Li Han-Hsiang
Born: 1926-03-07 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)
- 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
- 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
- The Dream of the Red Chamber ... (Writer)
- Moods of Love ... (Director)
- The Mad Monk ... (Director)
- The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung ... (Director)
1976
- Love Swindler ... (Director)
- The Last Tempest ... (Director)
- Crazy Sex ... (Writer)
- Wedding Nights ... (Screenplay)
1975
- The Empress Dowager ... (Writer)
- That's Adultery! ... (Director)
- Forbidden Tales of Two Cities ... (Director)
1974
- Sinful Confession as Himself
- Scandal ... (Director)
- The Golden Lotus ... (Director)
1973
- Facets of Love ... (Director)
- Illicit Desire ... (Director)
- Tales of Larceny ... (Director)
- Cheat to Cheat ... (Director)
- The Happiest Moment ... (Director)
1972
- The Warlord ... (Director)
- Cheating in Panorama ... (Director)
- Legends of Lust ... (Director)
1971
- Legends Of Cheating ... (Writer)
- The Story of Ti-Ying ... (Director)
1970
- Four Moods ... (Producer)
1969
- Storm Over the Yangtse River ... (Producer)
- The Winter ... (Director)
1968
- At Dawn ... (Director)
1967
- Lady in the Tower ... (Producer)
- Feng Yang Flower Drum ... (Director)
1966
- Lady Sun ... (Director)
1965
- 菟丝花 ... (Director)
- Dodder Flowers ... (Director)
- Beauty of Beauties ... (Producer)
1964
- The Coin ... (Director)
- Beyond the Great Wall ... (Director)
- Trouble on the Wedding Night ... (Director)
1963
- The Love Eterne ... (Writer)
- Empress Wu ... (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
- The Kingdom and the Beauty ... (Director)
- Love Letter Murder ... (Director)
1958
- Laughter and Tears ... (Screenplay)
- Diau Charn ... (Director)
- The Magic Touch ... (Director)
- A Kiss for Me ... (Director)
- The Angel ... (Director)
1957
- A Mating Story ... (Writer)
- Little Angels of the Streets ... (Director)
- He Has Taken Him for Another ... (Director)
- A Mellow Spring ... (Director)
- Lady in Distress ... (Director)
1956
- The Orphan Girl as Mrs Luo's brother
- Beyond the Blue Horizon ... (Writer)
- Blood in Snow ... (Writer)
- Golden Phoenix ... (Screenplay)