The best Wang Hsieh’s drama movies

Wang Hsieh

Wang Hsieh

05/05/1930- 21/07/2016
Today we present the best Wang Hsieh’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 Wang Hsieh’s movies.
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A Better Tomorrow

A Better Tomorrow
7.4/10
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

Killer Clans

Killer Clans
6.8/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 19/03/1976
  • Character: Chief of Roc Society
As two rival clans vie for dominance in a martial world where loyalty and honor can be bought and friends become enemies, a peerless swordsman (Chung Wa) discovers that the only thing truly worth fighting for is love.

The Shadow Whip

The Shadow Whip
6.4/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 06/08/1971
  • Character: One of the Serial Trio
This top ten box office hit reunites the star duo from Come Drink With Me in another classic action adventure. Cheng Pei-pei (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) radiates her trademark charm while wielding the deadly title weapon, which is implicated in multiple murders and a major heist. Whether single-handedly fighting sixteen bandits or avenging her father's brutal death, she demonstrates why she was Hong Kong's number one swordswoman -- and no slouch with the whip either!

The Bamboo House of Dolls

The Bamboo House of Dolls
5.4/10
A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.

The Web of Death

The Web of Death
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 28/10/1976
  • Character: 5 Venom Clan chief
It's back to the Shaolin Monastery for one of the most unusual action-paced tales to invade its hallowed halls. Lo Lieh is the ringleader of the Snake Sect, intent on reviving a deadly faction known as the "Five Poison Web." In order to do so, he has an affair with the sexy ringleader of the Scorpion Sect, Angela Yu Chien. However, there is also the Centipede Sect to contend with, as well as other assorted martial artists, among them played by Shaw Brothers talents Yueh Hua, Ching Li, and Lily Li.

The Twelve Gold Medallions

The Twelve Gold Medallions
6.8/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 07/01/1970
  • Character: Golden Fan Ma Shan Ting
As a valiant Chinese general and his men battle Tartar invaders, patriot swordsmen attempt to stop the delivery of 12 medallions sent by a traitor that could spell the doom of the Sung Dynasty. When a powerful kung fu master assumes responsibility for the deliveries, his daughter and a former student turn against him in order to save China.

The Sexy Killer

The Sexy Killer
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 12/02/1976
  • Character: Boss Wu
A nurse decides to take justice in her own hands to fight the crime-syndicates of Hong Kong after her sister is drugged and abused by some local drug dealers.

The Eunuch

The Eunuch
6.6/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 12/05/1971
  • Character: Ye Zicong
This rare release is set in the cloistered halls of the imperial palace, the home to many ghostly stories of wrongful deaths and lonely spirits, amidst the quiet shuffles of the eunuchs. Pai Ying stars as the titular eunuch, a powerhungry official who is willing to go to any extent to achieve his nefarious goals.

Village of Tigers

Village of Tigers
5.8/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 12/01/1974
  • Character: Hu Jiao
The Village of Tigers is known as the home of all evil doers throughout the land, ruled by their leader, Lord Hu Jiao. When the famed swordsman known as the Sword of the Southern Sky, Luo Hong-Xun ends up in said village, he will teach the bandits a lesson.

Lady with a Sword

Lady with a Sword
6.8/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 14/10/1971
  • Character: Chef Liang
Feng Fei Fei, an excellent swordswoman, seeks revenge with her nephew for the murder of her old sister, who got killed by some rogues on her way home. She soon finds out that the murderer is the son of her father's best friend and her future husband.

The Long Chase

The Long Chase
6.7/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 31/12/1971
  • Character: Bandit Chief He Xi Lei
Yueh Hua stars as an assassin who flees after killing a hated prime minister, with Lo Lieh as the relentless imperial guard who pursues him to a remote village being terrorized by bandits. When Yueh takes over the identity of a county officer newly assigned to the village, his ruse is assisted by a pretty innkeeper's daughter (Li Ching) who insists to Lieh that Yueh is indeed the county officer and happens also to be the cousin who was betrothed to her as a child. The confused innkeeper is persuaded by his daughter to support the ruse, thus delaying Lieh's efforts to arrest the wanted man.

Crazy Sex

Crazy Sex
5.8/10
Shaw Brothers superdirector Li Han-Hsiang was particularly masterful in two genres: erotica and classic Chinese tales. He combined these two loves in this two-part examination of lust. The first story features an elderly jeweler's adventures with his unsatisfied wife, a handsome neighbor, and the neighborhood bordello. The second is a more modern tale of sex, lies, and videotape.

Brotherhood

Brotherhood
5.9/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 20/07/1976
  • Character: Ouyang Hsiung
Liao Jiang is the lowest ranking member of a gang that holds up a jewelery store. Subsequently the three other gang members die, and their gold haul goes missing. Liao Jiang and his new gang member Huge Eyes are then forced to turn to a triad gang to help get back their gold from a rival group.

The Crimson Charm

The Crimson Charm
6.4/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 01/07/1971
  • Character: Yellow-gowned Chief Tsao Kang
A noble swordsman and a one-armed swordswoman go up against the vicious Crimson Charm gang of thieves and cutthroats. The lovely and lethal Ivy Ling Po teams with the amazing Chang I for a classic tale of good versus evil in which the best man and one-armed woman wins.

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.

Illicit Desire

Illicit Desire
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 01/01/1973
  • Character: Zhao De-Zhu
Tang Dynasty emperors, Ming Dynasty scholars, assorted fortunetellers, and several Buddhist monks figure in a trio of erotic and mystical Chinese legends.

Kidnap

Kidnap
7/10
Crime drama based on true incidents around a Kidnapping - and murder case ,also taking much time describing the psychological moments which propel the criminals. It's strictly focused on them, the law representatives are mostly faceless and out of the plot. Lo Lieh plays a moneyless guy working on a gas station, it's owner is a thorn in his flesh, because he completely knows the differences and painfully shows it: "I can find a new worker faster, than you can find a new job" Together with 3 friends, who are similarly struck, a plan to kidnap and blackmail this guy is made....

Shaolin Deadly Kicks

Shaolin Deadly Kicks
5.4/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 22/10/1982
  • Character: Master Chu, Eight Dragons member #6
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.

The Golden Lion

The Golden Lion
6.3/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 21/12/1975
  • Character: Wang Jian Chao
Director Ho Meng-hua is one of Shaw Studio's most versatile directors. He's helmed romances, mysteries, award-winning dramas, contemporary action films, historical costume dramas, fantasies, and, finally, popular swordplay movies. The title character in this one is a chivalrous thief who raises the jealous ire of the rival Red Shirt Gang. There's plenty of action in this adventure, which sweeps from the plains to the mountains ... to the sound of slashing swords.

Lady Jade Locket

Lady Jade Locket
6.6/10
Love knows no limits in the grand period romance, Lady Jade Locket. A young fighter inadvertently falls for the spirit of a beautiful woman, who died years earlier avenging her own father's murder. The beautiful ghost is in fact the sister of his fiancee. Experienced as an actor in many such romances, director Yen Chuan keeps the tone perfect. Plus, with period specialist Li Li-hua in the lead and the attractive and acclaimed Li Ching playing the ghost girl, he really can do no wrong.

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