Schedule Week

12:30am

Iron Bodyguard

Chen Kuan Tai, Lily Li, Yueh Hua

Chang Cheh, Pao Hsueh-li

An Iron Bodyguard (head of a security firm) called Wang Wu (Chen Kuan Tai) meets a scholar (Yueh Hua) and forms a strong friendship with him after fighting some villains together. The scholar is a member of the reformists – a group of scholars pressing for social reform in China towards the end of the Qing dynasty. The Emperor is actually all for reforms, and appoints this group to run the country. This doesn’t suit the Empress Dowager though, as she has no intention of losing her power. She orders the reformists to be arrested, and Wang Wu gets drawn into the politics despite having no real political views himself.
02:15am

The Dream of the Red Chamber

Brigitte Lin , Sylvia Chang , Deborah , Michelle Mei Suet

Li Han-hsiang

The subtle repackage of the most filmed Ching Dynasty novel, The Dream Of The Red Chamber by renowned director Li Han-hsiang has earned public acclaim by attaining The Best Art Direction of The 15th Golden Horse Award, The Best Costume and The Best Art Direction Of The 24th Asian Film Festival. Brigitte Lin and Sylvia Chang play the adorable yet sorrowful couple Bao Yu and Dai Yu; playing their roles to the hilt in this gloomy love story of their uncontrollable destinies.
04:15am

King Eagle

Li Ching, Chang Pei-shan, Ching Miao, Ti Lung, Cheng Lei

Chang Cheh

Not only does King Eagle pave the way for Ti Lung's future wandering-swordsman characters, but it also stars the beautiful Li Ching in dual roles of good and evil sisters, in this marital arts master piece.
05:45am

The Singing Thief

Lily Ho , Jimmy Lin Chong , Lo Lieh , Essie Lin Chia

Chang Cheh

Taiwanese singer Lin Chong plays a cool jewel thief who turns over a new leaf as a professional singer in Chang Cheh's first ever musical. A series of new robberies arise and has everyone wondering if the thief hasn't returned to his old ways...
07:20am

The Mermaid

Ivy Ling Po, Li Ching

Kao Li

In this spectacular Chinese variation of The Little Mermaid, a carp transforms into a fairy who resembles our hero's lady love. Their only hope for true love lies with the Goddess of Mercy.
09:05am

Usurpers Of Emperor's Power

Liu Yung, Liu Hsueh-hua, Lung Tien-hsiang, Chao Kuo

Hua Shan

The last ruler of Tang, Li Yao (Chen Chia-chi) is deposed by Chao Kuang-jun (Wang Jung), the founder of the Sung Dynasty. Unfortunately his actions unleash a new plague - his brother Kuang-yi (Chao Kuo) - on the courts and his people. The marauding Kuang-yi rapes and plunders. As more people get involved, it turns into a bloody battlefield of betrayal. It is up to upright officials like Li Lang (Liu Yung) to put an end to it. But can one man take on the imperial army?
10:40am

Let's Make Laugh II

Derek Yee, Joey Wang, Chang Kuo-chu

Alfred Cheung

Bodyguard Ah Sun is sent to protect his boss' son, only to meet and fall in love with his mistress, the gorgeous Joey. As the love blossoms between the two, the powerful boss finds out and all hell breaks loose!
12:10pm

The 14 Amazons

Ivy Ling Po, Lily Ho, Yueh Hua, Li Ching, Chung Hua, Lisa Lu

Cheng Kang

The Yang family had served their country in Song Dynasty for generations. When General Yang is ambushed and killed during the war in Jin Shan, the grand matriarch led the entire family to take revenge and defend the country.
02:15pm

Hong Kong Playboy

Fu Sheng, Shih Hsien, Chan Pak-cheung, Cherrie chung

wang Jing

This witty romantic comedy features the wacky attempts of three bachelors trying to get girls without buying rings. The Hong Kong Playgirls have other results in mind. The fast-paced complications and gambits are made bittersweet by the performance of renowned kung-fu hero, Alexander Fu Sheng, who proved to be an utterly charming comedic star. Sadly he was soon killed in a tragic car accident, essentially making him the 'James Dean of Hong Kong'.
04:00pm

The Delightful Forest

Ti Lung, Tien Ching, Yu Feng, Chu Mu

Chang Cheh, Pao Hsueh-li

The legendary hero Wu Sung (Ti Lung) is sent to a prison in Meng province after murdering his sister-in-law and her lover. While in prison, he becomes acquainted with the prison officer Shih En (Tien Ching), who saved Wu from the baton punishment required for new prisoners. Owing Shih En a favour, Wu Sung finds out that Shih's restaurant "Delightful Forest" was taken over by a local thug (Chu Mu), and decides to help Shih get his restaurant back at all costs.
05:40pm

Winner Takes All

Chen Hui-min, Patrick Tse, Wang Yu, Mai Te-lo

Wong Jing

King of mischief and general silliness, Wong Jing brings us this outrageous take on theft and honour! The notorious Shih family, now retired, seem to have gone back to their old ways when a series of high-profile robberies hit town bearing their stamp. Private detective Kuan (Wang Yu) thinks Shih turk, security adviser (Patrick Tse Yin), is behind it all. Then suddenly Kuan also becomes suspicious of a Japanese named Miyamoto and finds himself being chased by a ninja! Who is the real thief?
07:25pm

The Web of Death

Yueh Hua, Lo Lieh, Ching Li

Chu Yuan

It's back to the Shaolin Monastery for one of the most unusual action-packed tales to invade its hallowed halls. Lo Lieh is the ringleader of the Snake Sect, intent on reviving a particularly deadly faction known as the "Five Poison Web" (which is also THE WEB OF DEATH's Chinese title). To achieve his ends, he has an affair with the sexy ringleader of the Scorpion Sect, Angela Yu Chien. But there is also the Centipede Sect to contend with, as well as other assorted martial artists, among them such top Shaw Brothers talents as Yueh Hua, Ching Li, and Lily Li. Under the fluid direction of Chu Yuan and action choreographers Tang Chia and Yuen Cheung-yan (member of the martial arts world's esteemed Yuen Family and brother of Matrix master Yuen Woo-ping), THE WEB OF DEATH goes places where no other Shaolin kung-fu movie has gone before or since.
09:00pm

Vengeance

David Chiang, Wang Ping, Ti Lung

Chang Cheh

Yu Lou is betrayed by his wife, and eventually killed by her lover, Fung, who is the boss of a martial arts school. Yu Lou’s brother Xiao Lou knows about his tragic death and is determined to take revenge on Fung and his sister-in-law.
10:45pm

The Deadly Duo

David Chiang , Ti Lung , Ku Feng , Yang Szu

Chang Cheh

It's the Sung Dynasty versus the Chin invaders as the "Iron Triangle" of director Chang Cheh and stars David Chiang and Ti Lung truly hit their stride with this crowd-pleasing kung-fu epic. When a handsome Prince is taken captive and guarded by a martial arts master, it's up to two powerful patriots to fight overwhelming odds to pull off the impossible: rescue the royal son and get out of the Chin stronghold alive. It's action as only Chang can film it, with supremely charismatic acting and fighting as only Chiang and Lung can perform it. From the first fascinating minute to the final desperate battle to the death -culminating in an unforgettably evocative conclusion - this duo is dynamic as well as deadly.