Ivy Ling Po

Ivy Ling Po

Huang Yu-chun (born 16 November 1939 in Shantou, Republic of China), known by her final stage name Ivy Ling Po (Chinese: 凌波), is a retired Hong Kong actress and Chinese opera singer. She is best known for a number of mega-hit Huangmei opera films in the 1960s, especially The Love Eterne (1963) which made her an Asian superstar overnight. She played an important role in the entertainment industry for preserving the Huangmei opera art form.

  • Title: Ivy Ling Po
  • Popularity: 5.142
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1939-11-16
  • Place of Birth: Shantou, China
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  • Also Known As: 凌波
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Ivy Ling Po Movies

  • 1972
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    The 14 Amazons

    The 14 Amazons

    6.6 1972 HD

    The Yang family, men and women, have served their country loyally for generations. During the war General Yang is ambushed and killed. His widow and...

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  • 1971
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    The Crimson Charm

    The Crimson Charm

    6.2 1971 HD

    A noble swordsman and a one-armed swordswoman go up against the vicious Crimson Charm gang of thieves and cutthroats. The lovely and lethal Ivy Ling...

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  • 1971
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    Duel for Gold

    Duel for Gold

    7 1971 HD

    Soon-to-be legendary director Chu Yuan had just joined the Shaw Brothers when he helmed this thriller of bickering bandits. Audiences loved watching...

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  • 1972
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    The Mighty One

    The Mighty One

    6 1972 HD

    The famed Ivy Ling Po (Temple Of The Red Lotus) stars as a mysterious swordswoman dedicated to keeping the five volume "Five Generations Fighting...

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  • 1964
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    The Female Prince

    The Female Prince

    5 1964 HD

    The husband-and-wife team of Ivy Ling Po and Chin Han returned to another Huangmei Opera classic after Lady General Hua Mu-Lan. Helmed by Chow...

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  • 1967
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    The Sword and the Lute

    The Sword and the Lute

    5.4 1967 HD

    The adventures of a young married swordfighting couple, Lianzhu and Gui Wu, and the swordfighting members of their different clans.

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  • 2004
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    Rice Rhapsody

    Rice Rhapsody

    6 2004 HD

    With her elder two sons being gay, a traditionally-minded mother fears her youngest son could be too, thereby losing her last chance to have any...

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  • 1972
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    Finger of Doom

    Finger of Doom

    5.4 1972 HD

    This creepy kung fu film fight-fest centers on the evil Madame Kung Sun and her poisonous "Finger of Doom", a unique supernatural power which...

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  • 1965
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    Temple of the Red Lotus

    Temple of the Red Lotus

    4.9 1965 HD

    Jimmy Wang Yu plays a young kid who heads off to Dragon Valley to meet the childhood friend who was promised as his bride. When he gets there, he...

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  • 1965
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    The Twin Swords

    The Twin Swords

    5.3 1965 HD

    Gui Wu happens upon a kidnapping with his wife Gan Lian-zhu at the Red Lotus Temple. Lian-zhu sends Wu to go for reinforcements while she stays to...

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  • 2003
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    Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio

    Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio

    7 2003 HD

    Hong Kong cinemas had a wide range of glamorous female stars during the golden age of the 60's and 70's. The series will take the audience on a...

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  • 1969
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    Raw Passions

    Raw Passions

    3.3 1969 HD

    Ivy Ling Po plays the dedicated wife of a man being blackmailed for an illicit love affair, who uncovers a pit of deceit, double-crosses, extortion...

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  • 1965
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    Vermilion Door

    Vermilion Door

    5.2 1965 HD

    The tragic love triangle of early 20th century Peking Opera star Chiu Hai-tang, his beautiful stage partner, and the warlord who forces himself...

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  • 1964
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    Lady General Hua Mulan

    Lady General Hua Mulan

    5.6 1964 HD

    About a woman who disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army.

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  • 1975
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    The Empress Dowager

    The Empress Dowager

    7 1975 HD

    This dragon lady of the Ching Dynasty was the power behind the throne for 50 years, and hew vast tapestry of palace intrigues is vividly brought to...

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  • 1963
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    A Maid from Heaven

    A Maid from Heaven

    1 1963 HD

    Seventh sister of the celestial world goes down to earth to marry Dong Yong, a young man sold to servitude. However the Jade Emperor orders her to go...

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  • 1965
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    The Grand Substitution

    The Grand Substitution

    6 1965 HD

    With China under control of a weak Emperor, two officials compete to steer the future destiny of the land. Chiu believes the people are the future of...

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  • 1969
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    The Three Smiles

    The Three Smiles

    7 1969 HD

    The film tells the story of Tang Bohu, a famous scholar who spends most of his time wandering around the countryside.

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  • 1987
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    Golden Swallow

    Golden Swallow

    4.2 1987 HD

    A poor scholar named Lo Chih-Chiu, played by Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming, rescues a swallow from three mischievous boys, and frees the bird afterward. The...

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  • 1963
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    The Love Eterne

    The Love Eterne

    6.8 1963 HD

    In this dreamy romance set in China during the fourth-century, a young woman convinces her parents to allow her to dress as a boy and attend...

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  • 1982
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    A Rescue from Hades

    A Rescue from Hades

    1 1982 HD

    Three generations of the Luo family fasted and chanted Buddha's name. However, Mr. Luo died young. Luo's mother complained and began to kill animals...

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  • 1975
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    It's All in the Family

    It's All in the Family

    1 1975 HD

    Danny Lee is Hsu Chih-yuan, the youngest son of strict patriarch Hsu Hui-tang (Cheng Miu). A sailor, Chih-yuan incurs his father's wrath when he...

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  • 1983
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    The Lost Generation

    The Lost Generation

    1 1983 HD

    The plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from mainland China.

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  • 1965
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    The West Chamber

    The West Chamber

    1 1965 HD

    A scholar woos the daughter of an important family, while outwitting rebels who try to capture her.

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  • 2012
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    顧嘉煇大師經典演唱會

    顧嘉煇大師經典演唱會

    1 2012 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Mating Season

    The Mating Season

    1 1966 HD

    The Weiss Advertising Co under manageress Lo Yu Chun (Pat Ting Hung) and the Jen An Advertising Co. managed by playboy Tsao Chung Nien (Peter Chen...

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  • 1967
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    Too Late for Love

    Too Late for Love

    1 1967 HD

    Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The happy couple's bliss was cut short when war...

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  • 1964
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    Between Tears and Smiles

    Between Tears and Smiles

    6.3 1964 HD

    Fan Chia-soo is a kind-hearted student whose heart is captured by the sweet song of Shen Feng-hsien. However, he is not the only one who has eyes for...

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  • 1970
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    The Younger Generation

    The Younger Generation

    5 1970 HD

    The Younger Generation is an ultra-tragic tale about a young girl, played by Ivy Ling Po who gets married, has five kids, then she and her husband...

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  • 1964
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    The Crimson Palm

    The Crimson Palm

    6 1964 HD

    Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his...

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  • 1971
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    The Silent Love

    The Silent Love

    6 1971 HD

    Ivy Ling Po gives a startling performance as an abused wife who suffers through all his adulterous and treacherous ways in The Silent Love, which...

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  • 1970
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    A Cause to Kill

    A Cause to Kill

    6.3 1970 HD

    Ivy Ling Po, star of The Temple of the Red Lotus, tears up the screen as a jealous, murderous movie star, who, like seemingly all "film noir" vixens,...

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  • 1968
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    Forever and Ever

    Forever and Ever

    1 1968 HD

    In 1966, like in The Love Eterne, Ling Bo took up the male lead in Forever and Ever, despite Shaw Brothers' earlier plan of having her as the female...

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  • 1967
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    The Mirror and the Lichee

    The Mirror and the Lichee

    1 1967 HD

    Movie queen Ivy Ling Po is ideally cast as a male scholar in this historical Huangmei Opera romance. It’s a tragic love story between the...

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  • 1965
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    Inside the Forbidden City

    Inside the Forbidden City

    1 1965 HD

    It seems that Li Zhenfei was once an imperial concubine, who often found herself competing with her rival Madame Liu for the emperor's sole,...

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  • 1966
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    The Perfumed Arrow

    The Perfumed Arrow

    6 1966 HD

    Ling Bor plays Wen Fei E who is both an excellent academic as well as martial arts expert. Since her childhood days fond of dressing up as a boy, she...

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  • 1967
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    Song of Tomorrow

    Song of Tomorrow

    1 1967 HD

    Ivy Ling Po was at the height of her fame in traditional Huangmei Opera films -- and chiefly as a male impersonator -- when she radically changed her...

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  • 1966
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    Dawn Will Come

    Dawn Will Come

    5 1966 HD

    The lovely Li Hsiang-chun stars as a poor beauty who is drugged, ravished, lied to, locked in a burning store room, left to drown, and chased by...

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  • 1965
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    The Mermaid

    The Mermaid

    6.5 1965 HD

    A Huangmei opera produced by Shaw Brothers about a carp spirit who transforms into an identical copy of a beautiful woman to win the heart of a...

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  • 1987
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    Master Hui Neng

    Master Hui Neng

    8 1987 HD

    Taiwanese historical drama about the Buddhist monk Huineng.

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  • 1958
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    Murder in the Bath

    Murder in the Bath

    1 1958 HD

    Murder mystery.

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  • 1981
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    Three Funny Detectives

    Three Funny Detectives

    1 1981 HD

    Taiwanese comedy film.

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  • 1965
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    The Lotus Lamp

    The Lotus Lamp

    6 1965 HD

    The Goddess of Hua Mountain is imprisoned for falling in love with a mortal, meanwhile her son is raised in secret until he can attempt to free her.

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  • 1976
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    The Last Tempest

    The Last Tempest

    5.8 1976 HD

    Despite Kuang Hsu's enthronement as the last reigning Emperor of China, his ability to rule effectively is overshadowed by the ever-present power of...

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  • 1973
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    Flight Man

    Flight Man

    1 1973 HD

    Flight Man takes place in Taiwan in 1933, when the country was under Japanese occupation after the First Sino-Japanese War. The Taiwanese people have...

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  • 1967
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    The Pearl Phoenix

    The Pearl Phoenix

    1 1967 HD

    Huangmei Opera movies like The Pearl Phoenix are unique to 1960's Hong Kong culture, a product of the Swinging Sixties but considerably more in touch...

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  • 1980
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    The Imperious Princess

    The Imperious Princess

    1 1980 HD

    Taiwanese huangmei opera starring Ivy Ling Po.

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  • 1977
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    The Prominent Eunuch Chen Ho

    The Prominent Eunuch Chen Ho

    1 1977 HD

    Cheng Ho was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty. This film depicts some of the...

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  • 1978
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    Dream of the Red Chamber

    Dream of the Red Chamber

    3 1978 HD

    Taiwanese huangmei opera film.

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  • 1982
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    Imperial Matchmaker

    Imperial Matchmaker

    1 1982 HD

    Taiwanese huangmei opera film.

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  • 1982
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    A Fairy to the World

    A Fairy to the World

    1 1982 HD

    The heavenly maiden comes to earth in the form of a mortal and with her kung fu skills stamps out some evil doers.

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  • 1981
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    Consolidated Dougherty

    Consolidated Dougherty

    4 1981 HD

    Taiwanese adventure film that reunites Ivy Ling Po with ex-Shaw stars Ching Li and Lisa Chiao Chiao.

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  • 1982
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    New Pilgrims to the West

    New Pilgrims to the West

    1 1982 HD

    Chan Jun-Leung's 1982 film based on The Journey to the West.

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  • 1976
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    Crossroad

    Crossroad

    1 1976 HD

    Taiwanese drama film starring Ivy Ling Po.

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  • 1963
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    The Adulteress

    The Adulteress

    10 1963 HD

    The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the...

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  • 1966
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    The Joy of Spring

    The Joy of Spring

    1 1966 HD

    Hong Kong musical directed by Lo Chen.

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  • 1957
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    The Eight Immortals in Jiangnan

    The Eight Immortals in Jiangnan

    1 1957 HD

    Hong Kong fantasy film directed by Chiu Shu-San.

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  • 1962
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    The Dream of the Red Chamber

    The Dream of the Red Chamber

    7 1962 HD

    The Ching Dynasty novel The Dream of The Red Chamber is not only the most widely read, but also the most filmed book in Chinese history. The...

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  • 1963
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    Return of the Phoenix

    Return of the Phoenix

    6 1963 HD

    Return Of The Phoenix is yet another masterpiece from prolific director Li Han-hsiang. An imperial minister Cheng Pu (Ching Miao) is faced with a...

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  • 1974
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    My Father, My Husband, My Son

    My Father, My Husband, My Son

    1 1974 HD

    Taiwanese drama film directed by Pai Ching-jui.

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  • 1975
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    The Chinese Amazons

    The Chinese Amazons

    1 1975 HD

    Taiwanese war film directed by Li Chia.

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  • 2003
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    Butterfly Lovers 40

    Butterfly Lovers 40

    1 2003 HD

    Ivy Ling Po reprising her role as Liang Shanbo to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Love Eterne (1963).

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  • 2016
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    The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

    The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

    1 2016 HD

    In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture commissioned director Yang Li-chou to make a...

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  • 1968
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    Spring Blossoms

    Spring Blossoms

    1 1968 HD

    Spring Blossoms is a parable about the Chinese youth culture and what's important to the younger generation when it comes to romance. It starred a...

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  • 1978
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    Dream of the Red Chamber

    Dream of the Red Chamber

    3 1978 HD

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  • 1962
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    Golden Horse Awards

    Golden Horse Awards

    1 1962 HD

    The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī:...

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  • 1962
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    Golden Horse Awards

    Golden Horse Awards

    1 1962 HD

    The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī:...

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