Chan Lap-Ban

Acting

Chan Lap-Ban

Born — Died

1911-01-01 — 1990-07-18

Place of birth

Bangkok, Thailand

Known for

Acting

Credits

81 titles

Known for

Police Cadet poster
7.0

Police Cadet '84 was a TV series which included such stars in TVB as Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, and notably, Carina Lau. The story centered on a couple of young "cadets" in the Police Cadet School. Tragedy, romance, conflicts, and intrigues were featured. The series was immediately followed by a sequels titled "New Police Cadet '85" and "New Police Cadet '88". Both sequels stars Tony Leung.

Police Cadet

1984

Everybody's Somebody's Favourite poster
NR

Set in a time of explosive change, new things and fashion are endless. "Everybody's Somebody's Favourite" portrays the stories of three families, reflecting the "grassroots", "middle-class", and "wealthy" classes. The head of the "grassroots" family, Yang Wenzheng, is conservative and timid, while his wife Yin Yuping is a new-era housewife. The series depicts different aspects of society and its unique phenomena through a light and humorous touch.

Everybody's Somebody's Favourite

1988

A House is Not a Home poster
NR

A House Is Not a Home is a TVB television series, premiered on 1 August 1977. It is a very successful classic series boasting the likes of stars Liza Wang, Simon Yam, Ha Yu and also veteran actors like Bak Man-biu, Tang Pik-wan and Lee Heung-kam. The show became a 1970s drama classic, well-known also for its theme song, "A House Is Not a Home"; 家變, which was composed and arranged by Joseph Koo, with lyrics by the late Wong Jim and sung by Roman Tam.

A House is Not a Home

1977

The Adventurers poster
NR

The Adventurers is a TVB television series, premiered in 1980. Theme song "The Adventurer's", and the sub theme song "The Sentimental Debts" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Jenny Tseng.

The Adventurers

1980

God of Gamblers poster
7.2

Ko Chun, a renowned gambler, loses his memory in an accident and starts behaving like a child. Little Knife, an amateur gambler, offers him shelter and realizes that he has a penchant for gambling.

God of Gamblers

1989

The Rough Ride poster
10.0

The Rough Ride is a TVB television series, premiered in 1985. Theme song "Me and You, He and Me" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Anita Mui.

The Rough Ride

1985

Film credits

1980s · 33 titles

God of Gamblers poster
7.2

Ko Chun, a renowned gambler, loses his memory in an accident and starts behaving like a child. Little Knife, an amateur gambler, offers him shelter and realizes that he has a penchant for gambling.

God of Gamblers

1989

Hong Kong Playboys poster
10.0

Fu Sheng plays Sheng, a playboy who has all the latest cars and technology along with all the tricks for courting the ladies. Sheng’s mom (Lee Heung Kam) along with her personal nurse, Mei (Cherie Chung), arrive in Hong Kong with the intentions of getting Sheng to marry a woman of her liking. While searching for Ms. Right, Sheng is challenged by a couple of lady killers, Lolento (Natalis Chan) and Valentine (Hsieh Hsien) in his quest to get girls. Eventually, little does Sheng know that the girl he happens to love is near him everyday at home.

Hong Kong Playboys

1983

Carry On Pickpocket poster
6.4

Hung Tai-Kong aka Rice Pot and Chan Yin-Tung aka Chimney are two friends who work with their master Kam Ming and his daughter Ann as a team of pickpockets.

Carry On Pickpocket

1982

School on Fire poster
7.2

A young schoolgirl, Yuen Fong becomes caught in a tragic stranglehold of triad activity after she testifies in court over a triad beating. When this news reaches the triad leader Brother Smart, Yuen Fong must pay him protection money for what she has done as events begin to escalate.

School on Fire

1988

Buddha's Palm poster
7.9

An old blind martial master living in a cave teaches a young swordsman the secret of the Buddha's Palm, a legendary martial arts technique, which propels him into a whole new world of evil knights, hidden temples, dragon dogs, and magical objects.

Buddha's Palm

1982

Flaming Brothers poster
6.4

Two blood brothers, who have grown up on the streets of Macau, are bound together by a special code of honour. However, this bond ultimately leads them into brutal conflict when they struggle to leave the violent world they live in.

Flaming Brothers

1987

I Love Lolanto poster
6.3

Nat chan finds a mentally retarded Pat Ha, who has run away from home. Her father is a millionare and wants her to have brain surgery which has a 50% chance of death. Pat runs away because her father girlfriends secret lover threatens her.

I Love Lolanto

1984

Bewitched poster
6.2

While possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit.

Bewitched

1981

The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus poster
5.7

An exceptionally beautiful Chinese woman falls prey to violence and social control. After remembering how her previous reincarnation followed a similar path, she tries to break free of the mould.

The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus

1989

The Island poster
6.6

John Shum leads an expedition to an supposedly deserted island only to find out that it's inhabited by a group of seriously demented characters, lead by Peter Chan Lung. This is a family that stays together, slays together and when the youngest one is refused in marriage to one of the young girls of the troupe they turn into savage maniacs.

The Island

1985

Fractured Follies poster
6.0

Joe, a reckless cab driver, accidentally hits someone with his taxi. The person he hit is May, a sweet girl who walks with a limp due to one of her legs being longer than the other. Joe mistakenly thinks that he's paralyzed May for life; so in order to make it up to her, he works for her family, helping them run their grocery store. Soon, Joe falls in love with May, but she's slow to return his affection.

Fractured Follies

1988

Nomad poster
6.9

Four carefree lovers in Hong Kong enjoy their youth while danger looms on the edges.

Nomad

1982

The Ghost Snatchers poster
6.0

Vengeful spirits of Japanese soldiers from World War II haunt a new high-rise office building in Hong Kong.

The Ghost Snatchers

1986

Tai-Pan poster
5.3

The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market.

Tai-Pan

1986

Hex poster
6.1

Constantly mistreated by her cruel husband, the frail Chan Sau-ying awaits certain death from tuberculosis. The new servant girl, Kei-wah takes pity on her mistress' plight and the pair proceed to drown him one evening. They dump his body in a near-by pond but Sau-ying believes that the man's bloated corpse has risen from the bog to seek vengeance.

Hex

1980

Hex vs. Witchcraft poster
5.1

A compulsive gambler weds a ghost who helps and hinders him in both horrid and hilarious ways.

Hex vs. Witchcraft

1980

Mr. Virgin poster
6.0

When a young man ignores a feng shui master’s warning and decides to marry before turning 30, a series of mishaps begins to curse his life.

Mr. Virgin

1984

Cherie poster
6.0

The beautiful Cherie Chung plays the title character, an exercise teacher who is wooed by a rich, older businessman and a young photographer. You watch Cherie as she bounces between these two, not really liking the businessman, while the photographer is more in love with her image as his model than as a true love.

Cherie

1984

Miss Magic poster
8.0

When a woman suspects that her actor-husband has been fooling around with an actress, she commits suicide. Afterwards, she becomes a vengeful ghost and haunts her former husband and his co-workers. As a result, the actors seek the help of stagehand Uncle Fok, who practices Taoist magic.

Miss Magic

1988

An Old Kung Fu Master poster
6.4

A movie starring Simon Yuen Siu-Tin as a Kung Fu master.

An Old Kung Fu Master

1981

Prince Charming poster
6.0

Chen Li is the son of an enormously wealthy Hong Kong businessman and is vacationing in Hawaii, experiencing typical girl problems. His lothario friend Lolanto flies in from Hong Kong and is determined to find Chen Li a girl within a few days. After a series of hijinks, Chen Li and Lolanto are back in Hong Kong and investigating high-level embezzling in Chen's father's corporation. It also turns out that Kitty and May are employed there as well, with Kitty being the secretary of the supposed embezzler. Because Chen has been notoriously inconspicuous and no one knows what he looks like, he is able to assume to role of a limousine driver for Lolanto, who takes on the persona of Chen Li himself. While tracking down the corruption, Lolanto and Chen also are trying to win the hearts of the two women, but are they looking for true love or only money?

Prince Charming

1984

Super Fool! poster
6.7

Kwong and Ming, two boys from rural China, sneak into Hong Kong to get quick rich. But they are instantly disillusioned and they get into messy situations. The superstar who looks exactly like Kwong has a nasty spill in a dangerous stunt and dies. Kwong is recruited to stand in. Money and all life's amenities become available to the pair. While Ming makes the best out of the situation by gambling and womanizing, Kwong realizes that his own amazement money is not everything.

Super Fool!

1981

Silent Romance poster
4.0

Dummy, a deaf mute, is a brilliant and undiscovered cartoonist whose current publication has been gradually ignored by his readers. Consequently, the drop of the sale has promptly provoked his superior urging him to adopt a new style. During the midst of a mental struggle for new subjects, Cactus, a night club hostess, walks into his life, as he silently and secretly falls in love with her. However, nurturing with an instinctive inferiority complex that had been fostered by his shortcomings all his life. Dummy had not been able to gather his courage to reveal his love to Cactus.....

Silent Romance

1984

The Bund poster
5.7

After losing everything, a young man rebuilds his life and finds love in 1920s Shanghai -- all while rising to power in an organized crime syndicate.

The Bund

1983

Girl with the Diamond Slipper poster
5.7

Two hopeless housebreaker brothers, Ah Chi and Fatty, steal a diamond that had already been earmarked by a criminal gang. Through a series of unfortunate and - frankly - unlikely events, the diamond ends up in the shoe of a rising star TV actress Cheung Man Ju. They pursue her all over Hong Kong until finally tracking her down at a charity ball where she must leave by midnight, and accidentally loses a shoe in the process.

Girl with the Diamond Slipper

1985

Mummy Dearest poster
10.0

A psychologically unstable man accidentally kills a junkie, sparking a cat-and-mouse game with a clever inspector who befriends the man's mother to expose the truth.

Mummy Dearest

1985

The Lost Generation poster
3.7

The plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from mainland China.

The Lost Generation

1983

Unforgettable Fantasy poster
6.5

Thanks to the help of his uncle's (Stanley Fung) girlfriend (Wong Wan Si), Robert (Frankie Chan) gets to work as a creative assistant in an advertising agency, where he falls for the beautiful manager Cleopatra (Joyce Ni). His uncle brings home an antique mirror not knowing that it hides a fox fairy. Robert inadvertently takes the mirror to the office and by chance the fox fairy is freed and possesses Cleopatra! Hopelessly bedazzled by her vixen charm, Robert is killed in a car accident while looking for the mirror thrown away by his uncle...

Unforgettable Fantasy

1985

Behind the Yellow Line poster
6.3

Married boss Paul falls for his employee named Monica after running into her in a subway station and it makes all things uneasy for her.

Behind the Yellow Line

1984

Hex After Hex poster
4.3

Hell may have no fury like a woman scorned, but hell really has no wrath like a lusting ghost scorned! Muscular "Venom" Lo Mang discovers just that when the demon arranges to have his true love killed in order to possess her. Chaos, revenge, insanity, violence, tragedy, and even romance ensue. Director Kuei Chih-hung, already famous for Bamboo House of Dolls, Killer Snakes, Ghost Eyes, Corpse, Hex, and many other cult classics, shoots the works with this amazing horror love story.

Hex After Hex

1982

House of the Lute poster
4.7

A young man takes a job as a house servant for a rich old man with an attractive younger wife and trouble ensues.

House of the Lute

1980

The Red Panther poster
6.5

A cop suffering from "posterior ulcers" tries to catch a serial killer who seeks out victims with medical problems. One suspect is a man who makes pies from guts, which the cop inadvertantly eats. Eventually the hero cop finds himself tied to an operating table with the killer preparing to deal with his "posterior ulcers"!

The Red Panther

1983

My Mind, Your Body poster
7.5

shaw production

My Mind, Your Body

1985

1970s · 15 titles

Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan poster
6.2

18-year-old Ainu is kidnapped and sold to a brothel. Her good looks and wild personality make her very popular with the lustful clients, but also draw the lesbian attentions of brothel madam Chun Yi. Chun Yi teaches Ainu the ways of lust and the ways of kung fu, and Ainu becomes more and more similar to her captor. But rage at her treatment is still burning inside her.

Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan

1972

The Bod Squad poster
6.0

Five Western girls are kidnapped by Chinese pirates and sold to a brothel. While they are being trained to become prostitutes, a couple of local citizens take mercy on them and plots their escape by teaching them kung-fu. The five scantily-clad girls, using their newfound martial arts skills then fight their way to freedom.

The Bod Squad

1974

Games Gamblers Play poster
6.7

Michael Hui stars as Wen, a convict who's always out to make a quick dollar through gambling. Being behind bars doesn't stop him from making something off of his gambling skills. Samuel Hui co-stars as Chieh,a novice gambler who gets into trouble one day when he tries to steal casino chips from a crooked card dealer Dean Shek). Whilst in jail, Chieh meets Wen and the latter agrees to become his mentor. Can Wen and Chieh make a fortune from their combined skills or will the duo wind up back in prison?

Games Gamblers Play

1974

The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare poster
5.7

Shaw Brothers Exploitation Flick, 5th installment in "The Criminals" series.

The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare

1977

Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog poster
5.9

Multi-Hand Chick asks Crazy Frog for protection after stealing someone's wallet at the casino. Foolishly he accepts, and even more foolishly he follows her home and removes his Invincible Armor when she pretends to be willing to sleep with him. Of course she steals it, and when he tries to follow her, he's stopped by Dirty Tiger who is on a mission to bring Crazy Frog back to his wife. However, Dirty Tiger would really like to have that armor himself...

Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog

1978

Yellow Emanuelle poster
3.9

In this sexpolitation effort, a British pilot is assaulted by a gang of hoodlums and left on the street. He's eventually taken to a hospital, where he is nursed back to health by Dr. Emy Wong, a beautiful Asian physician. As the pilot is restored to full health, he becomes increasingly infatuated with Emy.

Yellow Emanuelle

1977

The Criminals, Part 3: Arson poster
4.4

Part 1 : 'Gun Snatchers' - Two criminals wanted for murder are turned in by one of their own. Part 2: 'Arson' - A Triad revenge plan to burn down a nightclub goes wrong and results in the deaths of five people.

The Criminals, Part 3: Arson

1977

My Darling Gals poster
8.0

My Darling Gals aka Kung Fu Stars is a Hong Kong Action movie starring Sammo Hung

My Darling Gals

1978

Hong Kong 73 poster
6.0

As the Heng Seng Index reaches unprecedented heights, people from all walks of life go stock speculation crazy. A security guard and his landlord learn firsthand that money is ‘Easy Come, Easy Go’ as their fast fortune disappears overnight in a Macau casino. Meanwhile, greedy neighbours and infidel couples cheat each other and even blue-collar workmen dive into the frenzy. Inevitably, the market tumbles as do the people’s bittersweet lives. A hilarious but ironic tale featuring some of Shaw’s biggest stars.

Hong Kong 73

1974

Spirit of the Raped poster
6.0

A Shaw Brothers production featuring a supernatural tale of revenge. Liu Miao-Li suffers a string of terrible events. Once pushed to her limit, she decides to take back control of her existence, but chooses an unlikely path to vengeance.

Spirit of the Raped

1976

For Whom to Be Murdered poster
9.0

Two young men from Singapore make holiday in Hong Kong. One of them dreams about a murder. After witnessing a murder they become the targets of some gangsters. Can they outfight the thugs or will the murder dream become a reality?

For Whom to Be Murdered

1978

Ghost Eyes poster
6.6

Ghost Eyes concerns a female hair stylist who is seduced by the vampiric ghost of a former optometrist. Using supernatural contact lenses to control her mind, he gradually drains her life essence as she is forced to find new victims until tries to make a stand and rid herself of this terror once and for all.

Ghost Eyes

1974

The Crazy Instructor poster
4.2

A bumbling martial arts teacher has the skills but lacks the confidence to use them. Run out of town by some ne'er-do-wells, he sets out on some comic adventures as he travels the countryside. Taking up some companions that are as bumbling as he is, the group seems to stumble into one misadventure after another. Will our hearty band eventually prove their worth with their skills and bring their enemies to justice?

The Crazy Instructor

1974

Big Brother Cheng poster
6.3

Shaw Brothers' number one action hit of 1975, and deservedly so. The character of one-man kung-fu dynamo Big Brother Cheng and kung-fu superstar Chen Kuan-tai were made for each other. A Robin Hood-like restaurant manager who socks it to the thugs in order to make the mean streets of Hong Kong a little less mean, Big Brother Cheng made his first appearance in the extremely popular The Tea House, the success of which spawned this even more successful sequel.

Big Brother Cheng

1975

The Villains poster
6.0

A poor orphan seeks help from her wealthy uncle and his sons.

The Villains

1973

1960s · 3 titles

1950s · 7 titles

香銷十二美人樓 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

香銷十二美人樓

1954

Backyard Adventures poster
10.0

Reporter Yu Mong-yuen is recovering from a leg injury in his fiancee Man-wah's apartment. Bored, he looks out the rear window and observes the life of the neighbouring building. Among the tenants are a sugar-daddy and his mistress, a middle-aged man wants to marry a young girl, but she is in love with his son. Finally, she hatches a plot and makes the man agree to her marrying his son ; a sly fortune-teller ; a lively gym, a rich widow quarrels with the trainer of a gymnasium because his dog has bitten her cat ; and an opera school, a woman signs, leaning on the balcony, and a man tries to strangle her. In fact they are rehearsing an opera…… One evening, Wah is on the night shift, and Yuen watches the opera troupe rehearse to the end. Under the influence of drugs, Yu mistakenly believes that a divorced man has murdered a taxi dancer. He alerts the police, but the whole thing is nothing more than a misunderstanding.

Backyard Adventures

1955

The Kid poster
6.2

A 10-year-old Bruce Lee stars as Kid Cheung, an orphan boy who sells comics in a little stall in the slums to survive. He and his two siblings are looked after by his Uncle Ho, a teacher. When the wealthy Hung Pak-ho surveys the slums to build a school for orphans, he is robbed by the vicious Blade Lee and his gang. Cheung helps Blade Lee escape and earns his friendship, but Uncle Ho convinces him to return the gold necklace Lee stole. Hung rewards Ho by hiring him as his private secretary.

The Kid

1950

有心唔怕遲 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

有心唔怕遲

1953

神經大姐戇姑爺 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

神經大姐戇姑爺

1956

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

春宵醉玉郎

1952

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

此子何來問句妻

1954

Series credits

Police Cadet poster
7.0

Police Cadet '84 was a TV series which included such stars in TVB as Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, and notably, Carina Lau. The story centered on a couple of young "cadets" in the Police Cadet School. Tragedy, romance, conflicts, and intrigues were featured. The series was immediately followed by a sequels titled "New Police Cadet '85" and "New Police Cadet '88". Both sequels stars Tony Leung.

Police Cadet

1984

Everybody's Somebody's Favourite poster
NR

Set in a time of explosive change, new things and fashion are endless. "Everybody's Somebody's Favourite" portrays the stories of three families, reflecting the "grassroots", "middle-class", and "wealthy" classes. The head of the "grassroots" family, Yang Wenzheng, is conservative and timid, while his wife Yin Yuping is a new-era housewife. The series depicts different aspects of society and its unique phenomena through a light and humorous touch.

Everybody's Somebody's Favourite

1988

A House is Not a Home poster
NR

A House Is Not a Home is a TVB television series, premiered on 1 August 1977. It is a very successful classic series boasting the likes of stars Liza Wang, Simon Yam, Ha Yu and also veteran actors like Bak Man-biu, Tang Pik-wan and Lee Heung-kam. The show became a 1970s drama classic, well-known also for its theme song, "A House Is Not a Home"; 家變, which was composed and arranged by Joseph Koo, with lyrics by the late Wong Jim and sung by Roman Tam.

A House is Not a Home

1977

The Adventurers poster
NR

The Adventurers is a TVB television series, premiered in 1980. Theme song "The Adventurer's", and the sub theme song "The Sentimental Debts" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Jenny Tseng.

The Adventurers

1980

The Rough Ride poster
10.0

The Rough Ride is a TVB television series, premiered in 1985. Theme song "Me and You, He and Me" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Anita Mui.

The Rough Ride

1985

Here Comes A Hero poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Here Comes A Hero

1989

Rainbow Round My Shoulder poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rainbow Round My Shoulder

1984

Hero's Blood Road poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hero's Blood Road

1981

The Fortune Teller (II) poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Fortune Teller (II)

1983

The Upstart and the Self-Made Man poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Upstart and the Self-Made Man

1987

The Three Musketeers poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Three Musketeers

1981

Road to Success poster
NR

The rapid economic growth of Hong Kong in the 60s leads to the growth of a lot of industrialists and investors – a legend from rags to riches overnight. The story depicts the venture of a village boy, KEI, who works with great zeal to improve his life. LIN and MAY are the two most influential characters in KEI's life. LIN, a good friend of KEI, comes from a wealthy family plays an important role in bringing KEI to great success Yet, they later turn to be enemies when the two men fall in love with the same girl, MAY. MAY meets KEI and LIN together in Macau. LIN adores her deeply yet she, on the contrary, is very impressed by KEI's courtesy and handsome look. This triangular love relation adds romance to the original plots making "Road to Success" a more human and appealing story......

Road to Success

1981

Invincible Medic poster
NR

"Bei Zheng" is an honest and upright hero who seeks to help others. He operates a clinic in the small town of Pu Ren Lane, with the help of assistants like "Lu Cheng," "Lü Ren," and "Mao Shi Jun." His friend's son, "Fong Chun," comes to learn from him and becomes an invaluable aide. The owner of the inn who rents out a storefront to "Bei Zheng" is infatuated with him, but he only has eyes for "Bai Su Yi". "Fong Chun" initially dislikes living with "Bei Zheng" but eventually sees the value in his work and learns from him. He abandons his career as a royal physician to follow "Bei Zheng's" aspirations. "Fong Chun" was initially engaged to "Bai Jing Wen," but he falls in love with "Xiao Qian," a prostitute. Their love affair leads to a tragic end when "Xiao Qian" is killed by "Bai Jing Wen."

Invincible Medic

1980

Discovery Bay poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Discovery Bay

1980

Beware of Your Bosom Buddies poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Beware of Your Bosom Buddies

1984

Kung Fu poster
NR

Liu Zhong-yuan is a famous martial artist who lives in seclusion with his family. His eldest daughter, Liu Feng, helps him in the clinic while her husband works in England. His second daughter, Liu Yi, has no interest in learning martial arts. Instead, she attends university while her brother, Liu Long, spends his time fighting. Concerned for his son's well-being, Liu Zhong-yuan decides to open a martial arts school. However, Liu Long desires to become a movie star, leading to conflicts with his family and involvement with the criminal underworld. Can Liu Zhong-yuan use his martial arts skills and sense of justice to help his son find his way back?

Kung Fu

1975

Hero poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hero

1977

The Switch poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Switch

1982

Home in Hong Kong poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Home in Hong Kong

1979

In The Same Boat poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

In The Same Boat

1983

Three Legged Race poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Three Legged Race

1981