King Pai-Chien

King Pai-Chien

Movies for King Pai-Chien...

The Iron Buddha
Title: The Iron Buddha
Character: Emperor
Released: November 12, 1970
Type: Movie
After a notorious rapist kills his master and entire clan, the Iron Buddha sets out for revenge. He'll need a magic sword first though, naturally.
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My Son
Title: My Son
Released: June 26, 1970
Type: Movie
Jimmy Wang Yu gets to flex his dramatic muscles in this contemporary Lo Chen drama. Wang is a detective's son whose attempt to punish a swindler leaves him and his father in a thrilling final face-off.
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The Younger Generation
Title: The Younger Generation
Character: Shop owner
Released: March 12, 1970
Type: Movie
The Younger Generation is an ultra-tragic tale about a young girl, played by Ivy Ling Po who gets married, has five kids, then she and her husband die forcing one child sold to prostitution to feed the other four. Chinese culture dictates that great respect is given to the elders and in The Younger Generation, it is an elder that is the hero, telling audiences that although sadness abounds, they can return home happy with their Confucius mindset.
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Double Bliss
Title: Double Bliss
Character: General Manager Huang
Released: February 4, 1970
Type: Movie
A melodrama about the blossoming love between two music students returning home from abroad and planning to wed. However, both of their parents don't know about it and when they find out, all bliss blasts away as social gaps become an issue.
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Raw Courage
Title: Raw Courage
Character: Gate officer
Released: August 13, 1969
Type: Movie
After the Ming Emperor is overthrown and his infant son put in the care of the Black Dragon Society, a traitorous martial arts clan attacks the society and forces two inexperienced swordsmen to flee with the infant and begin a dangerous journey in search of allies.
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Diary of a Lady-Killer
Title: Diary of a Lady-Killer
Released: May 10, 1969
Type: Movie
Diary of a Lady-Killer is a murder mystery mixed with erotica. Each time a local playboy has an affair, the lady shows up dead, making him the prime suspect.
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Unfinished Melody
Title: Unfinished Melody
Character: Catholic priest
Released: March 13, 1969
Type: Movie
A sensitive love triangle helmed by one of Shaw era's top directors, Chin Chien. A psychiatrist taking a room at an old friend's apartment soon discovers an insane woman living in a neighboring flat. As the doctor gradually heals the woman he also falls in love with her. The problem arises the friend's daughter confesses her love to him as well. Misunderstanding and mistaken passions soon lead to broken hearts and an emotional confrontation to the love triangle.
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Divorce, Hong Kong Style
Title: Divorce, Hong Kong Style
Character: Yao-Chen's lawyer
Released: December 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Shaw Bros. romantic comedy.
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The Brain-Stealers
Title: The Brain-Stealers
Character: Butler Luo Tian
Released: December 21, 1968
Type: Movie
A mad scientist wants to get his hands on a certain growth-accelerating serum developed by Hong Kong scientist Dr. Li Zong-Hua so that he can create an army of supermen and conquer the world.
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Inter-Pol
Title: Inter-Pol
Character: Detective Lu
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 King with My Face
Title: The King with My Face
Released: July 4, 1967
Type: Movie
THE KING WITH MY FACE (1967) offers a well-produced Shaw Bros. variation on Alexandre Dumas' famous tale, "The Man in the Iron Mask."
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Four Sisters
Title: Four Sisters
Character: Father Luo
Released: May 5, 1967
Type: Movie
Mandarin-era Hong Kong film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.
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Rose, Be My Love
Title: Rose, Be My Love
Released: September 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Not a love triangle but a love rectangle, Rose, Be My Love is a romantic drama that represents the high standards achieved by Shaw Brothers in both star power and technical polish. Set on the eve of Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong's invasion by the Japanese, the tragic romance takes on added poignancy in light of the future fate of leading lady Li Ting, the "Rose" of Rose, Be My Love who committed suicide a mere three months after the movie's release.
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Beyond the Great Wall
Title: Beyond the Great Wall
Character: Jun's father
Released: November 21, 1964
Type: Movie
Beyond the Great Wall is a true story based on how Wang Chao-chun sacrificed her love and life for the good of the Chinese people during war time fears between China and the Huns.
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Love Parade
Title: Love Parade
Character: Fashion show judge
Released: January 21, 1963
Type: Movie
The winning couple of Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Hu light up the screen in the delightful Shaw Brothers musical Love Parade. The manager of a dance company places a personal ad in the newspaper. He receives a response but has no idea the woman is his top dancer, with whom he has an antagonistic relationship.
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Sun, Moon and Star: Part 1
Title: Sun, Moon and Star: Part 1
Character: Teacher Lin
Released: December 8, 1961
Type: Movie
The film traces the relationships that develop between the protagonist Xu and the three women he meets, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.
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A Night in Hong Kong
Title: A Night in Hong Kong
Released: July 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who meets and falls in love with Wu Li Hung (Ming). He proposes to Wu Li but she rejects him because of her distaste for mixed marriages (her mother was Japanese but deserted her family and returned to Japan during WWII). Tanaka locates Wu Li’s mother and unsuccessfully tries to reunite them, but eventually Wu Li accepts his proposal. A joyous Tanaka flies off to Laos to finish an assignment but on the eve of his wedding he is killed there.
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Husband's Lover
Title: Husband's Lover
Character: Mr. Lin
Released: August 28, 1959
Type: Movie
A romantic comedy by the Shaw Brothers studio starring Peter Chen Ho, in his first starring role in a SB film, and Pat Ting Hung, in her film debut.