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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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Death Duel (1977)
, 1h30Directed by Chu Yuan
Origin Hong kong
Genres Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Derek Yee, Candice Yu, Ku Feng, David Chiang, Ti Lung, Lo Lieh
Lassé d'être sans cesse mis au défi par de nouveaux adversaires, Ah Chi, considéré comme l'un des meilleurs maîtres d'armes, décide de changer d'identité. Mais une femme ivre de vengeance est décidée à retrouver sa trace et à l'éliminer.
The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)
, 1h36Directed by Chu Yuan
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Ti Lung, Derek Yee, Ching Li, Candice Yu, Yueh Hua, Ku Feng
Due to his own extreme ideals, famed swordsman Li has lost everyone dear to him. After his life is saved by a rival swordsman, Li's overwhelming pride makes him forsake the woman he loves and lets her marry his saviour. Now resigned to traveling the country with his loyal aide, Li's only comfort is alcohol and the simple life he has now accepted. On one such journey, the lonely swordsman befriends the exceptionally skilled, yet secretive Fei who has his own pressures to contend with. Li then finds himself embroiled in a battle to own the highly prized 'gold armour shirt' — a protective vest that can withstand any blow.
Jade Tiger (1977)
Directed by Chu Yuan
Genres Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Ti Lung, Ku Feng, Lo Lieh, Yueh Hua, Derek Yee, Yuen Biao
Afin de venger la mort de son père, décapité par un traître, Zhao Wu-Ji décide d'infiltrer le clan ennemi, commanditaire de cet assassinat et maître dans l'art de manier les poisons. Au cours de son périple, il côtoiera la mort et se liera avec de curieux personnages.
Return of the Chinese Boxer (1977)
Directed by Jimmy Wang Yu
Origin Hong kong
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Jimmy Wang Yu, Blackie Ko
A Chinese boxer returns to take revenge on a gang of Japanese ninjitsu experts.
The Last Tempest (1976)
, 1h58Directed by Li Han-hsiang
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Ti Lung, Lisa Lu, Ivy Ling Po, Yueh Hua, Wang Hsieh, Ouyang Sha-fei
Après la défaite de l'empire face aux barbares de l'est lors de la guerre de 1895 , le jeune et influençable empereur Guangxu se lance dans une frénésie de réformes inspirées par des conseillers extrémistes dogmatiques, notamment Tan Si-tong et Kang You-wei.
Cannonball (1976)
, 1h33Directed by Paul Bartel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel, Gerrit Graham, Robert Carradine, Sylvester Stallone
The Trans-America Grand Prix is an illegal race held every year between Los Angeles (Santa Monica Pier) and New York City. Recently released from jail, where he was serving a sentence for killing a girl while driving drunk, racing driver Coy "Cannonball" Buckman (David Carradine) hopes to win the race and get his career back on track. Racing team Modern Motors have promised a contract to either him or his arch-rival Cade Redman (Bill McKinney) who is also in the race - the contract will go to whichever of them wins. Coy is still on probation and when his parole officer, Linda Maxwell (Veronica Hamel), with whom he is having an elaborate affair, discovers he will be crossing state lines in violation of his parole, she attempts to stop him, only to have him force her to accompany him on the race.
Shaolin Temple (1976)
, 1h57Directed by Chang Cheh, Wu Ma
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Kung fu, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Chi Kuan-chun, Ti Lung, David Chiang, Alexander Fu Sheng, Philip Kwok, Lo Mang
The film opens with the chief Shaolin Monks realizing that time is not on their side and they must train more fighters to fight the Qings. The monk Hai Hsien (Shan Mao) opposes this as he is secretly working for the court. Outside many men are sitting in front of the temple waiting to be accepted in, Fang Shih Yu (Fu Sheng), Ma Chao-hsing (Tony Liu) and others, as the temple tests the will of potential students by making them wait outside for days, eventually the two are accepted in for "training". Fang Shih Yu becomes frustrated immediately as Shaolin methods of teaching martial arts are rather obscure, although Ma Chao-hsing begins learning the five animal styles from the start.
Bruce Lee and I (1976)
, 1h42Directed by John Lo Mar
Origin Hong kong
Genres Biography, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Danny Lee, Betty Ting Pei, Yuen Cheung-Yan, Unicorn Chan, Mars, Tony Liu
Mainly Betty Ting's story. Opens with Betty and Bruce rolling around in bed around the time he died. Continues with Betty telling her story to a bartender, beginning when she was a loner school girl, she meets Bruce when he saves her from a beating one night and gives her some money. She then attempts to break into show biz and meets Bruce again: from there they become lovers until his death.
Killer Clans (1976)
, 1h31Directed by Chu Yuan
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Wuxia films
Actors Ku Feng, Yueh Hua, Lo Lieh, Ching Li
Sur les ordres d'un employeur à l'identité secrète, Meng Sheng-hun, un tueur renommé, est engagé pour éliminer Sun Yu. Une tâche beaucoup moins aisée qu'il n'y paraît, sa cible étant constamment entourée de gardes du corps redoutables. L’assassin doit donc s'infiltrer au sein du clan Lung Men sous une fausse identité pour tenter de gagner la confiance de sa future victime. Mais la détermination habituelle du tueur solitaire est remise en question lorsqu'il croise par hasard une charmante et mystérieuse femme dans la Forêt aux Papillons...
The Magic Blade (1976)
, 1h26Directed by Chu Yuan
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Ti Lung, Lo Lieh, Ching Li, Ku Feng, Fan Mei-sheng, Yuen Woo-ping
Fu-Hung-hsue et un autre chevalier expert en arts martiaux, Yen Nan-fei, doivent protéger des plumes de paon magiques des menées criminelles d'un mystérieux seigneur de clan, et protéger aussi une jeune fille. 5 êtres magiques (Poésie, Échecs, Peinture, Luth, etc.) au service du mystérieux maître d'arts martiaux Gongsun Yu, seront 5 occasions de combats pour les deux héros jusqu'à la révélation finale.
Challenge of the Masters (1976)
, 1h35Directed by Liu Chia-liang
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Kung fu, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Lau Kar Wing, Chen Kuan-tai, Gordon Liu, Yuen Biao, Ricky Hui, Lily Li Li-li
After his father refuses to teach him kung fu and he is constantly being beaten around by rival school students, a young Wong Fei Hung (Gordon Liu) must train under Luk Ah Choy (Chen Kuan Tai) to avenge the evils being done by the rival school.
Black Magic 2 (1976)
, 1h25Directed by Ho Meng-hua
Origin Hong kong
Genres Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Ti Lung, Lily Li Li-li, Lo Lieh, Yang Chih-ching, Chin Tsi-ang
A martial artist fights against an evil sorcerer who has raised zombies.
The Web of Death (1976)
Directed by Chu Yuan
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action
Actors Yueh Hua, Lo Lieh, Ching Li, Ku Feng, Wang Hsieh, Ouyang Sha-fei
Le 'clan des cinq venins', une organisation martiale ésotérique, veille sur une arme surpuissante baptisée "L'Araignée de la Mort', tellement dangereuse que seul son chef héréditaire en détient l'usage.