Acting

Kwan Tak-Hing

Born June 27, 1905 · Kowloon, Hong Kong

Died June 28, 1996 · aged 91

Kwan Tak-hing MBE (27 June 1905 – 28 June 1996) was a Hong Kong martial artist and actor best known for his portrayal of martial artist folk hero Wong Fei-hung in at least 77 films, between the 1940s and the 1980s. No one else in cinema history has portrayed the same person as many times. In total he made over 130 films. He was elected in 1955 as the chairman of the Chinese Artist Association of H…

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The Magnificent Butcher

The Magnificent Butcher · 1979

The Magnificent Butcher

MovieActionComedy

A plump butcher student of Wong Fei Hung, Lam Sai-Wing gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as Five Dragons. He is accused of raping the Head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now Ko, the Head of Five Dragons, wants revenge.

Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice

Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice · 1986

Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice

MovieActionComedy

Baldy and King Kong shuttle between New Zealand and Hong Kong to recover a hi-tech prism that can impart superhuman powers.

Dreadnaught

Dreadnaught · 1981

MovieActionComedy

Mousy, a timid laundryman, crosses paths with a violent criminal known only as White Tiger, who hides amongst a theatre troupe, murdering anyone who discovers his identity.

The Skyhawk

The Skyhawk · 1974

Master Wong Fei-hung takes a new student under his wing after the young man is soundly beaten by a mercenary master skilled in hapkido. Meanwhile, Master Wong’s friend is being threatened by a local crime boss who wants to use his factory for opium-related shenanigans, and has hired the renegade hapkido master as his enforcer.

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life · 1994

It's a Wonderful Life

This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and Chinese New Year's eve. We are introduced to thirteen "Big Rich" people, learn of their particular dispositions and dilemmas, are witness to the former either getting changed or developed and see the latter (re)solved. Teresa Mo as the daughter just returned from studying in France; Leslie Cheung as the friend who came in tow; Tony Leung Kar Fai as the cartoonist son who can only speak normally when he is anxious; Anita Yuen as the woman who Tony Leung's character falls in love with; Carol "Do Do" Cheng as her flat-chested, disciplinary-cum-art teacher sister; Raymond Wong as the eldest son who cannot handle alcohol well; Petrina Fung Bo Bo as his estranged wife; Sean Lau as the marriage-minded cousin; and Kwan Tak Hing as the eccentric-but-definitely-not-senile grandfather.

Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan

Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan · 1956

Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan

Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan is a Wong Fei-Hung movie starring Kwan Tak-Hing.

How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated the Tiger on the Opera Stage

How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated the Tiger on the Opera Stage · 1959

How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated the Tiger on the Opera Stage

MovieDramaAction

Hung Gar Champion Wong Fei Hung The most prolific hero of kungfu movies wasn’t Bruce Lee. It was a founding father of Hung Gar kungfu and a real folk hero named Wong Fei Hung.

The Family Strikes Back

The Family Strikes Back · 1986

The Family Strikes Back

Professor Kiu is a mad scientist who developed mental disorders from grieving the death of his son. Kiu orders his assistants to kidnap men to his lab, located in a private container on a vessel, for experiments. Police inspector Uncle Wah had sent his subordinates to gather evidence in the vessel, but failed to find any. Shek La-mai, an acrobatic performer and a former commander of the Special Duties Unit is a single father of three children. One night during a performance with his protege, Lam Hong, witnessed and intervened in a kidnapping incident by Kiu's henchmen, and the two became targets of Kiu. On the other hand, Uncle Wah discovers Shek's resemblance to a Japanese scientist named Toyota, who colluded with Kiu. Wah formulates a plan for Shek to act undercover as Toyota in order to gather evidence from Kiu's lab.

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The Magnificent Butcher

The Magnificent Butcher · 1979

The Magnificent Butcher

MovieActionComedy

A plump butcher student of Wong Fei Hung, Lam Sai-Wing gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as Five Dragons. He is accused of raping the Head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now Ko, the Head of Five Dragons, wants revenge.

Wong Fei-Hung

Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice

Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice · 1986

Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice

MovieActionComedy

Baldy and King Kong shuttle between New Zealand and Hong Kong to recover a hi-tech prism that can impart superhuman powers.

HK Police Ice Hockey Team Coach

Dreadnaught

Dreadnaught · 1981

MovieActionComedy

Mousy, a timid laundryman, crosses paths with a violent criminal known only as White Tiger, who hides amongst a theatre troupe, murdering anyone who discovers his identity.

Wong Fei-Hung

The Skyhawk

The Skyhawk · 1974

Master Wong Fei-hung takes a new student under his wing after the young man is soundly beaten by a mercenary master skilled in hapkido. Meanwhile, Master Wong’s friend is being threatened by a local crime boss who wants to use his factory for opium-related shenanigans, and has hired the renegade hapkido master as his enforcer.

Wong Fei-Hung

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life · 1994

It's a Wonderful Life

This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and Chinese New Year's eve. We are introduced to thirteen "Big Rich" people, learn of their particular dispositions and dilemmas, are witness to the former either getting changed or developed and see the latter (re)solved. Teresa Mo as the daughter just returned from studying in France; Leslie Cheung as the friend who came in tow; Tony Leung Kar Fai as the cartoonist son who can only speak normally when he is anxious; Anita Yuen as the woman who Tony Leung's character falls in love with; Carol "Do Do" Cheng as her flat-chested, disciplinary-cum-art teacher sister; Raymond Wong as the eldest son who cannot handle alcohol well; Petrina Fung Bo Bo as his estranged wife; Sean Lau as the marriage-minded cousin; and Kwan Tak Hing as the eccentric-but-definitely-not-senile grandfather.

Grandpa Tam

Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan

Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan · 1956

Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan

Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan is a Wong Fei-Hung movie starring Kwan Tak-Hing.

Wong Fei-Hung

How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated the Tiger on the Opera Stage

How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated the Tiger on the Opera Stage · 1959

How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated the Tiger on the Opera Stage

MovieDramaAction

Hung Gar Champion Wong Fei Hung The most prolific hero of kungfu movies wasn’t Bruce Lee. It was a founding father of Hung Gar kungfu and a real folk hero named Wong Fei Hung.

The Family Strikes Back

The Family Strikes Back · 1986

The Family Strikes Back

Professor Kiu is a mad scientist who developed mental disorders from grieving the death of his son. Kiu orders his assistants to kidnap men to his lab, located in a private container on a vessel, for experiments. Police inspector Uncle Wah had sent his subordinates to gather evidence in the vessel, but failed to find any. Shek La-mai, an acrobatic performer and a former commander of the Special Duties Unit is a single father of three children. One night during a performance with his protege, Lam Hong, witnessed and intervened in a kidnapping incident by Kiu's henchmen, and the two became targets of Kiu. On the other hand, Uncle Wah discovers Shek's resemblance to a Japanese scientist named Toyota, who colluded with Kiu. Wah formulates a plan for Shek to act undercover as Toyota in order to gather evidence from Kiu's lab.

Shek Fei Hung

King Kong's Adventures in the Heavenly Palace

King Kong's Adventures in the Heavenly Palace · 1959

King Kong's Adventures in the Heavenly Palace

King Kong escapes from Heaven and wreaks havok on the human world with his insatiable desire for women, until at last the Gods must beg the Monkey King for help to subdue the rampaging Gorilla.

County official Zhang Zhongjie

Wong Fei-Hung Burn the Tyrant's Lair

Wong Fei-Hung Burn the Tyrant's Lair · 1949

Wong Fei-Hung Burn the Tyrant's Lair

MovieHistoryAction

Shot at the same time as the inaugural chapter, The Story of Wong Fei-hung, Part Two is a continuation of the story. Solving the cliffhanger at the end of Part One and carrying on with a series of fights against a lineup of martial artists recruited by Master Wong's nemesis, Part Two culminates in a showdown with Grey Hair Fu, played by the great character actor Sek Kin, who is to appear as the archvillain in most of the following chapters, each time in a different guise.

Wong Fei-Hung

Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival Disturbance

Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival Disturbance · 1956

Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival Disturbance

Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival Disturbance is a 1956 Wong Fei-Hung movie directed by Wu Pang.

Wong Fei-Hung

The Chivalrous Whip

The Chivalrous Whip · 1968

The Chivalrous Whip

MovieActionDrama

Doctor and whip-wielding Hero Chai Tin-sum travels to an isolated village where he finds the population dying of the plague while being oppressed by the Ku family and their fortress. The family has cutoff the supply of fresh water to the village causing calamity. Chai must find a way to defeat the Ku family and restore water or the village will die.

Martial Arts Choreographer

Wong Fei Hung Trapped in Hell

Wong Fei Hung Trapped in Hell · 1959

Wong Fei Hung Trapped in Hell

MovieDramaAction

Wong Fei-hung goes up against members of the underworld

Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship

Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship · 1968

Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship

MovieDramaAction

An adventurous tale featuring Wong Fei-Hung

The Magnificent Kick

The Magnificent Kick · 1980

The Magnificent Kick

Veteran actor Kwan Tak Hing plays the legendary Hung Kuen master Wong Fei Hong in this story of the legendary ‘Shadow Kick’.

Wong Fei Hung

Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves

Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves · 1969

Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves

MovieActionDrama

Wong Fei-Hung takes on the the five wolves gang.

Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation

Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation · 1970

Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation

MovieDramaAction

Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation is the last film of the long running Huang Fei-hong series starring Tak-Hing Kwan

Madam White Snake's Reincarnation

Madam White Snake's Reincarnation · 1959

Madam White Snake's Reincarnation

MovieFantasyAction

A fantasy film with an appearance from Huang Fei-hong

Wong Fei-Hung

Huang Fei-hong on Rainbow Bridge

Huang Fei-hong on Rainbow Bridge · 1959

Huang Fei-hong on Rainbow Bridge

MovieDramaAction

Further adventures of Wong Fei Hung

Wong Fei-Hung

Wong Fei Hung's Battle with the Gorilla

Wong Fei Hung's Battle with the Gorilla · 1960

Wong Fei Hung's Battle with the Gorilla

MovieActionAdventure

Wong Fei-hung and his disciples hear that a small village is being terrorised by a ferocious gorilla. It turns out that the beast is actually a small-time crook in a gorilla suit under the orders of a precious metal smuggler who wants to intimidate the villagers. The crook takes advantage of his disguise to abduct a beautiful girl and escape to the mountains, but has a surprise in store for him. Just how many gorillas are loose in them there hills?

How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated Three Bullies with a Rod

How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated Three Bullies with a Rod · 1953

How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated Three Bullies with a Rod

Master Wong Fei-hung and disciple Ling Wan-kai take refuge at Golden Cock Township in Guangxi.They befriend the Mok sisters being forced to marry a local tyrant. Master Wong and Ling intervene to help the sisters to uproot the evil tyrant.

Wong Fei-Hung

Wong Fei-Hung's Fierce Battle

Wong Fei-Hung's Fierce Battle · 1958

Wong Fei-Hung's Fierce Battle

MovieDramaAction

Wong Fei Hung must stands up for people who are unable to stand up for themselves.

Wong Fei-Hung

Secret agent no. 1

Secret agent no. 1 · 1970

Secret agent no. 1

The bodies of young girls are repeatedly found in the city, leading Detective Li to suspect a psychopath as the killer. Li's sister, believing the nightclub manager, Mr. Kim, to be suspicious, launches an investigation, but she and Li's girlfriend, Bixi, disappear one after the other. Following Mr. Kim's trail, Li discovers that he is using women's fighting as a lure to sell hallucinogenic drugs. Li rescues Bixi and her sister, and brings the criminals to justice.

The Story of Wong Fei-Hung, Part 4: The Death of Liang Huan

The Story of Wong Fei-Hung, Part 4: The Death of Liang Huan · 1950

The Story of Wong Fei-Hung, Part 4: The Death of Liang Huan

The Story of Wong Fei-Hung, Part 4: The Death of Liang Huan is the fourth movie in Kwan Tak-Hing's Wong Fei-Hung series.

Wong Fei-Hung

Celebrity Talk Show

Celebrity Talk Show · 1989

Celebrity Talk Show

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Wong Fay Hung

Wong Fay Hung · 1976