Ho Meng-Hua

Ho Meng-Hua

Nascimento : 1923-01-01,

Morte : 2009-05-19

História

Ho Meng Hua, also He Meng Hua and Hoh Mung Wa (Chinese: 何夢華) (1 January 1923 - 19 May 2009) was a Chinese film director from Shanghai, working in the Cinema of Hong Kong and the Cinema of Taiwan. After joining the famous Shaw Brothers studio in 1955, he eventually became one of the studios' most prolific directors, directing about fifty films between then and 1980.

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Ho Meng-Hua

Filmes

Journey to the West: Legends of the Monkey King
Director
English language production introducing characters from China's most popular animated television series of 1999.
Evil Black Magic
Director
La Pin, a sinister sorcerer from Thailand who earns money by placing spells of domination on people. Fa La-ting is his zombie murderess, controlled by a metal spike which La Pin has driven into her skull, and rival sorceress Sofia sends her sexually ravenous midget ghosts after Fa to avenge one of the zombie's murder victims. The main story line concerns a young man named Ming who pines for a beautiful girl, Chun Yin, and yearns to win her away from her suave boyfriend Wong Wai. Ming goes to Nanyang and becomes the sorcerer La Pin's apprentice, picking up enough knowledge to invite the couple to Thailand, and set his plan of enslaving Yin and murdering Wai in motion. After placing the Crazy Love Curse on his intended victim, however, Ming is in over his head, as Wai enlists the aid of the powerful sorceress Sofia to get his beloved Yin back.
Swift Sword
Director
Para vingar a morte de sua família, o espadachim Bai Yipeng, mata muitos membros da família Leng e promete acabar com todos os outros. Ele sequestra a filha de um líder da família Leng e toma Qiuxia como refém, mas acaba ferido gravemente em combate. Qiuxia por gratidão resolve cuidar do famoso espadachim e o romance floresce. O pai de Qiuxia descobre que Bay Yipeng possui um mapa de tesouro e oferece a mão da filha a Mestre Bay, mas antes do casamento ele prende Mestre Bay e o mutila, para obter o mapa. Seu objetivo apresenta grande dificuldade e ele resolve matar Mestre Bay jogando-o de um precipício, mas ele sobrevive e ensina sua técnica da "Espada Veloz" ao Jovem Xiahou Xiaotong para que ele possa achar o tesouro.
An Old Kung Fu Master
Director
The plot involves the search for the elusive "Bamboo Stick," an aged kung fu master played by Simon Yuen, who kills a local crime boss's son after taking the place of the son's forced bride on the wedding night. Lee Hoi San plays the crime boss who will stop at nothing to get Bamboo Stick. Chan Lung plays a respected courier, one of Bamboo Stick's former students, who is framed for theft and pursued by the gang, in the hopes that Bamboo Stick will come to help him. Cliff Lok plays a wandering aspiring kung fu student and noodle maker who is mistaken for Bamboo Stick after fighting off some thugs who attack a woman.
O Monge de Shaolin
Director
O Templo Shaolin tem sido um dos redutos de oposição ao governo Ching, mas os Chings controlam o exército e proibiram o porte e a fabricação de armas de fogo, o que torna a resistência quase impossível. O Abade de Shaolin envia o Monge Chi San (David Chiang) para aprender novos estilos de luta e obter os desenhos das armas ditas modernas na esperança de conseguir lutar contra os Chings. Durante a ausência do Monge Chi San, o Templo Shaolin é atacado e destruído pelo exército Ching. Agora armado com seu novo estilo de luta e os planos para a fabricação de armas, Chi San faz um juramento de reconstrução do Templo Shaolin e de vingança contra os Chings.
Drunken Master and Slippery Snake
Director
Um velho campeão de artes marciais em tempos difíceis, apelidado de "Vara de Bambu" por causa de sua arma favorita, vem em auxílio de um homem cuja filha está sendo forçada a se casar com um poderoso fora da lei. No entanto, depois que "Vara de Bambu" acaba com o futuro noivo, ele descobre que acabou de matar o filho de seu arquirrival Lung Yung Fang. Lung Yung Fang fica furioso e jura vingança contra seu rival, e quando um dos alunos do "Vara de Bambu" tentam salvar seu mestre, ele perde um valioso anel de jade, afundando o "Vara de Bambu" em um dilema ainda mais profundo.
A Mão de Ferro de Shaolin
Director
Quando o mestre de Kung-fu Li Bai é assassinado, seus filhos Ching Yang e Meng Ping juram vingança. As investigações de Ching Yang o levam até Lin Hao, um homem poderoso e querido por todos na Tailândia. Como Lin Hao havia ordenado ao assassino que matasse também os filhos de Li Bai, Ching Yang se utiliza disso para infiltrar-se entre seus guardas de confiança com um objetivo: matá-lo com a técnica mortal desenvolvida pelo seu pai - a mão de ferro de shaolin.
The Psychopath
Director
A Bela do Kung Fu
Director
Um grupo de assassinos conhecidos como "As Guilhotinas Voadoras" são treinados secretamente pelo Imperador para assassinar rebeldes, membros da Corte, opositores e pessoas inocentes. Mas, quando Han Tiande, um alto oficial da guarda justo e honesto, acaba descobrindo toda a verdade. O Imperador temendo ser desmascarado, determina o extermínio de toda a família Han para não haver nenhuma testemunha do caso. A esposa do oficial Rong Qiuyan é a única que escapa do massacre, sendo na verdade, uma especialista em artes marciais do Clã Wudang, que secretamente leva uma vida dupla como esposa amorosa e um anjo vingador à noite. Apesar do desejo de vingança, ela tem que se esconder para preservar sua gravidez e proteger o filho, mais é cruelmente perseguida pelo esquadrão de assassinos e pelos três filhos do ministro da corte Jin Gangfeng, líder das guilhotinas e responsável direto pela morte de toda sua família.
Dreams Of Eroticism
Director
A timeless and titillating tale of the immoral private lives of the royal court's high officials. All the bed and body hopping is not exclusive to the family, either. Their maids and servants get involved as well, leading to flesh, fibs, and suicide, among other things. Taken all together, this is an all-time classic of sumptuous sexuality.
The Mighty Peking Man
Director
Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. He finds the monster and discovers it's been raising a scantily-clad woman, Samantha, since she survived a plane crash years before that killed her parents. In the idyllic jungle, Johnny and Samantha fall in love. Then Johnny asks her to convince "Utam" to go to Hong Kong. Lu Tien, an unscrupulous promoter, takes over: Utam is in chains for freak show exhibitions. When Lu Tien assaults Samantha, Utam's protective instincts take over: havoc in Hong Kong.
Black Magic 2
Director
A doctor suspects black magic on his hospital after experiencing some bizarre incidents and sends for two doctors (who are a couple) from Hong Kong. The wife is very skeptical and places volunteer for a spell. It became obvious that here is an evil wizard who stay young by including drinking human breast milk. A Shaw Brothers production.
The Oily Maniac
Director
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.
O Míssil do Dragão
Director
Lo Lieh stars as Sima Jun, a killer working for a corrupt lord whose orders are followed without question or hesitation. When the lord suffers from a life-threatening boil on his back, he is told by the Imperial doctor that an herb called "Longevity Rattan" offers the only cure and is grown in a remote village by an herbalist named Tan. Lo is sent on a mission to get the herb and bring it back before it's too late.
The Criminals
Director
An anthology film featuring three true-crime stories that took place in Hong Kong in the early 1970's. Part 1: Hidden Torsos' A woman and her daughter are murdered by her abusive boyfriend. Part 2: 'Valley of the Hanged'-A man murders his wife and her lover. Part 3: 'The Stuntmen' - A gang boss is murdered by his wife's lover
The Golden Lion
Director
Director Ho Meng-hua is one of Shaw Studio's most versatile directors. He's helmed romances, mysteries, award-winning dramas, contemporary action films, historical costume dramas, fantasies, and, finally, popular swordplay movies. The title character in this one is a chivalrous thief who raises the jealous ire of the rival Red Shirt Gang. There's plenty of action in this adventure, which sweeps from the plains to the mountains ... to the sound of slashing swords.
Black Magic
Director
A magician makes money by charging people to cast love spells on the objects of their affection. Complications arise when he decides that he wants a customer's bride for himself.
Um Encontro Complicado
Director
Um homem e uma mulher totalmente diferentes e que não se conhecem acabam trocando de corpos após um encontro repentino.
A Guilhotina Voadora
Director
O exército do imperador desenvolve uma nova arma de guerra que permite eliminar os inimigos com eficiência a uma incrível distância. Ma Teng discorda dos métodos do exército e deserta para viver tranquilamente no campo, porém começa a ser perseguido pelo exército do imperador e precisa desenvolver um método para vencer a “guilhotina voadora”.
Young Passion
Director
A romantic melodrama about an affair between a 16-year-old boy and a neglected wife.
Sinful Adulteress
Director
Director Ho Meng-hua gave erotica more legitimacy as he joined the list of reputable directors that began shooting soft porn with Sinful Adulteress. Starring the busty Chen Ping as a young wife of an older man that can’t satisfy her, and introducing the foxy Liu Hui-ling as the younger daughter of the old man’s first wife, it’s a sexcapade of licentious behavior that erupts through murder and greed.
The Master of Kung Fu
Director
Huang Fei-Hung, the now famous Chinese boxer, teaches his martial arts at Pao Chih Lin Institute, in Canton. Gordon, a European businessman, who deals in import export is looking for a good security guard for his Jade collection.. So ensues a martial arts tournament to decide who get's the job.
The Kiss of Death
Director
One night a textile worker is sexually assaulted by five deviants. The young lady tries to cope with the aftermath of this dramatic event but her life is ruined. Like a shattered vase, the pieces can be put back together but it'll never be the same. Cheng get's a job as a bar girl. She meets the club's owner who was a former kung-fu fighter until he was crippled. Cheng uses her position as a B-girl to go after the losers who raped her, She soon learns from a sleazy doctor that she has contracted a dark V.D. called Viet-Nam Rose. Crushed, she begs Lo Lieh to teach her kung-fu. At first he refuses until he learns her secret. Furious, Lo Lieh teaches her his deadly fight techniques (such as a groin crunching blow).
Ambush
Director
Este filme mostra o oficial da lei Wan Chao-fan e seu pai sendo acusados ​​de um roubo que não cometeram. Com apenas a espada de seu pai no local e o homem longe de ser encontrado, a retribuição é dirigida a Chao-fan, que foge para descobrir quem realmente roubou as joias para que possa se vingar e limpar o nome da família Wan.
The Black Enforcer
Director
The Human Goddess
Writer
Li Ching is the Seventh Sister, an angel who comes down from heaven to see what life in Hong Kong is like. In Hong Kong, she runs into Zili(Chin Feng), a reincarnated version of her deceased lover, Dong Yong. Zili, with help from cook Uncle Bull(the warm, portly Peng Peng), do their best to watch over homeless kids in an run-down orphanage. However, a heartless tycoon named Xu Caifa wants the land where the orphanage is and he's willing to go to extremes to get it. Armed with omnipotent powers, spirit, and help from her "celestial sisters", Seventh Sister works to defend Zili, Uncle Bull, and the orphans from Xu Caifa.
The Human Goddess
Director
Li Ching is the Seventh Sister, an angel who comes down from heaven to see what life in Hong Kong is like. In Hong Kong, she runs into Zili(Chin Feng), a reincarnated version of her deceased lover, Dong Yong. Zili, with help from cook Uncle Bull(the warm, portly Peng Peng), do their best to watch over homeless kids in an run-down orphanage. However, a heartless tycoon named Xu Caifa wants the land where the orphanage is and he's willing to go to extremes to get it. Armed with omnipotent powers, spirit, and help from her "celestial sisters", Seventh Sister works to defend Zili, Uncle Bull, and the orphans from Xu Caifa.
The Long Chase
Writer
Yueh Hua stars as an assassin who flees after killing a hated prime minister, with Lo Lieh as the relentless imperial guard who pursues him to a remote village being terrorized by bandits. When Yueh takes over the identity of a county officer newly assigned to the village, his ruse is assisted by a pretty innkeeper's daughter (Li Ching) who insists to Lieh that Yueh is indeed the county officer and happens also to be the cousin who was betrothed to her as a child. The confused innkeeper is persuaded by his daughter to support the ruse, thus delaying Lieh's efforts to arrest the wanted man.
The Long Chase
Director
Yueh Hua stars as an assassin who flees after killing a hated prime minister, with Lo Lieh as the relentless imperial guard who pursues him to a remote village being terrorized by bandits. When Yueh takes over the identity of a county officer newly assigned to the village, his ruse is assisted by a pretty innkeeper's daughter (Li Ching) who insists to Lieh that Yueh is indeed the county officer and happens also to be the cousin who was betrothed to her as a child. The confused innkeeper is persuaded by his daughter to support the ruse, thus delaying Lieh's efforts to arrest the wanted man.
The Lady Hermit
Director
A young Kung Fu student seeks a reclusive teacher so that she may learn to defeat the evil Black Demon. She doesn't realize that the servant woman she befriends is actually the kung fu master she seeks. After Black Demons henchmen attack, the master reveals herself and eventually takes on the student to train her so that they may both defeat the villian. A love triangle complicates things when another student asks for training as well.
Lady of Steel
Director
Fang Ying Qi foi a única sobrevivente do massacre de toda a sua família. Anos depois, já uma perita em artes marciais, ela recebe a missão de se juntar a um grupo de heróis que luta contra a invasão Jin na China. O que ela não esperava é que essa missão a colocaria frente a frente com os assassinos de sua família. Rodeada de espiões e intrigas, ela só encontra ajuda em Qin Shang Yi, líder da gangue dos mendigos.
Vingança de uma Espada
Writer
Li Zhishan é um homem rico, mas a riqueza não consegue manter a lealdade de sua esposa, que tem visitado a cama de um rival. Ela ajuda a conspirar contra ele, e os Vicious Long Brothers invadem sua casa e roubam a Golden Dragon Blade - uma espada que torna seu portador imbatível. Zhishan, aleijado no ataque, e sua filha são levados por um servo dedicado, e o trio logo encontra abrigo na casa de um fitoterapeuta. Os anos passam, a filha cresce e se torna uma jovem adorável e uma lutadora poderosa, e os Irmãos Longos usam a Golden Dragon Blade para ganhar poder na região. A família de Zhishan conseguiu se manter bem escondida, mas uma viagem à cidade - a primeira da filha - desencadeia uma antiga luta pelo poder quando a esposa de Zhishan descobre que sua filha está viva.
Vingança de uma Espada
Director
Li Zhishan é um homem rico, mas a riqueza não consegue manter a lealdade de sua esposa, que tem visitado a cama de um rival. Ela ajuda a conspirar contra ele, e os Vicious Long Brothers invadem sua casa e roubam a Golden Dragon Blade - uma espada que torna seu portador imbatível. Zhishan, aleijado no ataque, e sua filha são levados por um servo dedicado, e o trio logo encontra abrigo na casa de um fitoterapeuta. Os anos passam, a filha cresce e se torna uma jovem adorável e uma lutadora poderosa, e os Irmãos Longos usam a Golden Dragon Blade para ganhar poder na região. A família de Zhishan conseguiu se manter bem escondida, mas uma viagem à cidade - a primeira da filha - desencadeia uma antiga luta pelo poder quando a esposa de Zhishan descobre que sua filha está viva.
The Jade Raksha
Writer
Uma espadachim temível conhecida como The Jade Raksha aparece no mundo das artes marciais e começa a matar pessoas cujo sobrenome é Yan.
The Jade Raksha
Director
Uma espadachim temível conhecida como The Jade Raksha aparece no mundo das artes marciais e começa a matar pessoas cujo sobrenome é Yan.
Dardos Assassinos
Director
Bandidos furiosos estão estuprando e pilhando várias aldeias chinesas pacíficas até que o mestre dos dardos Liu Wen Lung junto com um aluno, seu filho e o servo empreende uma jornada em busca da quadrilha para vingar sua esposa assassinada.
The Land of Many Perfumes
Director
The Monk, Monkey and Pigsy find themselves in the title realm, where women can only give birth to women...unless loved by a man
Susanna
Director
Nineteen-year old Li Ching scored a major success playing the title character, Susanna. Li's youthful exuberance is given free rein in a role that embraces rebellion, love, betrayal, tragedy, and ultimately, redemption.
The Midnight Murder
Director
The Cave of the Silken Web
Director
Monkey King, Pig and Friar Sand must rescue his master Buddhist monk from seven witches / spiders who believe themselves to be immortal if they eat the monk's flesh. The third part of the Shaw Brothers film series about Monkey King after the novel "Journey to the West."
The King with My Face
Director
THE KING WITH MY FACE (1967) offers a well-produced Shaw Bros. variation on Alexandre Dumas' famous tale, "The Man in the Iron Mask."
Princess Iron Fan
Director
The mythological tale of a quest from China to India to bring back Buddhist scriptures, famous for the adventures of Sun Wukong, the notorious Monkey King.
The Monkey Goes West
Director
THE MONKEY GOES WEST is the first entry in the studio’s epic, four-part screen adaptation of “Journey to the West,” a 16th-century novel recounting the efforts of a Buddhist monk and his magical companions to travel to India and bring back Buddhist sutras.
The Warlord and the Actress
Director
A member of the Red Peony troupe, singer Tang Pei Hua (Yeh Feng) is renowned for her beautiful voice and appearances. Her beauty, however, invites the unwanted attentions of cruel and lecherous warlord Cao Lin (Zeng Mei). In order to escape Cao's grasp, Tang and her lover Lin Ke Qiang (Chin Han) decide to run away to the south where they can live freely. But their plan is uncovered by Cao, and Lin gets captured. In order to save Lin, Tang must sacrifice herself and entertain Japanese guests at a banquet, throwing herself into danger's way.
Between Tears and Smiles
Director
Fan Chia-soo is a kind-hearted student whose heart is captured by the sweet song of Shen Feng-hsien. However, he is not the only one who has eyes for Shen. The General's henchmen are also determined to present the songstress to their superior as a gift. Fan received help from an unexpected quarter to save the woman he loves.
The Adulteress
Director
The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the waning days of the Ching Dynasty. To make matters worse, she’s soon framed for her husband’s murder by her rapist - the son of the local magistrate! And even that isn’t the end of her woes. It’s best to have a box of tissues nearby as two expert directors ratchet up the emotional suspense in this consummate tearjerker.
A Maid from Heaven
Director
Seventh sister of the celestial world goes down to earth to marry Dong Yong, a young man sold to servitude. However the Jade Emperor orders her to go back to the immortal world.
An Appointment After Dark
Director
Wan Jialiang, a factory worker, and Lu Xiuzhen fall in love and live together. Hou Liang is supported by Dong Yaqin, his cousin, and their lives improve. Desperate to get rid of Jane, who is pregnant, Jialiang plans to make her fall into the sea and die.
Rainstorm in Chinatown
Assistant Director
Jiang Lizhen's husband, Wang Gensheng, went to Nanyang to make a living. After ten years of separation, there was no news. Jane took her daughter to find her husband, but found out that she was born into a wealthy family.