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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-12-13

Place of Birth

Guangdong, China

James Yi Lui

Biography

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.

Known for

Friends & Enemies

Friends & Enemies

Flaming Brothers

Flaming Brothers

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 them into brutal conflict when they struggle to leave the violent world they live in.

Sweet Girl in Terror

Sweet Girl in Terror

Early Shaw Brothers thriller.

十三号地区

十三号地区

The Lost Generation

The Lost Generation

The plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from mainland China.

Black List

Black List

Two brothers, one wrongly accused of a crime, go on a mission of vengeance to find the men who framed him.

Back Street

Back Street

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 bad to worse as the girls start to get involved in the bloody feud.

Social Characters

Social Characters

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 and Tong Wong. The good-natured Peter and Lisa want to put the gang back on the right track, but with Lisa falling out with the group following a row, Peter reverts to his former self.

Hex vs. Witchcraft

Hex vs. Witchcraft

A compulsive gambler weds a ghost who helps and hinders him in both horrid and hilarious ways.

My Darling Genie

My Darling Genie

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 brusque construction worker who discovers a magical umbrella on a routine dig. When the umbrella is opened and sprinkled with water, a 200 year-old genie arrives to grant the owner's wishes. As if that weren't enough, this genie happens to look like Cherie Chung! Cheng has been given a virtual ticket to Heaven, but he's more annoyed than grateful, and uses the Genie to perform mostly menial tasks.

The Haunted Cop Shop II

The Haunted Cop Shop II

Specially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts and cannibalistic zombies.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

A second-rate private eye sees a woman's UFO abduction claim as his ticket to fame and fortune.

Operation Pink Squad

Operation Pink Squad

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 work efficiently and successfully. As a result, their chauvinistic superiors in the police department are always scheming to try and get them fired.

Wedding Bells, Wedding Belles

Wedding Bells, Wedding Belles

A romantic comedy directed by Hong Kong New Wave filmmaker Yim Ho.

Excuse Me, Please!

Excuse Me, Please!

A group of flim-flam friends are chased by the mob and then by ghosts in this horror comedy.