Chen Yan-yan
Know for: Acting
Born: 1915-02-24
Place of birth: Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Also know as:
The 14 Amazons (1972)
The Yang family, men and women, have served their country loyally for generations. During the war General Yang is ambushed and killed. His widow and...
Four Sisters (1967)
Mandarin-era Hong Kong film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.
The Merry Wife (1972)
Under false pretenses, Zhenzhen marries Mr. Lin, who happens to be her teacher. She wants to still study and wants to enroll in his school in Hong...
Heads for Sale (1970)
This tale is about a decapitating swordswoman who will let nothing stand in her way when she falls in love with a bandit's son. Chiao Chiao, made...
A Spray of Plum Blossoms (1931)
Bai Le De and Hu Lun tung are military cadets. After graduating, Hu Lin Tung is appointed captain of Guangdong headquarters and goes away. Later, Bae...
Flower in the Rain (1972)
Lily Ho and Ling Yun are star-crossed lovers who suffer untold agonies before finally being united forever.
The Love Eterne (1963)
In this dreamy romance set in China during the fourth-century, a young woman convinces her parents to allow her to dress as a boy and attend...
The Deadly Knives (1972)
Plotting to obtain the Yen family's land, dastardly Japanese plutocrat Omura bribes Yen nephew Hsu Chien to steal the family seal and land deed. When...
Spring Blossoms (1968)
Spring Blossoms is a parable about the Chinese youth culture and what's important to the younger generation when it comes to romance. It starred a...
My Dream Boat (1967)
The film tells a complicated love story. Carmen with Ke, Xiang Yi and Jiyuan. They start as a friend, but somehow a love triangle occur, and the...
Too Late for Love (1967)
Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The happy couple's bliss was cut short when war...
Auntie Lan (1967)
The contemporary issue of single mothers is sensitively handled in this melodrama as a young woman must decide whether she will tell the new man in...
The Blue and the Black (1966)
It's a powerful melodrama about a thwarted romance in 1930s Tientsin, China, during the Japanese occupation, and it stars Linda Lin Dai, one of the...
The Butterfly Chalice (1965)
The story revolves around Tian Yu Quan (Chin Feng) who rushes to the aid of an elderly fisherman who is bullied by an arrogant relative of the Qiu...
The Blue and the Black 2 (1966)
Part two of the wartime love story
The West Chamber (1965)
A scholar woos the daughter of an important family, while outwitting rebels who try to capture her.
Valley of the Fangs (1970)
Intrigue in the court means that the wife and daughter of framed scholar Sung have to travel to the capital in disguise, as court agents hunt them...
Sons of the Good Earth (1965)
The year is 1937, just prior to the Japanese invasion of China. Painters Ju Rui and Lao San stumble upon He Hua, a woman sold into the sex industry...
The Crimson Palm (1964)
Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his...
Nobody's Child (1960)
Melodramatic film about a child prodigy.
The Grand Substitution (1965)
With China under control of a weak Emperor, two officials compete to steer the future destiny of the land. Chiu believes the people are the future of...
Three Sinners (1963)
Based on one particular storyline from The Water Margin, Three Sinners weaves an intriguing story of romance, treachery, and death, all within the...
The Young Avenger (1972)
After a career spanning more than forty years and dozens of films as director or writer, Yueh Feng used everything he learned on a final few martial...
The Three Smiles (1969)
The film tells the story of Tang Bohu, a famous scholar who spends most of his time wandering around the countryside.
The Goddess of Mercy (1967)
With her elegant classic persona, Li Li-hua was the ideal performer for period aristocratic and imperial roles. The Goddess Of Mercy is a good...
Lady General Hua Mulan (1964)
About a woman who disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army.
A Ghost (1940)
A young woman falls in love with her university classmate but her father is against it. She disappears and soon there are rumours that her spirit...
It Takes a Man to Be Henpecked (1971)
A comedy about three henpecked men and how they cope with not only their wives but a society which says they should rule the roost. A comedy of...
Center Stage (1991)
Based on the tragic true story of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chronicling her rise to fame as a movie actress in...
The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang of rival swordsmen.
Two Stars in the Milky Way (1931)
This is a silent film from China made in 1931. It is about two leads in a film, Yan (Raymond King) and Ying (Violet Wong). They meet after hearing...
Song of China (1935)
A businessman moves his family from the city to the countryside to open a school.
Vistas of Art (1938)
Three stories about art stages. "Film City", "Drama Group" and "Dance Class".
Struggling (1932)
A Chinese couple in the 1930s struggle to survive. Things get complicated for them when he enlists to fight the war against Japan.
Symphony of Lianhua (1937)
"Lianhua Symphony" - a small collection, consisting of eight short films shot in 1937 by young filmmakers Shanghai Lianhua Film Company. Part 1: Two...
The Big Road (1935)
Six young men from the city take jobs building roads for the Chinese Army
Love and Duty (1931)
The film tells the story of Yang Naifan (Ruan Lingyu) who runs from her arranged marriage to be with her true love, Li Zuyi (Jin Yan). The film...
Between Tears and Smiles (1964)
Fan Chia-soo is a kind-hearted student whose heart is captured by the sweet song of Shen Feng-hsien. However, he is not the only one who has eyes for...
The Light of Maternal Instinct (1933)
Although Hui-Ying is now married to a husband that offers a life of stability and comfort, over ten years ago her first husband (Jia-Hu) fled from...
The Joy of Spring (1966)
Hong Kong musical directed by Lo Chen.
The Lotus Lamp (1965)
The Goddess of Hua Mountain is imprisoned for falling in love with a mortal, meanwhile her son is raised in secret until he can attempt to free her.
Love Without End (1947)
Yu Jiayin falls in love with the father of the girl she tutors.
The Young Tiger (1973)
A spoilt rich kid turns up at a fu school to show off, but he gets clobbered by the boastful Little Tiger, who is later framed for the kid's murder...
Mantis Combat (1978)
When a once infamous criminal decides to give up his lifestyle and return the many treasures he has stolen to their rightful owners; he is promptly...
Bitter Sweet (1963)
A widow of four gave up two of her children to be raised by an uncle in Singapore. Many years later, just when the widow, now a house maid, is...
Spring in the South (1932)
To please his dying father, Hong Yu, a college student, is forced to abandon his girlfriend, Little Hong, and marry his cousin, with disastrous...
Suspicion (1948)
A war-veteran husband and his wife are slowly consumed with distrust in Xu Changlin’s fascinating hybrid of noir thriller and melodrama.
The Dream of the Ancient Capital (1930)
This film depicting the lives of ordinary people — street peddlers, poor scholars, and young revolutionaries — reflects the culturally...
Chun dao ren jian (1937)
Yu is a village boat-rower who loves smiling. On the contrary, serf girl xiao Hong never smiles because of her miserable life. Yu volunteers to teach...
The Long Lane (1956)
The film focuses on a mother (Chen Yanyan) burdened by guilt after abandoning her newborn daughter in a long lane 17 years earlier, so that she could...
New and Old Times (1934)
A rich businessman's family is in straitened circumstances. He has a son and four daughters, but only the youngest daughter lives a positive life.
Thunderstorm (1938)
The film tells the story of a rich man who falls in love with his maid.