Acting

Yee Chau-Sui

Born 1904-01-01

Acting credits

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Hong Kong comedy.

Professor Amore

1937

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Hong Kong romance.

The Happy Encounter

1938

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Hong Kong war film.

The Flying General

1938

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The film is divided into seven episodes, each episode directed by a different director. The film was selected as one of the top hundred Chinese films by film historian Du Yunzhi (HKFA).

At This Crucial Juncture

1938

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笑星降地球

1952

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HK historical drama.

The Phantom of the Opera Boat

1954

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十月芥菜

1952

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Hong Kong comedy horror from 1953.

How The Ghosts Trapped Master Cheung the Exorcist

1953

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Hong Kong drama.

The Profligate Son

1938

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The film commences with Ching (Tang Bik-wan) lamenting over her bleak life through singing: her mother died early and her stepmother (Lam Mui-mui) is wicked. The song precedes her appearance in the house while the cinematography helps to tug at the emotional heartstrings. Because of her debt-ridden father, Ching is forced by the stepmother to marry an old invalid. To prevent the marriage, Ching's lover Ho (Chan Kam-tong) raises money by agreeing to marry his own cousin (Fung Wong Nui). Ching's life is doomed, yet, when the stepmother absconds with the money. With all her hopes dashed to the ground, Ching decides to opt out of marriage for life. However, witnessing her 'self-combed' sworn sisters being bullied even to the point of committing suicide further devastates her. This tragic heroine comes to life through Tang's masterful performance both as a singer and an actor. The climatic and tear-jerking scene of Ching dying is definitely a highlight of the film.

Silk Factory Girl

1955

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Comedy from Hong Kong directed by Chiang Wai-Kwong.

The Mismatched Marriage

1952

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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

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Hotelier Pak Kam-lung meets Cheung Yuk-neong on a ship travelling to Hong Kong. In Hong kong, Kam-lung searches for Yuk-neong's whereabouts and throws a costume party to lure Yuk-neong. He finally meets Yuk-neong again but she is cool towards Kam-lung. In order to get close to Yuk-neong, Kam-lung disguises himself as a hotel attendant. Meanwhile, the gentleman-thief Yu Yat-chi is attracted by Yuk-neong's diamond brooch. Yat-chi poses as a banker to get close to Yuk-neong. He lures Yuk-neung to his hideout by falsely claiming that her father is hurt in hospital. Yuk-neung is kept prisoner in an attempt to force her father to hand over the diamond brooch. Kam-lung puts on a female disguise to penetrate the hideout to save Yuk-neong. His disguise is seen through by Yat-chi, but fortunately, the police is alerted in time. The bandits are arrested. Finally, Kam-lung and Yuk-neong are married.

New White Golden Dragon

1947

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兩仔爺

1951

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This movie depicts a pair of lovers, who were denied freedom of marriage during their lives, and after their deaths, they are transformed into mischievous ghosts. With their strange and unpredictable powers, they are able to frighten all the characters in the play. The bridegroom, the policeman, the dancers, etc., are all frightened by the ghosts. The only one who is lucky enough to meet them is Charlie, who makes a lot of jokes.

Charlie Meets the Spectres

1939

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Martial Arts film from Hong Kong directed by Yeung Kung-Leung

Three Heroes of Pearl Sea

1951

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烏龍夫妻

1950

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Hong Kong war film.

Back to the Motherland!

1937

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Yee Chau-shui is one of the best comedians in Hong Kong cinema and he first played the Tramp character in the 1939 film Song Girl White Peony, a remake (or ripoff) of Chaplin's City Lights (1931). Flower Girl is a remake of that remake, transposing the story from Great Depression America to postwar Hong Kong, where devastating poverty is compounded by an egregious wealth gap between sectors. Yee's Tramp is an inspired blend of Chaplin's slapstick gags and the Cantonese opera chou san (the clown) shtick, exemplified by his performance of the song Fantasy of Riches, in which he likely improvises lyrics to generate laughter. Leung Sing-po co-stars, in one of many pairings that feature two of Hong Kong's best comic personalities.

The Flower Girl

1952

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A marriage for sale leads to the murder and attempted destruction of the body of a great young man for the sake of his lover.

Destroy the Corpses!

1939

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Liao Xiao Qiao, a prostitute, is forced to commit suicide after being cheated by Zhao Huai An and turned into a ghost. To avenge her death, Xiao Qiao begs Liu Jun Xian, a hawker, to take her under an umbrella to the Kwong Cheong Lung grocery store owned by Huai An, so that she can be transformed into a beautiful woman and kill Huai An with her own hands.

Ruckus at Kwong Cheong Lung

1949

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蛇王

1950

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Koo Tai-cheung is the boss of Tai Luen Company. His son, Koo Man-kei, has just returned from studying overseas. Though he wants to be a teacher, his father forces him to work in the company where he meets Ting So-ha, a secretary. They become intimate, arousing the displeasure of cousin, Lucy Pak, whom Tai-cheung has secretly chosen to be his daughter-in-law.

Lucky Strike

1951

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Hong Kong film of 800 Chinesse soldiers guard the important warehouse district against the invading Japanese Army. Made in the same year that mainland China made their own The Eight Hundred Heroes.

Eight Hundred Heroes

1938