Chan Lap-Ban

Chan Lap-Ban

Born: January 1, 1911
Died: July 18, 1990
in Bangkok, Thailand

Movies for Chan Lap-Ban...

Quake De Love
Title: Quake De Love
Character: Mrs. Sio
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
The story happened in the quaint peninsula, Macao. Given the incident of Sichuan Earthquake, a long hidden love story has now been revealed. This has become the source of inner conflicts between grandpa and grandma. Shocks come in no time. Will the situation be resolved as warm and pacifying as the setting sun?
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Look Out, Officer!
Title: Look Out, Officer!
Character: Cleaning Lady
Released: July 27, 1990
Type: Movie
After police officer Piao is murdered, his soul cannot be at rest for his murder has been written off as a suicide. Therefore the heavens send him back to Earth as a spirit to find his 'savior' who will help him clear his name. Hsing, a rookie officer, is the savior and in return for finding Piao's killer, Piao must get him a girlfriend and a promotion.
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God of Gamblers
Title: God of Gamblers
Character: Knife's Mother
Released: December 14, 1989
Type: Movie
Ko Chun, an extremely talented and well known gambler. On the eve of a big confrontation with a famous Singaporean gambler, Ko walks into a trap set by Knife, an avid but a so-so gambler, meant for an Indian neighbour. Struck on the head, Ko suffers from amnesia and regresses to a child-like state. Knife takes care of Ko and begins to exploit Ko's gambling talents.
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The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus
Title: The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus
Character: Great Grandmother
Released: September 21, 1989
Type: Movie
A woman is cursed with beauty in China and becomes prey for men. Raped by the prefect of her ballet school and sent to work camp, she escapes to decadent Hong Kong by marrying a wealthy banker. She finds herself drawn to sadomasochistic affairs and in flashbacks discovers she is the reincarnation of a famous courtesan of ancient China.
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Title: Here Comes A Hero
Released: April 3, 1989
Type: TV
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School on Fire
Title: School on Fire
Character: Sandy's Grandmother
Released: August 20, 1988
Type: Movie
A young schoolgirl, Yuen Fong becomes caught in a tragic stranglehold of triad activity after she testifies in court over a triad beating. When this news reaches the triad leader Brother Smart, Yuen Fong must pay him protection money for what she has done as events begin to escalate.
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Fractured Follies
Title: Fractured Follies
Character: Matchmaker
Released: July 6, 1988
Type: Movie
Joe, a reckless cab driver, accidentally hits someone with his taxi. The person he hit is May, a sweet girl who walks with a limp due to one of her legs being longer than the other. Joe mistakenly thinks that he's paralyzed May for life; so in order to make it up to her, he works for her family, helping them run their grocery store. Soon, Joe falls in love with May, but she's slow to return his affection.
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Miss Magic
Title: Miss Magic
Character: Spirit Medium
Released: June 23, 1988
Type: Movie
When a woman suspects that her actor-husband has been fooling around with an actress, she commits suicide. Afterwards, she becomes a vengeful ghost and haunts her former husband and his co-workers. As a result, the actors seek the help of stagehand Uncle Fok, who practices Taoist magic.
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Title: Everybody's Somebody's Favourite
Released: April 11, 1988
Type: TV
Set in a time of explosive change, new things and fashion are endless. "Everybody's Somebody's Favourite" portrays the stories of three families, reflecting the "grassroots", "middle-class", and "wealthy" classes. The head of the "grassroots" family, Yang Wenzheng, is conservative and timid, while his wife Yin Yuping is a new-era housewife. The series depicts different aspects of society and its unique phenomena through a light and humorous touch.
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Title: The Upstart and the Self-Made Man
Released: June 2, 1987
Type: TV
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Hearth and Home
Title: Hearth and Home
Character: Neighbour
Released: May 31, 1987
Type: Movie
Famous actress, Sharla Cheung, was first made known to the audiences prior to her fim debut with this story of Lee Nan (Sharla Cheung), who came to Hong Kong to be reunited with her husband, but later she depraved.
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Split of the Spirit
Title: Split of the Spirit
Character: Hwei-chu's grandmother
Released: May 14, 1987
Type: Movie
A ghost takes over a dancer's body in order to find those who killed her, and thus her revenge.
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Curse
Title: Curse
Character: Priestess
Released: January 14, 1987
Type: Movie
A woman tries to attract her reincarnated lover from her previous life but eventually turns to the aid of an evil sorcerer who rules over a tribe of cannibal midgets.
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The Ghost Snatchers
Title: The Ghost Snatchers
Character: Hsueh's Grandmother
Released: September 30, 1986
Type: Movie
Vengeful spirits of Japanese soldiers from World War II haunt a new high-rise office building in Hong Kong.
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The Island
Title: The Island
Character: Tai Fat's Mother
Released: October 11, 1985
Type: Movie
John Shum leads an expedition to an supposedly deserted island only to find out that it's inhabited by a group of seriously demented characters,lead by Peter Chan Lung.This is a family that stays together,slays together and when the youngest one is refused in marriage to one of the young girls of the troupe they turn into savage maniacs.
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Unforgettable Fantasy
Title: Unforgettable Fantasy
Character: Office Cleaner
Released: August 26, 1985
Type: Movie
Thanks to the help of his uncle's (Stanley Fung) girlfriend (Wong Wan Si), Robert (Frankie Chan) gets to work as a creative assistant in an advertising agency, where he falls for the beautiful manager Cleopatra (Joyce Ni). His uncle brings home an antique mirror not knowing that it hides a fox fairy. Robert inadvertently takes the mirror to the office and by chance the fox fairy is freed and possesses Cleopatra! Hopelessly bedazzled by her vixen charm, Robert is killed in a car accident while looking for the mirror thrown away by his uncle...
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Mummy Dearest
Title: Mummy Dearest
Character: Bill's mother
Released: July 4, 1985
Type: Movie
Lee Kam Lun (Alan Tam) is an intelligent but psychologically unstable young man who is very filial and loves his mum(Pik Wan Tang) dearly. Trouble brews when he accidentally killed a junkie one night. His subsequent actions arouse the suspicion of another intelligent Inspector (Bill Tung), who kick start a game of cat and mouse by befriending Lee's mum as he tries to expose Lee as the killer. Director Ronny Yu (Fearless, The Bride With White Hair) gives us an effective and tight psychological thriller with some dark humor and plot twists in one of his earlier directorial effort. Cantopop legend Alan Tam and the late Bill Tung both give outstanding performances playing the two key adversaries. tt0089001
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Infatuation
Title: Infatuation
Character: Steve's mom
Released: June 14, 1985
Type: Movie
Infatuation is a Hong Kong Romance starring Ricky Hui.
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Title: The Rough Ride
Released: April 22, 1985
Type: TV
The Rough Ride is a TVB television series, premiered in 1985. Theme song "Me and You, He and Me" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Anita Mui.
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This Man Is Dangerous
Title: This Man Is Dangerous
Character: Buys chicken on market
Released: March 16, 1985
Type: Movie
Cheng Tzu-hao and Kao Ying-wei, both wooing the same girl Ah Tzu, are transferred to the same Action Squad to help crack a number of robberies committed by a notorious robber/killer Ku Lung from Shantung. They inadvertently offend their immediate superior Beast King, and land themselves in a tight spot…
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My Mind, Your Body
Title: My Mind, Your Body
Released: January 10, 1985
Type: Movie
shaw production
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Cherie
Title: Cherie
Character: Old Bag Lady
Released: December 22, 1984
Type: Movie
The beautiful Cherie Chung plays the title character, an exercise teacher who is wooed by a rich, older businessman and a young photographer. You watch Cherie as she bounces between these two, not really liking the businessman, while the photographer is more in love with her image as his model than as a true love.
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Title: Beware of Your Bosom Buddies
Released: October 8, 1984
Type: TV
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Behind the Yellow Line
Title: Behind the Yellow Line
Character: Rubbish lady
Released: October 3, 1984
Type: Movie
Married boss Paul falls for his employee named Monica after running into her in a subway station and it makes all things uneasy for her.
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I Love Lolanto
Title: I Love Lolanto
Character: De's mother
Released: August 31, 1984
Type: Movie
Nat chan finds a mentally retarded Pat Ha, who has run away from home. Her father is a millionare and wants her to have brain surgery which has a 50% chance of death. Pat runs away because her father girlfriends secret lover threatens her.
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Silent Romance
Title: Silent Romance
Released: August 4, 1984
Type: Movie
Dumb Boy, a deaf and dumb, yet a brilliant and undiscovered cartoonist whose current publication has been gradually ignored by his readers. Consequently, the drop of the sale has promptly provoked his superior urging him to adopt a new style. During the midst of a mental struggle for new subjects, Cactus, a night club hostess, walked into his life, he silently and secretly falls in love with her. However, nurturing with an instinctive inferiority complex that had been fostered by his shortcomings all his life. Dumb Boy had not been able to get together his courage to reveal his love to Cactus.....
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Mr. Virgin
Title: Mr. Virgin
Character: Sweeper
Released: July 8, 1984
Type: Movie
When a young man ignores a feng shui master’s warning and decides to marry before turning 30, a series of mishaps begins to curse his life.
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Title: Rainbow Round My Shoulder
Released: July 2, 1984
Type: TV
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Prince Charming
Title: Prince Charming
Character: May's grandmother
Released: April 18, 1984
Type: Movie
Chen Li is the son of an enormously wealthy Hong Kong businessman and is vacationing in Hawaii, experiencing typical girl problems. His lothario friend Lolanto flies in from Hong Kong and is determined to find Chen Li a girl within a few days. After a series of hijinks, Chen Li and Lolanto are back in Hong Kong and investigating high-level embezzling in Chen's father's corporation. It also turns out that Kitty and May are employed there as well, with Kitty being the secretary of the supposed embezzler. Because Chen has been notoriously inconspicuous and no one knows what he looks like, he is able to assume to role of a limousine driver for Lolanto, who takes on the persona of Chen Li himself. While tracking down the corruption, Lolanto and Chen also are trying to win the hearts of the two women, but are they looking for true love or only money?
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Title: The Fortune Teller (II)
Released: December 12, 1983
Type: TV
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The Red Panther
Title: The Red Panther
Character: Lei's Mother
Released: October 27, 1983
Type: Movie
A cop suffering from "posterior ulcers" tries to catch a serial killer who seeks out victims with medical problems. One suspect is a man who makes pies from guts, which the cop inadvertantly eats. Eventually the hero cop finds himself tied to an operating table with the killer preparing to deal with his "posterior ulcers"!
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The Lost Generation
Title: The Lost Generation
Released: September 21, 1983
Type: Movie
The plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from mainland China.
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Title: In the Game Boat
Released: August 15, 1983
Type: TV
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Hong Kong Playboys
Title: Hong Kong Playboys
Character: Rachel's Mother
Released: June 18, 1983
Type: Movie
Fu Sheng plays Sheng, a playboy who has all the latest cars and technology along with all the tricks for courting the ladies. Sheng’s mom (Lee Heung Kam) along with her personal nurse, Mei (Cherie Chung), arrive in Hong Kong with the intentions of getting Sheng to marry a woman of her liking. While searching for Ms. Right, Sheng is challenged by a couple of lady killers, Lolento (Natalis Chan) and Valentine (Hsieh Hsien) in his quest to get girls. Eventually, little does Sheng know that the girl he happens to love is near him everyday at home.
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The Bund
Title: The Bund
Released: January 20, 1983
Type: Movie
After losing everything, a young man rebuilds his life and finds love in 1920s Shanghai -- all while rising to power in an organized crime syndicate.
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Nomad
Title: Nomad
Released: November 25, 1982
Type: Movie
Four carefree lovers in Hong Kong enjoy their youth while danger looms on the edges.
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Buddha's Palm
Title: Buddha's Palm
Released: August 20, 1982
Type: Movie
When Long Jian-fei is tossed from a cliff by the new sweetheart of his meanspirited ex-girlfriend, the friendly Dameng dragon-dog saves the hapless man's life, and brings him to Flame Cloud Devil, the blind master of the Buddha's Palm technique.
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Hex After Hex
Title: Hex After Hex
Character: Fortune Teller
Released: June 23, 1982
Type: Movie
Hell may have no fury like a woman scorned, but hell, literally, really has no wrath like a lusting ghost scorned! Muscular "Venom" Lo Mang discovers just that when the demon arranges to have his true love killed in order to possess her. Chaos, revenge, insanity, violence, tragedy, and even romance ensue. Director Kuei Chih-hung, already famous for Bamboo House of Dolls, Killer Snakes, Ghost Eyes, Corpse, Hex, and many other cult classics, shoots the works with this amazing horror love story.
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Title: The Switch
Released: May 31, 1982
Type: TV
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Carry on Pickpocket
Title: Carry on Pickpocket
Character: (deleted footage)
Released: March 31, 1982
Type: Movie
Hung Tai-Kong aka Rice Pot and Chan Yin-Tung aka Chimney are two friends who work with their master Kam Ming and his daughter Ann as a team of pickpockets.
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36 Secrets of Courtship
Title: 36 Secrets of Courtship
Released: March 12, 1982
Type: Movie
Three lotharios vie to become principal of the Macho Man Training School, an extremely non-monastic institution dedicated to extremely non Shaolin-types of physical exertion, in this strange and erotic farce of the classic 36th Chamber Of Shaolin.
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Monkey Business
Title: Monkey Business
Released: January 7, 1982
Type: Movie
Hong Kong comedy film.
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Title: Hero's Blood Road
Released: October 5, 1981
Type: TV
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Title: 二人三足
Released: September 20, 1981
Type: TV
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Bewitched
Title: Bewitched
Character: Old Magic Woman
Released: September 11, 1981
Type: Movie
While possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit.
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Super Fool!
Title: Super Fool!
Character: Dragon's mother
Released: July 29, 1981
Type: Movie
Kwong and Ming, two boys from rural China, sneak into Hong Kong to get quick rich. But they are instantly disillusioned and they get into messy situations. The superstar who looks exactly like Kwong has a nasty spill in a dangerous stunt and dies. Kwong is recruited to stand in. Money and all life's amenities become available to the pair. While Ming makes the best out of the situation by gambling and womanizing, Kwong realizes that his own amazement money is not everything.
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Daughter & Father
Title: Daughter & Father
Released: July 9, 1981
Type: Movie
Daughter & Father is a Hong Kong Drama starring Kent Cheng.
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Cream Soda & Milk
Title: Cream Soda & Milk
Released: July 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Ling's parents has been separated when she was small, however, she always miss her brother, Ding. Ling's boyfriend is a social worker. One day, he sees a youngster who looks like Ling's brother and loves drinking cream soda and milk. Nevertheless, Ding doesn't want to meet his sister..
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Title: The Three Musketeers
Released: June 22, 1981
Type: TV
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Title: Road to Success
Released: May 11, 1981
Type: TV
The rapid economic growth of Hong Kong in the 60s leads to the growth of a lot of industrialists and investors – a legend from rags to riches overnight. The story depicts the venture of a village boy, KEI, who works with great zeal to improve his life. LIN and MAY are the two most influential characters in KEI's life. LIN, a good friend of KEI, comes from a wealthy family plays an important role in bringing KEI to great success Yet, they later turn to be enemies when the two men fall in love with the same girl, MAY. MAY meets KEI and LIN together in Macau. LIN adores her deeply yet she, on the contrary, is very impressed by KEI's courtesy and handsome look. This triangular love relation adds romance to the original plots making "Road to Success" a more human and appealing story......
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An Old Kung Fu Master
Title: An Old Kung Fu Master
Released: May 2, 1981
Type: Movie
A movie starring Simon Yuen Siu-Tin as a Kung Fu master.
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Title: The Adventurers
Released: November 24, 1980
Type: TV
The Adventurers is a TVB television series, premiered in 1980. Theme song "The Adventurer's", and the sub theme song "The Sentimental Debts" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Jenny Tseng.
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Hex vs. Witchcraft
Title: Hex vs. Witchcraft
Character: Matchmaker
Released: November 19, 1980
Type: Movie
A compulsive gambler weds a ghost who helps and hinders him in both horrid and hilarious ways.
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Title: Invincible Medic
Released: July 21, 1980
Type: TV
"Bei Zheng" is an honest and upright hero who seeks to help others. He operates a clinic in the small town of Pu Ren Lane, with the help of assistants like "Lu Cheng," "Lü Ren," and "Mao Shi Jun." His friend's son, "Fong Chun," comes to learn from him and becomes an invaluable aide. The owner of the inn who rents out a storefront to "Bei Zheng" is infatuated with him, but he only has eyes for "Bai Su Yi". "Fong Chun" initially dislikes living with "Bei Zheng" but eventually sees the value in his work and learns from him. He abandons his career as a royal physician to follow "Bei Zheng's" aspirations. "Fong Chun" was initially engaged to "Bai Jing Wen," but he falls in love with "Xiao Qian," a prostitute. Their love affair leads to a tragic end when "Xiao Qian" is killed by "Bai Jing Wen."
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Hex
Title: Hex
Character: Medium
Released: July 9, 1980
Type: Movie
Constantly mistreated by her cruel husband, the frail Chan Sau-ying awaits certain death from tuberculosis. The new servant girl, Yi-wah takes pity on her mistress' plight and the pair proceed to drown him one evening. They dump his body in a near-by pond but Sau-ying believes that the man's bloated corpse has risen from the bog to seek vengeance.
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Title: Discovery Bay
Released: June 30, 1980
Type: TV
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House of the Lute
Title: House of the Lute
Released: March 27, 1980
Type: Movie
A young man takes a job as a house servant for a rich old man with an attractive younger wife and trouble ensues.
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Below the Lion Rock: New Life
Title: Below the Lion Rock: New Life
Released: November 17, 1979
Type: Movie
After being released from prison, repeat offender Lam Sai-Song received neither compassion from his family nor acceptance by friends and relatives. Nevertheless he refused to give up on himself...
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The Ghosts and I
Title: The Ghosts and I
Released: August 24, 1979
Type: Movie
Comedy / fantasy involving ghosts.
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The Wickedness in Poverty
Title: The Wickedness in Poverty
Character: Old Playboy bunny
Released: August 23, 1979
Type: Movie
Two people in debt to loan sharks cooperate with each other to clear their debt and cheat other people out of their money.
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Lam Ah Chun Blunders Again
Title: Lam Ah Chun Blunders Again
Released: August 2, 1979
Type: Movie
Sequel to the comedy movie Lam Ah Chun
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Title: Home in Hong Kong
Released: July 3, 1979
Type: TV
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The Utmost Greatness
Title: The Utmost Greatness
Released: March 8, 1979
Type: Movie
The Utmost Greatness is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Kent Cheng.
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Below the Lion Rock: Old Plough
Title: Below the Lion Rock: Old Plough
Released: November 3, 1978
Type: Movie
Small rice shop proprietor old Plough is still unmarried despite being in his fifties. When he marries a Thai bride for just ten thousand-odd dollars, he discovers that his wife was pregnant prior to coming to Hong Kong.
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For Whom to Be Murdered
Title: For Whom to Be Murdered
Released: November 2, 1978
Type: Movie
Two young men from Singapore make holiday in Hong Kong. One of them dreams about a murder. After witnessing a murder they become the targets of some gangsters. Can they outfight the thugs or will the murder dream become a reality?
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Lam Ah Chun
Title: Lam Ah Chun
Released: June 29, 1978
Type: Movie
Looking for a job, Ah-chun is sent off into the countryside to a seemingly haunted mansion.
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Delinquent Teenagers
Title: Delinquent Teenagers
Released: May 3, 1978
Type: Movie
Drama movie
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The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare
Title: The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare
Character: Grandmother
Released: November 11, 1977
Type: Movie
Shaw Brothers Exploitation Flick, 5th installment in "The Criminals" series.
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Title: Hero
Released: August 8, 1977
Type: TV
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Title: A House Is Not a Home
Released: August 1, 1977
Type: TV
A House Is Not a Home is a TVB television series, premiered on 1 August 1977. It is a very successful classic series boasting the likes of stars Liza Wang, Simon Yam, Ha Yu and also veteran actors like Bak Man-biu, Tang Pik-wan and Lee Heung-kam. The show became a 1970s drama classic, well-known also for its theme song, "A House Is Not a Home"; 家變, which was composed and arranged by Joseph Koo, with lyrics by the late Wong Jim and sung by Roman Tam.
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The Criminals, Part 3: Arson
Title: The Criminals, Part 3: Arson
Character: old woman
Released: February 4, 1977
Type: Movie
Part 1 : 'Gun Snatchers' - Two criminals wanted for murder are turned in by one of their own. Part 2: 'Arson' - A Triad revenge plan to burn down a nightclub goes wrong and results in the deaths of five people.
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The Last Madame Butterfly
Title: The Last Madame Butterfly
Character: Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Released: January 7, 1977
Type: Movie
In this sexpolitation effort, a British pilot is assaulted by a gang of hoodlums and left on the street. He's eventually taken to a hospital, where he is nursed back to health by Dr. Emy Wong, a beautiful Asian physician. As the pilot is restored to full health, he becomes increasingly infatuated with Emy.
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Below the Lion Rock: Wild Child
Title: Below the Lion Rock: Wild Child
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
A young boy explores Hong Kong after staying at with his sick Grandmother.
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Return of the Con Men
Title: Return of the Con Men
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Cheng Meng-chi (Liang Tian), celebrated for his cunning, embarks on a clever scheme to outwit his mischievous neighbour, Wu Tien-chuang (Wang Sha). Cheng’s ingenious trickery leads Wu and his mistress to believe that he possesses the extraordinary ability to turn chicken droppings into gold, resulting in comical confrontations and a string of stolen chickens. The narrative takes an entertaining twist as Cheng’s relationship with Crazy Ching (Chang Ying), the partner-in-crime of a gullible gold shop owner, transforms from playful neighbourly antics into an intense battle of wits, with Cheng consistently staying one step ahead of his adversary.
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Seven Women: Meg Lam
Title: Seven Women: Meg Lam
Released: November 4, 1976
Type: Movie
The sixth episode of Patrick Tam’s anthology series “Seven Women” (1976), which adapted from Pat Flower’s “The Tape Recorder”
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Wedding Nights
Title: Wedding Nights
Released: April 3, 1976
Type: Movie
An adult comedy produced by the Shaw Brothers.
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Spirit of the Raped
Title: Spirit of the Raped
Character: Nun
Released: March 13, 1976
Type: Movie
A Shaw Brothers production featuring a supernatural tale of revenge. Liu Miao-Li suffers a string of terrible events. Once pushed to her limit, she decides to take back control of her existence, but chooses an unlikely path to vengeance.
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Title: Kung Fu
Released: November 10, 1975
Type: TV
Liu Zhong-yuan is a famous martial artist who lives in seclusion with his family. His eldest daughter, Liu Feng, helps him in the clinic while her husband works in England. His second daughter, Liu Yi, has no interest in learning martial arts. Instead, she attends university while her brother, Liu Long, spends his time fighting. Concerned for his son's well-being, Liu Zhong-yuan decides to open a martial arts school. However, Liu Long desires to become a movie star, leading to conflicts with his family and involvement with the criminal underworld. Can Liu Zhong-yuan use his martial arts skills and sense of justice to help his son find his way back?
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The Winner Takes All
Title: The Winner Takes All
Released: September 27, 1975
Type: Movie
Directed by Sum Cheung.
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Big Brother Cheng
Title: Big Brother Cheng
Character: Fake witness
Released: July 16, 1975
Type: Movie
Shaw Brothers' number one action hit of 1975, and deservedly so. The character of one-man kung-fu dynamo Big Brother Cheng and kung-fu superstar Chen Kuan-tai were made for each other. A Robin Hood-like restaurant manager who socks it to the thugs in order to make the mean streets of Hong Kong a little less mean, Big Brother Cheng made his first appearance in the extremely popular The Tea House, the success of which spawned this even more successful sequel.
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Ghost Eyes
Title: Ghost Eyes
Character: Hsiu's grandmother
Released: November 9, 1974
Type: Movie
Ghost Eyes concerns a female hair stylist who is seduced by the vampiric ghost of a former optometrist. Using supernatural contact lenses to control her mind, he gradually drains her life essence as she is forced to find new victims until tries to make a stand and rid herself of this terror once and for all.
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The Crazy Instructor
Title: The Crazy Instructor
Released: June 7, 1974
Type: Movie
A bumbling martial arts teacher has the skills but lacks the confidence to use them. Run out of town by some ne'er-do-wells, he sets out on some comic adventures as he travels the countryside. Taking up some companions that are as bumbling as he is, the group seems to stumble into one misadventure after another. Will our hearty band eventually prove their worth with their skills and bring their enemies to justice?
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Hong Kong 73
Title: Hong Kong 73
Character: Aunty Liu
Released: April 24, 1974
Type: Movie
As the Heng Seng Index reaches unprecedented heights, people from all walks of life go stock speculation crazy. A security guard and his landlord learn firsthand that money is ‘Easy Come, Easy Go’ as their fast fortune disappears overnight in a Macau casino. Meanwhile, greedy neighbours and infidel couples cheat each other and even blue-collar workmen dive into the frenzy. Inevitably, the market tumbles as do the people’s bittersweet lives. A hilarious but ironic tale featuring some of Shaw’s biggest stars.
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The Villains
Title: The Villains
Character: Brothel Mom
Released: March 9, 1973
Type: Movie
A poor orphan seeks help from her wealthy uncle and his sons.
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Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan
Title: Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan
Character: Lao Yao Gui (Hooker Trainer)
Released: July 9, 1972
Type: Movie
18-year-old Ainu is kidnapped and sold to a brothel. Her good looks and wild personality make her very popular with the lustful clients, but also draw the lesbian attentions of brothel madam Chun Yi. Chun Yi teaches Ai nu the ways of lust and the ways of kung fu, and Ai nu becomes more and more similar to her captor. But rage at her treatment is still burning inside her.
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Adventure of a Blind Kid
Title: Adventure of a Blind Kid
Character: Blind woman
Released: December 13, 1967
Type: Movie
The blind Yip Man-chiu was abandoned at birth. Following the death of his foster parents, the boy is sold by his uncle Ah Sam to a blind Taoist priest, an abusive man. Running away from home, Yip is hit by a car and sent to a school for the blind by the social security workers. His talents impress the musician Siu Kwong and wins him a place in a music school for the blind. There he is joined by fellow students Lung Kwok-kei, a runaway child with an abusive stepmother, Chow Kuen, an abandoned child found on a train, and Cheung Kin-ching, an avid music lover sent to the school by her loving well-to-do father. The four children blossom into accomplished musicians under the tutelage of Siu and his wife and together with the less fortunate others, form an orchestra which earns a reputation for excellence.
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Bitter Fear
Title: Bitter Fear
Character: Servant
Released: November 3, 1966
Type: Movie
HK mystery drama film.
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Lady Bond
Title: Lady Bond
Character: Ah Sai
Released: August 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Connie Chan Po-chu's character's father was killed by the triads, leaving behind two daughters. The elder sister makes a living as a singer at a nightclub, and is sometimes threatened by triad members. The younger sister (Connie Chan Po-chu), who knows karate, becomes an assassin who punishes villains.
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The Bride from the Grave
Title: The Bride from the Grave
Character: Matchmaker
Released: April 8, 1964
Type: Movie
Hong Kong ghost movie set during wartime. Not to be confused with the South Korean film of the same name from the previous year.
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The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part Two
Title: The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part Two
Character: Celestrial Goddess
Released: January 15, 1964
Type: Movie
'Ghostly Mother Blue Flower' Chiu Choi-wan has abducted a group of virgin boys and girls for the nourishment of her mind and soul. Alarmed by the abduction, Yiu But-fan, Kau Suet-mui and Hung Tin-bo make a night raid on the Hanshan Temple to release the children and set a torch to the bandit lair. Fuming over the arson, Chiu casts a spell on Kau, who kills the father of Chuk Yuk-heung in her cross-dressing persona as Yiu. Confronted by the angry Chuk clansmen at the Chuk Fortress, Yiu tries futilely to defend his innocence. Believing that Chiu has masterminded the framed murder, the fugitive infiltrates the White-bone Yinyang Cave where he finds himself attacked by Kau and Chiu. Demon-vanquishing Magic Monk, Chuk and Hung helped Yiu wrestle Chiu, who fled. Kau is nursed back to health by the monk and joins the fellowship in their quest to annihilate the demon. With all her venomous needles forfeited to the monk, Chiu gets her comeuppance, slain by Chuk's flying dagger.
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The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part One
Title: The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part One
Character: Celestrial Goddess
Released: January 8, 1964
Type: Movie
Yiu But-fan marries on the day his father Yan-kit retires as a distinguished swordsman when Yan-kit's nemesis 'Ghostly Mother Blue Flower' Chiu Choi-wan and her foster son Lai Chun-wah gatecrash the party, striking dead the elder and But-fan's wife with the White-bone Soul-thrashing needles. Having pledged his alliance to the anguished son, Taoist Tranquil of Emei vows to eradicate the menace at Mid-Autumn Festival when his junior disciple Kau Suet-mui is challenged to a duel with Chiu. Kau's fellow disciples Hung Tin-bo and Chuk Yuk-heung follow the orders of their master to roam the martial world and tumble into a bandit lair. Extricated from danger by the Taoist, the duo join hands with the passer-by Yiu to thwart Lai's assault on Kau by sorcery, again aided by the Taoist. Yiu, Kau and her peers head back to the Kau Fortress where a martial contest is being held to select a prospective groom for the daughter. Kau overwhelms Lai in the ring but concedes defeat to Chiu.
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Rose in Tears
Title: Rose in Tears
Character: Patient
Released: December 4, 1963
Type: Movie
The creative person torn between ideals and reality is one of Chor Yuen's favourite characters in his 1960s films. Another favourite subject is the rose, not only featured in the title of several films but is also the name of the production company he formed with his future wife, Nam Hung, who also stars in most of its productions. Rose in Tears is in fact the company's inaugural project. The story features two painters, one famous and the other struggling but both infatuated with the same delicate rose of a woman, negotiating their ways through art, commerce and love. With this heart-tugging story, Chor finds a vehicle for his baroque impulses, relishing in lavish images and over-the-top emotions.
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Three Love Affairs
Title: Three Love Affairs
Character: Auntie Mao
Released: June 12, 1963
Type: Movie
Hong Kong was quickly becoming industrialised in the 1960s. The market was hungry for female labourers with a grasp of crafting skills. In addition to being wives and mothers, many women entered the labour market at that time. This ‘streamlined comedy' (as it was advertised) is called Three Love Affairs, but the main action is centred on the lovers played by Ting Ying and Cheung Yee. In order to make themselves more appealing, the factory girl pretends to be the daughter of a successful businessman, while the chauffeur pretends to be from a wealthy family. Their relationship is fraught with worry and anxiety, because they are confused about their own identities, and have not yet come to terms with themselves and their lives. With the support of the Manufacturers' Association, the film was shot on location at an actual factory, evidencing a prosperous period in Hong Kong's industrial history.
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The Killing Flag (Part 1)
Title: The Killing Flag (Part 1)
Released: May 8, 1963
Type: Movie
The Killing Flag (Part 1) is a 1963 Hong Kong martial arts film direcred by Fung Chi-Kong.
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Phantom of the Jade Chamber
Title: Phantom of the Jade Chamber
Character: Neighbour
Released: October 17, 1962
Type: Movie
HK mystery film.
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The Haunting Shadow
Title: The Haunting Shadow
Released: October 3, 1962
Type: Movie
HK mystery film.
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The Night the Spirit Returns
Title: The Night the Spirit Returns
Character: Medium / Spiritualist
Released: July 25, 1962
Type: Movie
A ghost tale very strongly inspired by Hitchcock's Vertigo.
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The Golden Cat
Title: The Golden Cat
Character: Shawoman
Released: July 5, 1961
Type: Movie
Scholar Yuen Man-lung leads a double life as Vigilante Golden Cat. Yuen is separated from his lover Tso Oi-lan by her snobbish father who promises her to Tsui Tai-fei, son of the magistrate and incriminates him as the wanted burglar. Yuen sneaks out of prison and wreaks havoc in Golden Cat's name; the exasperated magistrate has to release him. Before leaving for the imperial exams with the runaway Oi-lan, Yuen stages one final heist for his friend's sake. The officials trail Golden Cat to his house where his nocturnal costume is retrieved. His father is arrested as the criminal. Drawing a plan up her sleeves, Oi-lan's sister Oi-ling whisks the elder out of the execution ground. Despite failing at the exams presided over by corrupt examiners, Yuen saves the emperor on his homecoming journey, and returns triumphant as a duke.
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A Sword and Nine Rings, Part Two
Title: A Sword and Nine Rings, Part Two
Character: Leopard-faced Magic Nun
Released: June 29, 1961
Type: Movie
Lee Kap-lan, whose parents are slaughtered by the underling of the Qing court, Yan Sheung-kong, is rescued from the carnage by Leopard-faced Magic Nun. Nun imparts martial artistry to Lee, who will kill the old enmity when she grows into womanhood. Yan and his half-brother Luk Sun are assigned to capture the survivor. Fong-ping comes under the attack of an assassin dispatched by Sun when Butterfly comes to his help. Recruited to the Yan den, Ying Tin-lung summons the knights-errant of the martial world to the court. Lee infiltrates the congregation and has her eyes fixed upon Sun and strikes him with the Soul-snatching Tai Chi Dart which has mistakenly wounded Fong-ping. Butterfly puts Lee into a drug-induced coma to obtain the antidote to treat Fong-ping. Ying seizes the chance to capture the women. Fong-ping sustains another injury to rescue the hostages. Nun arrives in time and seizes the Lee family heirloom. Lee avenges her parents' death.
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The Great Devotion
Title: The Great Devotion
Released: April 8, 1960
Type: Movie
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.
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The Chair
Title: The Chair
Character: Neighbor
Released: October 14, 1959
Type: Movie
After inheriting his father's estate, Cheung Ka-bo leads a life of debauchery after getting know Blackie Yuen, who profits at others' expense, and Yee-Wah, who working at a night club. As the family wealth diminishes, he always squabbles with his wife and finally separates from her. She returns a diamond bracelet, kept by Uncle Chan, to her mother-in-law. Bo's mother hides the bracelet in a chair. Later, Wah resides at Bo's home. To flatter Wah, Bo wants to get the bracelet by any means from his mother and give it to Wah. Later, Bo's mother falls ill. In the hospital, she tells Bo of the bracelet's whereabouts but the chair has already been sold to Uncle Chan by Wah. Bo, Wah and Yuen stealthily enter Chan's home to get the chair, but have a big fight when they try to take the bracelet. Knowing that Bo has huge debts, Wah intends to leave him after getting the bracelet. Wah exposes her gluttonous self in her pursuit of the treasure. Bo learns his lesson and returns to his wife.
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The Matchmaker
Title: The Matchmaker
Released: September 30, 1959
Type: Movie
Mr Wong falls head over heels for Lan, a beautiful waitress. He bugs her constantly to ask for her hand, and even goes as far as lying about his wife being dead and secretly planing to marry his wife off to a friend. Lan decides to play a prank on him to teach him a lesson.
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The Legend of Purple Hairpin
Title: The Legend of Purple Hairpin
Released: February 18, 1959
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Tong Tik-sang's now-legendary Cantonese Opera piece, the film features divas Yam Kim-fai and Pak Suet-sin (left with Yam), who play the story's lead lovers, and Lan Chi Pak, the sinister official who tries to break up the relationship. Leung Sing-po plays the pair's friend as well as the mysterious 'man in yellow' who exposes plans to separate the couple.
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Wong Fei-Hung's Fierce Battle
Title: Wong Fei-Hung's Fierce Battle
Released: February 13, 1958
Type: Movie
Wong Fei Hung must stands up for people who are unable to stand up for themselves.
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The Tormented Beauty
Title: The Tormented Beauty
Character: Fong's servant
Released: January 9, 1958
Type: Movie
Guerrilla member Ting Siu-yuen works as a playwright and Lee, the leader of an opera troupe. They conceal their identities in the troupe in order to gather military intelligence. Yuen gradually falls in love with the lead actress Mui Law-heung. Ting is unsettled to learn that County Chief Fong covets Mui. He sneaks into Fong's residence and is astounded by the sight of his old lover Pak Kuen, now Fong's wife. Fong colludes with the military chief in conducting vicious schemes. With Kuen's help, Yuen is able to get the intelligence. But as Heung is not an insider, she reports to the Governor about the illicit relationship between Yuen and Kuen. Kuen backs Yuen to eliminate the conspirators and bring about the union of Yuen and Heung.
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The Dunce Attends a Birthday Party
Title: The Dunce Attends a Birthday Party
Character: matchmaker
Released: December 6, 1956
Type: Movie
Third Sister Tai marries Dunce Lau and her life has since been between laughter and tears. At the birthday party of Tai's father one year later, Lau's wit suddenly comes back to him. Lau turns the occasion into a stage for displaying his talents and makes fun of his two brothers-in-law who used to despise him.
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The Haunted Pot
Title: The Haunted Pot
Released: August 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Ghost story from Hong Kong directed by Ng Wui.
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How Liang Hongyu's War Drum Caused the Jin Army to Retreat
Title: How Liang Hongyu's War Drum Caused the Jin Army to Retreat
Released: August 16, 1956
Type: Movie
The Song Dynasty is in danger after being invaded by Jin soldiers. The geisha Liang Hongyu encourages her lover Han Shizhong to join the army and fight against Jin Zhong's superior, Wei Liangchen.
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The Seventh Heaven
Title: The Seventh Heaven
Character: Laborer's wife
Released: August 9, 1956
Type: Movie
Chan Siu-hung is forced to become a prostitute, with the police following hot on her heels. Ching Chi-ko comes to her defence by claiming to be her husband. Chan is put up at Ching's roof hut named the 'Seventh Heaven' and the two gradually fall in love. Soon the war breaks out. Ching is drafted to do hard labour by the Japanese army. When the war is over, the crippled Ching returns and lies to Chan that he is already a married man, hoping to persvade Chan to marry someone else. Nonetheless, Chan's devotion overwhelms Ching.
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Fong Tong Kan & Yin Ji Ma
Title: Fong Tong Kan & Yin Ji Ma
Released: April 2, 1956
Type: Movie
Jing meets Hu Yanjuan, a woman who sells medicine, and gets mocked by her. Seeking revenge, he tricks her father and switches their medicine with rocks, causing them to be stopped from selling it. Yanjuan investigates and discovers Jing's deception. Jing pretends to ask her to teach him martial arts, and she uses this opportunity to teach him a lesson.
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Backyard Adventures
Title: Backyard Adventures
Character: Fortune-teller's servant
Released: July 12, 1955
Type: Movie
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.
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Strange Tale at Midnight
Title: Strange Tale at Midnight
Character: 2nd Uncle's Wife
Released: May 20, 1955
Type: Movie
Upon the death of an elderly master, a family has a dispute over the distribution of an inheritance / jewelry and are haunted by ghosts.
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Parents' Hearts
Title: Parents' Hearts
Character: Opera troup member
Released: April 21, 1955
Type: Movie
An opera troupe has to dissolve in view of the poor economy. Comedian star Sang Kwai-lei loses his job and he has no alternative but to play the lion character in the opera troupe of his former junior apprentice Chan Hau and pawn his stage costume. He aims at earning enough money to support the final year's secondary school studies of his elder son Chi-kuen. Kuen however refuses to continue his studies, seeing that his father has to put aside his dignity to earn money and his mother is worried. Lei is enraged and uses the money to support his younger son Chi-wai's studies. Again, Lei loses his job and he resorts to giving street performances, his wife takes up sowing work in her spare time and she dies after a long illness. Kuen works to support himself through school, but Wai is less fortunate, he is forced to enrol in an opera troupe as an apprentice. Years later, the dying father joyfully embraces Chi-kuen's return from his studies.
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An Orphan's Tragedy
Title: An Orphan's Tragedy
Character: village neighbour
Released: February 11, 1955
Type: Movie
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.
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Silk Factory Girl
Title: Silk Factory Girl
Released: January 7, 1955
Type: Movie
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.
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The Voyage of the Dead
Title: The Voyage of the Dead
Character: Mourner (uncredited)
Released: November 19, 1954
Type: Movie
HK historical drama.
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Neighbours All
Title: Neighbours All
Released: April 29, 1954
Type: Movie
The film features a conflict between a young wife and her mother-in-law, depicting the lives of ordinary people and their profound problems.
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Spring
Title: Spring
Character: Mrs. Chin
Released: December 22, 1953
Type: Movie
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.
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Family
Title: Family
Character: matchmaker
Released: January 7, 1953
Type: Movie
"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.
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The Encounter Between the Prince of Thieves and the Lovelorn Monk
Title: The Encounter Between the Prince of Thieves and the Lovelorn Monk
Released: October 10, 1952
Type: Movie
Drama from Hong Kong directed by Chu Kei.
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Paying Nocturnal Mourning to White Lotus
Title: Paying Nocturnal Mourning to White Lotus
Released: August 22, 1952
Type: Movie
Musical from Hong Kong directed by Chow Sze-Luk.
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Perfect Match
Title: Perfect Match
Released: March 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Comedy from Hong Kong directed by Cho Kei.
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The Wrongly Accused Lover
Title: The Wrongly Accused Lover
Released: August 11, 1951
Type: Movie
The sophistication of 1950s Hong Kong cinema is vividly illustrated in this film of limited budget and resources. Cantonese opera star Sun Ma Si-tsang plays a country boy who looks exactly like Sun Ma and is asked by a rich girl to impersonate the star, to help her stage an opera. The self-reflexive humour generated by the absurd situation not only provides delicious parody of celebrity culture but also comments subtly on class inequality and the perils of urbanisation. Sun Ma, who also appears as himself in a stage performance, is complemented beautifully by the brilliant comedian Yee Chau-shui as his sidekick and Hung Sin Nui, another opera superstar, as the spoiled and precocious rich girl.
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The Kid
Title: The Kid
Released: May 31, 1950
Type: Movie
A 10-year-old Bruce Lee stars as Kid Cheung, an orphan boy who sells comics in a little stall in the slums to survive. He and his two siblings are looked after by his Uncle Ho, a teacher. When the wealthy Hung Pak-ho surveys the slums to build a school for orphans, he is robbed by the vicious Blade Lee and his gang. Cheung helps Blade Lee escape and earns his friendship, but Uncle Ho convinces him to return the gold necklace Lee stole. Hung rewards Ho by hiring him as his private secretary.