Cross-media picks for Lau Kar-leung fans — films, series, games and books in the same vein.
These picks share a devotion to martial arts as something more than spectacle — a living tradition of discipline, loyalty, and hard-won skill. Whether it's a film about Shaolin monks defying imperial power, a game demanding mastery of Pak-Mei kung fu, or a book tracing the warrior philosophy of Gorin no sho, the common thread is the idea that technique and virtue are inseparable. Expect betrayal that demands honour in return, mentors and lineages under threat, and a sensibility that treats the fighting body as a moral instrument.
Film
Kung Fu Kid
Shaolin disciples face down imperial persecution in a showcase of classical empty-hand combat.
Film
The Shaolin Plot
A corrupt master's quest to hoard all martial knowledge pits evil against principled Wu Tang skill.
Film
The Buddhist Fist
Two companions raised by monks diverge in life yet stay bound by loyalty and shared kung fu secrets.
Film
Shaolin
An arrogant warlord's humbling at Shaolin hands sets off a story of pride, war and redemption.
Film
The Kung Fu Instructor
A framed master forced to kill navigates the ruthless politics of rival clans and lost honour.
Film
Shaolin Drunken Fight
A massacre survivor finds refuge at Shaolin and learns the unconventional art of the Drunk Monk.
Film
Shaolin Martial Arts
Survivors of a destroyed temple rebuild across multiple styles to resist Ching extermination.
Film
Shaolin Temple
A slave's son trains at Shaolin to avenge his father against a treacherous Tang dynasty general.
Series
The Kung Fu Master
Historic martial legend Hung Hei-gun leads a last stand to defend the Shaolin Monastery's legacy.
Series
Legendary Fok
Two great martial families clash over lineage and legitimacy in Republican-era China.
Series
Duel of Kung Fu
Classic action scenes are recreated through drunken boxing and other real Chinese martial disciplines.
Series
Real Kung Fu
A Wing Chun master goes undercover to clear his name, blending detective intrigue with hard kung fu.
Series
Fist of the Blue Sky
Corrupt factions carve up 1930s Shanghai — power, honour and violence collide in every quarter.
Series
Fighting Beauty Wulong
A drunken-style kung fu lineage and family secrets drive this globe-trotting martial-arts comedy.
Series
The Final Combat
A wuxia series steeped in the codes and rivalries of the traditional martial world.
Series
The Sword
Two undefeated swordsmen edge toward a reckoning, mystery deepening around one man's false death.
Game
Bujingai: The Forsaken City
A gravity-defying Hong Kong cinema-inspired warrior battles through a post-apocalyptic Asian city.
Game
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
A Shaolin fisherman's revenge quest demands mastering staff combat through Sun Tzu's own principles.
Game
Xiaolin Shodown
A kung fu monk and three dragon disciples protect sacred relics in globe-spanning martial adventure.
Game
Kung-Fu Master
Classic side-scrolling brawling that captured the rhythm and discipline of old-school kung fu cinema.
Game
Kung Fu Strike - The Warrior's Rise
Fast-paced ancient Chinese revenge drives 28 stages of combo-based martial-arts arcade action.
Game
Sifu
A lone Pak-Mei student's vengeance tour demands real mastery — every fight hardens or finishes you.
Game
Martial Arts Brutality
Unlock kung fu secrets and the legendary Dim Mak touch in this tactical card-based martial contest.
Game
Kung Fury: Street Rage
A retro arcade brawler channelling the kinetic excess of kung fu cinema with tongue firmly in cheek.
Book
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga
Power, honour and clashing civilisations collide as a driven Englishman carves his place in China.
Book
Life and death in Shanghai
One woman's unflinching account of surviving the Cultural Revolution's ideological brutality.
Book
Gorin no sho
A warrior philosopher's guide to strategy, mindset and mastery — the martial arts as way of life.
Book
Kai Lung's Golden Hours
A wandering storyteller in ancient China outmanoeuvres corrupt officials with wit and narrative cunning.
Book
Child's Play
Adolescent assassins and mob witness protection collide in this sharp, action-laced crime caper.
Book
Brothers
A black comedy epic tracing modern China's upheaval through two brothers and the chaos around them.
Book
天堂蒜薹之歌 (Tiantang suan tai zhi ge)
Chinese peasants resist exploitation with the stubborn collective dignity of those with nothing to lose.
Book
El Chino
A Chinese American defies every expectation by mastering bullfighting in Spain — an outsider's triumph.
Start with films that treat Shaolin tradition as both spectacle and moral code — Shaolin (2011) and Kung Fu Kid (1994) are strong picks, while the TV series The Kung Fu Master captures the same blend of historic legend and disciplined action.
Gorin no sho is the essential read — a warrior's philosophy of mastery and strategy that underpins the martial-arts worldview. Tai-Pan and Brothers offer the broader sweep of Chinese history and social conflict that frames so many classic kung fu stories.
Sifu is the closest match — a demanding Pak-Mei kung fu revenge story where mastery is earned through pain. 9 Monkeys of Shaolin and Bujingai: The Forsaken City also draw directly on the Hong Kong martial-arts cinema tradition.