Shaw Brothers redefined martial arts cinema, blending action with drama and fantasy, leaving a lasting impact on the genre worldwide. Films like Killer Constable and Invincible Shaolin showcase ...

The mid-1980s were a strange time for martial arts movies, both in the U.S. and abroad ... stories into the “chopsocky” cinema of the Shaw Brothers Studio and others that exploded in ...

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, the 1978 film directed by venerated martial arts choreographer Lau Kar-leung for Shaw Brothers, is one of the tentpoles of Hong Kong cinema. The influential film made ...

Originally from Zhejiang province, the Shaws became one of the most influential families in Hong Kong in the late 1950s after setting up their own film company, Shaw Brothers (HK) Limited.

Yan Jun casts his real-life wife, the elegant Li Li Hua, star of such Shaw Brothers films as The Goddess of Mercy and Vermillion Door, as one of the title characters, a woman who finds herself in ...