Cheung Wood-Yau
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 01, 1910
Deathday: December 10, 1985
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Feast of a Rich Family
1959-07-14
Feast of a Rich Family
Overview: This tale of familial warfare and sacrifice takes place in hard-pressed Shanghai at the end of the 1940s. Hu Zhiqing can barely support his wife and children, and his situation is worsened by the unexpected arrival of his mother, brother and sister-in-law. When he is fired by his unscrupulous boss, the whole family becomes embroiled in one emotional/economic struggle after another.
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Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-07-14
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The Great Devotion
1960-04-08
The Great Devotion
Overview: Poor teacher Chan Chi-hong, his wife Lee Yuk-mei and their five children survive on his meagre pay. When he is laid off by two schools in a row, the family runs into difficulties. The children resort to begging on the streets to pay the mother's medical bills. Turning to writing, Chan's novel fails to find a publisher and, worse still, he comes down with tuberculosis. Dealt a further blow by the death of the youngest daughter and the pressures from the loan sharks, Chan contemplates killing himself and his family but changes his mind when he witnesses the sacrifices made by other parents for their children. He vows to be a dutiful father and tries his best to overcome their adversities. His novel is finally published and sells well. Through thick and thin, the family at last sees the light at the end of the tunnel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1960-04-08
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Autumn
1954-01-17
Autumn
Overview: Hak-ming heads the Ko Family, but he and his brothers, Hak-ting and Hak-on, and the second wife of the late Master Ko quarrel. Young Cousin Mui, who has tuberculosis, is forced by to marry an older woman. Kok-sun is guilty of being unable to stop the marriage. Sun and maid Chui-wan are wary of their feelings for each other due to class difference. Cousin Mui dies of illness. Hak-ting has his eyes on Wan. His wife, Wong, complains to their daughter, Shuk-ching, who cannot take it and commits suicide. Wong blames herself for her death. Undergone these tragedies, Cousin Kam's mother let Kam have a modern wedding with Kok-man. When Ming is ill, Ting and On want to sell the ancestral home. Hak-ming dies of angst. When the fifth uncle of Sun forces Wan to be his concubine, Wan tries to kill herself but is intercepted by Sun. Pressurised by people of the house over the issue of inheritance, Sun protests by declaring his love for Wan and leaves the family, with his mother, brother Man and Wan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1954-01-17
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The Noble Family
1954-10-23
The Noble Family
Overview: In order to bring about the return of a prodigal son, Hoi Yau-lung asks his fiancee Fa Sau-lan to administer 'the beauty ruse' to trick his cousin Wan Kam-cheung into squandering all his money. When Wan is reduced to penury, he encounters his wife Suk-ching and learns from her the whole story. Wan realises his faults and resolves to turn over a new leaf.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1954-10-23
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Anna
1955-11-30
Anna
Overview: Though her marriage with rich businessman Chan Hak-lit is crumbling, Anna Poon refuses to accept her childhood sweetheart Wong Kei-shu's courtship. Anna's younger sister Mei-na has a crush on Shu and treats Lee Man coldly. When she sees Anna being with Shu, she taunts Anna with stealing who she likes. Anna is hurt and goes back to Chan's house. Chan holds a house party and invites business celebrities. Shu attends it and when tells Anna he loves her when they dance. Anna rejects him and tells him never to see her again. Chan goes to the racecourse. When Shu falls down from a horse, Anna faints. Chan asks Anna what her relationship with Shu is. He warns her not to have any wrongdoing and ruin his reputation. Shu is fine and asks Anna to meet for the last time. Anna cannot turn down him and goes to meets him. Lit miscomprehends the situation and files a divorce. He even forbids Anna to see their daughter. A distressed Anna becomes a victim of love in a conservative society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1955-11-30
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The Violet Girl
1966-08-17
The Violet Girl
Overview: Working as a telephone operator on the nightshift, David Lau received some calls from a woman for a David and agrees to a blind date. Wearing a violet on his lapel, David mistakes someone else for his date. Jennie Lee, a stranger, comes calling at the hotel, addressing a bewildered David with an intimacy that is familiar and awkward. Mok Yu-fuk, the self-proclaimed Sherlock Holmes, follows Jennie but gets robbed. Lau received an invitation to Jennie's birthday party. The guests acting strange at the party. Jennie and Lau take a stroll along the beach. Jennie suddenly hurls herself into the sea in a run. Five years ago, when Jennie was having a heart-to-heart talk with her fiance David Wong on the beach, her neglected brother ran off to the sea and drowned himself. Suffering from a nervous breakdown ever since, Jennie was devasted by the departure of her fiance to America. The hopes Jennie's parents are pinning on the new David to boost their daughter's recovery are merely wishes.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1966-08-17
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Backyard Adventures
1955-07-12
Backyard Adventures
Overview: Reporter Yu Mong-yuen is recovering from a leg injury in his fiancee Man-wah's apartment. Bored, he looks out the rear window and observes the life of the neighbouring building. Among the tenants are a sugar-daddy and his mistress, a middle-aged man wants to marry a young girl, but she is in love with his son. Finally, she hatches a plot and makes the man agree to her marrying his son ; a sly fortune-teller ; a lively gym, a rich widow quarrels with the trainer of a gymnasium because his dog has bitten her cat ; and an opera school, a woman signs, leaning on the balcony, and a man tries to strangle her. In fact they are rehearsing an opera…… One evening, Wah is on the night shift, and Yuen watches the opera troupe rehearse to the end. Under the influence of drugs, Yu mistakenly believes that a divorced man has murdered a taxi dancer. He alerts the police, but the whole thing is nothing more than a misunderstanding.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1955-07-12
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Road
1959-07-29
Road
Overview: During the anti-Japanese war, truck driver Lee Sing's secret mission is to transport weapons and supplies for the resistance fighters. Sing has to deliver a signal gun to guerrillas at ten on that night for launching an attack against the Japanese soldiers. He works for the Ko's family and he has to send the gun to the provincial city to prevent it from being bombed. Sing carries on his vehicle a group of passengers including a Chinese traitor, a guerilla, a compassionate nurse, a comfort woman on the run, a teacher and his pregnant wife. Sing is given a hard time by the Japanese troops on the road. The Japanese ransack the vehicle and they find the signal gun. All the males on board are being interrogated with torture, but the passengers pool their efforts to subdue the traitor and accomplish their mission.
Genres: War
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-07-29
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The Bloody Paper Man
1964-04-15
The Bloody Paper Man
Overview: HK horror film.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1964-04-15
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A Mad Woman
1964-12-23
A Mad Woman
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Genres: Horror Drama History
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1964-12-23
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Midnight Bells
1950-04-19
Midnight Bells
Overview: HK historical drama
Genres: History Drama Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1950-04-19
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The Haunted House
1950-07-06
The Haunted House
Overview: Mr. Wong and his students take shelter in a house during a storm, where the caretaker, Uncle Fook, tells a ghost story. Long ago, cousins Bai Yunfeng and Bai Deqing rescued a singer, Qin Chuxiang. Both loved her, but Chuxiang only loved Yunfeng. Deqing, jealous, convinced Yunfeng’s father, Bai Yinzong, to break up the couple by arranging Yunfeng’s marriage to a cousin. However, Chuxiang was pregnant, so the Emperor agreed to their marriage. On the wedding day, Chuxiang’s mother revealed that she and Yunfeng were siblings. Deqing then bribed locals to accuse them of incest, and they were nearly drowned. Mr. Wong’s group realizes Yunfeng and Chuxiang survived and had pretended to be ghosts for years. Yinzong exposes Deqing’s plot, and Yunfeng and Chuxiang finally marry.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1950-07-06
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All the Love Heaven Allows
1952-04-19
All the Love Heaven Allows
Overview: A shoe salesman and a tailor respectively fall in love with two sisters, Yuk-sin and Yuk-ling, both reputed singers on the radio. The men devise various schemes to meet the two women. Fourth Aunt, the sisters' mother, treats the two women as commodities to be traded off to the highest bidder, greedily making money off their talents by arranging lucrative concerts. The shoe salesman and the tailor disguise themselves as rich men to get close to their dream lovers. Finally, the sisters are won over by true love.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1952-04-19
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The Cruel Murder of Concubine
1950-10-04
The Cruel Murder of Concubine
Overview: Hong Kong horror movie from 1950.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1950-10-04
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Return of the Lascivious Woman's Soul
1948-04-10
Return of the Lascivious Woman's Soul
Overview: A pair of twin sisters, very different in character , with the younger sister being involved with multiple men, but the older sister being a virtuous character. When the sister dies violently, her husband sees the younger sister returning to the house on the night of her return, but eventually realizes that it was just a false alarm.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1948-04-10
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The Amorous Ghost
1941-08-31
The Amorous Ghost
Overview: Hong Kong horror movie from 1941.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1941-08-31
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Malaya Love Affair
1954-09-10
Malaya Love Affair
Overview: Malaya Love Afffair 马来亚之恋 was financed, written and directed by Tsi Lo-lin, and it broadly focused on the themes of education, assimilation (of Chinese immigrants in Malaya), romance, kinship and traditional values.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1954-09-10
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舞台春色
1952-10-31
舞台春色
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Genres: Romance Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1952-10-31
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The Singing Girl's Spirit
1951-04-22
The Singing Girl's Spirit
Overview: Hong Kong horror movie from 1951.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1951-04-22
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An Orphan's Tragedy
1955-02-11
An Orphan's Tragedy
Overview: Rascal To Chai-yan brings a false charge of selling fake medicine against doctor Fan Tin-sang, who is sentented to a twenty-year imprisonment. Fan makes an escape after a decade, and secretly provides for the education of his son Fuk-kwan brought up by a poor blacksmith. Fuk-kwan grows up to be a doctor practising in the country. To again does harm to Fuk-kwan, only this time Fan intervenes. Both he and To die in the fight.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1955-02-11
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The Guiding Light
1953-04-30
The Guiding Light
Overview: 13-year old Bruce Lee plays San, a child up for adoption. Finally accepted by his surrogate parents, he is faced with a dilemma when his real parents show up and want him back.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1953-04-30
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A Man Betrayal, Part One
1962-04-04
A Man Betrayal, Part One
Overview:
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1962-04-04
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A Man Betrayal, Part Two
1962-06-12
A Man Betrayal, Part Two
Overview:
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1962-06-12
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The Immortality Pagoda
1955-09-16
The Immortality Pagoda
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1955-09-16
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To Rose with Love
1967-08-29
To Rose with Love
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Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1967-08-29
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A Young Lady Sells Her Maid
1951-11-03
A Young Lady Sells Her Maid
Overview: Comedy from Hong Kong directed by Yeung Kung-Leung.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1951-11-03
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Why Not Return?
1951-11-17
Why Not Return?
Overview: Drama from Hong Kong directed by Ng Wui
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1951-11-17
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Orphan Girl in Love
1951-05-04
Orphan Girl in Love
Overview: Drama from Hong Kong directed by Ng Wui.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1951-05-04
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Spring
1953-12-22
Spring
Overview: Ko Suk-ying is saddened over her arranged marriage as manipulated by her father Hak-ming. Ko Kok-sun's Cousin Chow Wai's spends the Mid-Autumn Festival before her marriage with the Kos. She has been in love with Sun. Sun finds out about her love for him when she is about to be married off, he is too weak to oppose to Wai's betrothal to another man. Sun's son, Hoi-sun, falls ill. Fearing the displeasure of his elders, Sun dares not consult a western doctor. Meanwhile, another dispute arises among members of the family over the ancestral land. When accused of being incompetent in his management, Sun takes the blame silently. Wai dies of grief while Hoi-sun becomes a victim of mistreatment. Sun is devastated at this double blow. Hak-ming instructs Sun to arrange for Ying's wedding. Knowing the kind of man Ying's fiancee is, Sun is reluctant. Not wanting to follow in Wai's footsteps, Ying fights for her own rights, and backed by an enlightened Sun, she leaves for a new start.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1953-12-22
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Everything Goes Wrong for the Poor Couple
Everything Goes Wrong for the Poor Couple
Overview: Everything Goes Wrong for the Poor Couple
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Original Language: cn
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Family
1953-01-07
Family
Overview: "Family" (1953), which launched the Union Film legacy, "Spring" (1953) and "Autumn" (1954) are adaptations of Ba Jin's highly regarded novel "Torrent Trilogy". In "Family", director Ng Wui skilfully condenses the voluminous first part of the novel into an emotionally powerful and intellectually focused story of youngsters struggling to survive oppression and repression in a feudalistic family. This well-received film quickly established the company's reputation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1953-01-07
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Money
1959-02-22
Money
Overview: A delicious comedy from Union Film, Money, traces the journey of a bag of cash from a bank robbery. The humour switches between the witty and the absurd, offering a biting examination of human nature when men and women are confronted with the chance of unearned wealth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-02-22
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We Owe It to Our Children
1955-01-01
We Owe It to Our Children
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Ungratefulness
1965-07-07
Ungratefulness
Overview: Chuk Tai-ming elopes to Hong Kong with Shum Tsui-hung in defiance of his father but soon succumbs to harsh conditions and ill health. Shum becomes a courtesan to fulfil Tai-ming's last wish of funding his younger brother Chi-ming's studies in Australia, while creating the false impression that she is a rich widow. Chi-ming returns in summer and a chance encounter in the nightclub evolves into a budding romance. Tormented by a love doomed from the start, Shum pretends to despise the poor suitor. The rejection is taken hard by Chi-ming, who snubs the woman in public. Shum plunges into despair, taking gravely ill. Her lawyer Lee Chung-ling finally breaks the silence, making Chi-ming attuned to the woman's unspoken suffering after she's been laid to rest.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1965-07-07
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Vampire Woman
1962-06-06
Vampire Woman
Overview: Married and with a son on the way, Zhang takes shelter in a big old house haunted by a ghostly female vampire.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1962-06-06
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Beauty Raised from the Dead
1956-08-02
Beauty Raised from the Dead
Overview: Lau Mung-mui chances on To Lai-leung and their encounter transcends to a rendezvous in their dreams. They admire each other, but they do not know each other's names and addresses. They keep on thinking of each other and decide to take each other as their future husband and wife. Mui's father wants his son to get married, but he pays no attention to his father's wishes. Mui leaves home to look for Leung. Leung's father forces his daughter to marry her rich and powerful cousin. Leung becomes despondent and dies, following an arranged marriage with her cousin. Mui sought everywhere for Leung for three years, but to no avail. He locates the home of Leung, but the household has moved out. The house is guarded by an old servant. Mui, chasing Leung's spirit, has a brief romance with her. Acknowledging that their union will be hindered by their incompatibility as a mortal and a spirit, Leung reincarnates as a mortal so that their love may be rekindled.
Genres: Horror Romance Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1956-08-02
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Father and Son
1954-01-07
Father and Son
Overview: After seeing a friend of his boss' son adopted over his promised promotion with connections, Shrimp's father, a minor white-collar worker Ng Kwun-sing, vows to get Shrimp a place in a prestigious school and a chance to make friends with the rich. However, Shrimpy is constantly bullied and discriminated against by his classmates. Ng has not the means to be a social climber and finally realises his mistake. He sends his son to a voluntary school so that he may grow up happily. This poignant father-son drama shows a parents' willingness to carve out a good future for their children by any means necessary.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1954-01-07
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The Precious Lotus Lamp
1956-06-29
The Precious Lotus Lamp
Overview: A Chinese musical fantasy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1956-06-29
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The Guiding Light
1953-04-30
The Guiding Light
Overview: 13-year old Bruce Lee plays San, a child up for adoption. Finally accepted by his surrogate parents, he is faced with a dilemma when his real parents show up and want him back.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1953-04-30
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Spy with My Face
1966-06-04
Spy with My Face
Overview: Continuing from the first Jane Bond film, Black Rose (1965), Mei-yu and Mei-yu infiltrate the underground group of Golden Yanluo (Chinese: Judge of the Underworld) to save Man-fu and Nanny back.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Crime Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1966-06-04
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Red And White Azaleas
1951-09-12
Red And White Azaleas
Overview: "Red and White Azaleas" (alias "重訂今生未了緣"), a Hong Kong film produced by the Red and White Film Company, was released in 1951.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1951-09-12
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Human Relationships
1959-12-09
Human Relationships
Overview: Lee Sun-fung is renowned for adapting literary classics for the silver screen. To commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Union Film Enterprise known for producing quality films and co-founded by Lee, Human Relationships is adapted from writer Ba Jin's novel into film. The Yiu family moves into a manor. Mrs Yiu, while frustrated by the way her step-son is spoiled by her husband and mother-in-law, develops a friendship with a kid (Michael Lai) who steals flowers from the mansion's garden. She later learns that he is the son of the place's former owner whose downfall at middle age is the result of being spoiled when young. Lai was only a child but gained a foothold among seasoned veterans like Cheung Wood-yau, Ng Cho-fan and Pak Yin.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-12-09
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The Valiant Dog Saves Its Master
1953-03-17
The Valiant Dog Saves Its Master
Overview: My Loyal & Faithful Dog
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1953-03-17
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The Resentful Woman Returns
1952-05-01
The Resentful Woman Returns
Overview: As the wealthy Ha Mung Shan nears death, he asks his son, Chung Ping, to marry his fiancée, Ng Yuk Keng. However, Yuk Keng loves Chung Ping’s brother, Bo Ming. To avoid upsetting his father, Chung Ping pretends that a singer, Su Qiu, is Yuk Keng and brings her home. Meanwhile, Yuk Keng’s aunt, Xing Hong, covets her father’s inheritance and attempts to kill Su Qiu, framing Chung Ping. Su Qiu survives, cared for by the Fu family. Later, Xing Hong kills Yuk Keng to live with Bo Ming, but he refuses. Taking the inheritance, Xing Hong stays with the Fu family and regrets her actions. Ha Mung Shan then arranges a new marriage for Chung Ping. Su Qiu, seeking revenge, disguises herself as a ghost on the wedding night, exposing the truth. Bo Ming confronts Chung Ping, and Xing Hong confesses her guilt. Mung Shan realizes Bo Ming is his son, and Chung Ping reunites with Su Qiu, leading to a happy ending.
Genres: Drama Romance Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1952-05-01
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The Rich House
1942-01-02
The Rich House
Overview: A struggling writer (Cheung Wood-yau) falls in love with a waitress Clara (Lo Ming) and forms a love triangle when a rich man joins the competition. The novella is reminiscent of Camille by Alexandre Dumas fils.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1942-01-02
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七小福
1961-03-22
七小福
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1961-03-22
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Sea
1963-08-02
Sea
Overview: Sea Sea Sea Sea
Genres: War
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1963-08-02
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