Movies: Li Ping-Qian

  • 1927
    Mulan Joins the Army

    Mulan Joins the Army (1927)

    Mulan Joins the Army

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    A silent film based on the legend of Hua Mulan, released by Tianyi Film Company and directed by Li Pingqian. This silent film holds the distinction of being the first ever full-length feature film about Hua Mulan. Mulan is betrothed to a young man wh...

    Mulan Joins the Army
  • 1939
    The Imperial Maid Fei Zhen'e

    The Imperial Maid Fei Zhen'e (1939)

    The Imperial Maid Fei Zhen'e

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    The Imperial Maid Fei Zhen'e
  • 1950
    Awful Truth

    Awful Truth (1950)

    Awful Truth

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    As China falls into hyperinflation following the end of the war, people fought tooth and nail to get their hands on the only reliable currencies in the world: gold and American dollars. This is a story that shows how seven bars and two thousand US do...

    Awful Truth
  • 1949
    Our Husband

    Our Husband (1949)

    Our Husband

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    Li's first directorial work in Hong Kong is adapted, by himself, from the Hollywood movie The Great Lie (1941) starring Bette Davis. When a husband disappears in an accident, the wife is dismayed by a social butterfly pregnant with her husband's chil...

    Our Husband
  • 1950
    A Strange Woman

    A Strange Woman (1950)

    A Strange Woman

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    Not seen in Hong Kong for many years, A Strange Woman was Li Pingqian's first film at Great Wall Film Studio. Adapted from the play La Tosca by French playwright Victorien Sardou, opera star Xiao Xiangshui (Bai Guang) helps her lover, a revolutionary...

    A Strange Woman
  • 1927
    Princess Iron Fan

    Princess Iron Fan (1927)

    Princess Iron Fan

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    Princess Iron Fan
  • 1953
    The Peerless Beauty

    The Peerless Beauty (1953)

    The Peerless Beauty

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    This is a story of how Ru Ji, a farm girl of Chao Kuo, who sacrificed her own life to save her country and people in the year 257 B.C....

    The Peerless Beauty
  • 1964
    Three Charming Smiles

    Three Charming Smiles (1964)

    Three Charming Smiles

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    Tang Bohu is smitten by the stunning beauty of Qiuxiang, the maid of Grand Tutor Hua, during his visit to a monastery in Suzhou. Stalking the maid, Tang's affections are finally reciprocated with three charming smiles. To approach the fair maid, Tang...

    Three Charming Smiles
  • 1961
    A Dazzling Trap

    A Dazzling Trap (1961)

    A Dazzling Trap

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    HK horror film....

    A Dazzling Trap
  • 1941
    The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow (1941)

    The Merry Widow

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    The Merry Widow
  • 1947
    Mother and Son

    Mother and Son (1947)

    Mother and Son

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    After falling in love with Han Liren and giving birth to an "illegitimate child", Han Liren abandoned her and married a rich girl and cheated her out of the child. Huang Su then left the country, changed her name to Lin Luping, and became an actress....

    Mother and Son
  • 1939
    The Young Mistress' Fan

    The Young Mistress' Fan (1939)

    The Young Mistress' Fan

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    Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde's play on moral values, is adapted for a setting in Shanghai. Young wife Meilin mistakenly believes her husband is having an affair with a social butterfly and decides to leave for a suitor. Her reputation, about to...

    The Young Mistress' Fan
  • 1960
    Rendezvous

    Rendezvous (1960)

    Rendezvous

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    Rendezvous
  • 1941
    Home

    Home (1941)

    Home

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    Home
  • 1934
    The Classic for Girls

    The Classic for Girls (1934)

    The Classic for Girls

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    A hostess in Shanghai invites her secondary schoolmates to a reunion. They each reminisce about their lives, with some having difficulties in marriage or career. Some led destructive lives, while others contributed to the country....

    The Classic for Girls
  • 1956
    The Three Loves

    The Three Loves (1956)

    The Three Loves

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    Li's direction and Jin Yong's script always go hand-in-hand with each other. This time, their collaboration sparks again as the film seamlessly brings three short stories together through three different segments of flashbacks. Yin Zhaozong (Bao Fong...

    The Three Loves
  • 1955
    It So Happens to a Woman

    It So Happens to a Woman (1955)

    It So Happens to a Woman

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    Hung Sin Nui plays a mother of three who is burning with desires to serve society. Working as a journalist, she stays out for long hours, resulting in negligence of her children and her husband’s suspicions of infidelity. The twist, at once ironic an...

    It So Happens to a Woman
  • 1960
    Laugh, Clown, Laugh

    Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1960)

    Laugh, Clown, Laugh

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    A sadder than sad story about a fun-loving optimist whose interest in comedy performance is despised by both his family and his wealthy future in-laws, Li’s tragic-comedy follows the 50-year-old father (Bao) as he maintains a dignified façade after l...

    Laugh, Clown, Laugh
  • 1931
    Pleasures of the Dance Hall

    Pleasures of the Dance Hall (1931)

    Pleasures of the Dance Hall

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    Pleasures of the Dance Hall
  • 1932
    Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf

    Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf (1932)

    Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf

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    China's first song and dance film was "Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf" directed by Sun Yu and starring Wang Renmei in 1932. A battalion commander's lover, named Zhao Zhao, wrote a poem on a banana leaf in memory of the battalion commander. Just a...

    Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf