Schedule Week

12:40am

Girl with the Diamond Slipper

Wang Jing, Chan Pak-cheung, Maggie Cheung, Wang Yu

Wong Jing

Wong Jing, who is now considered one of the leading lights in Hong Kong cinema, wrote, directed, and co-starred in this Asian-accented Cinderella story starring the glorious Maggie Cheung Man-yuk as a TV actress who inadvertently buys a shoe with a stolen diamond secreted in it. That makes her the target of the two bumbling thieves, as well as a bunch of greedy killers. After action, laughs, and romance, it, of course, turns out that she lives happily ever after…!
02:20am

Murderer Pursues

Li Hsiu-hsien, Ray Lui, Cheng Tse-shih, Lin Chung-cheng

Wang Chung

Wang Chung was a valued actor long before he became a director, but as a filmmaker, he helped create some of the most interesting thrillers Shaw Brothers ever released - including this fascinating crime saga of a Sino-Vietnamese crime gang. Danny Lee stars as a misunderstood refugee while Ray Lui plays a cop struggling against his own conscience to ensure that justice is upheld.
04:00am

Unfinished Melody

Kwan Shan, Yeh Feng, Essie Lin Chia, Ku Wen-chung

Chin Chien

A love triangle of the first order by one of Shaw's top directors Chin Chien. A psychiatrist falls for one of his patients at the same time another girl proclaims her love for him. An explosive mix of passion and misunderstanding...
05:35am

Auntie Lan

Fang Ying, Chang Chung, Chiao Chuang, Lily Ho

Yueh Feng

Renowned director Yueh Fung (Lay General Hua Mu-lan, Silent Love) directs this sensitively toned melodrama focused on the rarely touched upon subject of single motherhood. In a time when single parenthood was a less acceptable in Hong Kong, attractive Wen-lan (Fang) finds herself the target of the desires of 3 men. But as a single mother, if Wen Lan wants to be loved, she has to give up her beloved son. In an era when female chastity and purity are valued over all else, how can a single parent woman to find emotional contentment and fulfillment? Watch out for a rare dramatic turn for action superstar Jimmy Wang Yu (One Armed Swordsman).
07:30am

The Convict Killer

Ti Lung, Pai Piao, Li Ching

Chu Yuan

Director Chu Yuan teams with star Ti Lung and famed novelist Chu Yu for this intriguing, exciting production which weaves mystery and suspense in with the kung-fu action. Ti plays a framed kung-fu master who's seeking revenge after fifteen years in prison, and must survive one attempt on his life after another...
09:15am

The Empress Dowager

Lisa Lu, Hsiao Yao, Ti Lung

Li Han-hsiang

Award-winning drama featuring a passionate performance by Lisa Lu, enhanced by sumptuous costumes and sets, produces a powerful, fascinating story. In five thousand years of Chinese history, there was never a more fascinating woman than the dragon lady of the Ching Dynasty, also the Empress Dowager, who was the power behind the throne for the last half of the 19th century. The vast tapestry of palace intrigues is vividly brought to the screen.
11:10am

Five Tough Guys

Chen Kuan-tai, Ling Yun, Lily Ho, Frankie Wei

Pao Hsueh-li

A gang of misfits come together to protect a patriotic general from a scheming usurper in this film starring Chen Kuan Tai, a real life martial arts champion.
12:40pm

Big Times for the Crazy Bumpkins

Ai Ti, Yeh Feng, Wang Sha

John Lo Mar

The crazy bumpkins return for the third time! Ah Niu is minding his own business when a bag of jewels falls from the sky. And that's just the beginning of a series of misadventures!
02:25pm

Martial Arts of Shaolin

Jet Li, Huang Qiu-yan

Liu Chia-liang

Jet Lee stars in this action-packed martial arts drama where two officials were framed by Lord He Sue in the Qin Dynasty. Many years later, their sons sharpen their martial skill in the two Shaolin temples and seek revenge.
04:05pm

Pale Passion

Ai Ti, Chiang Li-ping, Chin Yen-ling

Chin Ping-hsing

In Pale Passion, Chin Ping-hsing's only directed film, the gorgeous Chiang Li-ping plays a scorned wife Ah Hsia in an unsettling tale about cheating, adultery and blatant abuse, which develops into a deadly love triangle. The vivacious Elaine Chin Yen-ling plays the other woman Ah Hsing, who teaches the hypocritical husband Ah Fa (Ai Ti) that what goes around comes around! Unknown to him, karma returns in a much more damaging way...
05:45pm

Descendant of the Sun

Derek Yee , Cherrie Chung , Ku Kuan-chung , Lung Tien-hsiang

Chu Yuan

Derek Yee is a magic solar baby sent Earthbound by a benevolent god, raised by an old carpenter, has martial art superpowers and "green kryptonite" loses them during solar eclipses. That's when the evil baby counterpart shows up. Demon-paced martial arts action by Jackie Chan's kung-fu classmates Yuan Pin and Yuen Hua compliments Toho Studio style special optical effects.
07:20pm

How to Pick Girls Up !

Eric Tsang, Maggie Cheung, Elizabeth Lee

Wong Jing

Three of the most famous Miss Hong Kong contestants, Maggie Cheung, Chingmy Yau and Elizabeth Lee star in this wacky Wong Jing-directed comedy about love and amusement in 1980s Hong Kong. Wong Jing himself plays Xin, a hapless loser in love. Xin calls in to radio DJ Tsang (Eric Tsang) the "Love Pain Killer", for desperate help. Tsang, a self-proclaimed love expert takes it upon himself to make sure Xin meets girls, and leads him on a series of loopy excursions into the wild and dangerous world of modern love.
09:00pm

Mercenaries From Hong Kong

Ti Lung, Wang Yu, Chen Hui-Min, Yu An-an

Wong Jing

Filmmaker Wong Jing produced Mercenaries From Hong Kong, his very first modern-day adventure drama. In the dramatic plot he wrote, he sends superstars Ti Lung, Chen Hui-min, Wang Lung-wei, Lo Lieh and Wang Yu on a deadly mission. The film's action sequences are all closely guided by three great kung fu choreographers, led by Tang Chia!
10:40pm

Love without End

Jenny Hu, Ling Yun, Essie Lin Chia, Fang Yu, Huang Tsung-hsin

Pan Lei

A remake that doesn't disappoint, the Shawscope coloured version of Love Without End is as touching as the classic black-and-white original.