Sun Yueh

Acting

Sun Yueh

Born — Died

1930-10-26 — 2018-05-01

Place of birth

Yuyao, Zhejiang, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Sun Yueh (Chinese: 孫越; pinyin: Sūn Yuè; 26 October 1930 – 1 May 2018) was a Taiwanese actor. Born in Yuyao, Zhejiang on 26 October 1930, he moved to Taiwan in 1949. Sun appeared in his first film in 1962, and retired in 1989. Over the course of his career, he received the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1968, and the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor in 1983. Sun stopped smoking after his baptism as a Christian in 1981, and in later life became a humanitarian known for his work with the John Tung Foundation. He cautioned youth against the use of tobacco, and drew attention to ailments related to smoking, namely chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.In 2010, Sun receiv…

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

City on Fire poster
7.0

Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or she will leave Hong Kong with another lover; and he is being pursued by other cops who are unaware that he is a colleague. Chow would rather quit the force, feeling guilty about betraying gang members who have become his friends.

City on Fire

1987

Fantasy Mission Force poster
4.8

A force of loners and fighters is put together to try and rescue the generals and save the war effort with the promise of gold and pardons of past crimes.

Fantasy Mission Force

1983

Legend of the Mountain poster
7.4

A traveling scholar is intent on translating a Buddhist sutra that is said to have power over the creatures of the afterlife. He slowly finds himself entangled in a mysterious plot involving witchcraft, demons, and a battle to preserve his own soul from the attacks of the supernatural underworld.

Legend of the Mountain

1979

Pedicab Driver poster
6.9

Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.

Pedicab Driver

1989

Boxer Rebellion poster
6.4

Three young martial arts brothers, played by Chi Kuan-chun, Alexander Fu Sheng and Leung Kar-yan, go in search of fellow patriots dissatisfied with Imperialist foreigners and wind up joining a rising sect of the Boxers, led by an opportunistic conman. Named as such for their use of martial arts, these boxers are revolutionaries who believe that spirits protect their bodies from foreign guns. They even dupe the Empress Dowager, who gives them her royal blessing to fight the foreigners.

Boxer Rebellion

1976

Film credits

1980s · 21 titles

City on Fire poster
7.0

Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or she will leave Hong Kong with another lover; and he is being pursued by other cops who are unaware that he is a colleague. Chow would rather quit the force, feeling guilty about betraying gang members who have become his friends.

City on Fire

1987

Fantasy Mission Force poster
4.8

A force of loners and fighters is put together to try and rescue the generals and save the war effort with the promise of gold and pardons of past crimes.

Fantasy Mission Force

1983

Pedicab Driver poster
6.9

Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.

Pedicab Driver

1989

Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? poster
7.0

A poor army veteran in Taiwan adopts a daughter. She grows up and leaves him to enter show business. When she becomes famous she shuns her father and friends.

Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing?

1983

Money Is Lovely poster
NR

A movie company secretly films the lives of two conmen.

Money Is Lovely

1981

The Outsiders poster
4.5

In 1985, senior high school student A-Qing was found fornicating with a staff member at school and got expelled. His deeply humiliated veteran father has since cast him out of the family, leaving him with nowhere to go but the refuge of his "own kind" at Taipei New Park. In the park, A-Qing encounters a mature man Long Zi (Dragon) and is attracted to him. However, A-Qing also gets daunted by the story of Long Zi committing a crime of passion.

The Outsiders

1986

Fire Dragon poster
5.2

A Team of Prisoners, famous thieves and great fighters are assembled by a shadowy government agency to steal a top-secret file. Their destination the island of the Women Warriors! Suddenly, they find themselves in a deadly trap-if they succeed with their mission. Will they uncover an even bigger secret? Prime-time Jackie!

Fire Dragon

1983

The Time You Need a Friend poster
9.0

John Woo's melodramatic tragicomedy The Time You Need a Friend (1985) stands at the crucial crossroads in the director's career. Woo had been churning out innocuous comedies for more than a few years, and after establishing the "heroic bloodshed" genre, he'd never look back. But this tale of two comedians - estranged former pals who bury the hatchet for one last show together - blends the pathos and male-bonding of Woo's later dramas with the silliness and pratfalls that marked his early works. At their peak, Ku Ren and Shem Bien were an unstoppable screen comedy team, the undisputed stars of the silent era. But a major falling out has kept the duo offstage for decades. Despite the urgings of family and friends, Ku and Shem refuse to reconcile. As both men approach their twilight years, one last chance for a reunion presents itself in the form of a televised charity benefit. Ku Ren and Shem Bien struggle to come to terms with years of bitterness, and bring the house down once again.

The Time You Need a Friend

1984

The Great Surprise poster
NR

Taiwanese comedy. A large diamond named "The Light of Shanghai" is given as a gift to the boss of Shanghai Beach, a local gang, and it triggers a battle among the thief Luo Ping, the prostitute Su San, and others

The Great Surprise

1983

The Women Soldiers poster
NR

Four girls graduate from high school with the hope of joining the army, even though that may clash with their parents' wishes...

The Women Soldiers

1981

The Four Sheepish Dummies poster
NR

Taiwanese comedy.

The Four Sheepish Dummies

1983

Monkey War poster
9.0

In the Chinese martial arts/fantasy opus Monkey War: New Pilgrims to the West - a sequel to the original Monkey War - the brave Monkey King launches out on a quest to build a new life for himself. But as he marches westward, he encounters a series of nearly insurmountable foes (including a pig demon and a horde of angry demonic spirits who attempt to eat his monastic tutor) and trials that he must overcome to reach a state of tranquility. (Rotten Tomatoes)

Monkey War

1982

The Third Bridge poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Third Bridge

1988

Two Painters poster
6.8

Adaptation of Huang Chunming's short story "The Two Signpainters".

Two Painters

1989

Moonlight Murderer poster
NR

Swish, energetic kung fu action with everyone hunting a golden dragon statue and a killer called Moon Night Cutter.

Moonlight Murderer

1980

Devil Killer poster
8.0

Robert Tai's first film as a director; uses footage from Best and Worst (1974). A ruthless rapist and jewel thief and his gang are brought to justice by a cop and a young avenger.

Devil Killer

1980

Seven Foxes poster
NR

Billionaire Suen falls seriously ill, he hopes to find his only son who has been missing for twenty years to inherit his fortune. Meanwhile, he tells his butlers to find a killer, to kill him when he is joyful, so that he won’t suffer too much from his illness. Suen meets a woman and asks her to move in, in return he promises to pass his fortune to her. Thief Yee, Scammer Tao, and Single Fong all flood in and assert that they are the son of Suen.

Seven Foxes

1985

The Funniest Movie poster
NR

Taiwanese movie

The Funniest Movie

1980

Can't Stop the War poster
9.0

In 1945, Japan had surrendered but the news did not reach a small village in China. The local guerrilla force still put up a hilarious fight with the Japanese command.

Can't Stop the War

1982

Old Mao's Second Spring poster
7.5

The story of Lao Mo, a Taiwanese veteran who does not want to live a lonely life as an old man.

Old Mao's Second Spring

1984

Mission Over the Eagle Castle poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Mission Over the Eagle Castle

1980

1970s · 33 titles

Legend of the Mountain poster
7.4

A traveling scholar is intent on translating a Buddhist sutra that is said to have power over the creatures of the afterlife. He slowly finds himself entangled in a mysterious plot involving witchcraft, demons, and a battle to preserve his own soul from the attacks of the supernatural underworld.

Legend of the Mountain

1979

Boxer Rebellion poster
6.4

Three young martial arts brothers, played by Chi Kuan-chun, Alexander Fu Sheng and Leung Kar-yan, go in search of fellow patriots dissatisfied with Imperialist foreigners and wind up joining a rising sect of the Boxers, led by an opportunistic conman. Named as such for their use of martial arts, these boxers are revolutionaries who believe that spirits protect their bodies from foreign guns. They even dupe the Empress Dowager, who gives them her royal blessing to fight the foreigners.

Boxer Rebellion

1976

Raining in the Mountain poster
7.3

In Ming Dynasty China, the retiring abbot of a Buddhist monastery invites two dignitaries to help him choose a successor, not suspecting that both of them have hired help to steal a priceless parchment kept in the temple.

Raining in the Mountain

1979

Fist of Fury 2 poster
6.3

After Japanese warriors execute the Chinese Jingwu kung fu school's headmaster, Chen Zhen, and raid a number of schools in an effort to weed out Jingwu rebels, Zhen's brother, Chen Shen, vows revenge.

Fist of Fury 2

1977

Two Assassins of the Darkness poster
8.5

Two hitmen arrive in a small town, each becoming aware of the other due to a mix-up over intended targets. One killer (Yi Chang) falls for a girl (Chung-Erh Lung) whose brother (Dong Wai) is in trouble. This leads Chang to investigate the employer of the other killer (Don Wong).

Two Assassins of the Darkness

1977

A City of Vengeance poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A City of Vengeance

1979

Shaolin Kung-Fu Mystagogue poster
7.4

The evil Ching government has taken over and is out to rid the land of the remaining Ming rebel patriots, including the still surviving Ming Prince. Unknowingly, the evil Ching overlord and his men capture the incognito Prince and throw him in jail. Hearing word of the Prince's capture, Shao Chang and Fang Ping mount a rescue effort to get the Prince before his identity is found out.

Shaolin Kung-Fu Mystagogue

1977

The Double Double Cross poster
NR

Jimmy Wang Wu plays an outsider caught between two gangs.

The Double Double Cross

1975

Outside the Window poster
6.0

Brigitte Lin's debut film. A young girl gets romantically involved with a teacher twice her age.

Outside the Window

1973

The Lion's Heart poster
6.0

Drug trafficker Yu Shan returns home after 13 years to move a big shipment for his boss Kuang. But he finds that his family is under the pressure from a local bandit and is forced to go on a deadly rampage.

The Lion's Heart

1972

The Mar's Villa poster
5.6

On his wedding night Mar Tien Lang, a prosperous businessman and instructor of 'The Magic Kick' technique, is attacked in his villa by the vilainous Fang Kang.

The Mar's Villa

1977

Of Cooks and Kung Fu poster
6.8

Efforts of a grandfather teaching his grandson a style of fighting called "Cooking kung-fu"

Of Cooks and Kung Fu

1979

Infernal Street poster
4.5

A Chinese doctor's assistant fights the morphine-dealing criminals who run a Japanese nightclub.

Infernal Street

1973

No artwork available
NR

Taiwanese martial arts movie by Karen Yang Chia-Yun

The Magic Ring

1976

Dragon Gate Swordsman poster
NR

Star studded swordplay film from Taiwan. An evil tyrant wreaks havoc on the martial world. The Swordsmen of Dragon Gate unite to defeat him.

Dragon Gate Swordsman

1971

Founding of the Ming Dynasty poster
5.0

In Heaven, various gods are busy paving the way for a new emperor. When a Taoist priest summons a gigantic red-haired ogre to destroy the resistance, they are rescued by a golden dragon deity that rises from the ocean to do battle with said ogre.

Founding of the Ming Dynasty

1971

Who's the Ghost in the Sleepy Hollow? poster
8.0

A headless ghost haunts a mountain village.

Who's the Ghost in the Sleepy Hollow?

1977

The Great Hunter poster
6.9

Wang Yu plays a military captain who forms a bond with orphaned Chia Ling. Together they comb the Taiwanese countryside in search of the person or persons who murdered Chia's father.

The Great Hunter

1975

Ill Wind poster
NR

Great independent Kung Fu movie with James Nam, of 5 finger of death playing the good guy. Much like some of the better American Westerns of the 50's and 60's. Some very poignant scenes in this film, highly recommended!

Ill Wind

1970

Hotel Esquire poster
NR

Chong has been dedicating to run the Hotel Esquire for more than thirty years. Business is booming. However, a double room rented by a newly married couple is said to be haunted. Business thus declines sharply. Chong employs a private detective to look into the matter first, and then a taoist to play exorcism. But nothing has changed. One day, Chong and a tenant see a woman in weird dressing go into the room. They then plot to catch the backstage manipulator of this haunting event.

Hotel Esquire

1971

From the Highway poster
6.0

A gang of bandits close in on a walled village, and send inflitrators into the village disguised as herb sellers. A mysterious stranger appears and roots out the bandits.

From the Highway

1970

Cheat to Cheat poster
7.0

Hong Kong comedy directed by Li Han-Hsiang.

Cheat to Cheat

1973

Love of the White Snake poster
9.0

This early Brigitte Lin film is based on the same Chinese folk tale that Tsui Hark later used as his source for The Green Snake. It is the story of two sister snakes that want to feel what it is to be human and one of them needs to know what it is to feel human love. It is a sweet magical but ultimately tragic tale of breaking societal taboos. - brns.com

Love of the White Snake

1978

Redbeard poster
8.0

A group of Chinese bandits battle the occupying Japanese army, traitors, and their own pasts in this Shaw Brothers/Taiwanese co-production.

Redbeard

1971

Good Bye! Darling poster
NR

Kuai Chi, the conductor of a women’s western music band, alertly keeps her distance from men around her. Nonetheless, she eventually succumbs to the charms of A-lang and falls pregnant; she then breaks off her engagement and embezzles money so she can elope with A-lang. Unfortunately, A-lang fails in everything he does, and Kuai Chi persuades him to move and start a new life. However, A-lang has become addicted to excitement…

Good Bye! Darling

1970

The Chivalry, The Gunman and The Killer poster
6.0

A gang of tough swordswomen take over a fort in a small city. These women terrorise everyone, killing indiscriminately. Two heroes, one clad in white, one in black, are sought out by an aging hero and brought in to fight the swordswomen.

The Chivalry, The Gunman and The Killer

1977

A Saturday Date poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Saturday Date

1976

The Champion of Champions poster
NR

A young woman who seeks revenge on the master of a kung fu school who murdered her parents is aided by acrobats and a traveling hero and his female friend.

The Champion of Champions

1972

The Chinese Dragon poster
5.0

A mob henchman finds himself double-crossed by his employers. Barry Chan, upon release from prison for killing a man, has to decide whether to help his father stand up to local crime gangs who are trying to force him out of his home. If he stays and fights, he risks returning to jail - if he leaves...oh, come on. He isn't going to leave.

The Chinese Dragon

1973

Crippled Kung Fu Boxer poster
NR

A guy trains to fight in kung fu.

Crippled Kung Fu Boxer

1979

Bruce Li's Magnum Fist poster
7.5

During World War II, Japanese soldiers invade a small Chinese town. Li immediately takes out four of the soldiers who want to steal some chickens. The story then follows the bumbling Japanese soldiers and their commander until Li shows up again for a big forest brawl in yet another classic foot and fist battle. The film finally ends when the mean spirited Japanese give up on the war!

Bruce Li's Magnum Fist

1978

Blood Leopard poster
NR

This is a fantastic rare basher from Taiwan with an all-star cast. Non-stop bloody action from start to finish.

Blood Leopard

1972

The Conspiracy of Thieves poster
6.5

It's China early 20th century and the country thrives on illegal gambling. The Department of State Security is sending Captain Chang (Dorian Tan) under the guise of the son of the former owner to infiltrate a casino run by criminals. Awesome and fantastic kicking from the Legendary Flash Legs Tan.

The Conspiracy of Thieves

1975

1960s · 6 titles

Storm Over the Yangtse River poster
5.0

Storm over the Yangtze River tells the true story of undercover intelligence agent "Yangtze Number One" and his colleagues in Jianli County of Hubei Province, who risk their lives to carry out the "Dead Bridge Plan" to secure the "Yangtze 180 Blockade". Li Lihua gives an iconic performance as a strong and charming agent of an intelligence unit, engaging in a risky mission to save her unit chief-cum-lover, who is regarded as a traitor but actually is a double-dealing agent against the Japanese occupation. The film garnered four awards at the 1969 Golden Horse Awards, including Best Leading Actor and Best Leading Actress.

Storm Over the Yangtse River

1969

Lover's Rock poster
6.0

In a tiny Chinese fishing village, two rival fishermen compete for a young woman's love. She does love one of them, but as she is obligated to the other, she cannot marry him. Tragedy is averted when the one she is obliged to falls in love with another. Happiness briefly ensues as the men, with their respective mates, resume their friendship. Unfortunately, they set out to sea and disappear.

Lover's Rock

1964

The Last Day of Hsianyang poster
1.0

The Three Kingdoms period begins as the walled fortress of Hsin Yang falls to invaders. Centered around this historical event, The Last Days of Hsin Yang follows the escape of the prince of Hsin Yang as he hides with a small family and escapes from the sacked and burning city. Epic battle scenes employ hundreds of extras, and forest swordplay is reminiscent of House of Flying Daggers.

The Last Day of Hsianyang

1968

The Ace of Swordsman poster
NR

Tien Yua, most well known for being the bad guy in Wang Yu films, especially the One Armed Boxer is the good guy here. Frankie Wei is in it as his rival. This is a rare film.

The Ace of Swordsman

1969

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

The Winter poster
6.8

The winters in Northern China could become rather bitter and harsh especially if one must endure it alone. Hoping to spend his last winter in solitude, a timid man must declare his love for his sweetheart before her family forces her to be married off.

The Winter

1969

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