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Kao Pao-shu

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Kao Pao-shu or Gao Baoshu (Chinese: 高寶樹; 1932–2000) was a Chinese actress, producer, writer and film director who appeared in over 100 films during her career. Originally from China, Kao moved to Hong Kong in 1951, where she acted in minor role before joining Shaw Brothers Studio in 1958. Here, she starred in over 80 films, working alongside directors Yueh Feng and Cheng Kang, and she made her directorial debut in 1970 in Lady with a Sword. Later she started her own company, producing films throughout the 1970s before she retired in the 1980s. In July 2000, she died at the age of 68.

02-02-1939

Birthday

Aquarius

Zodiac Sign

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Genres

65

Total Films

Pao-Shu Kao, Go Bo-Shu, Kao Pau-Shiu, Ko Pai-Shu

Also known as (female)

Suzhou, China

Place of Birth

Popular works

Creative career

actor

65 Works

producer

1 Works

director

18 Works

writer

6 Works

other

0 Works

The Jade Fox

The Jade Fox

In her bid for domination of the kingdom, a wicked woman invites opponents to their doom at her 'Fairyland' estate.
4.7

Year:

1979

Low Society

Low Society

A misguided youth falls into the bad company of an underground brothel syndicate but redeems himself on discovering that his mother was murdered by the syndicate's female boss.
0.0

Year:

1976

Female Fugitive

Female Fugitive

The police close in on "Miss Big Boss," the leader of a large drug organization centered in the Golden Triangle. Meanwhile, two kids find themselves on the run after witnessing the murder of an undercover police officer.
0.0

Year:

1975

Win Them All

Win Them All

Filial daughter seeks revenge on father's killer. She must associate with dishonest people to finance her mission.
4.5

Year:

1973

A Place to Call Home

A Place to Call Home

Li Ching plays one of three daughters, whose life is turned upside down when she discovers she is adopted. But things get even worse when she goes in search of her real mother. Finally, after almost a double tragedy, she realizes what so many knew all along: There's no place like home.
0.0

Year:

1970

Vengeance Is a Golden Blade

Vengeance Is a Golden Blade

Li Zhishan is a rich man, but wealth cannot keep the loyalties of his wife, who has been visiting the bed of a rival. She helps plot against him, and the Vicious Long Brothers invade his home and steal the Golden Dragon Blade - a sword that makes its wielder unbeatable. Zhishan, crippled in the attack, and his young daughter are whisked away by a devoted servant, and the trio soon find shelter in the home of an herbalist. Years pass, the daughter grows up to be a lovely young woman and a powerful fighter, and the Long Brothers use the Golden Dragon Blade to gain power in the region. Zhishan's family of sorts has managed to stay well hidden, but a trip into the city - the daughter's first - sets off an old power struggle as Zhishan's wife discovers her daughter is quite alive.
5.0

Year:

1969

Mist over Dream Lake

Mist over Dream Lake

Shaw Production
0.0

Year:

1968

Trapeze Girl

Trapeze Girl

A young girl runs away from her abusive father to join a group of circus performance, expecting that one day she would be a greatest trapeze artist. Later, she falls in love with one of the members of the circus staff who used to be a trapeze performer in previous times.
5.0

Year:

1967

Too Late for Love

Too Late for Love

Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The happy couple's bliss was cut short when war broke out. Kuo-liang was summoned to fight at the front lines. In his absence, Su Fen discovered she had tuberculosis.
0.0

Year:

1967

The Goddess of Mercy

The Goddess of Mercy

With her elegant classic persona, Li Li-hua was the ideal performer for period aristocratic and imperial roles. The Goddess Of Mercy is a good example of her strong empathy and noble presence. The youngest daughter of a brutal king, the princess openly disapproves of the floggings and cruel treatment her royal family heaps on the peasants. As a result, the heartless king turns on his own daughter forcing her into exile. This humanistic tale will inspire and hearten even the most cynical viewer.
0.0

Year:

1967

The Blue and the Black

The Blue and the Black

It's a powerful melodrama about a thwarted romance in 1930s Tientsin, China, during the Japanese occupation, and it stars Linda Lin Dai, one of the era's most popular stars. It was part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.
6.3

Year:

1966

The Twin Swords

The Twin Swords

Gui Wu happens upon a kidnapping with his wife Gan Lian-zhu at the Red Lotus Temple. Lian-zhu sends Wu to go for reinforcements while she stays to fight the kidnappers. Fortunately, the mysterious Scarlet Maid is surreptitiously helping her.
5.3

Year:

1965

Squadron 77

Squadron 77

Spy thriller set in occupied Shanghai. Li Lihua stars as the woman who is thrust into the role of nationalist freedom fighter when she discovers that her husband is a collaborator with the Japanese.
0.0

Year:

1965

The Lark

The Lark

A musical staring Carrie Ku Mei as a singer named Xiaoyun Shi, who comes to Hong Kong after a tour of other Asian countries, hoping to develop her career.
5.5

Year:

1965

Sons of the Good Earth

Sons of the Good Earth

The year is 1937, just prior to the Japanese invasion of China. Painters Ju Rui and Lao San stumble upon He Hua, a woman sold into the sex industry at a local brothel.
5.0

Year:

1965

The Butterfly Chalice

The Butterfly Chalice

The story revolves around Tian Yu Quan (Chin Feng) who rushes to the aid of an elderly fisherman who is bullied by an arrogant relative of the Qiu Shan ministry. In the heat of the ensuing battle he kills the said man and is hence chased by the district's officials. Trying to use the waterway to shake off his enemies, Yu Quan finds a true friend in the old fisherman's bark-stearing daughter, Hu Feng Lian (Ting Hung) who becomes his loyal accomplice. As symbol for his gratitude, Yu Quan bestows Feng Lian with a Butterfly Chalice to reflect their eternal friendship bond...
6.0

Year:

1965

Temple of the Red Lotus

Temple of the Red Lotus

Jimmy Wang Yu plays a young kid who heads off to Dragon Valley to meet the childhood friend who was promised as his bride. When he gets there, he finds that the family of the bride might not be an entirely honest bunch of people though. What is the story behind their feud with the monks at the Temple Of The Red Lotus, for a start?
4.9

Year:

1965

The Story of Sue San

The Story of Sue San

This gripping story centers on the romance between Wang Chin Lung and Sue San. Although they may be perfectly matched when it comes to their love for one other, the two come from remarkably different social ranks. While Chin Lung is the son of a respected government official, Su San is a prostitute, albeit a famous one.
6.1

Year:

1964

The Coin

The Coin

1963 film
0.0

Year:

1964

Return of the Phoenix

Return of the Phoenix

Return Of The Phoenix is yet another masterpiece from prolific director Li Han-hsiang. An imperial minister Cheng Pu (Ching Miao) is faced with a quandary. He's getting old and his daughters are still not married. Elder daughter Shueh-yeh (Elizabeth Chuang) is so ugly no one wants her. Younger daughter Shueh-wu (Li Hsiang-chun) is beautiful but Mrs Cheng refuses to let her marry before her elder sister. The drama unfolds when Cheng decides to marry Shueh-wu off.
6.0

Year:

1963

Bitter Sweet

Bitter Sweet

A widow of four gave up two of her children to be raised by an uncle in Singapore. Many years later, just when the widow, now a house maid, is feeling contented by good news of her long gone son and daughter, she accidentally runs into his own son, now a lawyer, and ends up being looked down upon by him. It was a story about how traditional Chinese family and its value was impacted by the change of time. The movie depicted Macau in 1945 to Hong Kong in the mid-60s, moving from poverty after WWII to opulence. The human relationships became complicated and fragile. Many elements uniquely "Hong Kong", such as upper class Chinese, western religions, English speaking and a mixed-culture society are used to contrast the traditional, kind, enduring and forgiving love of a mother.
0.0

Year:

1963

Empress Wu

Empress Wu

The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history.
5.9

Year:

1963

The Love Eterne

The Love Eterne

In this dreamy romance set in China during the fourth-century, a young woman convinces her parents to allow her to dress as a boy and attend university.
6.8

Year:

1963

The Tryst

The Tryst

A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Pat Ting Hung.
3.5

Year:

1962

When the Poles Meet

When the Poles Meet

A Shaw Brothers romantic comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Patricia Lam Fung.
0.0

Year:

1961

The Serpent and the Lovers

The Serpent and the Lovers

It was shot in year 1956 but only released in year 1961 Hong Kong-Thailand-Japan co-production.
0.0

Year:

1961

Les Belles

Les Belles

Linda Lin Dai and Fanny Fan join the dancing troupe of Kao Pao-shu. Linda and Kao's son Peter Chen, manager of the troupe, have misunderstandings and dislike each other.
6.5

Year:

1961

The Girl with a Thousand Faces

The Girl with a Thousand Faces

Gu Lingxiu's dream of becoming an actress is opposed by her grandmother. Her father Zhongqi remains ambivalent. Years ago, Zhongqi was in love with a Peking opera diva Hua Yanhong, but the lovers were separated by the matriarch. Regretful of the mistake, the matriarch discards her prejudice and allows Lingxiu to pursue her career. She also urges Zhongqi to look for Hua.
0.0

Year:

1959

The Frosty Night

The Frosty Night

Loosely based on Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths
0.0

Year:

1957

A Lonely Heart

A Lonely Heart

A Shaw and Sons production.
0.0

Year:

1956

The Thirteen That Go Astray

The Thirteen That Go Astray

No known plot
6.1

Year:

1951

雙雄奪美

雙雄奪美

0.0

Year:

-

Lost Swordship

Lost Swordship

A golden-masked clan master, who had killed many top fighters, was determined to acquire an invincible sword manual so as to rule the martial world. Hence, he pursued a swordsman who possessed the manual, but the latter managed to escape and discovered a cave whereby he met two martial arts masters who taught him the invincible sword skills...
4.0

Year:

1977

Trilogy of Swordsmanship

Trilogy of Swordsmanship

Three martial arts directors united for this unique anthology film. Yueh Feng writes and directs a clever love-and-kung-fu triangle, Cheng Kang both writes and directs kung-fu courtesans battling brigands, and the "godfather of the kung-fu film," Chang Cheh, creates a cliff-hanging, swashbuckling mini-movie with maxi-action.
5.8

Year:

1972

Double Bliss

Double Bliss

A melodrama about the blossoming love between two music students returning home from abroad and planning to wed. However, both of their parents don't know about it and when they find out, all bliss blasts away as social gaps become an issue.
0.0

Year:

1970

The Golden Sword

The Golden Sword

Bai Yu Lung's father mysteriously disappears one night, and for 10 years Bai searches for him in vain. Finally, he decides to head to the far northern part of the country with the hope that he can find a clue in that region. There, he falls in love with a beggar (Cheng Pei-pei) and they continue the search together.
6.1

Year:

1969

Spring Blossoms

Spring Blossoms

Spring Blossoms is a parable about the Chinese youth culture and what's important to the younger generation when it comes to romance. It starred a new wave of seventies, Shaw's beauties, Lily Li, Shu Pei-pei and Essie Lin-chia as single women looking for love. It's a triple-decker romantic bus ride on a road to nowhere speeding toward a low bridge.
0.0

Year:

1968

King Drummer

King Drummer

Ling Yun plays the replacement hired for a popular band whose egotistic drummer quit to join a rival group. When the new arrival becomes a hit, he earns the jealous wrath of the predecessor. Meanwhile, the young drummer's mother is fervently against his music career. With the gorgeous Lily Ho as the manageress of the band and some terrific drumming set pieces, the whole thing, needless to say, comes off with a bang.
8.0

Year:

1967

The Midnight Murder

The Midnight Murder

The heroine, Liu Yanniang, is a beautiful and virtuous woman who is in love with her husband, Wang Zhengtu. However, because of her disagreement with her sister-in-law, Yuhuan, who was unfortunately killed, Yaniang was mistakenly accused of murder by the king's mother and her husband's son-in-law. The governor of Suzhou, Mr. Yan Wentian, is very strict with the king, but just when he finds a clue, the witness is killed again. Yen is not satisfied with his efforts, but he realizes that the murderer has already come to his doorstep.
5.0

Year:

1967

That Tender Age

That Tender Age

Characters live through that Tender Age
0.0

Year:

1967

The Pearl Phoenix

The Pearl Phoenix

Huangmei Opera movies like The Pearl Phoenix are unique to 1960's Hong Kong culture, a product of the Swinging Sixties but considerably more in touch with their Chinese roots. This one is complete with a gender-bending tale where the male lead is played by female and the female lead poses as a man, plus movie queen Li Ching and the singing voices of Ivy Ling Po and Jing Ting. Sit back and enjoy!
0.0

Year:

1967

The Joy of Spring

The Joy of Spring

Hong Kong musical directed by Lo Chen.
0.0

Year:

1966

The Blue and the Black 2

The Blue and the Black 2

Part two of the wartime love story
5.2

Year:

1966

The Monkey Goes West

The Monkey Goes West

THE MONKEY GOES WEST is the first entry in the studio’s epic, four-part screen adaptation of “Journey to the West,” a 16th-century novel recounting the efforts of a Buddhist monk and his magical companions to travel to India and bring back Buddhist sutras.
6.0

Year:

1966

Inside the Forbidden City

Inside the Forbidden City

It seems that Li Zhenfei was once an imperial concubine, who often found herself competing with her rival Madame Liu for the emperor's sole, undivided attention. When Li gives birth to the Emperor's child, the jealous Liu switches the boy with a cat and commands a servant named Kou Zhu to kill the baby. However, Kou Zhu ignores the order and gives the prince-to-be to the emperor's brother, a decision which eventually leads to the boy being adopted by the emperor himself! But as fate would have it, to go along with his new son, the emperor has a new wife as well - Madame Liu! As this strange new family unit is being constructed, poor Li Zhenfei has been confined to the forbidden palace, condemned to never see or speak to her son, the prince. But destiny reunites her with her son, but will this family reunion be a happy one? And will Madame Liu finally be punished for her treachery?
0.0

Year:

1965

The Female Prince

The Female Prince

The husband-and-wife team of Ivy Ling Po and Chin Han returned to another Huangmei Opera classic after Lady General Hua Mu-Lan. Helmed by Chow Sze-loke and written by Chang Cheh, the story revolved around two intellectual siblings, Ching Feng-sheng (Chin Feng) and Ching Feng-hsiao (Ivy Ling Po), who were constantly abused by their stepmother Hsia (Kao Pao-shu). Feng-hsiao was engaged to Li Ru-lung (Chin Han) since birth, but the greedy Hsia forced him to forfeit the marriage. When Ru-lung refused, Hsia framed him for thievery and put him behind bars. To rescue her lover, Feng-hsiao dressed as a young man and went to the capital. She then used Ru-lung's name to enter the national exam and was ranked first place. Impressed by Feng-hsiao, the Emperor decided to let her wed the Princess (Fang Ying). On the wedding night, Feng-hsiao revealed the truth to the Princess...
5.0

Year:

1964

Comedy of Mismatches

Comedy of Mismatches

Comedy of Mismatches begins with widow Sun who single-handedly raises her son Yu Lang (Chin Feng) and daughter Zhu Yi (Li Hsiang Chun). One day, Mother Sun sends her children to the temple, where Yu Lang encounters Hui Niang (Pat Ting). Artist Xu Ya is also at the temple, praying that his daughter Wen Gu (Carrie Ku) will find a good husband. Soon after, Wen Gu encounters nobleman's son Pei Zheng (Wai Mao) and the two fall in love at first sight.
0.0

Year:

1964

The Dancing Millionairess

The Dancing Millionairess

Chen Hou is a chauffeur who gets caught in a mistaken identity scandal linking him to businesswoman Lok Dai. Chen was supposed to audition for a job as her chauffeur, but a proposed musical show is far more attractive to the aspiring dancer. When a rumor gets out that the two are involved in an affair, she's angry and confronts him, but his charms overwhelm her, and it's revealed that she too desires to dance. Soon she's bankrolling the affair, the sets are being built, and the singing and dancing begin!
6.0

Year:

1964

Between Tears and Smiles

Between Tears and Smiles

Fan Chia-soo is a kind-hearted student whose heart is captured by the sweet song of Shen Feng-hsien. However, he is not the only one who has eyes for Shen. The General's henchmen are also determined to present the songstress to their superior as a gift. Fan received help from an unexpected quarter to save the woman he loves.
6.3

Year:

1964

Three Sinners

Three Sinners

Based on one particular storyline from The Water Margin, Three Sinners weaves an intriguing story of romance, treachery, and death, all within the context of the traditional Huangmei Opera. Yan Jun casts his real-life wife, the elegant Li Li Hua, star of such Shaw Brothers films as The Goddess of Mercy and Vermillion Door, as one of the title characters, a woman who finds herself in the middle of a stormy love triangle involving her controlling husband (director Yan Jun serving double duty in a starring role) and a passionate lover (Chen Yan Yan).
0.0

Year:

1963

The Adulteress

The Adulteress

The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the waning days of the Ching Dynasty. To make matters worse, she’s soon framed for her husband’s murder by her rapist - the son of the local magistrate! And even that isn’t the end of her woes. It’s best to have a box of tissues nearby as two expert directors ratchet up the emotional suspense in this consummate tearjerker.
10.0

Year:

1963

Stranger Than Fiction

Stranger Than Fiction

A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Grace Ting Ning.
0.0

Year:

1963

Love Parade

Love Parade

The winning couple of Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Hu light up the screen in the delightful Shaw Brothers musical Love Parade. The manager of a dance company places a personal ad in the newspaper. He receives a response but has no idea the woman is his top dancer, with whom he has an antagonistic relationship.
0.0

Year:

1963

The Dream of the Red Chamber

The Dream of the Red Chamber

The Ching Dynasty novel The Dream of The Red Chamber is not only the most widely read, but also the most filmed book in Chinese history. The sprawling love story has proven a challenge to many filmmakers, but this version is acclaimed as the most successful. A sumptuous feature which took three years of planning and another for production, it was a hugely popular and critical hit which still stands out as a classic of both 18th century literature and 1960s moviemaking.
7.0

Year:

1962

Love Without End

Love Without End

Li Qingqing, an orphan, just arrives in Hong Kong and becomes a singer who sacrifices everything for her man.
6.6

Year:

1961

Oh Boys! Oh Girls!

Oh Boys! Oh Girls!

A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Margaret Tu Chuan and Paul Chang Chung,
0.0

Year:

1961

How to Marry a Millionaire

How to Marry a Millionaire

A Shaw Brothers romantic comedy starring Margaret Tu Chuan and Peter Chen Ho.
0.0

Year:

1960

Twilight Hours

Twilight Hours

A drama by the Shaw Brothers studio.
0.0

Year:

1960

Where Is My Bride?

Where Is My Bride?

A Shaw Brothers romantic drama
0.0

Year:

1958

Corpse-Drivers of Xiangxi

Corpse-Drivers of Xiangxi

Hong Kong horror.
0.0

Year:

1957

Black Tulip

Black Tulip

Black Tulip
0.0

Year:

1956

The Long Lane

The Long Lane

The film focuses on a mother (Chen Yanyan) burdened by guilt after abandoning her newborn daughter in a long lane 17 years earlier, so that she could adopt a son to fulfil the traditional belief that only a male heir could continue the family line. However, when her adopted son (King Hu) becomes a disappointment, the mother’s regret deepens. On her deathbed, she confesses her secret to her husband (Wang Yin), who resolves to find their lost daughter.
0.0

Year:

1956

Rainstorm in Chinatown

Rainstorm in Chinatown

Jiang Lizhen's husband, Wang Gensheng, went to Nanyang to make a living. After ten years of separation, there was no news. Jane took her daughter to find her husband, but found out that she was born into a wealthy family.
0.0

Year:

1956

Heart Break Well

Heart Break Well

The eldest daughter of an elderly couple, murders her lover and goes to jail. The youngest daughter, Yin Ni, is taken to her hometown to escape the scandal. While there, Yin Ni becomes involved with a painter, Xu Liang, and tragedy also falls upon her...
0.0

Year:

1955

Happy Encounter

Happy Encounter

An early Drama by the Daai Wa (Da Hua) Film Company
0.0

Year:

1952