Query: What are some films set in 18th-century Qing dynasty?
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Fong Sai-yuk (film)
The Guillotines
Shaolin Temple (1976 film)
Five Shaolin Masters
Burning Paradise
Fong Sai-yuk II
Heroes Two
Master of the Flying Guillotine
The Emperor and His Brother
Princess Fragrance (film)
Evidence from documents: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin: '''''The 36th Chamber of Shaolin''''', also known as '''''The Master Killer''''', '''''Shaolin Master Killer''''' and '''''Shao Lin San Shi Liu Fang''''', is a 1978 Hong Kong kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung and produced by Shaw Brothers, starring Gordon Liu. The film follows a highly fictionalized version of San Te, a legendary Shaolin martial arts disciple who trained under the general Chi Shan.
Fong Sai-yuk (film): Fong discovers that his father is a member of the Red Flower Society, a secret society seeking to overthrow the ruling Qing dynasty.
The Guillotines: '''''The Guillotines''''' is a 2012 Chinese-Hong Kong wuxia film
Shaolin Temple (1976 film): Shaolin Temple''''' a.k.a. ''Death Chambers'' is a Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh. It is one of the Shaolin Temple themed martial arts films and concerns their rebellion against the Qings, with an all-star cast featuring the second and third generations of Chang Cheh's stable of actors including David Chiang, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng and Chi Kuan-Chun, as well as cameo appearances by several of the actors that would later become collectively known as the Venoms mob. The film serves as a pseudo prequel to ''Five Shaolin Masters''.
The film opens with the chief Shaolin Monks realizing that time is not on their side and they must train more fighters to fight the Qings. The monk Hai Hsien (Shan Mao) opposes this as he is secretly working for the court. Outside many men are sitting in front of the temple waiting to be accepted in, Fang Shih Yu (Alexander Fu Sheng), Ma Chao-hsing (Tony Liu) and others, as the temple tests the will of potential students by making them wait outside for days, eventually the two are accepted in for "training". Fang Shih Yu becomes frustrated immediately as Shaolin methods of teaching martial arts are rather obscure, although Ma Chao-hsing begins learning the five animal styles from the start.
Five Shaolin Masters: The film focuses on Shaolin's historic rivalries with the Qing Dynasty.
Burning Paradise: ''''Burning Paradise''''' (''Foh Siu Hung Lin Ji'' 火燒紅蓮寺) is a 1994 Hong Kong action film directed by Ringo Lam. The film is set in the Qing dynasty and stars Willie Chi Tian-sheng as Fong Sai Yuk and Yang Sheng as Hung Hei-kwun.
Fong Sai-yuk II: Two former Miss Hong Kong Pageant winners, Michelle Reis and Amy Kwok, portrayed Fong Sai-yuk's wives.
Fong Sai-yuk and his wife, Ting-ting, are now full-fledged members of the Red Flower Society, a secret society seeking to overthrow the Qing dynasty.
Heroes Two: '''''Heroes Two''''' (方世玉與洪熙官) (also known as ''Kung Fu Invaders'') is a 1974 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh. The film stars Alexander Fu Sheng and Chen Kuan Tai.
Heroes Two begins with the burning of the Shaolin Temple, and chronicles the efforts of Fang Shi-yu (Alexander Fu Sheng) and Hung Si-kuan (Chen Kuan Tai) as they combat the forces of oppression, fighting alongside the Chinese revolutionaries. Manchurian General Che Kang (Zhu Mu) is a clever Warlord who capitalizes on the naïveté of Fang Shi-yu. Neither man realizes that they fight for the Shaolin cause, and General Che Kang tricks Fang Shi-yu into believing that Hung Si-kuan is a renegade bandit. With the help of the General's henchmen, Fang Shi-yu defeats a bloodied Hung Si-kuan. Then the tough rebel is put into shackles inside the General's castle. Word quickly spreads that Fang Shi-yu beat the unbeatable Shaolin hero, and the local faction of the rebellion attacks the unknowing Fang Shi-yu for his rash actions. When the rebel leader reveals the true nature of Hung Si-kuan, Fang Shi-yu is beside himself. The naïve martial artist initially intends to correct his mistake by sneaking into the General's dungeon and liberating his cohort from the grasp of the Manchurians. However, General Che Kang himself is a powerful Kung Fu practitioner who foils Fang Shi-yu's plans. Once Fang Shi-yu joins his Rebel brothers, they devise a plan to tunnel into the underground prison and rescue Hung Si-kuan. After several tenuous attempts at freeing him, the Shaolin heroes succeed in their task. Now reunited, Fang Shi-yu, Hung Si-kuan, and their Rebel brothers must endure the assault of General Che Kang and his Manchurian army.
''Heroes Two'' was released in Hong Kong on January 19, 1974. It grossed 1.363 million Hong Kong dollars.
Master of the Flying Guillotine: '''''Master of the Flying Guillotine''''' is a 1976 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film starring Jimmy Wang Yu, who also wrote and directed the film. It is a sequel to Wang's 1971 film ''One-Armed Boxer'', and thus the film is also known as '''''One-Armed Boxer 2''''' and '''''The One-Armed Boxer vs. the Flying Guillotine'''''.
The Emperor and His Brother: What are some films set in 18th-century Qing dynasty?: '''''The Emperor and His Brother''''' is a 1981 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film based on Louis Cha's novel ''The Book and the Sword''. Produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, the film was directed by Chor Yuen and starred Ti Lung, Jason Pai and Lo Lieh in the leading roles.
Princess Fragrance (film): '''''Princess Fragrance''''', released as '''''Gebi Enchou Lu''''' (戈壁恩仇录) in mainland China, is a 1987 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha's novel ''The Book and the Sword''. The film is a sequel to ''The Romance of Book and Sword'', released earlier in the same month and also directed by Ann Hui.