Li Yi-Min

Acting

Li Yi-Min

Born 1951-12-30 · Taiwan

Li Yi-Min (Chinese: 李藝民) is a Taiwanese actor who attended the Lu Kwan Peking Opera school. He was classmates with actors like Jack Long and Robert Tai. There he learned the skills that he'd need to become an actor. He joined Shaw Brothers in the 70s. He appeared in the film Seven Man Army (1976) and is considered to be one of Chang Cheh's fourth generation disciples. Later, he eventually returned to Taiwan to make more films there.

Acting credits

Roving Heroes poster
5.0

Shaw Legends Chi Kuan Chun (5 Masters of Shaolin, Men from the Monastery) and Lee I Min (Shaolin Temple, 7 Grandmaster) join forces to take on action maestro Tommy Lee (Hot, Cool and Viscous, Eagles Claw) in a marital arts masterpiece. Chi is the master of the Wing Chun Kung Fu, which has devastatingly close quarter combat techniques. The character played by Chi Kuan Chun is sent to look for a killer. The impulsive character played by Lee I Min is Lee is a student of the Buddha's Palm, a high level style from the Shaolin Temple. Mad that he wasn't chosen to go, he somehow finds himself on the same quest as Chi. Nonstop fights and comedy ensue with Lee I Min playing jokes on Kuan Chun and competing with him to achieve their goal. It all leads up to a fantastic team up in they end as together they face the insidious character played by Tommy Lee.

Roving Heroes

1980

Magnificent Wanderers poster
6.2

Wealthy rebel Chu Tie Xia, conned out of assets by local merchants, is aided by 3 wandering con artists. Chu's talent with a bow and gold pellets and the Wushu of his 3 new companions unleash on the unsuspecting invading Mongols.

Magnificent Wanderers

1977

Shaolin Temple poster
6.2

There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between a brave brand of Chinese boxers and literally thousands of Qing troops - complete with betrayals, intrigues, and such novel fighting machines as 108 wooden robots. The conflicts grow in complexity, intensity and even suspense as monks struggle to stay alive in the face of overwhelming odds.

Shaolin Temple

1976

Drunken Arts and Crippled Fist poster
5.2

At the age of eight years old, Shao is sent to train under the notorious drunkard "Crippled Fist Master". Shao returns home after ten long years of training, to find himself dealing with local criminals and gangsters.

Drunken Arts and Crippled Fist

1979

The Brave Archer poster
6.7

Guo Jing and Yang Kang are the sons of two rebels. The rebels are killed by imperial soldiers and the boys are rescued by six pugilists later. The pugilists agree to separate the two boys, tutor them separately in martial arts, and let them meet again when they have grown up, to determine whose abilities are better. Guo becomes the student of the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan" while Yang Kang becomes the foster son of a Jurchen prince inadvertently.

The Brave Archer

1977

The 7 Grandmasters poster
6.5

An aged Kung Fu practitioner travels across China, challenging the best Grandmaster from each province to prove his mastery of martial arts. Meanwhile is a plot developing behind his back.

The 7 Grandmasters

1977

Kung Fu Attraction poster
8.0

A pair of vicious killers stalks an acrobatic troop until confronted by the skills of Chi Bun.

Kung Fu Attraction

1978

Crazy Guy with Super Kung Fu poster
6.7

Dead Eye and his gang are terrorizing a small Chinese region. Chan Ling and his group of misfit friends take it upon themselves to stop evildoers by learning the Super Kung Fu style. Luckily for them, a mysterious stranger is also after Dead Eye.

Crazy Guy with Super Kung Fu

1978

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

Thirteen Worms poster
NR

After being beaten in a chess game by The Saint of Chess, the 13 Worms agree to grant the chess master's daring request to rescue a captive Princess.

Thirteen Worms

1970

The Angry Hero poster
8.0

Martian arts film from Taiwain directed by Kim Lung.

The Angry Hero

1973

Chinese Doctors poster
5.8

Based on real-life events, the film recounts the efforts of the Wuhan medical staff as they attempt to deal with the rising cases of Covid-19.

Chinese Doctors

2021

Shaolin Iron Claws poster
6.7

A corrupt Shaolin assassin, a master in Iron Claws, is hired to threaten members of the Ching Dynasty into resigning a secret letter for the restoration of the monarchy. The plot is unravelled when a police chief captures one of the assailants. The Shaolin Iron Master must be destroyed...

Shaolin Iron Claws

1978

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

Manhunt poster
9.0

A Chinese General seeks refuge with a mother and daughter and falls in love with the daughter while being pursued by Mongol invaders.

Manhunt

1978

Life Gamble poster
7.2

Legendary director Chang Cheh teamed his latest big star, Alexander Fu Sheng, with future Venoms Lo Meng and Kuo Chue to create another winner in his vaunted filmography. Joining them were the top supporting actors and the prettiest starlets, for an entertaining, exciting tale of a kung-fu blacksmith taking on four famous robbers while a villainous gambling boss plots to destroy them.

Life Gamble

1978

The Brave Archer 2 poster
6.6

Our hero Kuo Tsing is winning the hand of fair maiden Huang Yung. However, almost immediately, clan rivalries in the "Martial Art World" lead to Kuo being wounded by Ouyang Feng and Huang being named the new leader of the Beggar Clan. All this is mounted with sparkling energy by three kung-fu choreographers and a star-packed cast.

The Brave Archer 2

1978

The World of Drunken Master poster
5.6

Chan Hui Lau stars in this vintage martial arts film as Chang, the owner of a winery and master of Drunken Boxing, a deadly kung fu technique that, as the name implies, requires its practitioner to be drunk. His relatively peaceful life is interrupted when he catches two boys (Li Yi Min and Jack Long) stealing grapes from his vineyards and puts them to work for him. Over time, he teaches them the art of Drunken Boxing. When the two boys get into a fight with some local toughs, they provoke the wrath of Yeh Hu (Lung Fei), Chang's enemy.

The World of Drunken Master

1979

The War of the Infras poster
8.0

A new team of Infra Supermen are created to stop the Brotherhood of Satan from controlling the world. Released as an unofficial sequel to Inframan.

The War of the Infras

1978

Ninja the Final Duel poster
6.0

The Ji Ho Ninja clan vow to destroy the monks of Shaolin temple. To do so they must first perfect many of their techniques in order to ensure the battle will be won. The temple finds protection from monks who set out to save it.

Ninja the Final Duel

1986

The Secret Shaolin Kung-Fu poster
7.0

Beggars are being killed left and right to get their old leader to come out of hiding and face an old enemy. Meanwhile, young Wu Han Wei is being instructed by his blind grandfather to learn all six styles of the Butterfly technique. But when an old crazy beggar befriends the young student, his fate turns out to be intertwined with that of the fearsome Lu Din, a man with no arms or legs.

The Secret Shaolin Kung-Fu

1979

The Super Rider V3 poster
4.0

The leader of Satan Organization creates a new syndicate, Desmoron, which sees the total destruction of the world with General Scorpion in charge. Chen Ying-Jie, a man who saw one of their victims, is hunted down by the syndicate and after his parents are killed and himself badly wounded, the Super Riders save him by transforming him into their newest member, Super Rider V3. Now a superman, Chen now seeks revenge on Desmoron with the fate of the world on the balance.

The Super Rider V3

1975

The Mystery of Chess Boxing poster
6.2

Evil Chun Shan uses chess boxing and a five-element ninja style to terrorize the martial arts world until he is challenged in a series of battles, then destroyed.

The Mystery of Chess Boxing

1979

Heaven and Hell poster
5.9

When a fallen angel descends to the Earth on a mission to storm the underworld, a love shared between angels and humans offers telling testament to the power of a lucky ghost. In the battle that follows, both the living and the dead will discover that a war waged in hell could have consequences that resound forever.

Heaven and Hell

1980