.5

The search for the essence of Kung Fu leads our dynamic duo Cherry Pai and Champion Cheng into an adventure of terror, intrigue and blood lust - horrific fighting with spirits of dead warriors! Electrifying brutality!

Impetuous Fire

1973

Four Moods poster
6.8

Directed by some of most well known Chinese-language directors of the time, the portmanteau film Four Moods was an attempt to alleviate Li Han-hsiang’s financial troubles during the late 1960s. Arguably one of his best works, King Hu’s short Anger is an adaptation of the famous Peking opera San Cha Kou; set to opera instrumentation and stylishly shot, the film deftly captures the tense showdown between political schemers, avengers and vagabonds inside an inn. Li Han-hsiang’s Happiness, inspired by the Strange Tales of Liaozhai, tells a tale of reprieve for a kind-hearted ghost, while Pai Ching-Jui’s Joy and Lee Hsing’s Sadness both explore the fateful encounters between mortal men and ghostly women.

Four Moods

1970

The Challenge of the Lady Ninja poster
6.0

During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, a Chinese woman trains in the covert arts. When she arrives in Hong Kong, she learns that her brother works on behalf the Japanese cause. She then pulls together a team of women warriors to stop her brother

The Challenge of the Lady Ninja

1983

Beauty of Beauties poster
7.0

Hsi Shih: The Beauty of Beauties was one of the most ambitious films made in the Taiwan film industry in the 1960s. After leaving The Shaw Brothers studio in Hong Kong and moving to Taiwan, filmmaker Li Han-hsiang mounted this historical epic. Told through the story of Xishi (Hsi Shih), one of the 'Four Great Beauties' of Chinese history, the film portrays the war between two Chinese Kingdoms during the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C). After the kingdom of Yue is defeated by the kingdom of Wu, King Goujian of Yue takes pains to prepare for his revenge and rebuild his country. Knowing that King Fucha of Wu is lewd and lustful, he offers Xisi to the court of Wu to serve as Fucha’s concubine, with Fucha unaware that she is also a spy. She uses her charm to draw Fucha away from his office and governance, while King Goujian rallies his forces together to attempt to reclaim his lands.

Beauty of Beauties

1965

Return of the 18 Bronzemen poster
6.0

Despite the national resistance, the Manchurians have taken over China, but the Ching Emperor fears that the Shaolin Temple disciples would overthrow the dynasty. So he disguises himself as a disciple, in order to become a kung fu master and control the Shaolin monks. But according to custom, he must pass the test of the legendary 18 Bronzemen before he can leave the Temple.

Return of the 18 Bronzemen

1976

Beach of the War Gods poster
6.2

In the waning days of the Ming dynasty, Japanese marauders raid villages on the Chinese coast. A wandering swordsman single-handedly dispatches a group of the foreign thugs, and agrees to help defend the town. He assembles a core team of highly skilled warriors, and together they train the townsfolk to stand up to the foreign pirates, using strategy and skill. When the army launches an all-out assault on the town, a ferocious battle rages, leading to final conflict on the Beach of the War Gods.

Beach of the War Gods

1973

Bachelor's Delight poster
NR

Young man Po Wen is in hot soup when writing a love story which involves a film star. Po Wen accidentally mails his own photographs to the publishers. As a result, he gets girlfriend Mei Chu quite jealous and demands an explanation. But Po Wen is to find that it's going to be a long explanation as a crisis crop up!

Bachelor's Delight

1978

Growing Up poster
7.2

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.

Growing Up

1983