The best Li Li-Hua’s history movies

Li Li-Hua

Li Li-Hua

17/07/1924- 19/03/2017
Today we present the best Li Li-Hua’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Li Li-Hua’s movies.

Dream of the Red Chamber

Dream of the Red Chamber
5.6/10
Taiwanese huangmei opera film.

The Magnificent Concubine

The Magnificent Concubine
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 31/05/1962
  • Character: Yang Kwei Fei/Yang Yu Huan
Perhaps the most notorious concubine in Chinese history, Yang Guifei set a pudgy standard of beauty in her days of glory during the Tang dynasty. The Emperor Minghuang was so besotted with the woman that when An Lushan stages his rebellion against the empire, the ruler takes Yang Guifei along with his imperial entourage in an escape to the mountainous area of modern-day Sichuan, and sanctuary of sorts. But the concubine had roused the jealousy of the court and unfortunately for her and to the great sorrow of the king, her brother and others among the king's retainers demanded she be strangled to death while they were still in the mountains. This is the story told in this interesting Taiwanese adaptation by director Li Han-hsiang (Li Hanxiang).

Empress Wu

Empress Wu
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 23/06/1963
  • Character: Empress Wu Tse-Tien/ Nun Ming Kong
The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history.

Signal Fires of Shanghai

Signal Fires of Shanghai
5.5/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 28/12/1944
  • Character: Wang Ying
During the Taiping Rebellion of the mid-19th century, anti-Qing (Manchu) Chinese forces led by Taiping commander Li Xiucheng march on Shanghai. Although the Western powers are officially neutral, the British consul in Shanghai sides with the Qing imperial government, and counter to his own government's policy he retains American adventurer Frederick Townsend Ward to raise a mercenary force of foreigners in Shanghai and oppose the Taipings. Ward's force is routed, with heavy casualties, but since many of the casualties are British, the British army soon is drawn in on the side of the Qings. The only support for the Chinese comes from Japanese in Shanghai and anti-imperialist demonstrations in Japan. A family drama plays out against this historical background. After a Chinese home is destroyed by careless British shelling, killing the father and crippling a daughter, the surviving son vows revenge but begins to see that his true friends may be the Japanese.

The Grand Substitution

The Grand Substitution
8.1/10
With China under control of a weak Emperor, two officials compete to steer the future destiny of the land. Chiu believes the people are the future of China, while the diabolical Tu wishes to grind the people beneath an iron heel. Tu decides to take out Chiu's family, but one lone infant escapes.

The Story of Qin Xiang-Lian

The Story of Qin Xiang-Lian
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 18/07/1964
  • Character: Qin Xiang-Lian
The Story of Qin Xiang-Lian is a Hong Kong Chinese Opera musical starring Jackie Chan in a child role.

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