Discoveries from Hong Kong SAR China World Cinema

A Taiwanese-produced and shot WW2 drama that was distributed in Hong Kong by Shaw Brothers. However it was not made by Shaw Brothers studios or staff.

Throughout ten years of a key era in Chinese and Hong Kong history, a girl becomes fixated on a fellow commuter who she observes regularly. While the two never speak to one another, the girl captures her appearance and life changes during the years through various means such as photos and drawings.

Accidentally discovering the operations of the Blood Ninja gangsters, a mischievous young man masters the skills of the Drunk Fist and proceeds to fight against them. But the gangsters join forces, vowing to kill him before the young master destroys them all.

Zhao's life is chaos thanks to his profligate spending and endless womanizing, much to the annoyance of his three roommates. Can the love of his pure-of-heart domestic servant make Zhao see the error of his ways?

Wong Fei-hung goes up against members of the underworld

Michael Wong stars in this comedy about a cop who falls in love and the low brow hijinks that follow

The eldest daughter of an elderly couple, murders her lover and goes to jail. The youngest daughter, Yin Ni, is taken to her hometown to escape the scandal. While there, Yin Ni becomes involved with a painter, Xu Liang, and tragedy also falls upon her...

A renowned boxer and his American wife return to Japan where he must engage in a bloody battle to protect her.

Hong Kong's international vortex unites Liam Chan; a successful lawyer in Hong Kong; and Yan Li; an heiress to a hotel empire in China. They couldn't be from more disparate backgrounds leading them to question everything they knew.

Chan Sai-wah abides by his late father's word and marries the wealthy Yam Suk-kuen. They have a son, Kwok-leung. Though Wah is manager of the hotel owned by his father-in-law, Kuen is not a good wife. For all the years of their marriage, Wah has never been happy. Attracted to the humble and honest Carrie Mui, Wah decides to leave his domineering wife Kuen, but is stopped by his father-in-law. The lovers set off to Macau for a new start. Their life has become increasingly miserable under the pressure from Yam's family. When Wah leaves to seek help from his son in Hong Kong, Carrie decides she should leave so that Wah can go without feeling any guilt or burden. On the other hand, Wah is too ashamed to face his son, and returns to Macau. He lives his life in misery. Years pass, the lovers meet again. Wah is reduced to begging in the streets while Carrie becomes an opera diva.

Comedy / fantasy involving ghosts.

A Hong Kong action film about stuntmen

A retired policeman suspects his wife committing adultery. He then goes to great lengths to prove her infidelity, including using a psychotic kid as his pawn.

Chen Dali was a waiter at an old Chinese restaurant. One night, she saw a ghost. It was the spirit of a girl who used to sing there. The girl was brutally murdered. The two fell in love with each other. Shortly afterwards, Dali's colleagues died one after another and to his amazement, they died exactly like what he had dreamed of. It seemed that the ghost was using Dali to find the murderer, and Dali found himself in deep waters......

Hong Kong remake of What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

HK horror film.

The Great Plot is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie

Wing Sum, a little girl frequently neglected by her mother, is sent to her grandmother's mansion for a temporary stay on a stormy night. There begins a series of queer events. First there is a power outage, then her grandmother reveals her most well kept secret: she is a cannibal all along, and tonight she is having her grand daughter for dinner. Chased by a maniacal cannibal in her own territory, there is seemingly no escape for Wing Sum. She is however miraculously rescued by the queerest turn of events.

A rare Buddhism-themed Hong Kong film, inspirational effort Only the Way from director Tang Tak Wing follows a wayward man whose life is transformed by Buddhist teachings. Starring Cheung Kwok Keung (The Pye-Dog) and 1980s and 90s action starlet Moon Lee, Only the Way reflects on life with sensitive insight and a gentle smile. Cheung Kwok Keung portrays a washed-out songwriter whose bad karma begins to catch up with him. His life goes into free fall as his girlfriend leaves him, his career goes downhill, and his mother (Siu Yam Yam, The Moss) passes away. All these setbacks make him live in even greater spite of the world until one day he encounters a Temple Street vendor (Tong Zhen) who introduces him to Buddhism.

As a young child Baxter was placed in Master Huang's Kung Fu academy where he was trained in the ancient martial art with patience and respect. This one armed wonder kid is given three years intensive training and is soon encouraged by his master to enter the National Martial Arts Championships. When a feared mafia boss recruits the evil fighters Big Bear and Barton to assist in his plan of stealing an ancient Sung Dynasty painting. Baxter is faced with a life and death contest against organized crime and the men who killed his parents.

After being rescued by a man, two friends find themselves in a love triangle. Despite his attempts to balance their affections, they part ways. Years later, they reunite and uncover the truth behind their past, revealing the man's manipulative tactics.

The Wu Tang temple defend their reputation with honor and bravery when they come under attack from warlords and demons.

A young gang member, discontented with his life, but not knowing how to sever ties with the gang he has grown up with is told he can only leave the gang by death. Starring and Directed by Lau Ga Yung of the Lau Brothers action family.

Forever Love is a Hong Kong direct-to-video movie starring Kara Hui and Max Mok.

Various distinguished members of Hong Kong high society were being blackmailed by mysterious and attractive lady Chang Siu Juen, who seems to know the secrets of their past and present illegal activities. Millionaire Cheng Yung Seng knew that it would be his turn next. He thus planned to eliminate Chang first but the plan did not work out and Chang was saved by private detective Fang Dai Kuen...

After her mother's death, 29 year-old Lin moves back to her old home town, where she reconnects with acquaintances lost and begins to learn more about her late mother and all that they had in common.

Pseudo-documentary sequel.

After seeing a friend of his boss' son adopted over his promised promotion with connections, Shrimp's father, a minor white-collar worker Ng Kwun-sing, vows to get Shrimp a place in a prestigious school and a chance to make friends with the rich. However, Shrimpy is constantly bullied and discriminated against by his classmates. Ng has not the means to be a social climber and finally realises his mistake. He sends his son to a voluntary school so that he may grow up happily. This poignant father-son drama shows a parents' willingness to carve out a good future for their children by any means necessary.

This is a Shaw Brothers production

Plainclothes cop Wen is assigned to protect Lai, a famous socialite who witnessed the murder of her husband by the notorious twin brother assassins. After some close calls, Lai finds herself falling for the married Wen, whose marriage is on the rocks. The case soon turns personal for Wen, when his son is kidnapped by the twins as ransom for Lai's life. (Tai Seng)

The carefree days of a happy lesbian Hong Kong couple are over when they are attacked by three drug dealers while enjoying a swim; the girls are raped and one of them is killed. Three years later, the surviving girl, now a boutique owner, accidentally runs across one of those men, and decides this is the perfect opportunity to take her revenge.

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In the borderlands of a wartorn country, a highly lucrative emerald mine becomes the object of unending dispute. Two Ninjas, Byron and Michael were the best of friends while they fought side by side in the Green Berets. However, in the years that have separated them, they have both become the leaders of rival gangs. Now the two face each other in a final battle of brilliant Ninja combat for control of the mine.

A scholar falls for a beautiful maiden whom he invites to stay with him, but she is not what she seems to be...

The Brave Platoon like the jungle best. Its darkness, its savage justice - Supreme commandos of The American Force, Randy Nolan, Billy 'The Kid' Lee and Edward 'Duke'Robertson, are The Brave Platoon. Their gun-blazing mission is to track down a KGB officer who has been supplying arms and training to rebel factions. Their true enemy may be the unscrupulous warlords who seek to gain advantage.

A Shaw Brothers production

A film about the hidden rules at the bottom of the entertainment industry. A true portrayal of an unscrupulous director and the downfall of a young girl with star dreams.

The story of a Chinese patriot who avenges his father's death, agitates Chinese tungsten miners against their Japanese masters and falls in love with a Japanese beauty at the same time.

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Chinese mystery film with a mysterious werewolf man.

Koey believes happiness is like a bottle of coke, it'll soon become tasteless if you don't enjoy it right away. Simon believes happiness is similar to planting trees. You need to water them everyday, and the true satisfaction comes when they blossom. Willy does not believe in happiness at all. Three lives intersect. Three totally different personalities. Three ways of experiencing life and love.

Two Ming patriots spend their days helping the weak and rescuing damsels in distress. This alum gets them in trouble, though, as they are captured and then volunteered to go after the fearsome Dragon Gang, a tribe of bandits that have been terrorizing the land. They must fight their way through the ranks, including a Taoist monk and his nearly invulnerable "demon," before they can finally face off against the beautiful and sinister leader of the Dragon Gang.

With few other real options, when the young village woman in this story is offered an arranged marriage with a kindly but mildly retarded shopkeeper who lives in a nearby town, she readily accepts. Once she has settled into her new home, she becomes involved with her new husband’s patron, a man involved in some underworld trading activities.

A recently jailed martial arts master teams up with a wronged woman to take down the man's brother, a coal baron who rules a small town with an iron fist.

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In 1944 Chang Chin's father was murdered by the Japanese with the help of Ching Tang and Fan Hsi-Shang, two collaborators led by Fung Mu. Now a grown up and a master of kung fu, Chang is ready to revenge his father.

A journey into the feminine erotic mind.

A group of students venture into a forest but as tensions rise a few of them become separated and in possession of a hunting knife which turns its owner into a psychopath.

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A bunch of kids and their archaeology teacher visit a remote island where they encounter an axe-wielding maniac.

A love triangle between a wrongfully accused fugitive, a judge's daughter, and her cousin.

In the sixties, love stories portrayed women as sentimentalists or sacrificial lambs. Later on, directors like Chu Yuan replaced these themes of sacrifice with abandonment. The Forbidden Past is a heart tugging, rare Chinese Christmas story about a bar girl (Ching Li) serving drinks to a man that looks like her husband from five years ago. She convinces him to fulfill her son's wishes of having the father he's never seen, show up for Christmas.

A shoe salesman and a tailor respectively fall in love with two sisters, Yuk-sin and Yuk-ling, both reputed singers on the radio. The men devise various schemes to meet the two women. Fourth Aunt, the sisters' mother, treats the two women as commodities to be traded off to the highest bidder, greedily making money off their talents by arranging lucrative concerts. The shoe salesman and the tailor disguise themselves as rich men to get close to their dream lovers. Finally, the sisters are won over by true love.

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