Kao Li

Kao Li

Li Kao was born on 5 October 1924 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. He was a director and assistant director, known for Inside Forbidden City (1965), Hun duan nai he tian (1966) and Ru xia (1967). He died on 17 August 1983.

  • Title: Kao Li
  • Popularity: 0.3258
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1924-10-05
  • Place of Birth: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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  • Also Known As: 高立, Gao Lap, Go Laap, Gao Li, Ko Lap
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Kao Li Movies

  • 1971
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    It Takes a Man to Be Henpecked

    It Takes a Man to Be Henpecked

    1 1971 HD

    A comedy about three henpecked men and how they cope with not only their wives but a society which says they should rule the roost. A comedy of errors complicates their already complicated lives and wives.

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  • 1972
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    Of Wives and Mistresses

    Of Wives and Mistresses

    7.5 1972 HD

    This is about the trials and tribulations of a man who keeps a mistress at the side while his jealous wife, hires a lowly employee, to spy on her husband's activities.

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  • 1972
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    Let's Go to Bed

    Let's Go to Bed

    1 1972 HD

    A newlywed couple has trouble spending the night together on their wedding night because of a series of obstacles involving a toy dog, the police, plain clothes detectives and jewel thieves.

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  • 1961
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    The Pistol

    The Pistol

    1 1961 HD

    Long unemployed and stone-broke, Shen Jiaguang is dealt a further blow when his wife Lu Xiaoyin has fallen seriously ill and their son Xiaoguang has to quit school.

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  • 1960
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    Back Door

    Back Door

    1 1960 HD

    A middle-aged couple adopt a young girl.

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  • 1958
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    The Magic Touch

    The Magic Touch

    1 1958 HD

    Early Shaw Brothers comedy

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  • 1957
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    Lady in Distress

    Lady in Distress

    1 1957 HD

    A Shaw Brothers production.

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  • 1957
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    Lady in Distress

    Lady in Distress

    1 1957 HD

    A Shaw Brothers production.

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  • 1957
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    A Mellow Spring

    A Mellow Spring

    1 1957 HD

    A Shaw Brothers production

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  • 1957
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    He Has Taken Him for Another

    He Has Taken Him for Another

    8.5 1957 HD

    A Shaw and Sons production.

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  • 1958
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    A Kiss for Me

    A Kiss for Me

    1 1958 HD

    A Shaw and Sons production

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  • 1963
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    Return of the Phoenix

    Return of the Phoenix

    6 1963 HD

    Return Of The Phoenix is yet another masterpiece from prolific director Li Han-hsiang. An imperial minister Cheng Pu (Ching Miao) is faced with a quandary. He's getting old and his daughters are still not married. Elder daughter Shueh-yeh (Elizabeth Chuang) is so ugly no one wants her. Younger daughter Shueh-wu (Li Hsiang-chun) is beautiful but Mrs Cheng refuses to let her marry before her elder sister. The drama unfolds when Cheng decides to marry Shueh-wu off.

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  • 1967
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    The Mirror and the Lichee

    The Mirror and the Lichee

    1 1967 HD

    Movie queen Ivy Ling Po is ideally cast as a male scholar in this historical Huangmei Opera romance. It’s a tragic love story between the scholar and a local beauty (played by Fang Ying). He polishes mirrors as a pretext to get closer to his love, who signals her approval by tossing him a bunch of lichees. From that point on the course of true love proves operatically rocky, complete with murder and suicide.

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  • 1965
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    Inside the Forbidden City

    Inside the Forbidden City

    1 1965 HD

    It seems that Li Zhenfei was once an imperial concubine, who often found herself competing with her rival Madame Liu for the emperor's sole, undivided attention. When Li gives birth to the Emperor's child, the jealous Liu switches the boy with a cat and commands a servant named Kou Zhu to kill the baby. However, Kou Zhu ignores the order and gives the prince-to-be to the emperor's brother, a decision which eventually leads to the boy being adopted by the emperor himself! But as fate would have it, to go along with his new son, the emperor has a new wife as well - Madame Liu! As this strange new family unit is being constructed, poor Li Zhenfei has been confined to the forbidden palace, condemned to never see or speak to her son, the prince. But destiny reunites her with her son, but will this family reunion be a happy one? And will Madame Liu finally be punished for her treachery?

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  • 1966
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    The Perfumed Arrow

    The Perfumed Arrow

    6 1966 HD

    Ling Bor plays Wen Fei E who is both an excellent academic as well as martial arts expert. Since her childhood days fond of dressing up as a boy, she becomes a village scholar sharing classes with Tu Zi Zheng (Chin Feng) and Wei Zhun Zhi (Ho Fan). When Fei E's innocent father is framed and sent to prison, she rushes to his rescue saving Jing Fu Quan (Kam Fie) who is in the hands of robbers along the way. Mistaking Fei E to be a noble hero, Fu Quan has no greater wish than to get married to her savior...

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  • 1966
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    Dawn Will Come

    Dawn Will Come

    5 1966 HD

    The lovely Li Hsiang-chun stars as a poor beauty who is drugged, ravished, lied to, locked in a burning store room, left to drown, and chased by sword-wielding ruffians, among other things. Her only hope is her betrayer's new wife, played by the strong and sensual Ivy Ling Po. Dawn may come, but the questions is: will it be too late? Director/writer Kao Li shows both restraint and sadism in this historical melodramatic tearjerker.

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  • 1965
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    Inside the Forbidden City

    Inside the Forbidden City

    1 1965 HD

    It seems that Li Zhenfei was once an imperial concubine, who often found herself competing with her rival Madame Liu for the emperor's sole, undivided attention. When Li gives birth to the Emperor's child, the jealous Liu switches the boy with a cat and commands a servant named Kou Zhu to kill the baby. However, Kou Zhu ignores the order and gives the prince-to-be to the emperor's brother, a decision which eventually leads to the boy being adopted by the emperor himself! But as fate would have it, to go along with his new son, the emperor has a new wife as well - Madame Liu! As this strange new family unit is being constructed, poor Li Zhenfei has been confined to the forbidden palace, condemned to never see or speak to her son, the prince. But destiny reunites her with her son, but will this family reunion be a happy one? And will Madame Liu finally be punished for her treachery?

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  • 1966
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    Dawn Will Come

    Dawn Will Come

    5 1966 HD

    The lovely Li Hsiang-chun stars as a poor beauty who is drugged, ravished, lied to, locked in a burning store room, left to drown, and chased by sword-wielding ruffians, among other things. Her only hope is her betrayer's new wife, played by the strong and sensual Ivy Ling Po. Dawn may come, but the questions is: will it be too late? Director/writer Kao Li shows both restraint and sadism in this historical melodramatic tearjerker.

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  • 1965
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    The Mermaid

    The Mermaid

    6.5 1965 HD

    A Huangmei opera produced by Shaw Brothers about a carp spirit who transforms into an identical copy of a beautiful woman to win the heart of a lonely male scholar.

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  • 1968
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    Morning Mist

    Morning Mist

    1 1968 HD

    A Taiwanese romantic drama

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  • 1973
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    The Fist of Justice

    The Fist of Justice

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1968
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    Jade Dragon

    Jade Dragon

    1 1968 HD

    Old school weepy sword fighting epic with Melinda Chen Man Ling, Cathay's answer to Cheng Pei Pei.

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  • 1970
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    The Devil's Skin

    The Devil's Skin

    5.5 1970 HD

    Yang buys a painting of fox fairy. When he faces the painting and calls "Qing Mei", a fox fairy will get out the painting and stay together with Yang. Yang's parents invite a Taoist to catch the fox, but a vampire appears to kill the Taoist's assistant and seduce Yang. The fox fairy fights the vampire to protect Yang.

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  • 1971
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    It Takes a Man to Be Henpecked

    It Takes a Man to Be Henpecked

    1 1971 HD

    A comedy about three henpecked men and how they cope with not only their wives but a society which says they should rule the roost. A comedy of errors complicates their already complicated lives and wives.

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  • 1960
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    Terror in the Dark

    Terror in the Dark

    1 1960 HD

    Hong Kong horror thriller from 1960.

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  • 1961
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    The Pistol

    The Pistol

    1 1961 HD

    Long unemployed and stone-broke, Shen Jiaguang is dealt a further blow when his wife Lu Xiaoyin has fallen seriously ill and their son Xiaoguang has to quit school.

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  • 1958
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    Diau Charn

    Diau Charn

    8 1958 HD

    Based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Diau Charn is a sublime retelling of a familiar tale with iconic actress Linda Lin Dai (Lam Doi) in the titular role of Diau Charn, one of the four storied beauties of ancient China.

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  • 1967
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    The Silent Swordsman

    The Silent Swordsman

    6.7 1967 HD

    A young swordsman is tasked to lead a patriotic secret society to fight a traitorous general who conspired with the enemy to invade their country. In due course, he meets two pretty sisters from a rural tribe and is caught between the affections of the two girls...

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