Acting
Apr 10, 1963
Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China
He Saifei
Acting
Biography
He Saifei (born 11 April 1963) is a Chinese actress of film and television, as well as a celebrated Yue opera performer of dan roles. Internationally, she is best known for playing supporting roles in period films like Raise the Red Lantern (1991) and Temptress Moon (1996).
Feature Films (26)
A symphony of vivid, sumptuous, dreamy, luxuriant colors symbolically weaving webs around doomed, decadent characters.
Temptress Moon
The film charts the fortunes of two women who loved each other as sisters, but whose paths diverge when the Revolution brings an end to their old way of life in the brothel.
Blush
During World War II, a secret agent must seduce, then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.
Lust, Caution
In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.
Raise the Red Lantern
Ms. Qi, an erstwhile nationally famous Yue Opera actress, returns to her hometown in the last days of her life after a long absence from her three children. While she seeks reconciliation with her two sons, Autumn and Summer, Ms. Qi involves herself in a new play that stars Summer. Meanwhile, a series of secrets begin to reveal themselves.
Off the Stage
A modest super-express delivery courier gets entangled in a spiral of adventure and romance in Shanghaï
Super Express
A lowly brothel maid captures the attention of Shanghai triad leaders, pulling her into a brutal war where she learns to rise above the odds in order to survive.
