Directing

Kuei Chih-Hung

Born December 20, 1937 · Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Died October 1, 1999 · aged 61

Kuei Chih-Hung (桂治洪) (20 December 1937 – 1 October 1999) was one of the most popular and daring filmmakers to work for the Hong Kong-based Shaw Brothers Studios, directing more than 40 films throughout the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. Known for his bold cinematic style, innovative use of realistic, on-location shooting and often gritty, controversial subject matter, Kuei found critical and c…

Known For

The Bamboo House of Dolls

The Bamboo House of Dolls · 1973

The Bamboo House of Dolls

MovieActionDrama

A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.

Bewitched

Bewitched · 1981

While possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit.

The Bod Squad

The Bod Squad · 1974

MovieActionComedy

Five Western girls are kidnapped by Chinese pirates and sold to a brothel. While they are being trained to become prostitutes, a couple of local citizens take mercy on them and plots their escape by teaching them kung-fu. The five scantily-clad girls, using their newfound martial arts skills then fight their way to freedom.

The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare

The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare · 1977

The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare

MovieDramaCrime

Shaw Brothers Exploitation Flick, 5th installment in "The Criminals" series.

Supermen Against the Orient

Supermen Against the Orient · 1973

Supermen Against the Orient

MovieActionComedy

Robert Wallace travels to Hong Kong to bust a gang of drug trafficker's. There he finds help from Tang and Suzy, as well as his fellow Supermen Max & Jerry.

The Boxer's Omen

The Boxer's Omen · 1983

The Boxer's Omen

MovieHorrorFantasy

After his brother was crippled in the ring by a cheating Thai boxer, Chan Hung goes to Thailand to avenge him, and finds the key to an omen which may release their family from an ancient curse. He is then caught up in a spiraling web of fate, Buddhist curses, and black magic.

Intrigue in Nylons

Intrigue in Nylons · 1972

Intrigue in Nylons

The beautiful Ching Li works for her father's stocking company while treacherously becoming the secretary to her father's competitor Li Tzu-yang. They fall in love as she teaches him new meanings to the words "mannequins" and "hosiery".

Hex vs. Witchcraft

Hex vs. Witchcraft · 1980

Hex vs. Witchcraft

MovieHorrorComedy

A compulsive gambler weds a ghost who helps and hinders him in both horrid and hilarious ways.

Filmography

Sort

The Bamboo House of Dolls

The Bamboo House of Dolls · 1973

The Bamboo House of Dolls

MovieActionDrama

A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.

Director

Bewitched

Bewitched · 1981

While possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit.

Director

The Bod Squad

The Bod Squad · 1974

MovieActionComedy

Five Western girls are kidnapped by Chinese pirates and sold to a brothel. While they are being trained to become prostitutes, a couple of local citizens take mercy on them and plots their escape by teaching them kung-fu. The five scantily-clad girls, using their newfound martial arts skills then fight their way to freedom.

Director

The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare

The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare · 1977

The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare

MovieDramaCrime

Shaw Brothers Exploitation Flick, 5th installment in "The Criminals" series.

Director

Supermen Against the Orient

Supermen Against the Orient · 1973

Supermen Against the Orient

MovieActionComedy

Robert Wallace travels to Hong Kong to bust a gang of drug trafficker's. There he finds help from Tang and Suzy, as well as his fellow Supermen Max & Jerry.

Director

The Boxer's Omen

The Boxer's Omen · 1983

The Boxer's Omen

MovieHorrorFantasy

After his brother was crippled in the ring by a cheating Thai boxer, Chan Hung goes to Thailand to avenge him, and finds the key to an omen which may release their family from an ancient curse. He is then caught up in a spiraling web of fate, Buddhist curses, and black magic.

Special Effects

Intrigue in Nylons

Intrigue in Nylons · 1972

Intrigue in Nylons

The beautiful Ching Li works for her father's stocking company while treacherously becoming the secretary to her father's competitor Li Tzu-yang. They fall in love as she teaches him new meanings to the words "mannequins" and "hosiery".

Director

Hex vs. Witchcraft

Hex vs. Witchcraft · 1980

Hex vs. Witchcraft

MovieHorrorComedy

A compulsive gambler weds a ghost who helps and hinders him in both horrid and hilarious ways.

Director

Killer Constable

Killer Constable · 1980

Killer Constable

MovieActionAdventure

2 million taels in gold has been stolen from a vault within the Forbidden City. The Empress wants the money returned within 10 days. Chief Constable Leng Tian-Ying is hired to bring back the gold robbers, dead or alive- and Leng's earned a reputation of never bringing anyone back alive.

Director

Mr. Funny Bone

Mr. Funny Bone · 1976

The beloved cartoon character Master Q gets a hilarious live-action adaptation in the side-splitting comic adventure Mr. Funny-Bone! Join Master Q for a series of comic vignettes as he attempts to win the heart of the lovely Li Jing. Along for the ride is Master Q's loyal sidekick Potato, a stout fellow who's forever getting into silly mishaps. The pair get involved in plenty of shenanigans and gags, including pratfalls, low-brow bathroom humor, and even some fun fighting sequences.

Director

The Gold Connection

The Gold Connection · 1979

The Gold Connection

MovieActionDrama

Martial arts teacher Ah Wei (Bruce Li) discovers a hidden stash of Vietnamese gold while scuba diving with his friends and divides it up between them. The gang who stole and stashed the gold track Wei and his friends down one by one, in order to get back what they believe to be their property. Wei must use his Kung Fu skills to defend himself, and the people he cares about, in this brutal and thrilling martial arts noir.

Director

Corpse Mania

Corpse Mania · 1981

MovieHorrorCrime

A necrophiliac killer is murdering the prostitutes at Madame Lan's brothel.

Writer

The Gourd Fairy

The Gourd Fairy · 1972

The Gourd Fairy

shaw production

Director

The Lady Professional

The Lady Professional · 1971

The Lady Professional

MovieActionAdventure

Lily Ho as a deadly assassin becomes the target of murder herself

Director

The Delinquent

The Delinquent · 1973

MovieActionDrama

Delivery boy Chung rings an order to a local martial arts school. He shows that he too is a kung fu student when he punches a bag and also kicks out the instructor for his money. Chung has a tough life. His father constantly nags him to work hard. One day, his is heckled by Chien-Pe, a disabled thug who runs a gang. Chung fights and beats them up and as a result, he is fired from his job. Chien turns to his boss, Tai Chung, to get Chung.

Director

Spirit of the Raped

Spirit of the Raped · 1976

Spirit of the Raped

A Shaw Brothers production featuring a supernatural tale of revenge. Liu Miao-Li suffers a string of terrible events. Once pushed to her limit, she decides to take back control of her existence, but chooses an unlikely path to vengeance.

Director

Hex

Constantly mistreated by her cruel husband, the frail Chan Sau-ying awaits certain death from tuberculosis. The new servant girl, Kei-wah takes pity on her mistress' plight and the pair proceed to drown him one evening. They dump his body in a near-by pond but Sau-ying believes that the man's bloated corpse has risen from the bog to seek vengeance.

Director

The Teahouse

The Teahouse · 1974

MovieDramaAction

Chen Kuan-Tai is Big Brother Cheng, a former refugee who runs a local teahouse in Hong Kong. Respected by his peers, Big Brother Cheng runs the teahouse - and unofficially the neighborhood - with a firm righteous hand. However, when the triads come calling, Big Brother Cheng finds out respect and common decency may not be enough. The triads use underage kids to terrorize the teahouse, and since the law won't do anything, Big Brother Cheng may have to step in and take care of it himself!

Director

Coward Bastard

Coward Bastard · 1980

MovieActionComedy

The plot is a trifle about an obnoxious restaurant delivery boy causing trouble with some local bad guys for the cook who secretly knows kung fu, eventually learning some techniques and finally, with the cook, confronting the bad guys.

Director

Revenge of the Corpse

Revenge of the Corpse · 1981

Revenge of the Corpse

MovieFantasyAction

A story of a coffin maker who tells a story about a policeman who was murdered by his wife and her lover. Eventually released constable loose of some grave robbers, the constables ghost is out to make the lives of all those involved in his death miserable. (A Shaw Brothers production)

Writer

Curse of Evil

Curse of Evil · 1982

13 family members are murdered and then dumped in a well. 30 years later their descendants are cursed...

Director

The Criminals, Part 3: Arson

The Criminals, Part 3: Arson · 1977

The Criminals, Part 3: Arson

Part 1 : 'Gun Snatchers' - Two criminals wanted for murder are turned in by one of their own. Part 2: 'Arson' - A Triad revenge plan to burn down a nightclub goes wrong and results in the deaths of five people.

Director

Hex After Hex

Hex After Hex · 1982

MovieHorrorComedy

Hell may have no fury like a woman scorned, but hell really has no wrath like a lusting ghost scorned! Muscular "Venom" Lo Mang discovers just that when the demon arranges to have his true love killed in order to possess her. Chaos, revenge, insanity, violence, tragedy, and even romance ensue. Director Kuei Chih-hung, already famous for Bamboo House of Dolls, Killer Snakes, Ghost Eyes, Corpse, Hex, and many other cult classics, shoots the works with this amazing horror love story.

Director

The Killer Snakes

The Killer Snakes · 1974

The Killer Snakes

MovieHorrorDrama

A young man who has been beaten, abused, humiliated and laughed at all his life finds that he has an unusual empathy with snakes. He can talk to them and they understand him, and eventually he finds that he can get them to do his bidding. He decides to use his newfound friends to take his revenge on everyone who ever did him wrong.

Director