Chen Yanyan — Actor (21)
The Young Tiger (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
小老虎
director: Wu Ma actor: Mang Fei / Maggie Lee
other title: Ting Lu - Der grausame Tiger / 小老虎
A spoilt rich kid turns up at a fu school to show off, but he gets clobbered by the boastful Little Tiger, who is later framed for the kid's murder when a gang of blackmailers make an example of him. The police allow Tiger to escape, in order to find the real culprits. Tiger hides at his girlfriend's place, but a model she works with does some whoring on the side for the blackmailer, and so the crooks are onto his trail...
Mantis Combat (1978) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Tang lang zui hu wu ying jiao
director: Ling Shang actor: Barry Chan / Chan Sing
other title: Tang lang zui hu wu ying jiao
When a once infamous criminal decides to give up his lifestyle and return the many treasures he has stolen to their rightful owners; he is promptly murdered by his partners in crime. To avenge his death is his son, with the deadly "mantis fist".
Four Sisters (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
黛綠年華
director: Chun Kim actor: Peter Chen Ho / Jenny Hu Yan-Ni
other title: 黛綠年華
Hong Kong adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Macau hospital matron Mrs. Lo has four daughters. The peaceful existence of this family is suddenly shattered when a cable arrives from Borneo urging Mrs. Lo to join her ailing husband there immediately.
It Takes a Man to Be Henpecked (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
怕老婆是大丈夫
director: Kao Li actor: Dean Shek Tin / Pai Yu
other title: 怕老婆是大丈夫
A comedy about three henpecked men and how they cope with not only their wives but a society which says they should rule the roost. A comedy of errors complicates their already complicated lives and wives.
Spring Blossoms (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
春暖花開
director: Griffin Yueh Feng actor: Yang Fang / Shu Pei-Pei
other title: 春暖花開
Spring Blossoms is a parable about the Chinese youth culture and what's important to the younger generation when it comes to romance. It starred a new wave of seventies, Shaw's beauties, Lily Li, Shu Pei-pei and Essie Lin-chia as single women looking for love. It's a triple-decker romantic bus ride on a road to nowhere speeding toward a low bridge.
The Merry Wife (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
娃娃夫人
director: Kim Soo-yong actor: Li Ching / Ling Yun
other title: 娃娃夫人
Under false pretenses, Zhenzhen marries Mr. Lin, who happens to be her teacher. She wants to still study and wants to enroll in his school in Hong Kong. The head of the school agrees to this under the condition that they conceal the fact that they are married. Zhenzhen finds out right away that her husband is fawned over by the girls, they all have a crush on him, as also does the spinster librarian. However, Mr. Lin finds that that the boys in the school (they are late teens, 17 or so) really like Zhenzhen. This leads to hurt feelings, questions about fidelity and even, in Zhenzhen's case, innocuous dates with one of the boys who rides a motorcycle.
Bitter Sweet (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
為誰辛苦為誰忙
director: Griffin Yueh Feng actor: Peter Chen Ho / Ding Ling
other title: 為誰辛苦為誰忙
A widow of four gave up two of her children to be raised by an uncle in Singapore. Many years later, just when the widow, now a house maid, is feeling contented by good news of her long gone son and daughter, she accidentally runs into his own son, now a lawyer, and ends up being looked down upon by him. It was a story about how traditional Chinese family and its value was impacted by the change of time. The movie depicted Macau in 1945 to Hong Kong in the mid-60s, moving from poverty after WWII to opulence. The human relationships became complicated and fragile. Many elements uniquely "Hong Kong", such as upper class Chinese, western religions, English speaking and a mixed-culture society are used to contrast the traditional, kind, enduring and forgiving love of a mother.
My Dream Boat (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
director: Doe Ching actor: Lily Ho / Chin Han
other title:
Chi Yuan and Tang Ke-hsin find an unexpected spark during a Christmas gathering, creating ripples of jealousy and heartache within the tightly knit circle of siblings Tu Chia-wen and Chia-ling. A hunting accident sends their lives into emotional freefall, separating lovers, straining family bonds, and pushing each character toward choices that echo for years to come. What begins as a tender love triangle spirals into a multigenerational saga of longing, regret, and redemption, culminating in both reunion and irreversible loss.
Three Sinners (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
閻惜姣
director: Yan Jun actor: Li Li-Hua / Yan Jun
other title: 閻惜姣
Based on one particular storyline from The Water Margin, Three Sinners weaves an intriguing story of romance, treachery, and death, all within the context of the traditional Huangmei Opera. Yan Jun casts his real-life wife, the elegant Li Li Hua, star of such Shaw Brothers films as The Goddess of Mercy and Vermillion Door, as one of the title characters, a woman who finds herself in the middle of a stormy love triangle involving her controlling husband (director Yan Jun serving double duty in a starring role) and a passionate lover (Chen Yan Yan).
Auntie Lan (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
蘭姨
director: Griffin Yueh Feng actor: Fang Ying / Lily Ho
other title: 蘭姨
The contemporary issue of single mothers is sensitively handled in this melodrama as a young woman must decide whether she will tell the new man in her life the real truth or forever remain the child's auntie Lan? (Celestial Pictures sypnosis)
The Young Avenger (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
小毒龍
director: Griffin Yueh Feng actor: Shih Szu / Elliot Ngok Wah
other title: 小毒龍
After a career spanning more than forty years and dozens of films as director or writer, Yueh Feng used everything he learned on a final few martial arts epics, of which this is one of the most memorable. It's not easy to forget a hunchbacked, one-armed protagonist, nor the "Poisonous Dragon Sword" style, nor the luminous and lethal Shih Szu as the title swordswoman, who is out to avenge her father's death at the mid-autumn festival.
The Goddess of Mercy (1967) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
觀世音
director: Shin Sang-ok / Lim Won-Sik actor: Li Li-Hua / Kim Seung-ho
other title: The Buddhist Goddess of Mercy / 觀世音
With her elegant classic persona, Li Li-hua was the ideal performer for period aristocratic and imperial roles. The Goddess Of Mercy is a good example of her strong empathy and noble presence. The youngest daughter of a brutal king, the princess openly disapproves of the floggings and cruel treatment her royal family heaps on the peasants. As a result, the heartless king turns on his own daughter forcing her into exile.
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 Crimson Palm (1964) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
血手印
director: Chen Yu-Hsin actor: Ivy Ling Po / Chin Ping
other title: 血手印
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 her maid lying dead in blood. Lin is then accused of murder. How can Judge Bao prove his innocence?