James Yi Lui
Birthday: 1939-12-13
Place of Birth: Guangdong, China
Biography: James Yi Lui was born in 1943, the son of famed comic actor Yi Chau-shui. At age 17, he joined Shaw Brothers as a bit part actor, starting with Sweet Girl in Terror in 1958. A breakout role in Teddy Girls (1969) moved him up to lead and major supporting roles until he achieved stardom with his comedic turn in Adventure in Denmark (1973). He continued to appear in films (nearly 100 total) until 1989 and also formed his own production company, Daai Sing, which enabled him to direct and produced several films. He retired after directing and starring in the ghost comedy Excuse Me, Please! in 1989 and passed away ten years later from heart disease.
Movies
Mistaken Identity
Mistaken Identity is a Hong Kong Crime-Comedy directed by Tsui Siu-Ming and starring Richard Ng....
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Body for Sale
One day, due to carelessness. Ah Chung is fired from his job as a toilet attendant. Out of sympathy,...
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Adventure in Denmark
Two Chinese men go to Copenhagen for some reason. While one of them philanders around with various D...
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Hex vs. Witchcraft
A compulsive gambler weds a ghost who helps and hinders him in both horrid and hilarious ways....
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The Crazy Instructor
A bumbling martial arts teacher has the skills but lacks the confidence to use them. Run out of tow...
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Wedding Bells, Wedding Belles
A romantic comedy directed by Hong Kong New Wave filmmaker Yim Ho....
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Bald-Headed Betty
Poor Betty gets drugged and kidnapped at a teen beach party and finds herself in clutches of a sleaz...
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
This is an extremely rare example of science fiction, Hong Kong style, but, fittingly, it's unlike a...
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My Darling Genie
Out of the Shaw Brothers vaults comes My Darling Genie, an amiable early-eighties comedy starring th...
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The Haunted Cop Shop II
Specially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts...
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The Red Panther
A cop suffering from "posterior ulcers" tries to catch a serial killer who seeks out victims with me...
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Framed
Simon Yam plays a cop that has just been released from jail after serving some years there. He claim...
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The Extras
Hakky Ho (James Yi Lui) holds on to his love of acting and dreams of being a star despite the chaoti...
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Excuse Me, Please!
A group of flim-flam friends are chased by the mob and then by ghosts in this horror comedy....
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To Sir with Troubles
In the pressure-cooker environment of Hong Kong’s education system, students grapple with a relentle...
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Gee and Gor
Two fellows who make friends under the funniest circumstances cause a riot through a series of jobs ...
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Back Street
Two rival street gangs from Kowloon go to war over turf and bar girls so as to dominate the area and...
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Operation Pink Squad
The Pink Squad is comprised of four strong, tough women (Sandra Ng, Ann Bridgewater, Suki Kwan in he...
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Foxbat
In Hong Kong, a Chinese cook swallows a microfilm by accident and becomes a target....
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Flaming Brothers
Two blood brothers, who have grown up on the streets of Macau, are bound together by a special code ...
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The Lost Generation
The plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from ma...
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Social Characters
The delinquent gang 'The Seven Brigands' consists of the unruly rich heir Peter Ko, sister Connie, c...
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Black List
Two brothers, one wrongly accused of a crime, go on a mission of vengeance to find the men who frame...
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Tiger
Hapkido Master Kim Jin Pal takes on a mass of Japanese bushido experts in occupied China Bolo plays ...
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Lam Ah Chun
Looking for a job, Ah-chun is sent off into the countryside to a seemingly haunted mansion....
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Love and Blood
Hong Kong 1972. Shiu Pang is a poorly paid photographer with a very jealous fiancee. One day he meet...
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Spy No. 13
During World War II, spy Wu Lai-sheung is instructed by her superior Fan Yeung-shan to murder spy nu...
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The Secret Agent 303
Hong Kong's Ironman stepped up to the plate when Dr. No (1962) took the world by storm in the 1960s....
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