Acting

Loretta Yang Hui-shan

Born

1952-07-16 (74)

Place of birth

Taipei, Taiwan

Known for

Acting

Credits

49 titles

Yang Hui-Shan was born on 16 July 1952 in Taichung, Taiwan. She is an actress and producer.

Known for

Golden Horse Awards poster
9.0

The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times

Golden Horse Awards

1962

Mob Busters poster
5.2

An American in Hong Kong battles mobsters.

Mob Busters

1985

The Challenge of the Lady Ninja poster
6.0

During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, a Chinese woman trains in the covert arts. When she arrives in Hong Kong, she learns that her brother works on behalf the Japanese cause. She then pulls together a team of women warriors to stop her brother

The Challenge of the Lady Ninja

1983

Woman Revenger poster
4.0

Learning of childhood friend Meihua's death, Lingling goes to Japan to find Meihua's sister, Meifeng. Brutal gangsters demand Lingling return an item Meihua stole, and hold Meifeng hostage. Old friends help Lingling confront the gang.

Woman Revenger

1981

A Book of Heroes poster
6.8

When a crime lord moves in on Hong Kong territory, conflicts ensues. Soon a shipment of gold bars disappears, and many go for the gold. Three women use their martial arts skills to take down the baddies. Super cool fights, kicks, shapes and mad stunts.

A Book of Heroes

1986

Ninja, the Violent Sorceror poster
6.3

A murderer, with the help of Chinese vampires, does battle with the ghost of a dead gambling lord's wife and the gambling lord's living brother. A cut n paste movie that uses footage from The Stunning Gambling (Taiwan) mixed with new footage.

Ninja, the Violent Sorceror

1987

Film credits

1980s · 41 titles

Mob Busters poster
5.2

An American in Hong Kong battles mobsters.

Mob Busters

1985

The Challenge of the Lady Ninja poster
6.0

During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, a Chinese woman trains in the covert arts. When she arrives in Hong Kong, she learns that her brother works on behalf the Japanese cause. She then pulls together a team of women warriors to stop her brother

The Challenge of the Lady Ninja

1983

Woman Revenger poster
4.0

Learning of childhood friend Meihua's death, Lingling goes to Japan to find Meihua's sister, Meifeng. Brutal gangsters demand Lingling return an item Meihua stole, and hold Meifeng hostage. Old friends help Lingling confront the gang.

Woman Revenger

1981

A Book of Heroes poster
6.8

When a crime lord moves in on Hong Kong territory, conflicts ensues. Soon a shipment of gold bars disappears, and many go for the gold. Three women use their martial arts skills to take down the baddies. Super cool fights, kicks, shapes and mad stunts.

A Book of Heroes

1986

Ninja, the Violent Sorceror poster
6.3

A murderer, with the help of Chinese vampires, does battle with the ghost of a dead gambling lord's wife and the gambling lord's living brother. A cut n paste movie that uses footage from The Stunning Gambling (Taiwan) mixed with new footage.

Ninja, the Violent Sorceror

1987

Deadly Life of a Ninja poster
6.5

A businessman and his sister-in-law are targeted for assassination by a band of evil ninjas and their vicious leader (Yasuaki Kurata). The ninjas are committing bizarre murders all over the city, and the police can't seem to pick up their trail -- so they call in ninja hunter and Kendo master Mr. Chow. To take down the silent killers, Mr. Chow will have to fight against incredible odds in this campy ninja classic.

Deadly Life of a Ninja

1983

The King of Gambler poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The King of Gambler

1981

New Pilgrims to the West poster
NR

Chan Jun-Leung's 1982 film based on The Journey to the West.

New Pilgrims to the West

1982

Red Lotus Temple on Fire poster
7.0

Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery is based on a seminal wuxia novel that's been adapted for the screen numerous times throughout the history of Hong Kong martial arts cinema.

Red Lotus Temple on Fire

1982

Jade Love poster
5.0

Set in China during the 1940s, story told through the eyes of a 10 year old boy of the relationship between the boy, his mysterious nanny and her weakling godbrother.

Jade Love

1984

Ninja Commandments poster
6.7

"The Ninja Empire has its fierce laws, and those who dare to break them face death. This is the story of three rebels (Ivan the Red, Rodney, and Janet) who tried to break the code to which they had sworn sacred loyalty." - DVD Back of the Box Description. Hong Kong cut and paste edit of the 1981 Taiwanese film "媽!不要死在我背上! " (Ma! Don't Die on My Back) with new ninja scenes.

Ninja Commandments

1987

Kuei-mei, a Woman poster
7.0

Arriving in Taiwan in the 1950s, Kuei-mei makes a disadvantageous marriage to a widower with three unruly kids and a bad gambling habit. Beautifully portrayed by celebrated actress Yang, she weathers pregnancies, her husband's infidelity, her daughter's resentment, a stint as servant in Japan, divorce, and illness while struggling to keep the family restaurant business afloat.

Kuei-mei, a Woman

1985

The Country of Beauties / Island Warriors poster
4.5

Semi-naked Amazonian warriors defend their girls only island from from male pirates from the men only island.

The Country of Beauties / Island Warriors

1983

Impossible Woman poster
5.5

A female Ninja starts a war against the drug cartel she was forced to work for.

Impossible Woman

1983

Seven Black Heroines poster
6.0

A group of women with various criminal skills are thrown into prison during World War 2. They escape and proceed to head off to destroy a chemical lab in a well fortified valley.

Seven Black Heroines

1983

Pink Force Commando poster
6.0

In a world where cowboys coexist with Chinese thugs, Arab swordsmen, Nazi troops, Klansmen and spandex-bearing superheroines. Brigette Lin is the "Jackal", a renegade mercenary who betrayed her gang to his Nazi Commander lover and stealing a cache of gold. A year later reunited her gang led by "Cat", a golden sword costumed woman. They are trying to trace the location of the gold cache, but it seems like a small western resort has been built just where the Jackal and her lover. They confront the Jackal over her betrayal. With debt in the trunk, cut by her arm in repayment. Jackal convinces the team to join her lover gang as they try to steal the legendary Sun Diamond.

Pink Force Commando

1982

No artwork available
NR

Taiwanese crime film.

The Casino

1981

Seven Knights poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Seven Knights

1982

The Girl Robber and I poster
NR

Taiwanese comedy.

The Girl Robber and I

1982

Thrilling Bloody Sword poster
7.0

The daughter of a queen and a comet is abandoned by her family. One day, she comes across a prince fighting a multi-headed dragon and falls in love with him. However, some wizards try everything to keep them apart.

Thrilling Bloody Sword

1981

No artwork available
6.0

A story of two friends on the opposite side of the law.

Phoenix the Raider

1982

The First Error Step poster
6.7

Growing up without parents, Ma Sha has always worked as a lookout in a red-light district. When he is imprisoned for manslaughter following a customer's death, he breaks out of jail but is soon caught again and sent to a correctional institution on Orchid Island. Guided by his former elementary classmate, who is now a penal officer, Ma finally repents his wild past, writing down his stories and eventually publishing them.

The First Error Step

1980

Teenage Fugitive poster
6.8

Three siblings idle their time while their parents are away. Youngest son, Hsiao-hung, finds a young fugitive taking refuge in their empty home, and hides him. Later, his mother finds the murderer sleeping in a cupboard – and a night of horror takes hold.

Teenage Fugitive

1984

Who Dare Challenge Me poster
NR

A thriller by Karen Yang Chia-Yun

Who Dare Challenge Me

1981

The Legend of Eight Knights poster
NR

Meteor City is planning an assault on the peaceful city of Yung. The king of Meteor City has employed the services of a demonic witch, with skills in black magic are second to none. However, Yung city is protected by 8 saintly knights of the Chinese eight virtues; Filial Piety, Sibling Harmony, Dedication, Trustworthiness, Propriety, Sacrifice, and Honor. With their saintly powers they manage to fight off the attackers and the demon witches magic powers, thereby restoring peace to the region.

The Legend of Eight Knights

1980

Girls' Reformatory poster
NR

A young woman takes the blame for a self-defense killing so to clear her boyfriend. She gets thrown in reform school and is bullied by all of the usual bitch-types.

Girls' Reformatory

1982

Breaking Through the Black Whirl poster
NR

Gangland killer Wong Biau is convicted and sent to prison for murdering Lin, chief of a rival gang who happens to be the brother of Wong's girlfriend. Actually, Wong is innocent. Years later, Wong is freed and making a start to be a law-abiding citizen. But Lin Wai-ying, his former girlfriend, now the leader of the rival gang, makes repeated attempts to kill him...

Breaking Through the Black Whirl

1982

No artwork available
NR

A film produced by Taiwan Film Studio, which celebrated for the centenary of Chinese railroading.

A Centennial of Railways of ROC

1981

This Love of Mine poster
5.7

A housewife whose life only revolves her husband finds herself being cheated. She becomes angry and neurotic and can't accept the fact at all. Finally, she realizes that the only choice she has is to compromise and to forgive, but it was already too late.

This Love of Mine

1986

No artwork available
NR

A historical thriller directed by Cheng Kang.

Escape to Freedom

1982

Virago poster
3.4

Two groups of knife-wielding and kicking women in bikinis join forces to kill a gang boss responsible for killing their fathers. But they're not very effective. After three attacks on the culprit, the worst damage he suffered was having his ankle run over by a motorbike. Closer co-operation with a casino boss may help.

Virago

1981

Devil's Dynamite poster
4.8

After spending ten years in prison Steven Cox has recently been released and his former colleagues will do anything to find out where he stashed his fortune. His former mistress now rules the underworld and she plays the various fractions against each other to maintain her power. One of the local drug lords has hired vampires to protect him and keep his drug smuggling business thriving. The vampires pop up around town as they, along with various other thugs, try to knock off Steven Cox and find the whereabouts to his gold. There is a stranger in town that dresses up like a space age super hero who aligns himself with Steven Cox as they take on together the corrupt underworld. A cut n paste movie that uses footage from The Stunning Gambling (Taiwan) and Giant of Casino (HK).

Devil's Dynamite

1987

The Switch poster
5.5

Taiwanese crime drama.

The Switch

1982

Ma! Don't Die on My Back poster
NR

The original Film that was later used as a basis for Godfrey Ho's "Ninja Commandments"!

Ma! Don't Die on My Back

1981

The Woman from Hell poster
NR

Taiwanese horror.

The Woman from Hell

1981

Devil Killer poster
NR

Two gangs who run up against each other time and time again, their small skirmishes leading up to a sensational showdown that will determine, once and for all, who rules the land. Who will win is anybody’s guess.

Devil Killer

1981

The Legend of Broken Sword poster
4.7

It's all action, all the time, in this seldom-seen kung fu extravaganza starring Tien Peng, who's all dressed up with somewhere to go: He's on his way to kick some butt! In the vaunted tradition of grind-house Hong Kong action flicks, this film features breathtaking thrilling battles and martial arts moves that have to be seen to be believed (and then you still won't believe them!).

The Legend of Broken Sword

1980

The Big Shot poster
NR

Taiwanese movie

The Big Shot

1980

No artwork available
NR

1981 Taiwanese film

The Third Face

1981

The Clown poster
NR

Taiwanese drama.

The Clown

1980

酒色財氣 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

酒色財氣

1982

1970s · 7 titles

Series credits