Tsai Hung

Acting

Tsai Hung

Born December 29, 1942 · Taipei, Taiwan (age 83)

Born on December 29, 1942, Tsai is a Taiwanese actor renowned in the local martial arts and action cinema. He signed with Shaw Brothers in the mid-1970s and starred in his most recognized work, The Condemned, as the second leading man. He had also appeared in various Chang Cheh's classics like Shaolin Temple, Chinatown Kid and The Brave Archer.

Known For

Picking Up GirlsPicking Up Girls · 1994
Picking Up Girls
★ 4.51994
MovieComedyRomance
The misadventures of a family of sex maniacs.
One-Armed BoxerOne-Armed Boxer · 1972
One-Armed Boxer
★ 7.11972
MovieActionAdventure
A martial-arts student learns the iron fist and death grip techniques to avenge his teacher's death.
The Big FightThe Big Fight · 1972
The Big Fight
★ 4.81972
MovieAction
This film is set during the Japanese occupation of China circa WWII. In it, the Japanese occupiers (and the Chinese Quislings who work for them) are portrayed as total monsters who kill children and rape all women. The heroes are resistance fighters who oppose the occupation.
Beach of the War GodsBeach of the War Gods · 1973
Beach of the War Gods
★ 6.21973
MovieActionWar
In the waning days of the Ming dynasty, Japanese marauders raid villages on the Chinese coast. A wandering swordsman single-handedly dispatches a group of the foreign thugs, and agrees to help defend the town. He assembles a core team of highly skilled warriors, and together they train the townsfolk to stand up to the foreign pirates, using strategy and skill. When the army launches an all-out assault on the town, a ferocious battle rages, leading to final conflict on the Beach of the War Gods.
Shaolin TempleShaolin Temple · 1976
Shaolin Temple
★ 6.21976
MovieActionAdventure
There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between a brave brand of Chinese boxers and literally thousands of Qing troops - complete with betrayals, intrigues, and such novel fighting machines as 108 wooden robots. The conflicts grow in complexity, intensity and even suspense as monks struggle to stay alive in the face of overwhelming odds.
The Shaolin AvengersThe Shaolin Avengers · 1976
The Shaolin Avengers
★ 6.81976
MovieAction
Heroism and romance combine in an action-packed martial arts story. When the Shaolin are betrayed by White-Browed Hermit, hotheaded warrior-hero Fong Sai Yuk vows revenge.
Chinatown KidChinatown Kid · 1977
Chinatown Kid
★ 6.41977
MovieDramaAction
Struggling to survive the murderous gang wars of Hong Kong, Tan Tung, a young martial arts street fighter, successfully takes on all challengers—until he runs up against the savage underworld empire of Hong Kong's Triad mafia. Escaping to San Francisco, he again tangles with criminal gangs, but this time fights his way to the top of the city's most feared gangster organization led by the White Dragon boss.
Five Shaolin MastersFive Shaolin Masters · 1974
Five Shaolin Masters
★ 7.21974
MovieActionDrama
Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the south away from the Qings, and also identify the traitor who sold out Shaolin temple. Ma Fu Yi, joins the Qing top fighters to eliminate the rebels but is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing who gets captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu meets up with a group of Shaolin men secretly posing as bandits to rescue Ma as their leader is killed in the process, thus the bandits join the rest of the Shaolin patriots.

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