Chen Yu-Hsin

Acting

Chen Yu-Hsin

Born 1919-08-24 · Tongshan District, Jiangsu, China

Yu-Hsin Chen was born on August 24, 1919 in Tongshan, Jiangsu, China. He is an actor and writer, known for The Crimson Palm (1964), Shen jian shuang feng (1970) and Zhandian sao gao yu zhuang (1982).

Acting credits

Secret of Chinese Kung Fu poster
7.5

Two sisters on their way home from a fishing trip spot a mysterious man in the water. After rescuing him from drowning, they learn he's a martial arts master -- a good thing, since a gang of vicious thugs is ravaging the girls' village. Out of gratitude, the man agrees to train the sisters for the fight of their lives in this kung fu adventure from Sung Ting Mei co-starring Byong Yo and Sha Ling Ling.

Secret of Chinese Kung Fu

1977

Red Roses poster
NR

This was a HK musical produced by Nanyang Film Company and distributed by Shaw & Sons.

Red Roses

1952

Empress Wu poster
6.4

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

Empress Wu

1963

Portrait of a Fanatic poster
NR

In 1949 when the Communist regime was established in China, the world-famed painter Ling Chen-kuang, believing his conviction for a new-born society had come true on his motherland, returned anxiously from the U.S., whither he had fled apprehension by lawmen when cracking down on rebellious activities he had actively engaged in out of cynicism and hostility – the feelings evolved from constant haunting by the memories of his childhood miserableness – to the then existing institutions in China. Alas, to his disillusion, the land he had so deeply loved, the society of which he had expected so much, should have turned out to be the hell on earth. Why? The enigma kept obsessing and puzzling him even to his dying moment.

Portrait of a Fanatic

1982

Corpse-Drivers of Xiangxi poster
7.0

Criminals use jiangshi corpses to smuggle illicit drugs.

Corpse-Drivers of Xiangxi

1957

The Black Fox poster
10.0

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 Black Fox

1962

Fearless Fighters poster
6.1

When To Pa, a member of the prestigious Eagle Claw Clan, commands his followers to carry out a mutinous robbery against the Almighty Imperial Lightning Whip, the victim's children are shaken by his disloyalty. With the help of one of To Pa's former minions, who's grown disillusioned with his leader's unconscionable actions, they organize a battle to avenge their father.

Fearless Fighters

1971

The Magnificent Concubine poster
6.0

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 empire, the ruler takes Yang Guifei along with his imperial entourage in an escape to the mountainous area of modern-day Sichuan, and sanctuary of sorts. But the concubine had roused the jealousy of the court and unfortunately for her and to the great sorrow of the king, her brother and others among the king's retainers demanded she be strangled to death while they were still in the mountains. This is the story told in this interesting Taiwanese adaptation by director Li Han-hsiang (Li Hanxiang).

The Magnificent Concubine

1962

War God poster
6.0

Martians warn that they will destroy the earth due to mans nuclear testing in space. When they begin to attack Hong Kong and weapons of science are proven useless against them, a mans statue of the god Guan Yu comes to life and fights the Martians.

War God

1976

Appointment with Death poster
10.0

HK crime drama thriller film.

Appointment with Death

1959

No artwork available
7.0

A Chinese Opera

The Nightingale of Alishan

1957

Long Way from Home poster
NR

A romantic melodrama starring Brigitte Lin.

Long Way from Home

1974

The Warmth of an Old House poster
NR

Care home resident, the blunt Mr. Tao secretly admires fellow resident, the elegant Ms. Pai. He finally plucks up the courage to write her a love letter, but it gets mischievously posted on the home’s bulletin board. Two other residents: Mr. Peng and Mr. Wang call each other “son” as a pet name. Mr. Peng misses his grandson whom he dares not see, while Mr. Wang frets over his terminal illness.

The Warmth of an Old House

1984

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

The Grand Substitution poster
7.5

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 Chiu's family, but one lone infant escapes.

The Grand Substitution

1965

Monkey King with 72 Magic poster
NR

Shaw Brothers star Ting Hwa Chung plays the legendary and mythical Monkey King in this lavish and epic action classic.

Monkey King with 72 Magic

1976

The Bride Napping poster
7.0

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, mistaken identities, and reversals of gender roles, the film playfully subverts traditional Confucian values.

The Bride Napping

1962

Between Tears and Smiles poster
6.8

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. Fan received help from an unexpected quarter to save the woman he loves.

Between Tears and Smiles

1964

Inside the Forbidden City poster
9.0

It seems that Li Zhenfei was once an imperial concubine, who often found herself competing with her rival Madame Liu for the emperor's sole, undivided attention. When Li gives birth to the Emperor's child, the jealous Liu switches the boy with a cat and commands a servant named Kou Zhu to kill the baby. However, Kou Zhu ignores the order and gives the prince-to-be to the emperor's brother, a decision which eventually leads to the boy being adopted by the emperor himself! But as fate would have it, to go along with his new son, the emperor has a new wife as well - Madame Liu! As this strange new family unit is being constructed, poor Li Zhenfei has been confined to the forbidden palace, condemned to never see or speak to her son, the prince. But destiny reunites her with her son, but will this family reunion be a happy one? And will Madame Liu finally be punished for her treachery?

Inside the Forbidden City

1965

The Tragedy Came From Vietnam poster
7.0

Lost at sea and shipwrecked, Vietnamese boat people try to survive... at any cost.

The Tragedy Came From Vietnam

1979

Mad About Music poster
7.0

When a murder occurs in a nightclub, dancers Pak Lai Hung and Lam Yin Fei meet the murderer and run into a college to hide. The next day, they perform on the beach in place of female students Zhu Man Zhen and Liang Mei Fang, but they are expelled by the police because they are not licensed to perform. The next day, they perform on the beach in place of female students Chu Man-chun and Leung Mei-fong. On the night of the charity show, Hung and Fei are watching the performance on stage, but the murderer follows them, fortunately, Fang finds him and calls the teachers and students and the police to arrest him.

Mad About Music

1963

No artwork available
9.0

Hong Kong horror movie from 1959.

Song from a Haunted House

1959

The Story of Qin Xiang-Lian poster
8.0

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

The Story of Qin Xiang-Lian

1964

Memory of the Melody at An-ping poster
NR

A doctor marries his patient without his parents' approval. His parents trick him into marrying a girl of their choice. Meanwhile, his first wife gives birth to a baby girl and waits for his return.

Memory of the Melody at An-ping

1978

Behind the camera

The Crimson Palm poster
8.0

Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his beloved fiancee before he heads towards the imperial city to participate in the civil service examination, only to find her maid lying dead in blood. Lin is then accused of murder. How can Judge Bao prove his innocence?

The Crimson Palm

1964

The Crimson Palm poster
8.0

Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his beloved fiancee before he heads towards the imperial city to participate in the civil service examination, only to find her maid lying dead in blood. Lin is then accused of murder. How can Judge Bao prove his innocence?

The Crimson Palm

1964

The Grand Substitution poster
7.5

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 Chiu's family, but one lone infant escapes.

The Grand Substitution

1965

The Supergirl of Kung Fu poster
NR

At her father's deathbed, Little Flower swears she will travel to Shanghai to locate his top students, Mercury and Stone, to revive the Ching Wu Men to beat back the Japanese still in the PRC.

The Supergirl of Kung Fu

1975

The Story of Qin Xiang-Lian poster
8.0

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

The Story of Qin Xiang-Lian

1964

The Story of Qin Xiang-Lian poster
8.0

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

The Story of Qin Xiang-Lian

1964

Three Sinners poster
9.0

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 such Shaw Brothers films as The Goddess of Mercy and Vermillion Door, as one of the title characters, a woman who finds herself in the middle of a stormy love triangle involving her controlling husband (director Yan Jun serving double duty in a starring role) and a passionate lover (Chen Yan Yan).

Three Sinners

1963

A Maid from Heaven poster
7.0

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.

A Maid from Heaven

1963