Lau Kar-Leung
Acting
Biography
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 36th Chamber of Shaolin which starred Gordon Liu, as well as Drunken Master II which starred Jackie Chan.
Born: July 28, 1934
Place of Birth: Xinhui, Guangdong, China
Known For
Dragonland: L'Urlo di Chen terrorizza ancora l'occidente
The first Italian documentary on the most extraordinary phenomenon of the 70s: the Kung-fu films!
Celebrity Talk Show
Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen
A short action film interwoven into a documentary tells the story of the legendary unsung heroes of Hong Kong film, the stuntmen and women. This film features the world's most illustrious stuntmen, and many current working stuntmen, profiled through interviews and clips that showcase their work. It explores their death-defying feats and foolhardy working methods and traces their origin back to the original Hong Kong stuntmen known as "red trousers" - a term used to describe acrobats in Peking Opera. By incorporating the martial arts, fantasy, adventure short action film, "Lost Time," the viewer is given an actual account of how stunts are created and executed on film.
The Legend of Drunken Master
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.
Heroes of the East
When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife is forced to take on seven of Japan's most powerful martial arts masters, each an expert in a different discipline, ranging from karate to samurai to ninjitsu.
Legendary Weapons of China
Legendary Weapons of China is a martial arts fantasy film taking place during the late Qing Dynasty when Empress Dowager Cixi dispatches her agents to various factions of the Boxer Rebellion in order find supernatural martial artists that are invulnerable to western bullets. When one of the leaders of these groups disbands his forces, assassins from the remaining factions are sent out to kill him.
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 5th and 6th brother are killed. Fu Sheng loses his mind after the death of his family, while the other brother takes refuge in a Buddhist temple.
Pedicab Driver
Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
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 doe before they are burned. He seeks his friends Mark (Mark Cheng) and Tomboy (Anglie Leung) to help him with the heist; but, they also enlist actual thief Baldy (Karl Maka), who had just been released from prison, to double the assistance with his thievery skills. But, Baldy wants the money for his own and to share it with love interest Siu-Fung (Paula Tsui). Hot on their trail is a hothead inspector (Ching Wong) and a nun, Sister Maria (Brigitte Lin), who wants to save them for redemption.
The One-Armed Swordsman
A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang of rival swordsmen.
Filmography
as Ma Rui
as Fu Qingzhu
as Self
as Master Man Bill
as Self
as Self
as Self - Interviewee
as Uncle Yan
as Fu Wen-Chi
as Self (uncredited)
as Master Lo
as 李百川
as Doctor
as Master Lau
as Uncle
as 刘家良
as Casino Boss
as Leung
as Master Cheung
as Manchu Gym Chief
as Hunter, Helps Yang 5th Escape
as Wang Hsieh Yun
as Lui Gung / Uncle Yu
as Explains Lion Dance in Intro (uncredited)
as Yu Jing-Chuen
as Uncle Chan
as Master So
as Governor's Fighter on the Stairs (uncredited)
as Ho Fu
as Chien's Disciple (uncredited)
as Thug (uncredited)
as Meng Gang
as Ape's Arms King Yuan Qian
as 2nd brother
as Golden Dragon Branch leader
as Tian Qing (uncredited)
as Detective
as Ba Shuang
as Henchman
as Lau, Yue's Security Escort member (uncredited)
as One of Liu's thugs
as Policeman
as Gang Member
as Qiu's Fighter with Shield (uncredited)
as Bandit
as Brother Hu
as hatchet man
as BDG Killer 'Sea Tiger'
as Red Lotus member
as Japanese Agent
as Red Lotus member
as Qing's man
as Ruffian