Kao Pao-shu

Kao Pao-shu

Kao Pao-shu or Gao Baoshu (Chinese: 高寶樹; 1932–2000) was a Chinese actress, producer, writer and film director who appeared in over 100 films during her career. Originally from China, Kao moved to Hong Kong in 1951, where she acted in minor role before joining Shaw Brothers Studio in 1958. Here, she starred in over 80 films, working alongside directors Yueh Feng and Cheng Kang, and she made her directorial debut in 1970 in Lady with a Sword. Later she started her own company, producing films throughout the 1970s before she retired in the 1980s. In July 2000, she died at the age of 68.

  • Title: Kao Pao-shu
  • Popularity: 1.607
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1939-02-02
  • Place of Birth: Suzhou, China
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  • Also Known As: 高寶樹 , Pao-Shu Kao, Go Bo-Shu, Kao Pau-Shiu, Ko Pai-Shu, Kau Pau-Shu, Kuo Po-Shu, 高寶樹, Ke Jin Xing, Baoshu Gao, Bo Shu Go, Pao Shu Kao
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Kao Pao-shu Movies

  • 1952
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    Happy Encounter

    Happy Encounter

    1 1952 HD

    An early Drama by the Daai Wa (Da Hua) Film Company

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  • 1969
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    Vengeance Is a Golden Blade

    Vengeance Is a Golden Blade

    5 1969 HD

    Li Zhishan is a rich man, but wealth cannot keep the loyalties of his wife, who has been visiting the bed of a rival. She helps plot against him, and...

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  • 1951
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    The Thirteen That Go Astray

    The Thirteen That Go Astray

    6.1 1951 HD

    No known plot

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  • 1969
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    The Golden Sword

    The Golden Sword

    6.1 1969 HD

    Bai Yu Lung's father mysteriously disappears one night, and for 10 years Bai searches for him in vain. Finally, he decides to head to the far...

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  • 1965
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    Temple of the Red Lotus

    Temple of the Red Lotus

    4.9 1965 HD

    Jimmy Wang Yu plays a young kid who heads off to Dragon Valley to meet the childhood friend who was promised as his bride. When he gets there, he...

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  • 1965
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    The Twin Swords

    The Twin Swords

    5.3 1965 HD

    Gui Wu happens upon a kidnapping with his wife Gan Lian-zhu at the Red Lotus Temple. Lian-zhu sends Wu to go for reinforcements while she stays to...

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  • 1959
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    The Girl with a Thousand Faces

    The Girl with a Thousand Faces

    1 1959 HD

    Gu Lingxiu's dream of becoming an actress is opposed by her grandmother. Her father Zhongqi remains ambivalent. Years ago, Zhongqi was in love with a...

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  • 1961
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    The Serpent and the Lovers

    The Serpent and the Lovers

    1 1961 HD

    It was shot in year 1956 but only released in year 1961 Hong Kong-Thailand-Japan co-production.

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  • 1956
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    Black Tulip

    Black Tulip

    1 1956 HD

    Black Tulip

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  • 1961
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    Oh Boys! Oh Girls!

    Oh Boys! Oh Girls!

    1 1961 HD

    A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Margaret Tu Chuan and Paul Chang Chung,

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  • 1957
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    The Frosty Night

    The Frosty Night

    1 1957 HD

    Loosely based on Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths

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  • 1968
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    Mist over Dream Lake

    Mist over Dream Lake

    1 1968 HD

    Shaw Production

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  • 1955
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    Heart Break Well

    Heart Break Well

    1 1955 HD

    The eldest daughter of an elderly couple, murders her lover and goes to jail. The youngest daughter, Yin Ni, is taken to her hometown to escape the...

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  • 1975
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    Female Fugitive

    Female Fugitive

    1 1975 HD

    The police close in on "Miss Big Boss," the leader of a large drug organization centered in the Golden Triangle. Meanwhile, two kids find themselves...

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  • 1956
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    A Lonely Heart

    A Lonely Heart

    1 1956 HD

    A Shaw and Sons production.

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  • 1972
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    Trilogy of Swordsmanship

    Trilogy of Swordsmanship

    5.8 1972 HD

    Three martial arts directors united for this unique anthology film. Yueh Feng writes and directs a clever love-and-kung-fu triangle, Cheng Kang both...

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  • 1963
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    Stranger Than Fiction

    Stranger Than Fiction

    1 1963 HD

    A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Grace Ting Ning.

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  • 1960
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    Twilight Hours

    Twilight Hours

    1 1960 HD

    A drama by the Shaw Brothers studio.

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  • 1961
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    When the Poles Meet

    When the Poles Meet

    1 1961 HD

    A Shaw Brothers romantic comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Patricia Lam Fung.

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  • 1960
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    How to Marry a Millionaire

    How to Marry a Millionaire

    1 1960 HD

    A Shaw Brothers romantic comedy starring Margaret Tu Chuan and Peter Chen Ho.

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  • 1962
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    The Tryst

    The Tryst

    3.5 1962 HD

    A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Pat Ting Hung.

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  • 1956
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    Rainstorm in Chinatown

    Rainstorm in Chinatown

    1 1956 HD

    Jiang Lizhen's husband, Wang Gensheng, went to Nanyang to make a living. After ten years of separation, there was no news. Jane took her daughter to...

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  • 1958
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    Where Is My Bride?

    Where Is My Bride?

    1 1958 HD

    A Shaw Brothers romantic drama

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  • 1979
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    The Jade Fox

    The Jade Fox

    4.667 1979 HD

    In her bid for domination of the kingdom, a wicked woman invites opponents to their doom at her 'Fairyland' estate.

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  • 1970
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    雙雄奪美

    雙雄奪美

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1967
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    Trapeze Girl

    Trapeze Girl

    5 1967 HD

    A young girl runs away from her abusive father to join a group of circus performance, expecting that one day she would be a greatest trapeze artist....

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  • 1967
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    King Drummer

    King Drummer

    8 1967 HD

    Ling Yun plays the replacement hired for a popular band whose egotistic drummer quit to join a rival group. When the new arrival becomes a hit, he...

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  • 1967
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    The Midnight Murder

    The Midnight Murder

    5 1967 HD

    The heroine, Liu Yanniang, is a beautiful and virtuous woman who is in love with her husband, Wang Zhengtu. However, because of her disagreement with...

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  • 1968
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    Spring Blossoms

    Spring Blossoms

    1 1968 HD

    Spring Blossoms is a parable about the Chinese youth culture and what's important to the younger generation when it comes to romance. It starred a...

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  • 1967
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    That Tender Age

    That Tender Age

    1 1967 HD

    Characters live through that Tender Age

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  • 1966
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    The Blue and the Black 2

    The Blue and the Black 2

    5.2 1966 HD

    Part two of the wartime love story

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  • 1966
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    The Blue and the Black

    The Blue and the Black

    6.3 1966 HD

    It's a powerful melodrama about a thwarted romance in 1930s Tientsin, China, during the Japanese occupation, and it stars Linda Lin Dai, one of the...

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  • 1965
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    The Butterfly Chalice

    The Butterfly Chalice

    6 1965 HD

    The story revolves around Tian Yu Quan (Chin Feng) who rushes to the aid of an elderly fisherman who is bullied by an arrogant relative of the Qiu...

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  • 1967
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    Too Late for Love

    Too Late for Love

    1 1967 HD

    Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The happy couple's bliss was cut short when war...

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  • 1966
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    The Monkey Goes West

    The Monkey Goes West

    6 1966 HD

    THE MONKEY GOES WEST is the first entry in the studio’s epic, four-part screen adaptation of “Journey to the West,” a 16th-century...

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  • 1970
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    Double Bliss

    Double Bliss

    1 1970 HD

    A melodrama about the blossoming love between two music students returning home from abroad and planning to wed. However, both of their parents...

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  • 1970
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    A Place to Call Home

    A Place to Call Home

    1 1970 HD

    Li Ching plays one of three daughters, whose life is turned upside down when she discovers she is adopted. But things get even worse when she goes in...

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  • 1965
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    Sons of the Good Earth

    Sons of the Good Earth

    5 1965 HD

    The year is 1937, just prior to the Japanese invasion of China. Painters Ju Rui and Lao San stumble upon He Hua, a woman sold into the sex industry...

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  • 1964
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    Between Tears and Smiles

    Between Tears and Smiles

    6.3 1964 HD

    Fan Chia-soo is a kind-hearted student whose heart is captured by the sweet song of Shen Feng-hsien. However, he is not the only one who has eyes for...

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  • 1965
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    The Lark

    The Lark

    5.5 1965 HD

    A musical staring Carrie Ku Mei as a singer named Xiaoyun Shi, who comes to Hong Kong after a tour of other Asian countries, hoping to develop her...

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  • 1963
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    The Love Eterne

    The Love Eterne

    6.8 1963 HD

    In this dreamy romance set in China during the fourth-century, a young woman convinces her parents to allow her to dress as a boy and attend...

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  • 1961
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    Love Without End

    Love Without End

    6.6 1961 HD

    Li Qingqing, an orphan, just arrives in Hong Kong and becomes a singer who sacrifices everything for her man.

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  • 1963
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    Love Parade

    Love Parade

    1 1963 HD

    The winning couple of Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Hu light up the screen in the delightful Shaw Brothers musical Love Parade. The manager of a dance...

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  • 1964
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    Comedy of Mismatches

    Comedy of Mismatches

    1 1964 HD

    Comedy of Mismatches begins with widow Sun who single-handedly raises her son Yu Lang (Chin Feng) and daughter Zhu Yi (Li Hsiang Chun). One day,...

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  • 1963
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    Empress Wu

    Empress Wu

    5.9 1963 HD

    The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history.

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  • 1963
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    Three Sinners

    Three Sinners

    1 1963 HD

    Based on one particular storyline from The Water Margin, Three Sinners weaves an intriguing story of romance, treachery, and death, all within the...

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  • 1963
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    Return of the Phoenix

    Return of the Phoenix

    6 1963 HD

    Return Of The Phoenix is yet another masterpiece from prolific director Li Han-hsiang. An imperial minister Cheng Pu (Ching Miao) is faced with a...

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  • 1963
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    The Adulteress

    The Adulteress

    10 1963 HD

    The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the...

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  • 1962
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    The Dream of the Red Chamber

    The Dream of the Red Chamber

    7 1962 HD

    The Ching Dynasty novel The Dream of The Red Chamber is not only the most widely read, but also the most filmed book in Chinese history. The...

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  • 1967
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    The Goddess of Mercy

    The Goddess of Mercy

    1 1967 HD

    With her elegant classic persona, Li Li-hua was the ideal performer for period aristocratic and imperial roles. The Goddess Of Mercy is a good...

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  • 1967
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    The Pearl Phoenix

    The Pearl Phoenix

    1 1967 HD

    Huangmei Opera movies like The Pearl Phoenix are unique to 1960's Hong Kong culture, a product of the Swinging Sixties but considerably more in touch...

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  • 1965
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    Inside the Forbidden City

    Inside the Forbidden City

    1 1965 HD

    It seems that Li Zhenfei was once an imperial concubine, who often found herself competing with her rival Madame Liu for the emperor's sole,...

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  • 1965
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    Squadron 77

    Squadron 77

    1 1965 HD

    Spy thriller set in occupied Shanghai. Li Lihua stars as the woman who is thrust into the role of nationalist freedom fighter when she discovers that...

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  • 1964
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    The Female Prince

    The Female Prince

    5 1964 HD

    The husband-and-wife team of Ivy Ling Po and Chin Han returned to another Huangmei Opera classic after Lady General Hua Mu-Lan. Helmed by Chow...

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  • 1964
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    The Story of Sue San

    The Story of Sue San

    6.1 1964 HD

    This gripping story centers on the romance between Wang Chin Lung and Sue San. Although they may be perfectly matched when it comes to their love for...

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  • 1964
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    The Dancing Millionairess

    The Dancing Millionairess

    6 1964 HD

    Chen Hou is a chauffeur who gets caught in a mistaken identity scandal linking him to businesswoman Lok Dai. Chen was supposed to audition for a job...

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  • 1957
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    Corpse-Drivers of Xiangxi

    Corpse-Drivers of Xiangxi

    1 1957 HD

    Hong Kong horror.

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  • 1976
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    Low Society

    Low Society

    1 1976 HD

    A misguided youth falls into the bad company of an underground brothel syndicate but redeems himself on discovering that his mother was murdered by...

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  • 1973
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    Win Them All

    Win Them All

    4.5 1973 HD

    Filial daughter seeks revenge on father's killer. She must associate with dishonest people to finance her mission.

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  • 1966
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    The Joy of Spring

    The Joy of Spring

    1 1966 HD

    Hong Kong musical directed by Lo Chen.

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  • 1977
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    Lost Swordship

    Lost Swordship

    4 1977 HD

    A golden-masked clan master, who had killed many top fighters, was determined to acquire an invincible sword manual so as to rule the martial world....

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  • 1961
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    Les Belles

    Les Belles

    6.5 1961 HD

    Linda Lin Dai and Fanny Fan join the dancing troupe of Kao Pao-shu. Linda and Kao's son Peter Chen, manager of the troupe, have misunderstandings and...

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  • 1964
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    The Coin

    The Coin

    1 1964 HD

    1963 film

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  • 1963
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    Bitter Sweet

    Bitter Sweet

    1 1963 HD

    A widow of four gave up two of her children to be raised by an uncle in Singapore. Many years later, just when the widow, now a house maid, is...

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  • 1971
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    Blood of the Dragon

    Blood of the Dragon

    5.9 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Blood of the Dragon

    Blood of the Dragon

    5.9 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Lady with a Sword

    Lady with a Sword

    5.7 1971 HD

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  • 1977
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    Black Hornet

    Black Hornet

    3.9 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    Black Hornet

    Black Hornet

    3.9 1977 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Master Strikes

    The Master Strikes

    5.9 1980 HD

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  • 1979
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    The Jade Fox

    The Jade Fox

    4.667 1979 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Cannibals

    The Cannibals

    6.8 1972 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Virgin Mart

    The Virgin Mart

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Master Strikes

    The Master Strikes

    5.9 1980 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Master Strikes

    The Master Strikes

    5.9 1980 HD

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  • 1975
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    Female Fugitive

    Female Fugitive

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1976
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    Low Society

    Low Society

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1973
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    Win Them All

    Win Them All

    4.5 1973 HD

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  • 1976
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    Low Society

    Low Society

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1981
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    Seed of Evil

    Seed of Evil

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1981
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    Seed of Evil

    Seed of Evil

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1975
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    Female Fugitive

    Female Fugitive

    1 1975 HD

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