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珮詩 (1972)
Character: N/A
Lung Kong collaborated with accomplished novelist Meng Jun to pen the script for this tale of heartbreak and doomed romance. The mounting despair of two solipsistic characters headed towards an emotionally shattering break-up is depicted through an elliptical series of flashbacks.
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玉樓三鳳 (1960)
Character: Zhao Shuxian
This is the story of three ladies who live together in an apartment in Hong Kong and what happens to them. First, there is Shuxian, whose husband left her and has a son in the hospital who can't walk. Then, there is Meifen, a romance novelist who pines for a deceased lover and, finally Manli, a young lady with some sass who is expecting a visit from Mr. Zheng, a man she has been a pen pal with for a year. She also has been dating someone else, not happily. The film goes through all three lives.
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人之初 (1963)
Character: N/A
Father and Son is a Hong Kong Drama starring Sammo Hung in a child role
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The Star, the Rogue & the Kung Fu Kid (1977)
Character: N/A
Bruce is an action director at a famous Hong Kong TV station, the lead actress falls in love with him much to the disgust of a Triad big boss, who then hatches a plot to bring the lovers back down to earth.
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扇中人 (1967)
Character: Zigu's aunt
This was an adaptation of a ghost story, “A Xiu”. Liu Zigu is on his way to visit his uncle and is attracted by a beautiful girl, A Xiu. Liu meets A Xiu again in a paper fan shop owned by A Xiu's father. Liu goes to the shop every day to buy a fan and see A Xiu. One day, Liu follows his uncle to a matchmaker, who arranges for A Xiu to become his bride. The following day, Liu and A Xiu visit a temple where they meet a ghost who looks very similar to A Xiu. On the wedding day, the ghost disguises itself as A Xiu to spoil her marriage with Liu. Finally, the ghost is in the custody of a magic fan, and Liu and Xiu complete their wedding.
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愛的教育 (1961)
Character: Mama Lin
.A young middle-class upstart Lin Ching Yi reluctantly takes on the task as understudy for her sick father who's a dedicated teacher to a band of mischievous working-class 3rd graders that initially proved to be much more than she can handle. Yet it is the matronly bond that is formed with her little urchin flock and her gradual understanding of the their poverty-stricken home lives outside of the classroom that raises the stakes for her as a teacher. It doesn't hurt that her empathetic male colleague Kit Chang provides support for her dilemmas also provide her a prospect as love interest. With growing ties with her students and school, Lin finds herself accepting the challenge for education of her community with her own education of love.
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星星月亮太陽（上集） (1961)
Character: Teacher Ku
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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心蘭的故事 (1972)
Character: N/A
Part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.
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風水二十年 (1983)
Character: N/A
The plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from mainland China.
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應召女郎 (1973)
Character: N/A
A story of female sex workers across all social strata.
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馬戲春秋 (1957)
Character: Zhu Yan
Circus trapeze artist Liu Xiaoniu runs away from the circus. While away, she's tricked by a playboy and then the police mistake her for a prostitute. She returns to the circus but her adoptive father, Liu Yingjie, suffers an accident.
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同林鳥 (1955)
Character: N/A
The Feud 同 林 鳥 (1955) aka Tragedy of Vendetta is a Mandarin-language Hong Kong film of the drama genre, written by Wong Chik-Boh and directed by Doe Ching. It was filmed in Hong Kong at Shaw Brothers Studio. It is inspired by the story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and starred Lucilla Yu Ming, Kenneth Tsang, Wang Lai, Yang Chi-Ching and Kam Ling.
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春光無限好 (1957)
Character: Xu Man Li
A Shaw Brothers production
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零雁 (1956)
Character: Yanming's mother
A Shaw and Sons production.
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花落又逢君 (1956)
Character: N/A
This is a drama about parents disapproving a young couple's relationship and the unfortunate consequences that it has.
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笑聲淚影 (1958)
Character: Mrs Fan
Tao Zutai, a bank employee, has five children. Tao's wife is addicted to gambling and spends too much and the eldest daughter Guiru is greedy for vanity. Tao is overjoyed when he is notified that he will be promoted to deputy manager.
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荷花 (1963)
Character: Maid
Chou Tsai-ken, a young carpenter, falls in love with a country girl, Little Lotus Chin Ho-hua. Although he has her father's consent to marry her, he lacks means to support a wife. One day, Little Lotus' beauty catches the eye of Shen Tzu-Kuei, only son of the Governor and a good-for-nothing young man keen on sensual pleasures.
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漁歌 (1956)
Character: Du Jiazhen
Painter Wang Zijian is saved from drowning by Aying, the daughter of a fishing folk. Their relationship becomes an intimate one. When Wang's father presses him to marry his boss's daughter Du Jiazhen, he runs away in defiance. Du sows discord between the lovers and drives Aying insane. Wang returns hoping to remedy the harm done to Aying but is too late to save her from drowning herself in the sea.
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陰陽界 (1974)
Character: Chang's Midwife
A horror anthology. In the first, a man and his pregnant wife help an old woman bury a covered pot in a field. Believing that the pot contains treasure, they kill the old woman, only to find that it contains nothing but bones. The pregnant woman goes into labor over the dead woman's body, and blood from that event drips onto the corpse. The baby, when born, is fully able to bite his father's finger off and kill him. The second episode concerns an adulterous couple who, when discovered by the woman's husband, nail him up in a box and try various means to dispose of him, all of them somehow lacking finality. The final episode concerns a man who is wrongly accused and executed for a murder he did not commit. Using a bit of magic as he dies, he is able to return to his home for a few days as a very vigorous ghost.
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驅魔女 (1975)
Character: Brothel Madam
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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決殺令 (1977)
Character: Madam Fa Si Gu
Sun Chung was already a valued comedy, romance, and modern crime filmmaker, when, through this tale of the 100 Poison Clique's obsessive ambition to destroy all rivals, he started bringing morality and motivation to martial arts movies like never before. Kung-fu superstar David Chiang and prominent choreographer Tang Chia lead the cast in a bloody clan clash centered on the trial of an admitted mass murderer and serial rapist. It was just the beginning of Sun Chung's exploration in emotion.
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虎膽女兒紅 (1990)
Character: N/A
The males in a triad family are betrayed and gunned down by a rival gang and the women in the family - from the matriarch to the youngest - decide that rather than sit around and mourn their men that they will extract revenge.
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池女 (1976)
Character: Gin's mother
The film deals with the struggles of the workers and clients of a Hong Kong massage parlor.
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綽頭狀元 (1974)
Character: Auntie Six
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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龍形虎步千里追 (1979)
Character: Mrs Lee
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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月落烏啼霜滿天 (1957)
Character: N/A
Loosely based on Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths
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同床異夢 (1960)
Character: N/A
A light-hearted comedy about a struggle between a maverick actress and her stubborn and conservative brother-in-law, which represents a debate between individualistic values and family obligations. Apparently the happy enlightenment of Li represents a triumph of the latter over the former. Li, Zhang and Lei Zhen, who plays the role of Li's husband, all showcase their distinctive personalities in their portraits of the characters.
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洞房艷事 (1976)
Character: N/A
An adult comedy produced by the Shaw Brothers.
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早生貴子 (1962)
Character: Qiu Qiong-Hua
A HK comedy film starring Jeanette Lin Tsui and Hung Yeung.
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珠光寶氣 (1972)
Character: N/A
On a rainy night, a robbery took place in a villa and some invaluable jewels were taken. One of the robbers was shot dead, the other wounded. The wounded robber dropped the leather case containing the jewels and it fell on to a rock beneath a suspension bridge. Chiang Wen Hua was a schoolteacher who was separated from her husband. On a Sunday afternoon, Chiang and her daughter Hsiao Ching went picknicking near the suspension bridge. Hsien Ching's paper windmill was carried away by the wind, and, in looking for it, Hsiao Ching found the leather case containing the jewels...
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鶯歌燕舞 (1963)
Character: Miss Qin
When a murder occurs in a nightclub, dancers Pak Lai Hung and Lam Yin Fei meet the murderer and run into a college to hide. The next day, they perform on the beach in place of female students Zhu Man Zhen and Liang Mei Fang, but they are expelled by the police because they are not licensed to perform. The next day, they perform on the beach in place of female students Chu Man-chun and Leung Mei-fong. On the night of the charity show, Hung and Fei are watching the performance on stage, but the murderer follows them, fortunately, Fang finds him and calls the teachers and students and the police to arrest him.
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我在戀愛 (1975)
Character: N/A
The love bug strikes two young sisters at about the same time. Since the two sisters happen to be in love with the same person, chaos and confusion is brought into their once serene home.
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四千金 (1957)
Character: Mother (diseased)
The Kong family has four daughters. Hilda, the eldest sister, assumes the role of a mother and often lets romance slip by. Third sister Hedy introduces her to Sun Ruhao, an engineer, but Sun is snatched by second sister Helen. The youngest girl Hazel drops out of school in pursuit of love. Hedy shows no interest in romance but is chased by a rich heir, He Yan. Meanwhile, Hilda runs away to meet her true love in a foreign land. As for Hedy, she is at last won over by He.
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五虎摧花 (1972)
Character: N/A
A young innocent woman is raped by a gang of five men. Years later the young woman has matured into a sophisticated lady and singer. The five guys have gone their separate ways, however one by one, she finds them and sets about her revenge.
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同居 (1975)
Character: Mingli's mother
Abortion, birth control and unwed cohabitation are social issues rarely associated with 1970's Hong Kong cinema. Cohabitation not only faces them head on but does so with insight, compassion and sex!
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純純的愛 (1974)
Character: Aifen's Mother
Love, Love, Love is a Taiwanese film, released in 1974 by Central Motion Pictures Corporation and spoken in Mandarin. It stars Charlie Chin as Li Ai-fang and Brigitte Lin as Lin Chuen-chuen. Chin Chuan is co-starring in this film. It was written, composed, and directed by Liu Chia-chang.
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第一劍 (1967)
Character: N/A
During a battle with Wu Qiong, the king of poison, Xie Wuyang, the chief of the Golden Dragon Clan is poisoned. His junior, Tong Wanling risks her life to save him and becomes poisoned herself. At his wit's end, Wuyang seeks Wanling's grandparents for help. Meanwhile, Yan Zongqi plots to overthrow Wuyang as the chief of the Golden Dragon Clan and schemes with Wu Qiong to obtain the secret manual of the Clan.
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甄珍 (1971)
Character: N/A
1971 movie by Yang Su staring Chen Chen
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金蓮花 (1957)
Character: Lian Bao
A Hong Kong historical drama
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無頭案 (1957)
Character: N/A
On her mother's order, Luk Wai Wai goes to the Shi family to serve her eccentric aunt, Mrs. Shi, but she accidentally witnesses a murder and is almost killed by the murderer, Tam Pak Lam. The murderer, Tam Pak-lam, is almost killed by her. In order to avenge his father's death, Tam Pak-lam sneaks into the Shi family to carry out his murderous plan.
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妙妙女郎 (1975)
Character: N/A
A romantic Shaw Brothers musical.
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Mu yu nu (1960)
Character: Mrs Lin
Devotion, should be grim enough a lesson for my teenager in love. Little Kitty Ting Hao suffers due to social evils that ruthlessly rob her of the inalienable right to marry Chang Yang, the man she loves. Her incidental misbehaviour with Chang, which leads to the birth of a fatherless baby, does the final nailing of her coffin. Fortunately their daughter is intelligent and strong enough to be the master of circumstances and fights for her own love.
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鳳求凰 (1958)
Character: Sixth aunt
A Shaw Brothers romantic drama
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長巷 (1956)
Character: Hsiao Yen-Yang
The film focuses on a mother (Chen Yanyan) burdened by guilt after abandoning her newborn daughter in a long lane 17 years earlier, so that she could adopt a son to fulfil the traditional belief that only a male heir could continue the family line. However, when her adopted son (King Hu) becomes a disappointment, the mother’s regret deepens. On her deathbed, she confesses her secret to her husband (Wang Yin), who resolves to find their lost daughter.
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聊齋誌異 (1965)
Character: Auntie Ning
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 timeless quality about them with a moral at the end of each.
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一劍情深 (1969)
Character: N/A
Another Cathay Wu Xia flick featuring Melinda Chen Manling.
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馬路小英雄 (1973)
Character: Auntie Wang
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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鬼馬姑爺仔 (1977)
Character: N/A
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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香港、東京、夏威夷 (1963)
Character: Wu's mother
The third and final chapter of MP & GI's Toho Trilogy expands the geographical reach of the franchise, taking stars Lucilla You Min and Takarada Akira across the Pacific to Hawaii, where scenic travelogue passages add to the cross-cultural affair. Also expanded is the romantic entanglement, as the love birds find themselves embroiled in an intricate love pentagon! By then a rising star of Toho boasting multiple talents, Jimmy Lin was bestowed the unenviable task of playing one of the five, the Lucilla character's long-lost fiancé…
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寶蓮燈 (1964)
Character: Wang Guiying
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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Liao zhai zhi yi xu ji (1967)
Character: N/A
Three tales taken from author Pu Songling's collection of famous classical ghost stories. Pian Pian- A man shows no signs of repentance and continues to flirt even after he is married. Judge Lu- Judge Lu's magical powers help Zhu to get top marks in the Imperial Examinations. Lotus the Fairy-A student is blinded in an attempt to save a lotus fairy from a sorcerer.
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天螺大破五行陣 (1977)
Character: Auntie Chow
Drama - The epic magical battle between fairies rages on as young martial artist Cheung risks his life to rescue the Sky Mussel Fairy. No good deed goes unpunished, however, and for his daring but foolish antics, Cheung is cast out of his uncle's safe home. Now, Cheung wanders a perilous world of gods and demons. Only his fighting skills can keep him safe in this kung fu fantasy from Ling Hsiang co-starring Ching Tien, Tony Wong and Candy Yu. - Yuan-Shen Huang, On-On Yu, Amy Chum
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藍江傳之反飛組風雲 (1992)
Character: N/A
Two juveniles get mixed up in a street gang, resulting in the murder of a rival gang leader. A crooked cop pins the murder on the boy, but a detective who knows the truth risks his career to help the kid out.
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小兒女 (1963)
Character: N/A
A young lady has taken the place of caring for her two younger brothers since the death of their mother. She is content with putting her life on hold whilst she cares for them until one day...
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Hu hwa ling (1979)
Character: N/A
This blood tale of a feud between two sword fighting clans is full of betrayal and intrigue, will most probably please the fans of samurai sword fighting.
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鐵骨傳 (1969)
Character: N/A
Iron Bones, about a young lad that learns a secret Tai Chi type of style called the Wind Palm, where you can kill with chi blows. Sure, it's a little crazy, but the acting is a big cut above most martial arts movies and the sword fights are pretty good. And Sam the Seed shows up, sans wig, as a dirtbag Shaolin monk after the book. Han Ying Chieh, the big boss, is one of the thugs in the background.
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丹麦娇娃 (1973)
Character: Mrs Fung
This is a film about the movie industry, about favors, hooking up etc. It is mostly set in Copenhagen and the story begins with the son of a big producer going to Copenhagen from Hong Kong trying to seal a deal. He gets involved with the Denmark girls.
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花飛滿城春 (1975)
Character: N/A
A family gathers to be with its dying father. The reunion brings to the surface old rivalries.
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推手 (1991)
Character: Mrs. Chen
Mr. Chu is an elderly widower who teaches tai chi chuan in Beijing. He moves to America to live with his son's family, but finds the cultural adjustment difficult. Since his daughter-in-law is a white woman who does not speak Chinese, Mr. Chu's son, Alex, must mediate.
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The Tiger and the Widow (1981)
Character: Auntie Wong
The movie is about an illegal salt smuggling ring run by Tanny and her male partner, who spend most of the movie arguing which one of them is going to sacrifice him/herself and surrender to the police.
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風流韻事 (1973)
Character: Mrs. Zhou
Tang Dynasty emperors, Ming Dynasty scholars, assorted fortunetellers, and several Buddhist monks figure in a trio of erotic and mystical Chinese legends.
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金玉良緣紅樓夢 (1977)
Character: Bao Yu's Granny
Pao-yu is in love with his cousin, Lin Tai-yu, but his family has other marital plans for him that will leave both broken-hearted.
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火燒島 (1990)
Character: Chu's Grandmother (uncredited)
Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.
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风花雪月 (1977)
Character: Fox lady
Two stories are included in this erotic/romantic anthology. In the first, a Sung-Dynasty (10th-13th century) Buddhist monk is tricked into sexual relations with an unscrupulous female adventurer. He dies soon after with his misdeed on his conscience. In the second, the daughter of a woman who died in a brothel discovers that her mother died an unnatural death and seeks revenge.
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蜈蚣咒 (1982)
Character: N/A
A crazed evil wizard uses his powers to take revenge on beautiful women by making them vomit up live centipedes, which then proceed to eat their victims.
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金瓶雙艷 (1974)
Character: Matchmaker Wang
Golden Lotus is based, in part, on Jin Ping Mei, a famous erotic novel of ancient China. Li Han-Hsiang adapted part of the story into this film, which starts with Hsi Men Ching, a successful merchant, wooing Pan Chin Lien, the beautiful wife of one of the townspeople.
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凌晨晚餐 (1987)
Character: Piao's Mother
Story about a newspaper reporter who stumbles upon a nest of vampires living in contemporary hong kong.
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龍門金劍 (1969)
Character: Lung Xin-Zi
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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太太萬歲 (1968)
Character: Mrs. Shih
The misadventures of a beautiful but bored housewife Wang Yui-chuan and her chauvinistic salary-man husband Chang Wei-min reaches madcap proportions upon his denying her the opportunity to work outside the home. With calculating smarts, Wang takes action with the help of her scheming neighbors Lily and her mother Mrs. Hsu to change her identity and land a situation in her husband's firm where she successfully advances within the ranks in direct competition with Chang for promotion. A madcap comedy of errors ensue.
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牛鬼蛇神 (1973)
Character: Madam Wang
In “The Scholar and The Soldier”, Major Fang is obsessed with Yu Zhen by chance, knowing that she is the daughter of scholar Xu, he decided to enter their house in disguise with his page, and however, Yu Zhen's cousin comes back for the pre-arranged marriage at the same time. Li Han-hsiang both scripted and helmed “Tales of Larceny” about the scams cons worked and the games people played during the corrupt Chinese Warlord era, featuring a cast filled with the best of Shaw's exceptional character actors.
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長腿姐姐 (1960)
Character: Hu Ching-Fang
Woo Ting-ting (Julie Yeh Feng) is a smart, tall, introverted and snobby young girl who embodies the idea of the unattainable beauty. On the other end of the spectrum, Ting's younger sister Bin (Jeanette Lin Tsui) is an outgoing, fun and bright girl-next-door type who exudes youthful energy. Ting's cold demeanor makes a lot of boys give pause about pursuing her, but the arrival of car dealership employee Kam (Roy Chiao) changes everything. Meanwhile, Bin's flirty nature attracts too many boys, and it finally becomes trouble when the wealthy Li (Tian Qing) grows obsessed with her.
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除霸 (1973)
Character: Mother in Flashback
A young police cadet graduates from the academy, and is sent to a small town run by gangsters - one of whom betrayed the hero's father and left him to die.
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香港艾曼妞 (1977)
Character: Chiao-Chi's mother
Fei-Fei, young and pretty, nearly breaks up a marriage but loses out to the wife in the end.
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桃李爭春 (1962)
Character: N/A
Singaporean diva Li Ailian has arrived in Hong Kong to further her singing career. Xu Zhaofeng helps her land a job at Spring Wind Palace. Provoked by jealousy, Xu's long-time girlfriend Tao Haiyin, a local diva, insists on performing at the Palace, too. And when two divas strut their stuff, it's great tunes and hot action. Haiyin's brother Zhengsheng, the bandleader, has fallen out with his sister due to his infatuation with Li. Li misunderstands Zhengsheng's intentions initially but his devotion speaks volumes. Haiyin and Xu also reconcile.
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野玫瑰之戀 (1960)
Character: Shao Xueli (Shirley)
Grace Chang delivers an eye-opening performance as a lusty nightclub singer climbing the social ladder in seedy Wanchai. Borrowing story and song elements from Georges Bizet’s CARMEN, this Wong Tin-Lam directed musical has flair and polish to rival Hollywood, and a superstar leading lady that would any film industry would have a tough time matching! A key film from the celebrated Cathay Film Studios.
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倚天屠龍記大結局 (1978)
Character: Abbess Mie Jiue
The thrills continue in this second part of this cherished adventure, created by the renowned director Chu Yuan and ingenious novelist Chin Yung. Only the union of the title weapons can save the six remaining martial arts sects who are vying for mastery. So just sit back and enjoy the movie event which spawned a legacy that continues even today with a long-running, internationally loved television series, a role-playing game, and even collectible replicas of the Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre themselves!
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三十年細說從頭 (1982)
Character: Md She
The main characters - the arrogant, harassed director, the sexy starlet, or naïve actors are familiar enough stereotypes. Along the way however, there is some fun to be had as more humorous incidents occur on the sound stage, together with dashes of nudity. Some of the events are presumably inspired by real life experiences, others have a distinct air of wishful fabrication. The over-the-top Kung Fu star, deserted by director and crew as he goes through his pointless extended routine, for instance. Or the action heroes, sweating in furs while they dutifully munch through their meal scene, 'snow' falling outside in studio land.
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破戒 (1977)
Character: Thousand Hands
Lotus never had a chance. Her mother seethed with anger at being unjustly imprisoned for turning her attemped rapist into a cyclops. Mother repeatedly asked her good friend and fellow prisoner, Pickpocket, to urge Lotus to take revenge for her as an adult. Lotus is given to a monastery and grows up there, but twenty years of peace and love make no impression on Lotus, who skips classes to practice pole and sword skills. Joining forces with Pickpocket and Big Rat, Lotus gets her chance at revenge.
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邪咒 (1982)
Character: Grandmother Shi
13 family members are murdered and then dumped in a well. 30 years later their descendants are cursed...
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乾隆下揚州 (1978)
Character: Mrs Wang
In the 18th century, Emperor Chien Lung makes a journey into Southern China.
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銷魂玉 (1979)
Character: Mrs. Wang
Three inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be careful what they wish for. Story 2, a naked female ghost gets revenge from her watery grave. Story 3, a dead prostitute returns as a ghost.
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唐朝豪放女 (1984)
Character: Master of Monastery
Rebellious Yu Yuan-gi becomes a Taoist priestess in order to avoid traditional roles designated to her as a woman by the society and focus on her studies and poetry. However, her trysts with both her maid and a ronin lead to trouble.
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賣命小子 (1979)
Character: Guan Yun's Mother
Venom regulars Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Sun Chien star as a gang of unemployed martial artists who spend their days stuffing their faces at local restaurants and letting the staff beat them up instead of paying the bill. Their fortunes appear to improve when the head of a local security agency hires them to take out the competition, who their new employer insists is up to no good. But the boys are being played for fools, and after an unfortunate misunderstanding, they unite with their former adversary to take out the true villain.
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乾隆皇與三姑娘 (1980)
Character: Wan Lung's wife
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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蝙蝠傳奇 (1978)
Character: Master Fumei
Following "Clans Of Intrigue"'s success, director Chu Yuan, novelist Ku Lung, and superstar Ti Lung re-teamed for another adventure featuring sexy knight Chu Liu-Hsiang. This time, he travels to the mysterious Island Of The Bats, where he encounters treacherous monks, beautiful women, and a strange Prince. The movie is also a significant milestone in the amount of female flesh revealed on screen, proving that Shaw movies can balance the yin of cheesecake with the yang of beefcake.
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武松 (1982)
Character: Madam Wang
TIGER KILLER (1982) is a straightforward adaptation of one story from the sprawling Chinese literary epic, "The Water Margin." It tells the tale of Wu Song, who slays a man-eating tiger preying on farmers and villagers and becomes the hero of the province, getting appointed as a constable by the local magistrate. He is reunited with his older brother, the short, disfigured Wu the Elder, a peddler of buns, who invites Wu Song to move in with him and his new wife. The wife, Golden Lotus, is an attractive young former maid who had been forced to marry Wu the Elder as punishment for getting caught in bed with her master by the master's wife. She takes a liking to the handsome, strong Wu Song, who rebuffs her attempts to seduce him. When Wu Song is sent on a long journey, the wife begins an affair with a rich local merchant. When Wu Song returns from his mission, he is met with shocking news which sets off a series of violent acts of retribution.
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倚天屠龍記 (1978)
Character: Abbess Mie Jiue
Director Chu Yuan's titanic teaming with respected, inspired author Chin Yung created this unforgettable saga. Set during the Yuan Dynasty, it tells the fascinating story of the "Sacred Fire" sect, the Wu Tang swordsmanship clan, the disciples of the O Mei group, The Book of Chu Yang, and the destruction of Shaolin - complete with a killer cliffhanger. And that's just the start of the fascinating intrigues and ingratiating characters found here.
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上海假期 (1991)
Character: N/A
A 12-year-old boy from America experiences the clash of cultures and the generation gap when he visits his grandfather in Shanghai.
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三狼奇案 (1989)
Character: King's Mother
After being fired by his penny-pinching boss, Wai and his two life-long friends decide to kidnap and ransom his son. The situation spirals out of control after the boy is accidentally killed as a result. Based on a true story.
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瘋劫 (1979)
Character: Mamasan in Macau
A tangled murder mystery unfolds amid a complex love triangle. As conflicting witness accounts emerge, the truth about the victim and key suspects is revealed, leading investigators down a dark and twisty path where nothing is as it seems.
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A Ilha dos Amores (1982)
Character: Chinese mother
This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer married a Chinese woman after he left his wife and family to go live in Macao. Later, he moved to Japan where he fell in love with a Japanese woman, staying in Japan for the rest of his life. Mixed in with the career and loves of Moraes is the history of Portugal at home and in its colonies.
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好事成雙 (1962)
Character: Mrs. Chen
Chen Liujin and Zhang Lihong have a chance encounter with Wang Shu and Li Rong during an outing to the beach. Chen admires Wang, but Wang has fallen for Zhang's charm; Zhang fancies Li, whose heart is set on Chen ironically. The two young men seek to approach their objects of affection on the pretext of inviting the dream date of each other to an outing in the country during which they are teased and made fun of by the two women. To wipe away the shame, Wang and Li plot to intoxicate the women, who pretend to be in a drunken stupor while calling for help from their uncle and father respectively. In front of the elders, Chen declares her love for Wang, and Zhang for Li. Hit with the realisation of the women's sentiments, the two men reciprocate their respective admirers with their well-deserved love.
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邪鬥邪 (1980)
Character: Old lady who robbed Tou
A compulsive gambler weds a ghost who helps and hinders him in both horrid and hilarious ways.
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百戰保山河 (1978)
Character: N/A
Immortal Warriors is a Taiwanese Martial Arts movie.
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