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Love Swindler (1976)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 35M

Director : Li Han-Hsiang

Synopsis

Vaunted director Li Han-Hsiang reveals the way of the world in this anthology film of four stories that feature far more swindlers and swindling than lovers or love. There's fake acupuncturists, gullible counterfeiters, a jewelry heist in a VD clinic, and a salesgirl's subtle scam in these short cinematic stories of gulls, dopes, marks, and fools and the cons, cheaters, charlatans, and connivers who trick them. It's four times the fraud as the cheats, gyps, and rip-offs come fast and furious!

Actors

Ku Feng
Ku Feng
Hua Yi To (segment "Deadly Injections")
Wu Ming-Tsai
Wu Ming-Tsai
Er Fu Zi (segment "Deadly Injections")
Ou-Yang Sha-Fei
Ou-Yang Sha-Fei
(segment "Deadly Injections")
Hao Li-Jen
Hao Li-Jen
(segment "Deadly Injections")
Shum Lo
Shum Lo
(segment "Deadly Injections")
Siu Yam-Yam
Siu Yam-Yam
Miss Sophie (segment "Counterfeit")
Dana
Dana
Miss Anna (segment "Counterfeit")
Shen Chan
Shen Chan
(segment "Counterfeit")
Gigo Tevzadze
Gigo Tevzadze
(segment "Counterfeit")
Hong Hoi
Hong Hoi
Chau Gi (segment "Social Disease")
Teresa Ha Ping
Teresa Ha Ping
(segment "Social Disease")
Wang Ping
Wang Ping
(segment "Social Disease")
Chiang Nan
Chiang Nan
Dr. Cho Chi Ran (segment "Social Disease")
Cheng Siu-Ping
Cheng Siu-Ping
(segment "Social Disease")
Shirley Yu Sha-Li
Shirley Yu Sha-Li
Chau Chi (segment "Hire Purchase")
Kong Yeung
Kong Yeung
Mr. Jiang (segment "Hire Purchase")
Elliot Ngok
Elliot Ngok
Wang Juan Shung (segment "Hire Purchase")
Chen Ping
Chen Ping
Hu Ah Fong (segment "Hire Purchase")

Crews

Li Han-Hsiang
Li Han-Hsiang
Director
Li Han-Hsiang
Li Han-Hsiang
Writer
Chiang Hsing-Lung
Chiang Hsing-Lung
Editor

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