Michael Lai Siu-Tin

Michael Lai Siu-Tin

Nacimiento : 1946-11-08, British Hong Kong

Muerte : 2019-12-01

Perfil

Michael Lai Siu-Tin

Películas

Candlelight's Woman
Lam Hung is a loudmouth street hooker with a useless crippled gambling-addicted husband Ching and son Man. Hung's friend Fei is an nightclub hostess, and Fei's lesbian sister Mei/Mooi seems bent on total self destruction after her girlfriend May dumps her for a boy. Mei becomes mixed up with tabloid journalist Wah, who convinces her to allow him to photograph her as she jumps off a building. Hung receives a marriage proposal from regular client Wai, a police officer. Causing trouble for all of them is Saur, the local loan shark and crime boss. Ching is in debt to Saur, he runs the club where Fei works, and he brings in Mainland girls who undercut the local streetgirl's prices. Wah and Mei become sort-of lovers, and Wah does a story on the streetwalkers, in order to influence public opinion against Saur and his mainlanders.
Red Wolf
Cruise emcee
A group of terrorists murder the captain of a cruise ship and take everyone hostage. Their plan is to steal the uranium being stored in the ship's safe. It's up to a security officer and a pickpocketing cocktail waitress to stop them.
Angel Hunter
Original Music Composer
A detective investigating a student's suicide discovers it is connected to a secret Satanic cult.
El gato
Producer
Un gato del espacio exterior se une con una niña y un anciano para luchar contra un alienígena asesino que posee personas.
My Americanize Wife
Producer
A Hong Kong family illegally emmigrate to the United States. The father eventually goes back to Hong Kong to raise more money but the wife and child stay behind. Several years have passed and the father legally comes back to be with his wife and child. Has his greatest fears been realized and his wife and child have been americanized?
She Starts the Fire
Master Chu Tian Ya / Chor Tin-Ngai
Chingmy Yau stars in She Starts The Fire, a fish-out-of-water comedy where the fish can set people on fire! Wendy (Chingmy Yau) arrives in Hong Kong to stay with her aunt Big Beer (Deannie Ip), who shares a space with her landlord Charles (Lawrence Cheng, who also directed). There’s just one problem: Wendy can set things on fire with her mind. Her pyrokinetic powers are applied simultaneously with some bad luck, so the victim usually gets a double whammy of misfortune and charred flesh.
Return of the Evil Fox
Daring Hung
1391: The good Chiang Su-Su manages to defeat the evil spirit Elf Fox, but has her soul transferred to a jasper incense holder and remains dormant for hundreds of years. In 1991 the Elf Fox returns to lethal life to wreak havoc on modern Hong Kong. The Elf Fox needs to absorb the souls of 108 men in order to obtain her full power. It's up to Su-Su's sweet descendant Yi, grouchy monk shopkeeper Chiang Wu, dashing, handsome foster son Wang Hsa, sassy ghostbuster Yu, and several others to defeat the Elf Fox before it's too late.
Gángster por un pequeño milagro
Original Music Composer
Kuo Chen llega a Hong Kong deseoso de comenzar una nueva vida. Para simbolizar esa idea, compra una rosa de la suerte a una vendedora callejera. Poco después, se introduce en un altercado de la mafia sin querer, y aunque no puede evitar que uno de los capos muera, se convierte en su sucesor de la noche a la mañana. Pero Kuo es un hombre de bien y no desea que sus hombres sean criminales, así que hace lo posible por dirigir un negocio legal en forma de local, el Ritz. La hija de un jefe rival que les debe dinero comienza a trabajar para ellos para pagar la deuda, pero Kuo le convalida lo que le debe a cambio de que cante en su local. Los líos no tardan en llegar. Kuo no se puede negar cuando la vieja vendedora de rosas le pide ayuda. Quiere impresionar al padre del novio de su hija. Kuo decide montar la boda más sonada de Hong Kong mientras huye del incansable inspector de la policía y del jefe de un clan rival, Tigre.
Last Romance
Tseng
Though the title may suggest a straightforward romance, Yonfan’s artfully directed melodrama is actually a nuanced tale of friendship. The movie is firmly grounded in the realities of Hong Kong - the stock market crash of 1987 and the Sino-British negotiations over the colony's future.
Superpolicia en apuros
Original Music Composer
Kevin Chan es un brillante policía encargado de atrapar criminales, pero sus métodos poco ortodoxos provocan que acabe relegado al departamento de tráfico. Sin embargo, un criminal que había jurado vengarse de él sale de la cárcel y los persigue a él y a su chica. Al mismo tiempo, el jefe de la policía estudia la posibilidad de devolver a Kevin su destino anterior para que les ayude a atrapar a unos criminales que extorsionan diversos constructores, a quienes amenazan con hacer explotar bombas en sus edificios.
The Romancing Star II
Chow Yun Fat leaves his buddies Eric Tsang, Stanley Fung, and Nat Chan Bak Cheung to their own devices, so the first thing the trio do is get taken hostage in a bank robbery! The trio makes it onto TV, which equals instant celebrity, but the big station in town won't give them a job. Enter Andy Lau, who gives the guys their own talk show on a rival station, where they beat up their guests for being annoying. Meanwhile, a trio of comely females (including Elizabeth Lee and Carina Lau) move in next door, and the chase is on!
Los tesoros del mar de China
Original Music Composer
Después de acabar con el temido pirata Lo, Dragon Ma regresa y se incorpora a la policía. Ma recibe el encargo de eliminar el crimen en un barrio, y entra en contacto con un grupo de revolucionarios.
Naughty Boys
Robber (Cameo)
Frequent Jackie Chan cohort Mars stars as Sing, an ex-con who's supposed to dig up the buried loot of his three still-jailed buddies...but when he gets to it, he finds that the treasure chest is full of rocks! The other three are convinced that Sing stole the goods for himself, so Sing decides to hide out with his kick-butt cousin Kuen, played with athletic aplomb by kung-fu princess Kara Hui! But some insurance investigators (Carina Lau and Billy Lau) are also after the loot, and there's even a mousy travel agent (future director Clarence Fok) thrown in for good measure. It all adds up to numerous shenanigans and action-comedy hijinks, culminating in a knockdown action finale set in a warehouse! Wooden crates, two-by-fours, and more props than you can name are used and abused in the name of creative eighties HK-style action, which Jackie Chan and company are only too glad to dispense to the audience!
Happy Din Don
Music
Michael is a guitarist in a night club, but his indulgence in gambling costs him his job. He is kicked out of the band. Wandering in an alley, he accidentally overhears a gang of drug dealers plotting. He is caught as he tries to get away. Michael seeks the help of his roommate, Roger who is the manager of a girls band preparing to go on a performing tour to Thailand. Roger takes Michael as a band member so that he can get away. While in Thailand, Michael falls in love with the leading female singer of the band. He tries all sorts of ways to gain her attention and love, while keeping one jump ahead of pursuing gangsters...
Happy Din Don
Tat
Michael is a guitarist in a night club, but his indulgence in gambling costs him his job. He is kicked out of the band. Wandering in an alley, he accidentally overhears a gang of drug dealers plotting. He is caught as he tries to get away. Michael seeks the help of his roommate, Roger who is the manager of a girls band preparing to go on a performing tour to Thailand. Roger takes Michael as a band member so that he can get away. While in Thailand, Michael falls in love with the leading female singer of the band. He tries all sorts of ways to gain her attention and love, while keeping one jump ahead of pursuing gangsters...
Armas invencibles (Police Story)
Original Music Composer
Kevin es un policía de Hong Kong que se enfrenta a una difícil misión: debe atrapar al capo de la droga del país. Pero para condenar al criminal solo hay una testigo que puede incriminarle y Kevin es el único que puede protegerla. Evidentemente todos los criminales a las órdenes del capo intentarán matar a la testigo y a su guardaespaldas
La banda de los supercamorristas
Original Music Composer
Ricky y su compañero, apodado 'Músculos', son dos policías que viajan hasta Tokio para coger a un peligroso criminal. Pero cuando llegan les tienden una trampa y se llevan a Ricky secuestrado, por lo que Músculos recibe la ayuda de la inspectora Barbara Woo y del gordinflón Fastbuck para llevar el caso. Los tres, gracias a su audacia y su conocimiento en artes marciales, lucharán para liberar a Ricky y cazar a los delincuentes.
Cherie
Cherie's Cousin
The beautiful Cherie Chung plays the title character, an exercise teacher who is wooed by a rich, older businessman and a young photographer. You watch Cherie as she bounces between these two, not really liking the businessman, while the photographer is more in love with her image as his model than as a true love.
La primera cruzada de Indiana Johnny
Pierre
Johnny parece condenado a vivir el resto de sus días como cocinero en un típico restaurante teppanyaki, casado con la gordísima hija del dueño. El único recurso de Johnny para escapar del aburrimiento es soñar con fantásticos viajes por tierras exóticas acompañado por una chica guapa. Cuando el abuelo enfermo y unos parientes gorrones vienen a darle la lata, Johnny decide huir a las Filipinas. El problema es que donde va Johnny, va el desastre...
Los piratas del mar de China
Original Music Composer
Hong Kong, finales del Siglo XIX. El Mar de China está infestado de traficantes de la peor calaña entre los que destacan el temible Lo San Pao y su banda de piratas. Lo San Pao actúa con total impunidad ante la pasividad del gobierno y la impotencia de una Guardia Costera que ha acabado por bajar los brazos ante su oleada criminal. Tan sólo Dragon Ma, un joven oficial naval, se niega a rendirse y osa plantar cara a Lo San Pao para devolver el honor al cuerpo de guardacostas. Frustrado con la incompetencia de la policía local y traicionado por uno de los suyos, Dragon Ma se verá obligado a unir sus fuerzas con el granuja ladrón Fei y el disciplinado inspector de policía Tsu en una cruzada personal para acabar con los piratas.
The Fung-shui Master
Hong Kong fantasy comedy film.
First Time
Original Music Composer
Hong Kong drama film.
The Hong Kong Tycoon
A character-driven melodrama about a Hong Kong ‘everyday man’ who marries a rich woman to climb the class ladder.
Hong Kong sex comedy film.
Bald-Headed Betty
Poor Betty gets drugged and kidnapped at a teen beach party and finds herself in clutches of a sleazy prostitution ring. After trying to escape, her head is shaved as punishment. Soon enough, she's the star of the stable for all the local bald freaks.
A Mad World of Fools
A whacky 1974 comedy starring David Chiang who was also the director, that's one to see. Well it certainly is whacky, and the film is actually a number of short pieces, varying in length from a couple of minutes to the last story that is 30 minutes or so.
The Crazy Instructor
A bumbling martial arts teacher has the skills but lacks the confidence to use them. Run out of town by some ne'er-do-wells, he sets out on some comic adventures as he travels the countryside. Taking up some companions that are as bumbling as he is, the group seems to stumble into one misadventure after another. Will our hearty band eventually prove their worth with their skills and bring their enemies to justice?
Orphan in Distress
60s shaw crime film
The Great Devotion
Chan Siu-Hong
Poor teacher Chan Chi-hong, his wife Lee Yuk-mei and their five children survive on his meagre pay. When he is laid off by two schools in a row, the family runs into difficulties. The children resort to begging on the streets to pay the mother's medical bills. Turning to writing, Chan's novel fails to find a publisher and, worse still, he comes down with tuberculosis. Dealt a further blow by the death of the youngest daughter and the pressures from the loan sharks, Chan contemplates killing himself and his family but changes his mind when he witnesses the sacrifices made by other parents for their children. He vows to be a dutiful father and tries his best to overcome their adversities. His novel is finally published and sells well. Through thick and thin, the family at last sees the light at the end of the tunnel.
Human Relationships
Yang Zhaohan
Lee Sun-fung is renowned for adapting literary classics for the silver screen. To commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Union Film Enterprise known for producing quality films and co-founded by Lee, Human Relationships is adapted from writer Ba Jin's novel into film. The Yiu family moves into a manor. Mrs Yiu, while frustrated by the way her step-son is spoiled by her husband and mother-in-law, develops a friendship with a kid (Michael Lai) who steals flowers from the mansion's garden. She later learns that he is the son of the place's former owner whose downfall at middle age is the result of being spoiled when young. Lai was only a child but gained a foothold among seasoned veterans like Cheung Wood-yau, Ng Cho-fan and Pak Yin.