Wang Lai

Wang Lai, born Wang De Lan, was a Chinese actress from Beijing.

She entered the show business in 1951, but her first movie (Shen Kan Ji, 神龛记) was prevented from screening. She then moved to Hong Kong, where she starred in more than 100 movies. Winner of four Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress, she gained the nickname of "Actress of a thousand faces" for her numerous and varied supporting roles.

In 2016 she died of illness at the age of 89.

(source: Baidu Baike and Mtime)

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Name Wang Lai

Nationality Chinese

Gender Female

Born February 12, 1927

Died September 28, 2016

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High school student Hayama Takashi falls in love at first sight with a girl named Oribe Azusa, and subsequently they start dating. One day, Azusa made an unusual confession to Takashi; everyone, including her family and friends, forget her existence a few hours after meeting her. Takashi doesn't bel...

Iron Bones, about a young lad that learns a secret Tai Chi type of style called the Wind Palm, where you can kill with chi blows. A Shaolin monk and the Big Boss are also after the book. (Source: Letterboxd)

A drama of suspense describing the war of the police forces against drug-related crimes in the streets of the international city of Kobe. ~~ Adapted from a novel written by Kashiwara Ichiro.

In the ancient times, the demon king Alsa, born as a result of human grievance killing, summoned the undead army to slaughter the creatures in the Western Continent, and the Western Templars formed a slaying team to come to the East Plains Continent to seek the holy sword to seal Alsa. However, Arth...

Patriotic extravaganza concerning early 20th century political events in Taiwan. The Battle for the Republic of China won a 1982 Golden Horse Award for Best Film and Best Original Film Song. (Source: IMDB)

A swordsman and a samurai work together to find a blade.

Lam Yee is a school teacher who cannot remember anything happened to her before 15 years old. Discovering her boyfriend has another woman, Yee attempts to commit suicide, but gives up the idea when she meets a child wandering in the street. Suspecting the child may be one of the students in her scho...

Yang Fusheng and his wife Ruijing used all of their savings to set up The Imperial Concubine Restaurant. In order to attract more clients, they invite singer Ding Xiang to sing, but as Fusheng sees her beauty falls for her at first sight... (source: Movie Douban)

As befits the telling of the story of perhaps the most universally beloved hero of modern-day Chinese history Dr. Sun Yat Sen (1866-1925), this lavishly produced biographical film uses techniques culled from Chinese Opera to dramatize the great man’s political history. Concentrating on the period fo...

After being fired by his flu-sou boss, Wai and his two friends always decide to kidnap his son and ask for a ransom. The situation becomes uncontrollable when the boy is accidentally killed. Based on a true story. (Source: Letterboxd)

After avenging his brother's death, Chen Shen returned home to Shanghai. He told his mother (who became blind by crying for his son's death) that he would no longer fight. However, in the case of a film whose title contains the words "poing" and "fur", Chen does not keep his promise for very long. J...

A mad evil sorcerer uses his powers to avenge beautiful women by making them vomit living thousand-footers, who then eat their victims. (Source: Letterboxd)

Sun Shan Tao breaks out of prison where he is serving time for killing a man when he hears that his wife has killed his mother and run off with his cousin. (Source: HKMDB)

This is the 12th film in the series "Wolfs of the City" which describes the adventures of the Capone biker gang under the direction of Kamisaka Hiroshi.

During a battle with Wu Qiong, the king of poison, Xie Wuyang, the chief of the Golden Dragon Clan is poisoned. His junior, Tong Wanling risks her life to save him and becomes poisoned herself. At his wit’s end, Wuyang seeks Wanling’s grandparents for help. Meanwhile, Yan Zongqi plots to overthrow W...

Sensual Pleasures presents a collection of three "ghost story" sex thumbnails. (Source: IMDB)

The first story features an elderly jeweler's adventures with his unsatisfied wife, a handsome neighbor, and the neighborhood bordello. The second is a more modern tale of sex, lies, and videotape. (Source: IMDB)

The debauched emperor of the Mings, Cheng Teh, sat on the throne. Women were totally subject to men. Businessmen, civil servants and scholars suggested building houses of infinite pleasure for their lives. In Ching Hua's house of pleasure, the girls underwent rigorous exercises and instruction in th...

Chang Yi and his sister, Hon Seung Kam, live on their farm with their blind mother, Wang Li. Their father was murdered by Wong Tung Shung. Seeking revenge when he learns his father's killer has returned, he finds himself arrested at attempting to avenge his father's death. Informing the officer who...

A young man learns about the secrets hidden in the Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Sabre to become the head of the Kung-Fu world, seeking to unify the Chinese Zoroastrianism Cult, and confront the Mongolian Dynasty. (Source: IMDB)

A young man learns about the secrets hidden in the Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Sabre to become the head of the Kung-Fu world, while unifying the Chinese Zoroastrianism Cult, and eventually overthrows the Mongolian Dynasty. [IMDB]

Only the union of the title weapons can save the six remaining martial arts sects who are vying for mastery. (Source: IMDB)

A knife expert arrives to tell the ruler he is to be invaded during his annual knife skills challenge. He coaxes his old enemy (a deaf, blind old man) out of hiding. In return he grants the hero the prize of the knife skills. (Source: IMDb)

Bai Yu Lung's father mysteriously disappears one night, and for 10 years Bai searches for him in vain. Finally, he decides to head to the far northern part of the country with the hope that he can find a clue in that region. There he meets and befriends Ngai Jin Feng, a vagabond and skilled fighter...

The head of the great Dragon Warrior Clan is killed in a duel with the deadly women of the Phoenix School of kung fu, and now succession of the clan falls into doubt. (Source: IMDB)

Yeo Hee has a vegetarian café in the Hanok village of Jeonju. She is a fox with nine thousand-year-old tails who still cannot turn the page on Master Jin Woo, her first love a thousand years ago. One day, she discovers that Jin Woo has reincarnated and that he is now Yoon Ho, a confident young CEO....

A story about the takeover of the Sung Dynasty by the Ching and two kids that were saved when the royal family was being killed. (Source: IMDB)

A spoiled and arrogant prince was obsessed with swords. Once in a tournament, he won a sword that was considered to be the best in the martial world, but soon he discovered it was not the finest blade. When he knew of an ex-soldier who owned a sword that was more precious than those in his collectio...

13 family members are murdered and then dumped in a well. 30 years later their descendants are cursed. (Source: IMDB)

A compulsive gambler with bad luck owes money to a violent gangster boss. A mysterious old man offers him a proposal to marry the ghost of his dead daughter in exchange for cash and an expensive apartment. (IMDB)

Hsiao Tsui is the most beautiful girl in a prosperous prostitution house in a North China town. But every client of hers is chased and scared by ghosts. (Source: IMDb)

Story about a newspaper reporter who stumbles upon a nest of vampires living in contemporary hong kong.

A woman lies dying in a women's prison after giving birth and recounts to a pickpocket how she ended up there after her husband was murdered by thugs, one of whom also raped her. The pickpocket agrees to raise her daughter to seek revenge, but in hopes of breaking the cycle of violence she hands the...

The story is about Korea under Japanese rule during World War II. A Korean nationalist Jin Zheng Zhi gets into a fight with some non-Korean Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Lee Chung Tu...

A bloody clan clash centered on the trial of an admitted mass murderer and serial rapist. (Source: IMDb)

Grace Chang delivers an eye-opening performance as a lusty nightclub singer climbing the social ladder in seedy Wanchai. Borrowing story and song elements from Georges Bizet’s CARMEN, this Wong Tin-Lam directed musical has flair and polish to rival Hollywood, and a superstar leading lady that would...

A young lady has taken the place of caring for her two younger brothers since the death of their mother. She is content with putting her life on hold whilst she cares for them until one day when she meets an old classmate and her father proposes marriage to a colleague. She's unsure what kind of ste...

The story of police tipster Polka Dots Liu, badge 369 but often jokingly called the Supremo. He manages to stumble and bumble his way into solving crimes and landing himself into trouble once he gets his badge. (Source: HongKongCinemagic)

A popular singer named Ah Hui is approached by gangsters who want him to perform at their nightclub. When Ah Hui rejects, they set him up by making him believe he murdered an innocent man; Of course, Ah Hui falls for it. With nowhere to turn and the fear of being sent to jail, Ah Hui accepts help fr...

A young police cadet graduates from the academy, and is sent to a small town run by gangsters – one of whom betrayed the hero’s father and left him to die. (Letterboxd)

Two juveniles get mixed up in a street gang, resulting in the murder of a rival gang leader. A crooked cop pins the murder on the boy, but a detective who knows the truth risks his career to help the kid out.

Plain-clothes detective Wang is the best in his trade. One day he stumbles across a young girl's body who apparently has died of abortion. Wang investigates the guilty abortionist who leads him to a secret organization called "The Welfare Association". Actually it is an international prostitution ra...

Mr. Chu is a Tai Chi master who arrived from Taiwan in order to live in the U.S. together with his son Alex and his family. While educating his grandson Jeremy, Mr. Chu is unable to communicate with Alex’s wife, Marta, who is an aspiring writer and desires peace and quiet at home. Mr. Chu finds it i...

The story of sculpture artist Wang Shiying who dedicatedly makes sacrifices to fulfill the promise he made to his granddaughter of buying her a piano. (Source: Baidu)

Expression of the heart of a man who loves his friend. Until he gets old and his friend dies; Love is still there and it is eternal.

The Meng family runs afoul of a powerful man when his son attacks a young woman and is killed by the family's son trying to save her. A bounty of 100 taels is put on each member of the Mengs and somehow they must find a way to survive.

We are in 1756 and the emperor goes to Soochow, where he meets a famous courtesan and finds himself involved in all kinds of activities that have nothing emperor.(Source:Letterboxd)

The cruel son of a rich and kind man returns to his hometown with an accomplice and wicked woman, and they begin to persecute everyone. Soon, young Kung Fu came to the rescue and set things straight thanks to his martial force battles choreographed by the late Lam Jing Ying.(Source: IMDB)

Zai La Jiao and Juntou Hsiu Fa are con artists who befriend a family of street vendors and entertainers. The group constantly faces financial problems as they are ripped off by thugs, their rent is raised, and the car breaks down. Zai La Jia lies, cheats, and steals to come up with the cash that eve...

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Liu Qing Yang is a rich, spoiled playboy. Chen Yi Fan is the icy, aloof vice president of a real estate corporation. Despite their differences, they both happen to be motorcycle racing enthusiasts. They find their lives intersecting after Liu Qing Yang saves Chen Yi Fan during a race, where Yi Fan n...

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