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Foundation date 27 december 1958
Creator Run Run Shaw
Creator Runme Shaw
Creator Runje Shaw
Creator Runde Shaw
Creator Run Run Shaw
Creator Runme Shaw
Creator Runje Shaw
Creator Runde Shaw
Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. (Chinese: 邵氏兄弟（香港）有限公司) was the largest film production company of Hong Kong.
In 1925, the three Shaw brothers—Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called Unique) in Shanghai, then established a film distribution base in Singapore where Runme and the youngest brother Run Run Shaw managed the precursor to the parent company Shaw Organization. Shaw Brothers took over the film production business of its Hong Kong-based sister company, Shaw & Sons Ltd., in 1958.
Over the years Shaw Brothers produced some 1,000 films, before film production was suspended in 1987 to concentrate on the television industry, through its subsidiary TVB. Film production resumed in 2009.
In 2011 Shaw Brothers was reorganized into the Clear Water Bay Land Company Limited, its film production business being taken over by other companies within the Shaw conglomerate.
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(1982)Filmography of Shaw Brothers (261 films)
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Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)
, 1h38Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, Sō Yamamura, Sachiko Murase, Eitarō Ozawa, Isao Yamagata
Dans la Chine du VIII siècle, l'impératrice Yang choisit de se sacrifier pour sauver l'empereur.
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Ghost on Air (2012)
Directed by Cheng Ding An
Origin Singapore
Genres Horror
Actors Eunice Olsen
Ping Xiao, a two time "Most Popular DJ" award recipient feels he has been robbed of his potential next award when a younger DJ Pauline steals limelight and his successful morning show slot. Desperate to get it back, he battles recurring memories of his deceased horror novelist girlfriend, to bring to his listeners the sensational "Ghost on Air" show—a radio program that shares horror stories. The show is a hit, and with each painful memory he recalls and a step closer to regaining his fame, strange and unexplainable occurrences begin to happen around him. Ping Xiao then learns a dark secret—the ghost stories he told were all true, and he could be part of the next one.
Kallang Roar The Movie (2008)
Directed by Cheng Ding An
Origin Singapore
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Leon Quah, Melvinder Kanth, Anwar Hadi, Baskar Subrmaniam, Tan Rui Xiang
, 33minutesGenres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Superhero films
Actors Hiroki Suzuki, Hirofumi Araki (荒木 宏文), Takagi Manpei, Yuka Hirata, Ichirō Nagai, Yinling (垠凌)
While in the middle of fighting, the Gekirangers and Mere are teleported to Hong Kong, along with Rio and various other martial artists around the world. Just as Rio and Jyan were about to fight, they meet the mysterious Lao Fan before seeing others brought to the island as well. They all then meet Miranda, the secretary to Yang, a media mogul who brought them all together for the Kenkonitteki Martial Arts Tournament (乾坤一擲武術会, Kenkonitteki Bujutsukai) to prove who's the strongest of them all. The first round of fighting leaves the Gekirangers, their Rinjūken rivals, Lao, Barnard Koyama, and Big the Goto as the winners. At the banquet hall, Ran, Retu, Rio, and Mere meet Yang Lo himself while Jyan follow Lao Fan and learns she's actually a member of the Hong Kong police who is investigating Yang, who founded Mechung Fu and used his tournament to gather strongest fighters as part of his plan to rule the world, finding the ideal Ki he needs: from the Jūken users. Geki Blue, Geki Yellow, Rio, and Mere attempt to fight off Miranda as Yang takes his leave, finding Jyan and Lao in his base of operations before they restrained him. However, the Ki Miranda collected before she died transfers to Yang's computer, transforming Yang into a cyborg Beastman before he starts absorbing more Ki to become a supreme being. The Gekirangers battle Yang Lo, refusing to give up in spite of him being stronger than them. Evading his defeat, Yan activates his giant robot Mechannon to terrorize the city. When GekiTohja proves no match for Mechannon, Rio and Mere take offense to Yang's comments on the Jūken style and are forced to help the Gekirangers by summoning RinLion and RinChameleon to combine with GekiTohja to form GekiRinTohja to destroy Mechannon, killing Yang in the process. Once the fight is over, in spite of the Gekirangers' amazement at the power of the united Jūken schools, Rio takes his leave with Mere telling them that nothing changed between them. The next day, Lao thanks the Gekirangers as they were about to leave for Japan when Miki, Natsume, and Xia Fu arrive for a vacation in Hong Kong.
The King of Masks (1995)
, 1h40Directed by Wu Tianming
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musiques du monde, Musical films
Wang is The King of Masks, an aged street performer who practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. He laments that he has no male heirs to carry on his mysterious and complicated art and trade. At an illegal child market, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy to become his adopted grandson and apprentice.
Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986)
, 1h30Directed by Liu Chia-liang
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Kung fu, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Jet Li, Xiong Xin-xin
Le film raconte l'histoire de deux orphelins dont les parents ont été tués par le même assassin, l'un est envoyé à l'école de shaolin du nord et l'autre à celle du sud. Une fois la date de l'anniversaire du meurtrier arrivée, ils essaient de se venger.
, 1h30Directed by Liu Chia-liang
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Kung fu, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Hsiao Ho, Gordon Liu, Liu Chia-liang, Lily Li Li-li, Yuen Qiu, Kara Hui
Teen-aged Fong Sai-Yuk is a gifted Martial Artist but he is a poor student at school and is a constant troublemaker, despite the fact that the school is run by his father. Powerful Manchu officials in Guangdong are achieving hegemony over the native Han Chinese population and threaten to shut the school down.
Women (1985)
, 1h36Directed by Stanley Kwan
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama
Actors Cherie Chung, Chow Yun-fat, Cora Miao, Elaine Jin, Eric Tsang
Chow est un mari infidèle. L’épouse bafouée va alors chercher à se venger sur la maîtresse de son époux, avec l’aide d’un groupe d’amies.
Behind the Yellow Line (1984)
, 1h30Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, Anthony Chan, Lawrence Cheng, Alfred Cheung
Love in a Fallen City (1984)
, 1h35Directed by Ann Hui
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Actors Chow Yun-fat, Cora Miao, Lisa Chiao Chiao, Chin Tsi-ang, Elaine Jin, Helen Ma
The film is set in 1940s Shanghai and Hong Kong. Bai Liu-Su (Cora Miao) is an introverted divorcée who has her fair share of misery after breaking up with her good-for-nothing husband. Her large, extended family feels she has shamed them through divorce. Her situation at home has become unbearable. A charming Malayan businessman based in Hong Kong, Fan Liu-yuan (Chow Yun-Fat), who is always surrounded by women, happens to visit Shanghai and becomes interested in Bai after chancing on her through mutual friends. Fan sees in Bai what many others don't and tries his best to make her fall in love again. A middle-aged couple tries to match make the two. Bai takes a gamble and decides to visit Hong Kong with the Japanese invasion of China looming, willing to risk all just to get out of her awkward family situation, even though she fell for Fan, future was uncertain. It is only through surviving war-torn Hong Kong as civilians that the two realize that they truly love each other.
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
, 1h38Directed by Liu Chia-liang
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Gordon Liu, Alexander Fu Sheng, Kara Hui, Liu Chia-liang, Lily Li Li-li, Leanne Liu
With help from the treacherous Song dynasty general Pun Mei, the Khitan-ruled Liao dynasty army succeeded in trapping the loyal Song general Yeung Yip and his 7 sons at Golden Beach. Yeung Yip and his sons were all killed or captured in the ambush, except for the 5th son and the 6th son who managed to escape. The 6th son returned home, but was severely traumatised by the events. Meanwhile, the 5th son sought refuge in a monastery in Mount Wutai, but the monastery leaders initially did not consider him calm enough to be a Buddhist monk. As blades were not allowed inside a monastery, he used his martial arts training in spears to practice with a pole, eventually developing the unique eight diagram pole fighting technique. When he finally appeared to have put his anger and past behind him, news broke that the Khitans had captured his younger sister, Yeung Baat-mui, who was looking for him. Now he must break Buddhist vows (including not kill and not be bothered by worldly affairs) to save Baat-mui and exact his revenge.
Seeding of a Ghost (1983)
, 1h30Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Horror, Romance
Themes Ghost films
Following the prediction of a dark magician, the unfaithful wife of a Hong Kong cab driver falls victim to a pair of murderous thugs. Outraged, the cabbie arranges supernatural vengeance with the aid of an unholy union between the dead
The Lady Is the Boss (1983)
, 1h33Directed by Liu Chia-liang
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Liu Chia-liang, Kara Hui, Gordon Liu, Hsiao Ho, Elvis Tsui
Lau Kar Leung is the current teacher of a kung fu school in Hong Kong, however it is the 80’s and people are not interested in "old school" kung fu anymore. He receives a letter telling him to pick up the schools boss from the airport which much to his surprise is Kara Hui. Kara is the daughter of the schools master, thus making her the "de facto" boss. She is very much Americanized and begins making changes at the school and taking in students off the street, discos, and bars, which angers the traditionalist Lau Kar Leung. Eventually Kara gets in trouble with a local gang headed up by Wang Lung Wei, and after provoking a fight at bar owned by Wang, Lau Kar Leung is forced to rescue her and teach Wang Lung Wei and his thugs a slight lesson. This forces Wang to retaliate until a fight breaks out in a local gym in which Wang Lung Wei is defeated and Kara eventually returns to the U.S. after realizing Lau should be in charge of the school.
On the Wrong Track (1983)
, 1h28Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Andy Lau, Yueh Hua, Stephen Shiu, Chin Tsi-ang
The film revolves around two rebellious high school students and brothers Paul (Andy Lau) and Dee (Jeem Yim), and Paul's relationship with Sze (Prudence Liew), a Vietnamese refuge. Paul and Dee's father (Elliot Ngok) is a prison officer who is very strictl to his sons. When Officer Chan, who is divorced, decides to marry a younger woman (Winnie Chin), his two sons become more rebellious, leading them to a path of destruction.