Cantonese

  • Flora Lau – Bends (2013)

    2011-2020DramaFlora LauHong Kong

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    Fai (Chen) is a mainland Chinese immigrant who has obtained Hong Kong citizenship. Due to the intricacies of Hong Kong law, however, his pregnant wife, Tingting (Tian Yuan), has no right of abode; she cannot live with him and is ineligible for healthcare. She and their young daughter, Haihai, shuttle secretly between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. As Tingting’s delivery draws near, she and Fai find themselves between a rock and a hard place, threatened by a hefty penalty for forfeiting the one-child policy in their homeland, yet unable to afford hospital fees in Hong Kong.Read More »

  • Lik-Chi Lee – Guang Dong wu hu zhi tie quan wu di Sun Zhong Shan AKA The Tigers: The Legend of Canton (1994)

    1991-2000ComedyHong KongLik-Chi LeeWestern

    Summary: Martyr Sun Zhongshan was captured by the Japanese and his comrades were all killed. Only Hua managed to survive and escaped, Hua was desperate to rescue Sun and he wrote to inform five legendary men in Canton for help. Soon after the delivery of the letters, Hua was taken by the Japanese. Luckily, the five men received the letters and came to Shanghai. They turned out to be: Killer Alan, a womanizer who thought himself to be charming and handsome; Indiana Chong, a whip expert; Witty Sung Shiyou, an extremely clever and whimsical mastermind; Flash Jian, an amazing person with an unusual memory; Superman Qiang, an exceptional man with fortune-telling power. And they are the renowned “Five Tigers of Canton”.Read More »

  • Kirk Wong – Chung ngon sat luk: O gei AKA Organized Crime & Triad Bureau (1994)

    1991-2000ActionCrimeHong KongKirk Wong

    Synopsis:
    The eternal cop of Hong Kong cinema, Danny Lee teams up with genre master Kirk Wong for this blistering crime thriller. He’s Inspector Lee, derisively nicknamed “Crazy Dragon”, the obsessed, uncompromising head of the Royal Hong Kong Police’s Organized Crime & Triad Bureau. Surrounded on all sides by political scheming and bureaucratic red-tape, dogged by C.A.P.O. (Complaint Against Police Office, aka HK’s internal affairs) for perceived injustices, it is O.C.T.B. alone that stands the as last line of defense against the crime overruning the city. Read More »

  • Yeung-Wah Kam – Ran qing nan ju ji (1995)

    1991-2000ActionCrimeHong KongYeung-Wah Kam

    Ultra serious Ko Lap and carefree Kung Kwan are expert assassins.It’s love at first sight for Kwan when he runs into the lovely Bin Yee. And Ko Lap continues to hide his love for Sau Yu, agent for him and Kwan. Unkowingly, Ko Lap executes a contract on Yee’s father.Read More »

  • Tung Cho ‘Joe’ Cheung – Dui bu qi duo xie ni (1997)

    1991-2000ComedyHong KongTung Cho 'Joe' Cheung

    Lee Lap Cheung is a slacker who is going nowhere. His ex-wife Yip Ting has become powerful in the business world. In a moment of anger Cheung requests Ting to allow him and his son Jason to spend some time together.Read More »

  • Lay Jin Ong – Abang Adik (2023) (HD)

    2021-2030CrimeDramaLay Jin OngMalaysia

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    Abang and Adi are undocumented orphans living in present-day Malaysia. While the older brother, a deaf mute, has resigned himself to a life of poverty, his younger sibling burns with indignation. A brutal accident upsets the fragile balance of their relationship.Read More »

  • Ngai Choi Lam – Bat ye tin aka Killer’s Nocturne (1987)

    1981-1990CrimeDramaHong KongNgai Choi Lam

    Humiliated by gambling king Lo eight years ago, Yen Li Shan returns to Shanghai with one thing on his mind: revenge. He acquires casino and nightclub Endless Night, and forces Lo to his death. Not even Lo’s son Chi Feng (Chin Siu Ho) can escape Yen’s vengeance, but he manages to barely escape with the help of a club singer. Forced to leave everything behind, Chi Feng jumps town and becomes an underground boxer, all the while biding his time. When he encounters the former owner of Endless Night again, Chi Feng knows the time for revenge has come.Read More »

  • Angela Chan – Kwai ching AKA Maybe It’s Love (1984)

    1981-1990Angela ChanCrimeHong KongMystery

    A thrilling “who-dun-it?” that weaves in and out of the lives of the residents of a small village. Sex and subterfuge bubble to the surface when the young coquettish Mrs Wang (Elaine Chin Yen-ling) disappears. A young girl, Marble (Hsu Ke-ying) says she saw someone falling in the water after a violent quarrel. When the police find no evidence, Marble and her friends launch their own investigation. But Marble is going to get more than she bargained for now that the killer knows there is a witness out there.Read More »

  • Tsui Hark – Ching Se AKA Green Snake (1993)

    1991-2000AsianFantasyHong KongTsui Hark

    Two snakes reformed into two beauties. White Snake chose pedagogue Xian Xu as her husband and enjoyed human life, while Green Snake played around every day. Jealous to White Snake, Green Snake kept on flirting with Xian Xu. Xian Xu eventually found they were snakes … After being tempted by Green Snake, monk Fahai decided to imprison the two “monsters”. He kidnapped Xian Xu. A battle began … Just then, White Snake borned her new baby. What should monk Fahai do? Adapted from an old Chinese folk story but quite different from the original.Read More »

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