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