Lin Chen-Chi

Acting

Lin Chen-Chi

Born 1955-12-01 · Taiwan, China

Lin Chen-Chi was one of Hong Kong Cinema's leading ingenues of the 1970's. Born in Taiwan in 1955, she worked as a photographic model and made a few films in Taiwan before being brought to Hong Kong by Shaw Brothers in 1974. She made an average of two or three films a year during her Shaw Brothers years, beginning with Cohabitation and ending with Haunted Tales. But it was after leaving Shaw Brothers that she delivered her most memorable performance, in Tsui Hark's controversial "Dangerous Encounters - 1st Kind". Lin retired soon afterwards.

Acting credits

Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind poster
7.2

Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Pearl, a sadistic young girl, has observed the scene, follows the bombers and starts to manipulate them. The four criminals plan more and more daring acts.

Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind

1980

Soul of the Sword poster
6.7

Ti Lung is the Nameless Swordsman bent on defeating the faceless King of Swords to claim the title, and the glory, for himself. Hordes of fighters lunge from the shadows to cut down the mysterious challenger. Even a cunning seductress takes a stab at him in a revealing bath house assassination. It is said that a man's weapon reflects his utmost dreams, desires and fears. A warrior with no name and one motive has a soul as merciless as cold steel.

Soul of the Sword

1978

The Battle Wizard poster
5.9

A brother who loves books and a sister who loves swords must face a yellow-robed warrior, the Red Python, a sinuous snake-charmer, and a silk-masked beauty (who must kill or wed the first man to see her face) before they can bring peace to their battle-addled family.

The Battle Wizard

1977

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold poster
5.8

When fellow operatives and friends disappear during a mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones comes to help. She discovers the disappearance involves The Dragon Lady, a feared lipstick lesbian who runs a casino and the local drug trade.

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold

1975

The Spiritual Boxer poster
6.7

Wang Yu plays Hsiao Chien, a con artist vagabond who uses his kung fu skills and parlor tricks to convince superstitious villagers that he can use his body as a vessel for angry gods. However, when the villagers are threatened by a hostile force, Chien must learn to use his skills to protect the innocent.

The Spiritual Boxer

1975

Young Lovers on Flying Wheels poster
6.5

Forced to choose between the woman he loves and the dangerous, fast-paced life of motorcycles, what will our hero do? Will he toss the bike aside and pick the girl? Or will he leave the girl in favor of the bike? Or is there a chance for some sort of compromise?

Young Lovers on Flying Wheels

1974

Life Gamble poster
7.2

Legendary director Chang Cheh teamed his latest big star, Alexander Fu Sheng, with future Venoms Lo Meng and Kuo Chue to create another winner in his vaunted filmography. Joining them were the top supporting actors and the prettiest starlets, for an entertaining, exciting tale of a kung-fu blacksmith taking on four famous robbers while a villainous gambling boss plots to destroy them.

Life Gamble

1978

The Brave Archer 2 poster
6.6

Our hero Kuo Tsing is winning the hand of fair maiden Huang Yung. However, almost immediately, clan rivalries in the "Martial Art World" lead to Kuo being wounded by Ouyang Feng and Huang being named the new leader of the Beggar Clan. All this is mounted with sparkling energy by three kung-fu choreographers and a star-packed cast.

The Brave Archer 2

1978

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils poster
10.0

A rather standard costume action/drama set in medieval China with a few fantasy overtones.

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils

1982

The Big Holdup poster
7.0

A group of down-on-their-luck robbers pull off a spectacular job - only to find themselves hunted by cops and possible betrayers! Chan Koon Tai leads the diverse pack of criminals, which also includes such Shaw Brothers luminaries as Ngok Wah, Chung Wong, Ling Yun, and a young Danny Lee in one of his first featured roles. The group pulls off the robbery in action-packed fashion, but betrayal and the relentless police end up marking the five robbers for death.

The Big Holdup

1975

Haunted Tales poster
5.4

Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Chow have landed themselves a beautiful yet remote home at Forever Garden, but Mrs. Chow is exceedingly worried about strange happenings on the grounds. Lowly building superintendent Ah Shing discovers children playing a Ouija-like game with a saucer in an empty apartment.

Haunted Tales

1980

The Snake Prince poster
7.0

The Snake Prince falls in love with a maiden, Hei Qin, after seeing her sing a prayer for rain. With her village in a drought, the villagers make an agreement with the Snake Prince to give the water from Snake Mountain to the village in exchange for allowing to marry Qin.

The Snake Prince

1976

Cohabitation poster
8.0

Abortion, birth control and unwed cohabitation are social issues rarely associated with 1970's Hong Kong cinema. Cohabitation not only faces them head on but does so with insight, compassion and sex!

Cohabitation

1975

The Taxi Driver poster
5.4

An honest, diligent and helpful taxi driver Chen Kuang (David Chiang) gets involved in a bank robbery, and the police mistakes him as a robber. He together with a driver Tu Fa (Wang Chung) strives to gather evidence. After some twists and turns, the two finally are able to help the police in bringing the culprits to justice.

The Taxi Driver

1975

Devil Cat poster
NR

A man, unknowingly in possession of a cursed artifact, finds horrific things have begun to happen in his home, and it's up to his two childhood friends to find out why: a police inspector, and a professor with psychic abilities (due to being possessed by a cat spirit)

Devil Cat

1985

Heaven and Hell poster
5.9

When a fallen angel descends to the Earth on a mission to storm the underworld, a love shared between angels and humans offers telling testament to the power of a lucky ghost. In the battle that follows, both the living and the dead will discover that a war waged in hell could have consequences that resound forever.

Heaven and Hell

1980

The Girlie Bar poster
4.0

A widower forces his three beautiful daughters to work in his seedy bar and must do what they are told no matter what. The film features Lin Chen-chi who had just starred in Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold.

The Girlie Bar

1976

No artwork available
NR

The childhood exploits of the 4 adolescent Hsu brothers orbit around the family's love and indulgence of their spoiled youngest son.

One Son Too Many

1980

Valley of the Double Dragon poster
NR

This film takes place during Japan's occupation of China during World War 2. A downed U.S. fighter pilot George forms an uneasy alliance with a group of Chinese freedom fighter Guerillas, Wang Lung, Wang Fung, Fa Par Chi and Shi Gin Don as they oppose the Japanese soldiers who have been destroying the countryside with the help from a crazy Nazi.

Valley of the Double Dragon

1974