Self
The life of the epoch-making master of martial arts cinema, King Hu.
Director
Cuenta la historia de una joven muchacha que viaja desde Shanghai a Hong Kong para estudiar, y que acaba dedicándose a seducir a hombres ricos y poderosos a las órdenes de su tía.
One of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a “star” for the first time in Man Lim-chung's directorial debut. A forerunner of the New Wave, Hui’s tumultuous, forty-year career is an unequivocal testimony to her unyielding dedication to filmmaking, and her expedition into the metamorphic city. This biopic probes into the acclaimed director’s idiosyncratic world, where we witness her rashness and goofiness, as well as her humanistic concerns for the everyday nobodies which make her films so moving.
A seven-part anthology film exploring the history of Hong Kong from the 1940s to present day.
Director
A seven-part anthology film exploring the history of Hong Kong from the 1940s to present day.
Producer
After her father died, a Hong Kong girl discovers she has two hitherto unknown sisters, one in Taiwan and one in China. To settle her father's debt, she must reunite with them to run the family's hot pot restaurant.
The Pickpocket (voice)
Ambientada en Hong Kong en 1967, una época de política compleja cuando todavía era una colonia británica. Ziming, un estudiante de literatura inglesa en la Universidad de Hong Kong, comienza a dar clases a la hermosa estudiante Meiling. Este empieza a tener sentimientos por la madre de la joven, la señora Yu, originaria de Taiwán. La lleva a ver películas, mientras su romance se desarrolla a través de filmes vistos en la pantalla grande.
Herself
A young man travels from his hometown to Hengdian, the place where the country's biggest movies are filmed. Like many others, his dream is to become a movie star. However, the life of an actor proves to be very harsh, and only a select few will ever be anything more than extras.
Director
Biopic sobre la escritora de los años 30 Xiao Hong, una de las figuras femeninas más importantes de la china contemporánea.
Documentary on the ups and downs of the female writer Xiao Hong's life experience, her works, her love and the golden era she lived in.
Director
A 20mins short film commissioned by Hong Kong International Film Festival 2012. Starring Francis Ng and Jade Leung - about a pre-op transsexual woman nervously waiting for his operation.
Director
A collection of shorts by four East Asian directors: Ann Hui on a male-to-female sex change, Kim Tae-yong on an emotional imposture, Gu Changwei on pregnancy in China and Tsai Ming-Liang on time and the city of Hong Kong.
Director
Chun Tao-Chung ha trabajado de criada durante más de 60 años para la familia Leung. Ahora, el único miembro de la familia que sigue viviendo en Hong Kong es Roger, y Tao sigue trabajando para él. Sin embargo, un día Tao sufre un derrame cerebral. Una vez está en el hospital, le anuncia a Roger su intención de abandonar su trabajo e instalarse en una residencia para ancianos. Roger intenta disuadirla, pero ella tiene la idea muy clara, así que él empieza a buscar una residencia buena donde pueda vivir, y al final encuentra una habitación para Tao en un centro dirigido por un amigo suyo. Poco a poco, al cuidar de Tao, Roger se da cuenta de lo importante que Tao es para él.
Director
After being separated for years, former lovers Macy and Anita are reunited at a pregnancy seminar. After sharing the accidental circumstances that led to their respective pregnancies, the two fall back in love. However, to add to the trouble caused by the fathers of their babies, Anita also finds herself the victim of gender discrimination at work due to her pregnancy. Will Macy and Anita make it through the obstacles in the way of their reunion, and what roles will the two to-be-fathers end up playing in the women's lives?
Miss Chan - teacher on the roof
Told through the eyes of sticky-fingered eight-year-old boy Big Ears, Echoes of the Rainbow takes place in a close-knit grassroots community in 1960s Hong Kong. Big Ears' mother and father run the neighborhood shoe store, and his older brother Desmond is every family's dream son - an outstanding athlete with grades worthy of Hong Kong's best school.
Director
Ann Hui's darkly realistic Night and Fog starts at the end of the story: a man murders his wife and, based on statements by unreliable witnesses, the film goes on to investigate how things could have got this far and what kind of man was able to kill his family.
Director
A woman finds it easier to come to the aid of a relative stranger than to deal with her family.
Director
Ye Rutang (Siqin Gaowa), a single-living woman in her late fifties, struggles to maintain a dignified life amid the dangers of Shanghai.
Police Chief
When undercover cops start losing their lives to drug lords who blame their demise on "poor acting", the Police Force counters by sending Hong Kong's Finest to acting school.
Director
Yang Rui falls in love for the cleaning woman who works in a taekwando gym, only to later discover she's an undercover cop named An Xin. An is in hiding from drug smugglers who have a score to settle with her - a raid she led resulted in the death of one of the smuggler's parents. To complicate matters further, An was previously romantically involved with the smuggler whose parents were killed.
Producer
Lam es un profesor de instituto que enseña su gran pasión, la literatura china. Casado desde hace veinte años, con dos hijos adolescentes, el matrimonio de Lam parece perfecto a ojos de los demás, pero nada más lejos de la realidad. Cuando el antiguo profesor y mentor de Lam vuelva a hacer acto de presencia en su vida trayendo consigo los fantasmas del pasado todo comenzará a desmoronarse, al tiempo que a Lam le será cada vez más difícil resistirse en caer en la tentación de tener una aventura con una atractiva alumna que está enamorada de él y no tiene ningún pudor en hacérselo saber.
Director
Lam es un profesor de instituto que enseña su gran pasión, la literatura china. Casado desde hace veinte años, con dos hijos adolescentes, el matrimonio de Lam parece perfecto a ojos de los demás, pero nada más lejos de la realidad. Cuando el antiguo profesor y mentor de Lam vuelva a hacer acto de presencia en su vida trayendo consigo los fantasmas del pasado todo comenzará a desmoronarse, al tiempo que a Lam le será cada vez más difícil resistirse en caer en la tentación de tener una aventura con una atractiva alumna que está enamorada de él y no tiene ningún pudor en hacérselo saber.
Producer
The story takes place in a beautiful pavilion in 1930's Suzhou. Jade is a famous songstress courtesan, marrying into the noble house. She develops a dubious relationship with a female cousin of the family and also being admired secretly by her butler. LAN, the cousin, is a modern woman who wants to be independent and serves her country, but when she meets the charismatic Shing, an official from the North, all her plans go astray. These two women's love bears no fruit with their men and in the end they have only each other to lean on.
In a summer holiday, a father (Mr. Kuk) with his children (Ku Fung and Little Kuk-Ku) has decided to open a noodle bar on a 2-month lease. He has great expectations for his noodle business. Kuk Fung quickly falls in love with Carlily (Kuk Fung's friend). Meanwhile, Little Kuk-ku has met a new friend, Wo who is working at the noodle bar. As the vacation is going, the nodle bar has to be closed. Mr Kuk's business performance didn't come up to his expectations, but it ends up with two puppy loves.
Director and Producer
2001 documentary
Director
2001 documentary
Director
Urban tale of fantasies, genre greatly favoured by Hong-Kong cinematography, the latest movie of filmmaker Ann Hui combines elements of horror films with other comical aspects to offer an intriguing and terrifying work of great visual strength.
Dr Li
Based on a true story, Xiao Fu was contracted HIV virus through blood transmission due to hemophilia. He made his difference by writing a book before his death to change the public's view toward patients with HIV.
Sister 13
Gang leader Jim Yam has ascended nearly to the pinnacle of power in the underworld, but it brings him few satisfactions. As he watches his peers drop dead around him - many of them amazingly from natural causes - he finds himself more and more soldiering on because that's just what bosses do. Reflecting back on his younger days in London, it is sad to contrast his current lavish - but empty - life as a crime lord in Hong Kong with the joys he experienced as a petty thief in England. These flashbacks and voice overs give us insights not only into Yam himself, but also his closest associates, whom we discover he in truth barely knows.
Producer
Ordinary Heroes is a narration about the life stories of an advocate, a prostitute, a social worker, and a priest during the social movements from 1970s to 1980s in Hong Kong. The film is based upon true stories.
Director in TV ad
Ordinary Heroes is a narration about the life stories of an advocate, a prostitute, a social worker, and a priest during the social movements from 1970s to 1980s in Hong Kong. The film is based upon true stories.
Director
Ordinary Heroes is a narration about the life stories of an advocate, a prostitute, a social worker, and a priest during the social movements from 1970s to 1980s in Hong Kong. The film is based upon true stories.
Writer
1997 documentary, part of the Taiwan-produced series "Personal Memoir of Hong Kong", is both a self-portrait and a depiction of Hong Kong during the 40 years preceding the handover by the United Kingdom to China.
1997 documentary, part of the Taiwan-produced series "Personal Memoir of Hong Kong", is both a self-portrait and a depiction of Hong Kong during the 40 years preceding the handover by the United Kingdom to China.
Director
1997 documentary, part of the Taiwan-produced series "Personal Memoir of Hong Kong", is both a self-portrait and a depiction of Hong Kong during the 40 years preceding the handover by the United Kingdom to China.
Director
In 1930s Shanghai, a young office girl falls in love with a factory worker in the same company.
Film Director
Retrato de tres personajes víctimas de la soledad y la incomunicación: un joven con dolor en el cuello, un hombre que frecuenta saunas gays, y una mujer ascensorista, cuyo amante trafica con películas pornográficas.
Director
A few years in the life of Ah Kam, starting with her joining action director Master Tung's team of regulars.
Air stewardess
Music producer Sam and his cross-dressing protege Wing have finally professed their love for another, but now what?
Neighbour
Tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun, who is a housewife in her forties trying cope with the upheavals in her family.
Producer
Tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun, who is a housewife in her forties trying cope with the upheavals in her family.
Director
Tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun, who is a housewife in her forties trying cope with the upheavals in her family.
Obstetrician Joey Fong helps childless couple Shiu and Lan kidnap an unloved child and then decides she wants to have a baby with heartless news reporter husband Terrence.
Costume Design
Guan Jian wants to report the murder of his father who died 10 years ago. The alleged murderer whom Guan Jian accuses of the crime is his own mother.
Producer
Guan Jian wants to report the murder of his father who died 10 years ago. The alleged murderer whom Guan Jian accuses of the crime is his own mother.
Director
1993 film
Production Design
La sociedad secreta del Loto Rojo está decidida a deponer al malvado emperador manchú y a sus secuaces. A uno de los gobernadores se le encarga la misión de elaborar una lista con los nombres de los miembros de dicha sociedad. Mientras, Fong Sai Yuk, un cantonés que practica las artes marciales, se enamora de la preciosa hija de un rico comerciante recién llegado a Cantón. Su padre, en un intento por ganar influencia en la zona y mejorar sus negocios, ofrece a su hija en matrimonio a aquel que resulte ganador en un torneo de artes marciales
Co-Producer
La sociedad secreta del Loto Rojo está decidida a deponer al malvado emperador manchú y a sus secuaces. A uno de los gobernadores se le encarga la misión de elaborar una lista con los nombres de los miembros de dicha sociedad. Mientras, Fong Sai Yuk, un cantonés que practica las artes marciales, se enamora de la preciosa hija de un rico comerciante recién llegado a Cantón. Su padre, en un intento por ganar influencia en la zona y mejorar sus negocios, ofrece a su hija en matrimonio a aquel que resulte ganador en un torneo de artes marciales
Mrs Ma's Gynaecologist
John y Boomer son dos gemelos idénticos que fueron separados poco después de nacer, cuando el segundo fue raptado por un criminal y criado por una alcohólica. Años después, John vive en América y es un famoso músico clásico, mientras que su hermano es un mecánico a quien le apasionan las peleas y las carreras de coches. Los dos gemelos vuelven a encontrarse accidentalmente cuando John viaja a Hong Kong.
Director
A 12-year-old boy from America experiences the clash of cultures and the generation gap when he visits his grandfather in Shanghai.
Director
Hong Kong student Ben Lee becomes friends with his mainland Chinese classmate Chang Chih while studying abroad in Japan. Ben is unmotivated to study and only cares about money and on the other hand, whenever Chih encounters a Chinese person, he would ask whereabouts of his childhood sweetheart. Ming is also from Hong Kong and in order to elevate his social status, he becomes involved with a bar hostess and owner Yuriko, hoping to become Yakuza leader Yamada Ishikawa's brother in-law.
The war of ratings is over when Mars TV, with its two popular shows bears down Earth TV. Mak, the boss of Mars TV, plan to takeover Earth TV while Lee, the boss of Earth TV wants to jump from a skyscraper to make publicity for his station.
Director
Película autobiográfica en la que la directora Ann Hui habla de la relación con su madre.
Director
Un pergamino, que contiene los más preciados secretos de las artes marciales, ha sido robado al Emperador. La reacción no se hará esperar y un destacamento del ejército será enviado para recuperarlo. Blademaster, un joven experto en la materia, acaba poseyendo el pergamino por accidente. Eso le traerá un sinfín de problemas y de perseguidores: tiene un pequeño tesoro que otras escuelas, sectas y ejércitos ansían tener en sus manos. No repararán en esfuerzos. El fin justificará los medios...
Director
As Cai Mei, a single 40 year old woman and a social worker starts a relationship with a teen-ager Tian-Ah, she remembers her relationship when she was young with her professor, a married man older than her.
Self
Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.
Director
Princess Fragrance is a 1987 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha's novel The Book and the Sword. The film is a sequel to The Romance of Book and Sword, which was released earlier in the same month and was also directed by Ann Hui.
Writer
The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. It goes that the Manchurian emperor Qianlong of China (circa 18th Century) was actually the son of a Han Chinese, the subject ethnicity. His brother of blood, Chen Jialuo just happened to be the chief of the Red Flower Society, an anti-Manchu secret society. Chen, a learned scholar, thought he could get his brother turn his back on the Manchu and restore the Han Chinese reign. But the story was ended by brutal clearence of the society members. It reflects one of the dark pages in Chinese culture, that ethics and humanity always become impotent when countered with power.
Director
The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. It goes that the Manchurian emperor Qianlong of China (circa 18th Century) was actually the son of a Han Chinese, the subject ethnicity. His brother of blood, Chen Jialuo just happened to be the chief of the Red Flower Society, an anti-Manchu secret society. Chen, a learned scholar, thought he could get his brother turn his back on the Manchu and restore the Han Chinese reign. But the story was ended by brutal clearence of the society members. It reflects one of the dark pages in Chinese culture, that ethics and humanity always become impotent when countered with power.
Director
Taking place in 1941, Love in a Fallen City centers on Pai, a young woman who has been ostracized by her family for divorcing her rich husband. A local match-maker, Mrs. Hsu, takes pity on Pai and decides to bring her to Hong Kong, under the guise of employing her as the Hsu's nanny, but in reality to introduce her to Fan. Pai and Fan seem to hit it off, but Fan's refusal to marry Pai soon sours things. However, as the Japanese begin to invade Hong Kong, the two begin to realize their true feelings for each other.
Maxim's Counter Staff
Tras cumplir condena, cinco delincuentes de baja estofa, unidos por su afición común a perseguir mujeres atractivas y ponerse en situaciones embarazosas, hacen todo lo posible por reformarse. De esta manera, deciden que la mejor manera de limpiar su reputación es poner en marcha una empresa de limpieza completamente legal. Por desgracia para ellos, uno de sus primeros clientes es un señor del crimen organizado y al realizar un servicio en su edificio se llevan con ellos por equivocación unas valiosas planchas de impresión. Casi sin darse cuenta se verán atrapados en una guerra entre bandas mafiosas rivales por el control del negocio del dinero falsificado en Hong Kong. Para equilibrar un poco las cosas, contarán con la ayuda de un joven agente de policía.
Herself
Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new generation of filmmakers and figures from the wider film culture.
Director
A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the liberation to document the nation, and begins following and documenting the young children from a poor Vietnamese family.
Director
Wu Viet is a Vietnamese refugee who wants to leave his country behind and start over in the United States. First, he must make his way to Hong Kong, but as he passes through Thailand, he meets a beautiful woman who travels with him. Wu and his new love end up in a refugee camp in Thailand, where they discover many of their countrymen are disappearing under mysterious circumstances. As Wu tries to learn the truth about what's happening, he discovers his life is in danger, and he must flee to the Philippines for safety.
Di Di
The boyfriend of a young co-ed turns into a demented stalker after his sister's suicide.
Director
A Cantonese opera company is attacked by an army of ghosts, thanks to a feud between the dead grandfathers of one of the company's actresses and a young man.
Director
A real murder case which was complicated by the ménage à trois relationship the victim had with the main suspects. As different witnesses narrated their conflicting stories, the case seemed set to lead to nowhere; especially when the real identity of the dead person was finally discovered.
Director
Two women with complex family backgrounds coincided on the wrong path of drug abuse.
Writer
The three young people who came to Hong Kong from Vietnam (Zeng Quansheng, Li Guosong and You Qingfeng) have different choices for life. Some people are selling their own body and quick money, hoping to obtain the right of abode in the United States and start a new life in different places. Some people face reality in the gallery and just try to solve the problem of three meals and one night. Some people still cherish their dreams and hope to go to France Learn to draw. Unfortunately, refugees can not help but their own lives can only drift in the waves of destiny, the only certainty is that they are carrying a cruel past.
Director
The three young people who came to Hong Kong from Vietnam (Zeng Quansheng, Li Guosong and You Qingfeng) have different choices for life. Some people are selling their own body and quick money, hoping to obtain the right of abode in the United States and start a new life in different places. Some people face reality in the gallery and just try to solve the problem of three meals and one night. Some people still cherish their dreams and hope to go to France Learn to draw. Unfortunately, refugees can not help but their own lives can only drift in the waves of destiny, the only certainty is that they are carrying a cruel past.
Director
One of Ann Hui's most admired works for the small screen, The Bridge examines a complex web of bureaucracy, vested interests, disillusionment and grass-roots campaigning. The title refers to a footbridge closed for demolition by the government, effectively cutting the main route to and from a roadside shantytown and triggering further local issues.
A Simple Life (2012) Making-of
