Yip Ha-Lei

Yip Ha-Lei

Born: August 28, 1916
Died: January 1, 2016
in Hong Kong, China

Movies for Yip Ha-Lei...

Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Title: Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Character: Tailor
Released: June 15, 1989
Type: Movie
A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.
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Illustrious Energy
Title: Illustrious Energy
Character: Kim
Released: November 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Chan and his older mate Kim prospect for gold in 1890s Otago. Marooned until they can pay off their debts and return to China; they’ve been fruitlessly working their claim for 12 and 27 years respectively. Chan faces racism, isolation, extreme weather, threatening surveyors, opium dens and a circus romance.
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Title: The Pleasure of His Company
Released: May 5, 1987
Type: TV
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Let's Have a Baby
Title: Let's Have a Baby
Character: Peter's father
Released: November 21, 1985
Type: Movie
A charming tale of child-creating complications, featuring a rare comedic performance by Alex Man Chi-leung.
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Year of the Dragon
Title: Year of the Dragon
Character: Old General
Released: August 16, 1985
Type: Movie
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.
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Mismatched Couples
Title: Mismatched Couples
Character: Old man at airport
Released: April 3, 1985
Type: Movie
Eddie (Donnie Yen) is a young man good at both fighting and breakdancing. His cousin Stella (May Lo) has a crush on him, but apparently he loves someone else. Eddie creates trouble when he tries to help out Mini (Yuen Woo-Ping), a hawker whose business is confiscated by the cops. Mini ends up moving in with Stella, Eddie, and his sister (Wong Wan-Si), leading to possible romance as the mismatched couples struggle to get by beneath the same roof. But a powerful fighter named Power (Dick Wei) admires Eddie's skills, and challenges him to a duel. Eddie refuses, so Power kidnaps Stella to get his way. With no choice remaining Eddie, decides to meet Power for a showdown.
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Cherie
Title: Cherie
Character: Cherie's Landlord
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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Behind the Yellow Line
Title: Behind the Yellow Line
Character: Paul's father
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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Title: It's A Long Way To Home
Released: July 2, 1984
Type: TV
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Title: Ghost On The Loose
Released: October 17, 1983
Type: TV
A big house is haunted by four ghosts. Three families moved in at different times, including Ling Da Ting and his pregnant mistress Lu Bi, the jeweler Wang Tian Xiang and his family, and the retired dance instructor Hua Luo Shi and his family. Although the house is haunted, the younger generations can communicate and play with the ghosts. Lu Bi went into labor, and the four ghosts competed to be reincarnated. Once, Lu Bi was saved by Zhuang Wei Qiang, who had a crush on her. Xiao also fell in love with Lu Bi, and they began a romance. Eventually, the three families faced eviction but became close friends after going through ups and downs together. The three families helped the ghosts reincarnate, and they tearfully said goodbye at a banquet.
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Let's Make Laugh
Title: Let's Make Laugh
Character: Yeung's Father
Released: September 2, 1983
Type: Movie
The cheating husband goes bankrupt, and his house is soon to be taken by the government. A security guard is assigned to guard it while the husband goes missing. However, only the mistress stays alone in the house. Will the lonely, handsome guard and the sexy, heartbroken mistress hook up?
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Title: The Super Power
Released: August 1, 1983
Type: TV
The Super Power is a TVB television series, premiered in Hong Kong in 1983.
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Title: The Fortune Teller
Released: January 3, 1983
Type: TV
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Nomad
Title: Nomad
Character: Pong's Father
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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Money Is Lovely
Title: Money Is Lovely
Character: Fan Wen-Tong
Released: May 14, 1981
Type: Movie
A movie company secretly films the lives of two conmen.
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From Riches to Rags
Title: From Riches to Rags
Character: Doctor Mong
Released: July 10, 1980
Type: Movie
Ricky and Fatso are friends in need. They are in dire need of money since they are only paid slave wages at the bottling factory. However, they become millionaires overnight after buying a winning lottery ticket. During one of their swingin' nights on the town, Ricky is suddenly attacked by an upset stomach; and in no time, a quack doctor diagnoses the seizure as terminal cancer. Ricky seriously considers suicide. But he is appalled by the drawbacks inherent in the available methods of doing himself in--primarily the pain! It is on a rooftop from which he is supposed to make a plunge that he saves a poor man from suicide by giving the latter all the money he has. In gratitude, the newly rich man promises to hire a killer to finish off his suffering benefactor...
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The Cheeky Chap
Title: The Cheeky Chap
Character: Doctor Pao
Released: April 17, 1980
Type: Movie
Ma is a grinning and arrogant young man who believes himself invincible, and with fairly good reason. He intervenes to save Captain Kao from robbery, then aids and abets the robbery of an old man, whose daughter Chin he falls instantly in love with. The stolen money was to pay a debt and, because he hasn't the money, the old man is mortally wounded by Sha, the debt collector's assistant. Ma spends the remainder of the film wooing Chin and baiting and fighting the villains, who seem to keep changing allegiances.
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The Wickedness in Poverty
Title: The Wickedness in Poverty
Character: Stingy father in law
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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Title: Hero Without Tears
Released: June 4, 1979
Type: TV
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Title: The God of Sabre
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: TV
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Title: Conflict
Released: October 2, 1978
Type: TV
Conflict is a TVB television series, premiered on October 2, 1978. Theme song "Conflict" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Jenny Tseng.
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Title: Vanity Fair
Released: January 2, 1978
Type: TV
Vanity Fair is a TVB television series, premiered on January 2, 1978. Theme song "Vanity Fair" composition by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, arrangement by Joseph Koo and Choi Tak Choi, sung by Paula Tsui.
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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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Title: Absent Minded Inspector
Released: June 6, 1977
Type: TV
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Body for Sale
Title: Body for Sale
Released: June 17, 1976
Type: Movie
One day, due to carelessness. Ah Chung is fired from his job as a toilet attendant. Out of sympathy, Ah Lien, a waitress who he secretly admires, gives him financial help. When the much indebted Ah Chung found another job, he went to return the money to Ah Lien but was disappointed to learn that she had left and married. Years later, their paths cross again in a strip-tease joint.
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Title: Many Many Chambers In My Heart
Released: May 31, 1976
Type: TV
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The Secret Agent 303
Title: The Secret Agent 303
Character: detective
Released: May 4, 1966
Type: Movie
Hong Kong's Ironman stepped up to the plate when Dr. No (1962) took the world by storm in the 1960s. Tso Tat-wah, the quintessential tough guy of Cantonese cinema who had appeared in dozens of popular action films, was licensed to spy in several 007 imitations. Here, he is Agent 303, the lucky number "3" a vivid sign of East-West integration. Presented in glorious widescreen, the film is garnished with secret weapons and ominous hideouts, mind games and technological intrigues, violence and sex, the latter in the form of a silhouette striptease!