Shih Szu

Shih Szu in the trailer for The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (screenshot)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Shih.

Shih Szu (Chinese: 施ほどこせ思おもえ; pinyin: Shī Sī; born October 24, 1953) is an actress from Taoyuan, Taiwan. She was born Lei Qui Si (雷かみなり秋思しゅうし) to parents from Hunan Province. A ballet student from the age of six, at the age of sixteen she joined Shaw Brothers Studio 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 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. 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.

By the mid to late '70s, she was mostly relegated to supporting roles in films for such directors as Chang Cheh (Marco Polo, The Naval Commandos), Chor Yuen (Jade Tiger, Clan of Amazons) and Sun Chung (Avenging Eagle, The Deadly Breaking Sword). 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 in 1980's 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. Her last appearance was in a Taiwanese television series in 1987.

Filmography

Films

This is a partial list of films

Year	Title	Original Title	Role	Notes
1971	The Crimson Charm	血ち符ふ門もん	Chiang Shang-ching
	The Lady Hermit	鍾馗しょうき娘むすめ子こ	Tsui Ping
1972	The Black Tavern	黑くろ店てん	Zhang Caibing
	The Young Avenger	小しょう毒どく龍りゅう	Lee Bao Zhu
1973	The Champion	豪ごう客きゃく	Ah Chu
	The House of 72 Tenants	七なな十じゅう二に家房かぼう客きゃく	Student
	The Villains	土匪どひ	Lin Xiao Hong
1974	The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires	七なな金きん屍かばね	Mai Kwei
1976	Shaolin Temple	少林寺しょうりんじ	Yen Yung-Chun
1977	The Naval Commandos	海軍かいぐん突擊とつげき隊たい	Cui Hsia
1978	The Proud Youth	笑わらい傲江湖こうこ	Bai Yingying
	Clan of Amazons	陸りく小しょう鳳おおとり之の繡花大盜たいとう	Jiang Qingxia
	The Avenging Eagle	冷血れいけつ十じゅう三さん鷹たか	Siu Fung
1979	The Deadly Breaking Sword	風流ふうりゅう斷だん劍けん小しょう小刀こがたな	Liu Yinxu
1980	The Heroes	俠骨英雄えいゆう傳でん	Princess
	A Deadly Secret	連れん城じょう訣	Ling Shuanghua
1981	Kung Fu Emperor	功夫いさお皇帝こうてい	Aunt Lan

External links

• Shih Szu at IMDb
• HKcinemagic entry