Ho Fan

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Ho Fan

Born October 8, 1937 · Shanghai, China

Died June 19, 2016 · aged 78

A native of Guangdong born in Shanghai on 8 October 1931, Ho Fan came to Hong Kong at the age of 18 and studied in The Evening School of Higher Chinese Studies and New Asia College. Ho has dedicated much of his time to literature and photography since his school days. His photography was well-known for using light, shadow and composition to create a sense of drama, capturing the appearance of smal…

Known For

Hidden DesireHidden Desire · 1991
Hidden Desire
★ 5.31991
MovieRomanceDrama
David is sitting in a bar, musing over why he has bedded and left five or six of Asia's loveliest women in such a short time.
Yu Pui Tsuen IIYu Pui Tsuen II · 1987
Yu Pui Tsuen II
★ 5.41987
MovieDramaFantasy
Before Michael Mak’s Sex And Zen became a cult favourite in the ’90s, there was Ho Fan’s Yu Pui Tsuen (The Carnal Prayer Mat, 1987). But without sex bomb Amy Yip, coarse humour or lesbian love affairs, Yu Pui Tsuen had to rely on the nudity and sex from his cast of relative unknowns to save the day. When a young man dreams that he drowns after a night of carnal passion, he asks a buddhist monk to translate the experience for him. The monk replies that the dream is a warning not to indulge the pleasures of the flesh to excess, but the man ignores his advice, marrying a virgin and making love to her constantly. However, after several torrid affairs, the man begins to realise the sagacity of the monk's warning.
The Carnal Sutra MatThe Carnal Sutra Mat · 1986
The Carnal Sutra Mat
★ 5.31986
MovieComedy
Adapted from the same infamous ancient text as the popular 1992 opus Sex and Zen, this film. Mei Yeung-sun is a man of letters who is less than thrilled with his sex life with his comely young wife Ti Yuk-xiang. Yet when Mei uncovers the family sex manual, their physical relationship improves considerably. So successful is the transformation that the two spend all of their time in the sack, much to the consternation of the girl's father. Later, Mei leaves home supposedly to become an official in the big city. In fact, Mei really plans to troll around the countryside and have sex with as many women as possible. Thanks to the advice of master thief Tsoi Kwun-lung, Mei visits a noted doctor and leaves the place with a massive newly installed penis. Brimming with cocksure confidence, he soon seduces lonely housewife Yim-fong. Her thuggish husband Kuan Low-si soon gets his revenge.
Temptation SummaryTemptation Summary · 1990
Temptation Summary
★ 3.01990
MovieComedy
Confirmed bachelor Man Suen, a university professor, must get married by the age of 35, otherwise he and his playboy brother, Ray Suen, won't inherit his father's fortune of 50 million dollars, which will then go to his uncle. He is unaware that his colleague, the prim Miss Cheung, is in love with him and that she dreams of being rescued by her hero. His brother has met a young heiress, but his uncle has hired a sexy siren to prevent the marriage.
The Cave of the Silken WebThe Cave of the Silken Web · 1967
The Cave of the Silken Web
★ 5.81967
MovieFantasyAdventure
Monkey King, Pig and Friar Sand must rescue his master Buddhist monk from seven witches / spiders who believe themselves to be immortal if they eat the monk's flesh. The third part of the Shaw Brothers film series about Monkey King after the novel "Journey to the West."
West Sex JourneyWest Sex Journey · 1997
West Sex Journey
★ 10.01997
Movie
Tang Monk is a woman, and she was almost killed by Wukong XX when she went out, but fortunately, the spider spirit appeared immediately. After subduing Wukong, the two masters and apprentices immediately went on the road to Gao Laozhuang...
The Land of Many PerfumesThe Land of Many Perfumes · 1968
The Land of Many Perfumes
★ 6.01968
MovieFantasyComedy
The Monk, Monkey and Pigsy find themselves in the title realm, where women can only give birth to women...unless loved by a man
The Blue and the Black 2The Blue and the Black 2 · 1966
The Blue and the Black 2
★ 6.01966
MovieRomanceWar
War and time change everything. Their love becomes more than reunion, it becomes a reckoning with what was and what could've been. Part two of the wartime love story.

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Yu Pui Tsuen IIYu Pui Tsuen II · 1987
Yu Pui Tsuen II
★ 5.41987
MovieDramaFantasy
Before Michael Mak’s Sex And Zen became a cult favourite in the ’90s, there was Ho Fan’s Yu Pui Tsuen (The Carnal Prayer Mat, 1987). But without sex bomb Amy Yip, coarse humour or lesbian love affairs, Yu Pui Tsuen had to rely on the nudity and sex from his cast of relative unknowns to save the day. When a young man dreams that he drowns after a night of carnal passion, he asks a buddhist monk to translate the experience for him. The monk replies that the dream is a warning not to indulge the pleasures of the flesh to excess, but the man ignores his advice, marrying a virgin and making love to her constantly. However, after several torrid affairs, the man begins to realise the sagacity of the monk's warning.

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The Carnal Sutra MatThe Carnal Sutra Mat · 1986
The Carnal Sutra Mat
★ 5.31986
MovieComedy
Adapted from the same infamous ancient text as the popular 1992 opus Sex and Zen, this film. Mei Yeung-sun is a man of letters who is less than thrilled with his sex life with his comely young wife Ti Yuk-xiang. Yet when Mei uncovers the family sex manual, their physical relationship improves considerably. So successful is the transformation that the two spend all of their time in the sack, much to the consternation of the girl's father. Later, Mei leaves home supposedly to become an official in the big city. In fact, Mei really plans to troll around the countryside and have sex with as many women as possible. Thanks to the advice of master thief Tsoi Kwun-lung, Mei visits a noted doctor and leaves the place with a massive newly installed penis. Brimming with cocksure confidence, he soon seduces lonely housewife Yim-fong. Her thuggish husband Kuan Low-si soon gets his revenge.

Director

Innocent LustInnocent Lust · 1977
Innocent Lust
★ 3.61977
MovieDramaRomance
Ho Fan started his career as a Shaw Brothers actor, best known for his role as the monk Tang Seng in the classic Monkey Goes West film series. As a director, however, his forte was erotica. Like Li Han Hsiang, Ho Fan was a pioneer of the aesthetic school of erotica, known for his luscious cinematography and seductive lens. He is certainly one of the few Hong Kong erotica filmmakers to have made a respectable name for himself with Category III offerings like Adventure in Denmark, Yu Pu Tuan, and 1977's Innocent Lust. One of Ho Fan's representative works, Innocent Lust stars Ai Fei, Chan Chun Ho, and Lam Choi as college friends who are unlucky in love. They decide to go to a night club, and are surprised to discover that their innocent-looking classmate (Chan Wai Ying) works as a hostess there. When they step up to defend her from a lecherous old man, the encounter sparks off an unexpected journey of love and lust.

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