Yang Kuei-Yu

Acting

Yang Kuei-Yu

Acting credits

The Screaming Tiger poster
6.3

Rare was the film in 1973 that incorporated the star's name in the title. One of the few such films was Screaming Ninja, aka Wang Yu, King of Boxing. The story is set in China in the early 1900x. Essentially playing an extension of himself, action-star Wang-Yu spends much of the time defending himself against evil martial-arts masters. He also tries to make sense of a tragic incident in his past.

The Screaming Tiger

1973

The Professional Killer poster
7.0

Shaw Brothers star Wang Yu plays Ho Gang, a competent swordsman who takes a job as a hired assassin. Though reluctant he ends up becoming highly successful, but he is wary as one of his targets is killed before he can fulfill the contract, leading him to suspect that he is being double crossed.

The Professional Killer

1971

In The Beginning poster
8.0

Fantasy film from Taiwan, featuring the Chinese creation mythology of Pangu and Nüwa.

In The Beginning

1979

Battles with the Red Boy poster
2.0

Shaw Brothers starlet Tien stars as the mythical deity Red Boy. He is sent by the gods to do battle with the monkey King who is up to more magical mischief than is good for him.

Battles with the Red Boy

1972

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 Fantastic Magic Baby poster
6.0

In The Fantastic Magic Baby, director Chang Cheh weaves a wild and woolly yarn about how the legendary Monkey King and Goddess of Mercy battle and defeat the child god Hung Hai-erh then point him down the road to righteousness.

The Fantastic Magic Baby

1975

Return of the Chinese Boxer poster
5.2

In wake of the First Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895, a group of Japanese warlords calculate that the best way to prepare an invasion of the rest of China from their southern Manchuria staging ground.

Return of the Chinese Boxer

1977

7-Man Army poster
6.2

In 1933, 20,000 Japanese soldiers and 50 tanks invaded the Pa Tou Lou Tzu, a strategic key point of the Great Wall. With only seven men stationing, these heroes took on the entire army for five days before succumbing. Director Chang Cheh recreated this epic battle with his favorite cast including Ti Lung, David Chiang, Alexander Fu Sheng and Chen Kuan-tai, as a celluloid tribute to these nameless souls.

7-Man Army

1976

The Fist of Justice poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Fist of Justice

1973

Tiger & Crane Fists poster
7.3

Two masters from rival Kung Fu schools must combine their skills to defeat an evil Japanese lord.

Tiger & Crane Fists

1976

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

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

Crazy Nuts of Kung Fu poster
6.5

A 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.

Crazy Nuts of Kung Fu

1974

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

Duel with Samurai poster
NR

During the Ming dynasty in China, the coastal areas were rampant. A Wokou who refers himself as the Nippon Ronin (Chan Hung-lit), colludes with the coastal local tyrants of Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces, along with cult religious groups. They occupy Baiyunzhuang and plundered everywhere. Young warrior Fan Chen-tung (Kong Ban) leads a resistance group to retaliate which prompts the Chinese martial world to share the same hatred against the Japanese and tyrants.

Duel with Samurai

1971

The Mighty One poster
7.0

The famed Ivy Ling Po (Temple Of The Red Lotus) stars as a mysterious swordswoman dedicated to keeping the five volume "Five Generations Fighting Methods" kung-fu manual out of evil-doers' hands. She joins Ling Yun, star of The Iron Buddha, who plays a hero known only as the Roving Knight to fight, train, then fight again -- facing such characters as The Six-Armed Giant and The 1000-Cut in this action-packed adventure.

The Mighty One

1972

Layout poster
9.7

The place: Shanghai. The time: 1921. The Japanese aggression towards China is getting stronger each day. Enter Hsueh Ao-Lin, an agent of the government sent to uncover the Chinese traitors helping the enemy. Once inside, Hsueh must fight both the Japanese and his countrymen for his sake, and the future of China.

Layout

1977

The Magnificent Monk poster
NR

The Magnificent Monk is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie

The Magnificent Monk

1969

Ferocious to Ferocious poster
7.0

Jackal Lam's gang and the police commissioner steal Tiger Wong's shipment of illegal gold. In order to avenge himself and reclaim the gold, Tiger Wong hires the justice fighter, Frank Chan. Frank Chan soon learns that Jackal Lum may be the head of an illegal gun-running operation... Let the violence begin!

Ferocious to Ferocious

1973

The Golden Mask poster
6.0

Life takes a turn for Chi Kwan Chun after he accepts a contract from the mysterious "Golden Mask". The "mark" turns out to be Chi's brother and after unwittingly …

The Golden Mask

1977

Jade Hairpin Alliance poster
NR

Shaw legend Tony Liu Yung is the swashbuckling swordsman who takes on all odds. The Jade Hairpin is the only clue in a series of crimes that are carried out by the opera gang, a band of masked men of a poisonous family. Its weapon is a cunning plan of guts vs. skill and brains vs. survival in this epic!

Jade Hairpin Alliance

1980

Downhill They Ride poster
7.0

Northeastern China is infested with bandits. Hsiao Kai (Paul Chang Chung), a wandering knight, captures a white horse from thieves. His skilful handling of the horse earns his admiration of fellow traveler Chu Ching Hsu (Wong Chung Shun). They arrive at Lo Lung Kow, where the villagers hunt for a living and are constantly terrorized by bandits. Grocer Ting Tze Pao (Ngai Ping Ngo) returns from his negotiations with the bandits with bad news. They intend to collect furs from the villagers at a fixed price. Village leader Mu (Yuen Sam and his daughter Tsui Ying (Pat ting Hung) run a tavern. She wonders how the white horse belonging to a Sinkiang youth named Sha Yi Ti (Man Ling) is now in the possession of Hsiao Kai.

Downhill They Ride

1966

Lover's Rock poster
6.0

In a tiny Chinese fishing village, two rival fishermen compete for a young woman's love. She does love one of them, but as she is obligated to the other, she cannot marry him. Tragedy is averted when the one she is obliged to falls in love with another. Happiness briefly ensues as the men, with their respective mates, resume their friendship. Unfortunately, they set out to sea and disappear.

Lover's Rock

1964

Gecko Kung Fu poster
NR

Set during China in the 1930's a young Chinese martial artist and Japanese resistance fighter strikes up a friendship with the daughter of a Japanese General leading to lots of intrigue and conflict

Gecko Kung Fu

1972