Shih Szu


Shih Szu is a Taiwanese former actress. A ballet student from the age of six, she joined the Shaw Brothers Studio in 1969, at the age of sixteen, after secondary school and began appearing in films such as The Crimson Charm and The Rescue. However, the film that would rocket her to stardom would be her appearance opposite the famous Cheng Pei-pei in the 1971 film The Lady Hermit. She then would go on to appear in numerous wuxia and kung fu films such as The Thunderbolt Fist, Heroes of Sung, The Shadow Boxer, The Lady of the Law. The Shaw Brothers Studio, seeing great potential in her, gave her a role in Hammer and the Shaws’ co-production The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires but the film was not successful internationally.
By the mid to late '70s, she was mostly relegated to supporting roles in films for such directors as Chang Cheh, Chor Yuen and Sun Chung. She also began to appear in films in Hong Kong and Taiwan outside of Shaw Brothers such as The Revenger and The Heroes. Her last film at the Shaw Brothers studio was A [Deadly Secret (film)|A Deadly Secret]. Shih's last Hong Kong Film was The Murder, a 1983 Crime film directed by Lee Chiu. Shih returned to Taiwan and resumed her film career there, and subsequently retired from acting. Her last appearance was in a Taiwanese television series in 1987.

Filmography

Films

This is a partial list of films
YearTitleOriginal titleRoleNotes
1971The Crimson Charm血符門Chiang Shang-ching
1971The Lady Hermit鍾馗娘子Tsui Ping
1972The Black Tavern黑店Zhang Caibing
1972The Young Avenger小毒龍Lee Bao Zhu
1973The Champion豪客Ah Chu
1973The [House of 72 Tenants]七十二家房客Student
1973The Villains土匪Lin Xiao Hong
1974The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires七金屍Mai Kwei
1976Shaolin Temple少林寺Yen Yung-Chun
1977The Naval Commandos海軍突擊隊Cui Hsia
1978The Proud Youth笑傲江湖Bai Yingying
1978Clan of Amazons陸小鳳之繡花大盜Jiang Qingxia
1978The Avenging Eagle冷血十三鷹Siu Fung
1979The Deadly Breaking Sword風流斷劍小小刀Liu Yinxu
1980The Heroes俠骨英雄傳Princess
1980A Deadly Secret連城訣Ling Shuanghua
1981Kung Fu Emperor功夫皇帝Aunt Lan