 In 1976 John directed and wrote the script for "The Girlie Bar", an adult film oriented drama featuring Chan Ping, Yau Fung, Lin Chen Chi and James Nam and Tony Liu.Similarly his film later that year "Bruce Lee and I" starred Betty Ting, Danny Lee, Yuen Cheung and Tony Liu.His 1977 romance film Orchid In The Rain, which also starred frequent star in his films, Alan Tang, Brigitte Lin also pushed boundaries in terms of intimacy on screen.