Szu Shih

 

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Shih Szu is an actress from the Republic of China. She was born Lei Qui Si to parents from Hunan Province. A ballet student from the age of six, at the age of sixteen she joined Shaw Brothers Studio 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 1971's 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 and many more. The Shaws, 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 and failed to make even a minor cult star out of Shih Szu. 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

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Szu Shih

Born 1953-10-24 (72 years ago) in Taiwan.

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Shih Szu is an actress from the Republic of China. She was born Lei Qui Si to parents from Hunan Province. A ballet student from the age of six, at the age of sixteen she joined Shaw Brothers Studio 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 1971's 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 and many more. The Shaws, 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 and failed to make even a minor cult star out of Shih Szu.

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.

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