Lo Chen

Directing

Lo Chen

Born — Died

1923-01-01 — 2003-01-31

Place of birth

Shanghai, China

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Lo Chen was born in 1923, in Shanghai, as Li Meng Fei. He settled in Hong Kong in 1947 and began working as a scriptwriter and as an assistant director for the Great China Film Company. After the closure of the Great China Film Company, Lo worked together with Ma Xu Weibang and wrote several other movies, including Resurrected Rose and Merry-Go-Round. Lo gained recognition with The Long Lane, which won the Best Screenplay award at the Asian Film Festival in 1956. That year, he directed his first feature film, The Fresh Peony. Lo joined Shaw Brothers in 1961 as a director, and together with Li Han Hsiang, Doe Ching and Griffin Yueh Feng were known as the “Four Aces”. Although better known f…

Known for

The Mad Killer poster
10.0

A lovelorn pompous knight lashes out after losing a friendly bout with a rival classmate who's also betrothed to the teacher's daughter. Enraged, the estranged knight threatens his own clan who withholds a closely guarded family secret.

The Mad Killer

1971

The Joy of Spring poster
NR

The film tells the story of Xing Yonghui, a rich girl who has fun with her painter boyfriend Du Shaohua and her classmates. Chen Xiaoping and Guo Dawei fall in love and want to elope, but they are prevented from doing so; Du Shaohua and Li Zhongting fall in love with each other over a painting, causing Xing Yonghui's unhappiness, and Xing Yonghui crashes a car into a rock and wants to die together, causing serious injuries to Du Shaohua and Li Zhongting; Xing Yonghui's suicide is prevented by her shame, but Li Zhongting does not care about the past suspicion, and the two of them recover from the injuries and perform with their classmates on the same day as they had planned to do so.

The Joy of Spring

1966

Comedy of Mismatches poster
NR

Comedy of Mismatches begins with widow Sun who single-handedly raises her son Yu Lang (Chin Feng) and daughter Zhu Yi (Li Hsiang Chun). One day, Mother Sun sends her children to the temple, where Yu Lang encounters Hui Niang (Pat Ting). Artist Xu Ya is also at the temple, praying that his daughter Wen Gu (Carrie Ku) will find a good husband. Soon after, Wen Gu encounters nobleman's son Pei Zheng (Wai Mao) and the two fall in love at first sight.

Comedy of Mismatches

1964

Erotic Nights poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Erotic Nights

1976

Raw Passions poster
3.6

Ivy Ling Po plays the dedicated wife of a man being blackmailed for an illicit love affair, who uncovers a pit of deceit, double-crosses, extortion and murder after murder.

Raw Passions

1969

Behind the Storm poster
9.0

After an old rich man mysteriously falls to his death, a ghost returns to settle the score.

Behind the Storm

1982

Behind the camera

The Mad Killer poster
10.0

A lovelorn pompous knight lashes out after losing a friendly bout with a rival classmate who's also betrothed to the teacher's daughter. Enraged, the estranged knight threatens his own clan who withholds a closely guarded family secret.

The Mad Killer

1971

The Joy of Spring poster
NR

The film tells the story of Xing Yonghui, a rich girl who has fun with her painter boyfriend Du Shaohua and her classmates. Chen Xiaoping and Guo Dawei fall in love and want to elope, but they are prevented from doing so; Du Shaohua and Li Zhongting fall in love with each other over a painting, causing Xing Yonghui's unhappiness, and Xing Yonghui crashes a car into a rock and wants to die together, causing serious injuries to Du Shaohua and Li Zhongting; Xing Yonghui's suicide is prevented by her shame, but Li Zhongting does not care about the past suspicion, and the two of them recover from the injuries and perform with their classmates on the same day as they had planned to do so.

The Joy of Spring

1966

The Joy of Spring poster
NR

The film tells the story of Xing Yonghui, a rich girl who has fun with her painter boyfriend Du Shaohua and her classmates. Chen Xiaoping and Guo Dawei fall in love and want to elope, but they are prevented from doing so; Du Shaohua and Li Zhongting fall in love with each other over a painting, causing Xing Yonghui's unhappiness, and Xing Yonghui crashes a car into a rock and wants to die together, causing serious injuries to Du Shaohua and Li Zhongting; Xing Yonghui's suicide is prevented by her shame, but Li Zhongting does not care about the past suspicion, and the two of them recover from the injuries and perform with their classmates on the same day as they had planned to do so.

The Joy of Spring

1966

Comedy of Mismatches poster
NR

Comedy of Mismatches begins with widow Sun who single-handedly raises her son Yu Lang (Chin Feng) and daughter Zhu Yi (Li Hsiang Chun). One day, Mother Sun sends her children to the temple, where Yu Lang encounters Hui Niang (Pat Ting). Artist Xu Ya is also at the temple, praying that his daughter Wen Gu (Carrie Ku) will find a good husband. Soon after, Wen Gu encounters nobleman's son Pei Zheng (Wai Mao) and the two fall in love at first sight.

Comedy of Mismatches

1964

Comedy of Mismatches poster
NR

Comedy of Mismatches begins with widow Sun who single-handedly raises her son Yu Lang (Chin Feng) and daughter Zhu Yi (Li Hsiang Chun). One day, Mother Sun sends her children to the temple, where Yu Lang encounters Hui Niang (Pat Ting). Artist Xu Ya is also at the temple, praying that his daughter Wen Gu (Carrie Ku) will find a good husband. Soon after, Wen Gu encounters nobleman's son Pei Zheng (Wai Mao) and the two fall in love at first sight.

Comedy of Mismatches

1964

Erotic Nights poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Erotic Nights

1976

Raw Passions poster
3.6

Ivy Ling Po plays the dedicated wife of a man being blackmailed for an illicit love affair, who uncovers a pit of deceit, double-crosses, extortion and murder after murder.

Raw Passions

1969

Behind the Storm poster
9.0

After an old rich man mysteriously falls to his death, a ghost returns to settle the score.

Behind the Storm

1982

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

Vermilion Door poster
5.2

The tragic love triangle of early 20th century Peking Opera star Chiu Hai-tang, his beautiful stage partner, and the warlord who forces himself between them, has been a favorite with Chinese audiences for decades.

Vermilion Door

1965

Vermilion Door poster
5.2

The tragic love triangle of early 20th century Peking Opera star Chiu Hai-tang, his beautiful stage partner, and the warlord who forces himself between them, has been a favorite with Chinese audiences for decades.

Vermilion Door

1965

Revenge of a Shaolin Master poster
4.8

After bandits hijack a shipment of rice, a local government official frames, tortures and imprisons the man in charge of the shipment in a desperate power play to take control of the region.

Revenge of a Shaolin Master

1979

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

It's All in the Family poster
NR

Danny Lee is Hsu Chih-yuan, the youngest son of strict patriarch Hsu Hui-tang (Cheng Miu). A sailor, Chih-yuan incurs his father's wrath when he tells the latter of his girlfriend Susan's (Ai Ti) pregnancy. Pressured to leave her by his father, Chih-yuan finally agrees to continue his studies overseas. Eldest brother Chih-wen (Ling Yun) volunteers to raise money but ends up losing the family fortune in the stock market. It starts a roller coaster of tragedies for the family that ends with bitter disillusionment for Chih-yuan. It's a battle between tradition and youthful rebellion that leaves everyone a little poorer off.

It's All in the Family

1975

It's All in the Family poster
NR

Danny Lee is Hsu Chih-yuan, the youngest son of strict patriarch Hsu Hui-tang (Cheng Miu). A sailor, Chih-yuan incurs his father's wrath when he tells the latter of his girlfriend Susan's (Ai Ti) pregnancy. Pressured to leave her by his father, Chih-yuan finally agrees to continue his studies overseas. Eldest brother Chih-wen (Ling Yun) volunteers to raise money but ends up losing the family fortune in the stock market. It starts a roller coaster of tragedies for the family that ends with bitter disillusionment for Chih-yuan. It's a battle between tradition and youthful rebellion that leaves everyone a little poorer off.

It's All in the Family

1975

My Son poster
7.5

Jimmy Wang Yu gets to flex his dramatic muscles in this contemporary Lo Chen drama. Wang is a detective's son whose attempt to punish a swindler leaves him and his father in a thrilling final face-off.

My Son

1970

My Son poster
7.5

Jimmy Wang Yu gets to flex his dramatic muscles in this contemporary Lo Chen drama. Wang is a detective's son whose attempt to punish a swindler leaves him and his father in a thrilling final face-off.

My Son

1970

Too Late for Love poster
9.0

Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The happy couple's bliss was cut short when war broke out. Kuo-liang was summoned to fight at the front lines. In his absence, Su Fen discovered she had tuberculosis.

Too Late for Love

1967

Too Late for Love poster
9.0

Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The happy couple's bliss was cut short when war broke out. Kuo-liang was summoned to fight at the front lines. In his absence, Su Fen discovered she had tuberculosis.

Too Late for Love

1967

The Shepherd Girl poster
9.5

Julie Yeh Feng stars as Hsiu Hsiu, a beautiful singing shepherdess who falls head over heels in love with a handsome boatman named Liu Ta Lung. Unfortunately, she can't afford to marry her new beau because her father has racked up numerous debts due to his uncontrollable gambling addiction. And to make matters even more complicated, there's a rival suitor who promises to pay off all of her no-good father's debts on the condition that he is given Hsiu Hsiu's hand in marriage. She initially declines his offer, but starts to get jealous when she sees Ta Lung getting a little too close for comfort with another woman. In retaliation, she starts flirting with her possible benefactor/husband-to-be. But what Hsiu Hsiu doesn't know is that her jealousy isn't based on any actual unfaithfulness, but on an unfortunate misunderstanding!

The Shepherd Girl

1964

The Shepherd Girl poster
9.5

Julie Yeh Feng stars as Hsiu Hsiu, a beautiful singing shepherdess who falls head over heels in love with a handsome boatman named Liu Ta Lung. Unfortunately, she can't afford to marry her new beau because her father has racked up numerous debts due to his uncontrollable gambling addiction. And to make matters even more complicated, there's a rival suitor who promises to pay off all of her no-good father's debts on the condition that he is given Hsiu Hsiu's hand in marriage. She initially declines his offer, but starts to get jealous when she sees Ta Lung getting a little too close for comfort with another woman. In retaliation, she starts flirting with her possible benefactor/husband-to-be. But what Hsiu Hsiu doesn't know is that her jealousy isn't based on any actual unfaithfulness, but on an unfortunate misunderstanding!

The Shepherd Girl

1964

Her Sister's Keeper poster
9.0

To put her younger sister Huilan (Margaret Tu Chuan) through college, Huilian (Grace Ting Ning) became a taxi dancer and is despised by Huilan. Now married to a good husband (Guan Shan), the lonely Huilan falls for a man after her money. To protect her younger sister, Huilian puts herself at risk. Grace Ting Ning plays a sad role, as the noble sister who keeps her purity in a cesspool.

Her Sister's Keeper

1963

Her Sister's Keeper poster
9.0

To put her younger sister Huilan (Margaret Tu Chuan) through college, Huilian (Grace Ting Ning) became a taxi dancer and is despised by Huilan. Now married to a good husband (Guan Shan), the lonely Huilan falls for a man after her money. To protect her younger sister, Huilian puts herself at risk. Grace Ting Ning plays a sad role, as the noble sister who keeps her purity in a cesspool.

Her Sister's Keeper

1963

Swan Song poster
NR

Demure Ke Fen Ni is secretly in love with painter Tu Fan. Unfortunately, she suffers from an incurable disease -- leukemia. Her mother wants her dying daughter to enjoy the most of her remaining days.

Swan Song

1967

Swan Song poster
NR

Demure Ke Fen Ni is secretly in love with painter Tu Fan. Unfortunately, she suffers from an incurable disease -- leukemia. Her mother wants her dying daughter to enjoy the most of her remaining days.

Swan Song

1967

The Funny Couple poster
NR

The Funny Couple is a Taiwanese Romantic Comedy starring Alan Tam

The Funny Couple

1979

Flames of Passion poster
NR

A drama by the Shaw Brothers studio

Flames of Passion

1960

Flames of Passion poster
NR

A drama by the Shaw Brothers studio

Flames of Passion

1960

The Rainbow poster
7.0

A young tutor, miss Chen, is sent to home school in a dysfunctional household head by a wealthy patriarch. She befriends his ambulatory disabled young daughter Ming Chu and becomes embroiled in her struggle to walk again. She also has problems and with her angst ridden artist brother, they search for their birth mother and their cruel spoiled half-brother. Meanwhile at home, the tutor's own fellow border house mates (a single mother Shen Chiu Meng and her nightclub singer son Chiang Hui) also possess guarded secrets that gradually resurface as Chen unwittingly becomes a catalyst for those in her life as they all converge towards the bridging of deep rooted familial gaps and resolving past estrangements.

The Rainbow

1968

Murder on the Wedding Night poster
7.0

At the wedding feast of Shen Hsiu Chang, a guest named Tu Fu Liang suddenly announces that he had an affair with the bride, Yun Ching . The bridegroom is furious and turns on her. She disappears sadly. The next morning, her headless body is found in a lonely spot. A couple of days later, a hunter named Wu Hsiung finds a badly decomposed human head and returns it to the widower. He is rewarded with 1000 pieces of silver as the bereaved family thinks it is the head of the dead bride.

Murder on the Wedding Night

1977

In the Nick of Time poster
NR

In the Nick of Time is a Hong Kong Crime movie starring Stanley Fung.

In the Nick of Time

1971

Kiss for Sale poster
10.0

A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Fanny Fan Lai.

Kiss for Sale

1961

Torrent of Desire poster
6.3

David (Qiao Zhuang) and Mona (Yu Qian) are a spoiled brother-and-sister duo who carelessly use the family fortune to while away their time. David's friend Hanming (Yang Fan) introduces him to the lovely Danfeng (Jenny Wu), and despite Hanming's quiet infatuation with her, David moves in quickly. David and Danfeng get married, but lasting bliss is not in the cards. Mona develops a serious case of jealousy against Danfeng for snatching her brother AND being the object of Hanming's affection. Her barbed tongue and feminine wiles prove powerful enough to sow seeds of discord among the quartet of friends and lovers. Can this wicked web of love, lust and jealousy end happily for anyone?

Torrent of Desire

1969

The Concrete Jungle poster
NR

Chen Chi stops to rescue a woman being assaulted one night and kills one of the attackers in the process. Under investigation for murder, he needs a witness to prove self-defense, but the victim refuses to come forward. He and the woman are in constant danger from the attackers until the real villain behind it is revealed.

The Concrete Jungle

1974

The Second Spring poster
7.0

Lin Yong Kang has an affair with Xu Mei Fan. She gets pregnant and they lose contact as the Japanese invade Hong Kong.

The Second Spring

1963

The Second Spring poster
7.0

Lin Yong Kang has an affair with Xu Mei Fan. She gets pregnant and they lose contact as the Japanese invade Hong Kong.

The Second Spring

1963

Ripples poster
NR

A comic folk musical about two pairs of lovers and their romantic misadventures in a rural Hong Kong town.

Ripples

1970

The Night Is Young poster
1.0

A rich man is constantly plagued by suspicions that his wife is cheating on him. He's not at peace even at this own house as his house guests are indulging themselves...

The Night Is Young

1971

The Invincible poster
6.0

After mistakenly helping Chang-qing, the sister of ruthless Mongol chieftain Liang escape capture by Song forces, Mu-bai sets out to make amends by assassinating the Mongol warlord single-handedly.

The Invincible

1972

The Tryst poster
3.5

A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Pat Ting Hung.

The Tryst

1962