Hong Kong films of 1979
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A list of films produced in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 in 1979:.

1979

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1979
1979 in film
The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released....

10 Tigers from Kwangtung
10 Tigers from Kwangtung
Ten Tigers of Kwangtung is a Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh and produced by Mona Fong. It is one of Chang Cheh’s tales of Shaolin’s historic rivalries with the Qing Dynasty and the Canton Tigers...

Chang Cheh
Chang Cheh
Chang Cheh was Shaw Brothers Studio's best known and most prolific film director, with such films as the Five Venoms, the Brave Archer , the The One-Armed Swordsman, and other classics of wuxia and kung fu film.-Career:Referred to as "The Godfather of Hong Kong cinema", Chang Cheh directed over 100...

 
Ti Lung
Ti Lung
Tommy Tam Fu-Wing, also known as Ti Lung , or Dik Lung, is a Hong Kong actor.-Background:He studied Wing Chun under the martial arts master Chu Wan. In 1969, Ti was found by the Shaw Brothers and cast in Return of the One-Armed Swordsman opposite Jimmy Wang Yu, a role which would launch his career...

, Fu Sheng
Alexander Fu Sheng
Alexander Fu Sheng was a major Hong Kong martial arts film star in the 1970s.-Biography:...

, Philip Kwok
Philip Kwok
-Filmography:*The Eye 2 - Monk*The Sunshine Cops *Tomorrow Never Dies - General Chang non speaking appearance*The Phantom Lover *American Shaolin - Cab Driver*Hard Boiled - Mad Dog...

 
Martial arts
60 Second Assassin Chung Wang, Wan Li Pang  Martial arts
Abbott of Shaolin
Abbott of Shaolin
Abbot Of Shaolin aka Slice Of Death is a Shaw Brothers film directed by Meng Hoa Ho. It is one of the Shaolin Temple themed martial arts films and their rebellion against the Qing’s, featuring David Chiang and Lo Lieh in his famous role as Priest Pai Mei.- Plot :The Monk Chi San is sent by his...

Meng Hoa Ho  Lo Lieh
Lo Lieh
Lo Lieh was a Hong Kong actor in martial arts films. His real name is Wang Lap Tat. After his parents sent him back to China he attended acting school in Hong Kong. He began his martial arts training in 1962 and joined the Shaw Brothers Studio in the same year and went on to become one of the...

, David Chiang
David Chiang
John Chiang is a Hong Kong actor. His Chinese name is Chiang Da-wei . He is sometimes credited as David Chiang.-Biography:...

 
Martial arts
Bruce Lee's Secret
Bruce Lee's Secret
Bruce Lee's Secret is a 1976 Bruceploitation martial arts film, which is also a pseudo-biopic of Bruce Lee. It stars Bruce Li as "Bob" Lee, whose life is essentially the same as Lee's and is on two occasions actually referred to as 'Bruce'...

13 Styles Strike Cheung Ying
36 Deadly Styles
36 Deadly Styles
36 Deadly Styles is a 1980 independent released martial arts film directed by Joseph Kuo starring Jack Long, Mark Long, and Hwang Jang Lee.- Plot :...

Joseph Kuo Nam Hung
Affairs Stephen Shin Gei Yin
The Almighty Extra Cheung Sing Yim
Ape Girl Chan Chi Hwa
Avenging Boxer
Bastard Swordsman, The Grand Conclusion Tommy Faan Sau Ming
The Battle of Guningtou Cheung Chang Chak
The Best Hustler Wins Wong Fung
Big Boss 2 Do Liu Boh Lo Lieh
Lo Lieh
Lo Lieh was a Hong Kong actor in martial arts films. His real name is Wang Lap Tat. After his parents sent him back to China he attended acting school in Hong Kong. He began his martial arts training in 1962 and joined the Shaw Brothers Studio in the same year and went on to become one of the...

 
The Big Boss Of Shanghai Chen Kuan Tai
Chen Kuan Tai
Chen Kuan-tai is a Chinese martial arts film star. He has primarily appeared in Shaw Brothers productions, and was one of the first solid trained, martial arts stars employed by the company...

The Big Rascal Chi Kuan Chun
Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Blind Fist Of Bruce Gam Bo
The Blind Love
Bloody Treasury Fight Pao Hsueh Lieh
The Boxer's Adventure Tyrone Hsu Tin Wing
Boyfriend
Boyfriend
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Ng Pooi Yung , Suen Wa
The Brothers
The Brothers (1979 film)
The Brothers is a 1979 Hong Kong film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. Starring Tony Liu, Guk Fung, Danny Lee Sau-Yin, Chau Li Chuan. Directed by Hua Shan....

Hua Shan
Bruce And The Iron Finger Lee Tso Nam
Bruce The Super Hero Bruce Le
Bruce Le
Bruce Le is a martial artist and actor who is known for the martial arts films he made in the 1970s and '80s...

Busting Prostitution Rackets John Law
John Law (film director)
John Law Ma, also known as Mar Lo or Lo Mar, was a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter best known for his films of the 1970s.-Film career:...

Butterfly 18 Ko Shih Hao
Butterfly Murders Tsui Hark
Tsui Hark
Tsui Hark , born Tsui Man-kong, is a Hong Kong New Wave film director and producer. He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema .-Early life:...

Caning
Caning
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Wong Man
Cantonen Iron Kung Fu Li Chao
Li Chao
Li Chao is the name of:*Li Chao , Chinese professional golfer*Li Chao , Chinese chess grandmaster...

The Challenger Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang Chi-wai , MH is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.-Biography:Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master"...

Champ Against Champ Godfrey Ho
Godfrey Ho
Godfrey Ho is a former Hong Kong-based prolific film director and screenwriter, sometimes considered the Ed Wood of Hong Kong cinema. Ho is believed to having directed more than one hundred films, including over 80 movies from 1980 to 1990, but only one film since 1995, apparently retiring from...

Chivalrous Inn
Choi Lee Fat Kung Fu Chan Siu Pang
The Choice Of Love Lau Wai Ban
Chor Lau Heung
Clan Of Righteousness
Cops And Robbers
Cops and Robbers
-Film:*Cops and Robbers , a 1951 Italian film*Cops and Robbers , a 1973 film starring Cliff Gorman and Joseph Bologna-Music:...

Alex Cheung Kwok Ming
The Crane Fighters Raymond Lui
Crazy Boy And Pop-Eye Phillip Kam
Crazy Couple Ricky Lau
Crazy Guy With Super Kung Fu
Crazy Hustlers Do Ping , Ng Wui
Crazy Partner Wong Yuen
The Crippled Masters
The Crippled Masters
The Crippled Masters is a kung fu movie released in 1979. Filmed in Hong Kong, it is about two men—one without arms and another with withered legs—who develop kung fu abilities and fight their evil teacher, who made them disabled.-Synopsis:The movie starts out with Lee Ho getting both...

Joe Law
Crystal Fist Wa Yat Wang
Cute Foster Sister Chester Wong Chung Gwong
Dance Of Death Chan Chi Hwa
Dance Of The Drunk Mantis
Dance of the Drunk Mantis
Dance of the Drunk Mantis is a 1979 Hong Kong kung fu comedy film directed by Yuen Siu Tien’s real life son Yuen Woo-ping, starring Yuen Siu Tien, Hwang Jang Lee, Linda Lin, Yuen Shun Yee, Charlie Shek and Yuen Kwai...

Yuen Woo Ping Yuen Siu Tien
Yuen Siu Tien
Yuen Siu-tien was a Chinese martial arts film actor in the late 1970s. Yuen is perhaps best known as Beggar So in three films: Drunken Master, Story of Drunken Master and his final film Dance of the Drunk Mantis...

, Hwang Jang Lee
Hwang Jang Lee
Hwang Jang Lee is a Korean martial artist and actor. Hwang is perhaps best known as Sheng Kuan in 1978 film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Wong Chin in 1981 film Hitman in the Hand of Buddha. Variations of his name are often written as Wong Cheng Lee or Wong Cheng Li, in their Cantonese-Chinese...

 
Dangsan Martial Arts Lee Jeong Ho
The Daredevils
The Daredevils
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Chang Cheh
Chang Cheh
Chang Cheh was Shaw Brothers Studio's best known and most prolific film director, with such films as the Five Venoms, the Brave Archer , the The One-Armed Swordsman, and other classics of wuxia and kung fu film.-Career:Referred to as "The Godfather of Hong Kong cinema", Chang Cheh directed over 100...

The Deadly Breaking Sword Sun Chung
Deadly Confrontation Cheung Chang Chak
Death Duel Of Kung Fu William Cheung Kei
Demon Strike
Descendant Of Wing Chun Huang Ha
Dirty Ho
Dirty Ho
Dirty Ho is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts-comedy film directed by Lau Kar-leung and starring Gordon Liu and Wong Yue.-Plot:Master Wang is actually the 11th prince of Manchuria in disguise...

Lau Kar Leung
Disco Fever
Disco Fever
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Florence Yu
The Dragon And The Tiger Kids Tony Liu
Tony Liu
Tony Liu Yung is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. He often appeared in martial arts films. He debuted in Bruce Lee's The Big Boss and later appeared in Lee's next three films.-Early life:...

Dragon Fist
Dragon Fist
Dragon Fist aka Dragon Hero is a 1979 Hong Kong action film diercted by Lo Wei. The star and stunt coordinator of the film is Jackie Chan....

Lo Wei
Lo Wei
Lo Wei was a famous Hong Kong film director and film actor best known for launching the martial arts film careers of both Bruce Lee, in The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, and Jackie Chan, in New Fist of Fury....

Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

, James Tien
James Tien (actor)
James Tien Chun is a Hong Kong actor from Guangdong, China. He appeared in almost 70 films, primarily in Hong Kong action cinema, including roles in the films of martial arts stars including Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. He often played villains or supporting roles...

, Nora Miao
Nora Miao
Nora Miao ); born February 8, 1952 ) is a Hong Kong actress who appeared in many kung-fu films in the 1970s. She was contracted to Golden Harvest, and spent her time making films in Hong Kong and in Taiwan, where she starred in several romance movies....

 
The Dragon, The Hero Godfrey Ho
Godfrey Ho
Godfrey Ho is a former Hong Kong-based prolific film director and screenwriter, sometimes considered the Ed Wood of Hong Kong cinema. Ho is believed to having directed more than one hundred films, including over 80 movies from 1980 to 1990, but only one film since 1995, apparently retiring from...

Dragon's Claws
Dragon's Claws
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Joseph Kuo
Dragon's Snake Fist Kim Si Hyeon
The Dream Sword Li Chao Yung
Drunk Fish, Drunk Frog, Drunk Crab San Kei
Drunken Arts And Crippled Fist Tong Dik
Duel Of The Seven Tigers Richard Yeung Kuen
Eighteen Women Fighters Of Murim Kim Jeong Rong
Eunuch Of The Western Palace Wu Ma
Wu Ma
Wu Ma is a Chinese actor, director, producer and writer. Wu Ma made his screen debut in 1963, and with over 180 appearances to his name , Wu Ma is one of the most familiar faces in the history of Hong Kong Cinema...

Everlasting Chivalry
Everlasting Chivalry
Everlasting Chivalry is a 1980 Taiwanese film adapted from Gu Long's Chu Liuxiang novel series. The film was directed by Li Chao-yung and starred Meng Fei as the lead character.-Cast:*Meng Fei as Chu Liuxiang*Doris Lung*Nancy Yen*Yun Zhong-yue...

Li Chao Yung
The Face Behind The Mask
The Face Behind the Mask
The Face Behind the Mask is a crime-drama film released by Columbia Pictures in 1941. It starred Peter Lorre and Evelyn Keyes and was directed by Robert Florey and Wallace MacDonald.-Plot:...

Chan Chi Hwa
The Fairy, The Ghost And Ah Chung Patrick Lung Kong
Fallen Flowers, Flowing Water, The Spring Is Gone
The Fearless Hyena Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

, James Tien
James Tien (actor)
James Tien Chun is a Hong Kong actor from Guangdong, China. He appeared in almost 70 films, primarily in Hong Kong action cinema, including roles in the films of martial arts stars including Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. He often played villains or supporting roles...

, Dean Shek
Dean Shek
Dean Shek aka Dean Shek Tien is a veteran Hong Kong feature film actor and film producer with over 92 films acting credits to his name...

 
Fight Tony Liu
Tony Liu
Tony Liu Yung is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. He often appeared in martial arts films. He debuted in Bruce Lee's The Big Boss and later appeared in Lee's next three films.-Early life:...

Fighting Ace Richard Chen
Richard Chen
Richard Chen is the executive chef of Wing Lei, a restaurant in the Wynn Las Vegas.Chef Chen began his career at the age of seven, working in his parents’ restaurant in his native Taiwan...

The Fighting Fool Patrick Yuen Ho Chuen
Fists And Guts Lau Kar Wing
Lau Kar Wing
Lau Kar Wing is a Hong Kong martial arts film director, action choreographer and actor.-Background:Born in the Xinhui District of Jiangmen in Guangdong, China, Lau Kar Wing was the fourth child of Lau Cham , a martial arts master who studied under Lam Sai Wing, pupil of the legendary Chinese folk...

Fists Of Bruce Lee
Fists of Bruce Lee
Fists of Bruce Lee is a 1978 film directed by and starring Bruce Lee imitator, Bruce Li.-Synopsis:Bruce Lee is assigned to go undercover as Lee Min-Chin to investigate a drug ring. The mob hires an assassin to kill him...

Bruce Li Siu Lung
Fists, Kicks, And The Evils Do Liu Boh
Five Super Fighters John Law
John Law (film director)
John Law Ma, also known as Mar Lo or Lo Mar, was a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter best known for his films of the 1970s.-Film career:...

Flying Sword Lee Pao Hsueh Lieh , Wu Ma
Wu Ma
Wu Ma is a Chinese actor, director, producer and writer. Wu Ma made his screen debut in 1963, and with over 180 appearances to his name , Wu Ma is one of the most familiar faces in the history of Hong Kong Cinema...

Four Invincibles Wa Yan
The Foxy Ladies Lui Kei
From Riches To Rags John Woo
John Woo
John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong-based film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard...

Full Moon Scimitar Chu Yuan
Chu Yuan
Chu Yuan , courtesy name Yanhui , formally Duke Wenjian of Nankang , was a high level official of the Chinese dynasties Liu Song and Southern Qi.-Background:...

Funny Children
Funny Couple
Game Of Killers
The Ghost And I Lee Pooi Kuen
The Ghost Story Li Han Hsiang
Li Han Hsiang
Richard Li Han Hsiang was a Chinese film director. Li directed more than 70 films in his career beginning in the 1950s and lasting till the 1990s....

A Girl Without Sorrow Pai Ching Jui
The Gnome
The Gnome
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Chow Yuk Kong
The Gold Connection Kuei Chih Hung
Good Morning, Taipei
The Great Justice Cheung Mei Gwan
Green Dragon Inn Mo Man Hung
The Handcuff Wu Ma
Wu Ma
Wu Ma is a Chinese actor, director, producer and writer. Wu Ma made his screen debut in 1963, and with over 180 appearances to his name , Wu Ma is one of the most familiar faces in the history of Hong Kong Cinema...

The Happenings
The Happenings
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Yim Ho
Yim Ho
Yim Ho is one of the most famous Hong Kong directors of the 1980s, and a leader of Hong Kong New Wave.He began his career in television production making television programs for RTHK, then became a film director in 1980....

He Never Gives Up
He Who Never Dies Hua Shan
Heaven and Hell Chang Cheh
Chang Cheh
Chang Cheh was Shaw Brothers Studio's best known and most prolific film director, with such films as the Five Venoms, the Brave Archer , the The One-Armed Swordsman, and other classics of wuxia and kung fu film.-Career:Referred to as "The Godfather of Hong Kong cinema", Chang Cheh directed over 100...

The Hellfire Angel Lam Gwok Cheung
Hero Of The Time Hsieh Kuang Nan
Heroes In The Late Ming Dynasty Mo Man Hung
High Price
His Name Is Nobody Karl Maka
Karl Maka
Karl Maka is a popular Hong Kong producer, director, actor and presenter. He was born on 29 February 1944 in Taishan, China. One of his popular movie is the Aces Go Places film series which he acted alongside Sam Hui....

Hong Kong Tycoon Cecille Tong Shu Shuen
Knockabout
Knockabout (film)
Knockabout is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Sammo Hung and starring Hung and Yuen Biao.-Plot:...

Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema...

 
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema...

, Yuen Biao
Yuen Biao
Yuen Biao is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer...

, Bryan Leung 
Action / Kung fu / Comedy
Magnificent Butcher
Magnificent Butcher
Magnificent Butcher is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping, starring Sammo Hung, Kwan Tak-hing, Yuen Biao, Wei Pai, Lee Hoi San, Chiang Kam, Fan Mei Sheng, Fung Ging Man, Fung Hak-on and Max Lee.The film is based on the story of Lam Sai-wing, one of the...

Yuen Woo-ping
Yuen Woo-ping
Yuen Woo-ping is a Chinese martial arts choreographer and film director, renowned as one of the most successful and influential figures in the world of Hong Kong action cinema. He is one of the inductees on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong...

 
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema...

, Kwan Tak Hing
Kwan Tak Hing
Kwan Tak-hing, MBE was a Hong Kong actor who played the role of martial artist folk hero Wong Fei-hung in at least 77 films, between the 1940s and the 1980s. No-one else in cinema history has portrayed the same person as many times. In total he made over 130 films. He was elected to be the...

, Yuen Biao
Yuen Biao
Yuen Biao is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer...

 
Action / Kung fu
Master with Cracked Fingers
Master with Cracked Fingers
Master with Cracked Fingers , aka Snake Fist Fighter is a 1979 martial arts film directed by Mu Chu and starring Jackie Chan. It is often cited as being produced in 1971, 1973, 1974 or 1981. The original footage was filmed in 1971 and released in 1973 as Little Tiger of Canton...

Chu Mu Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

, Chan Hung Lit
Chan Hung Lit
Chan Hung-lit , also known as Chen Hung-lieh and Golden Chan, was a Shaw Brothers actor famous for portraying villains from the 1960s to 1980s. In his acting hiatus, Chan was involved in the garment industry. He later resumed his acting career by joining TVB in 1995, left the following year and did...

, Dean Shek
Dean Shek
Dean Shek aka Dean Shek Tien is a veteran Hong Kong feature film actor and film producer with over 92 films acting credits to his name...

, Simon Yuen Siu Tin
Yuen Siu Tien
Yuen Siu-tien was a Chinese martial arts film actor in the late 1970s. Yuen is perhaps best known as Beggar So in three films: Drunken Master, Story of Drunken Master and his final film Dance of the Drunk Mantis...

 
Odd Couple Lau Kar Wing
Lau Kar Wing
Lau Kar Wing is a Hong Kong martial arts film director, action choreographer and actor.-Background:Born in the Xinhui District of Jiangmen in Guangdong, China, Lau Kar Wing was the fourth child of Lau Cham , a martial arts master who studied under Lam Sai Wing, pupil of the legendary Chinese folk...

 
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema...

, Lau Kar Wing
Lau Kar Wing
Lau Kar Wing is a Hong Kong martial arts film director, action choreographer and actor.-Background:Born in the Xinhui District of Jiangmen in Guangdong, China, Lau Kar Wing was the fourth child of Lau Cham , a martial arts master who studied under Lam Sai Wing, pupil of the legendary Chinese folk...

, Bryan Leung
Action / Kung fu / Comedy / Drama

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