Li Han-hsiang
| Li Han Hsiang | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | 李翰祥 (traditional) | ||||||||
| Born |
March 7, 1926 Jinzhou, Liaoning, Republic of China | ||||||||
| Died |
December 17, 1996 (aged 70) Beijing, People's Republic of China | ||||||||
| Occupation | Film director | ||||||||
| Years active | 1953 - 1994 | ||||||||
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Richard Li Han Hsiang (Chinese: 李翰祥; pinyin: Lǐ Hànxiáng; 7 March 1926 in Jinzhou, 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.
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 focused on Chinese historical drama. He died in Beijing due to a heart attack. He was seventy.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1954 | Lady from the Moon | |
| 1956 | Red Bloom in the Snow | |
| Beyond the Blue Horizon | ||
| 1957 | A Mating Story | |
| Lady in Distress | ||
| Little Angels of the Streets | ||
| A Mellow Spring | ||
| He Has Taken Him for Another | ||
| 1958 | Give Me a Kiss | |
| The Magic Touch | ||
| Diau Charn | ||
| The Angel | ||
| Dan Fung Street | ||
| The Blessed Family | ||
| 1959 | Love Letter Murder | |
| The Kingdom and the Beauty | ||
| The Adventure of the 13th Sister | ||
| 1960 | The Enchanting Shadow | Hong Kong submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
| 1962 | The Magnificent Concubine | |
| 1963 | Empress Wu Tse-Tien | |
| The Love Eterne | Hong Kong submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | |
| 1972 | Legends of Lust | |
| Cheating Panorama | ||
| The Admarid Girl | ||
| 1975 | The Empress Dowager | |
| 1976 | The Last Tempest | Hong Kong submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
| 1983 | The Burning of the Imperial Palace | |
| Reign Behind a Curtain | ||
| 1986 | The Last Emperor | |
| Snuff Bottle | ||
| 1989 | The West Empress | |