Run Run Shaw — Producer (61)

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Vengeance Is a Golden Blade (1969)
飛燕金刀 IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 4.2 5 ratings
other title: 飞燕金刀 / 飛燕金刀 …
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 the Vicious Long Brothers invade his home and steal the Golden Dragon Blade - a sword that makes its wielder unbeatable. Zhishan, crippled in the attack, and his young daughter are whisked away by a devoted servant, and the trio soon find shelter in the home of an herbalist. Years pass, the daughter grows up to be a lovely young woman and a powerful fighter, and the Long Brothers use the Golden Dragon Blade to gain power in the region. Zhishan's family of sorts has managed to stay well hidden, but a trip into the city - the daughter's first - sets off an old power struggle as Zhishan's wife discovers her daughter is quite alive.

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The Deadly Breaking Sword (1979)
風流斷劍小小刀 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 6.2 10 ratings
other title: 风流断剑小小刀 / 風流斷劍小小刀 …
Leaving behind an inch of sword in the spent corpses of his opponents, Tuan Changqing is known as the Deadly Breaking Sword. After barely surviving a duel, one of his foes is treated by the diabolical Dr. Kuo, who uses his powers of mind control to transform the man into a somnambulistic killer. After Tuan Changqing teams up with Rabelaisian gambler Xiao Dao, the story proceeds as a comical kung fu buddy flick.

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The Dancing Millionairess (1964)
萬花迎春 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
陶秦 actor: 陈厚 / 乐蒂 …
other title: 万花迎春 / 萬花迎春 …
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 as her chauffeur, but a proposed musical show is far more attractive to the aspiring dancer. When a rumor gets out that the two are involved in an affair, she's angry and confronts him, but his charms overwhelm her, and it's revealed that she too desires to dance. Soon she's bankrolling the affair, the sets are being built, and the singing and dancing begin!

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The Blue and the Black (1966)
藍與黑 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Doe Ching actor: Guan Shan / 林黛 …
other title: 蓝与黑 / 藍與黑 …
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 era's most popular stars. It was part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.

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The Blue & The Black 2 (1966)
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Doe Ching actor: 林黛 / Guan Shan …
other title: 蓝与黑续集 / 藍與黑續集 …
War and time change everything. Their love becomes more than reunion, it becomes a reckoning with what was and what could've been. Part two of the wartime love story.

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Rose, Be My Love (1966)
玫瑰我愛你 IMDb TMDB Douban
秦剑 actor: Li Ting / Guan Shan …
other title: 玫瑰我爱你 / 玫瑰我愛你
Not a love triangle but a love rectangle, Rose, Be My Love is a romantic drama that represents the high standards achieved by Shaw Brothers in both star power and technical polish. Set on the eve of Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong's invasion by the Japanese, the tragic romance takes on added poignancy in light of the future fate of leading lady Li Ting, the "Rose" of Rose, Be My Love who committed suicide a mere three months after the movie's release.

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To Kill a Mastermind (1979)
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★ 6.0 6 ratings
孙仲 actor: 邓伟豪 / 元彬 …
other title: 七煞 / To Kill A Mastermind
The Chi Sha Clan is a vast network of deadly criminals proficient in martial arts. Growing in number at an alarming rate, the Imperial Court orders Yang Chen-yu and his followers to eliminate them. However, doing this proves difficult as no one knows the identity of the mastermind behind the Chi Sha, not even its own members. Spies infiltrate the organization in an effort to destroy from within. But then, no one knows who the spies are and after a few ambushes and security breaches, clan deputies begin suspecting one another of being traitors. With the Chi Sha dwindling in numbers, it's only a matter of time before the mastermind must reveal himself.

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Heaven and Hell (1980)
第三類打鬥
★ 5.2 6 ratings
张彻 actor: 傅声 / 姜大卫 …
other title: 第三类打斗 / 第三類打鬥 …
When a fallen angel descends to the Earth on a mission to storm the underworld, a love shared between angels and humans offers telling testament to the power of a lucky ghost. In the battle that follows, both the living and the dead will discover that a war waged in hell could have consequences that resound forever.

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The Twelve Gold Medallions (1970)
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★ 6.8 11 ratings
程刚 actor: 岳华 / 秦萍 …
other title: 十二金牌 / 십이금패 …
While a brave Chinese general and his men fight against the Tartar invaders, several swordsmen try to obtain twelve golden medallions on whose possession depends the future of the Song dynasty.

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The Purple Shell (1967)
紫貝殼 IMDb TMDB Douban
潘垒 actor: 江枫 / 凌云 …
other title: 紫贝壳 / 紫貝殼
Hui Pui-ching, a gentle and fragile woman, endures relentless abuse from her violent husband Fan Pak-nan. By chance, she meets Ha Mon-hin, a cultured and compassionate businessman trapped in his own loveless marriage. Drawn together by loneliness and understanding, their relationship unfolds quietly along seaside walks, where a simple purple shell becomes a symbol of tenderness and fragile hope. As suspicion, jealousy, and blackmail close in, their impossible love spirals toward devastating consequences.

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Heroes Two (1974)
方世玉與洪熙官
★ 5.8 9 ratings
张彻 actor: 傅声 / 陈观泰 …
other title: 方世玉与洪熙官 / 方世玉與洪熙官 …
A band of fighting Ming Dynasty loyalists branded as enemies of the state are driven underground following the burning of the Shaolin Temple by Qing Dynasty officials. Due to a misunderstanding, Shaolin kung fu prodigy Fong Sai-yuk is duped into helping Qing agents to capture leading Shaolin rebel Hung Hei-gun. Upon discovering his mistake, Sai-yuk teams up with the remaining rebels to free Hei-gun before his planned execution. Plotting to stop them is General Che Kang, a formidable Tibetan kung fu master who commands an army of fighters including four deadly Tibetan llamas.

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Between Tears And Smiles (1964)
故都春夢
邵氏全体导演 / 岳枫 … actor: 李丽华 / 关山 …
other title: 故都春梦 / Xin ti xiao yin yuan …
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 Shen. The General's henchmen are also determined to present the songstress to their superior as a gift. Fan received help from an unexpected quarter to save the woman he loves.

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Trail of the Broken Blade (1967)
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Chang Cheh actor: 乔庄 / Chin Ping …
other title: 断肠剑 / 斷腸劍 …
Chivalrous swordsman Jun-zhao goes in search of a fugitive named Li Yueh in order to reunite him with his love, Liu Xian. Though the two men meet and become loyal brothers, Li does not reveal his true identity until Jun-zhao's life is endangered by swordsmen from Flying Fish Island who are looking for revenge.

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Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)
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other title: 女金刚斗狂龙女 / 클레오파트라 존스 앤드 더 카지노 오브 골드 …
When fellow operatives (and childhood friends) Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson disappear during an undercover mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones (Tamara Dobson) travels there to find them. With the help of local detective Mi Ling, Cleopatra discovers that her friends' disappearance has to do with The Dragon Lady, a much-feared blonde "lipstick lesbian" who runs a Macao casino and controls a major chunk of the local drug trade

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Trilogy of Swordsmanship (1972)
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★ 5.6 14 ratings
other title: 群英会 / 群英會 …
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 writes and directs kung-fu courtesans battling brigands, and the "godfather of the kung-fu film," Chang Cheh, creates a cliff-hanging, swashbuckling mini-movie with maxi-action.