Lo Chen

Lo Chen

Lo Chen was born in 1923, in Shanghai, as Li Meng Fei. He settled in Hong Kong in 1947 and began working as a scriptwriter and as an assistant director for the Great China Film Company. After the closure of the Great China Film Company, Lo worked together with Ma Xu Weibang and wrote several other movies, including Resurrected Rose and Merry-Go-Round. Lo gained recognition with The Long Lane, which won the Best Screenplay award at the Asian Film Festival in 1956. That year, he directed his first feature film, The Fresh Peony. Lo joined Shaw Brothers in 1961 as a director, and together with Li Han Hsiang, Doe Ching and Griffin Yueh Feng were known as the “Four Aces”. Although better known for his drama, Lo has also directed movies of other genres, including comedies, musicals and even martial arts movies. Lo left Shaw Brothers at the end of the 70s, to continue his director career in Taiwan before retiring in US in the mid 90s. He passed away in 2003.

  • Title: Lo Chen
  • Popularity: 0.3011
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1923-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Shanghai, China
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  • Also Known As: 羅臻 , Lo Jun, Luo Zhen, Lo Chuen
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Lo Chen Movies

  • 1963
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    Her Sister's Keeper

    Her Sister's Keeper

    1 1963 HD

    To put her younger sister Huilan (Margaret Tu Chuan) through college, Huilian (Grace Ting Ning) became a taxi dancer and is despised by Huilan. Now married to a good husband (Guan Shan), the lonely Huilan falls for a man after her money. To protect her younger sister, Huilian puts herself at risk. Grace Ting Ning plays a sad role, as the noble sister who keeps her purity in a cesspool.

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  • 1971
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    In the Nick of Time

    In the Nick of Time

    1 1971 HD

    In the Nick of Time is a Hong Kong Crime movie starring Stanley Fung.

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  • 1968
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    The Rainbow

    The Rainbow

    1 1968 HD

    A young tutor, miss Chen, is sent to home school in a dysfunctional household head by a wealthy patriarch. She befriends his ambulatory disabled young daughter Ming Chu and becomes embroiled in her struggle to walk again. She also has problems and with her angst ridden artist brother, they search for their birth mother and their cruel spoiled half-brother. Meanwhile at home, the tutor's own fellow border house mates (a single mother Shen Chiu Meng and her nightclub singer son Chiang Hui) also possess guarded secrets that gradually resurface as Chen unwittingly becomes a catalyst for those in her life as they all converge towards the bridging of deep rooted familial gaps and resolving past estrangements.

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  • 1963
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    The Second Spring

    The Second Spring

    1 1963 HD

    Lin Yong Kang has an affair with Xu Mei Fan. She gets pregnant and they lose contact as the Japanese invade Hong Kong.

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  • 1963
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    The Second Spring

    The Second Spring

    1 1963 HD

    Lin Yong Kang has an affair with Xu Mei Fan. She gets pregnant and they lose contact as the Japanese invade Hong Kong.

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  • 1979
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    The Funny Couple

    The Funny Couple

    1 1979 HD

    The Funny Couple is a Taiwanese Romantic Comedy starring Alan Tam

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  • 1960
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    Flames of Passion

    Flames of Passion

    1 1960 HD

    A drama by the Shaw Brothers studio

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  • 1960
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    Flames of Passion

    Flames of Passion

    1 1960 HD

    A drama by the Shaw Brothers studio

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  • 1961
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    Kiss for Sale

    Kiss for Sale

    1 1961 HD

    A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Fanny Fan Lai.

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  • 1961
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    Bride For Rent

    Bride For Rent

    1 1961 HD

    A film by the Shaw Brothers studio starring Betty Loh Tih and Peter Chen Ho.

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  • 1961
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    Bride For Rent

    Bride For Rent

    1 1961 HD

    A film by the Shaw Brothers studio starring Betty Loh Tih and Peter Chen Ho.

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  • 1962
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    The Tryst

    The Tryst

    3.5 1962 HD

    A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Pat Ting Hung.

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  • 1962
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    The Tryst

    The Tryst

    3.5 1962 HD

    A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Pat Ting Hung.

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  • 1947
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    Portrait of Four Beauties

    Portrait of Four Beauties

    1 1947 HD

    Four sisters, each with their different characters, embark on their separate roads to romance. Elder sister has vast experience of romance; second sister is predisposed to vampiness and wantonness; third sister is righteous and of noble character; fourth sister is just reaching puberty and experiencing the pangs of first love. Being sentimental, flirtatious and amorous, the four sisters form a backdrop conducive to songs and tripping the light fantastic.

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  • 1971
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    The Night Is Young

    The Night Is Young

    1 1971 HD

    A rich man is constantly plagued by suspicions that his wife is cheating on him. He's not at peace even at this own house as his house guests are indulging themselves...

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  • 1977
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    Murder on the Wedding Night

    Murder on the Wedding Night

    1 1977 HD

    At the wedding feast of Shen Hsiu Chang, a guest named Tu Fu Liang suddenly announces that he had an affair with the bride, Yun Ching . The bridegroom is furious and turns on her. She disappears sadly. The next morning, her headless body is found in a lonely spot. A couple of days later, a hunter named Wu Hsiung finds a badly decomposed human head and returns it to the widower. He is rewarded with 1000 pieces of silver as the bereaved family thinks it is the head of the dead bride.

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  • 1972
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    The Invincible

    The Invincible

    5 1972 HD

    After mistakenly helping Chang-qing, the sister of ruthless Mongol chieftain Liang escape capture by Song forces, Mu-bai sets out to make amends by assassinating the Mongol warlord single-handedly.

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  • 1979
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    Revenge of a Shaolin Master

    Revenge of a Shaolin Master

    4.3 1979 HD

    After bandits hijack a shipment of rice, a local government official frames, tortures and imprisons the man in charge of the shipment in a desperate power play to take control of the region.

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  • 1964
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    Between Tears and Smiles

    Between Tears and Smiles

    6.3 1964 HD

    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.

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  • 1970
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    Ripples

    Ripples

    1 1970 HD

    A comic folk musical about two pairs of lovers and their romantic misadventures in a rural Hong Kong town.

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  • 1963
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    Her Sister's Keeper

    Her Sister's Keeper

    1 1963 HD

    To put her younger sister Huilan (Margaret Tu Chuan) through college, Huilian (Grace Ting Ning) became a taxi dancer and is despised by Huilan. Now married to a good husband (Guan Shan), the lonely Huilan falls for a man after her money. To protect her younger sister, Huilian puts herself at risk. Grace Ting Ning plays a sad role, as the noble sister who keeps her purity in a cesspool.

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  • 1971
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    Love Across the Seas

    Love Across the Seas

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1975
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    It's All in the Family

    It's All in the Family

    1 1975 HD

    Danny Lee is Hsu Chih-yuan, the youngest son of strict patriarch Hsu Hui-tang (Cheng Miu). A sailor, Chih-yuan incurs his father's wrath when he tells the latter of his girlfriend Susan's (Ai Ti) pregnancy. Pressured to leave her by his father, Chih-yuan finally agrees to continue his studies overseas. Eldest brother Chih-wen (Ling Yun) volunteers to raise money but ends up losing the family fortune in the stock market. It starts a roller coaster of tragedies for the family that ends with bitter disillusionment for Chih-yuan. It's a battle between tradition and youthful rebellion that leaves everyone a little poorer off.

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  • 1976
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    Erotic Nights

    Erotic Nights

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Mad Killer

    The Mad Killer

    1 1971 HD

    A lovelorn pompous knight lashes out after losing a friendly bout with a rival classmate who's also betrothed to the teacher's daughter. Enraged, the estranged knight threatens his own clan who withholds a closely guarded family secret.

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  • 1975
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    It's All in the Family

    It's All in the Family

    1 1975 HD

    Danny Lee is Hsu Chih-yuan, the youngest son of strict patriarch Hsu Hui-tang (Cheng Miu). A sailor, Chih-yuan incurs his father's wrath when he tells the latter of his girlfriend Susan's (Ai Ti) pregnancy. Pressured to leave her by his father, Chih-yuan finally agrees to continue his studies overseas. Eldest brother Chih-wen (Ling Yun) volunteers to raise money but ends up losing the family fortune in the stock market. It starts a roller coaster of tragedies for the family that ends with bitter disillusionment for Chih-yuan. It's a battle between tradition and youthful rebellion that leaves everyone a little poorer off.

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  • 1970
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    My Son

    My Son

    5 1970 HD

    Jimmy Wang Yu gets to flex his dramatic muscles in this contemporary Lo Chen drama. Wang is a detective's son whose attempt to punish a swindler leaves him and his father in a thrilling final face-off.

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  • 1967
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    Too Late for Love

    Too Late for Love

    1 1967 HD

    Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The happy couple's bliss was cut short when war broke out. Kuo-liang was summoned to fight at the front lines. In his absence, Su Fen discovered she had tuberculosis.

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  • 1964
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    The Shepherd Girl

    The Shepherd Girl

    10 1964 HD

    Julie Yeh Feng stars as Hsiu Hsiu, a beautiful singing shepherdess who falls head over heels in love with a handsome boatman named Liu Ta Lung. Unfortunately, she can't afford to marry her new beau because her father has racked up numerous debts due to his uncontrollable gambling addiction. And to make matters even more complicated, there's a rival suitor who promises to pay off all of her no-good father's debts on the condition that he is given Hsiu Hsiu's hand in marriage. She initially declines his offer, but starts to get jealous when she sees Ta Lung getting a little too close for comfort with another woman. In retaliation, she starts flirting with her possible benefactor/husband-to-be. But what Hsiu Hsiu doesn't know is that her jealousy isn't based on any actual unfaithfulness, but on an unfortunate misunderstanding!

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  • 1967
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    Too Late for Love

    Too Late for Love

    1 1967 HD

    Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The happy couple's bliss was cut short when war broke out. Kuo-liang was summoned to fight at the front lines. In his absence, Su Fen discovered she had tuberculosis.

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  • 1964
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    Comedy of Mismatches

    Comedy of Mismatches

    1 1964 HD

    Comedy of Mismatches begins with widow Sun who single-handedly raises her son Yu Lang (Chin Feng) and daughter Zhu Yi (Li Hsiang Chun). One day, Mother Sun sends her children to the temple, where Yu Lang encounters Hui Niang (Pat Ting). Artist Xu Ya is also at the temple, praying that his daughter Wen Gu (Carrie Ku) will find a good husband. Soon after, Wen Gu encounters nobleman's son Pei Zheng (Wai Mao) and the two fall in love at first sight.

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  • 1965
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    Vermilion Door

    Vermilion Door

    5.2 1965 HD

    The tragic love triangle of early 20th century Peking Opera star Chiu Hai-tang, his beautiful stage partner, and the warlord who forces himself between them, has been a favorite with Chinese audiences for decades.

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  • 1964
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    The Shepherd Girl

    The Shepherd Girl

    10 1964 HD

    Julie Yeh Feng stars as Hsiu Hsiu, a beautiful singing shepherdess who falls head over heels in love with a handsome boatman named Liu Ta Lung. Unfortunately, she can't afford to marry her new beau because her father has racked up numerous debts due to his uncontrollable gambling addiction. And to make matters even more complicated, there's a rival suitor who promises to pay off all of her no-good father's debts on the condition that he is given Hsiu Hsiu's hand in marriage. She initially declines his offer, but starts to get jealous when she sees Ta Lung getting a little too close for comfort with another woman. In retaliation, she starts flirting with her possible benefactor/husband-to-be. But what Hsiu Hsiu doesn't know is that her jealousy isn't based on any actual unfaithfulness, but on an unfortunate misunderstanding!

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  • 1965
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    Vermilion Door

    Vermilion Door

    5.2 1965 HD

    The tragic love triangle of early 20th century Peking Opera star Chiu Hai-tang, his beautiful stage partner, and the warlord who forces himself between them, has been a favorite with Chinese audiences for decades.

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  • 1970
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    My Son

    My Son

    5 1970 HD

    Jimmy Wang Yu gets to flex his dramatic muscles in this contemporary Lo Chen drama. Wang is a detective's son whose attempt to punish a swindler leaves him and his father in a thrilling final face-off.

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  • 1969
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    Raw Passions

    Raw Passions

    2.75 1969 HD

    Ivy Ling Po plays the dedicated wife of a man being blackmailed for an illicit love affair, who uncovers a pit of deceit, double-crosses, extortion and murder after murder.

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  • 1964
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    Comedy of Mismatches

    Comedy of Mismatches

    1 1964 HD

    Comedy of Mismatches begins with widow Sun who single-handedly raises her son Yu Lang (Chin Feng) and daughter Zhu Yi (Li Hsiang Chun). One day, Mother Sun sends her children to the temple, where Yu Lang encounters Hui Niang (Pat Ting). Artist Xu Ya is also at the temple, praying that his daughter Wen Gu (Carrie Ku) will find a good husband. Soon after, Wen Gu encounters nobleman's son Pei Zheng (Wai Mao) and the two fall in love at first sight.

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  • 1982
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    Behind the Storm

    Behind the Storm

    1 1982 HD

    After an old rich man mysteriously falls to his death, a ghost returns to settle the score.

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  • 1976
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    The Snake Prince

    The Snake Prince

    1 1976 HD

    Snake Prince (Ti Lung) is wandering with his snake buddies when he happens upon a beautiful maiden (Lin Chen-Chi) singing a prayer for rain. The song soon turns into a funky dance with the whole drought-blighted village, so the prince and his pals assume human form and join the party. The prince is so smitten with the maiden that he offers to share the snakes' river with the village if he can marry her. The villagers aren't too fond of the idea of marrying off their No. 1 babe to a snake, prince or no, but they really do need that water.

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  • 1969
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    Torrent of Desire

    Torrent of Desire

    5 1969 HD

    David (Qiao Zhuang) and Mona (Yu Qian) are a spoiled brother-and-sister duo who carelessly use the family fortune to while away their time. David's friend Hanming (Yang Fan) introduces him to the lovely Danfeng (Jenny Wu), and despite Hanming's quiet infatuation with her, David moves in quickly. David and Danfeng get married, but lasting bliss is not in the cards. Mona develops a serious case of jealousy against Danfeng for snatching her brother AND being the object of Hanming's affection. Her barbed tongue and feminine wiles prove powerful enough to sow seeds of discord among the quartet of friends and lovers. Can this wicked web of love, lust and jealousy end happily for anyone?

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  • 1966
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    The Joy of Spring

    The Joy of Spring

    1 1966 HD

    The film tells the story of Xing Yonghui, a rich girl who has fun with her painter boyfriend Du Shaohua and her classmates. Chen Xiaoping and Guo Dawei fall in love and want to elope, but they are prevented from doing so; Du Shaohua and Li Zhongting fall in love with each other over a painting, causing Xing Yonghui's unhappiness, and Xing Yonghui crashes a car into a rock and wants to die together, causing serious injuries to Du Shaohua and Li Zhongting; Xing Yonghui's suicide is prevented by her shame, but Li Zhongting does not care about the past suspicion, and the two of them recover from the injuries and perform with their classmates on the same day as they had planned to do so.

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  • 1966
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    The Joy of Spring

    The Joy of Spring

    1 1966 HD

    The film tells the story of Xing Yonghui, a rich girl who has fun with her painter boyfriend Du Shaohua and her classmates. Chen Xiaoping and Guo Dawei fall in love and want to elope, but they are prevented from doing so; Du Shaohua and Li Zhongting fall in love with each other over a painting, causing Xing Yonghui's unhappiness, and Xing Yonghui crashes a car into a rock and wants to die together, causing serious injuries to Du Shaohua and Li Zhongting; Xing Yonghui's suicide is prevented by her shame, but Li Zhongting does not care about the past suspicion, and the two of them recover from the injuries and perform with their classmates on the same day as they had planned to do so.

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  • 1967
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    Swan Song

    Swan Song

    1 1967 HD

    Demure Ke Fen Ni is secretly in love with painter Tu Fan. Unfortunately, she suffers from an incurable disease -- leukemia. Her mother wants her dying daughter to enjoy the most of her remaining days.

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  • 1967
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    Swan Song

    Swan Song

    1 1967 HD

    Demure Ke Fen Ni is secretly in love with painter Tu Fan. Unfortunately, she suffers from an incurable disease -- leukemia. Her mother wants her dying daughter to enjoy the most of her remaining days.

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  • 1957
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    The Resurrected Rose

    The Resurrected Rose

    1 1957 HD

    1957 film

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  • 1974
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    The Concrete Jungle

    The Concrete Jungle

    1 1974 HD

    Chen Chi stops to rescue a woman being assaulted one night and kills one of the attackers in the process. Under investigation for murder, he needs a witness to prove self-defense, but the victim refuses to come forward. He and the woman are in constant danger from the attackers until the real villain behind it is revealed.

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  • 1956
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    The Long Lane

    The Long Lane

    1 1956 HD

    The film focuses on a mother (Chen Yanyan) burdened by guilt after abandoning her newborn daughter in a long lane 17 years earlier, so that she could adopt a son to fulfil the traditional belief that only a male heir could continue the family line. However, when her adopted son (King Hu) becomes a disappointment, the mother’s regret deepens. On her deathbed, she confesses her secret to her husband (Wang Yin), who resolves to find their lost daughter.

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