A Lau Brothers Film Company production from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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A Lau Brothers Film Company production from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Meng Fei stars as a fighter-for-hire who seeks the jade statuette for an unidentified employer. Hu Chin plays the sexy femme fatale, Madame Pearl, who runs the local brothel, seemingly the center of the town's commercial life. Chi Kuan-Chun plays Wu Kang, the town boss, who is involved romantically with Madame Pearl and protects the brothel. Madame Pearl is in league with the bandits who stole the jade and is waiting for them to arrive in town. The very pretty Kitty Meng Chui plays a prostitute who becomes an ally of Meng Fei. Mysterious characters abound, including one elegant fellow who has the habit of placing a single rose on the bodies of fight victims, saying, "Even the dead love roses." Many other familiar faces are on hand as well.
Yim Tai-hung stages a diamond heist but one of his men slips away with a diamond necklace. Sustaining a fatal wound, the betrayer gives the necklace to his friend Chow Ping at Rose Apartment before he expires. Chow calls her cousin Wu Nga for help. But Wu, Wong Ang and Heung At come too late. She however manages to reveal the whereabouts of the necklace at her last breath. The trio is framed for the murder but is later acquitted. Striving to crack the case, Wong infiltrates the apartment at night and uncovers the necklace, which is then used to lure the real culprit out. But her plan is foiled by a young and reckless Wu who falls into Yim's trap. Luckily Wong and Heung deliver the hostage to safety while the police arrest Yim's accomplices and kill the ringleader in the ensuing shootout.
The lovely Li Hsiang-chun stars as a poor beauty who is drugged, ravished, lied to, locked in a burning store room, left to drown, and chased by sword-wielding ruffians, among other things. Her only hope is her betrayer's new wife, played by the strong and sensual Ivy Ling Po. Dawn may come, but the questions is: will it be too late? Director/writer Kao Li shows both restraint and sadism in this historical melodramatic tearjerker.
A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Pearl Au Kai-Wai
Hong Kong horror movie from 1958.
A struggling Hong Kong painter, Yu, falls for a struggling gold digger, Yee, in France.
HK horror film.
Beyond the Great Wall is a true story based on how Wang Chao-chun sacrificed her love and life for the good of the Chinese people during war time fears between China and the Huns.
Based on a popular folklore from ancient China, THE LORD OF HANGZHOU is the chronicle of Emperor Qianlong's many secret tours to Southern China, and the friendship he developed with Miqi, a big spender from a wealthy family. Their relationship laid the background for what was to follow, as Miqi subsequently headed to the Capital City after losing all his fortunes...
A screenwriter working on a film script in an old haunted house unleashes an army of the undead including a robot-vampire and a Freddy Kruger-like creature with deadly scissorhands.
A film by the Nanyang Film Company
Hong Kong movie
A group of prisoners were doing a variety of activities on the courtyard. Big Fool (William Ho) and Crazy Bill (Tommy Wong) were playing basketball where Bill kicks the ball towards Tung (Ben Wong), who kicks it away. Bill felt humiliated by it and stars a fight with Tung where Tung ends out hospitalized. During hospitalization, Tung thinks about the time when his family moved to another house and opened a food stall nearby. However, their stall was burnt by triad leader Sing (Bill Lung), who constantly bullies Tung's family and also raped Tung's girlfriend, Sau (Iris Wong). Unable to tolerate Sing's bullying, Tung kills Sing by chopping him to death, which leads Tung to being imprisoned.
The latest edition of the Beautiful series, commissioned for the Hong Kong International Film Festival, which asks established and acclaimed directors from across Asia to contemplate the idea of what beauty really is in their own distinctive ways. Following on from Beautiful 2012, this selection sees Jia Zhangke (A Touch Of Sin, Mountains May Depart), Stanley Kwan (Rouge, Centre Stage), Alec Su (The Left Ear) and Hideo Nakata (Ringu, Ghost Theater) step up to the plate.
Friends since childhood, Lee and Wong grow up together, live in the same neighborhood, go to the same school and now work for the same employer. In family life, they are poles apart. Wong has been married to Mary for eight years while Lee is a happy-go-lucky bachelor. In fact, Lee envies Wong for his happy marriage and Wong wants to have Lee's freedom. When Nancy leaves Hong Kong for a long assignment in the United States, then, Wong tries to take Lee out of his gloom, saying the world is full of pretty women. So, Lee meets and goes after air stewardess Susie who is very feminine. But she too recoils away from the suggestion of marriage. Lee suspects she has a lover...
A man gains superpowers after being scratched by a radioactive cat and, with the help of his friend, battles against menacing villains.
1978, the 17-year-old Yan Huan (Karel Wong) sneaked into Hong Kong from Haifeng County, China. In order to provide a better life for his family, he cut corners and chose to become a fierce robber and commit offences repeatedly. With an AK-47 in his hands, it made him become the most notorious and wanted criminal in the 90s. He thought he was in full control of everything, but the reality is that, God, the only Lord of the Universe, was silently keeping him under close surveillance
Johnnie got his gun is a mix of interview snippets with To, these are taken from various sources and are cobbled together with clips from including Breaking news, P.T.U and The Mission amongst others. It seems Montmayeur did do an interview but it's so chopped up and mixed in it feels insignificant. Prominent members of casts and crew also feature in interview form but again from many different times and sources.
Right to Love is a Hong Kong Comedy-Drama starring Stanley Fung.
A Hong Kong Cantonese comedy film
The government seems powerless against the brutal activities of the ninjas and requests the help of the powerful task force of the American drug fighting organization. The US authorities send their best man on a high-explosive mission to eliminate the unscrupulous killer ninja clan and destroy their drug ring.
Love is Elsewhere is a 2008 Hong Kong romantic drama film directed by Vincent Chiu.
A wild young woman drives the mysterious Cheng into the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman. The passion between the two lovers escalates in tandem with the violence around them, as events take their own inexorable course.
A Chinese man, Yip Ching (Patrick Tse Yin) and a Malay girl Solina (Molly Wu Kar) are two young people very much in love. However, Yip Ching’s mother disapproves of this inter-racial relationship. When Yip Ching plans to visit his aunt and cousins in Hong Kong, Solina’s insecurity causes her to threaten him with a curse. Yip Ching proceeds with his trip to Hong Kong, but Solina’s curse appears to come true in a series of unfolding tragedies.
Frank the carpenter is in love with Hsiao Cheng, his boss's daughter. Frank knows there is no hope for him to marry the daughter of the haughty, rich man, and pronounces a vow to become a Shaolin monk. The wife of Frank's former boss has an extra-marital affair with the carpenter-shop's foreman. When the boss finds out, the foreman kills him, and sets the blame on Frank. Frank will fight for his honour, and wins back his good name - but not his former love.
Early Shaw Brothers comedy
King Kong escapes from Heaven and wreaks havok on the human world with his insatiable desire for women, until at last the Gods must beg the Monkey King for help to subdue the rampaging Gorilla.
A TV channel would be the first in the world to send a martial arts contest through the Internet. The competition is the people with completely different backgrounds that will make up for the title.
Buddhist Spiritual Palm
No matter how quickly or far the times move forward, some people and some events will always be remembered by someone. June Fourth has yet to be redressed, rights activists have disappeared, and justice for indigenous peoples remains convoluted and slow. All these injustices bring sorrow. Yet, they refuse to give up; they keep thinking, acting, connecting with like-minded people, and creating alternative spaces in the land where they live. A one-party wall stands before them, making each step difficult; even with party alternation, nothing is guaranteed. They all know this. In these dark times, they join hands and move forward together, often very slowly, very slowly. Perhaps, one day, they will meet each other.
Hong Kong movie
What dreams and passions do we want to live out, and when did they slip away in the ordinariness of life? The immense popularity of mini4WD reaches across all generations including a primary school student, a middle-aged father nonchalant about everything in life, and a mini4WD superhero who refuses to reveal his true identity. The popularity may recede but the lesson learned never disappeared: it is chasing after the passion instead of winning that matters. Entertainer Bob Lam gives a winning performance as the kidult with the cherubic face who is scorned in various extents by his boss, wife and 5-year old daughter. Discovering his passion for mini4WD again, his life speeds up in more ways than one.
Super-accurate fortune teller Blind Chen informs four young policewomen that the same man, whom they'll soon meet, will incite her to suicide (first woman), rape her (second woman), break her head (third) and kill her (fourth). This man turns out to be their new boss, Inspector Bak Fei Hung. The reason these things are to happen is due to the angry spirit of a former Red Guard muscleman who has sworn revenge against some HK gang bosses and, unfortunately, Bak and his new recruits get in his way. (HKMDb.com)
A young Chinese teacher, Wu Yu, searches for the hit-and-run driver responsible for her mother’s death. As she tries to understand her mother’s faith, Buddhist principles slowly grow in Wu Yu and start appeasing her pain. But her quest for justice soon isolates her from the rest of the world: her husband wants to negotiate a cash compensation, and Buddhist beliefs require her to let go of her demand since destiny should bring justice in the next life. All Wu Yu asks for is to meet the driver face to face. If only she could find him…
An assassin known as Wind Yip (Sharla Cheung) is thought to be a robot after she is seen ripping the guts out of the president of a large corporation and dodging a hail of bullets from police. Later, she shows up at the corporation to steal the Diamond of Emperor Chen which is the key to a vast treasure. But another group of thieves, led by Ko Kit (Anita Yuen), are also trying to steal the diamond for their boss who has labeled the operation the Crystal Fortune Run. After guards are alerted, Ko takes the jewel and leaves Wind to fend off the guards.
Hong Kong movie
A suspended alcoholic cop and a small-time street gang get mixed up with a powerful religious cult and vengeful cops.
Orphan sisters Ai Ti and Ling Tai are not only sexy career girls but girls who make a career out of being sexy. After a succession of the usual disco parties, orgies, and abortions, the ladies discover the true meaning of love.
The legendary swords-girl Little White Dragon, helps protect a crown prince on his journey to a far off temple where he is to be blessed before becoming a Prince. His evil relatives lay traps and send fighters to try and assassinate him.Luckily, the young prince is rescued by the Little Warrior, who is known as: The White Dragon. White Dragon fights off the assassins and delivers the prince safely to the monastery.
The flick revolves around a dude who's suffering from a curse. Happens to meet a doctor, whose Pops is also suffering from a curse. Low and behold, the curse that strickens both dudes was laid down on them by the same dark master of the arts. And this dark lord of the magic realm has serious problems letting things slide. All in all, the guy is just a pretty big douche. Even when his pleading, bleeding, crying daughter wishes him to stop he still stays head-strong about his vengeful ways. So, the story follows the formula of watching the victims struggle with being cursed, and watching the victims devise a plan to see if they can save their scaredy cat butts.
In 1913, 17-year-old Dafu travels from China to Japan to study. Japan is on the rise, a nation of proud people. China, on the other hand, is in turmoil. Dafu takes his demanding courses and racial discrimination in stride, but he finds his nascent manhood difficult to handle. In a hot-springs spa, he meets Lung Erh, his dream girl, but she soon disappears.
Treasure of Diamonds
A fugitive soldier finds refuge in a village and falls for a married woman, but tradition keeps them apart. When bandits attack and betrayal strikes, he must fight to protect her and survive his past.
In the early days of the Chinese Republic era, dockworkers in Macau are being mistreated by their Chinese overseers. An accident reveals that the cargo is composed of guns and opium.
Fighting disabilities and cancer with their chins up, mother and son meander through the city against a tide of indifferent faces and distant eyes and arrive in a park, where blissful tranquility and a ray of sunshine await them.
In “A Man”, Police Inspector Shek reports his corrupt colleagues, but it is his own integrity which comes under investigation, Joyce's implication that being honest to oneself can extract a high price. Also characteristic of her ICAC scripts is that they're non-judgmental and the protagonists have distinct personalities. Unfortunately, it was banned by the authorities until its initial release at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 1999.
A film by director Fuqing Wang.
Hong Kong movie
Devil worshippers devise a scheme to bring Lucifer to the world, by taking advantage of mentally and emotionally women to rack up a body count.
One week in one of the most exotic and picturesque cities of the world. The day of changes comes when Amaya meets a charming Englishman, Paul and it dramatically changes Amaya's perception of her cultural and personal identity.
Chen attempts to help his house-ridden brother with cerebral palsy explore the outside world, leading to an adventure full of unforeseen consequences.