Wang Lai
Also Known As: 王萊, Wong Loi, Wong Lai, Wong Loy, Wang De-Lan, 王莱
Biography: Wang Lai (Chinese: 王萊, 12 February 1927 －28 September 2016) was a Hong Kong actress.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Beijing, China
Birthday: February 12, 1927
Deathday: September 28, 2016
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Mad About Music
Overview: When a murder occurs in a nightclub, dancers Pak Lai Hung and Lam Yin Fei meet the murderer and run into a college to hide. The next day, they perform on the beach in place of female students Zhu Man Zhen and Liang Mei Fang, but they are expelled by the police because they are not licensed to perform. The next day, they perform on the beach in place of female students Chu Man-chun and Leung Mei-fong. On the night of the charity show, Hung and Fei are watching the performance on stage, but the murderer follows them, fortunately, Fang finds him and calls the teachers and students and the police to arrest him.
Genres: Music
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1963-06-25
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Naughty! Naughty!
Overview: Wu Te-chuan is a young man trying to make a living in an easy way. But now he is penniless and will being thrown out of his Macau hotel. Kind- hearted hotel maid Hsiao Yen is the only one to help him in the world. One day, Wu plays a trick on the hotel owner. The scheme backfires and Wu has to flee to Hong Kong. Wu saves desperate painter Hsin. He convinces Hsin that his painting will sell if he is dead. After Hsin pretend to be dead, his paintings really can be sold well, but backfires finally. Then, Wu and Hsin team up and engage themselves full time in con games, gambling and sex inclusive. Finally, Wu is being chased by the ring enforcers but is saved. Finding himself in love with Hsiao Yen, Wu decides to turn a new leaf and live properly ever after.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-07-18
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Ladies First
Overview: Chen Liujin and Zhang Lihong have a chance encounter with Wang Shu and Li Rong during an outing to the beach. Chen admires Wang, but Wang has fallen for Zhang's charm; Zhang fancies Li, whose heart is set on Chen ironically. The two young men seek to approach their objects of affection on the pretext of inviting the dream date of each other to an outing in the country during which they are teased and made fun of by the two women. To wipe away the shame, Wang and Li plot to intoxicate the women, who pretend to be in a drunken stupor while calling for help from their uncle and father respectively. In front of the elders, Chen declares her love for Wang, and Zhang for Li. Hit with the realisation of the women's sentiments, the two men reciprocate their respective admirers with their well-deserved love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1962-08-02
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Pushing Hands
Overview: Mr. Chu is an elderly widower who teaches tai chi chuan in Beijing. He moves to America to live with his son's family, but finds the cultural adjustment difficult. Since his daughter-in-law is a white woman who does not speak Chinese, Mr. Chu's son, Alex, must mediate.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1991-12-07
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The Magnificent Ruffians
Overview: Venom regulars Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Sun Chien star as a gang of unemployed martial artists who spend their days stuffing their faces at local restaurants and letting the staff beat them up instead of paying the bill. Their fortunes appear to improve when the head of a local security agency hires them to take out the competition, who their new employer insists is up to no good. But the boys are being played for fools, and after an unfortunate misunderstanding, they unite with their former adversary to take out the true villain.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-09-20
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Trouble on the Wedding Night
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Genres: Music
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1964-09-18
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The Dream of the Red Chamber
Overview: Pao-yu is in love with his cousin, Lin Tai-yu, but his family has other marital plans for him that will leave both broken-hearted.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-10-26
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The Lady Killer
Overview: A popular singer named Ah Hui is approached by gangsters who want him to perform at their nightclub. When Ah Hui rejects, they set him up by making him believe he murdered an innocent man; Of course, Ah Hui falls for it. With nowhere to turn and the fear of being sent to jail, Ah Hui accepts help from the gangsters. In return he has to sign an exclusive singing contract with them. Little does Ah Hui know, they have other sleazy plans in store for him.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1977-07-08
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It's Always Spring
Overview: Singaporean diva Li Ailian has arrived in Hong Kong to further her singing career. Xu Zhaofeng helps her land a job at Spring Wind Palace. Provoked by jealousy, Xu's long-time girlfriend Tao Haiyin, a local diva, insists on performing at the Palace, too. And when two divas strut their stuff, it's great tunes and hot action. Haiyin's brother Zhengsheng, the bandleader, has fallen out with his sister due to his infatuation with Li. Li misunderstands Zhengsheng's intentions initially but his devotion speaks volumes. Haiyin and Xu also reconcile.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1962-02-22
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The Golden Sword
Overview: Bai Yu Lung's father mysteriously disappears one night, and for 10 years Bai searches for him in vain. Finally, he decides to head to the far northern part of the country with the hope that he can find a clue in that region. There, he falls in love with a beggar (Cheng Pei-pei) and they continue the search together.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-10-15
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Her Pearly Tears
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1962-06-29
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Teenage Holiday
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1968-07-17
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Blood Reincarnation
Overview: A horror anthology. In the first, a man and his pregnant wife help an old woman bury a covered pot in a field. Believing that the pot contains treasure, they kill the old woman, only to find that it contains nothing but bones. The pregnant woman goes into labor over the dead woman's body, and blood from that event drips onto the corpse. The baby, when born, is fully able to bite his father's finger off and kill him. The second episode concerns an adulterous couple who, when discovered by the woman's husband, nail him up in a box and try various means to dispose of him, all of them somehow lacking finality. The final episode concerns a man who is wrongly accused and executed for a murder he did not commit. Using a bit of magic as he dies, he is able to return to his home for a few days as a very vigorous ghost.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-10-03
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Hex vs. Witchcraft
Overview: A compulsive gambler weds a ghost who helps and hinders him in both horrid and hilarious ways.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-11-19
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The Tiger and the Widow
Overview: The movie is about an illegal salt smuggling ring run by Tanny and her male partner, who spend most of the movie arguing which one of them is going to sacrifice him/herself and surrender to the police.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1981-02-25
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The Greatest Circus on Earth
Overview: Circus trapeze artist Liu Xiaoniu runs away from the circus. While away, she's tricked by a playboy and then the police mistake her for a prostitute. She returns to the circus but her adoptive father, Liu Yingjie, suffers an accident.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1957-03-16
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The Frosty Night
Overview: Loosely based on Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1957-07-04
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All in the Family
Overview: A family gathers to be with its dying father. The reunion brings to the surface old rivalries.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-08
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Tragedy of Vendetta
Overview: The Feud 同 林 鳥 (1955) aka Tragedy of Vendetta is a Mandarin-language Hong Kong film of the drama genre, written by Wong Chik-Boh and directed by Doe Ching. It was filmed in Hong Kong at Shaw Brothers Studio. It is inspired by the story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and starred Lucilla Yu Ming, Kenneth Tsang, Wang Lai, Yang Chi-Ching and Kam Ling.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1955-12-31
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The Longest Night
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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A Mellow Spring
Overview: A Shaw Brothers production
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1957-08-15
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A Lonely Heart
Overview: A Shaw and Sons production.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1956-04-13
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Meet Me After Spring
Overview: This is a drama about parents disapproving a young couple's relationship and the unfortunate consequences that it has.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1956-05-04
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Education of Love
Overview: .A young middle-class upstart Lin Ching Yi reluctantly takes on the task as understudy for her sick father who's a dedicated teacher to a band of mischievous working-class 3rd graders that initially proved to be much more than she can handle. Yet it is the matronly bond that is formed with her little urchin flock and her gradual understanding of the their poverty-stricken home lives outside of the classroom that raises the stakes for her as a teacher. It doesn't hurt that her empathetic male colleague Kit Chang provides support for her dilemmas also provide her a prospect as love interest. With growing ties with her students and school, Lin finds herself accepting the challenge for education of her community with her own education of love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1961-08-03
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Wedding Nights
Overview: An adult comedy produced by the Shaw Brothers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-04-03
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Our Sister Hedy
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
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Massage Girls
Overview: The film deals with the struggles of the workers and clients of a Hong Kong massage parlor.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1976-09-23
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Crusade Against Daddy
Overview: A HK comedy film starring Jeanette Lin Tsui and Hung Yeung.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1962-02-03
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Broken Oath
Overview: Lotus never had a chance. Her mother seethed with anger at being unjustly imprisoned for turning her attemped rapist into a cyclops. Mother repeatedly asked her good friend and fellow prisoner, Pickpocket, to urge Lotus to take revenge for her as an adult. Lotus is given to a monastery and grows up there, but twenty years of peace and love make no impression on Lotus, who skips classes to practice pole and sword skills. Joining forces with Pickpocket and Big Rat, Lotus gets her chance at revenge.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-12-03
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Laughter and Tears
Overview: Tao Zutai, a bank employee, has five children. Tao's wife is addicted to gambling and spends too much and the eldest daughter Guiru is greedy for vanity. Tao is overjoyed when he is notified that he will be promoted to deputy manager.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1958-01-23
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Where Is My Bride?
Overview: A Shaw Brothers romantic drama
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1958-12-18
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Between Tears and Laughter
Overview: This is the story of three ladies who live together in an apartment in Hong Kong and what happens to them. First, there is Shuxian, whose husband left her and has a son in the hospital who can't walk. Then, there is Meifen, a romance novelist who pines for a deceased lover and, finally Manli, a young lady with some sass who is expecting a visit from Mr. Zheng, a man she has been a pen pal with for a year. She also has been dating someone else, not happily. The film goes through all three lives.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1960-11-10
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Back Alley Princess
Overview: Polly Shang Kwan and Sam Hui are con artists who befriend a family of street venders and entertainers. The group constantly faces financial problems as they are ripped off by thugs, their rent is raised and car breaks down. Polly Kuan (who portrays a man for the entire film) lies, cheats, and steals to come up with the cash that everyone needs. Things get more serious when triad thugs kidnap the daughter of the family, and sell her to a triad boss, killing Carter Wong in the process.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-02-17
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The Story of Daisy
Overview: Part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-01-02
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Sun, Moon and Star: Part 1
Overview: The film traces the relationships that develop between the protagonist Xu and the three women he meets, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1961-12-08
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Passing Flickers
Overview: The main characters - the arrogant, harassed director, the sexy starlet, or naïve actors are familiar enough stereotypes. Along the way however, there is some fun to be had as more humorous incidents occur on the sound stage, together with dashes of nudity. Some of the events are presumably inspired by real life experiences, others have a distinct air of wishful fabrication. The over-the-top Kung Fu star, deserted by director and crew as he goes through his pointless extended routine, for instance. Or the action heroes, sweating in furs while they dutifully munch through their meal scene, 'snow' falling outside in studio land.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-04-06
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Curse of Evil
Overview: 13 family members are murdered and then dumped in a well. 30 years later their descendants are cursed...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1982-09-15
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Judgement of an Assassin
Overview: Sun Chung was already a valued comedy, romance, and modern crime filmmaker, when, through this tale of the 100 Poison Clique's obsessive ambition to destroy all rivals, he started bringing morality and motivation to martial arts movies like never before. Kung-fu superstar David Chiang and prominent choreographer Tang Chia lead the cast in a bloody clan clash centered on the trial of an admitted mass murderer and serial rapist. It was just the beginning of Sun Chung's exploration in emotion.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-08-20
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Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty
Overview: The year is 1756 and the Emperor journeys to Soochow, where he encounters a famous courtesan and gets involved with in all sorts of un-emperor-like activities.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-03-01
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An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty
Overview: Rebellious Yu Yuan-gi becomes a Taoist priestess in order to avoid traditional roles designated to her as a woman by the society and focus on her studies and poetry. However, her trysts with both her maid and a ronin lead to trouble.
Genres: Romance Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1984-06-01
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Cuties Parade
Overview: A romantic Shaw Brothers musical.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-12-24
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Take Care, Your Majesty
Overview: shaw production
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-08-12
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The Night Is Young
Overview: shaw production
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Ripples
Overview: shaw production
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-01-08
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Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II
Overview: The thrills continue in this second part of this cherished adventure, created by the renowned director Chu Yuan and ingenious novelist Chin Yung. Only the union of the title weapons can save the six remaining martial arts sects who are vying for mastery. So just sit back and enjoy the movie event which spawned a legacy that continues even today with a long-running, internationally loved television series, a role-playing game, and even collectible replicas of the Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre themselves!
Genres: Action Drama Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-10-27
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Illicit Desire
Overview: Tang Dynasty emperors, Ming Dynasty scholars, assorted fortunetellers, and several Buddhist monks figure in a trio of erotic and mystical Chinese legends.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-08-04
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Legend of the Bat
Overview: Following "Clans Of Intrigue"'s success, director Chu Yuan, novelist Ku Lung, and superstar Ti Lung re-teamed for another adventure featuring sexy knight Chu Liu-Hsiang. This time, he travels to the mysterious Island Of The Bats, where he encounters treacherous monks, beautiful women, and a strange Prince. The movie is also a significant milestone in the amount of female flesh revealed on screen, proving that Shaw movies can balance the yin of cheesecake with the yang of beefcake.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-07-08
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Moods of Love
Overview: Two stories are included in this erotic/romantic anthology. In the first, a Sung-Dynasty (10th-13th century) Buddhist monk is tricked into sexual relations with an unscrupulous female adventurer. He dies soon after with his misdeed on his conscience. In the second, the daughter of a woman who died in a brothel discovers that her mother died an unnatural death and seeks revenge.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Sexy Girls of Denmark
Overview: This is a film about the movie industry, about favors, hooking up etc. It is mostly set in Copenhagen and the story begins with the son of a big producer going to Copenhagen from Hong Kong trying to seal a deal. He gets involved with the Denmark girls.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-03-16
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Tales of Larceny
Overview: In “The Scholar and The Soldier”, Major Fang is obsessed with Yu Zhen by chance, knowing that she is the daughter of scholar Xu, he decided to enter their house in disguise with his page, and however, Yu Zhen's cousin comes back for the pre-arranged marriage at the same time. Li Han-hsiang both scripted and helmed “Tales of Larceny” about the scams cons worked and the games people played during the corrupt Chinese Warlord era, featuring a cast filled with the best of Shaw's exceptional character actors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Sentenced to Hang
Overview: After being fired by his penny-pinching boss, Wai and his two life-long friends decide to kidnap and ransom his son. The situation spirals out of control after the boy is accidentally killed as a result. Based on a true story.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-11-02
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Deadly Snail vs. Kung Fu Killers
Overview: Drama - The epic magical battle between fairies rages on as young martial artist Cheung risks his life to rescue the Sky Mussel Fairy. No good deed goes unpunished, however, and for his daring but foolish antics, Cheung is cast out of his uncle's safe home. Now, Cheung wanders a perilous world of gods and demons. Only his fighting skills can keep him safe in this kung fu fantasy from Ling Hsiang co-starring Ching Tien, Tony Wong and Candy Yu. - Yuan-Shen Huang, On-On Yu, Amy Chum
Genres: Action Drama Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Snake Shadow, Lama Fist
Overview: Chi Kuan Chun's family is murdered by three crooks and he sets out to get revenge first by killing one and then attempting to frame the leader for sleeping with the local governor's wife. When that fails he challenges the remaining two in a fight to the death.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-05-18
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Murder in the Night
Overview: On her mother's order, Luk Wai Wai goes to the Shi family to serve her eccentric aunt, Mrs. Shi, but she accidentally witnesses a murder and is almost killed by the murderer, Tam Pak Lam. The murderer, Tam Pak-lam, is almost killed by her. In order to avenge his father's death, Tam Pak-lam sneaks into the Shi family to carry out his murderous plan.
Genres: Crime Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1957-04-11
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Devotion
Overview: Devotion, should be grim enough a lesson for my teenager in love. Little Kitty Ting Hao suffers due to social evils that ruthlessly rob her of the inalienable right to marry Chang Yang, the man she loves. Her incidental misbehaviour with Chang, which leads to the birth of a fatherless baby, does the final nailing of her coffin. Fortunately their daughter is intelligent and strong enough to be the master of circumstances and fights for her own love.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1960-04-21
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The Bedside Story
Overview: A light-hearted comedy about a struggle between a maverick actress and her stubborn and conservative brother-in-law, which represents a debate between individualistic values and family obligations. Apparently the happy enlightenment of Li represents a triumph of the latter over the former. Li, Zhang and Lei Zhen, who plays the role of Li's husband, all showcase their distinctive personalities in their portraits of the characters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1960-06-23
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Fairy, Ghost, Vixen
Overview: FAIRY, GHOST, VIXEN (1965) consists of three fanciful tales that may be loosely classified as ghost stories, but they're presented and designed more along the lines of traditional fairy tales. They're beautifully staged and photographed and have a timeless quality about them with a moral at the end of each.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1965-05-27
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Father Takes a Bride
Overview: A young lady has taken the place of caring for her two younger brothers since the death of their mother. She is content with putting her life on hold whilst she cares for them until one day...
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1963-10-02
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The Call Girls
Overview: A story of female sex workers across all social strata.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-04-19
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If Tomorrow Comes
Overview: Hong Kong romance film.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-12-07
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Arrest the Restless
Overview: Two juveniles get mixed up in a street gang, resulting in the murder of a rival gang leader. A crooked cop pins the murder on the boy, but a detective who knows the truth risks his career to help the kid out.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-05-14
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My American Grandson
Overview: A 12-year-old boy from America experiences the clash of cultures and the generation gap when he visits his grandfather in Shanghai.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1991-11-07
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The Mystery of Jewellery
Overview: On a rainy night, a robbery took place in a villa and some invaluable jewels were taken. One of the robbers was shot dead, the other wounded. The wounded robber dropped the leather case containing the jewels and it fell on to a rock beneath a suspension bridge. Chiang Wen Hua was a schoolteacher who was separated from her husband. On a Sunday afternoon, Chiang and her daughter Hsiao Ching went picknicking near the suspension bridge. Hsien Ching's paper windmill was carried away by the wind, and, in looking for it, Hsiao Ching found the leather case containing the jewels...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-01-26
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Cohabitation
Overview: Abortion, birth control and unwed cohabitation are social issues rarely associated with 1970's Hong Kong cinema. Cohabitation not only faces them head on but does so with insight, compassion and sex!
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-05-23
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Pei Shih
Overview: Lung Kong collaborated with accomplished novelist Meng Jun to pen the script for this tale of heartbreak and doomed romance. The mounting despair of two solipsistic characters headed towards an emotionally shattering break-up is depicted through an elliptical series of flashbacks.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-03-29
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Tiger Killer
Overview: TIGER KILLER (1982) is a straightforward adaptation of one story from the sprawling Chinese literary epic, "The Water Margin." It tells the tale of Wu Song, who slays a man-eating tiger preying on farmers and villagers and becomes the hero of the province, getting appointed as a constable by the local magistrate. He is reunited with his older brother, the short, disfigured Wu the Elder, a peddler of buns, who invites Wu Song to move in with him and his new wife. The wife, Golden Lotus, is an attractive young former maid who had been forced to marry Wu the Elder as punishment for getting caught in bed with her master by the master's wife. She takes a liking to the handsome, strong Wu Song, who rebuffs her attempts to seduce him. When Wu Song is sent on a long journey, the wife begins an affair with a rich local merchant. When Wu Song returns from his mission, he is met with shocking news which sets off a series of violent acts of retribution.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-10-28
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I Am in Love
Overview: The love bug strikes two young sisters at about the same time. Since the two sisters happen to be in love with the same person, chaos and confusion is brought into their once serene home.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-07-25
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The Seven Coffins
Overview: Hsiao Tsui is the most beautiful girl in a prosperous prostitution house in a North China town. But every client of hers is chased and scared by ghosts. She is thus very poorly treated by the owner. House madame Chiao takes pity in Tsui and hides her in an abandoned inn. There are seven coffins in the inn, all results of unnatural deaths...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-04-10
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Vampire's Breakfast
Overview: Story about a newspaper reporter who stumbles upon a nest of vampires living in contemporary hong kong.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1987-04-16
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Return of the Dead
Overview: Three inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be careful what they wish for. Story 2, a naked female ghost gets revenge from her watery grave. Story 3, a dead prostitute returns as a ghost.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-12-21
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Golden Lotus
Overview: A Hong Kong historical drama
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1957-02-14
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The Wild, Wild Rose
Overview: Grace Chang delivers an eye-opening performance as a lusty nightclub singer climbing the social ladder in seedy Wanchai. Borrowing story and song elements from Georges Bizet’s CARMEN, this Wong Tin-Lam directed musical has flair and polish to rival Hollywood, and a superstar leading lady that would any film industry would have a tough time matching! A key film from the celebrated Cathay Film Studios.
Genres: Music
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1960-05-09
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The Magic Lamp
Overview: Adapted from one of China's most well-known fairy tales, the Goddess of Mount Hua falls in love with a young mortal scholar Liu Yanchang and gives birth to a baby son, Chenxiang. When Chenxiang grows up, he seeks to unravel the mystery surrounding his mother whom he has never met.
Genres: Drama Music Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1964-01-23
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Father and Son
Overview: Father and Son is a Hong Kong Drama starring Sammo Hung in a child role
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1963-08-14
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Island of Loves
Overview: This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer married a Chinese woman after he left his wife and family to go live in Macao. Later, he moved to Japan where he fell in love with a Japanese woman, staying in Japan for the rest of his life. Mixed in with the career and loves of Moraes is the history of Portugal at home and in its colonies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-06-08
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Iron Bones
Overview: Iron Bones, about a young lad that learns a secret Tai Chi type of style called the Wind Palm, where you can kill with chi blows. Sure, it's a little crazy, but the acting is a big cut above most martial arts movies and the sword fights are pretty good. And Sam the Seed shows up, sans wig, as a dirtbag Shaolin monk after the book. Han Ying Chieh, the big boss, is one of the thugs in the background.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-01-16
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The Haunted
Overview: Three tales taken from author Pu Songling's collection of famous classical ghost stories. Pian Pian- A man shows no signs of repentance and continues to flirt even after he is married. Judge Lu- Judge Lu's magical powers help Zhu to get top marks in the Imperial Examinations. Lotus the Fairy-A student is blinded in an attempt to save a lotus fairy from a sorcerer.
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-08-17
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Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre
Overview: Director Chu Yuan's titanic teaming with respected, inspired author Chin Yung created this unforgettable saga. Set during the Yuan Dynasty, it tells the fascinating story of the "Sacred Fire" sect, the Wu Tang swordsmanship clan, the disciples of the O Mei group, The Book of Chu Yang, and the destruction of Shaolin - complete with a killer cliffhanger. And that's just the start of the fascinating intrigues and ingratiating characters found here.
Genres: Action Drama Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-10-18
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Hong Kong Emmanuelle
Overview: Fei-Fei, young and pretty, nearly breaks up a marriage but loses out to the wife in the end.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-04-14
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The Violet Mansion
Overview: Another Cathay Wu Xia flick featuring Melinda Chen Manling.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-02-15
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Centipede Horror
Overview: A crazed evil wizard uses his powers to take revenge on beautiful women by making them vomit up live centipedes, which then proceed to eat their victims.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1982-10-29
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Beauty Escort
Overview: This blood tale of a feud between two sword fighting clans is full of betrayal and intrigue, will most probably please the fans of samurai sword fighting.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-10-24
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Crimes Are To Be Paid
Overview: A young innocent woman is raped by a gang of five men. Years later the young woman has matured into a sophisticated lady and singer. The five guys have gone their separate ways, however one by one, she finds them and sets about her revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-04-13
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Immortal Warriors
Overview: Immortal Warriors is a Taiwanese Martial Arts movie.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-09-25
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The First Sword
Overview: During a battle with Wu Qiong, the king of poison, Xie Wuyang, the chief of the Golden Dragon Clan is poisoned. His junior, Tong Wanling risks her life to save him and becomes poisoned herself. At his wit's end, Wuyang seeks Wanling's grandparents for help. Meanwhile, Yan Zongqi plots to overthrow Wuyang as the chief of the Golden Dragon Clan and schemes with Wu Qiong to obtain the secret manual of the Clan.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-12-28
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The Lost Generation
Overview: The plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from mainland China.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-09-21
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The Star, the Rogue & the Kung Fu Kid
Overview: Bruce is an action director at a famous Hong Kong TV station, the lead actress falls in love with him much to the disgust of a Triad big boss, who then hatches a plot to bring the lovers back down to earth.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Darling, Stay at Home
Overview: The misadventures of a beautiful but bored housewife Wang Yui-chuan and her chauvinistic salary-man husband Chang Wei-min reaches madcap proportions upon his denying her the opportunity to work outside the home. With calculating smarts, Wang takes action with the help of her scheming neighbors Lily and her mother Mrs. Hsu to change her identity and land a situation in her husband's firm where she successfully advances within the ranks in direct competition with Chang for promotion. A madcap comedy of errors ensue.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1968-01-28
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The Magic Fan
Overview: This was an adaptation of a ghost story, “A Xiu”. Liu Zigu is on his way to visit his uncle and is attracted by a beautiful girl, A Xiu. Liu meets A Xiu again in a paper fan shop owned by A Xiu's father. Liu goes to the shop every day to buy a fan and see A Xiu. One day, Liu follows his uncle to a matchmaker, who arranges for A Xiu to become his bride. The following day, Liu and A Xiu visit a temple where they meet a ghost who looks very similar to A Xiu. On the wedding day, the ghost disguises itself as A Xiu to spoil her marriage with Liu. Finally, the ghost is in the custody of a magic fan, and Liu and Xiu complete their wedding.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-10-03
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Love, Love, Love
Overview: Love, Love, Love is a Taiwanese film, released in 1974 by Central Motion Pictures Corporation and spoken in Mandarin. It stars Charlie Chin as Li Ai-fang and Brigitte Lin as Lin Chuen-chuen. Chin Chuan is co-starring in this film. It was written, composed, and directed by Liu Chia-chang.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-06-28
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To Money with Love
Overview: Hong Kong comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-08-09
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People Between Two China
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1988-05-26
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The Golden Lotus
Overview: Golden Lotus is based, in part, on Jin Ping Mei, a famous erotic novel of ancient China. Li Han-Hsiang adapted part of the story into this film, which starts with Hsi Men Ching, a successful merchant, wooing Pan Chin Lien, the beautiful wife of one of the townspeople.
Genres: Romance Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-01-17
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Lily of the Valley
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1962-03-29
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The Secret
Overview: A tangled murder mystery unfolds amid a complex love triangle. As conflicting witness accounts emerge, the truth about the victim and key suspects is revealed, leading investigators down a dark and twisty path where nothing is as it seems.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-10-31
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The Playful Girl
Overview: 1971 movie by Yang Su staring Chen Chen
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-09-15
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Widow Warriors
Overview: The males in a triad family are betrayed and gunned down by a rival gang and the women in the family - from the matriarch to the youngest - decide that rather than sit around and mourn their men that they will extract revenge.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-03-10
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The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung
Overview: In the 18th century, Emperor Chien Lung makes a journey into Southern China.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-10-06
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The King Fa Fairy
Overview: A Chinese fantasy drama
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1970-03-27
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Little Lotus
Overview: Chou Tsai-ken, a young carpenter, falls in love with a country girl, Little Lotus Chin Ho-hua. Although he has her father's consent to marry her, he lacks means to support a wife. One day, Little Lotus' beauty catches the eye of Shen Tzu-Kuei, only son of the Governor and a good-for-nothing young man keen on sensual pleasures.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1963-07-26
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Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
Overview: The third and final chapter of MP & GI's Toho Trilogy expands the geographical reach of the franchise, taking stars Lucilla You Min and Takarada Akira across the Pacific to Hawaii, where scenic travelogue passages add to the cross-cultural affair. Also expanded is the romantic entanglement, as the love birds find themselves embroiled in an intricate love pentagon! By then a rising star of Toho boasting multiple talents, Jimmy Lin was bestowed the unenviable task of playing one of the five, the Lucilla character's long-lost fiancé…
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1963-11-01
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Sister Long Legs
Overview: Woo Ting-ting (Julie Yeh Feng) is a smart, tall, introverted and snobby young girl who embodies the idea of the unattainable beauty. On the other end of the spectrum, Ting's younger sister Bin (Jeanette Lin Tsui) is an outgoing, fun and bright girl-next-door type who exudes youthful energy. Ting's cold demeanor makes a lot of boys give pause about pursuing her, but the arrival of car dealership employee Kam (Roy Chiao) changes everything. Meanwhile, Bin's flirty nature attracts too many boys, and it finally becomes trouble when the wealthy Li (Tian Qing) grows obsessed with her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1960-02-06
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Island of Fire
Overview: Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-03-28
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The Long Lane
Overview: The film focuses on a mother (Chen Yanyan) burdened by guilt after abandoning her newborn daughter in a long lane 17 years earlier, so that she could adopt a son to fulfil the traditional belief that only a male heir could continue the family line. However, when her adopted son (King Hu) becomes a disappointment, the mother’s regret deepens. On her deathbed, she confesses her secret to her husband (Wang Yin), who resolves to find their lost daughter.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1956-10-26
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Fist to Fist
Overview: A young police cadet graduates from the academy, and is sent to a small town run by gangsters - one of whom betrayed the hero's father and left him to die.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1973-09-01
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太太万岁
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Original Language: zh
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