Robert Tai

AKA: Robert Tai Chi-Hsien, 戴徹, Baoshan Dai
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1953-01-01

Taiwan

Biography

Taiwanese Director, Actor, and Choreographer known for his wild and creative style. Frequently collaborated with Alexander Lo Rei at the height of his career in movies such as Ninja: The Final Duel. A beloved cult icon in the Taiwanese indie martial arts scene.

Crew Roles

Guards of Shaolin
Director
Ninja: The Final Duel II
Director
Ninja: The Final Duel II
Writer
Ninja: The Final Duel II
Martial Arts Choreographer
Legend of the Drunken Tiger
Director
Legend of the Drunken Tiger
Screenplay
Legend of the Drunken Tiger
Martial Arts Choreographer
Ninja the Final Duel
Director
Shaolin Dolemite
Director
Shaolin vs. Ninja
Director
Mafia vs. Ninja
Director
Trinity Goes East
Director
Death Cage
Director
Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu
Director
The Heroes
Martial Arts Choreographer
Shaolin Dolemite
Writer
Devil Killer
Director
Fists of Legends 2: Iron Bodyguards
Director
Shaolin Rescuers
Stunt Coordinator
Death Cage
Writer
Crippled Avengers
Martial Arts Choreographer
The Five Venoms
Martial Arts Choreographer
Invincible Shaolin
Martial Arts Choreographer
Kid with the Golden Arm
Martial Arts Choreographer
Ten Tigers of Kwangtung
Martial Arts Choreographer
Ninja the Final Duel
Writer
Ninja the Final Duel
Martial Arts Choreographer
Life Gamble
Martial Arts Choreographer
Five Fighters from Shaolin
Action Director
Guards of Shaolin
Action Director
The Secret Rivals 3
Choreographer
Director
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {38}

1981-05-06 0

Deadly Duo

Seeking revenge for the murder of his family, a man returns to Hong Kong to track down the killers. He becomes enthralled in further intrigue when his new boss is targeted by the same group. ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Thriller

Qing Fighter with 2 Swords in Black (uncredited)

1976-12-22 6.2

Shaolin Temple

There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between ...
Genre :Action, Adventure

1st Contestant

1978-08-12 5

The Cavalier

A grandfather and his young grandaughter travel to atown with a very unusual proposition: if any man can beat her in a fight, she will be his bride. ...
Genre :Action, Comedy

Taoist Thug (Brown)

1976-11-19 6.5

Fighting of Shaolin Monks

The Fighting of Shaolin Monk tells the story of the Famed Monk, Tamo (Chen Sing Hong Kong's most prolific action star) who was one of the original founders of the Shaolin Temple. Monk Tamo travels fr ...
Genre :

[Extra]

1970-04-13 0

Thunderstorm Sword

A swordsman and swordswoman fight to protect Lady Liu who is trying to return to power. She's traveling in a coffin, the heroes can only hope they all aren't sent home in one. ...
Genre :Action, Adventure

Kui's Thug

1976-07-08 5.9

New Fist of Fury

A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with their grandfather who runs a Kung-Fu school there. However, the master of a Japanese Kung- Fu scho ...
Genre :Action, Thriller

(archive footage)

1988-01-08 1.5

Ninja: The Battalion

Four Chinese germ warfare scientists are kidnapped by a Japanese organisation. ...
Genre :Action

Lu Ping

1979-01-01 6.3

Incredible Kung Fu Mission

When a comrade is captured by a hostile warlord, five martial arts masters confront the villain's foot soldiers, valiantly battling through their resistance until they come face to face with the warlo ...
Genre :Action

1986-03-07 10

Ninja: The Final Duel II

The second movie Robert Tai made out of his original Ninja: The Final Duel footage. This one was used largely as the basis for Shaolin Dynamite. ...
Genre :Action

[Extra]

1971-01-01 0

The Ghost Hill

The film opens with a duel on a beach between two master swordsman. An elderly master looks on as the two battle. He stops the duel and proclaims one swordsman the winner and awards him the coveted Pu ...
Genre :Action, Adventure

Extra

1971-01-22 6.3

The Invincible Eight

Everyday when General Xiao and his men ride through the Imperial City, inhabitants have to scatter around in order to keep out of their path. One day when Lei plans to assassinate Xiao but gets hurt, ...
Genre :Action

Abbot

1998-01-01 3.5

Trinity Goes East

Wily ace thief Trinity steals the dragon ball from Shaolin Temple. The dragon ball gets misplaced. Trinity joins forces with gruff, determined Interpol agent Bambino, formidable karate master Meng Ray ...
Genre :Action

Master Tai

2005-11-29 1

Night Driver

A professional assassin is double crossed and left for dead. Only to be saved by a mysterious crime fighting organisation. They send him to a fabled martial arts master in Hong Kong. There he learns K ...
Genre :Action

1980-01-01 0

Devil Killer

Robert Tai's first film as a director; uses footage from Best and Worst (1974). A ruthless rapist and jewel thief and his gang are brought to justice by a cop and a young avenger. ...
Genre :Action

Japanese/Thug

1974-03-01 6

Crazy Nuts of Kung Fu

A roadside bandit reluctantly agrees to become the muscle for a traveling gambler/cheat. In an attempt to steal from traitorous warlords, they get involved with rebel fighters who hope to use the rich ...
Genre :Action, Comedy

1981-01-01 4.9

Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu

After the massacre of a small village a group of survivors lead by one of man called Ah Tien is trained by a mysterious monk in the deadly arts of the Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu. The group of survivors ...
Genre :Action

Yamamoto

1983-02-13 5.2

The Challenge of the Lady Ninja

During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, a Chinese woman trains in the covert arts. When she arrives in Hong Kong, she learns that her brother works on behalf the Japanese cause. She then pulls tog ...
Genre :Action

Monk

1986-01-01 6.1

Ninja the Final Duel

The Ji Ho Ninja clan vow to destroy the monks of Shaolin temple. To do so they must first perfect many of their techniques in order to ensure the battle will be won. The temple finds protection from m ...
Genre :Action, Adventure

1984-05-25 4.6

Guards of Shaolin

A troop of monks from the Shaolin Temple embark on a mission to get the Golden Sutra to Tibet after the Shaolin Abbot is killed by their traitorous teacher. They are joined on their quest by a beautif ...
Genre :Action

Shaolin Student (uncredited)

1976-07-15 6

Hand of Death

A young monk must face the Extended Iron Claw technique of a powerful warlord seeking to destroy Shaolin. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Heaven Soldier / Violent Man in Hell

1980-01-18 5.6

Heaven and Hell

Actors David Chaing and Alexander Fu Sheng join director Chang Cheh and the rest of the Five Deadly Venoms crew for a supernatural martial arts epic that takes the action to another plane of reality e ...
Genre :Action, Fantasy

1983-01-01 0

Evil Hits Evil

The notorious Official Choi wants the precious heirloom of commoner Kim Sung-bo's family so he has the whole family killed and seizes the heirloom. Kim Sung-bo has become a spirit. On rainy days, he g ...
Genre :Thriller, Horror

1974-05-15 0

Fury In Storm

Antonio, a travelling missionary priest, seems innocent — until he wields his cross (containing a hidden treasure) as a weapon during a train robbery. While on the train he befriends a man named Drago ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Adventure

1974-05-18 0

The Female Chivalry

Chia plays a government agent, Iron Phoenix, who’s after a bunch of crooked miners, and Barry plays a boastful young man without much fu talent. Iron Phoenix teaches Barry some martial arts skills, ma ...
Genre :Thriller, Action

Film extra

1974-01-01 4.556

SuperDragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Considered the first biopic of the legendary Bruce Lee, fact blurs with fiction in this low-budget, loose interpretation of the great martial arts expert's life starring Bruce Li, the most well known ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Brother Tai

1996-01-01 5.7

Fists of Legends 2: Iron Bodyguards

Dr. Sun leads a movement to free China from its Japanese occupation. While on a tour of China he is constantly assaulted by assassins hired by the Manchu leaders. The Chun Do school of martial arts is ...
Genre :

Abbot White (archive footage)

1999-01-01 6.2

Shaolin Dolemite

The film was created by re-dubbing footage filmed for the 1986 Taiwanese kung fu film Ren zhe da (known in English as Ninja: The Final Duel). Ren zhe da producer Robert Tai had reportedly filmed 10 ho ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Comedy

1974-08-07 0

Kung Fu Revenger

Excellent rare basher from Taiwan. ...
Genre :Drama, Action

Chu Pai Tien

1981-06-18 5.5

The Secret Rivals 3

John Liu stars as Shao Yu Pai, master of the "northern kick" kung-fu, still seeking revenge for the death of his brother. Evidence mounts that Lu Tung Chung (Alexander Lo), master of the "southern fis ...
Genre :Action

Mongolian Soldier (uncredited)

1975-12-25 5.5

The Four Assassins

Set at the time of Italian explorer Marco Polo's historic expedition to China ,during the reign of Monogol ruler Kublai Khan, it stars American actor Richard Harrison as Polo. Taking considerable libe ...
Genre :Action, Adventure

Green Dragon Thug

1977-12-02 6.3

Chinatown Kid

Struggling to survive the murderous gang wars of Hong Kong, Tan Tung, a young martial arts street fighter, successfully takes on all challengers—until he runs up against the savage underworld empire o ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Thriller

1977-07-30 6.7

The Brave Archer

Guo Jing and Yang Kang are the sons of two rebels. The rebels are killed by imperial soldiers and the boys are rescued by six pugilists later. The pugilists agree to separate the two boys, tutor them ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Feng's Fighter

1976-06-18 6.8

The Shaolin Avengers

Heroism and romance combine in an action-packed martial arts story. When the Shaolin are betrayed by White-Browed Hermit, hotheaded warrior-hero Fong Sai Yuk vows revenge. ...
Genre :Action

Japanese Soldier / Mongolian Mercenary

1976-04-16 6

7-Man Army

In 1933, 20,000 Japanese soldiers and 50 tanks invaded the Pa Tou Lou Tzu, a strategic key point of the Great Wall. With only seven men stationing, these heroes took on the entire army for five days b ...
Genre :War, Action, Drama

Gang Member

1976-09-03 6.8

The New Shaolin Boxers

An honourable carriage driver finds love and death when he battles particularly homicidal street punks ...
Genre :Action

Jade Horse Gang Thug

1980-01-03 6

The Thundering Mantis

Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. Ending up facing Hsia (Eddie Ko) of the notorious Jade Brotherhood is inev ...
Genre :Action

Tsuen Jen Taoist Lam Chue Yuan

1978-05-13 6.4

The Brave Archer 2

Our hero Kuo Tsing is winning the hand of fair maiden Huang Yung. However, almost immediately, clan rivalries in the "Martial Art World" lead to Kuo being wounded by Ouyang Feng and Huang being named ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Mongol guard

1977-05-27 5.786

Magnificent Wanderers

Millionaire Chu Te-Sa invests his considerable wealth into the rebel movement who are intent on usurping the ruling Mongol powers. His goals are impeded by a lack of support though and the supposed al ...
Genre :Action, Adventure