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Has Yueh Hua only ever played good guy roles?


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Just want to know if Yueh Hua aka Elliot Ngok ever only been cast as a good guy in not only Shaw films but whatever else movies he's been in? From what I've seen, that seems to be the case.

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34 minutes ago, De Ming Li said:

Just want to know if Yueh Hua aka Elliot Ngok ever only been cast as a good guy in not only Shaw films but whatever else movies he's been in? From what I've seen, that seems to be the case.

The only time I've seen him play the bad guy is in Mahjong Heroes (1982) where he plays a rival mahjong expert. There might be other films where he's played the main villain that I don't know about. I find it strange that he hasn't played many bad guys. I feel like he has a "villainous" look. 😁

But to answer your question, he's a played a bad guy at least once.

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4 hours ago, De Ming Li said:

Just want to know if Yueh Hua aka Elliot Ngok ever only been cast as a good guy in not only Shaw films but whatever else movies he's been in? From what I've seen, that seems to be the case.

He plays a bad guy in these films:

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Illicit Desire (1973)
That's Adultery! (1975)
Killer Clans (1976)
Clans of Intrigue (1977)
Death Duel (1977)
Invincible Swordswoman (1977)
The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)
Legend of The Bat (1978) and also good
My Blade, My Life (1978)
The Vengeful Beauty (1978)
The 18 Bronzegirls of Shaolin (1978)
Deadly Confrontation (1979)
Bruce Tuan's Seven Promises (1980)
A Deadly Secret (1980)
Black Lizard (1981)
Mahjong Heroes (1982)

 

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These are the films of his that I have never seen, so can't comment on them. I have A Pretended Rebel, but I never got around to it yet.

The Lark (1965)
The Monkey Goes West (1966)
Princess Iron Fan (1966)
Swan Song (1967)
The Two Faces of Love (1974)
My Bewitched Wife (1975)
Temperament of Life (1975)
Wedding Nights (1976)
Erotic Nights (1976)
Kung Fu Girls (1978)
The Unique Lama (1978)
The Dream Sword (1979)
A Pretended Rebel (1979)
The Idiot Swordsman (1979)
In The Beginning (1979)
Born of Fire (1980)
Love Bittersweet (1984)
Fascinating Affairs (1985)
In the Line of Duty III (1988)
Just Heroes (1989)
Princess Madam (1989)
Never Ending Summer (1992)
Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
Faithfully Yours (1995)
Migratory Bird (2001)
Wo Hu (2006)
Confession of Pain (2006)
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)

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20 minutes ago, panku said:

He plays a bad guy in these films:

I had forgotten all these movies in which he plays a bad guy !! thanks, Panku !

 

12 minutes ago, panku said:

The Lark (1965)
The Monkey Goes West (1966)
Princess Iron Fan (1966)
Swan Song (1967)
The Two Faces of Love (1974)
My Bewitched Wife (1975)
Temperament of Life (1975)
Wedding Nights (1976)
Erotic Nights (1976)
Kung Fu Girls (1978)
The Unique Lama (1978)
The Dream Sword (1979)
A Pretended Rebel (1979)
The Idiot Swordsman (1979)
In The Beginning (1979)
Born of Fire (1980)
Love Bittersweet (1984)
Fascinating Affairs (1985)
In the Line of Duty III (1988)
Just Heroes (1989)
Princess Madam (1989)
Never Ending Summer (1992)
Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
Faithfully Yours (1995)
Migratory Bird (2001)
Wo Hu (2006)
Confession of Pain (2006)
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)

The monkey goes West and Princess Iron Fan : as he plays The monkey king (if I'm not mistaken), he must be playing a good "guy"...

The lark and Swan song : he plays a dancer, there, and I don't think that he has a long role, so, no bad guy either, unless I'm mistaken...

If I'm not mistaken, he also plays a not very recommendable guy in Mist over Dream Lake.

I haven't watched Mutiny on the high sea as yet, so, I don't know what is his role.

My bewitched wife : a good guy who lives with a bewithced wife and to whom a lot of funny things happen...I guess that this movie was inspired by the series with Elizabeth Montgomeryn since there is also a bewitched mother in the movie, played by Patricia Hsia Ping, if I remember well.

Temperament of life : a good guy

 

I watched In the beginning a long while ago and I didn't remember at all that Yueh Hua played in it !

 

 

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50 minutes ago, ShawAngela said:

If I'm not mistaken, he also plays a not very recommendable guy in Mist over Dream Lake.

Yes, I'm glad you pointed this out. I just went down my list and copied all the ones that said "evil" next to them. But I have also a column for notes and next to this film, which I had him listed as "good", I wrote  "can't really call him evil, but he is selfish".

I also have him listed as "neutral" in 2 films, Jade Tiger and Return of The Sentimental Swordsman, so he's neither good nor bad in these 2.

Don't click this if you want to be surprised when you watch Mutiny on the High Sea:

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He plays a good guy in Mutiny on the High Sea

 

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I forgot to add the films I've seen, but haven't rewatched since I started making this list. I remember what he was in a few of these but I wouldn't want to say until I watch them again. Super Dragon has been confirmed above.

Bruce Lee, the Man and the Legend (1973)
Supermen Against The Amazons (1975)
Super Dragon (1976)
The Face Behind The Mask (1977)
The Chivalry, The Gunman And Killer (1977)
Green Dragon Inn (1977)
The Dream of The Red Chamber (1977)
Five Kung Fu Daredevil Heroes (1977)
The Greatest Plot (1977)
The Master and the Kid (1978)
Red Phoenix (1978)
Lung Wei Village (1978)
The Murder of Murders (1978)
Eagle's Claw And Butterfly Palm (1978)
Monkey Fist, Floating Snake (1979)
Six Directions of Boxing (1980)
The Imp (1981)

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Wow, just realized how much catching up I need to do! Over a dozen films where he's the villain, talk about me being clueless 😮 Thanks @panku 

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1 hour ago, De Ming Li said:

@panku 

Wow, panku, does it mean tha tyou have ALL Yueh Hua's movies ?

 

Supermen against the amazons : good guy

Lung Wei village : good guy

Among all his movies, I don't have (and I think that I'll never own the, since I don't think that there aren't any releases of these titles) the following ones :

The drinking knight (unfinished, if I'm not mistalen)

Beautiful vixen

Wedding nights

Erotic nights

The imp

Love bittersweet

Fascinating affairs

Princess Madam

Never ending summer

Migratory bird

Wo Hu

Confessin of pain

Trivisa

 

I'm not really tempted by the most recent movies...

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7 hours ago, De Ming Li said:

Wow, just realized how much catching up I need to do! Over a dozen films where he's the villain, talk about me being clueless 😮 Thanks @panku 

If you just count the Shaw martial arts films he's only evil in 8 of them, mostly he is a good guy. I had the same impression as you for a long time thinking he always played a good guy. Killer Clans was the first one I saw where it was like "Whoa!"

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6 hours ago, ShawAngela said:

Wow, panku, does it mean tha tyou have ALL Yueh Hua's movies ?

 

Supermen against the amazons : good guy

Lung Wei village : good guy

Among all his movies, I don't have (and I think that I'll never own the, since I don't think that there aren't any releases of these titles) the following ones :

The drinking knight (unfinished, if I'm not mistalen)

Beautiful vixen

Wedding nights

Erotic nights

The imp

Love bittersweet

Fascinating affairs

Princess Madam

Never ending summer

Migratory bird

Wo Hu

Confessin of pain

Trivisa

 

I'm not really tempted by the most recent movies...

The second list posted above is the films I don't have, so it's around 27. You are far ahead of me! Somehow I have a copy of The Imp, but it may be from a VHS or VCD. If you like the horror films from around that time like Devil Fetus, it is in that category.

Thanks for listing what he is in Supermen and Lung Wei Village. I will definitely be watching that again. As for Supermen vs the Amazons, I don't think so, lol.

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