Li Kun

Li Kun

Born: February 18, 1930
Died: March 12, 2008
Lee Kwan or Li Kun (Chinese: 李昆, 18 February 1930 – 12 March 2008) was a Taiwanese actor.

He joined Shaw Brothers in 1957 and acted in Mandarin films. He later played supporting roles in Bruce Lee's The Big Boss and Fist of Fury. Later he became a film and television actor in Taiwan. He won the 2001 Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for his role in Forbidden Love.

Filmography (1956-2005) Actor (197 films) Assistant Director (3 films) Cinematographer (1 film)

Movies for Li Kun...

Butterfly Lovers 40
Title: Butterfly Lovers 40
Character: Si Chiu
Released: April 25, 2003
Type: Movie
Ivy Ling Po reprising her role as Liang Shanbo to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Love Eterne (1963).
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Title: Rebellious Daughter
Character: [Angel's dad]
Released: October 13, 2001
Type: TV
Taiwan's first explicitly lesbian-led drama.
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Title: Return Of Judge Bao
Released: March 10, 2000
Type: TV
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Title: 佈袋和尚
Released: September 9, 1996
Type: TV
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End of the Road
Title: End of the Road
Character: Translator
Released: September 8, 1993
Type: Movie
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The Direct Line
Title: The Direct Line
Character: King of Spies
Released: November 11, 1992
Type: Movie
Yukari Oshima plays a detective who is kidnapped and held hostage by a team of Mainland agents led by Waise Lee. Called The Golden Corps, they are chasing a traitor who is attempting to sell stolen gold in HK.
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City Warrior
Title: City Warrior
Released: March 10, 1992
Type: Movie
The Big Circle Gang threatens the security of Hong Kong. The police headed by Huang Sir are determined to eradicate these robber gangs.
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Strawman
Title: Strawman
Character: Director of Japan Branch
Released: January 2, 1987
Type: Movie
In 1940s Taiwan, during the last days of Japanese rule, an impoverished farming village is less concerned with colonial politics than with feeding their families. One day, an American bomb falls onto a field, where it lies unexploded.
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May Jane
Title: May Jane
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
plot is unknown
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It Takes a Thief
Title: It Takes a Thief
Released: February 9, 1986
Type: Movie
Taiwanese comedy starring Ke Huy Quan, Pat Ha, and Liu Chun.
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Seven Foxes
Title: Seven Foxes
Released: October 3, 1985
Type: Movie
Billionaire Suen falls seriously ill, he hopes to find his only son who has been missing for twenty years to inherit his fortune. Meanwhile, he tells his butlers to find a killer, to kill him when he is joyful, so that he won’t suffer too much from his illness. Suen meets a woman and asks her to move in, in return he promises to pass his fortune to her. Thief Yee, Scammer Tao, and Single Fong all flood in and assert that they are the son of Suen.
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Spring Daddy
Title: Spring Daddy
Released: July 12, 1985
Type: Movie
Zang Guang-xing is a veteran soldier from Mainland China who married a young Taiwanese woman. He has been working as a supervisor in a construction company for seven years. Everyday he rides the same motorbike to work. He suffers enough misery from riding that motorbike, and dreams of buying a car. So he asks around for decent second-hand cars. His son doesn't like any car he chooses. His wife, a typical Taiwanese woman who lives frugally, shaves any penny she can. She is the one who pays for the family's new car. They go out on trips happily, and become the envy of the neighborhood. Zhang thus gets the new car he's always dreamed of, but he starts to worry about it getting dirty, because it's simply too new, too nice for him. The car thus becomes his son's vehicle. He rides the old bike to work again, just like he has during all these years.
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The Barren Virgin
Title: The Barren Virgin
Released: April 12, 1985
Type: Movie
Kwai-Len is a Hong Kong divorcee who flees an abusive husband in Hong Kong to live in Japan.
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Mob Busters
Title: Mob Busters
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
An American in Hong Kong battles mobsters.
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Drunken Tai Chi
Title: Drunken Tai Chi
Character: Chin Do's father (uncredited)
Released: May 31, 1984
Type: Movie
A spoiled young man - on the run from a ruthless killer - hooks up with a puppeteer and his wife who are masters of the art of tai chi; the only style that can defeat the killer.
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All the King's Men
Title: All the King's Men
Released: October 19, 1983
Type: Movie
It's the 10th century BC, the emperor is not well, and the medicines he is receiving from con artist "Immortal Li" are in reality only making him worse.
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A Fist Full of Talons
Title: A Fist Full of Talons
Released: April 14, 1983
Type: Movie
Qing I-ming springs into action to help his friend, who runs into danger while trying to deliver important government documents.
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Fantasy Mission Force
Title: Fantasy Mission Force
Character: General
Released: February 13, 1983
Type: Movie
A force of loners and fighters is put together to try and rescue the generals and save the war effort with the promise of gold and pardons of past crimes.
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The Emperor and the Minister
Title: The Emperor and the Minister
Character: Treasurer Liu Yung
Released: November 20, 1982
Type: Movie
The story about royal intrigue with the ingenious Lord Liu, whose intelligence was envied by the Emperor himself.
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Big Boss
Title: Big Boss
Released: December 2, 1981
Type: Movie
Conflicts between power-hungry triad gangsters in Macao leads to bloody battles.
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Revenge of the Corpse
Title: Revenge of the Corpse
Character: Mr. Han (Coffin Shop Boss)
Released: April 17, 1981
Type: Movie
A story of a coffin maker who tells a story about a policeman who was murdered by his wife and her lover. Eventually released constable loose of some grave robbers, the constables ghost is out to make the lives of all those involved in his death miserable. (A Shaw Brothers production)
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The Angry Young Man
Title: The Angry Young Man
Released: January 23, 1981
Type: Movie
University students in Taipei come under pressure when they are bullied by thugs and forced to enter a fight to the death karate tournament, where super kicker Hwang Jang Lee is the final opponent.
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Rebellious Reign
Title: Rebellious Reign
Character: Rudolph
Released: September 24, 1980
Type: Movie
Top fighter leaves his sifu to join his new friend the 4th Prince, and supports him in his bid to gain the throne and eventually overthrow the Ching.
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Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty
Title: Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty
Character: Treasurer Liu Yung
Released: March 1, 1980
Type: Movie
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.
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The Thundering Mantis
Title: The Thundering Mantis
Character: Fish shop owner
Released: January 3, 1980
Type: Movie
Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. Ending up facing Hsia (Eddie Ko) of the notorious Jade Brotherhood is inevitable. As a result, Hsia forces Chi's martial arts master to expel him. Masterless and working for a fish vendor, Chi meets a crafty kid (Yat Lung Wong), whose uncle Chow Tung (Chin Yuet Sang) is a master of the Insane Mantis style. The Jade Brotherhood aims for control of the small town but Chi is training with a new Master and will not accept bullies in the neighbourhood.
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The Ghost Story
Title: The Ghost Story
Released: May 25, 1979
Type: Movie
An old man of the village tells kinky ghost stories to a few of it's inhabitants after all the kids have gone to bed. What follows are stories that have horror elements and some soft-core nudity thrown in.
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Snake Shadow, Lama Fist
Title: Snake Shadow, Lama Fist
Character: Governor
Released: May 18, 1979
Type: Movie
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.
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Fearless Hyena
Title: Fearless Hyena
Character: Tee Cha
Released: February 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Lung is a talented fighter but prefers to spend his time loafing around and picking fights, despite orders from his grandfather not to fight. Unknown to him, a brutal general has been slaughtering all the people from his grandfather’s clan. When the general recognizes Lung’s style of kung fu during one of his street fights, he hunts down Lung’s grandfather and kills him.
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Phantom Kung Fu
Title: Phantom Kung Fu
Character: Shao Tsui
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A ruthless warlord is using his poisonous palm to kill Ming Patriots, and only the Kung Fu Phantom (Wong Tao) has a chance of ending his reign of terror.
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Of Cooks and Kung Fu
Title: Of Cooks and Kung Fu
Character: Supt. Woo / Mr. Hu
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Efforts of a grandfather teaching his grandson a style of fighting called "Cooking kung-fu"
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Spiritual Kung Fu
Title: Spiritual Kung Fu
Character: Monk
Released: November 23, 1978
Type: Movie
Jackie Chan plays the part of the class clown in a shaolin temple whose deadliest secret is stolen. All is lost until Jackie's character discovers dancing blue ghosts with bright red hair who haunt the library.
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The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung
Title: The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung
Character: Treasurer Liu Yung
Released: October 6, 1978
Type: Movie
In the 18th century, Emperor Chien Lung makes a journey into Southern China.
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Snake In The Eagles Shadow 2
Title: Snake In The Eagles Shadow 2
Character: Li Chi
Released: May 25, 1978
Type: Movie
Ah Fu (Wong Tao) and Chen Ting Kuan (Carter Wong) are a couple of kung fu men in the escort service business with top notch kung fu. Ah Fu gets tired of the escort service and quits to take up the life of a normal man. In his new “life”, Ah Fu runs into a thief named Li Chi (Li Kun), and the two become the best of friends. Life is great! Ah Fu gets married to a pretty girl, Yu Lan (Ha Ling Ling). He has money, servants, and foot massages. What else could you want? Ah Fu’s life gets turned upside down when a mantis fist expert named Nan Kung Ping (Lung Fei) shows up at Ah Fu’s doorsteps seeking to avenge the death of his brother.
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Kung Fu Means Fists, Strikes and Sword
Title: Kung Fu Means Fists, Strikes and Sword
Character: Wild Chicken, street vendor
Released: January 27, 1978
Type: Movie
Crazy Sword, Blind Fist and Queer Strikes are three kung fu fanatics who team up with Mung, the debonair master in white. Together the four real friends smash a massive kung fu gang led by Moose Face, Tsai Hung. Once smashed the girls are freed from vice and valuables returned to their rightful owners. A kung fu rare classic from Goldig Films.
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Fist of Fury 2
Title: Fist of Fury 2
Character: Lee Shun (as Lee Quinn)
Released: September 13, 1977
Type: Movie
After Chen Zhen's execution in Shanghai, the Japanese feared that his death would unite all Chinese kung fu schools against them. Fearing this, the Japanese gave orders to the head of the Hong Ku School, Miyamoto (Lo Lieh) to surpass all Chinese schools including the Ching Wu School. When they refuse, the Japanese beat up the students and destroys the school. Meanwhile, one Chinese learns about the destruction of the Ching Wu School when he goes to Shanghai to visit Chen Zhen's grave. This Chinese is the only one who has the guts to fight the Japanese, this Chinese is known as Chen Shen (Bruce Li) who is the brother of Chen Zhen and he vows to avenge his brother's death and end the terror of the Japanese once and for all.
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The Lady Killer
Title: The Lady Killer
Released: July 8, 1977
Type: Movie
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.
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The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung
Title: The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung
Character: Treasurer Liu Yung
Released: June 3, 1977
Type: Movie
Emperor Chien Lung uses disguises to experience life among his subjects.
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Warlock of the Battlefield
Title: Warlock of the Battlefield
Character: Liu De
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
A wizard vampire haunts a number of warriors. He has several zombie servants. The warriors must defeat both threats.
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Five Kung Fu Daredevil Heroes
Title: Five Kung Fu Daredevil Heroes
Character: Singing waiter
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
The heroes pose as gun dealers and acrobats in order to get close to the bad guys so they can avenge the death of one of their brothers.
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The Possessed
Title: The Possessed
Released: January 16, 1976
Type: Movie
Hong Kong horror film.
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Shantung Man in Hong Kong
Title: Shantung Man in Hong Kong
Released: November 13, 1975
Type: Movie
When Shan Tung comes to Hong Kong for the first time, wanting to seek help from his countryman Lo San, however, Lo San refuses to give him a hand. Shan Tung has no choice but to sell amphetamine in the street for living. A honest guy like him with pronunciation problem often causes embarrassing situations. He is laughed at by others because of his queer ideas. In later days, he makes a lot of friends because he never hesitate to do what is righteous. Therefore he has a better life than before.....
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The Girl with the Dexterous Touch
Title: The Girl with the Dexterous Touch
Released: July 30, 1975
Type: Movie
romantic comedy
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The Seven Coffins
Title: The Seven Coffins
Released: April 10, 1975
Type: Movie
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...
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The Obsessed
Title: The Obsessed
Released: March 18, 1975
Type: Movie
Hong Kong horror movie from 1975. Not to be confused the other movie with same name The Obsessed (영노). This one was produced in Hong Kong and released in March the 18th 1975.
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A Haunted House
Title: A Haunted House
Released: January 23, 1975
Type: Movie
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The Bedevilled
Title: The Bedevilled
Character: Gao Hu (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
In a small town found the only son of possession, the local, most influential family, dead and naked in vinbutiks hostess, Cheng Niang. His father insists that there is a murder committed by Chai-Tseng Chu, Cheng Niang husband. Tseng claims he is innocent. However, Cheng Niang has disappeared. Old Lin then tries to bribe Magistrate Tang judging Tseng to death and execute him immediately. Cheng Niang learns about her husband's death and freezing. Judge Tang is guilty and begins to see ghosts every night
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Seductive Ghost
Title: Seductive Ghost
Released: September 5, 1974
Type: Movie
A ghost teaches a poor shopkeeper medicine, leading to tragedy.
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Naughty! Naughty!
Title: Naughty! Naughty!
Character: Hsin Zhi Gui
Released: July 18, 1974
Type: Movie
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.
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The Skyhawk
Title: The Skyhawk
Character: Wei Min
Released: January 22, 1974
Type: Movie
Master Wong (Kwan Tak-Hing) and his disciple Fatty (Sammo Hung) are paying a visit to Thailand when they are assaulted by a hot-headed street fighter dubbed “Little Lion” (Carter Wong). In true Wong Fei Hung fashion, the master takes Lion under his wing after the impetuous youth gets his clock cleaned by a rival martial arts instructor. Meanwhile, Wong’s friend Chu is facing trouble from the local crime boss, who’s trying to seize control of Bangkok’s lucrative shipping business. Wong urges his friends and students to seek a peaceful resolution to their problems, but when the bad guys attack Fatty’s sister (Nora Miao), the master agrees to take up arms.
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Bloody Ring
Title: Bloody Ring
Released: January 12, 1974
Type: Movie
Mr. Chi goes to Thailand to assist a close friend, Nai Sin, in preparing his Muay Thai boxers for a battle with Japanese boxers who have arrived in Bangkok to get even for a past loss. Instead of training Nai Sin’s students to take on the Japanese, Mr. Chi finds himself having to take on the Japanese himself, as he has to help one of Nai Sin’s top students fend off the Japanese due to the student not coming through on throwing a boxing match.
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Mystery in Hong Kong
Title: Mystery in Hong Kong
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
In order the get her greedy hands on some money, an evil stepmother uses black magic to destroy her stepson's relationship.
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Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Title: Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 1973
Type: Movie
This documentary tells the story of Bruce Lee and his unsuccessful efforts to start a acting career in the U.S., he returned to Hong Kong where he became an international star, and his death at age 32.
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Thunderbolt
Title: Thunderbolt
Character: Pau Fun
Released: October 11, 1973
Type: Movie
The Fei Long Society, under the administration of chiefs Lung Lin, Pei Fen, Chen Ying-Chieh and Lung's sister Lung Chu, enjoys high prestige. One day a swordsman, Hung Wei, comes to join them. Hung later gets admitted after impressing the other chiefs with his fine fighting ability. The society's sub-branches soon come under the attack of the Black Tiger Gang. The chiefs of Fei Long Society head off to the branches in an attempt to save the situation. In their absence, the Society's stronghold falls to Hung's hands. Chen and Lung are attacked by Hung and his men. Lung swears to bring Chen back to justice...
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Spring in Pattaya
Title: Spring in Pattaya
Character: Liu Kun
Released: September 29, 1973
Type: Movie
Handsome and young, Shih Hsing flew to Bangkok with his close friend Ping Ho with the hope to find his father who was a rich merchant. However, he found that his father died for a long time owing to business failure. Shih wandered in the street and met Liu Kun, who was as poor. The three poor fellows had great hopes that one day fortune would knock on their door. Rich merchant Chen Chi-ching came Bangkok for sight-seeing. Local businessman Hu Te-piao tried hard to get him invest on entertainment business. Chen hated being disturbed, he found Shih look like himself and asked Shih to impersonate him to meet Hu. Shih was pleased to do so as the pay was high. The three had a good time, they find girls and enjoying it very much.
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The Money-tree
Title: The Money-tree
Character: Thief
Released: June 16, 1973
Type: Movie
Hong Kong comedy film.
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Seaman No. 7
Title: Seaman No. 7
Released: April 20, 1973
Type: Movie
When a sailor accidentally kills a Japanese man in a bar room brawl, he tries to escape the law by hiding himself in a freighter heading for Japan only to find himself in the middle of a massive drug war.
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Cheat to Cheat
Title: Cheat to Cheat
Released: March 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Hong Kong comedy directed by Li Han-Hsiang.
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Back Alley Princess
Title: Back Alley Princess
Character: Uncle Kun
Released: February 17, 1973
Type: Movie
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.
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A Man Called Tiger
Title: A Man Called Tiger
Character: Siu Lee (as Quin Lee)
Released: February 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A young man suspects his father's suicide was actually a murder committed by gangsters. Using his expertise in martial arts, he gets himself hired by the gangsters who he suspects are responsible for his father's death.
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The Roaring Lion
Title: The Roaring Lion
Character: Tung
Released: November 21, 1972
Type: Movie
Lok and his friends must flee to Thailand after accidentally killing their boss. They are treated almost as slaves by some thugs who hire them as fighters in rigged fights. At first, Lok accepts the conditions under which he has been forced to live, until finally the lion becomes vengeful and confronts the thugs.
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Sonny Come Home
Title: Sonny Come Home
Released: November 18, 1972
Type: Movie
Zhang Zhengchang, an honest businessman, lost his wife in his early years and his business has been miserable for many years. His son's friend teams up with gangsters to seek his property.
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Fist of Fury
Title: Fist of Fury
Character: Hsu
Released: March 22, 1972
Type: Movie
Chen Chen returns to his former school in Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While investigating the man's death, Chen discovers that a rival Japanese school is operating a drug smuggling ring. To avenge his master’s death, Chen takes on both Chinese and Japanese assassins… and even a towering Russian.
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Vengeance of a Snow Girl
Title: Vengeance of a Snow Girl
Character: Master Xiamen Chong
Released: October 29, 1971
Type: Movie
Sworn-brothers expert martial artists are the targets of a mysterious killer, which seems to bear a grudge against them for what happened several years ago.
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The Big Boss
Title: The Big Boss
Character: Ah Kun
Released: October 23, 1971
Type: Movie
Cheng is a young Chinese mainlander who moves in with his expatriate cousins to work at an ice factory in Thailand. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fights. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.
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We Love Millionaires
Title: We Love Millionaires
Character: Sun Pei Shan
Released: August 18, 1971
Type: Movie
This is a film about three pretty young ladies from Hong Kong who work as sales agents who travel to a resort in Japan for the sole purpose of meeting and wooing millionaires.
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The Comet Strikes
Title: The Comet Strikes
Released: August 11, 1971
Type: Movie
There was a civil strife in the court. In order to protect the king, some loyal ministers and the king hid in an old house. This old house was known as a haunted house; whoever lived in the house shall die for sure. Mr. and Mrs. Tse went to the haunted house but died in it. Their son Tse Tin Jun wanted to find out the truth of his parents’ death, so he went to the house. At the mean time, another minister knew the king's hiding in the house. He sent out a military force to kill the king. Actually Mr. and Mrs. Tse pretended to die to deceive the public. Tin Jun stood with his parents and the loyal ministers to fight against the rebels. After the blood battle, they eventually annihilated the rebels...
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The Shadow Whip
Title: The Shadow Whip
Character: Er Sha Zi
Released: August 6, 1971
Type: Movie
This top ten box office hit reunites the star duo from Come Drink With Me in another classic action adventure. Cheng Pei-pei radiates her trademark charm while wielding the deadly title weapon, which is implicated in multiple murders and a major heist. Whether single-handedly fighting sixteen bandits or avenging her father's brutal death, she demonstrates why she was Hong Kong's number one swordswoman and no slouch with the whip either!
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I Want to Sing
Title: I Want to Sing
Released: March 18, 1971
Type: Movie
Musical starring Teresa Teng.
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The Venus Tear Diamond
Title: The Venus Tear Diamond
Character: Wong Wai San
Released: February 5, 1971
Type: Movie
Legendary jewel thieves "Nocturnal Earl" (Ling Yun) and "Fragrant Night" (Lily Ho) are set on a collision course for destiny when both arrive in Japan to get their hands on the famous "Venus Tear Diamond." But sparks fly between the jewel thieves and the two fall instantly in love, without knowing that their beloved is after the very jewel each is seeking! To make matters worse, the diamond is in the possession of a randy widow who has her eye on the debonair male thief, and there's even a mystery man interested in the widow, too. Who's going to get the Venus Tear Diamond, and will it mean the end to a perfect love?
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The Brave and the Evil
Title: The Brave and the Evil
Character: Cook
Released: February 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Wang Yu stars as the charismatic martial arts master Iron Palm who crosses paths on the road with angry swordswoman Hung (Shang-Kuan Ling Feng, Dragon Inn). She's out to get revenge for her father who was killed by a band of ruthless bandits (Paul Chang Chun, Kenneth Tsang, Sit Hon, and Man Chung San). After their fateful encounter, Iron Palm decides to covertly assist Hung in her quest.
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The Invincible Eight
Title: The Invincible Eight
Character: Chu Fu
Released: January 22, 1971
Type: Movie
Everyday when General Xiao and his men ride through the Imperial City, inhabitants have to scatter around in order to keep out of their path. One day when Lei plans to assassinate Xiao but gets hurt, another three fighters He, Jiao and Feng come out boldly to help him out. With the help of Zhu, a cook, He succeeds to escape whereas the other three are seized. Later on, He acquaints himself with the girl Gui. Along with another two girls, Hai and Jiang, these eight youngsters are the descendants of the late patriotic generals, who have been recently murdered. Gui suspects that Hai and Jiang are controlled by Xiao and sneaks into his manor. She meets the girls successfully, but she is seized. When Wan, Xiao's butler, urges his master to kill Hai and Jiang, Jiang overhears their conversation and tries to rescue all her friends. At last, the eight are united and try their best to fight against General Xiao and his men.
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A Time for Love
Title: A Time for Love
Character: Kwan Ting
Released: October 16, 1970
Type: Movie
A Time For Love features Shaw Brothers' darling Lily Ho in a Romeo and Juliet stylized love story that breaks the tradition of Hong Kong's "class distinction" love stories. It is a film ending with a Cinderella-esque love saving happiness happy ever other ending.
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A Taste of Cold Steel
Title: A Taste of Cold Steel
Character: Ah Niu
Released: September 16, 1970
Type: Movie
It's a no-holds-barred battle to the death for possession of the invaluable Purple Sword. Assistant director Wang Po-yi also wrote this entertaining and exciting adventure which could have also been called "The Five Tigers" since there's no doubt that this quintet is the highlight of the action. Huang Tsung-shun is "Fierce Tiger," Hung Liu is "Drunk Tiger," Hsu Erh-niu is "Lame Tiger," award-winning actor Ku Feng is "One-eyed Tiger" and respected director/actor Wu Ma is "Sick Tiger" in a tangle of tussles and thrills
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The Three Smiles
Title: The Three Smiles
Character: Boatman
Released: September 23, 1969
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of Tang Bohu, a famous scholar who spends most of his time wandering around the countryside.
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Divorce, Hong Kong Style
Title: Divorce, Hong Kong Style
Character: Wang An-Pang
Released: December 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Shaw Bros. romantic comedy.
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The Enchanted Chamber
Title: The Enchanted Chamber
Character: Zhang Ping
Released: November 28, 1968
Type: Movie
A mortal, a ghost and a fox fairy come together against evil in this supernatural wuxia film.
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Double Trouble
Title: Double Trouble
Character: Li Hsiao Kun
Released: October 2, 1968
Type: Movie
Shaw Brothers double trouble comedy
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Three Swinging Girls
Title: Three Swinging Girls
Released: September 6, 1968
Type: Movie
Shaw Brothers comedy.
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Lady Jade Locket
Title: Lady Jade Locket
Character: Tong Fook
Released: December 9, 1967
Type: Movie
Love knows no limits in the grand period romance, Lady Jade Locket. A young fighter inadvertently falls for the spirit of a beautiful woman, who died years earlier avenging her own father's murder. The beautiful ghost is in fact the sister of his fiancee. Experienced as an actor in many such romances, director Yen Chuan keeps the tone perfect. Plus, with period specialist Li Li-hua in the lead and the attractive and acclaimed Li Ching playing the ghost girl, he really can do no wrong.
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Operation Lipstick
Title: Operation Lipstick
Character: Chen Er
Released: September 17, 1967
Type: Movie
Li Bing, a nightclub entertainer and a reformed thief was caught up in a fight against a criminal syndicate after forcing a cohort to return the wallet he previously stole from an assistant of a scientist who has just recently completed a doomsday device.
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The Midnight Murder
Title: The Midnight Murder
Character: Wang Xiao Er
Released: September 5, 1967
Type: Movie
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Inter-Pol
Title: Inter-Pol
Character: Huang Mao
Released: August 26, 1967
Type: Movie
Agent 009 has to break up a ring of Hong Kong counterfeiters who are shipping forged US dollars all over Asia.
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The Dragon Creek
Title: The Dragon Creek
Character: Ta Hu Tzu
Released: July 13, 1967
Type: Movie
Shaw Brothers Action Drama.
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Sing High, Sing Low
Title: Sing High, Sing Low
Character: Little Chen
Released: June 27, 1967
Type: Movie
A Shaw Brothers Musical Comedy.
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Moonlight Serenade
Title: Moonlight Serenade
Character: Zhang San
Released: April 11, 1967
Type: Movie
A sweet inn-keeper's daughter falls in love with a woodcutter, but witnesses the woodcutter's brother raping her sister. Tragically, the sister commits suicide in shame, and the rapists turn his attentions to the witness, leading to more danger than most romantic dramas can handle.
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Sweet and Wild
Title: Sweet and Wild
Character: Sea Monster
Released: August 23, 1966
Type: Movie
Young love and its comedy of errors. Hsiao Fang, played by Li Ching, is a spunky young girl not afraid to fight back against hooligans. Unfortunately, she mistakes the handsome Ma Ta-hai, for one such hoodlum. The two are immediately attracted but refuse to admit their true feelings. The real hooligans are from a rich family led by a devious Madam who devise a revenge plot. With plot twists, mistaken identities, along with some terrific musical numbers, romance has never been this much fun.
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The Blue and the Black 2
Title: The Blue and the Black 2
Character: Xing Ya's schoolmate
Released: July 20, 1966
Type: Movie
Part two of the wartime love story
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The Blue and the Black
Title: The Blue and the Black
Character: Xing Ya's schoolmate
Released: June 29, 1966
Type: Movie
It's a powerful melodrama about a thwarted romance in 1930s Tientsin, China, during the Japanese occupation, and it stars Linda Lin Dai, one of the era's most popular stars. It was part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.
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Till the End of Time
Title: Till the End of Time
Character: Chou Kuo-Wei
Released: March 15, 1966
Type: Movie
Jenny Wu is a singer who charms the well-to-do Peter Chen, but his parents object to a union between their only son and a lowly cabaret singer. He ignores their advice and marries her anyway, and for a time, they find some manner of wedded bliss. But the years are not entirely kind. He works hard to make ends meet, but his health pays the price.
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The Monkey Goes West
Title: The Monkey Goes West
Released: January 18, 1966
Type: Movie
THE MONKEY GOES WEST is the first entry in the studio’s epic, four-part screen adaptation of “Journey to the West,” a 16th-century novel recounting the efforts of a Buddhist monk and his magical companions to travel to India and bring back Buddhist sutras.
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The West Chamber
Title: The West Chamber
Character: Monk Facong
Released: November 10, 1965
Type: Movie
A scholar woos the daughter of an important family, while outwitting rebels who try to capture her.
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Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore
Title: Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore
Character: Shirley's uncle
Released: September 15, 1965
Type: Movie
Shaw Brothers comedy.
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Vermilion Door
Title: Vermilion Door
Character: Doggy
Released: August 26, 1965
Type: Movie
The tragic love triangle of early 20th century Peking Opera star Chiu Hai-tang, his beautiful stage partner, and the warlord who forces himself between them, has been a favorite with Chinese audiences for decades.
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The Lark
Title: The Lark
Character: Xiao Zhu, reporter
Released: July 28, 1965
Type: Movie
A musical staring Carrie Ku Mei as a singer named Xiaoyun Shi, who comes to Hong Kong after a tour of other Asian countries, hoping to develop her career.
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The Lotus Lamp
Title: The Lotus Lamp
Character: Sky Dog
Released: July 7, 1965
Type: Movie
The Goddess of Hua Mountain is imprisoned for falling in love with a mortal, meanwhile her son is raised in secret until he can attempt to free her.
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Sons of the Good Earth
Title: Sons of the Good Earth
Character: Lao San/Kuan San Sheng
Released: March 19, 1965
Type: Movie
The year is 1937, just prior to the Japanese invasion of China. Painters Ju Rui and Lao San stumble upon He Hua, a woman sold into the sex industry at a local brothel.
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The Crimson Palm
Title: The Crimson Palm
Character: Beggar
Released: October 28, 1964
Type: Movie
Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his beloved fiancee before he heads towards the imperial city to participate in the civil service examination, only to find her maid lying dead in blood. Lin is then accused of murder. How can Judge Bao prove his innocence?
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The Story of Sue San
Title: The Story of Sue San
Character: Brother Chin
Released: September 30, 1964
Type: Movie
This gripping story centers on the romance between Wang Chin Lung and Sue San. Although they may be perfectly matched when it comes to their love for one other, the two come from remarkably different social ranks. While Chin Lung is the son of a respected government official, Su San is a prostitute, albeit a famous one.
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The Shepherd Girl
Title: The Shepherd Girl
Character: Village youth at campfire
Released: July 15, 1964
Type: Movie
Julie Yeh Feng stars as Hsiu Hsiu, a beautiful singing shepherdess who falls head over heels in love with a handsome boatman named Liu Ta Lung. Unfortunately, she can't afford to marry her new beau because her father has racked up numerous debts due to his uncontrollable gambling addiction. And to make matters even more complicated, there's a rival suitor who promises to pay off all of her no-good father's debts on the condition that he is given Hsiu Hsiu's hand in marriage. She initially declines his offer, but starts to get jealous when she sees Ta Lung getting a little too close for comfort with another woman. In retaliation, she starts flirting with her possible benefactor/husband-to-be. But what Hsiu Hsiu doesn't know is that her jealousy isn't based on any actual unfaithfulness, but on an unfortunate misunderstanding!
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Lady General Hua Mulan
Title: Lady General Hua Mulan
Character: Brother Wu Xin Cheng
Released: June 15, 1964
Type: Movie
About a woman who disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army.
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The Amorous Lotus Pan
Title: The Amorous Lotus Pan
Character: Yun Ge (Yun Kuh)
Released: April 9, 1964
Type: Movie
A woman in an arranged marriage falls in love with her husband's brother.
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The Dancing Millionairess
Title: The Dancing Millionairess
Character: Xiao Wah
Released: February 12, 1964
Type: Movie
Chen Hou is a chauffeur who gets caught in a mistaken identity scandal linking him to businesswoman Lok Dai. Chen was supposed to audition for a job as her chauffeur, but a proposed musical show is far more attractive to the aspiring dancer. When a rumor gets out that the two are involved in an affair, she's angry and confronts him, but his charms overwhelm her, and it's revealed that she too desires to dance. Soon she's bankrolling the affair, the sets are being built, and the singing and dancing begin!
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Between Tears and Smiles
Title: Between Tears and Smiles
Character: Singing beggar
Released: January 17, 1964
Type: Movie
Fan Chia-soo is a kind-hearted student whose heart is captured by the sweet song of Shen Feng-hsien. However, he is not the only one who has eyes for Shen. The General's henchmen are also determined to present the songstress to their superior as a gift. Fan received help from an unexpected quarter to save the woman he loves.
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Three Sinners
Title: Three Sinners
Character: Tang Niu
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: Movie
Based on one particular storyline from The Water Margin, Three Sinners weaves an intriguing story of romance, treachery, and death, all within the context of the traditional Huangmei Opera. Yan Jun casts his real-life wife, the elegant Li Li Hua, star of such Shaw Brothers films as The Goddess of Mercy and Vermillion Door, as one of the title characters, a woman who finds herself in the middle of a stormy love triangle involving her controlling husband (director Yan Jun serving double duty in a starring role) and a passionate lover (Chen Yan Yan).
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The Adulteress
Title: The Adulteress
Character: Hsiao Hu-Tse
Released: August 8, 1963
Type: Movie
The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the waning days of the Ching Dynasty. To make matters worse, she’s soon framed for her husband’s murder by her rapist - the son of the local magistrate! And even that isn’t the end of her woes. It’s best to have a box of tissues nearby as two expert directors ratchet up the emotional suspense in this consummate tearjerker.
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Empress Wu
Title: Empress Wu
Character: Empress Wu's eunuch
Released: June 23, 1963
Type: Movie
The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history.
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The Love Eterne
Title: The Love Eterne
Character: Si Chiu
Released: April 3, 1963
Type: Movie
In this dreamy romance set in China during the fourth-century, a young woman convinces her parents to allow her to dress as a boy and attend university.
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The Magnificent Concubine
Title: The Magnificent Concubine
Character: Soldier
Released: May 31, 1962
Type: Movie
Perhaps the most notorious concubine in Chinese history, Yang Guifei set a pudgy standard of beauty in her days of glory during the Tang dynasty. The Emperor Minghuang was so besotted with the woman that when An Lushan stages his rebellion against the empire, the ruler takes Yang Guifei along with his imperial entourage in an escape to the mountainous area of modern-day Sichuan, and sanctuary of sorts. But the concubine had roused the jealousy of the court and unfortunately for her and to the great sorrow of the king, her brother and others among the king's retainers demanded she be strangled to death while they were still in the mountains. This is the story told in this interesting Taiwanese adaptation by director Li Han-hsiang (Li Hanxiang).
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The Fair Sex
Title: The Fair Sex
Released: July 21, 1961
Type: Movie
A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho, Pat Ting Hung, Ding Ling, Fanny Fan Lai and Margaret Tu Chuan.
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The Enchanting Shadow
Title: The Enchanting Shadow
Character: Servant of scholar #2
Released: August 18, 1960
Type: Movie
A young scholar spends the night in a creepy temple that is said to be haunted. He doesn't believe in the rumors, but after running into a Taoist swordsman, he meets a beautiful lady ghost.
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The Magic Touch
Title: The Magic Touch
Character: Xiao Chen
Released: December 3, 1958
Type: Movie
Early Shaw Brothers comedy
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Mambo Girl
Title: Mambo Girl
Character: Student
Released: March 6, 1957
Type: Movie
A young woman in search of a lost identity, her long lost mother who abandoned her soon after her birth.