Huang Yu Explained
Huang Yu (黃域) |
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Birth Date: | 7 November 1916 |
Birth Place: | Shanghai, Republic of China |
Death Place: | Hong Kong |
Occupation: | Film director, screenwriter, actor |
Spouse: | Wu Pei-yung (吳佩蓉) |
Huang Yu (7 November 1916 – 24 May 2013) was a Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor. His acting career began in Shanghai in the 1930s. In the 1940s he went to British Hong Kong and became a filmmaker with the left-wing Great Wall Movie Enterprises. He directed 29 films between 1953 and 1981.
His wife Wu Pei-yung (吳佩蓉) frequently worked on his films as script supervisor, screenwriter, actress, make-up artist, assistant director or co-director.
Filmography
As actor
Year | English title | Original title | Role | Notes |
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1930 | Regrettable Separation | 惜紛飛 | Xu Nanying | |
1940 | The West Chamber | 西廂記 | Yuan Weizhi | |
They Have Been Living Here for Generations | 秦淮世家 | Zhao Si | |
1943 | Reunion | 重逢 | | |
1944 | The Wind | 凱風 | | |
A Bright Future | 鵬程萬里 | | |
1945 | Struggle | 奮鬥 | | |
My Youthful Head | 莫負少年頭 | | |
Modern Girl | 摩登女性 | Colleague | |
1949 | Our Husband | 春雷 | Uncle | also assistant director |
1950 | Hong Kong Mermaids | 香島美人魚 | | |
1951 | Miss Du Jin | 鍍金小姐 | | | |
As assistant director
- 1949: Our Husband (春雷)
- 1950: The Awful Truth (說謊世界)
- 1951: A Night-Time Wife (禁婚記)
- 1952: Nonya (娘惹)
- 1952: Unknown Father (不知道的父親)
- 1953: A Torn Lily (孽海花)
- 1954: Till We Meet Again (深閨夢裡人)
As director
Year | English title | Chinese title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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1953 | The Gold-Plated Man | 花花世界 | | | |
1955 | The Inspector General | 視察專員 | | | |
1956 | Survivors of Love | 大富之家 | | | |
Apartment for Women | 女子公寓 | | | |
She Swallowed Her Sorrows | 紅顏劫 | | | |
1957 | Suspicion | 捉鬼記 | | | |
Whither Spring? | 春歸何處 | | | |
Princess Hibiscus | 芙蓉仙子 | | | |
1958 | | Borrowed Wife | 借親配 | | | |
The Outsider | 少年遊 | | | |
1960 | A Mermaid's Love | 碧波仙侶 | | | |
Come On, Everybody! | 飛燕迎春 | | | |
1962 | Two Ideal Couples | 糊塗姻緣 | | | |
Love on the Edge | 甜言蜜語 | | | |
1964 | A Happy Reunion | 龍鳳呈祥 | | | |
1965 | A Pink Dream | 粉紅色的夢 | | | |
Emperor Takes a Holiday | 皇帝出京 | | | |
1966 | Embroidered Scarf | 鴛鴦帕 | | | |
A Time to Remember | 小忽雷 | | | |
1968 | Pillar of Society | 社會棟樑 | | | |
Love Song of Twins | 雙女情歌 | | | |
1969 | The Golden Age | 金色年華 | | | |
The Village of Crouching Tigers | 臥虎村 | | | |
1970 | Red Azalea | 映山紅 | | | |
1971 | The Younger Generation | 小當家 | | | |
1974 | A Silver Dollar | 一塊銀元 | | | |
1976 | The Best Friends | 至愛親朋 | | | |
1979 | The Reporter | 鐵腳馬眼神仙肚 | | | |
1981 | The Spy in the Palace | 飛鳳潛龍 | | | | |
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