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Seasonal Film Corporation (思遠影業公司) est une ancienne société de production de cinéma hongkongaise ayant existé de 1974 à 2008. Elle était l'une des compagnies cinématographiques indépendantes les plus connues de Hong Kong et a travaillé avec de nombreuses vedettes de films d'arts martiaux telles que Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang-lee, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Yuen Woo-ping, Bruce Liang , Alan Chui Chung-San et Corey Yuen.
Filmography of Seasonal Film Corporation (10 films)
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Green Snake (1993)
, 1h38Directed by Tsui Hark
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Romance
Actors Maggie Cheung, Joey Wong, Chiu Man-cheuk, Wu Hsing-kuo, Tien Feng, Nagma
Two snake spirits have been training for many centuries to take human form and experience the love, freedom and wisdom that is supposedly only available to humans. White Snake (Joey Wong) is the more experienced one and proceeds to get engaged to local scholar Hsui Xien (Wu Hsing-Kuo), with whom she plans to have a child which would complete her passage into the mortal realm. Green Snake (Maggie Cheung) is the younger and more impulsive of the two sisters, and she is not yet quite convinced of the benefits of the human world. The two snakes move into their magically created house and start a successful medical practice in the town.
All for the Winner (1990)
, 1h41Directed by Corey Yuen, Jeffrey Lau
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Stephen Chow, Sharla Cheung, Ng Man-tat, Sandra Ng, Corey Yuen, Paul Chun
Sing (Stephen Chow) is a mainland China country boy who arrives in Hong Kong to visit his Uncle "Blackie Tat" (Ng Man-tat). When Sing stays with his uncle and his friends in their apartment, Blackie soon learns of Sing's supernatural ability to see through objects and, later on, his ability to change playing cards by rubbing them. He takes advantage of this and turns Sing into the Dou Seng or the "Saint of Gamblers". After getting into a fight with several alleyway gamblers he meets the lovely Yee-mung (lit. trans: Beautiful Dream, but euphemistically as wet dream), a henchman for the "King of Gamblers", and becomes infatuated with her. Sing quickly becomes a rival to the King and must win his way through a world competition to prove his skill.
No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)
, 1h25Directed by Corey Yuen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Kurt McKinney, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kim Tai-chung, Michele Krasnoo
Jason Stillwell is a young karate student and Bruce Lee fanatic who trains in his father Tom's dojo in Sherman Oaks, California. One night after a training session, the dojo is visited by members of an organized crime syndicate looking to take over all the dojos in the country. After refusing to join the organization, Tom's leg is broken by a Russian martial artist named Ivan Kraschinsky, one of the boss' hired thugs.
The Unwritten Law (1985)
, 1h42Directed by Ng See-yuen
Origin Hong kong
Genres Crime
Actors Andy Lau, Deannie Yip, Yammie Lam, Paul Chun
Raymond Lau (Andy Lau) a grandi dans un orphelinat. Il sort diplômé de la faculté de droit de l'université de Londres, spécialisé en droit pénal, et retourne à Hong Kong pour commencer sa carrière. La famille de sa fiancée a également plusieurs membres travaillant dans le droit. À cette époque, une affaire se produit, une prostituée de plus de 50 ans, Lau Wai-lan (Deannie Yip) est accusée d'avoir tué le fils d'une personne très riche. Personne ne veut la défendre et elle veut mourir. Les gens ne sont pas optimistes quant à l'éthique de travail et au sens de la justice et Raymond Lau reprend l'affaire.
Legend of a Fighter (1982)
, 1h29Directed by Yuen Woo-ping
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Biography, Action, Historical, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Bryan Leung, Feng Feng, Yuen Cheung-Yan
Bryan Leung is portrayed as the historical figure Fok Yuen-gap in this action movie. As the fourth of Huo Endi's children Fok Yuen-gap was born weak and susceptible to illness. Fok Yuen had asthma at an early age and contracted jaundice; his father discouraged him from learning martial arts.
Game of Death II (1981)
, 1h33Directed by Ng See-yuen, Raymond Chow
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Bruce Lee, Kim Tai-chung, Hwang Jang-lee, Roy Chiao, Roy Horan, Corey Yuen
After a recent amount of challenges, Billy Lo (Bruce Lee) and his friend Chin Ku (Huong Cheng Li) begin to suspect that someone wants them dead. Billy later visits his younger brother Bobby (Tong Lung), who is studying with Billy's former teacher, and leaves him a book on Jeet Kune Do. Chin is soon killed, and Billy goes to Japan to find his stepdaughter, May. May tells him that Chin had visited just before his death, and left a film for her. They are suddenly attacked, but Billy manages to escape with the film.
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
, 1h38Directed by Yuen Woo-ping
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Sports films, Films about the labor movement, Martial arts films, L'enfance marginalisée, Kung fu films, Harcèlement au travail
Actors Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang-lee, Dean Shek, Roy Horan, Chiu Chi Ling
Chien Fu (Jackie Chan), an orphan adopted by a kung fu school, is overworked as their janitor and abused by the kung fu teachers as a walking punching-bag, with the school's cook, Ah-Wu (Tino Wong), being his only sympathizer. Chien befriends an old beggar (Yuen Siu Tien) by offering him a meal and a place to stay. Unknown to Chien, the old beggar is actually Pai Cheng-Tien, one of the last surviving masters of the Snake-style of kung fu. Pai is on the run from the Eagle Claw clan, which is viciously killing off all of the rival Snake-stylng spot, but is ambushed by Eagle Claw student Su Chen and an assassin masquerading as a Christian missionary (Roy Horan), and is injured. After being abused once more, Chien later finds him, helping him recover. Pai agrees to give him more lessons, on the condition that he does not call him "sifu" ("master"), since they are friends. The real reason, however, is to keep Chien's connection with him secret from his pursuers.
Dragon Inn (1967)
, 1h51Directed by King Hu
Origin Taiwan
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Xu Feng, Sammo Hung
Tsao, the emperor's first eunuch, has successfully bested General Yu, his political opponent. The general was beheaded but his remaining children have been exiled from China. As the children are being escorted to the western border of the Chinese empire, Tsao plots to have the children killed. Tsao's secret police lie in ambush at the desolate Dragon Gate Inn. Martial arts expert Hsiao shows up at the inn, wanting to meet the innkeeper. Unknown to the secret police is that the innkeeper, Wu Ning, was one of the general's lieutenants and has summoned Hsiao to help the children. A brother-sister martial-artist team (children of another Yu lieutenant) also show up to help. These four race to find Yu's children and lead them to safety.
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Twin Dragons (1992)
, 1h40Directed by Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Films about families, Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Nina Li Chi, Teddy Robin, Philip Chan, Philip Chan
In 1965, a couple (Sylvia Chang and James Wong) are doting on their newborn twin boys. Meanwhile, a dangerous gang leader named Crazy Kung (Kirk Wong) is being transported as a captive in the same hospital. Crazy Kung escapes and attempts to take one of the twins hostage. In the ensuing chaos, the twins are permanently separated. One of them, named Ma Yau, is raised by his parents and grows up to be a concert pianist and conductor. The other, named Wan Ma, is raised by a woman named Tsui (Mabel Cheung), and grows up to be a street racer and martial artist. Neither of them has ever thought that he has a twin brother.
The Unwritten Law (1985)
, 1h42Directed by Ng See-yuen
Origin Hong kong
Genres Crime
Actors Andy Lau, Deannie Yip, Yammie Lam, Paul Chun
Raymond Lau (Andy Lau) a grandi dans un orphelinat. Il sort diplômé de la faculté de droit de l'université de Londres, spécialisé en droit pénal, et retourne à Hong Kong pour commencer sa carrière. La famille de sa fiancée a également plusieurs membres travaillant dans le droit. À cette époque, une affaire se produit, une prostituée de plus de 50 ans, Lau Wai-lan (Deannie Yip) est accusée d'avoir tué le fils d'une personne très riche. Personne ne veut la défendre et elle veut mourir. Les gens ne sont pas optimistes quant à l'éthique de travail et au sens de la justice et Raymond Lau reprend l'affaire.