Acting
Shi Ling
Born January 1, 1922 · Tianjin, China
Died January 1, 1999 · aged 76
No biography available.
Known For
Window to America · 1952Window to America
1952
MovieDramaComedy
A New York City businessman meets a window washer hoping to commit suicide and decides to market his grief to the highest bidder in this acidic satire on American capitalism, one made even more memorable by the fact that the entire “American” cast are Chinese actors in whiteface. The greedy Mr. Butler (Shi Hui) convinces the suicidal “Charley” that he might as well endorse some cigarettes as he jumps out of his office window, and maybe wear a particular suit too. A true cinematic oddity, this Korean War–era propaganda piece is a satire that Frank Tashlin could envy.
The Watch · 1949The Watch
1949
MovieDrama
A street-wise and tough orphan called Maverick is arrested for a petty theft and sent to an orphanage, but succeeds in concealing a watch he had stolen from an old shopkeeper just before his arrest. At the orphanage, he is recruited by a crooked warder for further and more serious crimes. But when two more children are admitted to the orphanage -- a boy called "Fatty" and a girl called "Little Mouse" -- he makes the first friends he has ever had. But when Maverick learns the girl is the granddaughter of the old shopkeeper he stole the watch from, and what ruin it brought to her family, he has a crisis of conscience.
Loyal Fighters · 1991Loyal Fighters
1991
MovieDramaAction
Crows and Sparrows · 1949Crows and Sparrows
★ 6.71949
MovieDrama
A story of a corrupt party official who attempts to sell an apartment building he has appropriated from the original owner and the struggles of the tenants to prevent themselves being thrown onto the street.
Ah Fu Looks for Treasure · 1957Ah Fu Looks for Treasure
1957
Movie
Dangerous Time · 1986Dangerous Time
1986
MovieDrama
Set in southern China during the Cultural Revolution, the film follows Jia Yimin, head of an Anti-Revisionist Hospital Revolutionary Committee, as he purges intellectual doctors and elevates politically favored but unqualified “young heroes.” He assigns Yao Yao, a cook with only days of veterinary training, to operate on a critical patient, resulting in a disastrous mistake. Though Yao Yao admits he is unfit and asks to return to the kitchen, Jia, driven by ambition, insists on remaking him into a “model doctor” and places him on another major case. When veteran surgeon Chang Chunlai is forced to step in and save the operation, Yao later causes another crisis by bringing the wrong medicine to the recovering patient, who falls into a coma. Faced with mounting consequences, Jia begins plotting his next move...
The Magician's Adventures · 1962The Magician's Adventures
1962
MovieDramaComedy
A magician comes back to Shanghai to find his son separated twenty-five years ago.
Zhao Yiman · 1950Zhao Yiman
★ 6.01950
MovieDrama
The life and death of Zhao Yi-Man, a female member of the Chinese resistance
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