Zhao Lei
Birthday: 1928-01-01
Place of Birth: Jingzhou, Hubei Province, China
Biography: Zhao Lei (simplified Chinese: 赵雷; traditional Chinese: 趙雷) was a Chinese actor born in 1928 as Wang Yumin (王育民). He moved to Hong Kong in 1947, joined the Shaw Brothers Studio in 1953. He was one of the most popular male leads in the cinema of Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 1950s and 60s. He frequently played the role of an Emperor and is often called the "Film Emperor". He died in Hong Kong on 24 June 1996.
Movies
Marriage Angle
Marriage Angle is a Hong Kong Mandarin-language feature film of the drama genre, written and directe...
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Capture of Seven Tigers
An investigative team that wants to foil the evil plans of a group of criminals....
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The Valiant Ones
A righteous husband-and-wife swordfighting duo struggle to protect China from the machinations of Ja...
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The First Sword
During a battle with Wu Qiong, the king of poison, Xie Wuyang, the chief of the Golden Dragon Clan i...
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Jade Dragon
Old school weepy sword fighting epic with Melinda Chen Man Ling, Cathay's answer to Cheng Pei Pei....
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The Third Life
Wu Dehua is a frustrated young man who has experienced abandonment and crime and starts having suici...
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Monkey King with 72 Magic
Shaw Brothers star Ting Hwa Chung plays the legendary and mythical Monkey King in this lavish and ep...
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The Pistol
Long unemployed and stone-broke, Shen Jiaguang is dealt a further blow when his wife Lu Xiaoyin has ...
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Beyond the Grave
This is a Historical Drama that was written and directed by Doe Ching. It was produced by the Shaw B...
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Girls in Transformation
Girls in Transformation is about an experiment conducted by assistant professor at the Shi Liangde U...
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Shadow in Her Heart
Temptation (誘惑) is a 1954 Hong Kong drama film directed by Doe Ching. The film was produced by Runde...
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Forever Goodbye
Forever Goodbye 自 君 別 後 (1955) aka Since You Went Away is a Hong Kong Mandarin-language drama film d...
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Beauty of Beauties
Hsi Shih: The Beauty of Beauties was one of the most ambitious films made in the Taiwan film industr...
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The Kingdom and the Beauty
This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by...
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The Enchanting Shadow
A young scholar spends the night in a creepy temple that is said to be haunted. He doesn't believe i...
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The Rivals
The Northern and Southern Champion swordsmen discover the Tartars have murdered their families and t...
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In The Beginning
Fantasy film from Taiwan, featuring the Chinese creation mythology of Pangu and Nüwa....
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Fruit of Marriage
A woman is fired from her job because she's pregnant. The husband, who's a teacher, needs to get ano...
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Meet Me After Spring
This is a drama about parents disapproving a young couple's relationship and the unfortunate consequ...
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Beauty in the Maelstrom
A Shaw and Sons production about a couple who loves each other but end up marrying different people ...
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A Rescue from Hades
Three generations of the Luo family fasted and chanted Buddha's name. However, Mr. Luo died young. L...
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Stepmother
A Shaw Brothers drama starring Diana Chang Chung-Wen and Margaret Tu Chuan....
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An Appointment After Dark
Wan Jialiang, a factory worker, and Lu Xiuzhen fall in love and live together. Hou Liang is supporte...
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The Mid-Nightmare
Essentially an adaptation of Gaston Leroux's classic The Phantom of the Opera, Mid-Nightmare is set ...
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Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’
Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the big four of classic Chinese novels, has been adapted for film a...
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Empress Wu
The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history...
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Madam White Snake
This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure down v...
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The Story of Three Loves: Part 2
Continuing the story of Part I, the plots follows the tragic fate of teahouse songstress Shen, who i...
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Travels with a Sword
Travels with a Sword is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Sammo Hung...
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Diau Charn
Based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Diau Charn is a sublime retelling of a familiar tale with ic...
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Red Plum Pavilion
Li is a beautiful young woman who is engaged to a handsome scholar, Pei Shunqing. However, a rich ev...
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The Magic Fan
This was an adaptation of a ghost story, “A Xiu”. Liu Zigu is on his way to visit his uncle and is a...
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A Beggar's Daughter
This is an adaptation of the folk story, “Jin Yu Nu beats her heartless groom with a cane”. Jin Yu N...
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Lady with the Lute
Zhao’s husband goes to the capital to take the imperial examination but doesn’t come back. Due to fa...
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Lady in the Moon
Chang E is a fairy in the moon. One day she sneaks to the earth where she meets a talented archer, H...
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Beyond the Great Wall
Beyond the Great Wall is a true story based on how Wang Chao-chun sacrificed her love and life for t...
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The Magic Lamp
Adapted from one of China's most well-known fairy tales, the Goddess of Mount Hua falls in love with...
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The Story of Sue San
This gripping story centers on the romance between Wang Chin Lung and Sue San. Although they may be ...
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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 ...
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The Magnificent Concubine
Perhaps the most notorious concubine in Chinese history, Yang Guifei set a pudgy standard of beauty ...
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Just Heroes
A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to ta...
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Fist of Unicorn
Unicorn travels to a village troubled by gangsters in search of revenge for the murder of his parent...
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The Imperial Lady
A late-Qing historical palace drama about Empress Dowager Cixi, Emperor Guangxu, and Consort Zhen, p...
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