Chan Lap-Ban

The story happened in the quaint peninsula, Macao. Given the incident of Sichuan Earthquake, a long hidden love story has now been revealed. This has become the source of inner conflicts between grandpa and grandma. Shocks come in no time. Will the situation be resolved as warm and pacifying as the setting sun?

형사 창피아오는 마약제조자를 조사하는 도중에 마약왕텡에 의해서 살해된다. 그는 특별한 특징을 지닌 어떠한 사람의 도움으로 살인자를 체포하여 돌아오라는 명령을 받는다. 형사 창은 그의 보조자로서 영악한 경찰훈련생 흥징이라는 어처구니 없는 사실을 알게 된다. 그러나 흥징은 창의 도움을 통하여 점점 신용을 얻게 된다. 그리고 창은 흥징앞에 과제를 던지게 된다. 흥징은 첸의 딸 유를 만나게 된다. 그리고 그들의 관계로 그녀 아버지의 처지가 어렵게 됨에도 불구하고, 창의 도움으로 그녀의 마음을 얻게 된다. 창에 의하 여 사건의 실마리가 풀리고, 흥징은 창의 살인자 텡의 체포에 접근하게 되는데...

홍콩의 어느 고풍적인 분위기로 장식되어 있는 사진관에 어둠이 밀려오고 하나 둘 거물들이 들어와 때아닌 도박판이 벌어진다. 도박판의 긴장된 분위기가 장내를 감싸고 도박의 황제인 주윤발의 천재적인 도박솜씨가 유감없이 발휘된다. 그러나, 우연한 실수로 도박의 황제인 주윤발은 강한 충격을 받고 기억상실증에 걸리게 된다. 여기에 유덕화가 친구인 주윤발을 헌신적으로 돌본다.

선옥련은 전생이 반금련으로 무용학교 교장에게 몸을 빼앗긴 후 옛날 반금련이 당했던 일이 자주 눈 앞에 보인다. 그일로 무용학교에서 쫓겨난 그녀는 봉제공장에서 일하면서 무룡이란 청년을 알아 사모하게 되지만 이뤄지지 않는다. 몇년 후 홍콩 관광객 무아대와 결혼해 행복하게 사는 선옥련 앞에 무아대의 고향 후배로 무룡이 다시 나타난다. 무룡이 선옥련의 운전기사로 들어오면서 갈등은 시작된다. 그러던 중 무룡은 선옥련의 유혹을 뿌리치고 선옥련은 다른 남자 서문경을 만나 넘지 못할 선을 넘게 된다.그들의 관계를 알게 된 무룡은 서문경이 준 약을 먹고 기절한 무아대가 죽은 줄 알고 서문경을 찾아가 싸우다 서문경을 창밖으로 던져 죽게 만든다. 이 광경을 목격한 선옥련은 겁이나 차를 몰고 도망가다 이를 말리는 무룡의 차를 들이 받는다. 무룡은 큰 상처를 입게 되 선옥련은 그를 차에 싣고 급히 병원으로 향하는데...

A young schoolgirl, Yuen Fong becomes caught in a tragic stranglehold of triad activity after she testifies in court over a triad beating. When this news reaches the triad leader Brother Smart, Yuen Fong must pay him protection money for what she has done as events begin to escalate.

형과 누이동생과 함께 택시업을 하던 조는 실수로 미모의 메이를 다치게 해서 절름발이로 만든다. 조의 사람됨에 호감을 가진 메이의 부친이 합의를 봐주게 되어 구금은 면하게 된다. 호의에 보답하려고, 메이네가 경영하는 수퍼로 찾아간 것이 그곳의 종업원들과의 다툼으로 이어져, 조 형제는 전 직원들이 그만두는 바람에 하는 수없이 수퍼일을 돕게 된다. 일하던 중 거금 2만달러를 강탈당하여 삼남매 명의의 택시를 처분하기에 이른다. 그러나 열심히 일한 대가가 주어져 마침내 조는 메이의 사랑을 얻어 결혼에 골인하는데..

When a woman suspects that her actor-husband has been fooling around with an actress, she commits suicide. Afterwards, she becomes a vengeful ghost and haunts her former husband and his co-workers. As a result, the actors seek the help of stagehand Uncle Fok, who practices Taoist magic.

Famous actress, Sharla Cheung, was first made known to the audiences prior to her fim debut with this story of Lee Nan (Sharla Cheung), who came to Hong Kong to be reunited with her husband, but later she depraved.

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

A woman tries to attract her reincarnated lover from her previous life but eventually turns to the aid of an evil sorcerer who rules over a tribe of cannibal midgets.

The story is about a new high rise office building that's haunted by a ghost patrol of Japanese soldiers from W.W. II. The angry ghosts want revenge and they'll do anything to achieve that goal.

John Shum leads an expedition to an supposedly deserted island only to find out that it's inhabited by a group of seriously demented characters,lead by Peter Chan Lung.This is a family that stays together,slays together and when the youngest one is refused in marriage to one of the young girls of the troupe they turn into savage maniacs.

Thanks to the help of his uncle's (Stanley Fung) girlfriend (Wong Wan Si), Robert (Frankie Chan) gets to work as a creative assistant in an advertising agency, where he falls for the beautiful manager Cleopatra (Joyce Ni). His uncle brings home an antique mirror not knowing that it hides a fox fairy. Robert inadvertently takes the mirror to the office and by chance the fox fairy is freed and possesses Cleopatra! Hopelessly bedazzled by her vixen charm, Robert is killed in a car accident while looking for the mirror thrown away by his uncle...

Lee Kam Lun (Alan Tam) is an intelligent but psychologically unstable young man who is very filial and loves his mum(Pik Wan Tang) dearly. Trouble brews when he accidentally killed a junkie one night. His subsequent actions arouse the suspicion of another intelligent Inspector (Bill Tung), who kick start a game of cat and mouse by befriending Lee's mum as he tries to expose Lee as the killer. Director Ronny Yu (Fearless, The Bride With White Hair) gives us an effective and tight psychological thriller with some dark humor and plot twists in one of his earlier directorial effort. Cantopop legend Alan Tam and the late Bill Tung both give outstanding performances playing the two key adversaries. tt0089001

Infatuation is a Hong Kong Romance starring Ricky Hui.

Cheng Tzu-hao and Kao Ying-wei, both wooing the same girl Ah Tzu, are transferred to the same Action Squad to help crack a number of robberies committed by a notorious robber/killer Ku Lung from Shantung. They inadvertently offend their immediate superior Beast King, and land themselves in a tight spot…

shaw production

미모의 에어로빅 강사 체리(종초홍). 중년의 재력가 추사장(초원)은 온갖 수단을 동원하여 그녀의 환심을 사려고 노력하지만, 체리는 그를 거들떠보지도 않는다. 체리는 젊고 매력적인 사진작가 후아(양가휘)와 만나 사랑에 빠지지만, 후아는 영화감독으로 성공하여 신분 상승을 이루려는 야망으로 가득 차 있다. 쇼브라더스 제작의 로맨틱 코미디로, 시공간을 다루는 담가명의 연출력과 유려한 촬영이 돋보이는 작품이다. (제1회 서울충무로국제영화제)

순진한 청년이자 사회 초년생인 폴(장국영)은 지하철에서 우연히 본 모니카(장만옥)에게 한눈에 반한다. 폴의 옆자리에 앉아 있던 아니타(매염방)는 그의 마음을 눈치채고 짓궂은 장난을 쳐서 폴을 웃음거리로 만들어 놓는다. 이렇게 세 사람의 만남은 시작된다. 폴과 모니카는 급속도로 가까워지지만 모니카앞에 이미 결혼한 옛 남자가 접근하고, 두 남자 사이에서 갈피를 못잡고 방황하던 모니카는 폴에게 마지막 제안을 한다. 넓은 지하철에서 다시 자신을 찾는다면 두 사람의 연분은 확실하다는 것이다. 떠나는 모니카를 잡지 못하는 폴을 본 아니타는 자신이 아닌 그의 사랑마저도 소중히 여겨 절망하는 폴을 일으켜 세운다. 넓은 지하철안에서 서로를 찾던 폴과 모니카는 결국 아니타의 도움으로 만나고, 서로의 사랑을 확인하는데..

Nat chan finds a mentally retarded Pat Ha, who has run away from home. Her father is a millionare and wants her to have brain surgery which has a 50% chance of death. Pat runs away because her father girlfriends secret lover threatens her.

Dumb Boy, a deaf and dumb, yet a brilliant and undiscovered cartoonist whose current publication has been gradually ignored by his readers. Consequently, the drop of the sale has promptly provoked his superior urging him to adopt a new style. During the midst of a mental struggle for new subjects, Cactus, a night club hostess, walked into his life, he silently and secretly falls in love with her. However, nurturing with an instinctive inferiority complex that had been fostered by his shortcomings all his life. Dumb Boy had not been able to get together his courage to reveal his love to Cactus.....

저주를 받을 것이야! 서른이 되기 전에 결혼하면 큰 불행이 닥친다는 풍수 전문가의 경고. 하지만 그때까지 어떻게 기다리냐고! 기를 쓰고 금지된(?) 결혼을 하려는 남자. 경고를 무시하면 그만한 대가를 치러야 할지니.

Chen Li is the son of an enormously wealthy Hong Kong businessman and is vacationing in Hawaii, experiencing typical girl problems. His lothario friend Lolanto flies in from Hong Kong and is determined to find Chen Li a girl within a few days. After a series of hijinks, Chen Li and Lolanto are back in Hong Kong and investigating high-level embezzling in Chen's father's corporation. It also turns out that Kitty and May are employed there as well, with Kitty being the secretary of the supposed embezzler. Because Chen has been notoriously inconspicuous and no one knows what he looks like, he is able to assume to role of a limousine driver for Lolanto, who takes on the persona of Chen Li himself. While tracking down the corruption, Lolanto and Chen also are trying to win the hearts of the two women, but are they looking for true love or only money?

A cop suffering from "posterior ulcers" tries to catch a serial killer who seeks out victims with medical problems. One suspect is a man who makes pies from guts, which the cop inadvertantly eats. Eventually the hero cop finds himself tied to an operating table with the killer preparing to deal with his "posterior ulcers"!

The plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from mainland China.

Fu Sheng plays Sheng, a playboy who has all the latest cars and technology along with all the tricks for courting the ladies. Sheng’s mom (Lee Heung Kam) along with her personal nurse, Mei (Cherie Chung), arrive in Hong Kong with the intentions of getting Sheng to marry a woman of her liking. While searching for Ms. Right, Sheng is challenged by a couple of lady killers, Lolento (Natalis Chan) and Valentine (Hsieh Hsien) in his quest to get girls. Eventually, little does Sheng know that the girl he happens to love is near him everyday at home.

1920년대 상하이. 지식인? 학생 운동? 그에게 돌아온 건 옥살이뿐. 출소 후 암흑가에 발을 내딛지만, 손 씻고 평범한 삶을 살려 했다. 하지만 그가 맞이한 건 핏빛 절망. 이 남자가 할 수 있는 게 복수 외에 무엇이 있으리오.

Four carefree lovers in Hong Kong enjoy their youth while danger looms on the edges.

When Long Jian-fei is tossed from a cliff by the new sweetheart of his meanspirited ex-girlfriend, the friendly Dameng dragon-dog saves the hapless man's life, and brings him to Flame Cloud Devil, the blind master of the Buddha's Palm technique.

Hung Tai-Kong aka Rice Pot and Chan Yin-Tung aka Chimney are two friends who work with their master Kam Ming and his daughter Ann as a team of pickpockets.

Three lotharios vie to become principal of the Macho Man Training School, an extremely non-monastic institution dedicated to extremely non Shaolin-types of physical exertion, in this strange and erotic farce of the classic 36th Chamber Of Shaolin.

Hong Kong comedy film.

Hell may have no fury like a woman scorned, but hell, literally, really has no wrath like a lusting ghost scorned! Muscular "Venom" Lo Mang discovers just that when the demon arranges to have his true love killed in order to possess her. Chaos, revenge, insanity, violence, tragedy, and even romance ensue. Director Kuei Chih-hung, already famous for Bamboo House of Dolls, Killer Snakes, Ghost Eyes, Corpse, Hex, and many other cult classics, shoots the works with this amazing horror love story.

While possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit.

Kwong and Ming, two boys from rural China, sneak into Hong Kong to get quick rich. But they are instantly disillusioned and they get into messy situations. The superstar who looks exactly like Kwong has a nasty spill in a dangerous stunt and dies. Kwong is recruited to stand in. Money and all life's amenities become available to the pair. While Ming makes the best out of the situation by gambling and womanizing, Kwong realizes that his own amazement money is not everything.

Daughter & Father is a Hong Kong Drama starring Kent Cheng.

Ling's parents has been separated when she was small, however, she always miss her brother, Ding. Ling's boyfriend is a social worker. One day, he sees a youngster who looks like Ling's brother and loves drinking cream soda and milk. Nevertheless, Ding doesn't want to meet his sister..

A compulsive gambler weds a ghost who helps and hinders him in both horrid and hilarious ways.

술과 도박에 빠진 것도 모자라 폭력까지 행사하는 나쁜 남편 양춘우에게 시달리던 병약한 아내 진세영이 병세가 악화되어 오늘 내일 하던 중 비가 내리던 어느날 하녀 양기오가 우발적으로 남편을 항아리에 빠트려 죽이는 일에 동참했다가 남편의 원귀에 시달리다 절명하고 그 사건에 숨겨진 진실이 드러나면서 벌어지는 이야기

A young man takes a job as a house servant for a rich old man with an attractive younger wife and trouble ensues.

After being released from prison, repeat offender Lam Sai-Song received neither compassion from his family nor acceptance by friends and relatives. Nevertheless he refused to give up on himself...

Comedy / fantasy involving ghosts.

Two people in debt to loan sharks cooperate with each other to clear their debt and cheat other people out of their money.

Sequel to the comedy movie Lam Ah Chun

The Utmost Greatness is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Kent Cheng.

Small rice shop proprietor old Plough is still unmarried despite being in his fifties. When he marries a Thai bride for just ten thousand-odd dollars, he discovers that his wife was pregnant prior to coming to Hong Kong.

Two young men from Singapore make holiday in Hong Kong. One of them dreams about a murder. After witnessing a murder they become the targets of some gangsters. Can they outfight the thugs or will the murder dream become a reality?

Looking for a job, Ah-chun is sent off into the countryside to a seemingly haunted mansion.

Shaw Brothers Exploitation Flick, 5th installment in "The Criminals" series.

Part 1 : 'Gun Snatchers' - Two criminals wanted for murder are turned in by one of their own. Part 2: 'Arson' - A Triad revenge plan to burn down a nightclub goes wrong and results in the deaths of five people.

In this sexpolitation effort, a British pilot is assaulted by a gang of hoodlums and left on the street. He's eventually taken to a hospital, where he is nursed back to health by Dr. Emy Wong, a beautiful Asian physician. As the pilot is restored to full health, he becomes increasingly infatuated with Emy.

A young boy explores Hong Kong after staying at with his sick Grandmother.

An adult comedy produced by the Shaw Brothers.

A Shaw Brothers production featuring a supernatural tale of revenge. Liu Miao-Li suffers a string of terrible events. Once pushed to her limit, she decides to take back control of her existence, but chooses an unlikely path to vengeance.

Shaw Brothers' number one action hit of 1975, and deservedly so. The character of one-man kung-fu dynamo Big Brother Cheng and kung-fu superstar Chen Kuan-tai were made for each other. A Robin Hood-like restaurant manager who socks it to the thugs in order to make the mean streets of Hong Kong a little less mean, Big Brother Cheng made his first appearance in the extremely popular The Tea House, the success of which spawned this even more successful sequel.

Ghost Eyes concerns a female hair stylist who is seduced by the vampiric ghost of a former optometrist. Using supernatural contact lenses to control her mind, he gradually drains her life essence as she is forced to find new victims until tries to make a stand and rid herself of this terror once and for all.

A bumbling martial arts teacher has the skills but lacks the confidence to use them. Run out of town by some ne'er-do-wells, he sets out on some comic adventures as he travels the countryside. Taking up some companions that are as bumbling as he is, the group seems to stumble into one misadventure after another. Will our hearty band eventually prove their worth with their skills and bring their enemies to justice?

As the Heng Seng Index reaches unprecedented heights, people from all walks of life go stock speculation crazy. A security guard and his landlord learn firsthand that money is ‘Easy Come, Easy Go’ as their fast fortune disappears overnight in a Macau casino. Meanwhile, greedy neighbours and infidel couples cheat each other and even blue-collar workmen dive into the frenzy. Inevitably, the market tumbles as do the people’s bittersweet lives. A hilarious but ironic tale featuring some of Shaw’s biggest stars.

18-year-old Ainu is kidnapped and sold to a brothel. Her good looks and wild personality make her very popular with the lustful clients, but also draw the lesbian attentions of brothel madam Chun Yi. Chun Yi teaches Ai nu the ways of lust and the ways of kung fu, and Ai nu becomes more and more similar to her captor. But rage at her treatment is still burning inside her.

Connie 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.

Hong Kong ghost movie set during wartime. Not to be confused with the South Korean film of the same name from the previous year.

The creative person torn between ideals and reality is one of Chor Yuen's favourite characters in his 1960s films. Another favourite subject is the rose, not only featured in the title of several films but is also the name of the production company he formed with his future wife, Nam Hung, who also stars in most of its productions. Rose in Tears is in fact the company's inaugural project. The story features two painters, one famous and the other struggling but both infatuated with the same delicate rose of a woman, negotiating their ways through art, commerce and love. With this heart-tugging story, Chor finds a vehicle for his baroque impulses, relishing in lavish images and over-the-top emotions.

Hong Kong was quickly becoming industrialised in the 1960s. The market was hungry for female labourers with a grasp of crafting skills. In addition to being wives and mothers, many women entered the labour market at that time. This ‘streamlined comedy' (as it was advertised) is called Three Love Affairs, but the main action is centred on the lovers played by Ting Ying and Cheung Yee. In order to make themselves more appealing, the factory girl pretends to be the daughter of a successful businessman, while the chauffeur pretends to be from a wealthy family. Their relationship is fraught with worry and anxiety, because they are confused about their own identities, and have not yet come to terms with themselves and their lives. With the support of the Manufacturers' Association, the film was shot on location at an actual factory, evidencing a prosperous period in Hong Kong's industrial history.

The Killing Flag (Part 1) is a 1963 Hong Kong martial arts film direcred by Fung Chi-Kong.

A ghost tale very strongly inspired by Hitchcock's Vertigo.

Poor teacher Chan Chi-hong, his wife Lee Yuk-mei and their five children survive on his meagre pay. When he is laid off by two schools in a row, the family runs into difficulties. The children resort to begging on the streets to pay the mother's medical bills. Turning to writing, Chan's novel fails to find a publisher and, worse still, he comes down with tuberculosis. Dealt a further blow by the death of the youngest daughter and the pressures from the loan sharks, Chan contemplates killing himself and his family but changes his mind when he witnesses the sacrifices made by other parents for their children. He vows to be a dutiful father and tries his best to overcome their adversities. His novel is finally published and sells well. Through thick and thin, the family at last sees the light at the end of the tunnel.

After inheriting his father's estate, Cheung Ka-bo leads a life of debauchery after getting know Blackie Yuen, who profits at others' expense, and Yee-Wah, who working at a night club. As the family wealth diminishes, he always squabbles with his wife and finally separates from her. She returns a diamond bracelet, kept by Uncle Chan, to her mother-in-law. Bo's mother hides the bracelet in a chair. Later, Wah resides at Bo's home. To flatter Wah, Bo wants to get the bracelet by any means from his mother and give it to Wah. Later, Bo's mother falls ill. In the hospital, she tells Bo of the bracelet's whereabouts but the chair has already been sold to Uncle Chan by Wah. Bo, Wah and Yuen stealthily enter Chan's home to get the chair, but have a big fight when they try to take the bracelet. Knowing that Bo has huge debts, Wah intends to leave him after getting the bracelet. Wah exposes her gluttonous self in her pursuit of the treasure. Bo learns his lesson and returns to his wife.

Mr Wong falls head over heels for Lan, a beautiful waitress. He bugs her constantly to ask for her hand, and even goes as far as lying about his wife being dead and secretly planing to marry his wife off to a friend. Lan decides to play a prank on him to teach him a lesson.

An adaptation of Tong Tik-sang's now-legendary Cantonese Opera piece, the film features divas Yam Kim-fai and Pak Suet-sin (left with Yam), who play the story's lead lovers, and Lan Chi Pak, the sinister official who tries to break up the relationship. Leung Sing-po plays the pair's friend as well as the mysterious 'man in yellow' who exposes plans to separate the couple.

Wong Fei Hung must stands up for people who are unable to stand up for themselves.

Guerrilla member Ting Siu-yuen works as a playwright and Lee, the leader of an opera troupe. They conceal their identities in the troupe in order to gather military intelligence. Yuen gradually falls in love with the lead actress Mui Law-heung. Ting is unsettled to learn that County Chief Fong covets Mui. He sneaks into Fong's residence and is astounded by the sight of his old lover Pak Kuen, now Fong's wife. Fong colludes with the military chief in conducting vicious schemes. With Kuen's help, Yuen is able to get the intelligence. But as Heung is not an insider, she reports to the Governor about the illicit relationship between Yuen and Kuen. Kuen backs Yuen to eliminate the conspirators and bring about the union of Yuen and Heung.

Ghost story from Hong Kong directed by Ng Wui.

Chan Siu-hung is forced to become a prostitute, with the police following hot on her heels. Ching Chi-ko comes to her defence by claiming to be her husband. Chan is put up at Ching's roof hut named the 'Seventh Heaven' and the two gradually fall in love. Soon the war breaks out. Ching is drafted to do hard labour by the Japanese army. When the war is over, the crippled Ching returns and lies to Chan that he is already a married man, hoping to persvade Chan to marry someone else. Nonetheless, Chan's devotion overwhelms Ching.

Reporter Yu Mong-yuen is recovering from a leg injury in his fiancee Man-wah's apartment. Bored, he looks out the rear window and observes the life of the neighbouring building. Among the tenants are a sugar-daddy and his mistress, a middle-aged man wants to marry a young girl, but she is in love with his son. Finally, she hatches a plot and makes the man agree to her marrying his son ; a sly fortune-teller ; a lively gym, a rich widow quarrels with the trainer of a gymnasium because his dog has bitten her cat ; and an opera school, a woman signs, leaning on the balcony, and a man tries to strangle her. In fact they are rehearsing an opera…… One evening, Wah is on the night shift, and Yuen watches the opera troupe rehearse to the end. Under the influence of drugs, Yu mistakenly believes that a divorced man has murdered a taxi dancer. He alerts the police, but the whole thing is nothing more than a misunderstanding.

Upon the death of an elderly master, a family has a dispute over the distribution of an inheritance / jewelry and are haunted by ghosts.

An opera troupe has to dissolve in view of the poor economy. Comedian star Sang Kwai-lei loses his job and he has no alternative but to play the lion character in the opera troupe of his former junior apprentice Chan Hau and pawn his stage costume. He aims at earning enough money to support the final year's secondary school studies of his elder son Chi-kuen. Kuen however refuses to continue his studies, seeing that his father has to put aside his dignity to earn money and his mother is worried. Lei is enraged and uses the money to support his younger son Chi-wai's studies. Again, Lei loses his job and he resorts to giving street performances, his wife takes up sowing work in her spare time and she dies after a long illness. Kuen works to support himself through school, but Wai is less fortunate, he is forced to enrol in an opera troupe as an apprentice. Years later, the dying father joyfully embraces Chi-kuen's return from his studies.

The film commences with Ching (Tang Bik-wan) lamenting over her bleak life through singing: her mother died early and her stepmother (Lam Mui-mui) is wicked. The song precedes her appearance in the house while the cinematography helps to tug at the emotional heartstrings. Because of her debt-ridden father, Ching is forced by the stepmother to marry an old invalid. To prevent the marriage, Ching's lover Ho (Chan Kam-tong) raises money by agreeing to marry his own cousin (Fung Wong Nui). Ching's life is doomed, yet, when the stepmother absconds with the money. With all her hopes dashed to the ground, Ching decides to opt out of marriage for life. However, witnessing her 'self-combed' sworn sisters being bullied even to the point of committing suicide further devastates her. This tragic heroine comes to life through Tang's masterful performance both as a singer and an actor. The climatic and tear-jerking scene of Ching dying is definitely a highlight of the film.

The film features a conflict between a young wife and her mother-in-law, depicting the lives of ordinary people and their profound problems.

Ko Suk-ying is saddened over her arranged marriage as manipulated by her father Hak-ming. Ko Kok-sun's Cousin Chow Wai's spends the Mid-Autumn Festival before her marriage with the Kos. She has been in love with Sun. Sun finds out about her love for him when she is about to be married off, he is too weak to oppose to Wai's betrothal to another man. Sun's son, Hoi-sun, falls ill. Fearing the displeasure of his elders, Sun dares not consult a western doctor. Meanwhile, another dispute arises among members of the family over the ancestral land. When accused of being incompetent in his management, Sun takes the blame silently. Wai dies of grief while Hoi-sun becomes a victim of mistreatment. Sun is devastated at this double blow. Hak-ming instructs Sun to arrange for Ying's wedding. Knowing the kind of man Ying's fiancee is, Sun is reluctant. Not wanting to follow in Wai's footsteps, Ying fights for her own rights, and backed by an enlightened Sun, she leaves for a new start.

"Family" (1953), which launched the Union Film legacy, "Spring" (1953) and "Autumn" (1954) are adaptations of Ba Jin's highly regarded novel "Torrent Trilogy". In "Family", director Ng Wui skilfully condenses the voluminous first part of the novel into an emotionally powerful and intellectually focused story of youngsters struggling to survive oppression and repression in a feudalistic family. This well-received film quickly established the company's reputation.

Drama from Hong Kong directed by Chu Kei.

Musical from Hong Kong directed by Chow Sze-Luk.

Comedy from Hong Kong directed by Cho Kei.

The sophistication of 1950s Hong Kong cinema is vividly illustrated in this film of limited budget and resources. Cantonese opera star Sun Ma Si-tsang plays a country boy who looks exactly like Sun Ma and is asked by a rich girl to impersonate the star, to help her stage an opera. The self-reflexive humour generated by the absurd situation not only provides delicious parody of celebrity culture but also comments subtly on class inequality and the perils of urbanisation. Sun Ma, who also appears as himself in a stage performance, is complemented beautifully by the brilliant comedian Yee Chau-shui as his sidekick and Hung Sin Nui, another opera superstar, as the spoiled and precocious rich girl.

A 10-year-old Bruce Lee stars as Kid Cheung, an orphan boy who sells comics in a little stall in the slums to survive. He and his two siblings are looked after by his Uncle Ho, a teacher. When the wealthy Hung Pak-ho surveys the slums to build a school for orphans, he is robbed by the vicious Blade Lee and his gang. Cheung helps Blade Lee escape and earns his friendship, but Uncle Ho convinces him to return the gold necklace Lee stole. Hung rewards Ho by hiring him as his private secretary.

The Song Dynasty is in danger after being invaded by Jin soldiers. The geisha Liang Hongyu encourages her lover Han Shizhong to join the army and fight against Jin Zhong's superior, Wei Liangchen.