Ku Wen-Chung — Actor (31)
Whose Baby Is in the Classroom? (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
女校春色
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Li Ching / Peter Chen Ho
other title: 女校春色
This movie stars Peter Chen Ho as a male teacher in an all girls school. The girls are teens and, since they live there, are kind of tickled to see a male teacher. They don't particularly lust after him, but they kind of crush on him. The title of the film refers to a baby that Chen minded as a favor in a doctor's office, only to find the mother left him with Chen. Chen has to take care of the baby and, inevitably, has to bring him to school and hide him, as he lives there also.
The Yellow Muffler (1972) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
玉女嬉春
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Betty Ting Pei / Tsung Hua
other title: 玉女嬉春
Two sisters, Ching-ping (Irene Chen I-ling) and Pai-hung (Betty Ting Pei) struggle to find a workable act after their magician father and younger sister leave to try their luck in Taiwan. A good friend gets them cast in a new movie, and the rest is history....
The Midnight Murder (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
三更冤
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Pat Ting Hung / Lee Ting
other title: 三更冤
The heroine, Liu Yanniang, is a beautiful and virtuous woman who is in love with her husband, Wang Zhengtu. However, because of her disagreement with her sister-in-law, Yuhuan, who was unfortunately killed, Yaniang was mistakenly accused of murder by the king's mother and her husband's son-in-law. The governor of Suzhou, Mr. Yan Wentian, is very strict with the king, but just when he finds a clue, the witness is killed again. Yen is not satisfied with his efforts, but he realizes that the murderer has already come to his doorstep.
Unfinished Melody (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
碧海青天夜夜心
director: Chun Kim actor: Julie Yeh Feng / Guan Shan
other title: 碧海青天夜夜心
A sensitive love triangle helmed by one of Shaw era's top directors, Chin Chien. A psychiatrist taking a room at an old friend's apartment soon discovers an insane woman living in a neighboring flat. As the doctor gradually heals the woman he also falls in love with her. The problem arises the friend's daughter confesses her love to him as well. Misunderstanding and mistaken passions soon lead to broken hearts and an emotional confrontation to the love triangle.
Return of the Phoenix (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
鳳還巢
other title: 鳳還巢
Return Of The Phoenix is yet another masterpiece from prolific director Li Han-hsiang. An imperial minister Cheng Pu (Ching Miao) is faced with a quandary. He's getting old and his daughters are still not married. Elder daughter Shueh-yeh (Elizabeth Chuang) is so ugly no one wants her. Younger daughter Shueh-wu (Li Hsiang-chun) is beautiful but Mrs Cheng refuses to let her marry before her elder sister. The drama unfolds when Cheng decides to marry Shueh-wu off.
The Perfumed Arrow (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
女秀才
director: Kao Li actor: Ivy Ling Po / Chin Feng
other title: 女秀才
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). When Fei E's innocent father is framed and sent to prison, she rushes to his rescue saving Jing Fu Quan (Kam Fie) who is in the hands of robbers along the way. Mistaking Fei E to be a noble hero, Fu Quan has no greater wish than to get married to her savior...
Gun Brothers (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
千面大盜
director: Cheng Kang / Wu Chia-Hsiang actor: Fang Ying / Ling Yun
other title: 千面大盜
Welcome the "Bandit with a Thousand Faces" to the ranks of the great screen "outlaw heroes". Like Zorro, he uses a secret identity as a playboy to foil tyrannical Shan Yung county authorities. Bringing this swashbuckling adventure to the screen is a cast and crew fairly bursting with talent - including directors who were also popular actors and writers, and an actor (Ling Yun) - playing the lead dual role of twin brothers - who was also the director/ writer of some of the greatest martial art epics ever made!
Trapeze Girl (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
飛天女郎
director: Kō Nakahira actor: Fang Ying / Elliot Ngok Wah
other title: 飛天女郎
A young girl runs away from her abusive father to join a group of circus performance, expecting that one day she would be a greatest trapeze artist. Later, she falls in love with one of the members of the circus staff who used to be a trapeze performer in previous times.
A Time for Love (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
那個不多情
director: Kuei Chih-hung actor: Lily Ho / Cheng Kwun-Min
other title: 那個不多情
A Time For Love features Shaw Brothers' darling Lily Ho in a Romeo and Juliet stylized love story that breaks the tradition of Hong Kong's "class distinction" love stories. It is a film ending with a Cinderella-esque love saving happiness happy ever other ending.
Young Lovers (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
色慾與純情
director: Michihiko Obimori actor: Derek Yee Tung-Sing / Candice Yu On-On
other title: 色慾與純情
In the vein of "Romeo And Juliet", Hong Kong style, the small ensemble cast and little-known director Michihko do a big league job with their rendition of "Romeo And Juliet" in "The Young Lovers". Although poor boy (Derek Erh Tung-Sheng) and rich girl (Yu An-An) are from opposite ends of the spectrum, their undying love refuses to let anyone get in their way, including their parents. Shakespeare would be moved.
Sexy Girls of Denmark (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
丹麦娇娃
director: Lui Kei actor: Tsung Hua / Li Ching
other title: Kineser paa sengekanten / 丹麦娇娃
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.
The Butterfly Chalice (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
蝴蝶杯
director: Chang Cheh / Yuan Qiu-Feng actor: Chin Feng / Pat Ting Hung
other title: 蝴蝶杯
The story revolves around Tian Yu Quan (Chin Feng) who rushes to the aid of an elderly fisherman who is bullied by an arrogant relative of the Qiu Shan ministry. In the heat of the ensuing battle he kills the said man and is hence chased by the district's officials. Trying to use the waterway to shake off his enemies, Yu Quan finds a true friend in the old fisherman's bark-stearing daughter, Hu Feng Lian (Ting Hung) who becomes his loyal accomplice. As symbol for his gratitude, Yu Quan bestows Feng Lian with a Butterfly Chalice to reflect their eternal friendship bond...
The Bride Napping (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
花田錯
director: Yan Jun actor: Betty Loh Ti / Ding Ling
other title: 花田錯
The romance of a squire's daughter and a poor but refined scholar is thwarted when a loutish bandit is mistaken for the scholar by a confused servant and is given the idea that the daughter's hand in marriage is his for the asking. Rich in cross-dressing, mistaken identities, and reversals of gender roles, the film playfully subverts traditional Confucian values.
The Magnificent Concubine (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
楊貴妃
director: Li Han-Hsiang actor: Li Li-Hua / Yan Jun
other title: L'Impératrice Yang Kwei Fei / La emperatriz Yang Kwei-fei
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 ruler takes Yang Guifei along with his imperial entourage in an escape to the mountainous area of modern-day Sichuan, and sanctuary of sorts. But the concubine had roused the jealousy of the court and unfortunately for her and to the great sorrow of the king, her brother and others among the king's retainers demanded she be strangled to death while they were still in the mountains. This is the story told in this interesting Taiwanese adaptation by director Li Han-hsiang (Li Hanxiang).
The Story of Sue San (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
玉堂春
director: King Hu actor: Betty Loh Ti / Zhao Lei
other title: 玉堂春
This gripping story centers on the romance between Wang Chin Lung and Sue San. Although they may be perfectly matched when it comes to their love for one other, the two come from remarkably different social ranks. While Chin Lung is the son of a respected government official, Su San is a prostitute, albeit a famous one.