Cantonese

  • Ann Hui – Tau ban no hoi AKA Boat People (1982)

    1981-1990Ann HuiDramaHong Kong

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    A landmark of the nascent Hong Kong New Wave of the early ’80s, this melodrama — directed by Ann Hui — concerns the plight of Vietnamese peasants shortly after the fall of Saigon. The film centers on a Japanese photojournalist named Shiomi Akutagawa (George Lam Chi-cheung) who ventures to Danang to document Vietnam’s attempts at rebuilding after the war. At first he’s bussed around by government officials showing off quaint villages and happy, healthy children. Later, he manages to get permission to wander about the countryside without a government chaperon. Soon he happens upon a young lass named Cam Nuong (Season Ma Si-san) who is from a desperately poor family.Read More »

  • Patrick Tam – Ai sha AKA Love Massacre [Uncut] (1981)

    1981-1990DramaHong KongPatrick TamThriller

    Set in a surprisingly minimalist San Francisco, Patrick Tam’s stylish slasher movie manages to evoke both Antonioni and Mario Bava in this tale of a ravishing young co-ed (Brigitte Lin) whose studly boyfriend (Chang Kuo-chu) turns into a demented stalker after the suicide of his sister.Read More »

  • Hoi Lam Ging – Ga joi Heung Gong AKA Home at Hong Kong (1983)

    1981-1990DramaHoi Lam GingHong Kong

    Many people strive to make themselves rich and famous in Hong Kong, a small and crowded place. The drastic changes in Alan’s life and the stories happening to those ordinary people around him are all too vividly shown in this film.Read More »

  • Herman Yau – Yi bo la beng duk AKA Ebola Syndrome (1996)

    Herman Yau1991-2000AsianHong KongThriller

    Story:
    Kai having murdered 3 people in Hong Kong escapes to South Africa, 10 years later he is still working at the same Chinese where the boss know of his crime and is giving him a place to hide. One day Kai goes with his boss to go buy pigs from an African tribe…Read More »

  • Ringo Lam – Yi chu ji fa AKA Touch and Go (1991)

    1991-2000ActionDramaHong KongRingo Lam

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    A clumsy, easy-going but tough restaurant chef witnesses a murder of a cop. This leads him to a world of trouble, as the killer seeks to silence him. Luckily, the vengeful partner of the dead cop is there to help him.Read More »

  • Lawrence Ah-Mon – Mo yan ka sai AKA Spacked Out (2000)

    1991-2000DramaHong KongLawrence Ah-Mon

    Quote:
    “Spacked Out” follows four teenage girls around Hong Kong. The youngest of the group, Cookie, a 13-year old, believes she may be pregnant. As the film progresses, they take drugs, have sex and get into fights. Though the film is shot documentary-style, it contains several bizzare and surrealistic sequences.Read More »

  • Corey Yuen – Huang jia shi jie AKA Yes, Madam (1985)

    1981-1990ActionCorey YuenHong KongMartial Arts

    Asprin (Mang Hoi) and Strepsil (John Shum), two petty thieves who inadvertently become involved in a murder case when they steal items belonging to a murdered man. The man had hidden an important microfilm in his passport, which the thieves pass onto a forger friend Panadol (Tsui Hark). Inspector Ng (Michelle Yeoh) is assigned to the case, along with Inspector Morris (Cynthia Rothrock) from Scotland Yard. The investigation leads the cops to the bumbling crooks and soon they are on Triad leader Tin’s (James Tien) tail, he will stop at nothing to get the incriminating film back and with his hitman and bodyguard (Dick Wei) at his side, he proves too much for the inspectors to catch using legal means, in frustration they give up their badges and go after Tin alone.Read More »

  • Oxide Chun Pang – Mon seung AKA Diary (2006)

    2001-2010Hong KongHorrorOxide Chun PangThriller

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    Winnie Leung is a lonely woman that likes to make puppets and write her diary, and she misses her boy-friend Seth Lau, who left her after breaking up their relationship. Winnie leaves messages in his mail box and unsuccessfully tries to contact him in his job. When she meets Ray Fan, she tells him that his resemblance with Seth is amazing. Ray moves to her place and when Winnie’s next door snoopy neighbors calls the police because of the smell in her apartment, a dark secret is disclosed in her diary.Read More »

  • Gordon Chan – Luen chin chung sing AKA Okinawa Rendez-vous (2000)

    1991-2000AsianDramaGordon ChanHong Kong

    Jimmy Tong (Leslie Cheung) is an expert blackmailer and thief who specialises in white-collar crimes. With his side-kick (Vincent Kok), Jimmy steals a personal diary belonging to a Yakuza leader Ken Sato (Masaya Kato) intending to use its details as a platform for blackmailing and to extort money. Sato agreed to the uneasy deal and made preparations to pay Jimmy his exorbitant demands only for Sato’s girlfriend Jenny (Faye Wong) to betray him and make off with the money to Okinawa.Read More »

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