Cecilia Chan Lai-Wan

Acting

Cecilia Chan Lai-Wan

Born

1939-08-21 (87)

Place of birth

Hong Kong, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

55 titles

Chan Lai-wun, also known as 麗雲姐, is a Hong Kong actress. She was formerly an artiste for Rediffusion, Asia Television, TVB. She has also filmed TV dramas for the Television Department of Radio Television Hong Kong and ViuTV.

Known for

My Date with a Vampire poster
8.7

My Date with a Vampire is a 1998 Hong Kong television series produced by ATV. The story is based on the future events of the plot of Vampire Expert, a similar two-season television drama aired on ATV in 1995 and 1996. It blends aspects of the jiangshi with those of western vampires, while injecting elements of Chinese mythology and modern horror legends. The series is a tribute to Lam Ching-ying, the lead actor of Vampire Expert and a prominent cast member in the Mr. Vampire franchise, who died of liver cancer in 1997. It was followed by My Date with a Vampire II (2000) and My Date with a Vampire III (2004).

My Date with a Vampire

1998

Crocodile Tears poster
8.0

Restaurant owner Lu Ganyu has two sons and a daughter. His eldest son, Lu Wenjun, becomes a journalist and later opens his own newspaper. However, his newspaper is suppressed by rivals, making him realize the cunning nature of the business world and prompting him to change. Wenjun uses the wealthy Huang De to help him, but he later forces Huang to sell his shares. Wenqi, Wenjun's sister, marries Huang despite her family's objections, but they don't get along. Wenjun falls in love with Xiao Ailian and Zou Shujuan. Although he marries Shujuan, he can't forget about Ailian. In his bid for success, Wenjun ignores his family and even associates himself with Meng Yanhong, a famous matchmaker, leading to his eventual success but estrangement from his loved ones. Meanwhile, Huang and Wenjun's enemies conspire to take him down.

Crocodile Tears

1978

Days of Glory poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Days of Glory

1991

The Great General poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Great General

1994

Coincidentally poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Coincidentally

1996

Lady Stealer poster
NR

The Great Thief "Changeable Fox" consists of Ding Song, his apprentices Qian Qian, Perseverance, Fang Zheng, and his daughter Ding Dingdong. They are commissioned to steal the Yongle Classic, which hides the secrets of the Empress Dowager, during which they rescue the trapped Qin Jian and invite him to join. Everyone learned that the four emperors wanted to use this to usurp the throne, so they fought with him in a battle of wits and power.

Lady Stealer

2003

Film credits

2020s · 2 titles

2010s · 14 titles

Port of Call poster
6.5

Based on a real murder case where a dismembered corpse of a murdered 16-year-old prostitute girl was found in Hong Kong in 2008.

Port of Call

2015

A Witness Out of the Blue poster
6.5

In this classic whodunit, a police detective must rely on the only witness - a parrot, to catch the killer of an armed robber.

A Witness Out of the Blue

2019

Tales from the Dark 1 poster
5.7

In the first of a two-part film project, three short stories from acclaimed Hong Kong writer Lilian Lee are adapted for the big screen in this horror anthology.

Tales from the Dark 1

2013

Marriage With a Liar poster
4.6

Kiki, a sexy and charming OL, will be married to her cop boyfriend Sean in a week. During the hen night, Kiki encounters a handsome photographer named Jack and falls head over heels for him.

Marriage With a Liar

2010

May We Chat poster
4.8

Three troubled young girls will do anything to escape their stifling lives - even if it means turning to drugs and prostitution. Set in the generation of smartphones and web 2.0, the technology may have made communication easier than ever, but cautionary tales of misunderstood youths remain as relevant as they were two decades ago.

May We Chat

2014

Temporary Family poster
5.2

Lung, a hardworking property agent, is facing a serious situation in life. His girlfriend won't marry him unless he can buy her a 1000-sq ft. apartment in one year’s time; whilst Charlotte desperately needs a place to stay after her divorce. Along with Lung’s intern Very, a mainland rich, they become co-owners of the office girl Hak’s small flat that was left to Hak by her estranged mother.

Temporary Family

2014

Distinction poster
5.3

Two high school students from very different backgrounds participate in a musical with mentally disabled children, which eventually leads to the realisation of their dreams and aspirations.

Distinction

2018

Beautiful 2012 poster
5.2

A collection of shorts by four East Asian directors: Ann Hui on a male-to-female sex change, Kim Tae-yong on an emotional imposture, Gu Changwei on pregnancy in China and Tsai Ming-Liang on time and the city of Hong Kong.

Beautiful 2012

2012

3 Generations 3 Days poster
6.5

Ching’s mother asks Ching to take her grandmother in until she is sent to a nursing home and that makes her ponder over her relationship with her mother. Three generations of women, each has their own share of pain.

3 Generations 3 Days

2019

Paws-Men poster
NR

From funny to warm & touching… A smile with tears story of a group of unsung dog rescue heroes The charitable film takes the "Paws-Men" as the backbone of the dynamic organization, bringing out the message of respect for the spirit of life and the love of animals, that hopes to raise public awareness of animal rights and interests. The movie is divided into four chapters, each chapter with a famous actor as the leading character. The Paws-Men are Tat Yan, Charlie, Seal, and Keith. When a dog is in need of rescue, the Paws-Men assemble to save the dog immediately like Batman. “Paws-Men” tells the story of rescuing dogs, in which Paws-Men encounter many difficulties, such as a dog eatery, bullies and a dog abusing granny. Yet Paws-Men witness true friendships between dogs and humans. This film makes us realize: Saving dogs is not hard. People are the real problem.

Paws-Men

2018

My Way poster
7.0

A 20mins short film commissioned by Hong Kong International Film Festival 2012. Starring Francis Ng and Jade Leung - about a pre-op transsexual woman nervously waiting for her operation.

My Way

2012

No artwork available
NR

hong kong film

天约有情

2013

No artwork available
NR

Fighting disabilities and cancer with their chins up, mother and son meander through the city against a tide of indifferent faces and distant eyes and arrive in a park, where blissful tranquility and a ray of sunshine await them.

Naive

2014

Sometimes Naive poster
NR

Filmmakers love making films about filmmaking, but not many of those films can truly explain where the passion comes from. Who are more qualified to answer this question than the new Master of Fine Arts graduates from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts’ School of Film and Television? In their graduation thesis, award-winning director Man is sentenced to community service for drunken behavior. Assigned to a youth center, Man has to guide a group of eight-to-twelve-year-olds to make a short film. At first, Man feels he’s too good for such an assignment. However, the kids’ enthusiasm and unique perspective of life eventually inspire him to rediscover why he loved filmmaking in the first place.

Sometimes Naive

2013

1970s · 18 titles

Boxers of Loyalty and Righteousness poster
6.7

Warlord Yu Ming gained great power for himself. Anyone he suspected of disloyalty was jailed or murdered. He himself was a notorious killer, having personally betrayed his friend General Yip and then slaughtered his entire family. But the General's son escaped to tell the tale, and spent a lifetime learning all the martial arts, with the sole aim of one day killing his evil enemy Yu Ming. Only first he must lure him away from his private army of thugs and gangster.

Boxers of Loyalty and Righteousness

1972

A Teacher of Great Soldiers poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Teacher of Great Soldiers

1978

Iron Fan and Magic Sword poster
NR

Fang Yung-Chiu is a young martial artist skilled in disc-throwing and swordplay. When a society known as the Han Brothers kills her master, she vows revenge; but, is her master really dead?

Iron Fan and Magic Sword

1971

Blood and Guts poster
5.0

The deadly 'Wooden Hag' decides to get rid of the devil knight. Tiger Lim attracts an array of top samurai by offering 'book of nine Yin' as a reward for the head of the devil's knight.

Blood and Guts

1971

The Ghost Lover poster
NR

While camping in the mountains, a college student finds a bundle intended for a ghost marriage and encounters a mysterious young woman living in an isolated house. As he falls in love with her, he is drawn into a supernatural romance that crosses the boundary between the living and the dead.

The Ghost Lover

1976

Moon River poster
5.0

Romantic film starring Brigitte Lin.

Moon River

1974

Ghost Under the Cold Moonlight poster
NR

Taiwanese horror film.

Ghost Under the Cold Moonlight

1975

China Armed Escort poster
8.0

An emperor assigns his two superintendents Lung & Hu to wipe out the heads of the famous Justice Escort Service whom he sees as a threat to him in achieving total reign over the land.

China Armed Escort

1976

Black Bull and White Snake poster
7.0

In Chinese folklore a white snake symbolizes a woman, especially an evil type of woman, while a black bull typifies a man, robust, strong and virile. "Black Bull and White Snake", a film version of Young Nien-ts'u's best-selling novel of the same title, is exactly about a white snake-woman, having been sold into prostitution at an early age, is rescued by a black bull of a man only to fall back into the gutter again. A production from the Grand Motion Picture Company, "Black Bull and White Snake" stars Chiang Ching and newcomer Tien Yeh.

Black Bull and White Snake

1970

The True and False Wife poster
5.5

Taiwanese romantic comedy.

The True and False Wife

1971

No artwork available
NR

Taiwan Films

楓林小雨

1978

No artwork available
10.0

Taiwanese romance film.

Love in the Storm

1973

Love Begins Here poster
NR

Discovering that she has terminal cancer with only months left to live, young music teacher Hsu Xiuya (Judy Ongg) leaves a comfortable career to pursue her dreams as a “teacher of love” at the remote and dilapidated Cixin [“The Heart of Mercy”] Orphanage. Life at first proves difficult but Xiuya wins the children’s hearts through her music, and transforms the Orphanage and its Headmaster with her patient and nurturing spirit, leaving behind an inspiring legacy of love. Love Begins Here has obvious allusions to Robert Wise’s Sound of Music (1965) via its characters, the lederhosen-inspired uniforms, a musical number channeling Liesl and Rolfe, and the picture-perfect mountain grassland shots - but the similarities end there. Ostensibly to enlighten and encourage the young generation of post-war Taiwan, the film also borrows from Richard Bach’s popular Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970), a novel (and later film) of New Age philosophy of self-perfection and self-sacrifice.

Love Begins Here

1973

No artwork available
NR

taiwan films

风尘女郎

1975

No artwork available
NR

Taiwan movie

The Star

1976

No artwork available
NR

taiwan film

串串风铃响

1973

The Youthful Delinquents poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Youthful Delinquents

1977

No artwork available
NR

taiwan film

正宗保鑣

1975

1960s · 8 titles

Downhill They Ride poster
7.0

Northeastern China is infested with bandits. Hsiao Kai (Paul Chang Chung), a wandering knight, captures a white horse from thieves. His skilful handling of the horse earns his admiration of fellow traveler Chu Ching Hsu (Wong Chung Shun). They arrive at Lo Lung Kow, where the villagers hunt for a living and are constantly terrorized by bandits. Grocer Ting Tze Pao (Ngai Ping Ngo) returns from his negotiations with the bandits with bad news. They intend to collect furs from the villagers at a fixed price. Village leader Mu (Yuen Sam and his daughter Tsui Ying (Pat ting Hung) run a tavern. She wonders how the white horse belonging to a Sinkiang youth named Sha Yi Ti (Man Ling) is now in the possession of Hsiao Kai.

Downhill They Ride

1966

Lady in the Tower poster
7.0

Deceit and infidelity dooms a relationship even before it begins. The prolonging of them only causes pain and destruction. This is what happens to our heroine as she enters a relationship tainted with lies.

Lady in the Tower

1967

Feng Yang Flower Drum poster
7.0

Life in Fung Yang Village is rather rigid & traditional. Women seem to take the blame if a bad deed is committed. In this male dominated society, a young woman is forced to leave her village & her family after being raped.

Feng Yang Flower Drum

1967

No artwork available
NR

taiwan film

龙门三剑侠

1968

Lady Sun poster
7.0

Taiwanese horror movie from 1966.

Lady Sun

1966

The Trios of the Peach Garden poster
NR

A film based on the Oath of the Peach Garden which is a fictional event in the 14th-century Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong.

The Trios of the Peach Garden

1968

No artwork available
NR

taiwan films

飞燕女侠

1968

No artwork available
NR

taiwan film

神剑双凤

1969

Series credits

My Date with a Vampire poster
8.7

My Date with a Vampire is a 1998 Hong Kong television series produced by ATV. The story is based on the future events of the plot of Vampire Expert, a similar two-season television drama aired on ATV in 1995 and 1996. It blends aspects of the jiangshi with those of western vampires, while injecting elements of Chinese mythology and modern horror legends. The series is a tribute to Lam Ching-ying, the lead actor of Vampire Expert and a prominent cast member in the Mr. Vampire franchise, who died of liver cancer in 1997. It was followed by My Date with a Vampire II (2000) and My Date with a Vampire III (2004).

My Date with a Vampire

1998

Crocodile Tears poster
8.0

Restaurant owner Lu Ganyu has two sons and a daughter. His eldest son, Lu Wenjun, becomes a journalist and later opens his own newspaper. However, his newspaper is suppressed by rivals, making him realize the cunning nature of the business world and prompting him to change. Wenjun uses the wealthy Huang De to help him, but he later forces Huang to sell his shares. Wenqi, Wenjun's sister, marries Huang despite her family's objections, but they don't get along. Wenjun falls in love with Xiao Ailian and Zou Shujuan. Although he marries Shujuan, he can't forget about Ailian. In his bid for success, Wenjun ignores his family and even associates himself with Meng Yanhong, a famous matchmaker, leading to his eventual success but estrangement from his loved ones. Meanwhile, Huang and Wenjun's enemies conspire to take him down.

Crocodile Tears

1978

Days of Glory poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Days of Glory

1991

The Great General poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Great General

1994

Coincidentally poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Coincidentally

1996

Lady Stealer poster
NR

The Great Thief "Changeable Fox" consists of Ding Song, his apprentices Qian Qian, Perseverance, Fang Zheng, and his daughter Ding Dingdong. They are commissioned to steal the Yongle Classic, which hides the secrets of the Empress Dowager, during which they rescue the trapped Qin Jian and invite him to join. Everyone learned that the four emperors wanted to use this to usurp the throne, so they fought with him in a battle of wits and power.

Lady Stealer

2003

The Sword poster
NR

The swordsman Xie Xiaofeng and Yan Thirteen did not taste a defeat, the two met for a decisive battle, and Thirteen went to the appointment to learn that Xiaofeng had died. However, Xiaofeng did not die, he hid in a brothel and disappeared, hoping to quit the rivers and lakes. However, his identity was finally discovered, and he was retaliated by his old lover Murong Qiudi, and his belated decisive battle with Thirteen was finally staged.

The Sword

1977

No Way Out poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

No Way Out

1990