Patrick Leung (Beyond Hypothermia, Somebody Up There Likes Me) directed this Hong Kong action-crime comedy-drama Read More »
Tag Archives: Cantonese
Visible Secret AKA You ling ren jian (2001) Ann Hui, Eason Chan, Qi Shu, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
An unemployed hairdresser and a strange nurse, meet at a club and start a romance. Read More »
Made in Hong Kong AKA Heung Gong jai jo (1997) Fruit Chan, Sam Lee, Neiky Hui-Chi Yim, Wenders Li
Autumn Moon (Sam Lee), a low-rent triad living in Hong Kong, struggles to find meaning in his hopelessly violent existence. Read More »
Ah Ying AKA Boon bin yen (1983) Allen Fong, Kwok-Lam Cha, Chi-Hung Chang, Ming-Cheung Chin
When romance starts to cool, Ah Ying applies for a job in a film centre. Read More »
Legal Innocence AKA Yung see kei on (1993) Chuen-Yee Cha, Francis Ng, Cecilia Yip, Ivy Leung
Based on a true story. A female bible student corresponds with a couple that is sent to prison after a goopy body Read More »
Bloody Friday AKA Huet sing Friday (1996) Danny Ko, Simon Yam, Loletta Lee, Ada Choi
In Hong Kong, someone is murdering call girls every Friday night. Supercop Ko goes into action Read More »
The Way We Are AKA Tin shui wai dik yat yu ye (2008) Ann Hui, Hee Ching Paw, Chun-lung Leung, Cheuk Man Au
“The Way We Are” tells the story of a hardworking, widowed, single mother (Mrs. Cheung) Read More »
The Spooky Bunch AKA Zhuang dao zheng (1980) Ann Hui, Josephine Siao, Kenny Bee, Mang-Ha Cheng
A Cantonese opera company arrives in Cheung Chau to perform for a rich man, who wants to marry Read More »
July Rhapsody AKA Nam yan sei sap (2002) Ann Hui, Jacky Cheung, Anita Mui, Kar Yan Lam
Yiu-Kwok is a high school teacher, having a perfect family. Good times don’t last long, when a student, Choy-Nam, falls in love with him. Read More »
First Love: Litter on the Breeze AKA Choh chin luen hau dik yi yan sai gaai (1998) Eric Kot, Calvin Choi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Vincent Kok
Eric Kot Man Fai’s directorial debut tells two tales of first love, before and after. Read More »
Burning Ambition AKA Long zhi zheng ba (1989) Frankie Chan, Eddy Ko, Kara Wai, Simon Yam
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon AKA Gat seng gung ziu (1990) Johnnie To, Yun-Fat Chow, Sylvia Chang, Nina Li Chi
Remake of Eddie Murphy’s “Coming To America”. Bo is HK’s richest man, and everyone fawns over him, nicknaming him Tycoon. Read More »
Loving You AKA Mou mei san taam (1995) Johnnie To, Ching Wan Lau, Carman Lee, Tsung-Hua To
A tale of a man re-evaluating his life and being given a second chance. Read More »
Butterfly Sword AKA Xin liu xing hu die jian (1993) Michael Mak, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Michelle Yeoh, Joey Wang
Dynamo Michelle Yeoh stars as a loyalist who attempts to keep the King’s empire from being overthrown by a revolutionary group. Read More »
Where a Good Man Goes AKA Joi gin a long (1999) Johnnie To, Ching Wan Lau, Ruby Wong, Yiu-Cheung Lai
A former triad boss is just released from a Macau prison and ends up in a small inn runs by a simple and honest widow. Read More »