The best Dorian Tan Tao-Liang’s action movies

Dorian Tan Tao-Liang

Dorian Tan Tao-Liang

Today we present the best Dorian Tan Tao-Liang’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Dorian Tan Tao-Liang’s movies.
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Hand of Death

Hand of Death
6/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 15/07/1976
  • Character: Yung Fei
A survivor of an attack on a rebel group opposing the Manchu invasion of China creates the Goose Fist fighting technique and tries for revenge on a traitor.

Jungle Heat

Jungle Heat
4.2/10
Towards the end of the Vietnam war, the US is running low on drivers for their supplies so they bring in a new lot of recruits and have to train them to survive in the dangers of wartorn Vietnam. The recruits are trained briefly by an American officer but are quickly handed off to their South Vietnamese officers and are made to go out into the dangers of Vietnam without getting the protection they need by the Americans who are more concerned with withdrawing their own troops instead of protecting the South Vietnamese

Top Fighter

Top Fighter
6.2/10
Welcome to the world of the martial arts. A voyage for the times of the martial arts cinema, from the beginning in China in the 6th Century A.C. by a Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma, until the actual time and the influence in the world, with interviews to actors and historians, and a review to the most important movies of all times and to the most famous action movies actors. A magnificent jewel of this genre what nobody wouldn't lose.

The Tattoo Connection

The Tattoo Connection
5.2/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 27/07/1978
  • Character: Dong Ho
When a diamond is stolen in Hong Kong, the company insuring the diamond sends a former CIA agent to Hong Kong to retrieve it. Meanwhile, one of the thieves begins to have a change of heart because his girlfriend wants him to leave his criminal organization.

The Conspiracy of Thieves

The Conspiracy of Thieves
6.3/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 09/01/1975

Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire

Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire
5.8/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 11/07/1979
  • Character: Escaped Convict #1
During China's 1920s Republican Period, warlords carve out personal fiefdoms across the country and impose self-serving laws with the barrel of a gun. Into this anarchy rides a masked feminine Zorro, nom de guerre Violet, to do battle, right wrongs and foment rebellion against the most corrupt and brutal warlord of all, Tung Ta-Chou. Unbeknownst to Tung, however, Violet is his own daughter. Tung orders his psycho enforcer Master Wu to track down and dispose of this pesky rebel queen. Meanwhile, Violet begins a flirtation with an attractive stranger who comes to town with the other half of a treasure map held by Tung. Ultimately, Master Wu betrays the warlord on the lure of the complete treasure map, enabling Violet and the stranger to apprehend Master Wu and beat the warlord at his own game.

Shaolin Deadly Kicks

Shaolin Deadly Kicks
5.4/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 22/10/1982
  • Character: Fong Yee
Eight thieves steal a treasure map and split it into eight pieces, vowing to regroup three years later. But they'll have to deal with a deadly-kicking cop.

Showdown at the Cotton Mill

Showdown at the Cotton Mill
6.5/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 14/07/1978
  • Character: Kao Chin-Chung
The Wu Tang hire a formidable leg fighter Kao to fight the Saholin Loyalist Hu Hui Chien

The Himalayan

The Himalayan
6/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 20/02/1976
  • Character: Hsu Chin Kang
The Tseng family is one of the most noble and respected clans in a small village in Tibet. The patriarch of the Tseng family wants to marry off his daughter Ching Lan into the Kao clan. However, the cunning and deceitful eldest brother Kao Chu only wants his younger sibling Kao I-Fan to marry Lan so he can gain access to the Tseng family's considerable wealth and power.

Snake-Crane Secret

Snake-Crane Secret
5.4/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 01/01/1978
  • Character: Chief Escort
Snake and Crane Secret is a fast paced martial arts action film about a familys battle for survival. A family tries to uphold their honor while keeping their Sacred Kung Fu book from getting into the wrong hands. A tale of deceit mistrust and traditional values unfolds along with spectacular fight sequences necessary to keep the Snake Crane Secret.

The Leg Fighters

The Leg Fighters
5.7/10
When Pan, a South China martial artist is defeated and killed by Tan, a North China challenger in a legfighter duel, Pan's younger brother Pak vows to crush Tan with his own unique style of ferocious footwork.

Dynasty

Dynasty
6/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 01/04/1977
  • Character: Sao Chin Tan
Tan Tao Liang kicks his way to victory in this not be missed masterpiece!

The Hero of Chiu Chow

The Hero of Chiu Chow
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 29/12/1972
  • Character: Kuan Chiang-Chao
1973 kung fu movie

Duel with the Devils

Duel with the Devils
5.8/10
As the daughter of the Chinese police chief, Angela secretly dresses up as a man to use her kung fu on Japanese troublemakers.

Tornado of Chu-chiang

Tornado of Chu-chiang
7.6/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 20/06/1974
  • Character: Tang
In the early days of the Chinese Republic era, dockworkers in Macau are being mistreated by their Chinese overseers. An accident reveals that the cargo is composed of guns and opium.

The Hot, the Cool and the Vicious

The Hot, the Cool and the Vicious
6.1/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 27/01/1977
  • Character: Capt. Lu Tung-cheung
Captain Lu is the respected head of security of a village, but his wealthy boss runs the town, and is corrupt, while the boss's son is a dissolute skirt-chaser. Pai Yu Ching, the Southern Fist, swaggers into town, and clashes with Captain Lu, which earns him an offer to work for the town boss. However, nearly everyone in the town is something other than what they seem. Lu has a shameful secret in his past, which motivates Miss Li to ask Pai to kill him. The town boss is minting counterfeit coins, and someone is trying to gather the evidence of this. Events bring Lu and Pai onto the same side, which is fortunate, because the town boss brings in Mr Lung, a fearsome martial arts genius, to kill off all his enemies.

The Revenger

The Revenger
5.8/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 04/12/1980

The Kung Fu Emperor

The Kung Fu Emperor
6.2/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 03/10/1981
  • Character: Pai Tang Wa
Don't expect a long life if you are one of the emperor's fourteen sons! For instance, Ninth Prince meets an "accident" while hunting. The (unnamed) Manchu emperor is old and ill, and speculation about his successor is rife. But the powerful Lord Long, who is not a son of the emp, wants the throne as well. To stay alive, Fourth Prince keeps secret his kung fu lessons and plays the fool. Fourth Prince then leaves palace life to live among the poor. He befriends a ragged band on commoners and, eventually, returns to the palace to prevent Lord Long's rise to the throne after the last prince is killed.

Shaolin Invincibles

Shaolin Invincibles
5.8/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 01/01/1977
  • Character: Pai Tai Kung
Judy Lee (Chia Ling) is out to avenge the massacre of her family by the Emperor's men and is assisted by another young woman, played by Lung Chun Erh. The two infiltrate the Emperor's court by posing as maids. Carter Wong plays a kung fu fighter sent to help Judy by the monastery where she was raised.

Story in the Temple Red Lily

Story in the Temple Red Lily
4.8/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 23/10/1976
  • Character: Siu Ching
When the emperor becomes ill and the Sung Dynasty is threatened by an evil baron, a patriotic officer named Ree (Chia Ling) is assigned to the imperial palace to protect the sacred temple from rebels. Prepare to be chopped and kicked as Ling displays some martial arts fireworks in this 1979 curiosity.

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