We recall five films where snake kung fu makes an appearance. 1. Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) The directorial debut of Hong Kong martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping, Snake in the Eagle ...

Martial arts films were very successful in the 1970s and early 1980s. During this period, Hong Kong studios like Shaw ...

Kung fu films are often filled with superhuman feats ... and in the 1970s and 1980s, even the Chinese government investigated theories that Qigong enabled you to ‘read’ unseen objects or ...

He struggled for years to break out of the shadow of Bruce Lee, the undisputed kung fu king of the time -- even appearing as a stuntman in two of Lee's films. But in 1978, Chan landed his first ...

The 1977 film Broken Oath marked a change in style for kung fu legend Angela Mao Ying, who glammed it up in a Qing dynasty costume and a “princess” hairstyle to play a ruthless assassin hell ...