Chu Shao-Chuen

Empress Wu (1963)

The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history. ...

The Dream of the Red Chamber (1962)

The Ching Dynasty novel The Dream of The Red Chamber is not only the most widely read, but also the most filmed book in Chinese history. The sprawling love story has proven a challenge to many filmmakers, but this version is acclaimed as the most successfu ...

Her Pearly Tears (1962)

It's Always Spring (1962)

Singaporean diva Li Ailian has arrived in Hong Kong to further her singing career. Xu Zhaofeng helps her land a job at Spring Wind Palace. Provoked by jealousy, Xu's long-time girlfriend Tao Haiyin, a local diva, insists on performing at the Palace, too. A ...

Nobody's Child (1960)

Melodramatic film about a child prodigy. ...

The Girl with a Thousand Faces (1959)

Gu Lingxiu's dream of becoming an actress is opposed by her grandmother. Her father Zhongqi remains ambivalent. Years ago, Zhongqi was in love with a Peking opera diva Hua Yanhong, but the lovers were separated by the matriarch. Regretful of the mistake, t ...

The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959)

This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. The empress mother has the tutor go to Kiang-Nan to bring him back. ...

The Stolen Love (1959)

Early Shaw Brothers drama ...

The Living Corpse (1958)

Famed director Zhu Shilin tries his hand at a horror film! The beginning of The Living Corpse immediately sets the tone with a folk duet clearly inspired by the popular 1956 musical Songs of the Peach Blossom River. The duet, in addition to Zhu's frequent ...

Corpse-Drivers of Xiangxi (1957)

Criminals use jiangshi corpses to smuggle illicit drugs. ...

Little Angels of the Streets (1957)

Li Han-Hsiang directed film. ...

Golden Lotus (1957)

A Hong Kong historical drama ...

Marriage Angle (1954)

Marriage Angle is a Hong Kong Mandarin-language feature film of the drama genre, written and directed by Wang Yin, produced by Shaw Brothers Studio, Liu Chi and Chow Sze-Ching were the cinematographers. ...

Meal Time (1953)

Meal Time is a comedy film about all the mess with housework that director Yan and his wife had to go through after the maid gave up her job. ...

Tears of Songstress (1953)

A Songstress Called Hong Lingyan (歌女紅菱艷) aka Tears of Songstress is a 1953 Hong Kong musical drama film directed by Tu Kuang-Chi. The film was a co-production by Shaws Film Company and Far East Motion Picture Company, and is based on the screenpl ...

Shadows in the Old House (1948)

The owner of the old house Xiangyun Villa, Wu Jishan, died a year ago and has yet to be buried, so the residents of the neighborhood regard the place as a murderous mansion. On the anniversary of his death, his only daughter, Yunfang, returns from her stud ...

Qiu Haitang (1943)

During the Republic of China, a Beijing Opera actor named Wu Yuqin specializes in performing in female roles. He takes the stage name Qiu Haitang and is invited to dinner by an admiring warlord Yuan. He later meets Luo Xiangqi, a graduate of a female perfo ...

The Classic for Girls (1934)

A hostess in Shanghai invites her secondary schoolmates to a reunion. They each reminisce about their lives, with some having difficulties in marriage or career. Some led destructive lives, while others contributed to the country. ...