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James Yi Lui
Born: 13th Dec 1939 Guangdong, China - Died 16th Feb 1999
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 49
Film: 48 (98%)
Television: 1 (2%)
Remaining genres not in graph: War
Filmography
Original title: 沉底鱷
1989
Simon Yam plays a cop that has just been released from jail after serving some years there. He claims he is innocent of all charges, and was in fact " ... view
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Original title: 猛鬼山墳
1989
A group of flim-flam friends are chased by the mob and then by ghosts in this horror comedy. ... view
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Ah Tang
Original title: 霸王女福星
1988
The Pink Squad is comprised of four strong, tough women (Sandra Ng, Ann Bridgewater, Suki Kwan in her film debut, and Elsie Chan) who do their police ... view
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Man at Airport
Original title: 烏龍賊替身
1988
Mistaken Identity is a Hong Kong Crime-Comedy directed by Tsui Siu-Ming and starring Richard Ng. ... view
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Original title: 猛鬼學堂
1988
Specially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts and cannibalistic zombies. ... view
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Romeo
Original title: 江湖龍虎鬥
1987
Two blood brothers, who have grown up on the streets of Macau, are bound together by a special code of honour. However, this bond ultimately leads the ... view
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Richard Lui
Original title: 我愛神仙遮
1984
Out of the Shaw Brothers vaults comes My Darling Genie, an amiable early-eighties comedy starring the enchanting Cherie Chung. Derek Yee is Cheng, a b ... view
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Lin Guo Ren
Original title: 害時出世
1983
A cop suffering from "posterior ulcers" tries to catch a serial killer who seeks out victims with medical problems. One suspect is a man who makes pie ... view
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Lei
Original title: 風水二十年
1983
The plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from mainland China. ... view
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Ya-ch'uan
Original title: 星際鈍胎
1983
A second-rate private eye sees a woman's UFO abduction claim as his ticket to fame and fortune. ... view
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Eden / Yi Tien
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Captain Po
Original title: 交叉零蛋
1981
In the pressure-cooker environment of Hong Kong’s education system, students grapple with a relentless barrage of exams and mind-numbing lectures. T ... view
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Teacher
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Lei Tu-Hai
Original title: 公子嬌
1981
A romantic comedy directed by Hong Kong New Wave filmmaker Yim Ho. ... view
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Ah Kiu
Original title: 邪鬥邪
1980
A compulsive gambler weds a ghost who helps and hinders him in both horrid and hilarious ways. ... view
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Cai Tou
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Original title: 茄哩啡
1978
Hakky Ho (James Yi Lui) holds on to his love of acting and dreams of being a star despite the chaotic, brutal, low-paying, hilarious reality of life a ... view
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Hakky Ho
Original title: 谷爆
1978
Two fellows who make friends under the funniest circumstances cause a riot through a series of jobs that they take on and lose at an alarming rate. ... view
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1978
Looking for a job, Ah-chun is sent off into the countryside to a seemingly haunted mansion. ... view
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1977
In Hong Kong, a Chinese cook swallows a microfilm by accident and becomes a target. ... view
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Cheung
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Mental Prisoner 1691
Original title: 賣身
1976
One day, due to carelessness. Ah Chung is fired from his job as a toilet attendant. Out of sympathy, Ah Lien, a waitress who he secretly admires, give ... view
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Ah Chung
Original title: 社女
1975
Poor Betty gets drugged and kidnapped at a teen beach party and finds herself in clutches of a sleazy prostitution ring. After trying to escape, her h ... view
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Lo Ah Fuk
Original title: 烏龍教一
1974
A bumbling martial arts teacher has the skills but lacks the confidence to use them. Run out of town by some ne'er-do-wells, he sets out on some comi ... view
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Original title: 春滿丹麥
1973
Two Chinese men go to Copenhagen for some reason. While one of them philanders around with various Danish and Asian women, the other falls in love wit ... view
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George - Tour Winner #2
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Suzy's Boyfriend
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Original title: Da xu hai
1973
Hapkido Master Kim Jin Pal takes on a mass of Japanese bushido experts in occupied China Bolo plays Zatoichi hired by the Japanese as a last resort t ... view
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Original title: 血酒後街
1973
Two rival street gangs from Kowloon go to war over turf and bar girls so as to dominate the area and maximize their takings; however things go from ba ... view
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Original title: 黑名單
1972
Two brothers, one wrongly accused of a crime, go on a mission of vengeance to find the men who framed him. ... view
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Ho
Original title: 血愛
1972
Hong Kong 1972. Shiu Pang is a poorly paid photographer with a very jealous fiancee. One day he meet an innocent girl and he falls in love with her. H ... view
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Original title: 浪子與修女
1971
Romantic tragedy based on John Lo Mar's story "Love Under the Cross". ... view
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Original title: 飛男飛女
1969
The delinquent gang 'The Seven Brigands' consists of the unruly rich heir Peter Ko, sister Connie, classmates Lisa, B.B. Jane and sister Angel, Tommy ... view
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Tong Wong
Original title: 勇特務大戰神秘黨
1966
Hong Kong's Ironman stepped up to the plate when Dr. No (1962) took the world by storm in the 1960s. Tso Tat-wah, the quintessential tough guy of Cant ... view
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Scientist
Original title: 十三號情報員
1964
During World War II, spy Wu Lai-sheung is instructed by her superior Fan Yeung-shan to murder spy number 13 Cheung Chi-ping. While Wu establishes a re ... view
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Tong Kwong-kwan
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Lee Cheng
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