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Zhao Lei

Zhao Lei

Zhao Lei (Chinese: 趙雷; Wade–Giles: Chao Lei; 1928 – 24 June 1996) was a Chinese actor who was one of the most popular male leads in the cinema of Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 1950s and 60s, often called the "Film Emperor".

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Just Heroes (1989)

A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to take his place. One of them is the traitor. ...

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A Rescue from Hades (1982)

Three generations of the Luo family fasted and chanted Buddha's name. However, Mr. Luo died young. Luo's mother complained and began to kill animals and eat meat. When Luo Bu grew up, her family property was wiped out by her uncle. Oppose and remarry someo ...

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The Imperious Princess (1980)

Taiwanese huangmei opera starring Ivy Ling Po. ...

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In The Beginning (1979)

Fantasy film from Taiwan, featuring the Chinese creation mythology of Pangu and Nüwa. ...

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Immortal Warriors (1978)

Immortal Warriors is a Taiwanese Martial Arts movie. ...

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Dream of the Red Chamber (1978)

Taiwanese huangmei opera film. ...

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Monkey King with 72 Magic (1976)

Shaw Brothers star Ting Hwa Chung plays the legendary and mythical Monkey King in this lavish and epic action classic. ...

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The Delivery (1975)

HK action movie about drug trafficking. ...

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The Valiant Ones (1975)

A righteous husband-and-wife swordfighting duo struggle to protect China from the machinations of Japanese pirates and corrupt officials. ...

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Fist of Unicorn (1973)

Unicorn travels to a village troubled by gangsters in search of revenge for the murder of his parents years before. The task is made more complicated when he befriends a middle-aged woman and her son who begin to admire and depend on him. ...

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Cheat to Cheat (1973)

Hong Kong comedy directed by Li Han-Hsiang. ...

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Capture of Seven Tigers (1972)

An investigative team that wants to foil the evil plans of a group of criminals. ...

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The Rivals (1970)

The Northern and Southern Champion swordsmen discover the Tartars have murdered their families and the only thing on their minds is revenge. ...

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Jade Dragon (1968)

Old school weepy sword fighting epic with Melinda Chen Man Ling, Cathay's answer to Cheng Pei Pei. ...

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Red Plum Pavilion (1968)

Li is a beautiful young woman who is engaged to a handsome scholar, Pei Shunqing. However, a rich evil man, Jia Sidao, is attracted by Li's beauty and wants to take Li as his concubine. Pei and Li then come to discuss the matter and decide to flee, but the ...

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Travels with a Sword (1968)

Travels with a Sword is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Sammo Hung ...

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The First Sword (1967)

During a battle with Wu Qiong, the king of poison, Xie Wuyang, the chief of the Golden Dragon Clan is poisoned. His junior, Tong Wanling risks her life to save him and becomes poisoned herself. At his wit's end, Wuyang seeks Wanling's grandparents for help ...

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The Magic Fan (1967)

This was an adaptation of a ghost story, "A Xiu". Liu Zigu is on his way to visit his uncle and is attracted by a beautiful girl, A Xiu. Liu meets A Xiu again in a paper fan shop owned by A Xiu's father. Liu goes to the shop every day to buy a fan and see ...

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Passion (1967)

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Lady in the Moon (1966)

Chang E is a fairy in the moon. One day she sneaks to the earth where she meets a talented archer, Hou Yi, and falls in love with him. At that time, there are nine suns in the sky and they cause serious droughts on earth. Chang then pleads with the Heavenl ...

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Beauty of Beauties (1965)

Hsi Shih: The Beauty of Beauties was one of the most ambitious films made in the Taiwan film industry in the 1960s. After leaving The Shaw Brothers studio in Hong Kong and moving to Taiwan, filmmaker Li Han-hsiang mounted this historical epic. Told through ...

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Passion (1965)

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A Beggar's Daughter (1965)

This is an adaptation of the folk story, "Jin Yu Nu beats her heartless groom with a cane". Jin Yu Nu, a beggar's daughter, is a beautiful and kind girl. On a snowy day she saves the life of a poor scholar, Mo Ji. When Mo recovers, he marries Jin with love ...

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Beyond the Great Wall (1964)

Beyond the Great Wall is a true story based on how Wang Chao-chun sacrificed her love and life for the good of the Chinese people during war time fears between China and the Huns. ...

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Romance of the Forbidden City (1964)

Hong Kong drama directed by Wong Tin-Lam. ...

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The Story of Sue San (1964)

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 ...

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The Story of Three Loves: Part 2 (1964)

Continuing the story of Part I, the plots follows the tragic fate of teahouse songstress Shen, who is forced to become the mistress of the evil warlord Liu. When the latter discovers that she has had a secret rendezvous with her lover Fan, he tortures her ...

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The Magic Lamp (1964)

Adapted from one of China's most well-known fairy tales, the Goddess of Mount Hua falls in love with a young mortal scholar Liu Yanchang and gives birth to a baby son, Chenxiang. When Chenxiang grows up, he seeks to unravel the mystery surrounding his moth ...

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Lady with the Lute (1963)

Zhao's husband goes to the capital to take the imperial examination but doesn't come back. Due to famine, Zhao has to leave her hometown and find her husband, playing her lute for a living. ...

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Stepmother (1963)

A Shaw Brothers drama starring Diana Chang Chung-Wen and Margaret Tu Chuan. ...

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Empress Wu (1963)

The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history. ...

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The Mid-Nightmare (1962)

Essentially an adaptation of Gaston Leroux's classic The Phantom of the Opera, Mid-Nightmare is set in a Huangmei diao teahouse theatre, which an embittered and horribly disfigured ex-performer 'haunts', looking to extract revenge on his enemies and fallin ...

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Madam White Snake (1962)

This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure down viewers' backs. The Lovely Linda Lin Dai (Les Belles, The Kingdom And The Beauty) and margaret Tu Chuan (The Dream of The Red Chamber) play the two sister se ...

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The Dream of the Red Chamber (1962)

The Ching Dynasty novel The Dream of The Red Chamber is not only the most widely read, but also the most filmed book in Chinese history. The sprawling love story has proven a challenge to many filmmakers, but this version is acclaimed as the most successfu ...

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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 empi ...

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The Pistol (1961)

Long unemployed and stone-broke, Shen Jiaguang is dealt a further blow when his wife Lu Xiaoyin has fallen seriously ill and their son Xiaoguang has to quit school. ...

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The Swallow (1961)

The hunt for The Swallow Thief. ...

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The Enchanting Shadow (1960)

A young scholar spends the night in a creepy temple that is said to be haunted. He doesn't believe in the rumors, but after running into a Taoist swordsman, he meets a beautiful lady ghost. ...

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East Flows the River (1960)

A film drama by the Shaw Brothers studio. ...

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The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959)

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. ...

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The Stolen Love (1959)

Early Shaw Brothers drama ...

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An Appointment After Dark (1958)

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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Diau Charn (1958)

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. ...

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A Kiss for Me (1958)

A Shaw and Sons production ...

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The Circus (1958)

A Shaw and Sons production ...

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The Lady of Mystery (1957)

Spies, Military Documents and Traitors. ...

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He Has Taken Him for Another (1957)

A Shaw and Sons production. ...

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A Mellow Spring (1957)

A Shaw Brothers production ...

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Miss Evening Sweet (1957)

A Shaw and Sons production. ...

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Springtime in Paradise (1957)

A Shaw and Sons production ...

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Lady in Distress (1957)

A Shaw Brothers production. ...

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Beauty in the Maelstrom (1956)

A Shaw and Sons production about a couple who loves each other but end up marrying different people because of parental pressures. ...

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Beyond the Blue Horizon (1956)

A Shaw and Sons production ...

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Meet Me After Spring (1956)

This is a drama about parents disapproving a young couple's relationship and the unfortunate consequences that it has. ...

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A Lonely Heart (1956)

A Shaw and Sons production. ...

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Fruit of Marriage (1956)

A woman is fired from her job because she's pregnant. The husband, who's a teacher, needs to get another part-time job as a waiter, to cover the expenses which causes problems at his school. He starts to resent children but there's hope as the husband is a ...

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Forever Goodbye (1955)

Forever Goodbye 自 君 別 後 (1955) aka Since You Went Away is a Hong Kong Mandarin-language drama film directed by Wang Yin, filmed in Australia and produced by Shaw Brothers Studio. It stars Sek Ying, Chao Lei, Yang Chi-Ching and Wu Chia-Hsiang. This ...

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Beyond the Grave (1954)

This is a Historical Drama that was written and directed by Doe Ching. It was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. ...

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Marriage Angle (1954)

Marriage Angle is a Hong Kong Mandarin-language feature film of the drama genre, written and directed by Wang Yin, produced by Shaw Brothers Studio, Liu Chi and Chow Sze-Ching were the cinematographers. ...

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Girls in Transformation (1954)

Girls in Transformation is about an experiment conducted by assistant professor at the Shi Liangde University to demonstrate her "non-hereditary human theory," in transforming rural girls into modern women. ...

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Shadow in Her Heart (1954)

Temptation (誘惑) is a 1954 Hong Kong drama film directed by Doe Ching. The film was produced by Runde Shaw for Shaw & Sons Co. Ltd. and is based on the screenplay by Doe Ching and the original story by Hsu Hsu. ...

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The Third Life (1953)

Wu Dehua is a frustrated young man who has experienced abandonment and crime and starts having suicidal thoughts. However, with the help of the nurses who cared for him, he's understanding the meaning of helping others and dedicating himself to them. ...

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Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’ (1952)

Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the big four of classic Chinese novels, has been adapted for film and television dozens of times over the past decades. Yet this sui generis Great Wall production daringly transposes the setting to modern-day 1950s. The con ...

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