Lau Kar-leung
Lau Kar-leung( 28 July 1934 – 25 June 2013), also known as Liu Chia- liang, was a Hong Kong- based Chinese actor, filmmaker, choreographer and martial artist.
Lau is best known for the films he made in the 1970s and 1980s for the Shaw Brothers Studio.
One of his most famous works is" The 36th Chamber of Shaolin" which starred Gordon Liu, as well as" Drunken Master II" which starred Jackie Chan.
The Flapper
The Flapper is a 1920 American silent comedy film starring Olive Thomas.
Directed by Alan Crosland, the film was the first in the United States to portray the" flapper" lifestyle, which would become a cultural craze or fad in the 1920s.
Iron Monkey (1977 film)
Iron Monkey
( Tie ma liu aka" School of Shaolin( USA)", Bloody Monkey Master) is a 1977 Hong Kong – Taiwanese martial arts film directed by, and starring Chen Kuan Tai, as a Shaolin Temple trained Monkey Kung Fu expert, fighting against the Qings.
Twisted Obsession
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El sueño del mono loco, literally" The Dream of the Mad Monkey") is a 1989 Spanish erotic thriller directed by Fernando Trueba and starring Jeff Goldblum and Miranda Richardson.
It was written by Trueba, Manuel Matji( also known as Manolo Matji) and Menno Meyjes( uncredited), originally based on the novel" The Dream of the Mad Monkey" by Christopher Frank.
Goldblum stars as a screenwriter who becomes involved with a young incestuous brother and sister.
Liza Walker and Dexter Fletcher are also featured in the cast.
Alan Crosland
Alan Crosland( August 10, 1894 – July 16, 1936) was an American stage actor and film director.
He is noted for having directed the first film using spoken dialogue," The Jazz Singer".
Augustin, King of Kung-Fu
Augustin, King of Kung- Fu( original French title: Augustin, roi du Kung- fu) is a 1999 film, directed by Anne Fontaine.
Hsiao Ho (actor)
Hsiao Ho,( Hsiao Hou)
( Cantonese: Siu Hau, born 1 January 1958( age 58) in Meixian District, Guangdong, China) is a Hong Kong martial arts film actor, stunt performer and action choreographer.
A Hakka, he has acted in many films directed by Lau Kar- leung, including" Mad Monkey Kung Fu" and Legendary Weapons of China.
In 1985 he portrayed legendary kung fu warrior Fong Sai -Yuk in the Lau directed action- comedy," Disciples of the 36th Chamber" and also took a lead role in Fake Ghost Catchers, directed by Lau Kar Wing.
Fake Ghost Catchers is marketed by Celestial Pictures as being made two years before Ghostbusters( inferring that the idea for Ghostbusters may have come from the movie).
Hou is also known for portraying the" disfigured swordsman" and doubling complicated action scenes in 1993's" Iron Monkey".
He was also the action director for the movie Shaolin Avengers( 1994).
In 1982 he was nominated for Best Action Choreography for the movie Legendary Weapons of China( for which he was action director) at the Hong Kong Film Awards alongside Lau Kar Leung and Ching Chu who also provided choreography for the film.
Born Hao Yiu Chung, he was trained in Beijing opera by Fan Kuk- Fa as a child and acted in films.
He moved to the United States in the 1960s with classmates where he learned acrobatics from different instructors under the watchful tutelage of Fan Kuk- Fa.
He later returned to China, and at age 17 became a martial arts stunt performer, which led to his starring role in" Mad Monkey Kung Fu" in 1979.
He then became a contracted actor with Shaw Brothers Studio and studied Hung Gar, a specialised Kung Fu under Lau Kar Leung.
A very young man at the time, he was always cast by director Lau Kar Leung as the rebellious teen.
In the cult classic My Young Auntie Hou played the energetic rebellious teenage son of Lau Kar Leung.
In Disciples of the 36th Chamber he also played the rebellious son.
Because of an ability to perform difficult stunts and acrobats with ease, Hsiao Hou was often cast in roles that required an expert stunt performer and martial artist.
While his career did not reach the popularity of frequent co-stars Gordon Liu or Kara Hui, he is considered a Shaw Brothers legend by legions of fans and is highly regarded for martial arts, comedic talents, and acrobatic talent.
Lau Kar Leung was once quoted as calling
Hou the most" talented action actor( or star)" in his class.
Hsiao Hou's last known interview was in 2004 taken by Video Asia.
Though he was not featured on the cover in western versions of the popular Shaw Brother releases, Hsiao Hou took the starring roles in Mad Monkey Kung Fu, Legendary Weapons of China, Disciples of the 36th Chamber, Fake Ghost Catchers and My Young Auntie.
He later acted in small supporting roles in films by Sammo Hung.
He has also been a martial arts and action director/ choreographer.
Mad Monkey Kung Fu
Mad Monkey Kung Fu is a 1979 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung.
Later, the film was released on DVD by Dragon Dynasty.
Besides directing Mad Monkey Kung Fu, Lau Kar-Leung, (also known as Liu Chia-liang) debuts as a lead character who is crippled by the villain in a devious plot that defames the martial arts master, the character later goes on to teach a young vagrant his unique monkey style kung-fu, who then avenges his shame.
Mad Monkey Kung Fu is one of Lau Kar-Leung's many Martial Arts masterpieces, and is praised for its intricate plot and streamlined presentation of both story and Martial Arts.
Chiu Chi-ling
Chiu Chi Ling( born 1943) is a martial artist and actor who appears mostly in Kung Fu style movies produced in Hong Kong.
He also teaches Hung Gar Kung Fu at Chiu Chi Ling Hung Gar Kung Fu Association, a San Francisco- based martial arts school he founded, and at the old Chiu Family Kwoon in Hong Kong.
Every year he visits his students and grand students around the world and organizes worldwide Kung Fu tournaments.
The Kung
Fu lineage he is part of was passed down directly from southern shaolin temple and carries names like Hung Hei Gung and Wong Fei Hung.
He has appeared in over 70 movies, both as an actor and stunt man.
His abilities as an actor and martial arts practitioner has allowed him to work with most of the top Hong Kong film makers including Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun- fat and Stephen Chow.
He started practising Hung Gar Kung Fu when he was six years old under the tutelage of his father Chiu Kau( who won with the famous tiger- crane set over the whole of China in his sixties) and mother Shiu Ying, who were renowned for their solid Hung Gar.
They were also both well- known doctors and Chiu Chi Ling learned from his father, beside the art of Kung Fu, the art of bone setting( Dit- Da).
In the early 1970s, he opened a school which attracted many celebrities, athletes and performers.
This exposure to the entertainment industry gave him his start in acting.
He has appeared in such well- known Kung Fu style movies as" Snake in the Eagle's ShadowDuel of the Seven Tigers", the comic smash- hit" Kung Fu HustleAdventures of Power" and" The Mermaid".
Chiu Chu Ling has also appeared in “ Tiger and Crane Shaolin Kung Fu ” demonstrating the techniques from shaolin tiger and crane.
He currently resides in Alameda, California.
The Brothers (1973 film)
The Brothers( Da di shuang ying in Mandarin), is a Kung Fu film which was also released in the United States under the title The Kung Fu Brothers.

Question: Which film has the director who died later, The Flapper or Mad Monkey Kung Fu?