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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: Not available
Deathday: August 13, 1990
Popularity:
1966-04-07
Overview: Golden Swallow is a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor's kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from prison in return for the captured son. After a brief encounter with the gang at a local restaurant, Golden Swallow is joined by an inebriated wanderer Drunken Cat who aids her in her mission.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1966-04-07
Popularity:
1965-05-27
Overview: The socialite Pai Li-Lan's life is disrupted when she contracts tuberculosis.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1965-05-27
Popularity:
1959-11-19
Overview: Gu Lingxiu's dream of becoming an actress is opposed by her grandmother. Her father Zhongqi remains ambivalent. Years ago, Zhongqi was in love with a Peking opera diva Hua Yanhong, but the lovers were separated by the matriarch. Regretful of the mistake, the matriarch discards her prejudice and allows Lingxiu to pursue her career. She also urges Zhongqi to look for Hua.
Genres: Music
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1959-11-19
Popularity:
1961-11-01
Overview: Long unemployed and stone-broke, Shen Jiaguang is dealt a further blow when his wife Lu Xiaoyin has fallen seriously ill and their son Xiaoguang has to quit school.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1961-11-01
Popularity:
1963-07-10
Overview: A widow of four gave up two of her children to be raised by an uncle in Singapore. Many years later, just when the widow, now a house maid, is feeling contented by good news of her long gone son and daughter, she accidentally runs into his own son, now a lawyer, and ends up being looked down upon by him. It was a story about how traditional Chinese family and its value was impacted by the change of time. The movie depicted Macau in 1945 to Hong Kong in the mid-60s, moving from poverty after WWII to opulence. The human relationships became complicated and fragile. Many elements uniquely "Hong Kong", such as upper class Chinese, western religions, English speaking and a mixed-culture society are used to contrast the traditional, kind, enduring and forgiving love of a mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1963-07-10
Popularity:
1957-11-14
Overview: The Kong family has four daughters. Hilda, the eldest sister, assumes the role of a mother and often lets romance slip by. Third sister Hedy introduces her to Sun Ruhao, an engineer, but Sun is snatched by second sister Helen. The youngest girl Hazel drops out of school in pursuit of love. Hedy shows no interest in romance but is chased by a rich heir, He Yan. Meanwhile, Hilda runs away to meet her true love in a foreign land. As for Hedy, she is at last won over by He.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1957-11-14
Popularity:
1973-12-06
Overview: Lee Khan, a high official under Mongolian Emperor Yuan of the Yuan dynasty procures the battle map of the Chinese rebel Chu Yuan-Chang's army. Rebel spies, aided by treachery within Khan's ranks, strive to corner him in an inn.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-12-06
Popularity:
1961-09-15
Overview: A romantic comedy by the Shaw Brothers studio. This is a sequel to Husband's Lover (1959).
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1961-09-15
Popularity:
1963-08-08
Overview: The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the waning days of the Ching Dynasty. To make matters worse, she’s soon framed for her husband’s murder by her rapist - the son of the local magistrate! And even that isn’t the end of her woes. It’s best to have a box of tissues nearby as two expert directors ratchet up the emotional suspense in this consummate tearjerker.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1963-08-08
Popularity:
1959-03-04
Overview: Musician Sun Ping is estranged from his wife. Second daughter Yinzheng lives with Sun while eldest daughter Jinliu follows her mother. By coincidence, the sisters both enter the 'Calendar Girl' pageant but Jinliu deliberately lets her sister win the contest. Later, the sisters and Liu Bucheng perform in Sun's musical show. Though the show is a success, Yinzheng decides to quit in order to get married. Not wishing to disappoint their father, Jinliu devises a plan to make Yinzheng stay on, but the plan misfires. Yinzheng leaves angrily. She is at last brought back to the show due to Liu's mediation. The elders also reconcile as the sisters perform together on stage.
Genres: Music
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1959-03-04
Popularity:
1968-08-16
Overview: A man recounts his sorrows over his love that was not meant to be. As China enters its tumultuous period of political upheaval, love begins to blossom for two people on opposing parties.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1968-08-16
Popularity:
1967-03-21
Overview: Life in Fung Yang Village is rather rigid & traditional. Women seem to take the blame if a bad deed is committed. In this male dominated society, a young woman is forced to leave her village & her family after being raped.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-03-21
Popularity:
1964-06-15
Overview: About a woman who disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army.
Genres: Music Action Drama History War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1964-06-15
Popularity:
1964-09-30
Overview: This gripping story centers on the romance between Wang Chin Lung and Sue San. Although they may be perfectly matched when it comes to their love for one other, the two come from remarkably different social ranks. While Chin Lung is the son of a respected government official, Su San is a prostitute, albeit a famous one.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1964-09-30
Popularity:
1961-10-12
Overview: Li Qingqing, an orphan, just arrives in Hong Kong and becomes a singer who sacrifices everything for her man.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1961-10-12
Popularity:
1965-03-10
Overview: The story revolves around Tian Yu Quan (Chin Feng) who rushes to the aid of an elderly fisherman who is bullied by an arrogant relative of the Qiu Shan ministry. In the heat of the ensuing battle he kills the said man and is hence chased by the district's officials. Trying to use the waterway to shake off his enemies, Yu Quan finds a true friend in the old fisherman's bark-stearing daughter, Hu Feng Lian (Ting Hung) who becomes his loyal accomplice. As symbol for his gratitude, Yu Quan bestows Feng Lian with a Butterfly Chalice to reflect their eternal friendship bond...
Genres: Action Drama Music History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1965-03-10
Popularity:
1966-06-29
Overview: It's a powerful melodrama about a thwarted romance in 1930s Tientsin, China, during the Japanese occupation, and it stars Linda Lin Dai, one of the era's most popular stars. It was part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.
Genres: Romance Drama War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1966-06-29
Popularity:
1979-10-18
Overview: When Yueh Sin's father is brutally murdered, her lover Shao Fung, the #1 samurai ninja warrior of the martial world, seeks revenge on her behalf.
Genres: Action Adventure Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-10-18
Popularity:
1965-03-19
Overview: The year is 1937, just prior to the Japanese invasion of China. Painters Ju Rui and Lao San stumble upon He Hua, a woman sold into the sex industry at a local brothel.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1965-03-19
Popularity:
1963-01-21
Overview: The winning couple of Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Hu light up the screen in the delightful Shaw Brothers musical Love Parade. The manager of a dance company places a personal ad in the newspaper. He receives a response but has no idea the woman is his top dancer, with whom he has an antagonistic relationship.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1963-01-21
Popularity:
1966-07-20
Overview: Part two of the wartime love story
Genres: Romance War Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1966-07-20
Popularity:
1964-02-12
Overview: Chen Hou is a chauffeur who gets caught in a mistaken identity scandal linking him to businesswoman Lok Dai. Chen was supposed to audition for a job as her chauffeur, but a proposed musical show is far more attractive to the aspiring dancer. When a rumor gets out that the two are involved in an affair, she's angry and confronts him, but his charms overwhelm her, and it's revealed that she too desires to dance. Soon she's bankrolling the affair, the sets are being built, and the singing and dancing begin!
Genres: Music Romance Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1964-02-12
Popularity:
1964-03-25
Overview: 1963 film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1964-03-25
Popularity:
1960-10-13
Overview: The Shen couple had six children. For years Mr Shen had been the only one to support the family. One day, Mr Shen was on a crashed plane in Singapore and everyone believed he had died. Mrs Shen then went to Singapore to prepare for his funeral and the eldest daughter took charge of the family. However, the brothers and sisters would never listen to their eldest sister. The second brother was extremely bad-tempered and always beat the others up when they did not listen to him. The fourth sister was extremely gluttonous who would never help with any housework. The eldest sister was annoyed and could do nothing.
Genres: Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1960-10-13
Popularity:
1963-04-03
Overview: In this dreamy romance set in China during the fourth-century, a young woman convinces her parents to allow her to dress as a boy and attend university.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1963-04-03
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