Lam Mui-Mui
Also Known As: Lin Mei-mei, 林妹妹
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 17, 1912
Deathday: January 05, 1968
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Ten Thousand Lovers
Overview: A rural employee leaves his wife and mother to seek work in the city.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1938-03-08
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A Night of Romance, A Lifetime of Regret
Overview: Two people have a one-night stand.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1938-11-20
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Silk Factory Girl
Overview: The film commences with Ching (Tang Bik-wan) lamenting over her bleak life through singing: her mother died early and her stepmother (Lam Mui-mui) is wicked. The song precedes her appearance in the house while the cinematography helps to tug at the emotional heartstrings. Because of her debt-ridden father, Ching is forced by the stepmother to marry an old invalid. To prevent the marriage, Ching's lover Ho (Chan Kam-tong) raises money by agreeing to marry his own cousin (Fung Wong Nui). Ching's life is doomed, yet, when the stepmother absconds with the money. With all her hopes dashed to the ground, Ching decides to opt out of marriage for life. However, witnessing her 'self-combed' sworn sisters being bullied even to the point of committing suicide further devastates her. This tragic heroine comes to life through Tang's masterful performance both as a singer and an actor. The climatic and tear-jerking scene of Ching dying is definitely a highlight of the film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1955-01-07
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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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New White Golden Dragon
Overview: Hotelier Pak Kam-lung meets Cheung Yuk-neong on a ship travelling to Hong Kong. In Hong kong, Kam-lung searches for Yuk-neong's whereabouts and throws a costume party to lure Yuk-neong. He finally meets Yuk-neong again but she is cool towards Kam-lung. In order to get close to Yuk-neong, Kam-lung disguises himself as a hotel attendant. Meanwhile, the gentleman-thief Yu Yat-chi is attracted by Yuk-neong's diamond brooch. Yat-chi poses as a banker to get close to Yuk-neong. He lures Yuk-neung to his hideout by falsely claiming that her father is hurt in hospital. Yuk-neung is kept prisoner in an attempt to force her father to hand over the diamond brooch. Kam-lung puts on a female disguise to penetrate the hideout to save Yuk-neong. His disguise is seen through by Yat-chi, but fortunately, the police is alerted in time. The bandits are arrested. Finally, Kam-lung and Yuk-neong are married.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1947-09-27
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The Platinum Dragon (Part 2)
Overview: Hong Kong romance.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1937-09-15
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At This Crucial Juncture
Overview: The film is divided into seven episodes, each episode directed by a different director. The film was selected as one of the top hundred Chinese films by film historian Du Yunzhi (HKFA).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1938-03-02
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The Evil Scientist
Overview: Dr. Incarnate, is the leader of a terrorist organization that uses scientific methods to turn people into beasts. He also creates giants six feet tall and dwarfs six inches tall.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1936-09-03
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Destroy the Corpses!
Overview: A marriage for sale leads to the murder and attempted destruction of the body of a great young man for the sake of his lover.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1939-08-26
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Follow Your Dream
Overview: A traitorous businessman conspires with commanding officers to sell military supplies to the enemy. The plan is discovered by a group of poor but righteous people led by Lui Pang (Cheung Ying), who join hands with the guerrilla group to foil the plot. While making a harsh statement on those who exploited the national crisis to get rich, Tang Xiaodan portrayed vividly the sorrow and joy of the working class as well as an altruistic utopianism. The film begins with a song by Leung Mo-sik that describes the severity of war and the hardships endured by common people, intercut with real footages from war zones. The anti-war sentiment of the film is less political in nature and imbued with grave and genuine concern for the poor.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1941-11-09
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The Witch Haunts the Haunted Gate
Overview: Qiu Ying is a jealous dancer. Although she has been married for more than ten years, she still has a lot of control over her husband's every move. One day, Qiu Ying saw her husband chatting with a dancer and became so jealous that she argued with her husband and then killed him by mistake. She was about to run away, but she entered a park by mistake, and was so frightened by the murals of the Ten Emperor's Palace and the Nine Hells that she ran home. After returning home, Qiu Ying feels more and more uneasy and has to take sleeping pills to get some sleep. During her sleep, Qiu Ying dreams that she is in the underworld and witnesses all kinds of tortures in the hell. After waking up, Qiu Ying is deeply condemned by her conscience and decides to confess and turn herself in.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1949-04-27
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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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Emperor's Nocturnal Sacrifice
Overview: Chinese Opera from Hong Kong directed by Lau Fong.
Genres: Romance Music Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1952-09-11
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Mysterious Murder, Part 2
Overview: Fong Yim-fun puts on a tour de force as an ill-fated woman, separated from her lover through an arranged marriage to the terminally ill and impotent son of a warlord. The power struggle within the family led to an inevitable murderous consequence. Seven years later, the heroine's ex-lover, now an ambitious detective, is keen to solve this almost forgotten case, only to discover that he is also part of the enigma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1951-10-09
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Mysterious Murder, Part One
Overview: Fong Yim-fun puts on a tour de force as an ill-fated woman, separated from her lover through an arranged marriage to the terminally ill and impotent son of a warlord. The power struggle within the family led to an inevitable murderous consequence. Seven years later, the heroine's ex-lover, now an ambitious detective, is keen to solve this almost forgotten case, only to discover that he is also part of the enigma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1951-10-04
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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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Save Your Water Supply
Overview: Pak coek gung's family rents the third floor of a tenement building. Due to the water shortage, Pak's porridge stall is difficult to operate. At that time, Ah Seng, the son of Pak, owed money to Cheung, the fat man downstairs. Cheung saw that the porridge stall could not operate, so he took away the license of the porridge stall. In order to get the license back, Pak's daughter Miuying had to work as a dancer to pay off the debt. Then Pak's neighbors helped the porridge stall reopen and even reported Cheung for wasting water.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1954-11-06
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