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In the 1960s, Shaw Brothers established what was once the largest privately-owned studio in the world, Movietown. The company's most famous works include The Love Eterne (1963), Come Drink with Me (1966), The One-Armed Swordsman (1967), King Boxer (1972), Executioners from Shaolin (1977), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin and Five Deadly Venoms (both ...
This is a list of films produced by Shaw Brothers Studios. Films that were distributed but not produced by the studio are not included in this list.
Shaw Brothers Studio films (209 P) Pages in category "Shaw Brothers Studio" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
Around 1930, the Shaw brothers set up Nanyang (South Seas) Film Studio to produce films. [3] In 1933, Tianyi released White Gold Dragon, the first Cantonese talkie ever produced, which was a commercial success in southern China. Tianyi subsequently established a studio in Hong Kong in 1933–34 to produce Cantonese films.
The studio produced more than 150 movies from 1947 to 1969. [1] [2] A number of early Malay films were also produced under the Shaw Brothers banner in 1937–1941 before they formed MFP. [16] A small number was filmed in Hong Kong after the Singapore studio closed. [46]
The Shaw Brothers Studio also nurtured the careers of many modern, talented and high-profile filmmakers, including John Woo, Yuen Woo Ping and Tony Ching Siu-tung. The studio's legendary martial-arts directors include (but are not limited to) Chang Cheh, King Hu, Liu Chia-liang and Chu Yuan. Their distinguished martial arts styles continue to ...
His three elder brothers, Runje Shaw, Runde Shaw and Runme Shaw, were all heads of the Shaw Studio. Runme Shaw, the third elder brother, who co-founded the Shaw Studio with him, died in 1985. Shaw's first wife was Lily Wong Mee-chun, who died at age 85 in 1987. In 1997, he married Mona Fong in Las Vegas. A former singer, Mona Fong joined TVB as ...
Pages in category "Shaw Brothers Studio films" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 209 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .