Liu Qiong

Acting

Liu Qiong

Born October 16, 1913 · 中国, 湖南,湘阴

Died April 28, 2002 · aged 88

Liu Qiong (16 October 1913 – 28 April 2002) was a Chinese film director and actor.

Known For

Woman-Taxi-WomanWoman-Taxi-Woman · 1991
Woman-Taxi-Woman
★ 4.71991
MovieDrama
Qing Yao is a botanist. She bumps into Zhang Gaixiu, a taxi driver. First they hate each other and gradually they understand each other and later help each other.
Once Upon a Time in ShanghaiOnce Upon a Time in Shanghai · 1998
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
★ 6.51998
MovieDramaHistory
The protagonists are mainly Huirong, Zhaobai, and Jikan, who have studied business management in the USA and have returned to their hometown, Shanghai. Huirong and Zhaobai are engaged, and although three of them are close friends, problems arise when they find out that their opinions clash on the matter of what the objective for building a new China should be and what direction it should take.
Soul of the SeaSoul of the Sea · 1958
Soul of the Sea
1958
MovieWarDrama
The sailors on a Kuomintang warship revolt, arrest their officers and defect to the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
The HerdsmanThe Herdsman · 1982
The Herdsman
★ 7.61982
MovieDramaRomance
In 1980, Xu Jingshan, a wealthy Chinese-American businessman returns to China to find his son, Xu Lingjun, whom he had abandoned over 30 years earlier. Labeled a rightist because of his capitalist father, Lingjun has been forced to live as a humble herdsman on the grasslands. His bitter life has been transformed by a happy marriage to the wise and beautiful Xiuzhi, and more recently by his rehabilitation by the Party. When he goes to Beijing for their reunion, he discovers his father wants him to work for his chemical company in San Francisco. Lingjun tells the story of his life to his father, as he ponders his future.
Love Without EndLove Without End · 1947
Love Without End
1947
MovieDrama
Yu Jiayin falls in love with the father of the girl she tutors.
Two Young Soccer TeamsTwo Young Soccer Teams · 1957
Two Young Soccer Teams
1957
MovieFamilyDrama
So BusySo Busy · 1937
So Busy
1937
MovieDrama
New WomenNew Women · 1935
New Women
★ 6.71935
MovieDrama
Overnight, the sexy Wei Ming will become a successful novelist. But, desperate to get the money that she needs to cure her little daughter (and harassed by a rich, unscrupulous rake), she will end up eventually engage in luxury prostitution.

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The Young Mistress' FanThe Young Mistress' Fan · 1939
The Young Mistress' Fan
★ 7.01939
Movie
Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde's play on moral values, is adapted for a setting in Shanghai. Young wife Meilin mistakenly believes her husband is having an affair with a social butterfly and decides to leave for a suitor. Her reputation, about to be ruined because of a misplaced fan, is saved by the social butterfly who turns out to be …Unlike typical Chinese scripts on parental love, the understated familial love in the original play is aligned with Li's preference for the undramatic. Motherly love is portrayed indirectly while emotions run strong yet subdued in the film. Poking fun at social culture of the times, this is Li's earliest extant feature film in a modern setting and a showcase of his modernistic and crisp directorial approach.