Zhao Lei

Zhao Lei

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.

  • Title: Zhao Lei
  • Popularity: 4.104
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1928-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Jingzhou, Hubei Province, China
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  • Also Known As: Lei Zhao, Chiu Lui, Chao Lai, Chao Loi, Wong Yuk-Man, Chao Lei
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Zhao Lei Movies

  • 1967
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    Passion

    Passion

    1 1967 HD

    Film directed by Chia-hsiang Wu

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  • 1967
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    Wife of a Romantic Scholar

    Wife of a Romantic Scholar

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Stolen Love

    The Stolen Love

    1 1959 HD

    Early Shaw Brothers drama

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  • 1954
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    Marriage Angle

    Marriage Angle

    1 1954 HD

    Marriage Angle is a Hong Kong Mandarin-language feature film of the drama genre, written and directed by Wang Yin, produced by Shaw Brothers Studio,...

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  • 1972
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    Capture of Seven Tigers

    Capture of Seven Tigers

    1 1972 HD

    An investigative team that wants to foil the evil plans of a group of criminals.

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  • 1968
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    Jade Dragon

    Jade Dragon

    1 1968 HD

    Old school weepy sword fighting epic with Melinda Chen Man Ling, Cathay's answer to Cheng Pei Pei.

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  • 1967
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    The First Sword

    The First Sword

    1 1967 HD

    During a battle with Wu Qiong, the king of poison, Xie Wuyang, the chief of the Golden Dragon Clan is poisoned. His junior, Tong Wanling risks her...

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  • 1975
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    The Valiant Ones

    The Valiant Ones

    6.9 1975 HD

    A righteous husband-and-wife swordfighting duo struggle to protect China from the machinations of Japanese pirates and corrupt officials.

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  • 1953
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    The Third Life

    The Third Life

    1 1953 HD

    Wu Dehua is a frustrated young man who has experienced abandonment and crime and starts having suicidal thoughts. However, with the help of the...

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  • 1976
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    Monkey King with 72 Magic

    Monkey King with 72 Magic

    5 1976 HD

    Shaw Brothers star Ting Hwa Chung plays the legendary and mythical Monkey King in this lavish and epic action classic.

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  • 1961
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    The Pistol

    The Pistol

    1 1961 HD

    Long unemployed and stone-broke, Shen Jiaguang is dealt a further blow when his wife Lu Xiaoyin has fallen seriously ill and their son Xiaoguang has...

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  • 1954
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    Beyond the Grave

    Beyond the Grave

    1 1954 HD

    This is a Historical Drama that was written and directed by Doe Ching. It was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio.

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  • 1954
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    Girls in Transformation

    Girls in Transformation

    1 1954 HD

    Girls in Transformation is about an experiment conducted by assistant professor at the Shi Liangde University to demonstrate her "non-hereditary...

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  • 1954
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    Shadow in Her Heart

    Shadow in Her Heart

    1 1954 HD

    Temptation (誘惑) is a 1954 Hong Kong drama film directed by Doe Ching. The film was produced by Runde Shaw for Shaw & Sons Co. Ltd. and is based...

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  • 1955
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    Forever Goodbye

    Forever Goodbye

    1 1955 HD

    Forever Goodbye 自 君 別 後 (1955) aka Since You Went Away is a Hong Kong Mandarin-language drama film directed by Wang Yin, filmed in Australia...

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  • 1965
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    Beauty of Beauties

    Beauty of Beauties

    7 1965 HD

    Hsi Shih: The Beauty of Beauties was one of the most ambitious films made in the Taiwan film industry in the 1960s. After leaving The Shaw Brothers...

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  • 1959
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    The Kingdom and the Beauty

    The Kingdom and the Beauty

    6.3 1959 HD

    This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. The empress mother has the...

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  • 1960
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    The Enchanting Shadow

    The Enchanting Shadow

    7.3 1960 HD

    A young scholar spends the night in a creepy temple that is said to be haunted. He doesn't believe in the rumors, but after running into a Taoist...

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  • 1970
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    The Rivals

    The Rivals

    1 1970 HD

    The Northern and Southern Champion swordsmen discover the Tartars have murdered their families and the only thing on their minds is revenge.

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  • 1979
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    In The Beginning

    In The Beginning

    1 1979 HD

    Fantasy film from Taiwan, featuring the Chinese creation mythology of Pangu and Nüwa.

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  • 1957
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    Lady in Distress

    Lady in Distress

    1 1957 HD

    A Shaw Brothers production.

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  • 1957
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    A Mellow Spring

    A Mellow Spring

    1 1957 HD

    A Shaw Brothers production

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  • 1956
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    Beyond the Blue Horizon

    Beyond the Blue Horizon

    1 1956 HD

    A Shaw and Sons production

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  • 1956
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    Fruit of Marriage

    Fruit of Marriage

    1 1956 HD

    A woman is fired from her job because she's pregnant. The husband, who's a teacher, needs to get another part-time job as a waiter, to cover the...

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  • 1956
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    A Lonely Heart

    A Lonely Heart

    1 1956 HD

    A Shaw and Sons production.

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  • 1956
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    Meet Me After Spring

    Meet Me After Spring

    1 1956 HD

    This is a drama about parents disapproving a young couple's relationship and the unfortunate consequences that it has.

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  • 1956
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    Beauty in the Maelstrom

    Beauty in the Maelstrom

    1 1956 HD

    A Shaw and Sons production about a couple who loves each other but end up marrying different people because of parental pressures.

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  • 1957
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    Springtime in Paradise

    Springtime in Paradise

    1 1957 HD

    A Shaw and Sons production

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  • 1957
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    Miss Evening Sweet

    Miss Evening Sweet

    1 1957 HD

    A Shaw and Sons production.

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  • 1958
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    The Circus

    The Circus

    1 1958 HD

    A Shaw and Sons production

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  • 1957
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    He Has Taken Him for Another

    He Has Taken Him for Another

    8.5 1957 HD

    A Shaw and Sons production.

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  • 1958
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    A Kiss for Me

    A Kiss for Me

    1 1958 HD

    A Shaw and Sons production

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  • 1982
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    A Rescue from Hades

    A Rescue from Hades

    1 1982 HD

    Three generations of the Luo family fasted and chanted Buddha's name. However, Mr. Luo died young. Luo's mother complained and began to kill animals...

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  • 1960
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    East Flows the River

    East Flows the River

    1 1960 HD

    A film drama by the Shaw Brothers studio.

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  • 1963
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    Stepmother

    Stepmother

    1 1963 HD

    A Shaw Brothers drama starring Diana Chang Chung-Wen and Margaret Tu Chuan.

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  • 1958
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    An Appointment After Dark

    An Appointment After Dark

    1 1958 HD

    Wan Jialiang, a factory worker, and Lu Xiuzhen fall in love and live together. Hou Liang is supported by Dong Yaqin, his cousin, and their lives...

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  • 1957
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    The Lady of Mystery

    The Lady of Mystery

    1 1957 HD

    Spies, Military Documents and Traitors.

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  • 1961
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    The Swallow

    The Swallow

    1 1961 HD

    The hunt for The Swallow Thief.

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  • 1962
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    The Mid-Nightmare

    The Mid-Nightmare

    5.5 1962 HD

    Essentially an adaptation of Gaston Leroux's classic The Phantom of the Opera, Mid-Nightmare is set in a Huangmei diao teahouse theatre, which an...

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  • 1952
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    Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’

    Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’

    1 1952 HD

    Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the big four of classic Chinese novels, has been adapted for film and television dozens of times over the past...

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  • 1965
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    Passion

    Passion

    1 1965 HD

    A Cathay Studio production

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  • 1970
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    雙雄奪美

    雙雄奪美

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1963
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    Empress Wu

    Empress Wu

    5.9 1963 HD

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

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  • 1962
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    Madam White Snake

    Madam White Snake

    10 1962 HD

    This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure down viewers' backs. The Lovely Linda Lin Dai (Les...

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  • 1964
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    The Story of Three Loves: Part 2

    The Story of Three Loves: Part 2

    1 1964 HD

    Continuing the story of Part I, the plots follows the tragic fate of teahouse songstress Shen, who is forced to become the mistress of the evil...

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  • 1968
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    Travels with a Sword

    Travels with a Sword

    1 1968 HD

    Travels with a Sword is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Sammo Hung

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  • 1978
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    Immortal Warriors

    Immortal Warriors

    1 1978 HD

    Immortal Warriors is a Taiwanese Martial Arts movie.

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  • 1958
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    Diau Charn

    Diau Charn

    8 1958 HD

    Based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Diau Charn is a sublime retelling of a familiar tale with iconic actress Linda Lin Dai (Lam Doi) in the...

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  • 1980
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    The Imperious Princess

    The Imperious Princess

    1 1980 HD

    Taiwanese huangmei opera starring Ivy Ling Po.

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  • 1978
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    Dream of the Red Chamber

    Dream of the Red Chamber

    3 1978 HD

    Taiwanese huangmei opera film.

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  • 1968
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    Red Plum Pavilion

    Red Plum Pavilion

    1 1968 HD

    Li is a beautiful young woman who is engaged to a handsome scholar, Pei Shunqing. However, a rich evil man, Jia Sidao, is attracted by Li's beauty...

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  • 1967
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    The Magic Fan

    The Magic Fan

    1 1967 HD

    This was an adaptation of a ghost story, “A Xiu”. Liu Zigu is on his way to visit his uncle and is attracted by a beautiful girl, A Xiu....

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  • 1965
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    A Beggar's Daughter

    A Beggar's Daughter

    7 1965 HD

    This is an adaptation of the folk story, “Jin Yu Nu beats her heartless groom with a cane”. Jin Yu Nu, a beggar’s daughter, is a...

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  • 1963
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    Lady with the Lute

    Lady with the Lute

    1 1963 HD

    Zhao’s husband goes to the capital to take the imperial examination but doesn’t come back. Due to famine, Zhao has to leave her hometown...

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  • 1966
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    Lady in the Moon

    Lady in the Moon

    1 1966 HD

    Chang E is a fairy in the moon. One day she sneaks to the earth where she meets a talented archer, Hou Yi, and falls in love with him. At that time,...

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  • 1964
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    Beyond the Great Wall

    Beyond the Great Wall

    4 1964 HD

    Beyond the Great Wall is a true story based on how Wang Chao-chun sacrificed her love and life for the good of the Chinese people during war time...

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  • 1964
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    The Story of Sue San

    The Story of Sue San

    6.1 1964 HD

    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...

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  • 1964
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    The Magic Lamp

    The Magic Lamp

    7 1964 HD

    Adapted from one of China's most well-known fairy tales, the Goddess of Mount Hua falls in love with a young mortal scholar Liu Yanchang and gives...

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  • 1962
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    The Dream of the Red Chamber

    The Dream of the Red Chamber

    7 1962 HD

    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...

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  • 1973
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    Cheat to Cheat

    Cheat to Cheat

    1 1973 HD

    Hong Kong comedy directed by Li Han-Hsiang.

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  • 1962
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    The Magnificent Concubine

    The Magnificent Concubine

    5.6 1962 HD

    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...

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  • 1964
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    Romance of the Forbidden City

    Romance of the Forbidden City

    1 1964 HD

    Hong Kong drama directed by Wong Tin-Lam.

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  • 1989
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    Just Heroes

    Just Heroes

    6.6 1989 HD

    A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to take his place. One of them is the traitor.

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  • 1975
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    The Delivery

    The Delivery

    1 1975 HD

    HK action movie about drug trafficking.

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  • 1962
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    Golden Horse Awards

    Golden Horse Awards

    1 1962 HD

    The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī:...

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