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Posted on November 11, 2022 |
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Septet: The Story of Hong Kong / Cat yan ngok deoi (2020)
Drama | History
Seven of Hong Kong's leading filmmakers have come together to each direct a short film set in Hong Kong during one decade from the 1940s to the 2000s.
Starring: Timmy Hung, Sammo Hung, Francis Ng, Sire Ma, Jennifer Yu, Ian Iskandar Gouw, Wah Yuen
Director: Ann Hui, Sammo Hung, Ringo Lam, Patrick Tam, Johnnie To, Hark Tsui, Woo-Ping Yuen
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Tags: Ann Hui, Francis Ng, Hark Tsui, Ian Iskandar Gouw, Jennifer Yu, Johnnie To, Patrick Tam, Ringo Lam, Sammo Hung, Sire Ma, Timmy Hung, Wah Yuen, Woo-ping Yuen
Posted on February 24, 2022 |
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Boat People / Tau ban no hoi (1982)
Drama
A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the Liberation and learns harsh truths about its regime and its "New Economic Zones".
Starring: George Lam, Cora Miao, Season Ma, Andy Lau, Mengshi Qi, Jialing Hao
Director: Ann Hui
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Posted on July 11, 2019 |
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The Story of Woo Viet / God of Killers / Woo Yuet dik goo si (1981)
Crime | Drama
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.
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Cora Miao, Cherie Chung, Lieh Lo, Biu Gam
Director: Ann Hui
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Posted on September 29, 2017 |
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Our Time Will Come / Ming yue ji shi you (2017)
Drama | Thriller | War
In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom.
Starring: Xun Zhou, Eddie Peng, Wallace Huo, Deannie Yip, Tony Leung
Director: Ann Hui
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Posted on July 3, 2016 |
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The River / He liu (1997)
Drama | Romance
In Taiwan, Xiao-kang, a young man in his early 20s, lives with his parents in near silence. He is plagued by severe neck pain. His father is bedeviled by water first leaking into his bedroom and then flooding the apartment; rain is incessant. Xiao-kang's mother is overcome by sexual longing for her son, sometimes making seemingly incestuous overtures. They try virtually every intervention for Xiao-kang's neck: Western medicine, a chiropractor, acupuncture, an herbal doctor, and a faith healer, Master Liu. Are the family's silent dynamics and Xiao-kang's neck pain connected? And what about the body floating in the Tamsui River: is everything dead?
Starring: Tien Miao, Kang-sheng Lee, Yi-Ching Lu, Ann Hui
Director: Ming-liang Tsai
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Tags: Ann Hui, Kang-sheng Lee, Ming-liang Tsai, Tien Miao, Yi-Ching Lu
Posted on January 29, 2015 |
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The Golden Era / Huang jin shi dai (2014)
Biography | Drama | Romance
The life of Chinese writer Xiao Hong, from her childhood in the Heilongjiang Province to her final days in Hong Kong's Repulse Bay. The love of the author's life, newspaper editor Xiao Jun and the inspiration she drew from him as well as the surrounding literary scene in creating some of China's most enduring masterpieces is explored against the backdrop of a turbulent time that included the formation of the Chinese Communist government and World War II.
Starring: Wei Tang, Shaofeng Feng, Zhiwen Wang, Yawen Zhu, Xuan Huang, Lei Hao, Quan Yuan
Director: Ann Hui
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Posted on June 22, 2012 |
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A Simple Life / Tao jie (2011)
Drama
Roger is a successful movie producer with a housekeeper, Ah Tao, who has worked for his family over the course of four generations. Ah Tao has been a nanny and maid for Roger's family for nearly all her adult life, and he looks upon her as a member of the family rather than an employee. When Roger comes home one day to discover Ah Tao has suffered a severe stroke, its' clear she's no longer up to the demands of her job, and he agrees to help her relocate to a nursing home. Roger, the only member of his family still living in Hong Kong, is eager to help, but he's unsure of just how much he's supposed to do for her and is afraid to seem neglectful; Ah Tao, on the other hand, doesn't want to be a burden to Roger, and their relationship goes through an awkward period.
Starring: Andy Lau, Deannie Yip
Director: Ann Hui
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