Yan Jun

The Jade Faced Assassin (1971)

The swordsman Zhang Zhen is injured in a misadventure and rescued by Eldest Sister of Changchun Sect, who has a crush on him. However, Zhang falls in love with the maid Yuenu instead, and conceives twins with her. The couple are killed by a group of evil p ...

Five Plus Five (1971)

Comedy about five married couples — a pair of parents and their four daughters and sons-in-law. Li Li Hua plays the eldest girl, opposite her real-life husband Yean Chuan. ...

The Iron Buddha (1970)

After a notorious rapist kills his master and entire clan, the Iron Buddha sets out for revenge. He'll need a magic sword first though, naturally. ...

A Place to Call Home (1970)

Li Ching plays one of three daughters, whose life is turned upside down when she discovers she is adopted. But things get even worse when she goes in search of her real mother. Finally, after almost a double tragedy, she realizes what so many knew all alon ...

Mist over Dream Lake (1968)

A young woman moves to rural Taiwan to live with her extended family during her parents' divorce. She and her two cousins navigate romantic complications and relations with the indigenous Taiwanese in this adaptation of a Chiung Yao novel. ...

My Dream Boat (1967)

Chi Yuan and Tang Ke-hsin find an unexpected spark during a Christmas gathering, creating ripples of jealousy and heartache within the tightly knit circle of siblings Tu Chia-wen and Chia-ling. A hunting accident sends their lives into emotional freefall, ...

Moonlight Serenade (1967)

A sweet inn-keeper's daughter falls in love with a woodcutter, but witnesses the woodcutter's brother raping her sister. Tragically, the sister commits suicide in shame, and the rapists turn his attentions to the witness, leading to more danger than most r ...

That Man in Chang-An (1967)

A romantic Han Dynasty adventure epic of a dying Emperor, an Evil Queen, a beautiful Princess, a dastardly royal nephew, and a masked hero, with plots and counterplots galore, complete with cliffhangers and last-second rescues. ...

Squadron 77 (1965)

Spy thriller set in occupied Shanghai. Li Lihua stars as the woman who is thrust into the role of nationalist freedom fighter when she discovers that her husband is a collaborator with the Japanese. ...

The Grand Substitution (1965)

With China under control of a weak Emperor, two officials compete to steer the future destiny of the land. Chiu believes the people are the future of China, while the diabolical Tu wishes to grind the people beneath an iron heel. Tu decides to take out Chi ...

The Story of Qin Xiang-Lian (1964)

The Story of Qin Xiang-Lian is a Hong Kong Chinese Opera musical starring Jackie Chan in a child role. ...

Three Sinners (1963)

Based on one particular storyline from The Water Margin, Three Sinners weaves an intriguing story of romance, treachery, and death, all within the context of the traditional Huangmei Opera. Yan Jun casts his real-life wife, the elegant Li Li Hua, star of s ...

Empress Wu (1963)

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

The Black Fox (1962)

The Black Fox (黑狐狸) is a 1962 Hong Kong thriller film directed by Yan Jun. The film was produced under the Shaw Brothers banner in the Mandarin language. ...

The Magnificent Concubine (1962)

Perhaps the most notorious concubine in Chinese history, Yang Guifei set a pudgy standard of beauty in her days of glory during the Tang dynasty. The Emperor Minghuang was so besotted with the woman that when An Lushan stages his rebellion against the empi ...

The Pink Murder (1959)

A Shaw Brothers production ...

Laughter and Tears (1958)

Tao Zutai, a bank employee, has five children. Tao's wife is addicted to gambling and spends too much and the eldest daughter Guiru is greedy for vanity. Tao is overjoyed when he is notified that he will be promoted to deputy manager. ...

A Marriage for Love (1957)

A Shaw and Sons production. ...

The Frosty Night (1957)

Loosely based on Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths ...

The Greatest Circus on Earth (1957)

Circus trapeze artist Liu Xiaoniu runs away from the circus. While away, she's tricked by a playboy and then the police mistake her for a prostitute. She returns to the circus but her adoptive father, Liu Yingjie, suffers an accident. ...

The Chase (1956)

Private Investigator, Wu Feng, is tasked in tracking down his wife, Zhang Xiu Juan, and collecting evidence of her infidelity. He plans to blackmail her into divorcing him while also getting a share of her inheritance from her father. ...

Autumn Affair (1956)

A Shaw and Sons production. ...

Beauty in the Maelstrom (1956)

A Shaw and Sons production about a couple who loves each other but end up marrying different people because of parental pressures. ...

Rainstorm in Chinatown (1956)

Jiang Lizhen's husband, Wang Gensheng, went to Nanyang to make a living. After ten years of separation, there was no news. Jane took her daughter to find her husband, but found out that she was born into a wealthy family. ...

The Orphan Girl (1956)

Loosely based on Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre. ...

The Mortal Wind (1954)

Xu Ning meets secret agents Bai Ping and Mei Haozi and falls in love with Ping. Bai Ping becomes involved in a plot to steal confidential documents and faces subsequent danger... ...

General Chai and Lady Balsam (1953)

General Chai and Lady Balsam ...

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. ...

The Stormy Night (1952)

HK drama film. ...

Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’ (1952)

Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the big four of classic Chinese novels, has been adapted for film and television dozens of times over the past decades. Yet this sui generis Great Wall production daringly transposes the setting to modern-day 1950s. The con ...

A Moment of Bliss (1952)

The film tells the story of a woman who grew up in China's warlord era and suffered from war and love failure. ...

The Vampire (1950)

HK horror film. ...

A Strange Woman (1950)

Not seen in Hong Kong for many years, A Strange Woman was Li Pingqian's first film at Great Wall Film Studio. Adapted from the play La Tosca by French playwright Victorien Sardou, opera star Xiao Xiangshui (Bai Guang) helps her lover, a revolutionary, to e ...

Blood Will Tell (1949)

Ma the flying bandit calls it quits after his daughter is born. His wife, a onetime prostitute, can't stand poverty and turns him in to the authorities before resuming her profession. Years later, when the daughter is set to get married, the unabashed moth ...

A Diamond Ring (1948)

Green Grows the Grass (1947)

Mother and Son (1947)

After falling in love with Han Liren and giving birth to an "illegitimate child", Han Liren abandoned her and married a rich girl and cheated her out of the child. Huang Su then left the country, changed her name to Lin Luping, and became an actress. Sixte ...

Modern Woman (1945)

Colorful (1943)

Spring (1942)

The Jade Faced Assassin (1971)

The swordsman Zhang Zhen is injured in a misadventure and rescued by Eldest Sister of Changchun Sect, who has a crush on him. However, Zhang falls in love with the maid Yuenu instead, and conceives twins with her. The couple are killed by a group of evil p ...

The Iron Buddha (1970)

After a notorious rapist kills his master and entire clan, the Iron Buddha sets out for revenge. He'll need a magic sword first though, naturally. ...

That Fiery Girl (1968)

The bandits of Hulu Valley murder the chief of Mei Clan while searching for a treasure map. In retaliation, the clan's leading swordsman Feng-chun (Chan Leung) infiltrates the bandit's fortress hideout in anticipation of a surprise attack by a larger force ...

Mist over Dream Lake (1968)

A young woman moves to rural Taiwan to live with her extended family during her parents' divorce. She and her two cousins navigate romantic complications and relations with the indigenous Taiwanese in this adaptation of a Chiung Yao novel. ...

Lady Jade Locket (1967)

Love knows no limits in the grand period romance, Lady Jade Locket. A young fighter inadvertently falls for the spirit of a beautiful woman, who died years earlier avenging her own father's murder. The beautiful ghost is in fact the sister of his fiancee. ...

Moonlight Serenade (1967)

A sweet inn-keeper's daughter falls in love with a woodcutter, but witnesses the woodcutter's brother raping her sister. Tragically, the sister commits suicide in shame, and the rapists turn his attentions to the witness, leading to more danger than most r ...

That Man in Chang-An (1967)

A romantic Han Dynasty adventure epic of a dying Emperor, an Evil Queen, a beautiful Princess, a dastardly royal nephew, and a masked hero, with plots and counterplots galore, complete with cliffhangers and last-second rescues. ...

Squadron 77 (1965)

Spy thriller set in occupied Shanghai. Li Lihua stars as the woman who is thrust into the role of nationalist freedom fighter when she discovers that her husband is a collaborator with the Japanese. ...

The Grand Substitution (1965)

With China under control of a weak Emperor, two officials compete to steer the future destiny of the land. Chiu believes the people are the future of China, while the diabolical Tu wishes to grind the people beneath an iron heel. Tu decides to take out Chi ...

The Story of Qin Xiang-Lian (1964)

The Story of Qin Xiang-Lian is a Hong Kong Chinese Opera musical starring Jackie Chan in a child role. ...

Between Tears and Smiles (1964)

Fan Chia-soo is a kind-hearted student whose heart is captured by the sweet song of Shen Feng-hsien. However, he is not the only one who has eyes for Shen. The General's henchmen are also determined to present the songstress to their superior as a gift. Fa ...

A Maid from Heaven (1963)

Seventh sister of the celestial world goes down to earth to marry Dong Yong, a young man sold to servitude. However the Jade Emperor orders her to go back to the immortal world. ...

Three Sinners (1963)

Based on one particular storyline from The Water Margin, Three Sinners weaves an intriguing story of romance, treachery, and death, all within the context of the traditional Huangmei Opera. Yan Jun casts his real-life wife, the elegant Li Li Hua, star of s ...

The Black Fox (1962)

The Black Fox (黑狐狸) is a 1962 Hong Kong thriller film directed by Yan Jun. The film was produced under the Shaw Brothers banner in the Mandarin language. ...

The Bride Napping (1962)

The romance of a squire's daughter and a poor but refined scholar is thwarted when a loutish bandit is mistaken for the scholar by a confused servant and is given the idea that the daughter's hand in marriage is his for the asking. Rich in cross-dressing, ...

Appointment with Death (1959)

HK crime drama thriller film. ...

The Pink Murder (1959)

A Shaw Brothers production ...

Laughter and Tears (1958)

Tao Zutai, a bank employee, has five children. Tao's wife is addicted to gambling and spends too much and the eldest daughter Guiru is greedy for vanity. Tao is overjoyed when he is notified that he will be promoted to deputy manager. ...

A Marriage for Love (1957)

A Shaw and Sons production. ...

The Frosty Night (1957)

Loosely based on Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths ...

The Greatest Circus on Earth (1957)

Circus trapeze artist Liu Xiaoniu runs away from the circus. While away, she's tricked by a playboy and then the police mistake her for a prostitute. She returns to the circus but her adoptive father, Liu Yingjie, suffers an accident. ...

The Chase (1956)

Private Investigator, Wu Feng, is tasked in tracking down his wife, Zhang Xiu Juan, and collecting evidence of her infidelity. He plans to blackmail her into divorcing him while also getting a share of her inheritance from her father. ...

Autumn Affair (1956)

A Shaw and Sons production. ...

Rainstorm in Chinatown (1956)

Jiang Lizhen's husband, Wang Gensheng, went to Nanyang to make a living. After ten years of separation, there was no news. Jane took her daughter to find her husband, but found out that she was born into a wealthy family. ...

The Orphan Girl (1956)

Loosely based on Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre. ...