Mulan Joins the Army

Mulan Joins the Army

This epic version of the Mulan tale was an early epic, shot on location in Northern China using hundreds of extras. It is the story of Hua Mulan, a...

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Shaking Heaven And Earth

Shaking Heaven And Earth

A Cantonese drama shot in HK in the 1930s.

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Full Moon Over Malaya

Full Moon Over Malaya

After Hou Yao moved to Singapore in 1940, he continued to work for the Shaw Brothers and made a handful of films, including Full Moon Over Malaya...

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Broken-hearted

Broken-hearted

After Hou Yao moved to Singapore in 1940, he continued to work for the Shaw Brothers under Malay Film Productions and made a handful of films...

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Polygamy

Polygamy

A rich man has two wives and two brothers-in-law, each of them related to one of the wives. When he decides to go to England, he takes his first...

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The Devil's Mask

The Devil's Mask

After Hou Yao moved to Singapore in 1940, he continued to work for the Shaw Brothers and made a handful of films, including Tiga Kekasih, before...

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The Person in the Boudoir Dream

The Person in the Boudoir Dream

Fortress of Flesh and Blood

Fortress of Flesh and Blood

Professor Lo Yeung-guo (Hou Yao) and his students escape death from the Japanese army, and call on villagers in the countryside to form a...

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Way Down West

Way Down West

Based on the classic Chinese play Romance of the Western Chamber, Way Down West follows the love story between a poor scholar and wealthy woman...

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Stepmother

Stepmother

After Hou Yao moved to Singapore in 1940, he continued to work for the Shaw Brothers under Malay Film Productions and made a handful of films...

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Three Lovers

Three Lovers

After Hou Yao moved to Singapore in 1940, he continued to work for the Shaw Brothers and made a handful of films, including Tiga Kekasih, before...

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Pearl

Pearl

After Hou Yao moved to Singapore in 1940, he continued to work for the Shaw Brothers and made a handful of films, including Mutiara, before being...

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The Pearl Necklace

The Pearl Necklace

A wife borrows a necklace for a party, and it is subsequently stolen. Her husband embezzles funds to pay for the loss, but he is discovered and...

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Ghost Eyes

Ghost Eyes

After Hou Yao moved to Singapore in 1940, he continued to work for the Shaw Brothers and made a handful of films, including Mata Hantu, before...

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The Reviving Rose

The Reviving Rose

A Poet From The Sea

A Poet From The Sea

Hou Yao wrote, directed and starred in A Poet from the Sea (1927). It was shot in Stanley, Hong Kong. The surviving copy was only 23-minute long...

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The World Against Her

The World Against Her

Divorcee

Divorcee

Cupid's Puppets

Cupid's Puppets