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___MASK18___ , officially the ___MASK18___ Special Administrative Region of the People ' s Republic of China , is an autonomous territory on the Pearl River Delta of East Asia . Macau lies across the delta to the west , and the Chinese province of Guangdong borders the territory to the north . With a total land area of and a population of over 7 . 3 million of various nationalities , it ranks as the world ' s fourth most densely populated sovereign state or territory . David Chiang Da - wei ( born Chiang Wei - nien on 29 June 1947 in Shanghai , Republic of ___MASK39___ ) is a ___MASK18___ actor , director and producer . A martial arts superstar in the 1970s under the Shaw Brothers Studio , he has appeared in over 130 films and over 30 television series . Shanghai (": Zånhae " ), often abbreviated as Hu or Shen , is one of the four direct - controlled municipalities of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK39___ . It is the most populous city proper in the world , with a population of more than 24 million . It is a global financial centre and transport hub , with the world ' s busiest container port . Located in the Yangtze River Delta in East ___MASK39___ , Shanghai sits on the south edge of the mouth of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the Chinese coast . The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north , south and west , and is bounded to the east by the East ___MASK39___ Sea . The Sentimental Swordsman is a 1977 ___MASK18___ " wuxia " film written and directed by Chor Yuen and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio . It stars Ti Lung , Derek Yee , Ching Li , Yueh Hua , Fan Mei - sheng and Ku Feng . The film is based on " Duoqing Jianke Wuqing Jian " of Gu Long ' s " Xiaoli Feidao Series " of novels . Shaw Brothers ( HK ) Ltd . was the largest film production company of ___MASK18___ . A Better Tomorrow is a 1986 ___MASK18___ crime film directed by John Woo and starring Ti Lung , Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun - fat . The film had a profound influence on the ___MASK18___ film - making industry , and later on an international scale . Kung fu film is a subgenre of martial arts films and ___MASK18___ action cinema set in the contemporary period and featuring realistic martial arts . It lacks the fantasy elements seen in " wuxia ", a related martial arts genre that uses historical settings based on ancient China . Swordplay is also less common in kung - fu films than in " wuxia " and fighting is done through unarmed combat . 5 Shaolin Masters a . k . a . 5 Masters Of Death is a 1974 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh , with action choreography by Lau Kar Leung and Lau Kar Wing . Shaolin Temple aka Death Chambers is a Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh . It is one of the Shaolin Temple themed martial arts films and concerns their rebellion against the Qings , with an all - star cast featuring the second generation of Shaw stars David Chiang , Ti Lung , and Fu Sheng and the introduction of the Venoms . The film is a prequel to Five Shaolin Masters . Tommy Tam Fu - Wing ( born 19 August 1946 ), better known by his stage name Ti Lung , is a ___MASK18___ actor , known for his numerous starring roles in a string of Shaw Brothers Studio ' s films , particularly " The Sentimental Swordsman " and its sequel , and in the classic " A Better Tomorrow ".