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Shaw Brothers

Shaw Brothers
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Foundation date 27 december 1958
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.
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Filmography of Shaw Brothers (261 films)

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Four Riders
Directed by Chang Cheh
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Ti Lung, Chen Kuan-tai, David Chiang, Lau Kar Wing

La guerre de Corée terminée, des soldats hongkongais désœuvrés tentent de refaire leur vie. L'un d'eux, témoin du meurtre d'un GI passeur de drogues, est piégé par un petit bandit et endosse le meurtre. Ses amis vont tout faire pour le faire évader et prouver son innocence.
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan, 1h26
Directed by Chu Yuan
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Erotic, Action, Martial arts
Themes Films about sexuality, Sports films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Betty Ting Pei, Betty Pei Ti, Lily Ho, Yueh Hua, Fan Mei-sheng, Corey Yuen

In one of the most outrageous and taboo-smashing Shaw Brothers classics, sweet young Ai Nu (Lily Ho) is abducted and sold to the popular Four Seasons brothel run by lusty madam Chun Yi (Betty Pei Ti), who falls for her nubile charge and entrusts her with a number of martial arts secrets like "Ghost Hands," which allows a fighter to plunge into an opponent’s chest.
Five Fingers of Death, 1h37
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Romance, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Lo Lieh, Wang Ping, Bolo Yeung, Wang Ping, Tien Feng, Lau Kar Wing

A promising young martial arts student named Chi-Hao has spent most of his life studying under a master and has fallen in love with the master's daughter Yin-Yin. After the master fails to properly fight off a group of thugs, he sends Chi-Hao to study under a superior master, Shen Chin-Pei. He instructs Chi-Hao to learn from Chin-Pei and defeat the local martial arts tyrant, Ming Dung-Shun, in an upcoming tournament in order to earn Yin-Yin's hand.
The Water Margin, 2h
Directed by Chang Cheh, Wu Ma
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Tetsurō Tanba, David Chiang, Ti Lung, Wu Ma, Ku Feng, Chen Kuan-tai

The plot is based on the story of how "Jade Unicorn" Lu Junyi came to join the outlaw band at Liangshan Marsh and the outlaws' battle with the Zeng Family Fortress.
The Anonymous Heroes, 1h43
Directed by Chang Cheh
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Yuen Woo-ping, Ti Lung, Chan Sing, David Chiang, Ku Feng, Lau Kar Wing

En pleine période post-Révolution chinoise Meng Kang et Yeh sont choisis par le chef d’un groupe de révolutionnaires pour dérober des fusils à l’armée d'un seigneur de la guerre.
Duel of Fists, 1h35
Directed by Chang Cheh
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Gangster films
Actors Ti Lung, David Chiang, Ku Feng, Ching Li, Chan Sing, Lau Kar Wing

Fan Ko, an engineering architect in Hong Kong who is also highly skilled in martial arts, is called to the bedside of his dying father, who reveals that he long ago had an affair with a woman in Thailand, who bore him a son. He begs Fan Ko to go to Thailand and find the young man, and shows him an old photo, taken when the brother was perhaps 10 years old. But even then, the fierce-looking boy was training in the Thai martial art, Muay Thai, and sported a tattoo on his left arm of a ship's anchor and a swallow flying underneath.
A Cause to Kill
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Lisa Chiao Chiao, Ivy Ling Po, Tsang Choh-lam

Ivy Ling Po, star du Temple du Lotus Rouge, déchire l'écran ; mais c'est une star de cinéma jalouse et meurtrière, qui, comme toutes les renardes du film noir, veut tuer son mari. Si elle est furieuse que le tueur à gages qu'elle a engagé ait raté son travail, elle est ravie que son mari soit reconnu coupable du « meurtre » du tueur.
A Taste of Cold Steel
Directed by Yueh Feng
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action
Actors Sammo Hung, Chang Yi, Shu Pei-pei, Essie Lin Chia, Chen Hung-lieh, Wang Hsieh

Les trois sœurs Gan ont fort à faire pour protéger l'héritage de leur défunt père, une épée disco émettant une lueur violette convoitée par nombre de personnages martiaux plus ou moins patibulaires. L'usage répété de la violence pour résoudre les conflits opposant les différents personnages amènera bon nombre de ces derniers à éprouver le goût de l'acier froid éponyme.
The Heroic Ones, 2h1
Directed by Chang Cheh
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Historical, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Ti Lung, Ku Feng, David Chiang, Lau Kar Wing, Lily Li Li-li, Chan Sing

In late 9th-century imperial China, the Tang dynasty court no longer had effective control of its empire, and the national capital Chang'an was sacked by Huang Chao's anti-government army. Li Keyong, a Shatuo chieftain loyal to the Tang cause, led his troops to suppress the rebellion. His 13 generals—essentially all adopted sons—helped expel Huang from Chang'an, although a rift between some of them became more and more apparent in the process. Following the victory, Li Keyong accepted an invitation for a banquet at military governor Zhu Wen's territory of Bianliang, unaware that it was a trap to assassinate him.
Inside the Forbidden City, 1h38
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ivy Ling Po, Tien Feng

While passing through the town of Caoqiao, the famous Song Dynasty official Bao Zheng is stopped by a villager on behalf of his blind mother. Bao discovers that the blind woman was Consort Li, a concubine of the late Emperor Zhenzong.