Tsao Chien Movies

  • 1970
    A Touch of Zen

    A Touch of Zen

    A Touch of Zen

    7.71970HD

    Ku Shen Chai, an artist in his early 30s, still lives with his mother, but he is suddenly shaken by the arrival of Yang Hui-ching, a mysterious...

    A Touch of Zen
  • 1967
    Dragon Inn

    Dragon Inn

    Dragon Inn

    7.31967HD

    China, year 1457. The Minister of Defense is executed, and his children are sentenced to exile by order of the tyrannical Tsao. Fearful of future...

    Dragon Inn
  • 1990
    Island of Fire

    Island of Fire

    Island of Fire

    6.11990HD

    Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the...

    Island of Fire
  • 1983
    The Challenge of the Lady Ninja

    The Challenge of the Lady Ninja

    The Challenge of the Lady Ninja

    5.21983HD

    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...

    The Challenge of the Lady Ninja
  • 1972
    The Boxer from Shantung

    The Boxer from Shantung

    The Boxer from Shantung

    6.6921972HD

    Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and...

    The Boxer from Shantung
  • 1977
    Snuff Bottle Connection

    Snuff Bottle Connection

    Snuff Bottle Connection

    5.61977HD

    As China and Russia's governments are talking peace, traitorous agents on both sides seek war. Enter John Liu as a special agent sent to identify who...

    Snuff Bottle Connection
  • 1984
    Even the Sun is Sobbing

    Even the Sun is Sobbing

    Even the Sun is Sobbing

    01984HD

    Park Mei Ji receives a phone call from a woman who says she and Mei Ji's husband, Inn Min, are living together in Taipei and raising a son. Mei Ji...

    Even the Sun is Sobbing
  • 1973
    Outside the Window

    Outside the Window

    Outside the Window

    61973HD

    Brigitte Lin's debut film is a melodrama in which her character gets involved in a socially unacceptable relationship and then forced into marriage.

    Outside the Window
  • 1976
    Return of the 18 Bronzemen

    Return of the 18 Bronzemen

    Return of the 18 Bronzemen

    5.71976HD

    Despite the national resistance, the Manchurians have taken over China, but the Ching Emperor fears that the Shaolin Temple disciples would overthrow...

    Return of the 18 Bronzemen
  • 1968
    The Swordsman of All Swordsmen

    The Swordsman of All Swordsmen

    The Swordsman of All Swordsmen

    5.71968HD

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

    The Swordsman of All Swordsmen
  • 1969
    Iron Mistress

    Iron Mistress

    Iron Mistress

    01969HD

    During the time of the Sung dynasty (roughly, around the 12th century), rebels in North China are fighting the Tartar invaders. A lady known as the...

    Iron Mistress
  • 1965
    Beauty of Beauties

    Beauty of Beauties

    Beauty of Beauties

    71965HD

    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...

    Beauty of Beauties
  • 1983
    Growing Up

    Growing Up

    Growing Up

    71983HD

    The story follows a young man as he changes from an intelligently aware youth, to a teenager with much less confidence than he once had, and finally,...

    Growing Up
  • 1973
    Infernal Street

    Infernal Street

    Infernal Street

    4.21973HD

    A Chinese doctor's assistant fights the morphine-dealing criminals who run a Japanese nightclub.

    Infernal Street
  • 1971
    A Story of Lou Po-Wen

    A Story of Lou Po-Wen

    A Story of Lou Po-Wen

    51971HD

    Tsu Hong Wu is a highly fictionalized fantasy retelling of the early years of Zhu Yuanzhang’s life that was obviously geared toward younger...

    A Story of Lou Po-Wen
  • 1982
    Godfather from Canton

    Godfather from Canton

    Godfather from Canton

    41982HD

    A coolie is ofter a job a policeman after saving a government official, and through treachery and corruption rises through the ranks of the police,...

    Godfather from Canton
  • 1970
    Four Moods

    Four Moods

    Four Moods

    6.81970HD

    Directed by some of most well known Chinese-language directors of the time, the portmanteau film Four Moods was an attempt to alleviate Li...

    Four Moods
  • 1984
    The Last Night of Madam Chin

    The Last Night of Madam Chin

    The Last Night of Madam Chin

    7.51984HD

    Set in Shanghai in the 1940s. Story of a ballroom girl Jolie Chan who falls in love with a student and becomes pregnant, but the student's family...

    The Last Night of Madam Chin
  • 1986
    Heroic Pioneers

    Heroic Pioneers

    Heroic Pioneers

    51986HD

    Taiwan's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986. In the story, the kindly and very efficient Chinese settlers are...

    Heroic Pioneers
  • 1976
    One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers

    One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers

    One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers

    5.11976HD

    Watch WANG YU as a one-armed savior battling the local goons in this martial arts classic. He has some rather amazing moves up his sleeve.

    One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers