Shaw Brothers Studio

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Shaw Brothers Studio was a pioneering and highly influential Hong Kong film production company best known for its classic martial arts and genre films that helped define Hong Kong cinema from the 1950s to the 1980s.

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Shaw Brothers 1
Shaw Brothers Studio, Hong Kong 1

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instanceOf Hong Kong film studio
film production company
activePeriod 1950s–1980s
backlotSize one of the largest in Asia at the time
businessModel vertically integrated studio system
ceasedRegularFilmProduction mid-1980s
country Hong Kong NERFINISHED
declinePeriod 1980s
distributionRegion Hong Kong NERFINISHED
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED
international markets
employedUnderContractSystem actors
directors
technicians
writers
foundedBy Run Run Shaw NERFINISHED
Runme Shaw NERFINISHED
genreSpecialization exploitation
historical epics
horror
martial arts
wuxia
hadTelevisionArm TVB (Television Broadcasts Limited) NERFINISHED
industry film industry
influenced Golden Harvest NERFINISHED
Hong Kong New Wave filmmakers NERFINISHED
global martial arts cinema
languageOfFilms Cantonese
Mandarin
legacy iconic brand in classic Hong Kong cinema
location Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong NERFINISHED
notableDirector Chang Cheh NERFINISHED
Chor Yuen NERFINISHED
King Hu NERFINISHED
Lau Kar-leung NERFINISHED
notableFilm Come Drink with Me NERFINISHED
Five Deadly Venoms NERFINISHED
One-Armed Swordsman NERFINISHED
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin NERFINISHED
The Boxer from Shantung NERFINISHED
The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter NERFINISHED
The Five Venoms NERFINISHED
notableFor Hong Kong cinema classics
martial arts films
wuxia films
notableStar Cheng Pei-pei NERFINISHED
David Chiang NERFINISHED
Gordon Liu NERFINISHED
Jimmy Wang Yu NERFINISHED
Ti Lung NERFINISHED
operatedOwnBacklot true
partOf Shaw Organisation NERFINISHED
peakInfluence 1960s
1970s
visualStyle elaborate studio sets and stylized action choreography

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Five Deadly Venoms distributor Shaw Brothers Studio
Five Deadly Venoms filmingStudio Shaw Brothers Studio
this entity surface form: Shaw Brothers Studio, Hong Kong
Hong Kong cinema notableStudio Shaw Brothers Studio
Blade Runner productionCompany Shaw Brothers Studio
this entity surface form: Shaw Brothers
Five Deadly Venoms productionCompany Shaw Brothers Studio