Lau Kar-leung

Biography

Lau Kar-leung (Chinese: 劉家良, 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.

Most Famous Work

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

(1993) Martial Arts Choreographer

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The Legend of Drunken Master

(1994) Stunt Coordinator

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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

(1978) Martial Arts Choreographer

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The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

(1974) Martial Arts Choreographer

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The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter

(1984) Screenplay

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Martial Arts of Shaolin

(1986) Director

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Seven Swords

(2005) Fight Choreographer

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Return to the 36th Chamber

(1980) Martial Arts Choreographer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2014	N/A	翠兰的爱情 2014-06-16 TV Show
2008	N/A	The Master of Martial Arts film director : Lau Kar-leung 2008-09-04 Movie
	Self	Dragonland - L'urlo di Chen terrorizza ancora l'occidente 2008-01-01 Movie
2005	Fu Qingzhu	Seven Swords 2005-07-25 Movie
2003	Master Man Bil	Drunken Monkey 2003-05-19 Movie
	Himself	Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen 2003-04-04 Movie
	Himself	Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia 2003-01-02 Movie
	Self	Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu 2003-01-01 Movie
2002	Self - Interviewee	The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies 2002-06-01 Movie
	Wimp Lo (archive footage)	Kung Pow: Enter the Fist 2002-01-25 Movie
1998	(archive footage) (uncredited)	Jackie Chan: My Story 1998-07-17 Movie
1995	Himself [archive footage]	Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1 1995-07-22 Movie
1994	Master Fu Wen-Chi	The Legend of Drunken Master 1994-02-03 Movie
	Himself (uncredited)	Cinema of Vengeance 1994-01-01 Movie
1992	Master Lo	Operation Scorpio 1992-09-10 Movie
	李百川	Story Of Bruce Lee 1992-07-27 TV Show
	Doctor	Twin Dragons 1992-01-15 Movie
1991	Master Lau	The Banquet 1991-11-30 Movie
1990	Uncle	New Kids in Town 1990-10-05 Movie
1989	Casino Boss	Pedicab Driver 1989-02-11 Movie
1988	Leung	A Bloody Fight 1988-05-12 Movie
1987	N/A	The Thirty Million Dollar Rush 1987-07-02 Movie
	Master Cheung	Evil Cat 1987-01-01 Movie
1985	Manchu Gym Chief	Disciples of the 36th Chamber 1985-05-17 Movie
1984	Hunter, Helps Yang 5th Escape	The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter 1984-02-17 Movie
1983	Wang Hsieh Yun	The Lady Is the Boss 1983-03-31 Movie
1982	Lui Gung / Uncle Yu	Legendary Weapons of China 1982-01-21 Movie
1981	Explains Lion Dance in Intro (uncredited)	Martial Club 1981-08-20 Movie
	Yu Jing-Chuen	My Young Auntie 1981-01-01 Movie
1979	Uncle Chan	Mad Monkey Kung Fu 1979-10-05 Movie
	N/A	Six Kung Fu Heroes 1979-06-25 Movie
1978	Master So	Heroes of the East 1978-12-30 Movie
1977	Governor's Fighter on the Stairs (uncredited)	Executioners from Shaolin 1977-02-16 Movie
1976	Ho Fu	Challenge of the Masters 1976-05-07 Movie
1975	Chien's Disciple (uncredited)	The Spiritual Boxer 1975-11-28 Movie
1969	Thug (uncredited)	The Flying Dagger 1969-06-18 Movie
	Meng Gang	Twelve Deadly Coins 1969-03-13 Movie
	Ape's Arms King Yuan Qian	Return of the One-Armed Swordsman 1969-02-28 Movie
1968	2nd brother	The Sword of Swords 1968-08-23 Movie
	Golden Dragon Branch leader	Golden Swallow 1968-04-03 Movie
1967	Tian Qing	The Assassin 1967-12-22 Movie
	Boss	The Strange Hero Yi Zhimei 1967-10-25 Movie
	Ba Shuang	The One-Armed Swordsman 1967-07-26 Movie
	N/A	The Perilous Rescue 1967-07-23 Movie
	Henchman	Jin ou 1967-06-16 Movie
	Lau, Yue's Security Escort member	The Thundering Sword 1967-05-08 Movie
	One of Liu's thugs	The Sweetest Moment 1967-04-26 Movie
	Policeman	Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell 1967-03-29 Movie
	Gang Member	The Black Killer 1967-03-08 Movie
	Qiu's fighter with shield	The Trail of the Broken Blade 1967-03-04 Movie
1966	Bandit	The Perfumed Arrow 1966-11-23 Movie
	Brother Hu	The Magnificent Trio 1966-11-08 Movie
	hatchet man	The Big Chase 1966-08-28 Movie
	N/A	Lady Bond 1966-08-01 Movie
	BDG killer 'Sea Tiger'	The Woman in Black and the Black Dragon 1966-06-11 Movie
1965	Red Lotus member	The Twin Swords 1965-12-22 Movie
	N/A	The All-powerful Flute: Part 2 1965-08-25 Movie
	N/A	The Lotus Lamp 1965-07-07 Movie
	Japanese agent	Sons of the Good Earth 1965-03-19 Movie
	Red Lotus member	Temple of the Red Lotus 1965-01-10 Movie
1964	Qing's man	The Amorous Lotus Pan 1964-04-09 Movie
	N/A	Buddha's Palm Part 1 1964-02-26 Movie
	N/A	The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part Two 1964-01-15 Movie
	N/A	The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part One 1964-01-08 Movie
1963	Ruffian	The Killing Flag (Part 1) 1963-05-08 Movie
1962	N/A	Yellow Giant 1962-10-10 Movie
	N/A	The Birth of Yue Fei 1962-09-26 Movie
	N/A	The Flaming Mountain 1962-07-25 Movie
	N/A	Secret Book (Part 3) 1962-04-19 Movie
	N/A	A Couple in Cold War 1962-02-16 Movie
1960	Cheung Sam	The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine 1960-10-21 Movie
	Thug	Wong An Vs. the Flying Tigers 1960-09-21 Movie
	N/A	Apartment Murder 1960-07-23 Movie
	N/A	Wong Fei Hung's Battle with the Gorilla 1960-06-16 Movie
1959	N/A	How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies 1959-11-04 Movie
	N/A	Wong Fei Hung Trapped in Hell 1959-06-07 Movie
	N/A	Madam White Snake's Reincarnation 1959-05-08 Movie
1958	N/A	Wong Fei-Hung's Battle with the Five Tigers in the Boxing Ring 1958-06-01 Movie
	N/A	Wong Fei-Hung's Fierce Battle 1958-02-13 Movie
1956	N/A	The White Crane Hero 1956-12-25 Movie
	Thug	Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan 1956-10-20 Movie
	Kwok To	Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival Disturbance 1956-02-28 Movie
	馬騮廣	羊城殲霸戰 1956-01-28 Movie
1953	N/A	How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated Three Bullies with a Rod 1953-11-18 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2005	Fight Choreographer	Seven Swords 2005-07-25 Movie
1994	Stunt Coordinator	The Legend of Drunken Master 1994-02-03 Movie
1993	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Bare-Footed Kid 1993-04-03 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III 1993-03-17 Movie
	Stunt Coordinator	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III 1993-03-17 Movie
1992	Stunt Coordinator	Operation Scorpio 1992-09-10 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Operation Scorpio 1992-09-10 Movie
1987	Martial Arts Choreographer	Evil Cat 1987-01-01 Movie
1985	Martial Arts Choreographer	Disciples of the 36th Chamber 1985-05-17 Movie
1984	Martial Arts Choreographer	The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter 1984-02-17 Movie
1983	Stunt Coordinator	Shaolin and Wu Tang 1983-07-02 Movie
1982	Martial Arts Choreographer	Cat vs. Rat 1982-09-30 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Legendary Weapons of China 1982-01-21 Movie
1981	Martial Arts Choreographer	Martial Club 1981-08-20 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	My Young Auntie 1981-01-01 Movie
1980	Martial Arts Choreographer	Return to the 36th Chamber 1980-08-24 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Clan of the White Lotus 1980-01-01 Movie
1979	Martial Arts Choreographer	Fists and Guts 1979-12-21 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Mad Monkey Kung Fu 1979-10-05 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Dirty Ho 1979-08-04 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Shadow Boxing 1979-02-15 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Green Hat Guy 1979-01-01 Movie
1978	Martial Arts Choreographer	Heroes of the East 1978-12-30 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Dirty Kung Fu 1978-11-16 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Shaolin Mantis 1978-06-28 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Breakout from Oppression 1978-06-22 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 1978-02-02 Movie
1977	Choreographer	Secret of the Shaolin Poles 1977-04-28 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Executioners from Shaolin 1977-02-16 Movie
1976	Martial Arts Choreographer	Challenge of the Masters 1976-05-07 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Boxer Rebellion 1976-01-29 Movie
1975	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Spiritual Boxer 1975-11-28 Movie
	Choreographer	The Fantastic Magic Baby 1975-08-15 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	All Men Are Brothers 1975-05-10 Movie
1974	Martial Arts Choreographer	Five Shaolin Masters 1974-12-25 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Young Lovers on Flying Wheels 1974-09-20 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires 1974-07-11 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Heroes Two 1974-01-19 Movie
	Fight Choreographer	Three Styles of Hung School's Kung Fu 1974-01-19 Movie
1973	Fight Choreographer	Blood Brothers 1973-02-24 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Delinquent 1973-02-15 Movie
1972	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Delightful Forest 1972-09-20 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Boxer from Shantung 1972-02-11 Movie
1971	Martial Arts Choreographer	Duel of Fists 1971-10-01 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Anonymous Heroes 1971-07-24 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The New One-Armed Swordsman 1971-02-07 Movie
1970	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Heroic Ones 1970-08-14 Movie
1969	Stunt Coordinator	Redress 1969-12-18 Movie
	Fight Choreographer	Redress 1969-12-18 Movie
	Stunt Coordinator	Supreme Sword 1969-09-24 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Invincible Fist 1969-06-30 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Flying Dagger 1969-06-18 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Return of the One-Armed Swordsman 1969-02-28 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Singing Thief 1969-02-13 Movie
1968	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Sword of Swords 1968-08-23 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Golden Swallow 1968-04-03 Movie
1967	Martial Arts Choreographer	Dragnet of the Law 1967-12-30 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Assassin 1967-12-22 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Golden Cat 1967-10-11 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	To Rose with Love 1967-08-29 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The One-Armed Swordsman 1967-07-26 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Sweetest Moment 1967-04-26 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell 1967-03-29 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Black Killer 1967-03-08 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Trail of the Broken Blade 1967-03-04 Movie
1966	Martial Arts Choreographer	Return of Lady Bond 1966-12-28 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Big Chase 1966-08-28 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	Lady Bond 1966-08-01 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Woman in Black and the Black Dragon 1966-06-11 Movie
	Martial Arts Choreographer	The Black Musketeer 'F' 1966-03-09 Movie
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Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2003	Director	Drunken Monkey 2003-05-19 Movie
1994	Director	Drunken Master III 1994-07-02 Movie
	Director	The Legend of Drunken Master 1994-02-03 Movie
1990	Director	Tiger on the Beat 2 1990-02-10 Movie
1989	Director	Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit 1989-01-28 Movie
1988	Director	Tiger on the Beat 1988-03-19 Movie
1987	Action Director	The Thirty Million Dollar Rush 1987-07-02 Movie
1986	Director	Martial Arts of Shaolin 1986-03-01 Movie
1985	Director	Disciples of the 36th Chamber 1985-05-17 Movie
1984	Director	The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter 1984-02-17 Movie
1983	Director	The Lady Is the Boss 1983-03-31 Movie
1982	Director	Cat vs. Rat 1982-09-30 Movie
	Director	Legendary Weapons of China 1982-01-21 Movie
1981	Director	Martial Club 1981-08-20 Movie
	Director	My Young Auntie 1981-01-01 Movie
1980	Director	Return to the 36th Chamber 1980-08-24 Movie
1979	Director	Mad Monkey Kung Fu 1979-10-05 Movie
	Director	Dirty Ho 1979-08-04 Movie
	Director	The Shadow Boxing 1979-02-15 Movie
1978	Director	Heroes of the East 1978-12-30 Movie
	Director	Shaolin Mantis 1978-06-28 Movie
	Director	Breakout from Oppression 1978-06-22 Movie
	Director	The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 1978-02-02 Movie
1977	Director	Executioners from Shaolin 1977-02-16 Movie
1976	Director	Challenge of the Masters 1976-05-07 Movie
1975	Director	The Spiritual Boxer 1975-11-28 Movie
1967	Action Director	A Death Pass 1967-08-09 Movie
	Action Director	The Perilous Rescue 1967-07-23 Movie
	Action Director	The Female Chivalry 1967-02-19 Movie
1966	Action Director	The Jade Bow 1966-01-20 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1985	Screenplay	Disciples of the 36th Chamber 1985-05-17 Movie
1984	Screenplay	The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter 1984-02-17 Movie
1983	Writer	The Lady Is the Boss 1983-03-31 Movie
1982	Screenplay	Legendary Weapons of China 1982-01-21 Movie
1981	Screenplay	My Young Auntie 1981-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1983	Producer	Shaolin and Wu Tang 1983-07-02 Movie
	Coordinating Producer	Shaolin and Wu Tang 1983-07-02 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv