Yang Lieh

Acting

Yang Lieh

Born

1952-10-13 (74)

Place of birth

Taipei, Taiwan

Known for

Acting

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 16 titles

Half a Loaf of Kung Fu poster
6.2

A young daydreamer assumes the identity of a dead martial arts hero and quickly finds himself caught up in a plot by several clans to steal famous martial arts artifacts being transported by an escort company.

Half a Loaf of Kung Fu

1978

The New Shaolin Boxers poster
7.0

An honourable carriage driver finds love and death when he battles particularly homicidal street punks

The New Shaolin Boxers

1976

Beach of the War Gods poster
6.2

In the waning days of the Ming dynasty, Japanese marauders raid villages on the Chinese coast. A wandering swordsman single-handedly dispatches a group of the foreign thugs, and agrees to help defend the town. He assembles a core team of highly skilled warriors, and together they train the townsfolk to stand up to the foreign pirates, using strategy and skill. When the army launches an all-out assault on the town, a ferocious battle rages, leading to final conflict on the Beach of the War Gods.

Beach of the War Gods

1973

A Story of Lou Bo-Wen poster
NR

Lou Bo-Wen ​​assists the chosen emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, protecting him from many demons and monsters. To prevent the emperors assassination plot, Lou instructs him to go to Chuzhou to find his uncle-in-law Guo Guangqing. Lou searches for heroes to assist and protect the emperor and successfully persuades Hu Dahai, Chang Yuchun, Jiang Zhong, Xu Da, and Li Wenzhong, among others. Sequel to the film The Founding of Ming Dynasty.

A Story of Lou Bo-Wen

1971

Layout poster
9.7

The place: Shanghai. The time: 1921. The Japanese aggression towards China is getting stronger each day. Enter Hsueh Ao-Lin, an agent of the government sent to uncover the Chinese traitors helping the enemy. Once inside, Hsueh must fight both the Japanese and his countrymen for his sake, and the future of China.

Layout

1977

Dragon Gate poster
8.0

King and prison escapee join forces. Hsu Feng & Carter Wong Play Yuan Loyalists who thwart an attack from the Mongol General and Mantis Master Chang Yi.

Dragon Gate

1975

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

The Boy With A Magic Flute poster
NR

Lost Taiwanese Watari film, The Magic World of Watari and Watari and the 7 Monsters preceded it.

The Boy With A Magic Flute

1970

My Father, My Husband, My Son poster
NR

Taiwanese drama film directed by Pai Ching-jui.

My Father, My Husband, My Son

1974

The Demons in the Flame Mountain poster
10.0

About a child demon and three magic warriors fighting against some demons! One of the demons, a girl in red leaves the flame mountain and witnesses strange things going on in the world of the humans. However, she is free to cause even more confusion. She uses her special abilities like invisibility to fight wizards with other talents such as shape-shifting and enjoys herself tremendously.

The Demons in the Flame Mountain

1978

Big Brother poster
9.0

Wu Min Chan and Kuang La Lung are subordinates of Commander of Northern Province, gunning for the post of Garrison Commander. On Wu's side are Shi Wen, and Sha Chung, while Kuang was assisted by Pei Chiang, Si Ma, and Niu Chung. Soon Shi gained power and sent Niu to kill Wu with Lui Yan's dagger, causing Lui Yan to commit suicide before the Commander. Niu became possessed with self-reproach, and was jailed for being drunk. Shi sent Pai Siow Lan, Niu's sweetheart to poison Niu. Pai drank the poisoned drink, and begged Niu to escape. Realizing Shi's true character, Niu went to seek Shi. In the end, Niu committed suicide after killing Shi.

Big Brother

1974

Bamboo Brotherhood poster
9.0

Yu Tien Lung returns to his hometown to avenge the murder of his parents, a task in which he is prepared himself for by studying martial arts for twenty years. His resolution wavers when, after successfully killing the lesser villains, he falls in love with the daughter of the enemy. Will he now be able to take revenge for his parents’ murder?

Bamboo Brotherhood

1974

Lightning of Bruce Lee poster
5.0

Two Martial art experts take on Canton, and the most notorious Triad overlord and his posse of vile fighters with devastating effect. A must for all kung fu fans! This is a foot to face action at its best.

Lightning of Bruce Lee

1973

The Chinese Amazons poster
10.0

Taiwanese war film directed by Li Chia.

The Chinese Amazons

1975

Thunderstorm Sword poster
9.0

A swordsman and swordswoman fight to protect Lady Liu who is trying to return to power. She's traveling in a coffin, the heroes can only hope they all aren't sent home in one.

Thunderstorm Sword

1970

He Heals and Kills poster
10.0

Martial arts film from Taiwan

He Heals and Kills

1971

Series credits

Guess Who's Coming to Act poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Guess Who's Coming to Act

2022

A Time of Love poster
7.0

Four hourly musical movies with the theme of “A Time Of Love” will be shot unprecedentedly in Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur with the blend brilliant artistes in Asia-pacific region, including Wong Cho Lam (Hong Kong), Ben Wong (Hong Kong), Watanabe Naomi (Japan) and Aaron Yan (Taiwan) of Japan Series, Yeon Jung Hoon (Korea) and Linda Chung (Hong Kong) of Korea Series, Kenneth Ma (Hong Kong) and Charmaine Sheh (Hong Kong) of Singapore Series, Chris Wang (Taiwan), Kate Tsui (Hong Kong) and James Wen (Taiwan) of Malaysia Series.

A Time of Love

2014

Island Nation poster
7.8

No synopsis available yet.

Island Nation

2020

La Grande Chaumière Violette poster
NR

Reminiscing about his youth in Taiwan's turbulent 1920s, Guo Xuehu reflects on his passion for art, a friendship with a painter -- and a doomed romance.

La Grande Chaumière Violette

2016

In a Good Way poster
6.5

In the summer of 1995, childhood friends Zheng Ren Wei and Lin Jia En took their college entrance exam. Zheng got into a college in Taipei and was ready to start an exciting life in the big city. Lin, unfortunately, failed the test and was stuck in the countryside. Bored out of her mind, Lin decided to go find Zheng and spend her 4th year of high school in Taipei as well.

In a Good Way

2013

Port of Lies poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Port of Lies

2023

Oxcart Trails poster
7.5

This story begins in 1943, and has the 228 Incident and "Land-to-the-Tiller" policy as its historical backdrop.

Oxcart Trails

2023

Ru: Taiwan Express poster
NR

In 1999, a general trading company in Tokyo celebrates because Shinkansen of Japan wins priority negotiating rights for the Taiwan High Speed Rail. Haruka Tada (Haru) has been working at the general trading company for 4 years and she is sent to Taiwan for work. When Haruka Tada was a university student, she visited Taiwan for the first time during the summer. During that time, she happened to meet young Taiwanese man Eric and he showed her Taiwan for a day. She lost contact with him after that and she could not find him again. She then sealed away her thoughts about him in her mind. 6 years later, Haruka Tada arrives in Taiwan again.

Ru: Taiwan Express

2020

Coolie poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Coolie

2019

A Fight for Justice poster
10.0

Idealistic and passionate rookie lawyer Yen-ching takes on the case of a death row prisoner Ming-te, who has been sentenced to death five times. Yen-ching, initially harboring no high hopes, begins to believe in Ming-te’s innocence as she delves deeper into the case. Firm in her conviction that law should represent justice, she submits extensive evidence to prove Ming-te’s innocence, only to be disregarded by the judges. Yen-ching soon realizes that she is not merely fighting against the legal system but against the inherent human nature of prejudice. Now faced with the challenge of toppling society’s deeply ingrained “presumption of guilt” principle, Yen-ching strives to save Ming-te from his imminent execution.

A Fight for Justice

2024

Train of Thoughts poster
NR

The series focuses on neighborhood bond, telling the normal yet extraordinary story of a small town. In a small town in 1982, the town’s train station was the one place with the warmest human touch. Every day on the platform, there would be people happily reuniting or sadly parting ways. There was a small photo studio in the town, and its owner Li An-quan had two beautiful daughters—Wen-xiu and Wen-juan. They led a happy life. One day, Li An-quan suddenly left his wife and daughters without saying anything. They never heard from him since. After 12 years, Wen-xiu is now selling lunch boxes on the platform. Whenever she sees someone resembling her father, she will run after that person to see if it is really him, but she is always disappointed. Her father never returns, but her good friend Wu-xiong comes back after 12 years. After Wu-xiong’s return, a series of events take place in the small town, and Wen-xiu also encounters unexpected twists in life.

Train of Thoughts

2025

阿母 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

阿母

2014

今晚,你想點什麼? poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

今晚,你想點什麼?

2016