Kao Pao-shu
Kao Pao-shu or Gao Baoshu (Chinese: 高寶樹; 1932–2000) was a Chinese actress, producer, writer and film director who appeared in over 100 films during her career. Originally from China, Kao moved to Hong Kong in 1951, where she acted in minor role before joining Shaw Brothers Studio in 1958. Here, she starred in over 80 films, working alongside directors Yueh Feng and Cheng Kang, and she made her directorial debut in 1970 in Lady with a Sword. Later she started her own company, producing films throughout the 1970s before she retired in the 1980s. In July 2000, she died at the age of 68.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.73 |
| Birthday | 1939-02-02 |
| Place of Birth | Suzhou, China |
| Also Known As | 高寶樹 , Pao-Shu Kao, Go Bo-Shu, Kao Pau-Shiu, Ko Pai-Shu, Kau Pau-Shu, Kuo Po-Shu, 高寶樹, Ke Jin Xing, Baoshu Gao, Bo Shu Go, Pao Shu Kao, |
1969
Vengeance Is a Golden Blade
5/7
Li Zhishan is a rich man, but wealth cannot keep the loyalties of his wife, who has been visiting the bed of a rival. She helps plot against him, and...
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Vengeance Is a Golden Blade
1969
The Golden Sword
6.1/7
Bai Yu Lung's father mysteriously disappears one night, and for 10 years Bai searches for him in vain. Finally, he decides to head to the far northern...
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The Golden Sword
1965
Temple of the Red Lotus
4.9/10
Jimmy Wang Yu plays a young kid who heads off to Dragon Valley to meet the childhood friend who was promised as his bride. When he gets there, he find...
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Temple of the Red Lotus
1965
The Twin Swords
5.3/8
Gui Wu happens upon a kidnapping with his wife Gan Lian-zhu at the Red Lotus Temple. Lian-zhu sends Wu to go for reinforcements while she stays to fig...
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The Twin Swords
1972
Trilogy of Swordsmanship
5.8/4
Three martial arts directors united for this unique anthology film. Yueh Feng writes and directs a clever love-and-kung-fu triangle, Cheng Kang both w...
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Trilogy of Swordsmanship
1979
The Jade Fox
4/2
In her bid for domination of the kingdom, a wicked woman invites opponents to their doom at her 'Fairyland' estate.
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The Jade Fox
1965
The Butterfly Chalice
6/2
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 Sha...
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The Butterfly Chalice
1970
Double Bliss
0/0
A melodrama about the blossoming love between two music students returning home from abroad and planning to wed. However, both of their parents don't...
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Double Bliss
1970
A Place to Call Home
0/0
Li Ching plays one of three daughters, whose life is turned upside down when she discovers she is adopted. But things get even worse when she goes in...
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A Place to Call Home
1967
The Midnight Murder
5/1
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The Midnight Murder
1968
Spring Blossoms
0/0
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 new...
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Spring Blossoms
1967
King Drummer
8/1
Ling Yun plays the replacement hired for a popular band whose egotistic drummer quit to join a rival group. When the new arrival becomes a hit, he ear...
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King Drummer
1967
Trapeze Girl
5/1
A young girl runs away from her abusive father to join a group of circus performance, expecting that one day she would be a greatest trapeze artist. L...
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Trapeze Girl
1967
Too Late for Love
0/0
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 broke out...
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Too Late for Love
1966
The Blue and the Black
6.3/7
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 er...
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The Blue and the Black
1966
The Monkey Goes West
6/1
THE MONKEY GOES WEST is the first entry in the studio’s epic, four-part screen adaptation of “Journey to the West,” a 16th-century novel recounting th...
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The Monkey Goes West
1966
The Blue and the Black 2
5.2/4
Part two of the wartime love story
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The Blue and the Black 2
1967
That Tender Age
0/0
Characters live through that Tender Age
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That Tender Age
1964
Between Tears and Smiles
6.3/3
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...
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Between Tears and Smiles
1965
The Lark
5.5/4
A musical staring Carrie Ku Mei as a singer named Xiaoyun Shi, who comes to Hong Kong after a tour of other Asian countries, hoping to develop her car...
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The Lark
1965
Sons of the Good Earth
5/8
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 at...
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Sons of the Good Earth
1963
The Love Eterne
6.8/22
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 universit...
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The Love Eterne
1963
Love Parade
0/0
The winning couple of Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Hu light up the screen in the delightful Shaw Brothers musical Love Parade. The manager of a dance...
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Love Parade
1961
Love Without End
6.6/4
Li Qingqing, an orphan, just arrives in Hong Kong and becomes a singer who sacrifices everything for her man.
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Love Without End
1967
The Goddess of Mercy
0/0
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 example...
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The Goddess of Mercy
1967
The Pearl Phoenix
0/0
Huangmei Opera movies like The Pearl Phoenix are unique to 1960's Hong Kong culture, a product of the Swinging Sixties but considerably more in touch...
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The Pearl Phoenix
1965
Inside the Forbidden City
0/0
It seems that Li Zhenfei was once an imperial concubine, who often found herself competing with her rival Madame Liu for the emperor's sole, undivided...
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Inside the Forbidden City
1964
The Dancing Millionairess
6/1
Chen Hou is a chauffeur who gets caught in a mistaken identity scandal linking him to businesswoman Lok Dai. Chen was supposed to audition for a job a...
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The Dancing Millionairess
1965
Squadron 77
0/0
Spy thriller set in occupied Shanghai. Li Lihua stars as the woman who is thrust into the role of nationalist freedom fighter when she discovers that...
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Squadron 77
1964
The Female Prince
5/1
The husband-and-wife team of Ivy Ling Po and Chin Han returned to another Huangmei Opera classic after Lady General Hua Mu-Lan. Helmed by Chow Sze-lok...
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The Female Prince
1964
The Story of Sue San
6/6
This gripping story centers on the romance between Wang Chin Lung and Sue San. Although they may be perfectly matched when it comes to their love for...
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The Story of Sue San
1963
Return of the Phoenix
6/1
Return Of The Phoenix is yet another masterpiece from prolific director Li Han-hsiang. An imperial minister Cheng Pu (Ching Miao) is faced with a quan...
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Return of the Phoenix
1963
Three Sinners
0/0
Based on one particular storyline from The Water Margin, Three Sinners weaves an intriguing story of romance, treachery, and death, all within the con...
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Three Sinners
1962
The Dream of the Red Chamber
7/3
The Ching Dynasty novel The Dream of The Red Chamber is not only the most widely read, but also the most filmed book in Chinese history. The sprawling...
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The Dream of the Red Chamber
1964
Comedy of Mismatches
0/0
Comedy of Mismatches begins with widow Sun who single-handedly raises her son Yu Lang (Chin Feng) and daughter Zhu Yi (Li Hsiang Chun). One day, Mothe...
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Comedy of Mismatches
1963
Empress Wu
5.9/5
The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history.
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Empress Wu
1963
The Adulteress
10/1
The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the wanin...
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The Adulteress
1957
Corpse-Drivers of Xiangxi
0/0
Hong Kong horror.
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Corpse-Drivers of Xiangxi
1973
Win Them All
4.5/2
Filial daughter seeks revenge on father's killer. She must associate with dishonest people to finance her mission.
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Win Them All
1976
Low Society
0/0
A misguided youth falls into the bad company of an underground brothel syndicate but redeems himself on discovering that his mother was murdered by th...
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Low Society
1966
The Joy of Spring
0/0
Hong Kong musical directed by Lo Chen.
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The Joy of Spring
1977
Lost Swordship
4/2
A golden-masked clan master, who had killed many top fighters, was determined to acquire an invincible sword manual so as to rule the martial world. H...
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Lost Swordship
1961
Les Belles
6.5/2
Linda Lin Dai and Fanny Fan join the dancing troupe of Kao Pao-shu. Linda and Kao's son Peter Chen, manager of the troupe, have misunderstandings and...
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Les Belles
1964
The Coin
0/0
1963 film
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The Coin
1963
Bitter Sweet
0/0
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 feeling...
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Bitter Sweet
1952
Happy Encounter
0/0
An early Drama by the Daai Wa (Da Hua) Film Company
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Happy Encounter
1957
The Frosty Night
0/0
Loosely based on Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths
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The Frosty Night
1961
Oh Boys! Oh Girls!
0/0
A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Margaret Tu Chuan and Paul Chang Chung,
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Oh Boys! Oh Girls!
1968
Mist over Dream Lake
0/0
Shaw Production
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Mist over Dream Lake
1955
Heart Break Well
0/0
The eldest daughter of an elderly couple, murders her lover and goes to jail. The youngest daughter, Yin Ni, is taken to her hometown to escape the sc...
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Heart Break Well
1956
A Lonely Heart
0/0
A Shaw and Sons production.
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A Lonely Heart
1956
Rainstorm in Chinatown
0/0
Jiang Lizhen's husband, Wang Gensheng, went to Nanyang to make a living. After ten years of separation, there was no news. Jane took her daughter to f...
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Rainstorm in Chinatown
1951
The Thirteen That Go Astray
6.1/5
No known plot
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The Thirteen That Go Astray
1959
The Girl with a Thousand Faces
0/0
Gu Lingxiu's dream of becoming an actress is opposed by her grandmother. Her father Zhongqi remains ambivalent. Years ago, Zhongqi was in love with a...
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The Girl with a Thousand Faces
1961
The Serpent and the Lovers
0/0
It was shot in year 1956 but only released in year 1961 Hong Kong-Thailand-Japan co-production.
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The Serpent and the Lovers
1956
Black Tulip
0/0
Black Tulip
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Black Tulip
1975
Female Fugitive
0/0
The police close in on "Miss Big Boss," the leader of a large drug organization centered in the Golden Triangle. Meanwhile, two kids find themselves o...
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Female Fugitive
1963
Stranger Than Fiction
0/0
A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Grace Ting Ning.
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Stranger Than Fiction
1960
Twilight Hours
0/0
A drama by the Shaw Brothers studio.
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Twilight Hours
1961
When the Poles Meet
0/0
A Shaw Brothers romantic comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Patricia Lam Fung.
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When the Poles Meet
1960
How to Marry a Millionaire
0/0
A Shaw Brothers romantic comedy starring Margaret Tu Chuan and Peter Chen Ho.
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How to Marry a Millionaire
1962
The Tryst
3.5/1
A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Pat Ting Hung.
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The Tryst
1958
Where Is My Bride?
0/0
A Shaw Brothers romantic drama
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Where Is My Bride?
雙雄奪美
0/0
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