Li Hsiu-hsien Movies
- 2002
Directed by Cheng Yu-Chieh, Shiding De Xiatian (Summer, Dream) is set in rural Taiwan, where it follows the budding romance between student Hsiao Chih (Huang Chien-Wei) and her visiting Quebecoise English teacher Elisa (Manon Garceau). Tensions rise as cultures clash when the teacher ends up renting a room at Hsiao Chih's grandmother's (Li Hsiu-hsien) boarding house. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
- Starring:
- Huang Chien-Wei, Manon Garceau, (more)
- 1981
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The Iron Hand clashes with the Iron Fist when a fearsome pair of kung-fu foes face off for a battle to the death in director Cheng Hong Yip's high-flying wire-fu classic. Iron Fist Kim is a Shaolin Master of the highest order, and with his top student by his side there are few in the Chinese countryside foolish enough to challenge the deadly duo. Master Chen has never backed down from a fight though, and when these formidable martial arts masters clash the result is one of the most bone shattering fights ever committed to celluloid. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- David Chiang, Mark Long, (more)
This campy Hong Kong version of King Kong played at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival (in the Midnight Madness sections), as well as the Toronto Film Festival. Mighty Peking Man is an over-the-top retelling of the great ape story in classic Hong Kong action style. A giant ape (called Mighty Peking Man) has emerged following an earthquake in the Himalayas, and has made its way to the Indian jungles. Lu Tien and Johnny Feng plan to capture the ape and exploit it, so they head out on an expedition to catch the beast. After violent encounters with elephants and other wild creatures they turn back, except for Feng, who on his own meets Samantha, a Tarzan-like woman in a leopard skin who was raised in the jungle. Feng and Samantha fall in love, capture the ape, and take it to Hong Kong. There, of course, the ape escapes its shackles and ravages the city. The big guy eventually climbs the Connaught Centre, the city's tallest building, where he soon meets his demise. ~ Chris Gore, Rovi
- Starring:
- Li Hsiu-hsien, Evelyn Kraft, (more)
- 1976
Moments before his uncle is taken to be executed, Shen Yuan (Li Hsiu-hsien) writes down the cryptic words tattooed on the man's back...they are an invocation of some sort. Himself a crippled plantation manager, Yuan cannot win the attention of the girl next door whom he fancies, nor can he stem the abuses of his unpleasant boss. One day, pushed beyond his limits, Yuan remembers his uncle's invocation and utters it. He is immediately transformed into the Oily Maniac, an avenger of wrongs and hot-tempered foe of evil. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Li Hsiu-hsien, Chen Ping, (more)
- 1976
A Chinese volcanic eruption frees a number of prehistoric monsters into the modern world, and only the superhero Infra-Man can save the day. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
- Starring:
- Li Hsiu-hsien, Wang Hsieh, (more)
- 1975
Based on a true story, this action drama explores the possible motives of the thieves who robbed seven million Hong Kong dollars from a local institution and speculates about what they did after they pulled off the heist. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Chen Kuan-Tai, Ling Yun, (more)
