Bamboo House of Dolls

Bamboo House of Dolls (1973)
Director: Kuei Chih-Hung
Starring: Lo Lieh, Brite Tove, Wang Hsia, Li Hai-shu, Terry Liu
Rating: 5/5

"This over the top Shaw Brothers Women in Prison film tells the story of a ruthless band of Japanese soldiers and their lesbian Wardress who go up against a group of imprisoned Chinese civilians and American nurses. There are numerous cat fights, shower scenes, beatings and jungle chases that make this one a must for the WIP fan."

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The Battle Wizard

The Battle Wizard (1977)
Director: Pao Hsueh-Li
Starring: Danny Lee, Tanny Tien Ni
Rating: 5/5

"A brother who loves books and a sister who loves swords must face a yellow-robed warrior, the Red Python, a sinuous snake-charmer, and a silk-masked beauty (who must kill or wed the first man to see her face) before they can bring peace to their battle-addled family."

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The Chinese Boxer

The Chinese Boxer (1970)
Director: Jimmy Wang Yu
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Lo Lieh
Rating: 4.5/5

"A group of Japanese fighters kill most of Lei Ming's schoolmates. He barely escapes to a retreat to learn Iron Palm--the only technique that can defeat the Japanese karate. After his rigorous training, he returns to face his foes in a series of duels."

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Brothers Five

Brothers Five (1970)
Director: Lo Wei
Starring: Cheng Pei-Pei, Chin Han, Chang I, Yueh Hua, Lo Lieh
Personal Rating: 4/5

"Fist of Fury director Lo Wei keeps the action flowing and the body blows flying in this epic tale of revenge and brotherly love featuring Cheng Pei-Pei as Yen Lai. The same killers who murdered Yen Lai's father have overrun the Teng Lung Manor, and now Lai's only hope for revenge is to reunite her five brothers. But her siblings have all been separated since childhood, and brining them back together promises to be nearly as formidable a task as defeating the nefarious Lung-Chen feng and his gang. As the fight gets underway, however, old bonds are soon strengthened through the mutual hunger for revenge."

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My Young Auntie

My Young Auntie (1981)
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Liu Chia Liang, Kara Hui, Hsiao Hou, Wang Lung Wei
Personal Rating: 4/5

"Set sometime in the early twentieth century, My Young Auntie tells the story of Jing Dai-Nan (Kara Hui), a loyal student who marries her elderly master as a favor to him. Why? Well, for plot purposes, it’s important for Dai-Nan to take control of her master’s assets when he croaks (and he does) and keep them away from the dastardly Yu Wing-Sang (Wang Lung-Wei). Now newly widowed, it’s up to Dai-Nan to rightfully bestow her master’s property upon his most deserving, yet slightly meek nephew, Yu Jing-Chuen (Liu Chia Liang). Thanks to Chinese custom, the fact that she’s the wife of a family elder--hasty as the marriage was--makes her a “senior” in the family hierarchy, a distinction she uses to her full advantage. Naturally, things get a little crazy when Jing-Chuen’s son, Ah Tao, returns home from school. Although she and Ah Tao (who’s rechristened himself “Charlie”) are about the same age, custom dictates that Ah Tao and his father must defer to “their young auntie”. Naturally, plenty of hijinks ensue."

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Five Shaolin Masters

Five Shaolin Masters (1974)
Director: Chang Cheh
Starring: David Chiang, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng
Personal Rating: 4/5

"After the destruction of the Shaolin Temple and suffering continuous defeats at the hands of Qing kung fu experts, Five Shaolin patriots return to the temple ruins to perfect their kung fu and take revenge for their destroyed temple and dead comrades."

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The Thunderbolt Fist

The Thunderbolt Fist (1972)
Director: Cheung Yat Woo
Starring: Chuen Yuen, Shih Szu, James Nam
Personal Rating: 4/5

"The time: just after the Chinese Revolution. The place: Northeast China, as Japanese invaders start to infiltrate. The situation: a vicious judo expert sets out to prove that Chinese are the "sick people of Asia" by killing all their best martial artists in corrupt, dangerous tournaments. To save his son, the head of the Ping Pai Boxing Institute sends to the mountain hideout of the master fighter Red Butterfly. There's only one thing which will set things right: the powerful Thunderbolt Fist kung-fu technique"

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The Black Tavern

The Black Tavern (1972)
Director: Yeh Yung-tsu
Starring: Shih Szu, Kang Hua, Ku Feng
Personal Rating: 3.5/5

"This sword-filled thriller centers on the title location - an inn where the down and dirty meet to plot nefarious doings. Award winning actor Ku Feng stars as the "Whip Devil," while the luminous and lethal Shih Szu plays "The Lady Hermit" who has a surprise in store for all the double-crossing masters of mayhem."

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Corpse Mania

Corpse Mania (1981)
Director: Kuei Chih-Hung
Starring: Tanny Tien Ni, Wang Jung, Tsao Ta-Hua
Personal Rating: 3.5/5

"A maniac is on the loose, and he's working his way through the shapely employees at an upscale brothel. The stern madam is none too pleased, and soon the crafty Inspector Chang sets traps to uncover this devious defiler of female corpses. A recently-released asylum inmate accused of a similar crime looks like the number one suspect, but there's much more to this twisted tale of macabre desires than meets the eye."

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The Young Avenger

The Young Avenger (1972)
Director: Yueh Feng
Starring: Shih Szu
Personal Rating: 4.5/5

"After a career spanning more than forty years and dozens of films as director or writer, Yueh Feng used everything he learned on a final few martial arts epics, of which this is one of the most memorable. It's not easy to forget a hunchbacked, one-armed protagonist, nor the "Poisonous Dragon Sword" style, nor the luminous and lethal Shih Szu as the title swordsman, who is out to avenge her father's death at the mid-autumn festival."

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Bewitched

Bewitched (1981)
Director: Kuei Chih-Hung
Starring: Ai Fei, Huan Chin-Sang
Personal Rating: 2.5/5

"In America, it's the title of a beloved supernatural sitcom. But in Hong Kong, it's the name of a stunning horror film from the director who also helmed the equally riveting Hex. It all starts when a noble police detective starts investigating a child killer's claims of an evil spell, then it doesn't let up until the final, bloated, maggot-ridden cadaver falls."

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Lady With A Sword

Lady With A Sword (1971)
Director: Kao Pao-Shu
Starring: Lily Ho
Personal Rating: 4.5/5

"In Lady With A Sword, Kao Pao-Shu showed that women could successfully direct a "heroic swordsman" film using a swordswoman bent on revenge. Kao cast Shaw's darling Lily Ho as the embittered swordswoman searching for the man who murdered her sister. The man turns out to be her fiance' but her nihilistic fate stays true to lone swordswoman form."

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Super Inframan

Super Inframan (1975)
Director: Shan Hua
Starring: Danny Lee
Personal Rating: 4/5

"It's pint-sized Godzillas fighting a Chinese, armored, knight warrior in one of Hong Kong's most fantastical films ever in The Super Inframan. Mixing motorbike shenanigans with mind-boggling fight choreography, a young Danny Lee (internationally known from John Woo's The Killer), must save the earth from legions of demons and monsters from the Earth's center led by the blonde-haired, Demon Princess. Watch for great cinematography by He Lan-shan who did Bruce Lee's Way of the Dragon."

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The Sexy Killer

The Sexy Killer (1976)
Director: Sun Chung
Starring: Chen Ping
Personal Rating: 4/5

"Chen Ping does a woman's lib. version of Pam Grier's exploitation films by breaking out of her shell and taking the law into her own hands. Chen takes on corrupt cops and sleazy drug dealers on her quest for vengeance."

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Big Bad Sis

Big Bad Sis (1976)
Director: Sun Chung
Starring: Chen Ping
Personal Rating: 3.5/5

"Sisterhood and girl power is alive in Big Bad Sis, where three textile factory co-workers defend themselves against bullying colleagues, male thugs and a nasty casino boss. Leading the trio is 'Fearless Ying,' a tough-fisted woman on the outside but a girl in love inside. To everyone else though, she is 'Big Bad Sis'. Directed by Sun Chung, who is famous for his sweeping camera work and fluid action. Kung-fu fans will also enjoy kung-fu legend Chen Kuan-tai who appears as a teahouse owner who joins forces with the women."

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Masked Avengers

Masked Avengers (1981)
Director: Chang Cheh
Starring: Phillip Kwok, Chiang Sheng,
Personal Rating: 4/5

"The "godfather of the kung-fu film," Chang Cheh, started a winning streak by making the internationally renowned The Five Venoms. He followed that hit with many more high-flying "bloody good" entertainments featuring the same cast in new roles. But of all the "Venom" movies, this one stands out as perhaps the most chilling. Masked killers are wreaking havoc and instilling terror with their vicious weapons of choice: razor-sharp, gut-shattering tridents. Only three fearless fighters dare investigate, leading to mass murder and magnificent martial arts." © Xploited Cinema

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Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death (1973)
Director: Ho Meng-Hua
Starring: Chen Ping, Lo Lieh
Personal Rating: 4.5/5

"Left for dead on the street after being sexually assaulted by a violent gang of deviants and infected with a deadly sexually transmitted disease, a beautiful factory girl enlists the aid of a retired martial arts master in perfecting the skills that will allow her to seek deadly retribution. Her body was defiled, yet just as she thought the worst was over, she learned that her suffering had only begun. Given the grim diagnosis that she now has just months to live, the woman who was once an unwilling victim vows to seek bloody revenge against the men who destroyed her life. Only one man has the skills to teach her how to take out an entire army of thugs, and after her training is over no one will be able to stop her rampage of destruction. Now, as one woman with nothing to lose prepares to take down the entire underworld, the best her enemies can hope for is a quick and painless death."-© Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Clan of the White Lotus

Clan of the White Lotus (aka Fists of the White Lotus) (1979)
Director: Lo Lieh
Starring: Gordon Liu Chia-hui, Lo Lieh
Personal Rating: 5/5

"Lo Lieh was famous as Shaw Studio's first international kung-fu film star, but it was rare that he also directed, so this was one of those special events. Following the huge success of Executioners From Shaolin, Lo returned to the villain's role in this, a combination sequel and remake. The result is a lighter-hearted entertainment, as heroic Gordon Liu Chia-hui must learn "Embroidery Fist" and acupuncture to counter the evil White Lotus leader's deadly "Weightless Boxing" and "Nerve Centre Shutdown" techniques."

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The Cave of Silken Web

The Cave of Silken Web (1967)
Director: Ho Meng-Hua
Starring: Ho Fan, Peng Peng, Angela Yu Chien, Shen Yi
Personal Rating: 2.5/5

"The popular Journey to the West series continues with this installment that finds Monkey, Pig, and Friar Sand joining their master Xuanzhang in a battle against the siren-like Seven Spiders - who are convinced that they can live forever by feeding on the flesh of monks."-© Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Portrait In Crystal

Portrait In Crystal (1983)
Director: Hua Shan
Starring: Jason Pai Piao
Personal Rating: 4/5

"Hua Shan combined the skills of directing both The Criminals trilogy as well as the superheroic Super Inframan in this "Martial Arts World" adventure of a mystical mass murderer loose in the underworld.

Noble Pai Piao discovers that the killings are the work of a living statue trained to assassinate by the title demon … and that more murderous statues are on their way if he doesn't stop them. The poison darts and booby traps keep flying in this unusual and popular epic."

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