Movies: Lan Wei-Lieh

  • 1965
    The Mermaid

    The Mermaid (1965)

    The Mermaid

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    A Huangmei opera produced by Shaw Brothers about a carp spirit who transforms into an identical copy of a beautiful woman to win the heart of a lonely male scholar....

    The Mermaid
  • 1967
    The Thundering Sword

    The Thundering Sword (1967)

    The Thundering Sword

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    A righteous clan’s effort to seek out and destroy the powerful Thundering Sword turns into a tragedy as a fierce, yet impulsive beauty falls in love with the leading clansman, mistakenly poisons his brother and only makes matters worse in an attempt ...

    The Thundering Sword
  • 1959
    The Kingdom and the Beauty

    The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959)

    The Kingdom and the Beauty

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    This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. The empress mother has the tutor go to Kiang-Nan to bring him back....

    The Kingdom and the Beauty
  • 1971
    Duel for Gold

    Duel for Gold (1971)

    Duel for Gold

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    Soon-to-be legendary director Chu Yuan had just joined the Shaw Brothers when he helmed this thriller of bickering bandits. Audiences loved watching three pairs of cunning male and female crooks trying to steal a million gold taels from the Fu Lai Tr...

    Duel for Gold
  • 1965
    Inside the Forbidden City

    Inside the Forbidden City (1965)

    Inside the Forbidden City

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    It seems that Li Zhenfei was once an imperial concubine, who often found herself competing with her rival Madame Liu for the emperor's sole, undivided attention. When Li gives birth to the Emperor's child, the jealous Liu switches the boy with a cat ...

    Inside the Forbidden City
  • 1968
    Hong Kong Rhapsody

    Hong Kong Rhapsody (1968)

    Hong Kong Rhapsody

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    There's nothing like a good, opulent, gaudy musical to lift the spirits, but when it's a 1960's Hong Kong musical orchestrated by a Japanese director and composer, it breaks through the ranks as a classic of campy kitsch. A follow-up to the previous ...

    Hong Kong Rhapsody
  • 1957
    Mambo Girl

    Mambo Girl (1957)

    Mambo Girl

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    A young woman in search of a lost identity, her long lost mother who abandoned her soon after her birth....

    Mambo Girl
  • 1965
    Fairy, Ghost, Vixen

    Fairy, Ghost, Vixen (1965)

    Fairy, Ghost, Vixen

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    FAIRY, GHOST, VIXEN (1965) consists of three fanciful tales that may be loosely classified as ghost stories, but they're presented and designed more along the lines of traditional fairy tales. They're beautifully staged and photographed and have a ti...

    Fairy, Ghost, Vixen
  • 1965
    Vermilion Door

    Vermilion Door (1965)

    Vermilion Door

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    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....

    Vermilion Door
  • 1967
    Madam Slender Plum

    Madam Slender Plum (1967)

    Madam Slender Plum

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    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....

    Madam Slender Plum
  • 1969
    The Singing Thief

    The Singing Thief (1969)

    The Singing Thief

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    A jewel thief decides to turn over a new leaf. He starts anew as a professional singer; but before long, the he becomes suspect again for a series of robberies. He sets up a trap to snare the copycat thief, but will it snare him instead?...

    The Singing Thief
  • 1964
    Comedy of Mismatches

    Comedy of Mismatches (1964)

    Comedy of Mismatches

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    Comedy of Mismatches begins with widow Sun who single-handedly raises her son Yu Lang (Chin Feng) and daughter Zhu Yi (Li Hsiang Chun). One day, Mother Sun sends her children to the temple, where Yu Lang encounters Hui Niang (Pat Ting). Artist Xu Ya ...

    Comedy of Mismatches
  • 1970
    The Singing Killer

    The Singing Killer (1970)

    The Singing Killer

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    David Chiang stars as a nightclub vocalist whose former criminal friends blackmail him into working with them again....

    The Singing Killer
  • 1967
    Angel with the Iron Fists

    Angel with the Iron Fists (1967)

    Angel with the Iron Fists

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    A father whose daughter is killed by the Dark Angel's Gang, goes in search of justice....

    Angel with the Iron Fists
  • 1969
    The Three Smiles

    The Three Smiles (1969)

    The Three Smiles

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    The film tells the story of Tang Bohu, a famous scholar who spends most of his time wandering around the countryside....

    The Three Smiles
  • 1974
    Village of Tigers

    Village of Tigers (1974)

    Village of Tigers

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    The Village of Tigers is known as the home of all evil doers throughout the land, ruled by their leader, Lord Hu Jiao. When the famed swordsman known as the Sword of the Southern Sky, Luo Hong-Xun ends up in said village, he will teach the bandits a ...

    Village of Tigers
  • 1966
    Sweet and Wild

    Sweet and Wild (1966)

    Sweet and Wild

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    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 re...

    Sweet and Wild
  • 1970
    The Younger Generation

    The Younger Generation (1970)

    The Younger Generation

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    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 ...

    The Younger Generation
  • 1966
    The Perfumed Arrow

    The Perfumed Arrow (1966)

    The Perfumed Arrow

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    Ling Bor plays Wen Fei E who is both an excellent academic as well as martial arts expert. Since her childhood days fond of dressing up as a boy, she becomes a village scholar sharing classes with Tu Zi Zheng (Chin Feng) and Wei Zhun Zhi (Ho Fan). Wh...

    The Perfumed Arrow
  • 1960
    The Enchanting Shadow

    The Enchanting Shadow (1960)

    The Enchanting Shadow

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    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....

    The Enchanting Shadow