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Li Han-Hsiang

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.

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Directing

1956

[ ] Beyond the Blue Horizon (Director)
[ ] Blood in Snow (Director)

1957

[ ] A Mating Story (Director)
[ ] Lady in Distress (Director)
[ ] Little Angels of the Streets (Director)
[ ] A Mellow Spring (Director)
[ ] He Has Taken Him for Another (Director)

1958

[ ] Diau Charn (Director)
[ ] A Kiss for Me (Director)
[ ] The Magic Touch (Director)
[ ] Laughter and Tears (Assistant Director)
[ ] The Angel (Director)

1959

[ ] The Kingdom and the Beauty (Director)
[ ] Love Letter Murder (Director)

1960

[ ] The Enchanting Shadow (Director)
[ ] Back Door (Director)

1961

[ ] The Pistol (Director)

1962

[ ] The Magnificent Concubine (Director)

1963

[ ] The Love Eterne (Director)
[ ] The Adulteress (Director)
[ ] Empress Wu (Director)
[ ] Return of the Phoenix (Director)

1964

[ ] Beyond the Great Wall (Director)
[ ] Trouble on the Wedding Night (Director)
[ ] The Coin (Director)

1965

[ ] Beauty of Beauties (Director)
[ ] Dodder Flowers (Director)
[ ] 菟丝花 (Director)

1966

[ ] Lady Sun (Director)

1967

[ ] Feng Yang Flower Drum (Director)

1968

[ ] At Dawn (Director)

1969

[ ] The Winter (Director)
[ ] Storm Over the Yangtse River (Director)

1970

[ ] Four Moods (Director)

1971

[ ] Legends Of Cheating (Director)
[ ] The Story of Ti-Ying (Director)

1972

[ ] Legends of Lust (Director)
[ ] The Warlord (Director)
[ ] Cheating in Panorama (Director)

1973

[ ] The Happiest Moment (Director)
[ ] Tales of Larceny (Director)
[ ] Illicit Desire (Director)
[ ] Facets of Love (Director)
[ ] Cheat to Cheat (Director)

1974

[ ] The Golden Lotus (Director)
[ ] Scandal (Director)
[ ] Sinful Confession (Director)

1975

[ ] Forbidden Tales of Two Cities (Director)
[ ] That's Adultery! (Director)
[ ] The Empress Dowager (Director)

1976

[ ] Love Swindler (Director)
[ ] The Last Tempest (Director)
[ ] Crazy Sex (Director)
[ ] Wedding Nights (Director)

1977

[ ] The Mad Monk (Director)
[ ] The Dream of the Red Chamber (Director)
[ ] Moods of Love (Director)
[ ] The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung (Director)

1978

[ ] Hello Sexy Late Homecomers (Director)
[ ] Sensual Pleasures (Director)
[ ] The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung (Director)

1979

[ ] Return of the Dead (Director)
[ ] The Ghost Story (Director)
[ ] The Scandalous Warlord (Director)

1980

[ ] Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty (Director)

1981

[ ] The Tiger and the Widow (Director)

1982

[ ] Tiger Killer (Director)
[ ] Passing Flickers (Director)
[ ] The Emperor and the Minister (Director)

1983

[ ] Take Care, Your Majesty (Director)
[ ] The Burning of the Imperial Palace (Director)
[ ] Reign Behind a Curtain (Director)

1986

[ ] The Last Emperor (Director)

1988

[ ] Snuff Bottle (Director)

1989

[ ] The Empress Dowager (Director)

1991

[ ] The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire (Director)
[ ] Madame Bamboo (Director)
[ ] Dun Huang Tales of the Night (Director)

1994

[ ] The Amorous Lotus Pan (Director)
[ ] Lover's Lover (Director)

Writing

1956

[ ] Beyond the Blue Horizon (Writer)
[ ] The Orphan Girl (Writer)
[ ] Blood in Snow (Writer)
[ ] Golden Phoenix (Screenplay)

1957

[ ] A Mating Story (Writer)
[ ] Lady in Distress (Writer)
[ ] Little Angels of the Streets (Writer)

1958

[ ] Laughter and Tears (Screenplay)

1963

[ ] The Love Eterne (Writer)
[ ] Empress Wu (Writer)
[ ] A Maid from Heaven (Writer)

1967

[ ] Lady in the Tower (Writer)

1970

[ ] Four Moods (Writer)

1971

[ ] Legends Of Cheating (Writer)

1972

[ ] Cheating in Panorama (Writer)
[ ] The Warlord (Writer)

1973

[ ] Illicit Desire (Writer)
[ ] Cheat to Cheat (Writer)
[ ] Facets of Love (Screenplay)
[ ] The Happiest Moment (Writer)

1974

[ ] The Golden Lotus (Writer)
[ ] Scandal (Writer)
[ ] Sinful Confession (Writer)

1975

[ ] The Empress Dowager (Writer)
[ ] Forbidden Tales of Two Cities (Screenplay)

1976

[ ] Love Swindler (Writer)
[ ] Crazy Sex (Writer)
[ ] Wedding Nights (Screenplay)
[ ] The Last Tempest (Writer)

1977

[ ] The Dream of the Red Chamber (Writer)
[ ] The Mad Monk (Writer)
[ ] Moods of Love (Writer)
[ ] The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung (Writer)

1978

[ ] Sensual Pleasures (Writer)
[ ] The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung (Writer)

1979

[ ] Return of the Dead (Writer)
[ ] The Scandalous Warlord (Writer)
[ ] The Ghost Story (Writer)

1981

[ ] The Tiger and the Widow (Writer)

1982

[ ] Tiger Killer (Writer)
[ ] Passing Flickers (Writer)

1983

[ ] The Burning of the Imperial Palace (Writer)
[ ] Reign Behind a Curtain (Writer)

1986

[ ] The Last Emperor (Writer)

1989

[ ] The Empress Dowager (Screenplay)

1991

[ ] Dun Huang Tales of the Night (Writer)
[ ] Madame Bamboo (Writer)
[ ] The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire (Screenplay)

1994

[ ] The Amorous Lotus Pan (Writer)

Production

1965

[ ] Beauty of Beauties (Producer)

1967

[ ] Lady in the Tower (Producer)

1969

[ ] Storm Over the Yangtse River (Producer)

1970

[ ] Four Moods (Producer)

1983

[ ] The Burning of the Imperial Palace (Producer)

Art

1962

[ ] The Magnificent Concubine (Art Direction)

Actor

1952

[ ] Happy Encounter (????)
[ ] The Moon-Blanch'd Land (????)
[ ] A Moment of Bliss (????)

1956

[ ] The Orphan Girl (Mrs Luo's brother)

1974

[ ] Sinful Confession (Himself)

1982

[ ] Passing Flickers (Himself in opening scene)