IFD/FILMARK movies thread

[Teddy Wong]

So far added (all of them are IFD productions):

1)American commando: Angel's blood mission
- original movie identified
2)American commando 2: Hunting express
- original movie identified
3)American commando 3: Savage temptation
- original movie identified
4)American commando 4: Dressed to fire
- original movie identified
5)Challenge the ninja
- original movie is not identified
6)Cobra against ninja
- original movie is not identified
7)Diamond ninja force
- original movie is not identified
8)Full metal ninja
- original movie identified
9)Hitman the cobra
- original movie is not identified
10)Inferno thunderbolt
- original movie identified
11)Ninja commandments
- original movie identified
12)Ninja destroyer
- original movie is not identified
13)Ninja hunt
- original movie is probably identified, checking.
14)Ninja kill
- original movie is not identified
15)Ninja knight: Thunder fox
- original movie is not identified
16)Ninja operation: Knight and warrior
- original movie is not identified
17)Ninja operation 2: Way of challenge
- original movie is not identified
18)Ninja operation 3: Licensed to terminate
- original movie is not identified
19)Ninja operation 4: Thunderbolt angels
- original movie is not identified
20)Ninja operation 5: Godfather the master
- original movie identified
21)Ninja operation 6: Champion on fire
- original movie identified
22)Ninja operation 7: Royal warriors
- original movie identified
23)Ninja showdown
- original movie identified
24)Ninja squad
- original movie identified
25)Ninja terminator
- original movie identified
26)Ninja the protector
- original movie is not identified
27)Ninja thunderbolt
- original movie identified
28)Official exterminator: Kill for love
- original movie identified
29)Official exterminator 2: Heaven's Hell
- original movie is not identified
30)Official exterminator 3: Joy for living dead
- original movie identified
31)Official exterminator 4: Goddess mission
- original movie is not identified
32)Official exterminator 5: Enter the victory
- original movie is not identified
33)Platoon the warriors
- original movie identified
34)Rage of a ninja
- original movie is not identified
35)Scorpion thunderbolt
- original movie is probably identified, checking.
36)Ultimate ninja
- original movie is not identified

+ updated:

1)Golden ninja warrior
- original movie is identified, but have to check a couple of things
2)Majestic thunderbolt
- original movie is not identified
3)Ninja dragon
- original movie identified
4)Ninja champion
- original movie identified

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1)Mission thunderbolt
- original movie identified

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Some facts about IFD movies:

- For some reason most people think that all of IFD/Filmark movies were directed by Godfrey Ho, which is completely not true. He was the first director on IFD, but later they were doing too much movies, so other directors were invited as well. IFD and Filmark were rivals, so Godfrey Ho didn't direct movies for Filmark.
- Godfrey Ho is credited as Godfrey Ho and sometimes as Benny Ho (usually as screenplay writer or script developer). All the other names are not Godfrey Ho.
- Philip Ko in credits - is Phillip Ko Fei (as actor, director and action director)
- Charles Lee in credits - is director Lee Chiu (2) (as director)
- Donald Kong in credits - is Chiang Tao (aka Kong Do) (as actor and action director)
- Raymond Chang or Raymond Cheung in credits - is Cheung Hoi (1) (as cinematographer)
- John Cheung in credits - is John Cheung Ng-Long (as actor and action director)
- On-screen copyright year is shown in roman numbers and actually lists one year AFTER the release. That means, if the movie was made and released in 1985, on-screen year will be MCMLXXXVI (1986). Exceptions - the first cut-and-paste movies ("Mission thunderbolt" and "Majestic thunderbolt")
- In credits asian names were usually "westernized" to give the movie more western look, for example Ma Sha was usually credited as Tattooer Ma.
- In credits gweilo actors were sometimes credited under pseudonyms - it was made in order to avoid paying taxes, because most of them weren't HK citizens and had simple tourist visas. Paulo Tocha was later credited as Bruce Stallion due to his resemblance to Sylvester Stallone.

[Michael Kistner]

Good work.

GOLDEN NINJA WARRIOR: added Tong Ga-Kuen

"Ninja operation 6: Champion on fire" is that movie;

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/images.mhtml ... ay_set=eng

THE NINJA SHOWDOWN is that one:

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/images.mhtml ... ay_set=eng

I did both cast pages with the ninja edits - without images of the new ninja scenes.

[Teddy Wong]

Thank you!!!

Updated

[Gaijin84]

This is awesome work Teddy, thanks!

[Michael Kistner]

19)Ninja operation 4: Thunderbolt angels

Added 6 actors I recognized in the movie.

The original movie could be that one:

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

Shella Lau = Lau Shui-Kei?
Nancy Yeh = Yeh Lan-Hsiang?

But the year 1989 must be wrong.

[Teddy Wong]

19)Ninja operation 4: Thunderbolt angels
Added 6 actors I recognized in the movie.

Thank you!

Could you please upload some screenshots of the Taiwanese footage?

[Teddy Wong]

Added:

"Mission thunderbolt" (splitted from "Don't trust a stranger" entry)

[Michael Kistner]

Could you please upload some screenshots of the Taiwanese footage?

I make some images in the next days.

Added: "Mission thunderbolt" (splitted from "Don't trust a stranger" entry)

Added/image ID David Chung Gam-Gwai

[Gaijin84]

So a quick question here... for the IFD/Filmark cut/paste version, are we uploading actor/actress IDs for only the new footage? Or all actors in the film no matter if they are new or original film?

[Michael Kistner]

THE RETURN is the original film of THUNDERBOLT ANGELS. Another proof is now that the screen shots of the 3 actors on the VCD cover of THE RETURN are all taken from scenes in the original movie used for THUNDERBOLT ANGELS.

The year 1989 is listed at the TAIWANESE MOVIE DATABASE - but the movie looks to be made around 1984.

Added cast page to THE RETURN (1989):

http://www.hkmdb.com/db/movies/images.m ... ay_set=eng

I used the ninja edit THUNDERBOLT ANGELS - but I ignored all new footage (like I did it with my cast pages of FURY IN STORM and TIAN ZHUANG A GE).

[Michael Kistner]

2)Majestic thunderbolt
- original movie is not identified

Could be that one:

http://www.hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mht ... ay_set=eng

[Teddy Wong]

So a quick question here... for the IFD/Filmark cut/paste version, are we uploading actor/actress IDs for only the new footage? Or all actors in the film no matter if they are new or original film?

I personally try to upload only actors from the new footage, in order to identify them (exceptions - "Platoon the warriors" and "Ninja operation 7"), but it will be good if all the actors from both footages will be added (but, it is desirable to mark, who's from old and who's from new footage).

THE RETURN is the original film of THUNDERBOLT ANGELS. Another proof is now that the screen shots of the 3 actors on the VCD cover of THE RETURN are all taken from scenes in the original movie used for THUNDERBOLT ANGELS.

Thank you! I'll set it soon

2)Majestic thunderbolt
- original movie is not identified

Could be that one:

http://www.hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mht ... ay_set=eng

I don't think "Red Rattlesnake" is the original movie of "Majestic thunderbolt". I was the one who added "Rattlesnake" to DB. Haven't seen it, but have seen "Thunderbolt" and it looks completely different. The image that appears on both VHS cover of "Thunderbolt" and on poster of "Rattlesnake" - doesn't appear in "Thunderbolt" in the movie itself. But I believe, "Red Rattlesnake" and original of "Majestic thunderbolt" were made at the same time with the same cast, crew and production company.

[Teddy Wong]

Did (and still doing) updates on these movies recently.
The biggest ones are adding movies:

Euro crossing
Kickboxer the champion
L.A.Connection
Thunder kids: Golden adventure
Zodiac power: Super master
Zodiac power 3: Kickboxer from hell

More to come

[Michael Kistner]

More to come

Great! I like your work.

[Teddy Wong]

Added:

American Force: The Brave Platoon
American Force 2: The Untouchable Glory
American Force 3: High Sky Mission
American Force 4: Soldier Terminators
American Force 5: Mission Dynamo
American Force 6: Soldier Champion
Crackdown Mission

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updated pages of Thunder of gigantic serpent and King of snake