Lo Wei

Lo Wei

Born: December 12, 1918
Died: January 20, 1996
in 中国, 江苏
Lo Wei (Chinese: 羅維, sometimes spelled Lo Wai, 12 December 1918 – 20 January 1996) was a Hong Kong film director and film actor best known for launching the martial arts film careers of both Bruce Lee, in The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, and Jackie Chan, in New Fist of Fury.

Movies for Lo Wei...

Triad Story
Title: Triad Story
Released: October 11, 1990
Type: Movie
An elderly crime family boss, Feng, is being released from prison for good behavior and bad health. In the outside world, he learns that his daughter has shacked up with a depraved thug named Sin from America and that she will soon by flying out to the States to join him. When his attempts at fatherly consulting fail, Feng sends his goons, Maddy and Tat, after the boyfriend. In return, Sin has his men cripple Maddy. When Feng swipes Sin's shipment of drugs, the war between the two men escalates.
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Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
Title: Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
Character: Big Boss
Released: September 15, 1989
Type: Movie
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found. With no further instructions, he decides to take in the sights of Hong Kong, which consist of him taking part in a great deal of blood, sex and general weirdness, all while wearing a briefcase handcuffed to his arm.
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News Attack
Title: News Attack
Released: May 25, 1989
Type: Movie
News Attack is a 1989 Hong Kong action thriller drama film co-written and directed by Samson Chiu and starring Andy Lau, Michael Miu and Wilson Lam.
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Edge of Darkness
Title: Edge of Darkness
Character: Uncle Chat
Released: November 17, 1988
Type: Movie
A Hong Kong cop's first undercover assignment sends him on a psychological downward spiral, unable to separate his two identities after unearthing a connection between his supervisor and the crime syndicate he's investigating.
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The Criminal Hunter
Title: The Criminal Hunter
Character: George's father at fashion show
Released: May 19, 1988
Type: Movie
Chu Yu (Eric Tsang) is a homicide detective who accidently stabs his girlfriend while wrestling with a murderer. The killer returns later and squeezes her wound until it ruptures, causing her death. But the wily Chu Yu photographs his girlfriend's corpse in a wedding dress, tricking the killer into believing she is not dead and causing him to return for a second try. When he does, Chu Yu is waiting, having rigged the corpse like a marionette and causing it to shoot its own murderer. Co-starring Danny Lee, as Officer Li Ta Hsiu, and Dick Wei in this decidedly offbeat attempt at gallows humor which works extremely well under the direction of action specialist Frankie Chan.
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Maria Yi: My Recollection
Title: Maria Yi: My Recollection
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Documentary about Maria Yi recalling her film work in the 1970s, particularly with Bruce Lee.
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New Fist of Fury
Title: New Fist of Fury
Character: Inspector
Released: July 8, 1976
Type: Movie
A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with their grandfather who runs a Kung-Fu school there. However, the master of a Japanese Kung- Fu school in Taiwan has plans to bringing all other schools on the island under his domination, and part of his plan involves the murder of the grandfather.
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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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Naughty! Naughty!
Title: Naughty! Naughty!
Character: Nancy's godfather
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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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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None But the Brave
Title: None But the Brave
Character: Commissioner Wu
Released: May 9, 1973
Type: Movie
Story is about how a revolutionist, played by Cheng Pei Pei, taking on the identity of a Captain's (Ou Wei) long lost sister who is actually dead. Cheng manages to fool the Captain for a while, but little by little, the Captain catches on to her and the revolutionist's plan to stop Chinese-Japanese relations.
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Seaman No. 7
Title: Seaman No. 7
Character: Noodle shop boss
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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A Man Called Tiger
Title: A Man Called Tiger
Character: Miyamoto
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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Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
Title: Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
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The Hurricane
Title: The Hurricane
Released: July 12, 1972
Type: Movie
An action film directed by Wei Lo.
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Fist of Fury
Title: Fist of Fury
Character: Inspector Lo
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 Shen
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 Comet Strikes
Title: The Comet Strikes
Character: Big Boss
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: Chief Yang of Xuan Wu Security
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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The Eunuch
Title: The Eunuch
Character: King
Released: May 12, 1971
Type: Movie
This rare release is set in the cloistered halls of the imperial palace, the home to many ghostly stories of wrongful deaths and lonely spirits, amidst the quiet shuffles of the eunuchs. Pai Ying stars as the titular eunuch, a powerhungry official who is willing to go to any extent to achieve his nefarious goals.
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The Golden Sword
Title: The Golden Sword
Character: Eight Arm Dragon Bai Chun-Tung
Released: October 15, 1969
Type: Movie
Bai Yu Lung's father mysteriously disappears one night, and for 10 years Bai searches for him in vain. Finally, he decides to head to the far northern part of the country with the hope that he can find a clue in that region. There, he falls in love with a beggar (Cheng Pei-pei) and they continue the search together.
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Raw Courage
Title: Raw Courage
Character: Shangguan Hou
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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Dragon Swamp
Title: Dragon Swamp
Character: Master Fan Chung Yu
Released: March 27, 1969
Type: Movie
After being implicated in the theft of the Jade Dragon Sword, Fan Ying (Cheng Pei-pei) is banished to the Dragon Swamp for 20 years. Now, 20 years later, the sword has been stolen again, and the members of Lingshan Clan are sent out to find the culprit. Among those is Qing-Erh (Cheng Pei-pei again), who meets a wandering swordsman (Yueh Hua) searching for the long lost Fan Ying. Together they decide to enlist the help of the Dragon Swamp Master in their respective searches.
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Death Valley
Title: Death Valley
Character: Master Chiu
Released: October 11, 1968
Type: Movie
A hired assassin unknowingly makes friends with the man he's been sent to murder.
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The Angel Strikes Again
Title: The Angel Strikes Again
Character: Doctor
Released: May 29, 1968
Type: Movie
Lily Ho, a secret agent out to thwart the sale of a powerful explosive to the wrong people. It’s a female, Chinese James bond.
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Black Butterfly
Title: Black Butterfly
Character: Chief Gai Tian Lui
Released: March 6, 1968
Type: Movie
Black Butterfly, steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Trouble starts when a bandit gang, who the Black Butterfly has robbed, come to town looking for them. Eventually, the Black Butterfly and their new allies, will have to confront the bandit gang at their fortress.
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Forever and Ever
Title: Forever and Ever
Character: Liu Yi-Ren
Released: January 20, 1968
Type: Movie
In 1966, like in The Love Eterne, Ling Bo took up the male lead in Forever and Ever, despite Shaw Brothers' earlier plan of having her as the female lead. Facing opposition from fans, they finally arranged for her to star as a male student named Xiaowen. Wicked rich man Liu, portrayed by Lo Wei, the director of this film, wants Xiaowen to marry his daughter (Lin Yu) who is suffering from leprosy, thinking that marriage will take away her disease. Although Xiaowen discovers Liu's plan, he is still in love with her and hopes that a miracle will cure her disease...
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Jurang Bahaya
Title: Jurang Bahaya
Character: Mr. King
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Jurang Bahaya film is a Malay film which was published in Malaysia in 1968. Jurang Bahaya issued in the form of black and white film without color .Jurang Bahaya film directed by director Low Wai in 1968 .
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Summons to Death
Title: Summons to Death
Character: Gin Te Biu
Released: November 23, 1967
Type: Movie
A suave swinger and a cool chick have one half of a treasure map, the bad guys have the other half. Who will get the goods?
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Madam Slender Plum
Title: Madam Slender Plum
Character: Wang Xue Bin
Released: February 23, 1967
Type: Movie
Before director Lo Wei helped to discover Bruce Lee and the king of kung-fu comedy Jackie Chan, in Madam Slender Plum, Lo perpetuates the career of yet another Shaw's non-action, femme fatale starlet; the sleek and sexy, puppy-eyed Eurasian Jenny Hu. It's a melodrama with a touch of murder-mystery in the vein of an old Alfred Hitchcock movie where Diana Chang plays the mother with Jenny playing her oldest daughter.
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Angel with the Iron Fists
Title: Angel with the Iron Fists
Character: Chief Inspector
Released: January 11, 1967
Type: Movie
Via an IMDb reviewer: "The plot involves a high-tech gang of thieves, a legit jeweler (Tang Ching) caught up in their racket, and a female jewel buyer who's actually a police agent..."
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The Golden Buddha
Title: The Golden Buddha
Character: Chan Chung Tai
Released: April 27, 1966
Type: Movie
Paul (Zhang Chong) is a businessman who gets caught up in an international espionage plot when he accidentally switches briefcases with a friend aboard a Singapore-bound plane. The friend turns up dead, and Paul discovers a small Golden Buddha inside the briefcase that contains a set of instructions. The instructions are only one of three parts, the other two being held in similar Golden Buddhas by Lo Wei (doing double duty as actor and director) and Lin Cui. When combined, the three Buddhas will lead the bearers to a buried treasure. But the nefarious Skeleton Gang is after the Buddhas, along with a buxom femme fatale (Fannie Fan) who isn't above showing a little skin to get her way. Luckily, Paul knows kung-fu, so the bad guys had better watch out!
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Squadron 77
Title: Squadron 77
Character: Sato
Released: December 2, 1965
Type: Movie
Spy thriller set in occupied Shanghai. Li Lihua stars as the woman who is thrust into the role of nationalist freedom fighter when she discovers that her husband is a collaborator with the Japanese.
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Call of the Sea
Title: Call of the Sea
Character: Qi Ding
Released: October 30, 1965
Type: Movie
The son of the town bully lusts after a local beauty in this action-filled thriller of the passions and violence to be found in a fishing village.
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Crocodile River
Title: Crocodile River
Character: Peng Hu
Released: June 22, 1965
Type: Movie
Crocodile River features Romeo And Juliet-flavored story. Families are against each other. Yodi is the Romeo and Lee Ting is his Juliet. The two students love each other from across a river that is filled with crocodiles.
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The Crisis
Title: The Crisis
Released: October 29, 1964
Type: Movie
The Crisis is a Hong Kong Action movie starring Sammo Hung in a child role
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Romance of the Forbidden City
Title: Romance of the Forbidden City
Character: Dorgan
Released: October 8, 1964
Type: Movie
Hong Kong drama directed by Wong Tin-Lam.
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The Magic Lamp
Title: The Magic Lamp
Character: Prime Minister
Released: January 23, 1964
Type: Movie
Adapted from one of China's most well-known fairy tales, the Goddess of Mount Hua falls in love with a young mortal scholar Liu Yanchang and gives birth to a baby son, Chenxiang. When Chenxiang grows up, he seeks to unravel the mystery surrounding his mother whom he has never met.
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Empress Wu
Title: Empress Wu
Character: Minister Pei Yan
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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Crusade Against Daddy
Title: Crusade Against Daddy
Character: Luo Guang-Zhong
Released: February 3, 1962
Type: Movie
A HK comedy film starring Jeanette Lin Tsui and Hung Yeung.
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The Pistol
Title: The Pistol
Character: Dai Heng
Released: November 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Long unemployed and stone-broke, Shen Jiaguang is dealt a further blow when his wife Lu Xiaoyin has fallen seriously ill and their son Xiaoguang has to quit school.
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Black Butterfly
Title: Black Butterfly
Character: Liang Futing
Released: December 15, 1960
Type: Movie
Lau Leung-wah plays the titled character, a Chinese Robin Hood who robs the rich to help the poor. She is an early Republican Era Mulan, who switches effortlessly between charming gentility and agile ferocity, and Lau personifies her character's duality with a balance of grace and vigour. Chang Cheh, on the verge of fostering seismic changes in cinema with his martial-arts machismo, pens a script that captures the spirit of changing Chinese womanhood, underscored by a conflict between Black Butterfly and her father, a veteran detective.
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The Tender Trap of Espionage
Title: The Tender Trap of Espionage
Released: May 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Spy films had always been popular in Chinese-language cinema, with stories set mostly in WWII or the warlord era. The Tender Trap of Espionage, made two years before Dr. No (1962) which kickstarted the Bond film craze, is a story of intrigue between spies and counterspies within the Japanese Occupation force. The film was shot in Taiwan, offering unique visages, with cat-and-mouse mind games set in motion against trust, betrayal and seduction. Based on the British film The Two-Headed Spy (1958), future action maestro Chang Cheh wrote the script while husband-and-wife team Lo Wei and Lau Leung-wah star together as agents, with Lo doubling as director.
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A Shadow over the Chateau
Title: A Shadow over the Chateau
Character: Secretary Wang
Released: March 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Hong Kong crime drama thriller film.
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Nobody's Child
Title: Nobody's Child
Character: Birth father
Released: February 17, 1960
Type: Movie
Melodramatic film about a child prodigy.
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Calendar Girl
Title: Calendar Girl
Character: Sun Ping
Released: March 4, 1959
Type: Movie
Musician Sun Ping is estranged from his wife. Second daughter Yinzheng lives with Sun while eldest daughter Jinliu follows her mother. By coincidence, the sisters both enter the 'Calendar Girl' pageant but Jinliu deliberately lets her sister win the contest. Later, the sisters and Liu Bucheng perform in Sun's musical show. Though the show is a success, Yinzheng decides to quit in order to get married. Not wishing to disappoint their father, Jinliu devises a plan to make Yinzheng stay on, but the plan misfires. Yinzheng leaves angrily. She is at last brought back to the show due to Liu's mediation. The elders also reconcile as the sisters perform together on stage.
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Love Letter Murder
Title: Love Letter Murder
Character: Liu Zong-Ming
Released: February 26, 1959
Type: Movie
Early Shaw Brothers crime film
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Diau Charn
Title: Diau Charn
Character: Prime Minister Dong Zhuo
Released: May 28, 1958
Type: Movie
Based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Diau Charn is a sublime retelling of a familiar tale with iconic actress Linda Lin Dai (Lam Doi) in the titular role of Diau Charn, one of the four storied beauties of ancient China.
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Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Title: Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Character: King of Cambodia
Released: March 25, 1958
Type: Movie
A Japanese artist (Ikebe), who had won the favor of the Cambodian royal family when he rescued their daughter during World War II, returns and falls for the now-grown princess, though neither realizes the other's identity.
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A Mellow Spring
Title: A Mellow Spring
Character: Feng JIn Cai
Released: August 15, 1957
Type: Movie
A Shaw Brothers production
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A Mating Story
Title: A Mating Story
Character: Xue Yi Sheng
Released: January 30, 1957
Type: Movie
A Shaw and Sons production.
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The Chase
Title: The Chase
Character: Yu Pu Yuan
Released: December 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Private Investigator, Wu Feng, is tasked in tracking down his wife, Zhang Xiu Juan, and collecting evidence of her infidelity. He plans to blackmail her into divorcing him while also getting a share of her inheritance from her father.
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Beyond the Blue Horizon
Title: Beyond the Blue Horizon
Released: September 7, 1956
Type: Movie
A Shaw and Sons production
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The Error
Title: The Error
Released: February 26, 1956
Type: Movie
Rich girl, Wu Qiu, is jealous of the relationship between journalist, Xu Shao Tang and singer, Chen Feng Juan. Wu Qiu hatches a plan to separate the couple with disastrous results.
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Songs of the Peach Blossom River
Title: Songs of the Peach Blossom River
Released: February 21, 1956
Type: Movie
Li Ming is collecting folk songs on the banks of the Taohua River and is deeply attracted by the voice of Jin Li Rong, a village girl nicknamed "Wild Cat". After the outbreak of war, Rong fled to Hong Kong, and was brought on stage by Ming to sing, a surprise.
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Blood in Snow
Title: Blood in Snow
Character: Jin Hu
Released: January 24, 1956
Type: Movie
A behind the scenes story of a small time folk opera troupe and other performers in Northern China in the 1930s.
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Camille
Title: Camille
Released: June 3, 1955
Type: Movie
A Mandarin adaption of Camille directed by Chang Shan-Kun and Evan Yang.
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Lady Balsam's Conquest
Title: Lady Balsam's Conquest
Released: April 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Lady Balsam's Conquest. A sequel of General Chai and Lady Balsam.
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The Little Girl Named Cabbage
Title: The Little Girl Named Cabbage
Released: February 26, 1955
Type: Movie
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Tears of Songstress
Title: Tears of Songstress
Released: January 22, 1953
Type: Movie
A Songstress Called Hong Lingyan (歌女紅菱艷) aka Tears of Songstress is a 1953 Hong Kong musical drama film directed by Tu Kuang-Chi. The film was a co-production by Shaws Film Company and Far East Motion Picture Company, and is based on the screenplay by Pan Liu-Dai.
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Sorrowful Glory
Title: Sorrowful Glory
Character: Song Siqing
Released: January 9, 1953
Type: Movie
This is a historical drama that was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio.
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Sweet Memories
Title: Sweet Memories
Released: November 29, 1952
Type: Movie
This is a 1952 Hong Kong drama film directed by Bu Wancang, Kuang-Chi Tu, Wang Yin and Shankun Zhang. It stars Chou Man-Hua and Li Li-Hua.