
Biography
Liu was born on (1932-12-07)7 December 1932 in Jingjiang, Jiangsu, Republican China. When he was nine years old, his father was killed by Communists. When he turned sixteen, he was drafted into the Nationalist Revolutionary Army, and he left for Taiwan in 1949. After leaving the military, he worked for the state-run radio and later as a reporter for the Taiwan Daily News, where he was sent on assignment to Hong Kong, Manila, and the Vietnam War. After marrying his wife Helen Cui Rong-Zhi, he became a foreign correspondent in 1967, and moved to Washington DC, where he took graduate classes at American University and worked part-time as an interpreter for the State Department.Later, his emigration to the United States was said to be motivated in part because he felt the government of Taiwan was suppressing him. He became a United States citizen in 1973β74, around the same time he left the Taiwan Daily News. After leaving the newspaper, Liu published articles, essays and books that were critical of the Chiang family and associated people, including Chiang Kai-shek, Soong Mei-ling, Chiang Ching-kuo, K. C. Wu and Wang Sheng, with books on Long Yun and K. C. Wu planned at the time he was assassinated.Liu ran two gift shops in Fisherman's Wharf and San Mateo and was a freelance journalist for several publications in Hong Kong and the San Francisco Journal, a US-based Chinese-language newspaper published by Maurice Chuck. After publishing several articles about the Chiang family, he received a letter from General Wang Sheng warning him from publishing a biography of Chiang Ching-kuo. He proceeded to publish an unauthorized biography of Chiang Ching-kuo in 1975, which was formed from three articles he had written in 1975 about Chiang's life prior to 1949. Liu planned to update the biography to cover more recent history, but was once again warned against writing about the Chiang family by Admiral Wang Hsi-ling in 1977. Liu finally revised the biography after a meeting late in 1983 where he favorably received a suggestion to tone down the criticism of the Chiang family from a family friend, former intelligence agent, and his former publisher on the Taiwan Daily News, Hsia Hsiao-hua. Following the suggestion, Liu received US$17,000 (equivalent to $41,800 in 2019) from Taiwan.
Filmography
All 113
Movies 113
Director 2

Tales of a Eunuch (1983)

The Emperor and the Minister (1982)

Passing Flickers (1982)

Tiger Killer (1982)

What Price Honesty? (1981)

The Tiger and the Widow (1981)

Shaolin Temple Strikes Back (1981)

Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty (1980)

The Convict Killer (1980)

God Father (1980)

Ten Tigers of Kwangtung (1979)

Invincible Enforcer (1979)

A Slice of Death (1979)

Shaolin Rescuers (1979)

The Scandalous Warlord (1979)

Swordsman and Enchantress (1978)

Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II (1978)

Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978)

The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung (1978)

Sensual Pleasures (1978)

The Vengeful Beauty (1978)

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

Chinatown Kid (1977)

The Call Girls (1977)

The Dream of the Red Chamber (1977)

The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)

The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung (1977)

Jade Tiger (1977)

The Rebel of Shao-lin (1977)

The Mad Monk (1977)

Moods of Love (1977)

Shaolin Temple (1976)

18 Bronzemen (1976)

Big Bad Sis (1976)

Love Swindler (1976)

Emperor Chien Lung (1976)

The Last Tempest (1976)

"Fertility" Bank (1975)

The Last Message (1975)

The Gambling Syndicate (1975)

The Seven Coffins (1975)

The Valiant Ones (1975)

The Young Rebel (1975)

That's Adultery! (1975)

Kidnap (1974)

The Association (1974)

Blood Reincarnation (1974)

Young Lovers on Flying Wheels (1974)

The Assignment (1974)

Call Me Dragon (1974)

A Mad World of Fools (1974)

Shaolin Martial Arts (1974)

The Young Dragons (1974)

The Chinese Tiger (1974)

Scandal (1974)

Heroes Two (1974)

The Golden Lotus (1974)

Bloody Ring (1974)

Iron Bodyguard (1973)

The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)

The Happiest Moment (1973)

Death Blow (1973)

The Martial Hero (1973)

The Mandarin (1973)

The Heroine (1973)

The Private Eye (1973)

Cheat to Cheat (1973)

Not Scared to Die (1973)

The Black Tavern (1972)

Blind Boxer (1972)

The Warlord (1972)

The Killer (1972)

The Casino (1972)

The Boxer from Shantung (1972)

Iron Fan and Magic Sword (1971)

The Mad Killer (1971)

The Comet Strikes (1971)

The Ghost's Sword (1971)

The Angry River (1971)

Mission Impossible (1971)

Monkey Comes Again (1971)

The Evil Karate (1971)

In the Nick of Time (1971)

The Oath of Death (1971)

Wrath of the Sword (1970)

The King Fa Fairy (1970)

Son of the Swordsman (1970)

Mallow Forest (1969)

Superior Darter (1969)

The Devil Warrior (1969)

The Black Panther (1969)

The Monkey in Hong Kong (1969)

The Violet Mansion (1969)

Iron Bones (1969)

The Swordsman of all Swordsmen (1968)

Smiling Swordsman (1968)

Travels with a Sword (1968)

The First Sword (1967)

The Haunted (1967)

Lady in the Moon (1966)

Lucky Purse (1966)

Mimi-Private Eye (1965)

A Beggar's Daughter (1965)

The Crisis (1964)

Romance of the Forbidden City (1964)

The Story of Three Loves: Part 1 (1964)

The Swallow Thief (1961)

η¬θ²ζ·ε½± (1958)

The Chase (1956)

Rainstorm in Chinatown (1956)

Happy Encounter (1952)

The Moon-Blanch'd Land (1952)
