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Li Han-Hsiang

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
8

Gender
Male

Birthday
April 23, 1926 (100 years old)

Place of Birth
中国, 辽宁

Li Han-Hsiang

Biography

Richard Li Han Hsiang (Chinese: 李翰祥; pinyin: Lǐ Hànxiáng; 7 March 1926 in Jinxi, Liaoning - 17 December 1996 in Beijing) was a Chinese film director. Li directed more than 70 films in his career beginning in the 1950s and lasting till the 1990s. His The Enchanting Shadow, The Magnificent Concubine, and Empress Wu Tse-Tien were entered into the Cannes Film Festival in 1960, 1962, and 1963 respectively.

Li also won the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for his work on the movie Xi Shi in 1965. Most of his movies in the 1970s and 1980s were Chinese historical dramas. He died in Beijing due to a heart attack. He was seventy.

Known For

Directing

1994Lover's Lover...Director
1994The Amorous Lotus Pan...Director
1991Dun Huang Tales of the Night...Director
1991The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire...Director
1991Madame Bamboo...Director
1989The Empress Dowager...Director
1988Snuff Bottle...Director
1986The Last Emperor...Director
1983Reign Behind a Curtain...Director
1983The Burning of the Imperial Palace...Director
1983Take Care, Your Majesty...Director
1982The Emperor and the Minister...Director
1982Tiger Killer...Director
1982Passing Flickers...Director
1981The Tiger and the Widow...Director
1980Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty...Director
1979Return of the Dead...Director
1979The Ghost Story...Director
1979The Scandalous Warlord...Director
1978The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung...Director
1978Hello Sexy Late Homecomers...Director
1978Sensual Pleasures...Director
1977The Dream of the Red Chamber...Director
1977The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung...Director
1977The Mad Monk...Director
1977Moods of Love...Director
1976Love Swindler...Director
1976Crazy Sex...Director
1976Wedding Nights...Director
1976The Last Tempest...Director
1975The Empress Dowager...Director
1975Forbidden Tales of Two Cities...Director
1975That's Adultery!...Director
1974Sinful Confession...Director
1974Reminiscence...Director
1974Scandal...Director
1974The Golden Lotus...Director
1973The Happiest Moment...Director
1973Illicit Desire...Director
1973Facets of Love...Director
1973Cheat to Cheat...Director
1973Tales of Larceny...Director
1972Legends of Lust...Director
1972The Warlord...Director
1972Cheating in Panorama...Director
1971Legends Of Cheating...Director
1971The Story of Ti-Ying...Director
1970Four Moods...Director
1969Storm Over the Yangtse River...Director
1969The Winter...Director
1968At Dawn...Director
1967Love Is Thicker Than Wine...Director
1967Feng Yang Flower Drum...Director
1966Lady Sun...Director
1965Beauty of Beauties...Director
1965Dodder Flowers...Director
1965菟丝花...Director
1964Beyond the Great Wall...Director
1964Trouble on the Wedding Night...Director
1964The Coin...Director
1963The Adulteress...Director
1963Return of the Phoenix...Director
1963Empress Wu...Director
1963The Love Eterne...Director
1962The Magnificent Concubine...Director
1961The Pistol...Director
1960The Enchanting Shadow...Director
1960Back Door...Director
1959The Adventure of the 13th Sister...Director
1959The Kingdom and the Beauty...Director
1959Love Letter Murder...Director
1958The Magic Touch...Director
1958The Angel...Director
1958Diau Charn...Director
1958A Kiss for Me...Director
1958Laughter and Tears...Assistant Director
1957He Has Taken Him for Another...Director
1957A Mellow Spring...Director
1957Little Angels of the Streets...Director
1957Lady in Distress...Director
1957A Mating Story...Director
1956Beyond the Blue Horizon...Director
1956Blood in Snow...Director
Love is More Intoxicating than Wine...Director

Writing

1994The Amorous Lotus Pan...Writer
1991Dun Huang Tales of the Night...Writer
1991The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire...Screenplay
1991Madame Bamboo...Writer
1989The Empress Dowager...Screenplay
1986The Last Emperor...Writer
1983Reign Behind a Curtain...Writer
1983The Burning of the Imperial Palace...Writer
1982Tiger Killer...Writer
1982Passing Flickers...Writer
1981The Tiger and the Widow...Writer
1979Return of the Dead...Writer
1979The Ghost Story...Writer
1979The Scandalous Warlord...Writer
1978The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung...Writer
1978Sensual Pleasures...Writer
1977The Dream of the Red Chamber...Writer
1977The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung...Writer
1977The Mad Monk...Writer
1977Moods of Love...Writer
1976Love Swindler...Writer
1976Crazy Sex...Writer
1976Wedding Nights...Screenplay
1976The Last Tempest...Writer
1975The Empress Dowager...Writer
1975Forbidden Tales of Two Cities...Screenplay
1974Sinful Confession...Writer
1974Scandal...Writer
1974The Golden Lotus...Writer
1973The Happiest Moment...Writer
1973Illicit Desire...Writer
1973Facets of Love...Screenplay
1973Cheat to Cheat...Writer
1972The Warlord...Writer
1972Cheating in Panorama...Writer
1971Legends Of Cheating...Writer
1970Four Moods...Writer
1967Lady in the Tower...Writer
1963A Maid from Heaven...Writer
1963Empress Wu...Writer
1963The Love Eterne...Writer
1958Laughter and Tears...Screenplay
1957Little Angels of the Streets...Writer
1957Lady in Distress...Writer
1957A Mating Story...Writer
1956Beyond the Blue Horizon...Writer
1956The Orphan Girl...Writer
1956Golden Phoenix...Screenplay
1956Blood in Snow...Writer

Production

1983The Burning of the Imperial Palace...Producer
1970Four Moods...Producer
1969Storm Over the Yangtse River...Producer
1967Lady in the Tower...Producer
1965Beauty of Beauties...Producer

Art

1962The Magnificent Concubine...Art Direction

Acting

1982Passing Flickersas Himself in opening scene
1974Sinful Confessionas Himself
1962Golden Horse Awardsas Self
1957The Dog-Murdereras
1956The Orphan Girlas Mrs Luo's brother
1952Happy Encounteras
1952The Moon-Blanch'd Landas
1952A Moment of Blissas