
Acting
Connie Chan Po-Chu
Born
1946-12-10 (79)
Place of birth
Guangdong, China
Known for
Acting
Credits
61 titles
Both of her parents being Cantonese Opera stars - Chan Fei Nung and Kung Fan Hung. Connie Chan as an actor is of undoubted pedigree and to the manner born. She learned the skills of Cantonese Opera from her parents and after that she became an apprentice under Peking Opera master Fen Ju Hua and Cantonese Superstar Yam Kim Fai. Hence she was trained in both the Southern and Northern styles of martial arts and operas. She made her screen debut with Chun Heung Lin in 1958 and then appeared with opera legend Yam Kim Fai in the Cantonese opera film The Unroyal Prince. She was one of the most popular actresses in the sixties. In 1967 alone, she played in 32 films. Chan is a versatile actress and…
Known for
NRRevisit 100 years of Chinese cinema through the RTHK TV program A Century of Light and Shadow. Aired in 2005, this interesting and informative documentary traces the development of the Chinese film industry from the pioneering years to contemporary times. From the volley between Mandarin and Cantonese films to the rise of the New Wave, this program touches on all the major trends and developments that have helped define Chinese cinema and explores different genres and representative figures and films. From actors to directors, over 200 film industry names, including Jackie Chan, John Woo, Sammo Hung, Connie Chan, Andrew Lau, Peter Chan, and Lau Ching Wan, appear in the program, bringing their intimate knowledge of the industry and providing insight about what lies ahead for Chinese cinema.
A Century of Light and Shadow
2005
8.0Cheung Yan-Lai, framed by his elder brother Cheung Yan-Tsuen, is sent to jail. He manages to escape and plans to take revenge along with a sorcerer, who uses orangutan blood to turn the Yellow Hair Monster into a lethal weapon.
The Blonde Hair Monster
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
中原奇俠
1966
5.3He steals from the rich and gives to the poor! Like Robin Hood, the title hero of The Lizard is a philanthropic thief, except the Lizard makes his rounds in 1930s Shanghai. Corrupt police chief Chen Can (Law Lit) is assigned to bring down the Lizard to appease the sinister Japanese forces, but the Lizard constantly eludes his grasp. Little does Chen Can know that the wily thief actually works for him! The Lizard's true identity is the mousy Cheng Long (Ngok Wah), who dons a mask and takes to the streets to spread his righteous message.
The Lizard
1972
8.0Paragon of Sword and Knife is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Sammo Hung
Paragon of Sword and Knife
1967
8.0Red Lamp Shaded in Blood is a decent Martial World film of the type that Chu Yuan made famous for Shaw Brothers. These are often based on the works of Jin Yong and Ku Long. Red Lamp features all the requisite tropes of the genre: various sects of the Martial World, an evil sect scheming to rule the Martial World, an outcast orphan sent on a quest, mystically acquired Martial Arts, a mysterious hermit, a mysterious killer and , of course, star crossed lovers.
Red Lamp Shaded in Blood
1968
Film credits
1970s · 4 titles
5.3He steals from the rich and gives to the poor! Like Robin Hood, the title hero of The Lizard is a philanthropic thief, except the Lizard makes his rounds in 1930s Shanghai. Corrupt police chief Chen Can (Law Lit) is assigned to bring down the Lizard to appease the sinister Japanese forces, but the Lizard constantly eludes his grasp. Little does Chen Can know that the wily thief actually works for him! The Lizard's true identity is the mousy Cheng Long (Ngok Wah), who dons a mask and takes to the streets to spread his righteous message.
The Lizard
1972
hong kong film
飞凤狂龙
1970
8.0Two schoolgirls become bar girls at night to earn money.
Misunderstood
1970
NRHai Yun and Tian were getting married and went to a bridal shop to buy wedding dresses. Yun liked a set of expensive wedding dresses. Although the price wass very expensive, Yun was determined to buy it. In order to buy this expensive wedding dress, Yun changed her career...
The Wedding Gown
1970
1960s · 56 titles
8.0Cheung Yan-Lai, framed by his elder brother Cheung Yan-Tsuen, is sent to jail. He manages to escape and plans to take revenge along with a sorcerer, who uses orangutan blood to turn the Yellow Hair Monster into a lethal weapon.
The Blonde Hair Monster
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
中原奇俠
1966
8.0Paragon of Sword and Knife is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Sammo Hung
Paragon of Sword and Knife
1967
8.0Red Lamp Shaded in Blood is a decent Martial World film of the type that Chu Yuan made famous for Shaw Brothers. These are often based on the works of Jin Yong and Ku Long. Red Lamp features all the requisite tropes of the genre: various sects of the Martial World, an evil sect scheming to rule the Martial World, an outcast orphan sent on a quest, mystically acquired Martial Arts, a mysterious hermit, a mysterious killer and , of course, star crossed lovers.
Red Lamp Shaded in Blood
1968
9.0In the second part and conclusion to the story, the eight martial clans discover that there are two Sacred Fire weapons, Yin and Yang, and the siblings must uncover the facts of their parent's deaths in order to unite, wield the weapons, and defeat Nun Silence and her evil schemes.
Moslem Sacred Fire Decree, Part 2
1965
No synopsis available yet.
娘子軍封王
1960
NRA 1967 Cantonese language action film directed by Cheung Wai-Gwong, starring Connie Chan, Adam Cheng and Liu Chia-Liang. Ming-Wai & Ming-Sing, a brother and sister (dual roles played by Connie Chan) who must go undercover in a gang to rescue their uncle.
The Black Killer
1967
NRThe Golden Hairpin Part 2 is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung in child roles.
The Golden Hairpin Part 2
1963
10.0A loving couple are killed after drawing a map of the coveted Moslem Sacred Fire Decrees with their blood under coercion. The map is split into eight parts, placed separately in the custody of the eight leading martial sects. The children of the couple are adopted by Elderly Spirit from Hades and Nun Silence of Emei respectively. Growing up, the son Wan Tin-sau inherits from Hades all the skills he will need to know to take on the nun and her protegee in a duel 18 years later...
Moslem Sacred Fire Decree, Part 1
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
孫悟空三戲百花仙
1965
hong kong film
劫火紅蓮(上集)
1966
hong kong film
玉楼三凤
1968
NRIn 1966, Connie Chan Po-chu and Josephine Siao Fong-fong starred in multiple contemporary films, cementing their onscreen persona as virtuous young women while becoming the hottest youth idols of their time. Colourful Youth remains the only contemporary film to feature both of them. Filmed in Eastmancolor, the song-and-dance spectacle keeps its fingers on the pulse of its era and presents the vigour of the modern times.
Colorful Youth
1966
Two children try to win their parents over through devotion and duty
Eternal Love
1966
NRFang Zhaonan meets Chen Xuanshuang and learns powerful kungfu, while the Monks of Shaolin gather the most powerful heroes of Jiang-hu to wage war against the Death Valley Mingyu Sect. Mei Jiangxue pleads with them to stop, but they ignore her, to disastrous consequences.
The Snowflake Sword (Part 2)
1964
7.0In protecting a group of children from bullying and gang violence, the gallant 'Lady Bond' Kong Yin stays with the family of driver Lee Pak in order to give classes in self-defence to Pak's younger brother Calf and neighbours Tak, Ah-ling as well as the young woman Sheung, drilling them in the moves and techniques. Startled by her striking resemblance to his kidnapped girlfriend Tong Ching-yee, Tse Tsi-ming pleads with and convinces Kong to pose as the missing girl to visit her bedridden grandfather Chung-sau. The masterminds behind the abduction, Tong's stepmother and her nephew Chan Chi-biu capture also Tse and the children. Tse brilliantly manages to alert Kong. Fighting and apprehending her opponents, Kong frees the hostages and hands the criminals over to the authorities.
Return of Lady Bond
1966
hong kong film
碧落紅塵(下集)
1966
hong kong film
碧落紅塵(大結局)
1966
NRHong Kong martial arts movie.
The Sword and Knife (Conclusion)
1968
NR"Let's Build a Family" was made in memory of the late director Mok Hong-si in the name of the "Eight Brothers". Based on Mok's classic work "Crossroads" (1955), it features four households in a shared apartment, resulting in a series of hilarious events.
成家立室
1969
9.0Chan sisters Chan Meiling and Chan Meiyu are respected high class, women in Hong Kong's more upscale neighborhoods. However, they both share an alter-ego called the Black Rose, a notorious cat burglar who dresses in a black leotard, and steals from the rich to give to the poor - taking on a Robin Hood-style mission. Even with their antihero status, the Black Rose has created uneasiness and tension in the high society; therefore, an insurance detective investigates the crimes and tries to unmask the woman behind the cat mask.
The Black Rose
1965
NR'Ghostly Mother Blue Flower' Chiu Choi-wan has abducted a group of virgin boys and girls for the nourishment of her mind and soul. Alarmed by the abduction, Yiu But-fan, Kau Suet-mui and Hung Tin-bo make a night raid on the Hanshan Temple to release the children and set a torch to the bandit lair. Fuming over the arson, Chiu casts a spell on Kau, who kills the father of Chuk Yuk-heung in her cross-dressing persona as Yiu. Confronted by the angry Chuk clansmen at the Chuk Fortress, Yiu tries futilely to defend his innocence. Believing that Chiu has masterminded the framed murder, the fugitive infiltrates the White-bone Yinyang Cave where he finds himself attacked by Kau and Chiu. Demon-vanquishing Magic Monk, Chuk and Hung helped Yiu wrestle Chiu, who fled. Kau is nursed back to health by the monk and joins the fellowship in their quest to annihilate the demon. With all her venomous needles forfeited to the monk, Chiu gets her comeuppance, slain by Chuk's flying dagger.
The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part Two
1964
8.0Connie Chan Po-chu's character's father was killed by the triads, leaving behind two daughters. The elder sister makes a living as a singer at a nightclub, and is sometimes threatened by triad members. The younger sister (Connie Chan Po-chu), who knows karate, becomes an assassin who punishes villains.
Lady Bond
1966
NRIron Faced Asura creates his “mutilation-poison leg”. At the same time his disciple Little Dragon Girl (Josephine Siao) realized his cruelty. Despairing, she finally meets her bosom friend, the Ape Boy Yuan Tung (Connie Chan) and her benefactors Long & Qiu and pull together to wipe out her evil master.
The Furious Buddha's Palm
1965
hong kong film
劫火紅蓮(下集)
1966
7.5A Hong Kong sword fighting film starring four Cantonese stars.
The Tin Long Gang
1968
The agile and cerebral fighter Kong Yin is invited to join the police SWAT team. Kong is soon sent on an undercover mission to investigate the gang operating at the Happiness Rubber Plant to coerce female workers into prostitution. An indignant Kong joins hands with fellow worker Chow Mei-ha and factory head Wong Chi-kong to expel Blackie Kei whose ruthless and blatant exploitation of the workers has been going unpunished. Facing the loss of a lucrative source of income, Blackie and his underworld bigwig boss Wu Tin-hung intercept the love letters exchanged between Wong and the wife of the general manager Ting Yuk-lan and use the correspondence to extort money from the adulterers. The fearless Chow dons a maid disguise and ingratiates herself with the gangster, followed by a police raid masterminded by Kong to crack down on the notorious gang.
The Perilous Rescue
1967
NREnter the dragon villain, Shek Kin, is the Leader of the Black Centipede clan, a ruthless gang who terrorize the good people of Fuzhou, Walter Tso and Connie Chan are taught some tricks from---old Sam the Seed himself on how to bring down the Black Centipede clan.
The Black Centipede
1963
8.0The Blood Pool Map re-emerges in Jiang-hu, and all good and evil sects hunt for Fang Zhaonan, who is said to carry it. For his part, he simply hopes to trade it to the herbalist Lu Xuan for medicine he needs to free his sister, but fate has other plans.
The Snowflake Sword (Part 1)
1964
8.0Young, Pregnant and Unmarried is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Stanley Fung.
Young, Pregnant and Unmarried
1968
The New Tale of the Flying Crane (Part 2)
The Secret Book (New Series), Part 2
1963
NRIn the senses-shattering conclusion, our heroes search high and low for the White-Bone Swords, righting wrongs wherever they find them, at last discovering the swords are under the protection of a fierce dragon.
The White-Bone Sword (Part 4)
1963
hong kong film
玉女英魂(上集)
1965
hong kong film
相思甜如蜜
1969
NRFurther adventures of Lady Black Cat.
Lady Black Cat Strikes Again
1967
When a family is bankrupted by a counterfeiter named Gold Fist, the daughter (played by Connie Chan) vows to get revenge. As she tracks down the villains, she comes across a drifter who is escorting a young man to his father, who is being kept in captivity by a gang of thieves. When it is discovered that the captive father and Gold Fist are the same person, loyalty and friendship are put to the test.
Supreme Sword
1969
NRThe Thousand-Year-Old Wood Spirit has appeared again, and powerful martial artists both good and evil have gathered to defeat it, because its bones become the magical White-Bone Yin-Yang Swords. But the creature can only be defeated by black gold. Who will get the black gold dagger and win the swords?
The White-Bone Sword (Part 1)
1962
Book Without Words is a 1965 Cantonese martial arts film directed by Chan Lit-Ban and starring Cheung Ching.
Book Without Words
1965
NRThe Martial World is in disarray as each faction accuses the other and the mysterious Six Fingered Lord of the Lute uses the chaos for his own benefit. Meanwhile Yuet-Wah penetrates the castle of Hell with the help of young Ghost Slave (Nancy Sit), to rescue Lui Lun (Connie Chan).
The Six-fingered Lord of the Lute (Part Two)
1965
NRSecret Agents (Connie Chan and Kenneth Tsang) go undercover at a disco club trying to prevent two scientists from falling into the hands of a nefarious gang led by The Lady (Mang Lei) and the mysterious X707.
Girl with Cat's Eye
1967
NRThe White Bone Swords are stolen, and our heroes must find a way to get them back, but Brother Huang is poisoned by the Demon Cult's Hell Frost Staff, and the others must make a dangerous journey to get the antidote before it is too late.
The White Bone Sword (Part 3)
1963
Yuan Xiao is chased by the panther head monster, and starts a fierce fight. Wang Gunlong and Min Tianhu take the opportunity to capture the flute.
The All-powerful Flute: Part 2
1965
NRA powerful flute becomes the focus of all the fighters in the martial world, much blood is shed as they battle and scheme to get their hands on it.
The All-powerful Flute: Part 1
1965
hong kong film
红鸾星动
1968
2.0The first appearance of the comic character Old Master Q and friends.
Master Cute
1965
NRHe Shaoping is a studious factory worker who falls in love with her teacher at her evening classes.
The Blossoming Rose
1968
Yiu But-fan marries on the day his father Yan-kit retires as a distinguished swordsman when Yan-kit's nemesis 'Ghostly Mother Blue Flower' Chiu Choi-wan and her foster son Lai Chun-wah gatecrash the party, striking dead the elder and But-fan's wife with the White-bone Soul-thrashing needles. Having pledged his alliance to the anguished son, Taoist Tranquil of Emei vows to eradicate the menace at Mid-Autumn Festival when his junior disciple Kau Suet-mui is challenged to a duel with Chiu. Kau's fellow disciples Hung Tin-bo and Chuk Yuk-heung follow the orders of their master to roam the martial world and tumble into a bandit lair. Extricated from danger by the Taoist, the duo join hands with the passer-by Yiu to thwart Lai's assault on Kau by sorcery, again aided by the Taoist. Yiu, Kau and her peers head back to the Kau Fortress where a martial contest is being held to select a prospective groom for the daughter. Kau overwhelms Lai in the ring but concedes defeat to Chiu.
The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part One
1964
9.0Continuing from the first Jane Bond film, Black Rose (1965), Mei-yu and Mei-yu infiltrate the underground group of Golden Yanluo (Chinese: Judge of the Underworld) to save Man-fu and Nanny back.
Spy with My Face
1966
Expert of lithographic plates and counterfeit banknotes Lee Lik-hang is hunted down by the hitman Ma Biu on the orders of the gang leader Chan Lung. Cheng Wai-lun, witness to the crime and the unwitting custodian of the plate, finds himself wanted both by the police and the criminals. Seeking to unweave the web of intrigue is Kong Yin, cousin of Cheng's fiancée Cheung Mei-ling and the famed 'Lady Bond' who poses as the gambler Judy and doubles as a singer at Chan's nightclub. Kong identifies the boss as the culprit but is forced to flee following a failed attempt to obtain the needed evidence. Both Ma and detective Chow To reach Cheng who chooses police detention over abduction by the gang. Cheng evades Chan's underlings and hands the hitmen over to the authorities. Cheung's abduction results in a fierce battle when Chow and his squad arrive at the criminal den, arresting the gang leader and retrieving the lithographic plate.
Dragnet of the Law
1967
7.0Hong Kong comedy starring Connie Chan Po-chu
A Romantic Thief
1968
hong kong film
滿堂吉慶
1964
hong kong film
玉女剑
1969
NRA series of murders are committed after the victims are served with a Death Pass. Connie Chan Po-chu is the "Jane Bond" on the case!
A Death Pass
1967
NRTse Mei-chen is deeply concerned about her only family, sister Bo-chen who is obsessed with perfecting her detective sensibilities. One day, Bo-chen returns home in panic to relay to her sister and her boyfriend detective Ma Tin-lung the horrifying murder of Siu-ying by her husband Tsui Kai. But a subsequent visit to the couple's, the cousin of Bo-chen's best friend Wong Kam-fung, proves the alleged crime false. Incognizant to all, the victim was Siu-ying's twin sister Kwok-ying, who bore witness to Tsui's misappropriation of their wealth for drug trafficking. Refusing to abandon the probe, Bo-chen is held up by Tsui. Deeply perturbed by Ma's investigation into his secret dealings, Tsui coerces Mei-chen to distract her boyfriend long enough for his escape. Refusing to bow to the threat, Mei-chen informs Ma who leads his squad to the rescue of the sister and arrests Tsui and his accomplices.
The Big Chase
1966
hong kong film
八大女俠鬧江湖(下集)
1962
hong kong film
莫負青春
1967
