Hsu Shu-Yuan

Acting

Hsu Shu-Yuan

Born 1959-12-01 · Taiwan

A celebrated model renowned for her tall frame and cool outlook. Hsu turned up the heat when she posed provocatively on the cover of 'Playboy' magazine's Taiwanese edition, following the footsteps of local celebrities as Guo Jing-chun, Yeung Sze-man, Carol Cheng, Luo Wan-yi, Yu Ke-xin and Xu Le-mei. Hsu moved to Hong Kong in 1985 and starred in various films such as 'Twisted Love', 'Hong Kong Godfather', 'The Missed Date' and 'The Seventh Curse'. She had also appeared in drama serials for Taiwan Television Enterprise (TTV). She married in 1998, withdrew from the limelight and lives in the United States.

Acting credits

Yi Yi poster
7.9

A Taipei family faces personal and moral uncertainty as everyday events test their relationships and sense of purpose.

Yi Yi

2000

The Seventh Curse poster
6.8

When Dr. Yuen attempts to rescue a girl about to be sacrificed by the Worm Tribe in the middle of a jungle in Thailand, he is damned with seven deadly "blood curses" and must return there to find a permanent cure.

The Seventh Curse

1986

Evil Cat poster
6.7

Every 50 years, a member of the Cheung family must kill a cat demon until its nine lives are up. However, Master Cheung is worried cancer will kill him before he can complete his task and decides to give a newcomer the power to defeat the demon.

Evil Cat

1987

Twisted Love poster
2.5

A wealthy businessman gives his wife everything she wants, besides one thing, a passionate sex life. The sexually frustrated woman soon gets into several other relationships and soon also learns why her husband is so uninterested with her in bed.

Twisted Love

1985

Vampire's Breakfast poster
7.0

Story about a newspaper reporter who stumbles upon a nest of vampires living in contemporary Hong Kong.

Vampire's Breakfast

1987

The Ghost Snatchers poster
6.0

Vengeful spirits of Japanese soldiers from World War II haunt a new high-rise office building in Hong Kong.

The Ghost Snatchers

1986

Hong Kong Godfather poster
6.9

After receiving a life imprisonment sentence for a NY Chinatown massacre, Jia Shi Lan obtains a pardon through the Mafia's influence.

Hong Kong Godfather

1985

Lake Sprite poster
9.0

Aming travels to his home from America to take some photos for a company but finds a girl named Chiang Jo Ping (Joey Wang), falls in love with her, but actually it turns out that Jo Ping is a ghost.

Lake Sprite

1984

Split of the Spirit poster
6.3

A ghost takes over a dancer's body in order to find those who killed her, and thus her revenge.

Split of the Spirit

1987

The Last Night of Madam Chin poster
7.3

Set in Shanghai in the 1940s. Story of a ballroom girl Jolie Chan who falls in love with a student and becomes pregnant, but the student's family force her to have an abortion.

The Last Night of Madam Chin

1984

The Imperial Sword Killing the Devil poster
NR

Five men venture into a hidden cave to find a treasure map. After they have encountered the dangers of the cave (body melting acid, a flying mini-dragon, living skeletons...), the two last survivors finally find the treasure map inside a golden Buddha. One of them falls into a pit and the other gets caught by ninjas as he tries to escape with the map while the cave explodes. After escaping from the ninjas, he meets a princess to learn the imperial sword technique in order to defeat the devil!

The Imperial Sword Killing the Devil

1981

Monkey War poster
9.0

In the Chinese martial arts/fantasy opus Monkey War: New Pilgrims to the West - a sequel to the original Monkey War - the brave Monkey King launches out on a quest to build a new life for himself. But as he marches westward, he encounters a series of nearly insurmountable foes (including a pig demon and a horde of angry demonic spirits who attempt to eat his monastic tutor) and trials that he must overcome to reach a state of tranquility. (Rotten Tomatoes)

Monkey War

1982

Funny Face poster
5.0

A comedy about a couple of poor-looking people who take part in a TV matchmaking programme.

Funny Face

1984

The Missed Date poster
7.0

Glamorous Mei builds her entire life around husband Philip, an advertising executive and faithless twerp. She suspects him of fooling around when he pleads working late and having to entertain important clients, and talks this over with Ling, who has a 'modern' relationship with lawyer Ben. Mei is flattered by the attention of Ling's suave cousin Peter, but resists his advances, until confronted by seeing Philip with a lecherous female client. Will Mei retaliate in kind?

The Missed Date

1986

Virago poster
3.4

Two groups of knife-wielding and kicking women in bikinis join forces to kill a gang boss responsible for killing their fathers. But they're not very effective. After three attacks on the culprit, the worst damage he suffered was having his ankle run over by a motorbike. Closer co-operation with a casino boss may help.

Virago

1981

Young Soldiers poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Young Soldiers

1989

Love Me Vampire poster
7.0

The oriental answer to USA's Fright Night movie, but there's more concentration on the high school motif similiar to the Hong Kong Happy Ghost series.

Love Me Vampire

1986

Lee See Fung poster
NR

Crime drama.

Lee See Fung

1988

No artwork available
NR

The film is composed of four unconnected Chinese myths, including how Pangu opened the sky, Nuwa created man, Kuafu chased the sun, and when Huangdi fights Chiyou, of which the latter occupies the longest section. Between the stories, the director connects them with narrations "full of sensibility and philosophy", thus forming a "picture of the founding of the ancestors" imagined by the director.

Zhong Guo kai guo qi tan

1982

Jam poster
7.5

The lives of two young thieves, a mob hitman and a film producer are entangled when the two thieves steal a car that had already been previously stolen to been used as a getaway car.

Jam

1998