Li Han-Hsiang
Born: 1926-04-23 in 中国, 辽宁
Died: 1996-12-17
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
1994
- The Amorous Lotus Pan ... (Director)
- Lover's Lover ... (Director)
1991
- Madame Bamboo ... (Writer)
- The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire ... (Director)
- Dun Huang Tales of the Night ... (Writer)
1989
- The Empress Dowager ... (Director)
1988
- Snuff Bottle ... (Director)
1986
- The Last Emperor ... (Director)
1983
- The Burning of the Imperial Palace ... (Director)
- Reign Behind a Curtain ... (Director)
- Take Care, Your Majesty ... (Director)
1982
- Tiger Killer ... (Director)
- Passing Flickers as Himself in opening scene
- The Emperor and the Minister ... (Director)
1981
- The Tiger and the Widow ... (Director)
1980
- Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty ... (Director)
1979
- The Ghost Story ... (Director)
- The Scandalous Warlord ... (Writer)
- Return of the Dead ... (Director)
1978
- Sensual Pleasures ... (Director)
- The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung ... (Director)
- Hello Sexy Late Homecomers ... (Director)
1977
- Moods of Love ... (Director)
- The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung ... (Director)
- The Dream of the Red Chamber ... (Writer)
- The Mad Monk ... (Director)
1976
- Crazy Sex ... (Director)
- The Last Tempest ... (Director)
- Wedding Nights ... (Director)
- Love Swindler ... (Director)
1975
- That's Adultery! ... (Director)
- Forbidden Tales of Two Cities ... (Director)
- The Empress Dowager ... (Director)
1974
- The Golden Lotus ... (Director)
- Reminiscence ... (Director)
- Scandal ... (Director)
- Sinful Confession as Himself
1973
- Cheat to Cheat ... (Director)
- Illicit Desire ... (Director)
- Facets of Love ... (Director)
- The Happiest Moment ... (Director)
- Tales of Larceny ... (Director)
1972
- The Warlord ... (Director)
- Legends of Lust ... (Director)
- Cheating in Panorama ... (Director)
1971
- The Story of Ti-Ying ... (Director)
- Legends Of Cheating ... (Director)
1970
- Four Moods ... (Producer)
1969
- The Winter ... (Director)
- Storm Over the Yangtse River ... (Producer)
1968
- At Dawn ... (Director)
1967
- Lady in the Tower ... (Producer)
- Feng Yang Flower Drum ... (Director)
- Love Is Thicker Than Wine ... (Director)
1966
- Lady Sun ... (Director)
1965
- Beauty of Beauties ... (Director)
- 菟丝花 ... (Director)
- Dodder Flowers ... (Director)
1964
- Trouble on the Wedding Night ... (Director)
- Beyond the Great Wall ... (Director)
- The Coin ... (Director)
1963
- Empress Wu ... (Director)
- The Love Eterne ... (Director)
- The Adulteress ... (Director)
- Return of the Phoenix ... (Director)
- A Maid from Heaven ... (Writer)
1962
- Golden Horse Awards as Self
- The Magnificent Concubine ... (Director)
1961
- The Pistol ... (Director)
1960
- The Enchanting Shadow ... (Director)
- Back Door ... (Director)
1959
- Love Letter Murder ... (Director)
- The Kingdom and the Beauty ... (Director)
- The Adventure of the 13th Sister ... (Director)
1958
- Diau Charn ... (Director)
- A Kiss for Me ... (Director)
- The Angel ... (Director)
- Laughter and Tears ... (Screenplay)
- The Magic Touch ... (Director)
1957
- Lady in Distress ... (Director)
- The Dog-Murderer
- Little Angels of the Streets ... (Director)
- He Has Taken Him for Another ... (Director)
- A Mellow Spring ... (Director)
- A Mating Story ... (Director)
1956
- Beyond the Blue Horizon ... (Director)
- Golden Phoenix ... (Screenplay)
- Blood in Snow ... (Director)
- The Orphan Girl as Mrs Luo's brother