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.

Directed

1. The Golden Lotus (1974) — Director
2. The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire (1991) — Director
3. The Love Eterne (1963) — Director
4. The Enchanting Shadow (1960) — Director
5. Return of the Dead (1979) — Director
6. The Dream of the Red Chamber (1977) — Director
7. Four Moods (1970) — Director
8. The Warlord (1972) — Director
9. Legends of Lust (1972) — Director
10. The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959) — Director
11. Sensual Pleasures (1978) — Director
12. The Burning of the Imperial Palace (1983) — Director
13. The Empress Dowager (1989) — Director
14. The Amorous Lotus Pan (1994) — Director
15. Illicit Desire (1973) — Director
16. Forbidden Tales of Two Cities (1975) — Director
17. The Magnificent Concubine (1962) — Director
18. Crazy Sex (1976) — Director
19. The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung (1978) — Director
20. Passing Flickers (1982) — Director
21. That's Adultery! (1975) — Director
22. Empress Wu (1963) — Director
23. Moods of Love (1977) — Director
24. Madame Bamboo (1991) — Director
25. Love Swindler (1976) — Director
26. Reign Behind a Curtain (1983) — Director
27. The Last Tempest (1976) — Director
28. The Scandalous Warlord (1979) — Director
29. Tiger Killer (1982) — Director
30. The Winter (1969) — Director
31. Snuff Bottle (1988) — Director
32. At Dawn (1968) — Director
33. The Ghost Story (1979) — Director
34. The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung (1977) — Director
35. Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty (1980) — Director
36. The Emperor and the Minister (1982) — Director
37. The Happiest Moment (1973) — Director
38. Tales of Larceny (1973) — Director
39. Facets of Love (1973) — Director
40. Sinful Confession (1974) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Passing Flickers (1982) — Himself in opening scene
2. Sinful Confession (1974) — Himself
3. The Orphan Girl (1956) — Mrs Luo's brother
4. The Dog-Murderer (1957)
5. Golden Horse Awards (1962) — Self
6. The Moon-Blanch'd Land (1952)
7. Happy Encounter (1952)
8. A Moment of Bliss (1952)