Movies by Tsao Chien

The Shaolin Brothers

The Shaolin Brothers

Complicated mix of Chinese history and myth, where old Shaolin friends find themselves on different sides, one a Ching general, and the other faithful to Ming.

The Ferocious Brothers

The Ferocious Brothers

A man returns to Japan to avenge the death of his father.

The Way of the Tiger

The Way of the Tiger

The greatest martial arts spectacular of all time!

The Swordsman of All Swordsmen

The Swordsman of All Swordsmen

A master swordsman is on a twenty year quest to revenge the death of his parents.

The Challenge of the Lady Ninja

The Challenge of the Lady Ninja

During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, a Chinese woman trains in the covert arts. When she arrives in Hong Kong, she learns that her brother works on behalf the Japanese cause. She then pulls together a team of women warriors to stop her brother

Beauty of Beauties

Beauty of Beauties

Hsi Shih: The Beauty of Beauties was one of the most ambitious films made in the Taiwan film industry in the 1960s. After leaving The Shaw Brothers studio in Hong Kong and moving to Taiwan, filmmaker Li Han-hsiang mounted this historical epic. Told through the story of Xishi (Hsi Shih), one of the 'Four Great Beauties' of Chinese history, the film portrays the war between two Chinese Kingdoms during the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C). After the kingdom of Yue is defeated by the kingdom of Wu, King Goujian of Yue takes pains to prepare f...

The Outsiders

The Outsiders

In 1985, senior high school student A-Qing was found fornicating with a staff member at school and got expelled. His deeply humiliated veteran father has since cast him out of the family, leaving him with nowhere to go but the refuge of his "own kind" at Taipei New Park. In the park, A-Qing encounters a mature man Long Zi (Dragon) and is attracted to him. However, A-Qing also gets daunted by the story of Long Zi committing a crime of passion.

The Furious Killer

The Furious Killer

A young girl witnesses the massacre of her family at the hands of cold blooded kung fu killers. She spends the next ten years mastering the martial arts in order to avenge her family tracking down the killers one by one and dispatching them in fine martial art style.

Bruce Takes Dragon Town

Bruce Takes Dragon Town

Alan Tang is forced into a swirling dilemma between two antagonistic drug smugglers. Double crossed, he manages to emerge triumphant. See this kung fu extravaganza explodes in a bloody spectacle of wrath rage and vengeance as Bruce takes Dragon Town.