Chan Hsi-fan

Ghost of the Mirror

Adapted from a Tang Dynasty fantasy tale, Sung Chuen-sau used the story of a scholar meeting a female ghost at night, but emphasised neither the killing nor horror but the literary and romantic elements. Scholar Chan (Shih Chun) stays in a remote mansion outside the city. People often fall into the mansion’s well for no apparent reason. Chan looks into it. Later, he sees the girl from the well, Susu (Brigitte Lin), waving to him. She begins to wait on him nightly. Susu was from a wealthy family, but was running away from bandits during wartime, and committed suicide by jumping into the well rather than be caught. After her death, her spirit was controlled by Du Long (Pai Lin). Du Long has forced her many times to harm Chan, but she never has the heart to carry it through. Chan’s pity for her soon becomes love. He goes into the well to retrieve an old bronze mirror, and eventually succeeds in freeing Susu. In the end, to rescue Chan, Susu fights with Du Long and they destroy each other.

Kung Fu Powerhouse

Chained together in a ring of mistrust and hate, the good and the bad fight in karate.

Vengeance of the Phoenix Sisters

In the prelude to this martial arts film, bandits kill a former sheriff and his wife. A servant carries their three little daughters to safety, but they grow up apart. Fifteen years later, each girl sets out to seek revenge. Eldest sister Xiufeng disguises herself as a man, performing acts of chivalry as she seeks out the bandits. Along the way, she runs across her sisters, Qingfeng and Zhifeng. They are entranced by the handsome stranger. Will Qingfeng and Zhifeng figure out he is in fact their sister, Xiufeng? Will the three "feng" girls (phoenixes) find the bandits and avenge their parents?

Seven Star Escort

A taiwanese language wuxia film.

The Female King Kong

The crime syndicate demands that Cheng Chung-bo lead the way to the treasure trove, holding his family hostage. Booby-trapped, Cheng Fai disengages the device and flees to join Flying Heroine Ma Chau-wan and Detective Wong. Meanwhile, the ingenious scientist Dr Ng is enlisted by the ringleader Ho Kei-ming to match wits and brawn with Fai and Ma. Ma slyly earns the trust of a bewitched Ng, claiming to be Fai's biggest foe. Ng ushers Ma into the headquarters where he meets his doom. With his patience running out, Ho grasps an apprehended Chung-bo on a treasure hunt while the pursuers are diverted from their course. Ma recognises her long-lost father from among the gangsters and brings him to his senses with words of absolution. The father pledges his alliance to the duo in crushing the gang and saving Chung-bo and wife.

The Female Chivalry

Cheng Chung-bo and his family become the target of attack and abduction orchestrated by a crime syndicate coveting the treasure map in his possession. His youngest son Fai is hauled to safety by the space station scientist and gains great power as the Moonlight Spaceman under his tutelage. Fai returns after six years with the mission to crack down on the ring. Flying Heroine Ma Chau-wan is sent as his backup by the understandably worried scientist. The spaceman approaches neighbour Ho Kei-ming's daughter Yuk-wah in order to probe into the father's dealings with the crime ring. Ma, meanwhile, charms her way into Detective Wong's investigation squad. Fai and the detective make a narrow escape from death but are dealt another setback, with Fai's mother and Yuk-wah abducted. (Continued in 'The Female King Kong')

Reluctantly Seeing My Lover Off

Taiwanese language film. Qiren and Bilian are a couple who are bullies by the Japanese during the occupation. Qiren wounds one officer and is sent to the labor service team to serve in prison. Will they eventually see each other again after the Japanese are defeated?