Cheung Siu-Chuan

Inside the Forbidden City (1965)

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 and commands a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kao Li
CAST:  Ivy Ling Po  •  Ching Miao  •  Chin Feng  •  Kao Pao-shu

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 and commands a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kao Li
CAST:  Ivy Ling Po  •  Ching Miao  •  Chin Feng  •  Kao Pao-shu

The Magnificent Concubine (1962)

Perhaps the most notorious concubine in Chinese history, Yang Guifei set a pudgy standard of beauty in her days of glory during the Tang dynasty. The Emperor Minghuang was so besotted with the woman that when An Lushan stages his rebellion against the empire, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Li Han-Hsiang
CAST:  Li Li-Hua  •  Yan Jun  •  Li Hsiang-Chun  •  Yang Chi-Ching

Perhaps the most notorious concubine in Chinese history, Yang Guifei set a pudgy standard of beauty in her days of glory during the Tang dynasty. The Emperor Minghuang was so besotted with the woman that when An Lushan stages his rebellion against the empire, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Li Han-Hsiang
CAST:  Li Li-Hua  •  Yan Jun  •  Li Hsiang-Chun  •  Yang Chi-Ching

The Crimson Palm (1964)

Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his beloved fiancee before he heads towards the imperial city to participate in the civil service examination, only to find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cheung Siu-Chuan
CAST:  Ivy Ling Po  •  Chin Ping  •  Li Ching  •  Ching Miao

Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his beloved fiancee before he heads towards the imperial city to participate in the civil service examination, only to find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cheung Siu-Chuan
CAST:  Ivy Ling Po  •  Chin Ping  •  Li Ching  •  Ching Miao

The Bride Napping (1962)

The ethereal Lok Dai plays a pivotal role in the 1962 Shaw Brothers screwball costume comedy The Bride Napping. Based on a chapter of author Shi Naian's The Water Margin (AKA: Outlaws of the Marsh), the action kicks off when Liu Yuen Ying (Ding Nung) is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yan Jun
CAST:  Betty Loh Ti  •  Ding Ling  •  Kiu Chong  •  Diana Chang Chung-Wen

The ethereal Lok Dai plays a pivotal role in the 1962 Shaw Brothers screwball costume comedy The Bride Napping. Based on a chapter of author Shi Naian's The Water Margin (AKA: Outlaws of the Marsh), the action kicks off when Liu Yuen Ying (Ding Nung) is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yan Jun
CAST:  Betty Loh Ti  •  Ding Ling  •  Kiu Chong  •  Diana Chang Chung-Wen

A Maid from Heaven (1963)

Seventh sister of the celestial world goes down to earth to marry Dong Yong, a young man sold to servitude. However the Jade Emperor orders her to go back to the immortal world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ho Meng-Hua  •  Yan Jun  •  Cheung Siu-Chuan
CAST:  Ivy Ling Po  •  Fang Ying  •  Ha Yee-Chau  •  Violet Pan Ying-Zi

Seventh sister of the celestial world goes down to earth to marry Dong Yong, a young man sold to servitude. However the Jade Emperor orders her to go back to the immortal world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ho Meng-Hua  •  Yan Jun  •  Cheung Siu-Chuan
CAST:  Ivy Ling Po  •  Fang Ying  •  Ha Yee-Chau  •  Violet Pan Ying-Zi

Song of Romance (1952)

Sweet Song For You (勾魂艷曲) aka Song of Romance is a 1952 Hong Kong musical romance film directed by Yin Wang. The film was produced by Runde Shaw for Shaw and Sons and is based on the screenplay by Tan Liu.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yin Wang
CAST:  Huang He  •  Li Li-Hua  •  Wang Yuan-Long  •  Lau Kei

Sweet Song For You (勾魂艷曲) aka Song of Romance is a 1952 Hong Kong musical romance film directed by Yin Wang. The film was produced by Runde Shaw for Shaw and Sons and is based on the screenplay by Tan Liu.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yin Wang
CAST:  Huang He  •  Li Li-Hua  •  Wang Yuan-Long  •  Lau Kei