Five Shaolin Masters
1979
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Chang Cheh (pinyin: Zhāng Chè; 10 February 1923 – 22 June 2002) was a Chinese filmmaker, screenwriter, lyricist and producer active in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Chang Cheh directed more than 90 films in Greater China, the majority of them with the Shaw Brothers Studio in Hong Kong.
Chang Cheh was the leading Martial Arts director in Hong Kong in the 1970s, now with close to 100 films to his name. His has influenced other directors such as John Woo and Liu Chiau Liang, and made famous such Hong Kong stars as Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Fu Sheng and Lung Ti.
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Sep 6, 2020 · Chang Cheh modernised wuxia films in the 1960s by making men, rather than women, the action heroes and adding violence and bloodshed to screenplays
Top 10 Favourite Chang Cheh Films. Films directed by the late Shaw Brothers director. There are so many to choose from, I will be making a separate list for the 'Venoms' films.
Nov 8, 2020 · It is generally accepted by critics that Chang Cheh, one of the great masters of martial arts films, did his best work in the 1960s. By the 1970s the prolific director’s work had become...
Jun 22, 2002 · Chang Cheh (Chinese: 張徹, February 10, 1923 – June 22, 2002) was Shaw Brothers Studio's best known and most prolific film director, with such films as the Five Venoms, the Brave Archer (based on the works of Jin Yong), the The One-Armed Swordsman, and other classics of wuxia and kung fu film.
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Jul 11, 2021 · Chang Cheh’s films starring the Venom Mob didn’t get much attention from Hong Kong critics, but they were big hits with martial arts fans abroad.
