Hong Kong Film Archive's 100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies
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Missing from IMDb:
Scenes of Yan'an (1941)
Roar of the People (1941)
A Page of History (1941)
Wong Fei Hung Burns The Tyrants' Lair (1949)
The Misarranged Love Trap (1950)
Should They Marry? (1951)
Mysterious Murderer Parts 1 and 2 (1951)
Mutual Understanding (1954)
Anna (1955)
The Wall (1956)
Love Lingers On (1957)
The Sorrowful Lute (1957)
The Chair (1959)
Paragon of Sword & Knife Part 2 (1968)
Missing from IMDb:
Scenes of Yan'an (1941)
Roar of the People (1941)
A Page of History (1941)
Wong Fei Hung Burns The Tyrants' Lair (1949)
The Misarranged Love Trap (1950)
Should They Marry? (1951)
Mysterious Murderer Parts 1 and 2 (1951)
Mutual Understanding (1954)
Anna (1955)
The Wall (1956)
Love Lingers On (1957)
The Sorrowful Lute (1957)
The Chair (1959)
Paragon of Sword & Knife Part 2 (1968)
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- DirectorBenjamin BrodskyDocumentary on the then-new Chinese Republic, taken over a ten-year period. Footage includes races at Shanghai, imperial ceremonies at the national Temple of Heaven, scenes of the destruction caused by the typhoon of 1914, and the installation of government officials at the Peking palaces.
- DirectorChusheng CaiStarsLi-li LiLi QingMing JiangSet during the Orphan Island period of Shanghai, the film follows a group of revolutionary patriots-cum-assassins who finally earn the support of the suffering public.
- DirectorShilin ZhuStarsXuan ZhouShi ShuRhoqing TangSet in the Qing Dynasty, years of emperor Guangxu. Guangxu feels involuntarily like a puppet because of dowager Cixi's reigning behind the curtain. He wants to support a political reform.
- DirectorFeng YuehStarsGuang BaiJuanjuan ChenZhan-Yuan Gao
- DirectorPeng HuStarsTak-Hing KwanTat-Wah TsoLan Lee
- DirectorChusheng CaiWeiyi WangStarsChing LeeYing CheungSun Wong
- DirectorFung FungStarsBruce LeeChau-Shui YeeHoi-Chuen LeeThe English was actually The Kid.
- DirectorPingqian LiStarsLi Hua LiFei HanChun YenAs China falls into hyperinflation following the end of the war, people fought tooth and nail to get their hands on the only reliable currencies in the world. In this world, the only truth is that everyone is lying for his own gain.
- DirectorSun-Fung LeeStarsCho-Fan NgYin PakYin-Fei Siu
- DirectorWui NgStarsYing CheungHang LeeYuet-Ching Lee
- DirectorWui NgStarsYing CheungWood-Yau CheungCho-Fan NgThe decline of a large, bourgeois family shortly after the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty. Mr. Gao's three sons by his first wife are all oppressed by the feudal ethical code of the time. eldest son Gao Junxin is an extremely weak man. Not daring to show displeasure or speak out, he gives in to his family's demands and agrees to marry Li Ruiyu, although he really loves a girl called Miss Mei. Ruiyu later dies as a result of the oppressive code. The family declines further. When progressive ideas begin to sweep China, Juexin finally begins to wake up. Second son Gao Juemin falls in love with a Miss Qing, but determines to follow his heart and marry who he chooses. He rejects a marriage arranged by his family and moves out. Third son Gao Juehui falls in love with family servant Ming Feng, and enthusiastically joins the student movement. when the local ethical association director wants to take Ming Feng as his concubine she chooses death by drowning herself. Juehui decides to disassociate himself from the family and devote himself to revolution.
- DirectorSun-Fung LeeStarsCho-Fan NgYin PakWood-Yau Cheung
- DirectorKim ChunStarsCho-Fan NgWood-Yau CheungHung Sin-Nui
- DirectorShilin ZhuStarsQiuxia GongFei HanHua JiangA financially struggling office worker goes into debt in order to afford traditional holiday gifts for his boss and landlord.
- DirectorTit LeeStarsYing CheungLuquan GaoBruce Lee
- DirectorWui NgStarsWood-Yau CheungSiuyi YungMan-Lei Wong
- DirectorSun-Fung LeeStarsChi-Sing ChowYik-Mei FungLuquan GaoCold Nights features great performances by both Pak Yin as a tough minded "new woman", Shusheng, and Ng Cho-fan as her weak husband, Wang Wenxuan, whose spirits have been crushed by the Sino-Japanese war.
- DirectorKim ChunStarsShizeng MaMan-Lei WongJiasheng Lin
- DirectorTit LeeStarsChung-Ping GeungYuet-Ching LeeJiasheng Lin
- DirectorHan Hsiang LiStarsLi Hua LiWei LoJu-Hua Fen
- DirectorWui NgStarsYin TseHong NanLap Ban Chan
- DirectorFeng YuehStarsDai LinKelly Lai ChenEnjia Liu
- DirectorChing DoeStarsJeanette Lin TsuiHong MuJulie Yeh Feng
- DirectorWui NgStarsCho-Fan NgYing CheungYin Pak
- DirectorTit LeeStarsXuexian BaiSing-Po LeungCibo Liang