Li Han-Hsiang — Director (33)
Return of the Dead (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
銷魂玉
director: Li Han-Hsiang actor: Choh Seung-Wan / Ku Feng
other title: 銷魂玉
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.
The Ghost Story (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
鬼叫春
director: Li Han-Hsiang actor: Elliot Ngok Wah / Hu Chin
other title: 鬼叫春
An old man of the village tells kinky ghost stories to a few of it's inhabitants after all the kids have gone to bed. What follows are stories that have horror elements and some soft-core nudity thrown in.
Moods of Love (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
风花雪月
other title: 风花雪月
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.
Crazy Sex (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
拈花惹草
director: Li Han-Hsiang actor: Shirley Yu Sha-Li / Lily Li
other title: 拈花惹草
Shaw Brothers superdirector Li Han-Hsiang was particularly masterful in two genres: erotica and classic Chinese tales. He combined these two loves in this two-part examination of lust. The first story features an elderly jeweler's adventures with his unsatisfied wife, a handsome neighbor, and the neighborhood bordello. The second is a more modern tale of sex, lies, and videotape.
The Warlord (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
大軍閥
other title: 大軍閥
No list of the screen's comic geniuses would be complete without Michael Hui Kwun-man. He created a hilarious and lovable comic persona that was both uniquely Asian but also universally beloved. This, his first film, not only showcased his incomparable sense of humor but revolutionized Hong Kong comedy. Evoking Chaplin, he plays a warlord in early 20th Century China, but makes the role his own with both laughs and some of the sexiest ladies on the Shaw Brothers lot.
The Amorous Lotus Pan (1994) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
少女潘金蓮
director: Li Han-Hsiang actor: Mei Ching Wong / Hoi Gam
other title: 少女潘金蓮
Helmed by the aesthetic Li Han-hsiang, The Amorous Lotus Pan features former Blue Jeans band member Shan Li-wen in a dual role as Wu Sung and Hsimen Ching. The reverse narrative tells the story of Wu Sung, who was pardoned from prison and seek the libidinous Pan Chin-lien (Huang Mei-tsing) to avenge his brother's death. The remorseful Pan recounted her pathetic life, which began when she was traded to the rich Changs as a maid. But she was raped by her master and flirted with Hsimen Ching and other gentleman callers
The Last Tempest (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
瀛台泣血
director: Li Han-Hsiang actor: Ti Lung / Lisa Lu
other title: 瀛台泣血 / Ying tai qi xue
Despite Kuang Hsu's enthronement as the last reigning Emperor of China, his ability to rule effectively is overshadowed by the ever-present power of the Dowager Empress.
Diau Charn (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
貂蟬
director: Li Han-Hsiang actor: Linda Lin Dai / Zhao Lei
other title: 貂蟬 / Diao Charn
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.
The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
江山美人
director: Li Han-Hsiang actor: Linda Lin Dai / Zhao Lei
other title: Le Royaume et la beauté / 江山美人
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.
Love Swindler (1976) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
騙財騙色
director: Li Han-Hsiang actor: Ku Feng / Ou-Yang Sha-Fei
other title: 騙財騙色 / Love Swindlers
Vaunted director Li Han-Hsiang reveals the way of the world in this anthology film of four stories that feature far more swindlers and swindling than lovers or love. There's fake acupuncturists, gullible counterfeiters, a jewelry heist in a VD clinic, and a salesgirl's subtle scam in these short cinematic stories of gulls, dopes, marks, and fools and the cons, cheaters, charlatans, and connivers who trick them. It's four times the fraud as the cheats, gyps, and rip-offs come fast and furious!