Anthony Chan Yau

Anthony Chan Yau

Nacimiento : 1952-10-01, Hong Kong, British Crown Colony

Historia

Anthony Chan Yau is a Hong Kong actor and the drummer for the band Wynners. In 1981, Chan formed a film production company with Kenny Bee and produced Monkey Business. Chan joined Shaw Brothers in 1983 and produced his remarkable project Let’s Make Laugh, which was directed by Alfred Cheung. Then, Cheung and Chan formed a production company afterwards. One of Chan’s most ambitious projects was A Fishy Story, starring by Kenny Bee and Maggie Cheung Man-yuk, in which Maggie Cheung Man-yuk won the best actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In recent years, Chan emigrated to US and retired from the film industry. Chan now is working in China for his business.

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Anthony Chan Yau

Películas

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Embrace
Dad
A gospel movie about a Dementia dad waiting his daughter to come back.
Enter the fat dragon
Enviado a Japón en una escolta policial de rutina, el oficial Zhu está emocionado de tener la oportunidad de volver a calificar para el servicio a tiempo completo como oficial de policía. Sin embargo, después de una serie de percances, la misión sale terriblemente mal y el sospechoso oficial Zhu escolta sufre una muerte misteriosa. Zhu cuenta con la ayuda del dueño del restaurante que maneja el wok y un ex inspector encubierto para resolver este misterio de asesinato en la nueva mejor película de comedia de acción de la superestrella de artes marciales Donnie Yen.
Master of Four Eyes
友叔
House of the Rising Sons
The musical biography of the 1970s Hong Kong rock band The Wynners. Starting with their humble beginnings as band causing noise in the neighborhood, through to their career of massive stars throughout Asia.
House of the Rising Sons
Producer
The musical biography of the 1970s Hong Kong rock band The Wynners. Starting with their humble beginnings as band causing noise in the neighborhood, through to their career of massive stars throughout Asia.
House of the Rising Sons
Script
The musical biography of the 1970s Hong Kong rock band The Wynners. Starting with their humble beginnings as band causing noise in the neighborhood, through to their career of massive stars throughout Asia.
House of the Rising Sons
Writer
The musical biography of the 1970s Hong Kong rock band The Wynners. Starting with their humble beginnings as band causing noise in the neighborhood, through to their career of massive stars throughout Asia.
House of the Rising Sons
Director
The musical biography of the 1970s Hong Kong rock band The Wynners. Starting with their humble beginnings as band causing noise in the neighborhood, through to their career of massive stars throughout Asia.
The Yuppie Fantasia 3
Leung Foon, 52 years old, his life experienced three waves: 1.when Ann made him by the boy into a man that day, 2.he married Ann and become a wife slave, 3.Ann take away their 8-years-old daughter and leave him alone. After these three storms, Leung Foon become Male chauvinism. Now, he is the fair-haired boy of the chairman in a listed company. He will do anything to make money without guilty. The property he had, it’s enough for him to live without worries. One thing that Leung Foon regret is Ann cannot see his “growth”. After Leung Foon become rich, he is afraid to face himself in the mirror. The 4th storm for Leung Foon is his daughter He He suddenly comes back, he doesn’t know how to be a father with a plump figure’s daughter. In Leung Foon’s memory, He He was just 8-years-old girl. He He’s return, made Leung Foon get some change, he can finally face with mirror. Because of He He, Leung foon has the courage to go young again and wayward again.
Paris Holiday
Mr Chow
Two strangers, both heartbroken, share an apartment in Paris.
Rigor Mortis
Yau
En los años ochenta, Chin era una estrella del cine de terror en China. Hoy malvive como una vieja gloria, separado de su familia. Prácticamente arruinado, se dirige a un edificio abandonado para poner fin a su miseria, pero su plan se verá truncado por la irrupción de las fuerzas del mal.
East Meets West
The Wynner
Tens of millennia ago, eight gods who ceaselessly fought each other were exiled to earth. For generations, they have been reincarnated as mere mortals, and they won't be allowed back to heaven until they've learned to coexist in harmony. Then in today's Hong Kong, a mortuary beautician and her has-been singer dad are chased for a huge sum of money they don't owe. Turns out her materialistic stepmom has taken a tycoon's advance payment on the false promise of organizing a concert that she can't deliver. The family is therefore forced to go on the run, and along the way they meet an assortment of quirky people, including a mute baker, a kung fu cab driver, an aspiring musician and her crafty sidekick. Through a series of comic misadventures, the seven of them come to realize that they used to be gods and have a mission in this life, but...who is the eighth god that has yet to rejoin them?
温拿38大跃进演唱会
Anthony Chan Yau
Fortune King Is Coming to Town!
Taxi Driver
"Here Comes Fortune" is about the God of Fortune coming down from heaven to spread some love and wealth to humans in need. The movie is developed by talking about stories which took place in three cities: Shenyang, where a kind-hearted teacher is willing to give up a billion dollars in order to save her adopted daughter; Shanghai, a love story about 533, a female God of Fortune falling in love with a blind pianist; and Beijing where an ugly duckling story of Xu Jie, the boring introverted office lady.
Kindergarten Ninja
Director
[Bruce Lee's] status in heaven can be upgraded if he performs a miracle, which becomes rehabilitating wrong-living gridiron star, Blade Steel. Bruce attempts this by getting Blade interested in martial arts, which Blade, in turn, teaches to students where he is performing community service for three months.
Kindergarten Ninja
[Bruce Lee's] status in heaven can be upgraded if he performs a miracle, which becomes rehabilitating wrong-living gridiron star, Blade Steel. Bruce attempts this by getting Blade interested in martial arts, which Blade, in turn, teaches to students where he is performing community service for three months.
The Tigers: The Legend of Canton
Sum Si Koon
3 Days of a Blind Girl
Dr Jack Ng
The wife of a heart surgeon, suffering from temporary blindness, is home alone. But a strange man ingratiates himself into her household in order to avenge the seduction and death of his wife, for which the surgeon appears responsible...
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?
My Americanize Wife
Script
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?
My Americanize Wife
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?
My Americanize Wife
Director
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?
Second to None
Businessman marries his company's mainland representative. Trouble is, he already has a wife and family back in Hong Kong!
Hero of the Beggars
Hotel manager
Hero of the Beggars is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Chan Wai-Man and Michael Hui.
Hero of the Beggars
Director
Hero of the Beggars is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Chan Wai-Man and Michael Hui.
Miracle 90 Days
In a battle over a magical egg, Sandra Ng and her evil uncle accidentally turn a monkey into a human.
Changing Partner
Yau
Two mismatched Hong Kong police detectives, Yau and Yue, were assigned to work undercover as a live-in couple to track down a serial killer accused of murdering adulterers. In the meantime, Yau (Anthony Chan) is coping with his girlfriend having left him, and Yue (Sandra Ng) is losing her boyfriend to a college girlfriend of his.
Dragones gemelos
Hotel Concierge
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.
The Banquet
Mr. Chan's Friend
Developer Tsang Siu-Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. Both aim to buy all four so they can knock them down and build hotels.
The Nocturnal Demon
Officer Chan
Tow truck driver Tin bears an uncanny resemblance to a psychotic, serial killer, taxi driver -- and now the cops are chasing the wrong man. He and his cousin Wawa must catch the killer on their own to prove their innocence.
Till Death Shall We Start
David
David died a virgin, and the Doomsday Book says a virgin ghost has no right for reincarnation until he deflowers a human virgin. So David assumes the human shape and goes after Yen. Yen's boyfriend finds out that David is a ghost and warns her, but she doesn't listen. It's now up to him to protect her--against her will--from the sneaky and sex-crazed ghost of David.
When Fortune Smiles
Producer
El jefe de una familia rica muere y en su testamento deja su fortuna a su hija. Su hijo está enfurecido y usa un recolector de basura que se ve igual que su hermana para robar la fortuna. El hijo del tío también quiere una parte de la fortuna y coacciona a un ladrón de poca monta para robar la voluntad de su alocado plan.
When Fortune Smiles
Director
El jefe de una familia rica muere y en su testamento deja su fortuna a su hija. Su hijo está enfurecido y usa un recolector de basura que se ve igual que su hermana para robar la fortuna. El hijo del tío también quiere una parte de la fortuna y coacciona a un ladrón de poca monta para robar la voluntad de su alocado plan.
When Fortune Smiles
Private Eye Wong
El jefe de una familia rica muere y en su testamento deja su fortuna a su hija. Su hijo está enfurecido y usa un recolector de basura que se ve igual que su hermana para robar la fortuna. El hijo del tío también quiere una parte de la fortuna y coacciona a un ladrón de poca monta para robar la voluntad de su alocado plan.
A Fishy Story
Writer
An aspiring starlet arrives in the Fragrant Harbor with dreams of becoming a star, whilst striking up a friendship with a wannabe cabbie who lives in the same apartment building.
A Fishy Story
Director
An aspiring starlet arrives in the Fragrant Harbor with dreams of becoming a star, whilst striking up a friendship with a wannabe cabbie who lives in the same apartment building.
A Fishy Story
Paul Chow
An aspiring starlet arrives in the Fragrant Harbor with dreams of becoming a star, whilst striking up a friendship with a wannabe cabbie who lives in the same apartment building.
Gángster por un pequeño milagro
Reporter
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.
Little Cop
Mental hospital doctor
Ever since he was a child, Lee Chi-kin has been determined to become a police officer, despite the fact that he comes from a family of criminals. As an adult, he joins the police force, where he is first placed with the Narcotics Bureau. During a drug raid operation, he catches a drug dealer. He is later transferred, first to the Anti-Porno Bureau where he falls in love with a call girl, then to the Regional Crime Unit where he works under Inspector Chu. During a drug raid operation, Lee kills drug lord Ng Cheung. Ng's father hires a killer, Thousand Faces Man to take revenge on Lee. After several confrontations, Lee finally brings Thousand Faces Man to justice. The corrupt director of a mental hospital places Lee in the mental hospital for a year, during which time he develops mental disorders. After being discharged from the hospital, he becomes a restaurant waiter.
Mr. Fortune
Yau
Toy designer Yau (Anthony Chan) is always bullied by boss (Wong Wan Si) and ex-girlfriend (Money Lo). One day, Yau runs into a beautiful but rebellious girl named Ching (Chingmy Yau), who tells him she is the target of triad harassment. Yau is determined to help her, and he resigns from his job at the encouragement of Ching. The two take low-pay jobs at a fast food chain, and gradually fall in love with each other. But their relationship is threatened when Ching's true identity as the daughter of a tycoon (Roy Chiao) is exposed.
Four Loves
Chan Mo/Chen Wu
The two Cheng sisters leave war-torn Shanghai for Hong Kong. They take on another guest along the way, and move in with their cousin in Hong Kong, now a close unit of four friends. Through highs and lows, they all learn to live with each other.
Mr Vampire Saga 4
Four Eyed Taoist
A Taoist priest protests against the idea of a Buddhist priest being his neighbour. They often argue with each other until a vampire is at large and threatens the villagers' safety.
Spooky, Spooky
Inspector
Years ago, a village head in the Hong Kong countryside executed a man for committing adultery by drowning him in the ocean. His mistress, in attempts to flee the village, dies when she plummets into a pool of quicksand. Years later, people swimming in the ocean mysteriously vanishes, and their bodies wash ashore days later. A local policeman named Lu Hsien who practices Taoist magic believes a water ghost (presumably the ghost of the adulterer) is responsible for their deaths. Therefore, he joins forces with his colleague, Wang Hsiao-Ming, to rid the countryside of this demon before he can strike again. However, Hsiao-Ming is unaware that the ghost of the mistress, having risen out of her muddy grave, fell in love with him and will see to it that no other person falls for him.
Three Wishes
Chan Hong Tai
Three Wishes is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Anita Mui
In the Blood
Hold-up man
About an accident prone policeman.
One Husband Too Many
Director
After the box office success of Happy Bigamist in 1987, Anthony Chan follows up with more 80s rom-com shenanigans in One Husband Too Many. Theater enthusiast Sun (Anthony Chan) is so passionate about drama he sells his home to stage Romeo and Juliet. The plays turns out to be a complete failure, however, and the last straw in the hat for his wife (Anita Mui) who silently leaves him. Marriage isn't working out too well for his friend Wa (Kenny Bee) either. Fed up with a husband who he spends too much time at work and not enough time at home, Wa's wife (Pat Ha) suddenly ups and leaves. Things finally look up for Sun when he produces a popular play starring rich girl Hung (Cherie Chung), and the two begin dating. But it turns out Wa also has his eyes on Hung...
One Husband Too Many
Hsia Chin-Hsin
After the box office success of Happy Bigamist in 1987, Anthony Chan follows up with more 80s rom-com shenanigans in One Husband Too Many. Theater enthusiast Sun (Anthony Chan) is so passionate about drama he sells his home to stage Romeo and Juliet. The plays turns out to be a complete failure, however, and the last straw in the hat for his wife (Anita Mui) who silently leaves him. Marriage isn't working out too well for his friend Wa (Kenny Bee) either. Fed up with a husband who he spends too much time at work and not enough time at home, Wa's wife (Pat Ha) suddenly ups and leaves. Things finally look up for Sun when he produces a popular play starring rich girl Hung (Cherie Chung), and the two begin dating. But it turns out Wa also has his eyes on Hung...
To Err Is Humane
Detective Wong
Sammo and Kenny are lowly employees if a jewelry shop. Sammo too often is the target of abuse from the manageress. One day the two are sent to show the diamonds to a sheik. They are robbed on their way to the bank. One by one they are being accused to be in collusion with the robbers. That makes Sammo very angry. To get even, he plans to kidnap the manageress. Kenny somehow learns of the plot. Sammo gets the wrong woman, accidentally kidnapping Joel.
The Good, The Bad & The Beauty
Supt Chan [cameo]
Director-actor Frankie Chan does multiple duty in the action comedy vehicle The Good, The Bad & The Beauty. Frankie Chan is Inspector Hor Sun Chun, a tough cop investigating a smuggling operation in which airline stewardess Ko Sau Ping (sultry Cherie Chung) is possibly involved. Realizing that she may be in danger, Sau Ping feigns amnesia, and uses Sun Chun's smitten partner Tang Tat Kit (Kent Cheng) as a possible smokescreen. Meanwhile there's action, and plenty of it! A seasoned director, actor, composer and action director, Frankie Chan uses his myriad talents to the nth degree as he combines gunplay, stunts, and laugh-a-minute hijinks in true Hong Kong Cinema action-comedy style!
Los tesoros del mar de China
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.
The Romancing Star
Man in office
Ah Fat, foul-mouthed, along with his two close buddies, Traffic Light and Ugly, are working in a garage. Their boss, Ken, is harsh and stingy. However, a warm and close friendship has been established amongh the four. In order for Ah Fat to get over his heartbreak at getting dumped by his girlfriend, Ken suggests a tour to Penang to cheer him up. They come across two beautiful girls, Tung Tung and Man Chi, strolling leisurely on the beach as if they were very wealthy. Since then they decide who's whose. And Ah Fat, the winner, chooses Tung Tung to be his sole target. By the rules of the game, Ken, Traffic Light and Ugly have to compete to see who in the end will win the heart of Man Chi.
Happy Bigamist
Director
Ah Sun of the drama society leads a dramatic private life off-stage as well as on. His ex-wife Kong loses her last cent in business; and after going bankrupt is left without a place to stay. As she is entitled to own half of Ah Sun's house, she moves back. Ching, Sun's girlfriend, is determined to show who's the mistress. Her exaggerated actions embarrass Kong, and Kong soon has a chance to hit back. Ah Sun's rich aunt returns for a visit and has not been told about their divorce...
Happy Bigamist
Hsia Hsin
Ah Sun of the drama society leads a dramatic private life off-stage as well as on. His ex-wife Kong loses her last cent in business; and after going bankrupt is left without a place to stay. As she is entitled to own half of Ah Sun's house, she moves back. Ching, Sun's girlfriend, is determined to show who's the mistress. Her exaggerated actions embarrass Kong, and Kong soon has a chance to hit back. Ah Sun's rich aunt returns for a visit and has not been told about their divorce...
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife
Chen Chih-Tao
Two men, Yun-Fat Chow and Kenny Bee, are both married and unhappy. Together they make diverse plans to murder their wives.
Lucky Stars Go Places
Long Legs
Los Lucky Stars originales son sustituidos por un nuevo grupo reclutado por Sammo Hung de entre lo peor de la policía de Hong Kong.
Why, Why, Tell Me Why!!
Tallie Yau
Why, Why, Tell Me Why!! is a Hong Kong Drama starring Anita Mui
El tren de los millonarios
Un tren muy especial acaba de salir de Shangai. Sus pasajeros son ricos comerciantes que viajan con sus esposas, realmente, unos blancos muy jugosos para cualquier ladrón. Pero el robo no llega a producirse, sino que se produce una situación totalmente distinta. ¡Parada obligatoria! Un extraño pasajero sabotea el tren y todos deben bajarse… en su pueblo natal. Allí tendrán que gastar grandes cantidades de dinero para poder salir con bien de ésta. Como la situación apremia, se forman los inevitables grupos, y se ven envueltos en robos de bancos, pugnas entre samurais y peleas territoriales entre bandas callejeras.
The Strange Bedfellow
1. IDENTIKIT LOVE Chan has difficulties solving the case since the piece of skull was so incomplete. Chan is inspired to use Winnie's feature for double exposure... 2. DRAGON SEEDING In the future, child birth is decided by computers to maintain the quality of society will be consolidated. Eric and Candice every time can only have a female "quota"... 3. BETWIXT TWINS Tong falls in love with her twin sister's boyfriend. So she kills her sister and marries the man without his knowing the swit
El señor de los vampiros
Taoist priest
La llegada de un joven a Hong-Kong, deseoso de empezar una nueva vida, le acabara llevando sin querer a introducirse en el mundo de la mafia y del vampirismo.
Protección a un ser menor
Danny's tutor
Ted, un entregado agente de policía de Hong Kong que sueña con casarse con su novia y convertirse en marinero para navegar alrededor del mundo. Sin embargo, tiene que dejar de lado sus sueños para hacerse cargo de su hermano Danny, un retrasado mental que se está metiendo constantemente en líos. Las cosas se complican cuando Danny roba accidentalmente a un hombre mientras juega a policías y ladrones con sus amigos. Cuando comienza a ser perseguido por la policía como sospechoso de robo, Ted jura limpiar el nombre de su hermano y llevar a los verdaderos criminales ante la justicia aunque para ello deba actuar al margen de la ley.
Carry on Doctors and Nurses
Dr. Chen
This film is a Hong Kong version of the British Carry On films, this one specifically set in a hospital. The hospital is full of inept people, so Miss Kuk (Meg Lam) vows to the board that she will reform it. This involves the recruitment of student nurses, keeping in check some silly interns and dealing with Dr. Chen, whose wife just left him.
Carry on Doctors and Nurses
Director
This film is a Hong Kong version of the British Carry On films, this one specifically set in a hospital. The hospital is full of inept people, so Miss Kuk (Meg Lam) vows to the board that she will reform it. This involves the recruitment of student nurses, keeping in check some silly interns and dealing with Dr. Chen, whose wife just left him.
El regreso de los supercamorristas
Lotta
Vuelven los supercamorristas o, lo que es lo mismo, «La banda del orfanato», que está formada por Fastbuck, Músculos, Sandy, Blockhead y Herb, acompañados de la bellísima Bárbara y Ricky. El grupo se está tomando un merecido descanso en Tailandia después de la misión anterior. Allí se meten en numerosos y cómicos líos intentando ligar con las nativas del lugar hasta que se tropiezan con un grupo de travestís que intentan matarlos, con lo cual surge su nueva misión que los devuelve a la ciudad de Hong Kong para intentar detener a un señor del crimen local.
Girl with the Diamond Slipper
Acting coach at Ju's audition
Two hopeless housebreaker brothers, Ah Chi and Fatty, steal a diamond that had already been earmarked by a criminal gang. Through a series of unfortunate and - frankly - unlikely events, the diamond ends up in the shoe of a rising star TV actress Cheung Man Ju. They pursue her all over Hong Kong until finally tracking her down at a charity ball where she must leave by midnight, and accidentally loses a shoe in the process.
Funny Triple
Once there are two detectives in the police force, Fatty and Lanky, they have been very, very good friends, that until the day Gigi comes to their department for work. Fatty and Lanky immediately go after her skirt. Fatty and Lanky must find Boss Sin. They try to get information from Sin's man Fairyman who considers himself the biggest lover in town.
Let's Make Laugh II
Mr Chan
Bodyguard Ah Sun is sent to protect his boss' son, only to meet and fall in love with his gorgeous mistress.
Behind the Yellow Line
Ng Wai
Leslie is Simon, a mild mannered guy starting a new job and taking care of his mom and dad. He catches a glimpse of a pretty girl named Monica at the MTR station--and it's love at first sight. But she's going through a tough breakup with a guy who's married. She does get over it and the two become a couple. But not only does her ex return, Simon is constantly interrupted by a perky rich girl Anita, who spends lots of money on him, is annoying, but is just looking for company. This strains Simon and Monica's quest for love, but finally she puts Simon to a test, once again at the MTR station.
Mr. Virgin
Director
When a young man ignores a feng shui master’s warning and decides to marry before turning 30, a series of mishaps begins to curse his life.
Mr. Virgin
Doctor
When a young man ignores a feng shui master’s warning and decides to marry before turning 30, a series of mishaps begins to curse his life.
Seung lung chut hoi
Hawker on the run [cameo]
Los detectives de Hong Kong Chau y Beethoven regresan en esta secuela de "Pom Pom". Esta vez, unen fuerzas con su jefe, el inspector Chan, para encontrar a la famosa araña voladora, sospechosa de robar dinero del gobierno del que era responsable Chan. Mientras tanto, Beethoven se enamora de la hija de Flying Spider, Mimi.
Family Light Affair
Pai
Fresh from his smashing directorial debut comedy, "Let's Make Laugh", Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting returns to the screen with this seriocomic look at the clash of cultures which result when a Mainland Chinese peasant brings his family to Hong Kong. "Family Light Affair", whose Chinese title literally translates as "City Lights", is the director/writer's warm-hearted memoir of street life in the early 1980s, featuring an eclectic cast of pop music and kung fu stars who shine in their poignant roles.
Let's Make Laugh
Bailiff
Heralded as the funniest Hong Kong comedy of the early 1980s, this was Shaw Brothers' most popular film of 1983. Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting (who created and produced Jackie Chan's "Highbinders") won the Hong Kong Film Best Screenplay Award for this delightful comedy of modern manners. As director, he also guided co-star Ceclilia Yip Tung to a Best Actress award. Watch for teenage Anita Mui Yim Fong, just beginning her road to superstardom, in the supporting role of the philandering husband's mistress! shaw production
The Trail
Reader
A gang of opium smugglers, disguised as Taoist Priests transporting hopping corpses, are hired to transport a real dead body to it's final resting place.
Monkey Business
Snake
Hong Kong comedy film.
Play While You Play
Lou Jiewen
A photographer travels with her boyfriend to a seaside village in Penghu. There she strikes up a relationship with a blind man. When they reencounter one another back in Taipei, where he is preparing to undergo an operation to restore his sight, their connection intensifies.
Lucky by Chance
Ma Lan-Tu
Lucky by Chance is a Taiwanese Comedy starring Alan Tam.
Part Time Job
The wealthy family, Liang Dacheng, was very envious of the students using the summer vacation to work and earn money, so he joined with the classmates to run a small restaurant. The restaurant business was bad, and everyone worked separately to subsidize expenses. Dacheng served as a building administrator and met other people. A Xiang, a short-term university student, has a great relationship, but they do n’t know each other ’s true identities. At the end of the summer vacation, Dacheng and Axiang resign separately. The two lost contact with each other and finally reunited in an extra-curricular activity
Lovable You
Ma Qian
The daughter of a wealthy man takes French lessons so she can go to France with her fiancée, but ends up falling for a poor man who studies civil engineering.
Making It
Those who grew up in Hong Kong in the 1970s definitely remember the Wynners, a band formed by Alan Tam, Kenny Bee, Bennett Pang, Danny Yip, and Anthony Chan. They first dabbled into the film industry with Let's Rock in 1975, and in 1978 Taiwanese director Chen Yao Chi created another Wynners movie Making It. With a script tailored for the Wynners, youth film Making It is an updated Chinese version of The Prince and the Pauper. Five up-and-coming young music lovers, played by none other but the Wynners, overcome a lot of difficulties before they have a chance to perform at a restaurant. However, one of the band members, Alan (Alan Tam), suddenly feels ill and is hospitalized. His four friends fortunately come across the rich Sylvester (also Alan Tam) who looks exactly like Alan, and the four desperate band members ask him to take Alan's place for the performance. Meanwhile, Sylvester's parents, busily fetching Sylvester to fulfill an arranged marriage, mistake Alan as Sylvester...
Rainbow In My Heart
Chung is in charge of an advertising company in Hong Kong. He's about to marry a model Woo. But Chung finds that Woo is cheating on him on her birthday. He's hurt so he goes to Korea for his new commercial. Chung starts to appreciate a Chinese singer Chelsia Chen by watching TV. He invites her to join his commercial shooting and they fall in love with each other. The commercial's successful in Hong Kong and Chelsia becomes a star now. Chung's uncle urges Chung to invite Chelsia to come to Hong Kong and he does so. Woo suddenly comes up and requires to cooperate with Chung again but gets refused. Woo's mad then turns to cooperate with another directo Choi. However, she's not happy with Choi and still wants to go back to Chung.
Gonna Get You
The five members of the band the Wynners are all packing up, ready for a singing tour in USA. Uncle Kau, a boss of a triad, planning to exchange their guitars with narcotics inside with the Wynners', so that their narcotics can be carried to USA. But he fails, as the Wynners has to cancel their plan, for a fire broke out in the night club. Uncle Kau thus dispatches three of his followers Wo, Anny and Jane to steal back the guitars.
Let's Rock
Drama by James Wong Jim