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Shaw Brothers

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Foundation date 27 december 1958
Creator Run Run Shaw
Creator Runme Shaw
Creator Runje Shaw
Creator Runde Shaw

Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. (Chinese: 邵氏兄弟（香港）有限公司) was the largest film production company of Hong Kong.

In 1925, the three Shaw brothers—Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called Unique) in Shanghai, then established a film distribution base in Singapore where Runme and the youngest brother Run Run Shaw managed the precursor to the parent company Shaw Organization. Shaw Brothers took over the film production business of its Hong Kong-based sister company, Shaw & Sons Ltd., in 1958.

Over the years Shaw Brothers produced some 1,000 films, before film production was suspended in 1987 to concentrate on the television industry, through its subsidiary TVB. Film production resumed in 2009.

In 2011 Shaw Brothers was reorganized into the Clear Water Bay Land Company Limited, its film production business being taken over by other companies within the Shaw conglomerate.

Best films

Blade Runner
Blade Runner
(1982)
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Filmography of Shaw Brothers (261 films)

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The Female Prince
The Female Prince (1964)
, 1h42
Genres Drama, Action, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ivy Ling Po, Chin Han

The Qin family is wealthy and Master Qin has three children: Qin Feng Xiao (Ivy Ling Po) and Feng Sheng (Chin Feng) from his late wife, and a third son from his current wife. The second wife is always causing problems between Feng Xiao and Feng Sheng and their father. Feng Sheng leaves home to take the Imperial exams but is robbed and left for dead. He is rescued by a General who happens to pass by.
Lady General Hua Mulan
Lady General Hua Mulan (1964)
, 1h46
Directed by Yueh Feng
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Chin Han, Ivy Ling Po, Lee Kwan, Wu Ma, Tsang Choh-lam

Barbarian hordes had invaded and the border towns were overrun. The call went out for able-bodied men to join the army. Hua Mulan returned home from her hunting to find that her frail father had been summoned. Her brother was too young to enlist so she volunteered to take her father's place but her parents rejected the idea. Determined to convince her father, she conspired with her cousin and elder sister. Dressed as a man, she sparred with her father and defeated him. Both astonished and impressed, he gave her his blessings to join the army.
The Love Eterne
The Love Eterne (1963)
, 2h2
Directed by Li Han-hsiang
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Sports films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Martial arts films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Betty Loh Ti, Ivy Ling Po, Ouyang Sha-fei, Lee Kwan, Jackie Chan, John Lo Mar

A young 16-year-old girl, Zhu Ying Tai, managed to convince her parents to send her to college at Hangzhou on the condition that she went in the guise of a man. Along her journey to the college, she met 17-year-old Liang Shan Bo who was attending the same school. They became sworn "brothers" and studied for three years together. Over this period of time, they formed a strong friendship. Ying Tai gradually fell in love with Shan Bo who, being a bookworm, never did discover what she was despite coming across a couple of oddities. When she was summoned home by her father, Ying Tai revealed the truth to her headmaster's wife. Ying Tai requested that she be the matchmaker for her and Shan Bo and gave her a jade pendant as a token to be handed to Shanbo.
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)
, 1h38
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, Sō Yamamura, Sachiko Murase, Eitarō Ozawa, Isao Yamagata

Dans la Chine du VIII siècle, l'impératrice Yang choisit de se sacrifier pour sauver l'empereur.