History Creator / ShawBrothers

'''Shaw Brothers''' (HK) Ltd. (Chinese: 邵氏兄弟（香港）公司) was Hong Kong's largest film production company that operated between 1925 to 2011. Based in Clearwater Bay in downtown Hong Kong, it was founded by the brothers, Shaw Run-jie, Shaw Run-mei, and Shaw Run-de, with the youngest of the brothers, Shaw Run-run, being appointed executive producer and in charge of cinematic productions.

The studio is known for their massive, large-scale {{Wuxia}} martial arts films that dominates Hong Kong cinema in the 1960s and 70s, and making "Shaw Brothers" a name synonymous with kung fu. At it's peak of operations, at any given time, the studios have 5,000 extras available, allowing multiple films of varying genres to be made all at once.

Having produced over 1,000 films throughout it's live-span, and launched the careers of numerous martial arts icons from Gordon Liu to Ti Lung, Shaw Brothers would last until the late 90s, with it's remake of ''Boxer from Shantung'' titled ''Film/Hero1997'' being one of its last productions before it closes down. Nowadays, the former Shaw Brothers studio backlot is more popular as a tourist attraction. (It briefly re-opened in 2002, for filming the House of Blue Leaves scene in the first ''Film/KillBill'' movie. Incidentally, Creator/QuentinTarantino is one of the many western directors who is a massive fan of Shaw Brothers).

'''Shaw Brothers''' (HK) Ltd. (Chinese: 邵氏兄弟（香港）公司) is Hong Kong's largest film production company that operates since 1925 to 2011. Based in Clearwater Bay in downtown Hong Kong, it was founded by the brothers, Shaw Run-jie, Shaw Run-mei, and Shaw Run-de, with the youngest of the brothers, Shaw Run-run, being appointed executive producer and in charge of cinematic productions.

* Creator/ShigSzu - Also credited as Rachel Shih, she is a Taiwanese actress developed as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitite to Cheng Pei-pei, with her breakthrough role being Cheng's student in ''The Lady Hermit''. Still, she nonetheless remain with the studios until 1980 when she decides to return to Taiwan to make movies over there.

* ''Film/AManCalledTiger''

* ''Film/TheBrothers''

* ''Film/MagnificentSwordsman''

* ''Film/TheEmperorAndHisBrother''

* ''Film/HongKongNocturne''

* ''Film/ThatManInChangAn''

* ''Film/WellOfDoom''

* ''Film/TheChinatownKid''

* ''Film/BastardSwordsman''

* ''Film/BlackLizard''

* ''Film/TheDesperateChase''

* ''Film/TheHiddenPowerOfTheDragonSabre'' - parts 1 and 2

* ''Film/NaChaAndTheSevenDevils''
* ''Film/NaChaTheGreat''

* ''‎Film/TheButterflyChalice''

* ''Film/LadyExterminator''

* ''Film/AngelWithTheIronFist''

* ''Film/AngelWithTheIronFist''

* ''Film/TheBoxerFromShantung''

* ''Film/HolyFlameOfTheMartial World''

* ''Film/KingBoxer''