Li Han-Hsiang

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-03-07 (70 years old)

Deathday

1996-12-17

Place of Birth

中国, 辽宁

Li Han-Hsiang

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.

Acting

1956

The Orphan Girl

as Mrs Luo's brother

1982

Passing Flickers

as Himself in opening scene

Production

1974

The Golden Lotus

as Director

1977

The Mad Monk

as Director

1982

Tiger Killer

as Director

1982

Tiger Killer

as Writer

1994

1982

Passing Flickers

as Director

1972

Legends of Lust

as Director

1973

1973

Tales of Larceny

as Director

1973

Illicit Desire

as Director

1973

Facets of Love

as Director

1974

Scandal

as Director

1974

1975

That's Adultery!

as Director

1972

The Warlord

as Director

1986

The Last Emperor

as Director

1975

1975

1989

1964

1974

1958

Diau Charn

as Director

1965

1965

1963

The Love Eterne

as Director

1963

1969

The Winter

as Director

1986

1979

1979

1960

1970

Four Moods

as Producer

1960

Back Door

as Director

1976

Love Swindler

as Director

1976

Love Swindler

as Writer

1967

1988

Snuff Bottle

as Director

1983

1957

A Mating Story

as Director

1957

1957

Lady in Distress

as Director

1957

1957

A Mellow Spring

as Director

1956

1958

A Kiss for Me

as Director

1972

1971

1971

1968

At Dawn

as Director

1970

Four Moods

as Director

1970

Four Moods

as Writer

1979

The Ghost Story

as Director

1978

1976

The Last Tempest

as Director

1963

The Adulteress

as Director

1963

1963

Empress Wu

as Director

1963

Empress Wu

as Writer

1958

The Magic Touch

as Director

1959

1976

Crazy Sex

as Director

1976

Crazy Sex

as Writer

1991

Madame Bamboo

as Writer

1978

1976

Wedding Nights

as Director

1976

Wedding Nights

as Screenplay

1977

The Mad Monk

as Writer

1977

Moods of Love

as Director

1977

Moods of Love

as Writer

1958

Laughter and Tears

as Screenplay

1958

Laughter and Tears

as Assistant Director

1958

The Angel

as Director

1979

1956

Blood in Snow

as Director

1956

Blood in Snow

as Writer

1991

Madame Bamboo

as Director

1966

Lady Sun

as Director

1967

1979

1976

1961

The Pistol

as Director

1989

The Empress Dowager

as Screenplay

1963

1973

1964

The Coin

as Director

1982

1972

The Warlord

as Writer

1962

1994

Lover's Lover

as Director

1973

Cheat to Cheat

as Director

1973

1973

Facets of Love

as Screenplay

1971

1973

1974

Scandal

as Writer

1965

Dodder Flowers

as Director

1967

1965

菟丝花

as Director

1956

Golden Phoenix

as Screenplay

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