Directing
Lo Chen
Born January 1, 1923 · Shanghai, China
Died January 31, 2003 · aged 80
Lo Chen was born in 1923, in Shanghai, as Li Meng Fei. He settled in Hong Kong in 1947 and began working as a scriptwriter and as an assistant director for the Great China Film Company. After the closure of the Great China Film Company, Lo worked together with Ma Xu Weibang and wrote several other movies, including Resurrected Rose and Merry-Go-Round. Lo gained recognition with The Long Lane, whi…
Known For
Vermilion Door · 1965Vermilion Door
★ 5.21965
MovieDramaRomance
The tragic love triangle of early 20th century Peking Opera star Chiu Hai-tang, his beautiful stage partner, and the warlord who forces himself between them, has been a favorite with Chinese audiences for decades.
The Joy of Spring · 1966The Joy of Spring
1966
MovieMusicComedy
The film tells the story of Xing Yonghui, a rich girl who has fun with her painter boyfriend Du Shaohua and her classmates. Chen Xiaoping and Guo Dawei fall in love and want to elope, but they are prevented from doing so; Du Shaohua and Li Zhongting fall in love with each other over a painting, causing Xing Yonghui's unhappiness, and Xing Yonghui crashes a car into a rock and wants to die together, causing serious injuries to Du Shaohua and Li Zhongting; Xing Yonghui's suicide is prevented by her shame, but Li Zhongting does not care about the past suspicion, and the two of them recover from the injuries and perform with their classmates on the same day as they had planned to do so.
The Snake Prince · 1976The Snake Prince
★ 7.01976
MovieActionFantasy
The Snake Prince falls in love with a maiden, Hei Qin, after seeing her sing a prayer for rain. With her village in a drought, the villagers make an agreement with the Snake Prince to give the water from Snake Mountain to the village in exchange for allowing to marry Qin.
Raw Passions · 1969Raw Passions
★ 3.61969
MovieThrillerDrama
Ivy Ling Po plays the dedicated wife of a man being blackmailed for an illicit love affair, who uncovers a pit of deceit, double-crosses, extortion and murder after murder.
The Mad Killer · 1971The Mad Killer
★ 10.01971
MovieActionAdventure
A lovelorn pompous knight lashes out after losing a friendly bout with a rival classmate who's also betrothed to the teacher's daughter. Enraged, the estranged knight threatens his own clan who withholds a closely guarded family secret.
Too Late for Love · 1967Too Late for Love
★ 9.01967
MovieRomanceWar
Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The happy couple's bliss was cut short when war broke out. Kuo-liang was summoned to fight at the front lines. In his absence, Su Fen discovered she had tuberculosis.
Behind the Storm · 1982Behind the Storm
★ 9.01982
MovieDramaCrime
After an old rich man mysteriously falls to his death, a ghost returns to settle the score.
It's All in the Family · 1975It's All in the Family
1975
MovieDrama
Danny Lee is Hsu Chih-yuan, the youngest son of strict patriarch Hsu Hui-tang (Cheng Miu). A sailor, Chih-yuan incurs his father's wrath when he tells the latter of his girlfriend Susan's (Ai Ti) pregnancy. Pressured to leave her by his father, Chih-yuan finally agrees to continue his studies overseas. Eldest brother Chih-wen (Ling Yun) volunteers to raise money but ends up losing the family fortune in the stock market. It starts a roller coaster of tragedies for the family that ends with bitter disillusionment for Chih-yuan. It's a battle between tradition and youthful rebellion that leaves everyone a little poorer off.
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