Lau Kar-Leung

Lau Kar-Leung

July 28, 1934 · 92 years old

Lau Kar-Leung (Chinese: 劉家良, 28 July 1934 – 25 June 2013), also known as Liu Chia-Liang, was a Hong Kong-based Chinese actor, filmmaker, choreographer and martial artist. Lau is best known for the films he made in the 1970s and 1980s for the Shaw Brothers Studio. One of his most famous works is The…

Known For

25 titles
1
Drunken Master II

Drunken Master II

1994 · 1h 42m · Movie

A young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts.

7.5
2
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

1978 · 1h 56m · Movie

A school student who conspires with his teacher and others to overthrow the Qing Dynasty sees his family slaughtered at the hands of his enemies. He joins the Shaolin Temple and rigorously studies martial arts to avenge his belove...

7.6
3
Seven Swords

Seven Swords

2005 · 2h 33m · Movie

Seven warriors come together to protect a village from a diabolical General.

6.1
4
Return to the 36th Chamber

Return to the 36th Chamber

1980 · 1h 39m · Movie

After failing to help his friends at the local dyeing mill who're getting bullied by Manchurians, a lowly street hustler sneaks into the Shaolin Temple, and is willing to do anything to learn kung fu and help his friends.

6.9
5
The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter

The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter

1984 · 1h 38m · Movie

Mongols with the help of an insider, ambush the influential Yang Family, defenders of the dynasty. The Mongols must hunt down all Yang survivors so their insidious plot to overthrow the dynasty will not be uncovered.

7.4
6
Heroes of the East

Heroes of the East

1978 · 1h 45m · Movie

A Chinese man marries a Japanese martial artist, and they begin to bicker over which country has the better martial arts. It reaches a point where he has to go against Japanese martial artists in different styles to prove who's th...

7.5
7
Martial Arts of Shaolin

Martial Arts of Shaolin

1986 · 1h 34m · Movie

In ancient China, Zhi Ming trains at the legendary Northern Shaolin temple to avenge the death of his father at the hands of a nefarious magistrate.

6.4
8
Disciples of the 36th Chamber

Disciples of the 36th Chamber

1985 · 1h 30m · Movie

Gordon Liu Chia-hui reprises his famous Monk San Te role as he tries to support and protect Shaolin her Fang Shih-yu who purposely attacks corrupt Ching officials. Fights by legendary action director Liu Chia-liang are to die for.

6.3
9
Tiger on Beat

Tiger on Beat

1988 · 1h 33m · Movie

A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of 'Lethal Weapon'. The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.

6.9
10
Executioners from Shaolin

Executioners from Shaolin

1977 · 1h 40m · Movie

After the destruction of the Temple, a Shaolin disciple devotes years to mastering Tiger style in order to defeat the martial arts master who killed his teacher. His wife, a Crane style specialist, has a feeling one style won't be...

6.9
11
Legendary Weapons of China

Legendary Weapons of China

1982 · 1h 49m · Movie

A band of killers from an ailing kung fu and magic society are sent on a manhunt for a former member of the society, whose bad mouthing threatens its existence.

6.8
12
Dirty Ho

Dirty Ho

1979 · 1h 43m · Movie

A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.

7.1
13
Mad Monkey Kung Fu

Mad Monkey Kung Fu

1979 · 1h 56m · Movie

A kung fu expert is tricked by a gangster into believing he has committed adultery, so his sister becomes a concubine, and his hands are damaged beyond repair. Years later, he teaches a street hustler Monkey Kung-Fu, and they take...

6.7
14
Shaolin and Wu Tang

Shaolin and Wu Tang

1983 · 1h 27m · Movie

Two friends from rival schools are turned against one another by a jealous chief who wants to eliminate those whose fighting styles may rival his own.

7.1
15
My Young Auntie

My Young Auntie

1981 · 2h 1m · Movie

Cheng Tai-Nan (Kara Hui) is an honest and faithful servant of a dying patriarch who wants nothing more than to protect his vast wealth from his selfish, conniving nephew, Yung-Sheng. Tai-Nan is young enough to be his granddaughter...

6.8
16
Golden Swallow

Golden Swallow

1968 · 1h 49m · Movie

The indomitable martial arts team of director Chang Cheh and stunt choreographer Liu Chia-liang continues the compelling saga of Golden Swallow from King Hu's Come Drink with Me in this sequel of heartbreaking romance, jianghu int...

6.7
17
Shaolin Mantis

Shaolin Mantis

1978 · 1h 36m · Movie

Shaolin Mantis (Orig. Tang lang) is a 1978 Shaw Brothers film directed by Lau Kar-leung. Starring David Chiang and Liu Chia Hui. Shaolin Mantis tells the story of a man who learns martial arts by observing a praying mantis.

6.7
18
Operation Scorpio

Operation Scorpio

1992 · 1h 39m · Movie

A young man learns martial arts from two masters of opposing styles, he then combines them to take on the local gangster's son, who is a master of the deadly Scorpion Style.

6.9
19
Martial Club

Martial Club

1981 · 1h 50m · Movie

Wong Fei-Hong and his once-rival, now friend, find themselves and their martial arts schools pitted against a rival school which uses a Kung Fu expert from the North to do their dirty work.

7.1
20
Drunken Master III

Drunken Master III

1994 · 1h 31m · Movie

At the dawn of the 20th century, a sinister criminal organization has plotted against Chinese imperial family. Someone must stop them. Someone who is skillful in martial arts.

5.1
21
The Spiritual Boxer

The Spiritual Boxer

1975 · 1h 43m · Movie

A con artist uses Kung Fu to swindle villagers for money by pretending to be possessed by angry gods. However, when the villagers are later threatened by bandits he must use the same skills for good.

6.6
22
Tiger on the Beat 2

Tiger on the Beat 2

1990 · 1h 34m · Movie

Captain Lam is a cop approaching 40, wants to achieve something memorable before his retirement.

5.8
23
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

1987 · 1h 33m · Movie

Treasury employee Fatty (Eric Tsang) discovered that bags of used 30 million in Hong Kong Dollars have not been incinerated due to a system error; therefore, he hatches up a plot to grab the dough before it is burned. He seeks his...

5.9
24
The Shadow Boxing

The Shadow Boxing

1979 · 1h 41m · Movie

Acclaimed director Liu Chia-liang directs his brothers Gordon Liu Chia-hui and Liu Chia-yung in a wild and crazy ghostly film in this heralded sequel to The Spiritual Boxer.

6.7
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Apartment Murder

1960 · 1h 24m · Movie

Yim Tai-hung stages a diamond heist but one of his men slips away with a diamond necklace. Sustaining a fatal wound, the betrayer gives the necklace to his friend Chow Ping at Rose Apartment before he expires. Chow calls her cousin Wu Nga for help. But Wu, Wong Ang and Heung At come too late. She however manages to reveal the whereabouts of the necklace at her last breath. The trio is framed for the murder but is later acquitted. Striving to crack the case, Wong infiltrates the apartment at night and uncovers the necklace, which is then used to lure the real culprit out. But her plan is foiled by a young and reckless Wu who falls into Yim's trap. Luckily Wong and Heung deliver the hostage to safety while the police arrest Yim's accomplices and kill the ringleader in the ensuing shootout.