Ho Meng-Hua — Director (25)
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Mad Mad Kung Fu (1979) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
怪招軟皮蛇
director: Yu Cheng-Chun / Ho Meng-Hua actor: Cliff Lok / Peter Chan Lung …
other title: 怪招軟皮蛇
This old school martial arts comedy involves the search for the elusive “Bamboo Stick,” an aged kung fu master played by Simon Yuen, who kills a local crime boss’s son after taking the place of the son’s forced bride on the wedding night.
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The Long Chase (1971) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
俠士行
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Lo Lieh / Wang Hsieh …
other title: 俠士行
Yueh Hua stars as an assassin who flees after killing a hated prime minister, with Lo Lieh as the relentless imperial guard who pursues him to a remote village being terrorized by bandits. When Yueh takes over the identity of a county officer newly assigned to the village, his ruse is assisted by a pretty innkeeper's daughter (Li Ching) who insists to Lieh that Yueh is indeed the county officer and happens also to be the cousin who was betrothed to her as a child. The confused innkeeper is persuaded by his daughter to support the ruse, thus delaying Lieh's efforts to arrest the wanted man.
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The Warlord and the Actress (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
血溅牡丹红
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Julie Yeh Feng / Lan Di …
other title: 血溅牡丹红
A member of the Red Peony troupe, singer Tang Pei Hua (Yeh Feng) is renowned for her beautiful voice and appearances. Her beauty, however, invites the unwanted attentions of cruel and lecherous warlord Cao Lin (Zeng Mei). In order to escape Cao's grasp, Tang and her lover Lin Ke Qiang (Chin Han) decide to run away to the south where they can live freely. But their plan is uncovered by Cao, and Lin gets captured. In order to save Lin, Tang must sacrifice herself and entertain Japanese guests at a banquet, throwing herself into danger's way.
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The Kiss of Death (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
毒女
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Chen Ping / Lo Lieh …
other title: 毒女
One night a textile worker is sexually assaulted by five deviants. The young lady tries to cope with the aftermath of this dramatic event but her life is ruined. Like a shattered vase, the pieces can be put back together but it'll never be the same. Cheng get's a job as a bar girl. She meets the club's owner who was a former kung-fu fighter until he was crippled. Cheng uses her position as a B-girl to go after the losers who raped her, She soon learns from a sleazy doctor that she has contracted a dark V.D. called Viet-Nam Rose. Crushed, she begs Lo Lieh to teach her kung-fu. At first he refuses until he learns her secret. Furious, Lo Lieh teaches her his deadly fight techniques (such as a groin crunching blow).
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Dreams Of Eroticism (1977) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
紅樓春夢
director: Ho Meng-Hua / Mou Tun-Fei … actor: Shirley Yu Sha-Li / Lau Nga-Ying …
other title: Dreams of Eroticism / 紅樓春夢
A timeless and titillating tale of the immoral private lives of the royal court's high officials. All the bed and body hopping is not exclusive to the family, either. Their maids and servants get involved as well, leading to flesh, fibs, and suicide, among other things. Taken all together, this is an all-time classic of sumptuous sexuality.
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An Appointment After Dark (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
人約黃昏後
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Lucilla Yu Ming / Zhao Lei …
other title: 人約黃昏後
Wan Jialiang, a factory worker, and Lu Xiuzhen fall in love and live together. Hou Liang is supported by Dong Yaqin, his cousin, and their lives improve. Desperate to get rid of Jane, who is pregnant, Jialiang plans to make her fall into the sea and die.
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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.
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Crocodile River (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
鱷魚河
director: Lo Wei / Ho Meng-Hua actor: Lee Ting / Paul Chang Chung …
other title: 鱷魚河
Crocodile River features Romeo And Juliet-flavored story. Families are against each other. Yodi is the Romeo and Lee Ting is his Juliet. The two students love each other from across a river that is filled with crocodiles.
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All Mixed Up (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
搭錯線
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Ai Ti / Hong Hoi …
other title: Um Encontro Complicado / 搭錯線
A man's frustration at being stuck at his dead-end job with no promotion or raise in sight, along with the antics of his domineering wife, cause him to write a very harshly-worded letter to his boss, telling him he's quitting.
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The Master of Kung Fu (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
黃飛鴻
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Ku Feng / Wang Hsieh …
other title: King Fu - Seine Fäuste zucken wie Blitze / 黃飛鴻 …
Huang Fei-Hung, the now famous Chinese boxer, teaches his martial arts at Pao Chih Lin Institute, in Canton. Gordon, a European businessman, who deals in import export is looking for a good security guard for his Jade collection.. So ensues a martial arts tournament to decide who get's the job.
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The Adulteress (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
楊乃武與小白菜
director: Li Han-Hsiang / Ho Meng-Hua actor: Li Li-Hua / Guan Shan …
other title: 楊乃武與小白菜
The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the waning days of the Ching Dynasty. To make matters worse, she’s soon framed for her husband’s murder by her rapist - the son of the local magistrate! And even that isn’t the end of her woes. It’s best to have a box of tissues nearby as two expert directors ratchet up the emotional suspense in this consummate tearjerker.
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The Golden Lion (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Jin mao shi wang
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Chao Hsiung / Li Ching …
other title: Jin mao shi wang
Director Ho Meng-hua is one of Shaw Studio's most versatile directors. He's helmed romances, mysteries, award-winning dramas, contemporary action films, historical costume dramas, fantasies, and, finally, popular swordplay movies. The title character in this one is a chivalrous thief who raises the jealous ire of the rival Red Shirt Gang. There's plenty of action in this adventure, which sweeps from the plains to the mountains ... to the sound of slashing swords.
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Sinful Adulteress (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
慾魔
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Chen Ping / Richard Chan Chun …
other title: 慾魔
Director Ho Meng-hua gave erotica more legitimacy as he joined the list of reputable directors that began shooting soft porn with Sinful Adulteress. Starring the busty Chen Ping as a young wife of an older man that can’t satisfy her, and introducing the foxy Liu Hui-ling as the younger daughter of the old man’s first wife, it’s a sexcapade of licentious behavior that erupts through murder and greed.
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Ambush (1973) [Movie] TMDB
埋伏
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Li Ching / Chao Hsiung …
other title: 埋伏
An officer of the law and his father are framed for a robbery they did not commit. With only his father's sword at the scene and the man nowhere to be found the officer flees in order to discover who really stole the jewels so that he may clear the family name.
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The Criminals (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
香港奇案
director: Cheng Kang / Ho Meng-Hua … actor: Si Wai / Shih Szu …
other title: 香港奇案
An anthology film featuring three true-crime stories that took place in Hong Kong in the early 1970's. Part 1: Hidden Torsos' A woman and her daughter are murdered by her abusive boyfriend. Part 2: 'Valley of the Hanged'-A man murders his wife and her lover. Part 3: 'The Stuntmen' - A gang boss is murdered by his wife's lover
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Susanna (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
珊珊
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Li Ching / Guan Shan …
other title: 珊珊
Nineteen-year old Li Ching scored a major success playing the title character, Susanna. Li's youthful exuberance is given free rein in a role that embraces rebellion, love, betrayal, tragedy, and ultimately, redemption.