Chen Yan Yan
Chen Yan Yan was a Chinese actress and film producer in the cinema of Republic of China (1912–1949), British Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In 1932 she played the main role in the silent film "Nanguo zhi Chun" 南国之春 (Springtime in the South). Her acting was well received by the audience and she started gaining popularity, starring in many more movies.
Chen produced also two films herself, "Love Fiesta", in 1957 and "Shark of the Pacific", in 1961.
She won a best supporting actress award in 1961 at the Asian Film Festival for her appearance in the 1961 film "Misfortune". Chen Yan Yan retired from films in 1972, but she still appeared on TV.
She married twice. Her first husband was the cinematographer Huang Shao Feng, but the couple divorced some years later. After a brief marriage with actor Wang Hao, Chen kept living alone with her daughter born from her first husband.
She died in 1999.
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花木兰 花木蘭
Lady General Hua Mulan is a 1964 Hong Kong Huangmei opera musical film, directed by Yuek Feng, depicting the story of Hua Mulan. [Source: Wikipedia]
The 14 Amazons (1972)
十四女英豪
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Mantis Combat (1978)
螳螂醉虎無影腳
When a once infamous criminal decides to give up his lifestyle and return the many treasures he has stolen to their rightful owners; he is promptly murdered by his partners in crime. To avenge his death is his son, with the deadly "mantis fist".
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The Love Eterne (1963)
梁山伯與祝英台
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Dead End (1993)
비명도시
Do Cheol has been taking care of his sick wife for a long time. One night, through a hospital window, he witnesses a murder in an alley. As the murderer sees him, Do Cheol runs along the narrow side street, chased by the murderer. After he just manages to tide over crisis, he goes to a bar and has a...
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A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life. (Source: Letterboxd)
A petty thief who knows just enough kung fu to fight back when attacked, but not enough to do much damage. Soon, he undergoes training under the tutelage of a derelict posing as a ghost, who seeks to have him carry out his mission of revenge.
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Three martial arts directors united for this unique anthology film. Yueh Feng writes and directs a clever love-and-kung-fu triangle, Cheng Kang both writes and directs kung-fu courtesans battling brigands, and the ""godfather of the kung-fu film,"" Chang Cheh, creates a cliff-hanging, swashbuckling...
Thunderkick (1974)
一網打盡
One man takes on a cartel headed by three brothers, who are responsible for the savage beating of his mother and the murder of his brother.
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Dead End
死角
~~Adapted from the 2012 Hong Kong-Taiwanese manhua of the same name by Jerry Cho Zi Ho (曹志豪).
The story of six young people living together in the same apartment in Beijing.
Sons and Daughters examines Korean society's preference for boys over girls through the story of Lee Kwi Nam and Lee Hoo Nam who are twins of the opposite sex. Hoo Nam's and Kwi Nam's mother unequal treatment of her children is especially moving.
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