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Tang Shu-Shuen

Tang Shu-Shuen

Tang Shu Shuen (Chinese: 唐書璇; pinyin: Táng Shūxuán; born 1941), also known as Cecile Tang Shu Shuen is a former Hong Kong film director. Though her film career was brief, she was a trailblazer for socially critical art cinema in Hong Kong's populist film industry, as well as its first noted woman director. She also launched the territory's first serious film journal, Close-Up, in 1976.

She ceased filmmaking and emigrated to the United States in 1979, becoming a respected restaurateur in Los Angeles. Many critics, however, see her influence in the so-called Hong Kong New Wave of edgy, groundbreaking young filmmakers in the late '70s and early '80s.

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Movies Made By Tang Shu-Shuen (4)

The Hong Kong Tycoon (1979)

A character-driven melodrama about a Hong Kong 'everyday man' who marries a rich woman to climb the class ladder. ...

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China Behind (1978)

A group of Mainlanders fleeing the Cultural Revolution risk all to reach the adjacent British 'haven' of Hong Kong; yet what they find there is a far cry from their dreams of liberty. ...

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Sup Sap Bup Dap (1975)

A social satire on Hong Kong people's obsession with gambling, told in 13 vignettes of various styles. ...

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The Arch (1969)

A widow upholds feudal virtue by suppressing her love for a cavalry captain in favor of her daughter. ...

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Movies Starring Tang Shu-Shuen (1)

The Arch (1969)

A widow upholds feudal virtue by suppressing her love for a cavalry captain in favor of her daughter. ...

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