Margaret Tu Chuan

Acting

Margaret Tu Chuan

Born 1942-11-12 · Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Acting credits

Tiger Boy poster
7.0

Tiger Boy, an itinerant young knight-errant bent on revenge for his father's death 15 years earlier rescues a young maiden after her brother is killed protecting her from the advances of a band of bandits. While the heroes escape the band's clutches and seek refuge in the forest, Tiger Boy discovers that her perpetrators are led by the son of his father's killer who also has a yen for the maiden. As fate would have it, she instead falls in love with our hero who pledges to return to her after vanquishing all his enemies. To accomplish this, he sets out to singlehandedly crash a large birthday party held in his father's killer's honor. Meanwhile, Tiger Boy's chivalric quest is complicated when the maiden also sets out after him straight into peril in the enemy's own stronghold.

Tiger Boy

1966

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

Malayan Affair poster
NR

A Shaw Brothers production

Malayan Affair

1960

The Kingdom and the Beauty poster
6.9

This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. The empress mother has the tutor go to Kiang-Nan to bring him back.

The Kingdom and the Beauty

1959

The Magnificent Trio poster
6.5

A wandering swordsman named Lu Fang who is returning from battle discovers that several farmers have kidnapped the local magistrate’s daughter. He sides with them after learning that this is an act of desperation to improve their low standard of living.

The Magnificent Trio

1966

The Black Forest poster
6.0

A musical set in a logging village in Taiwan. Romance and singing abound as a logger and a pretty girl from the village fall in love. A villain is there to make sure that the course of true love does not run smoothly.

The Black Forest

1964

When the Poles Meet poster
NR

A Shaw Brothers romantic comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Patricia Lam Fung.

When the Poles Meet

1961

Madam White Snake poster
9.0

This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure down viewers' backs. The Lovely Linda Lin Dai (Les Belles, The Kingdom And The Beauty) and margaret Tu Chuan (The Dream of The Red Chamber) play the two sister serpents, Pak Su-cheng and Ching Ching. Su-cheng meets Hsu Hsien (Chao Lei) one day and recognizes him as her savior in another life 1,000 years ago. She marries him to reward him but the snake-human union brings about problems beyond imagination.

Madam White Snake

1962

Blue Skies poster
NR

Hsiao Yun's rise to fame all results from a lucky break, as she's forced to substitute for another singer at the last second. The girl makes the most of her fortuitous opportunity, creating a huge splash in her debut as an entertainer, a fact which forever changes her life! However, this newfound meteoric rise to fame begins to take a toll on her personal life. For one thing, it starts to complicate her burgeoning romance with her pianist lover. And secondly, she soon finds herself the receiver of some sexual overtures from the producer of her show. What will poor Hsiao Yun do? And will blue skies be smiling at her by story's end?

Blue Skies

1967

Songfest poster
NR

The story centers on the passionate and turbulent romance between a tea-picker girl, Yu Lan, and a fisherman, Chun Yang.Complications soon arise when a love rival, Hu San Bao, appears.

Songfest

1965

Black Falcon poster
5.0

Zhang Shijie is an international spy, like James Bond, and has to seduce Julie Tan, the daughter of an organization’s leader in order to find their headquarters.

Black Falcon

1967

Diary of a Lady-Killer poster
6.5

Diary of a Lady-Killer is a murder mystery mixed with erotica. Each time a local playboy has an affair, the lady shows up dead, making him the prime suspect.

Diary of a Lady-Killer

1969

The Dream of the Red Chamber poster
7.2

The Ching Dynasty novel The Dream of The Red Chamber is not only the most widely read, but also the most filmed book in Chinese history. The sprawling love story has proven a challenge to many filmmakers, but this version is acclaimed as the most successful. A sumptuous feature which took three years of planning and another for production, it was a hugely popular and critical hit which still stands out as a classic of both 18th century literature and 1960s moviemaking.

The Dream of the Red Chamber

1962

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

Back Door poster
8.0

A middle-aged couple adopt a young girl.

Back Door

1960

When the Peach Blossoms Bloom poster
NR

The Shen couple had six children. For years Mr Shen had been the only one to support the family. One day, Mr Shen was on a crashed plane in Singapore and everyone believed he had died. Mrs Shen then went to Singapore to prepare for his funeral and the eldest daughter took charge of the family. However, the brothers and sisters would never listen to their eldest sister. The second brother was extremely bad-tempered and always beat the others up when they did not listen to him. The fourth sister was extremely gluttonous who would never help with any housework. The eldest sister was annoyed and could do nothing.

When the Peach Blossoms Bloom

1960

Inter-Pol poster
7.5

Agent 009 has to break up a ring of Hong Kong counterfeiters who are shipping forged US dollars all over Asia.

Inter-Pol

1967

The Magic Touch poster
7.0

Early Shaw Brothers comedy

The Magic Touch

1958

All the Best poster
7.0

A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Ding Ling.

All the Best

1961

Twilight Hours poster
7.0

A drama by the Shaw Brothers studio.

Twilight Hours

1960

How to Marry a Millionaire poster
10.0

A Shaw Brothers romantic comedy starring Margaret Tu Chuan and Peter Chen Ho.

How to Marry a Millionaire

1960

Oh Boys! Oh Girls! poster
10.0

A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Margaret Tu Chuan and Paul Chang Chung,

Oh Boys! Oh Girls!

1961

Stranger Than Fiction poster
10.0

A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Grace Ting Ning.

Stranger Than Fiction

1963

The Lost Love poster
7.0

A romance film by the Shaw Brothers studio.

The Lost Love

1961