Bowie Lam Bo-Yee
Biography: Bowie Lam Bo-Yee (Chinese: 林保怡, born 4 September 1965) is an Hong Kong actor with the TVB network. He has starred in several popular dramas including File of Justice and Healing Hands. Before working in entertainment, Lam held other occupations, including serving in the Hong Kong Police Force for a short time. He made his acting debut in 1986 in Kiss Me Goodbye and his singing debut in 1989. Lam's acting career took off after joining the major television network TVB in 1991. His first project was a supporting role in the 1992 drama The Greed of Man, which starred Sean Lau, Vivian Chow, Adam Cheng, and Amy Kwok. The Greed of Man as of 2011 remained one of TVB's highest-rated dramas. After The Greed of Man, Lam was featured in TVB dramas File of Justice (1994–1997), Untraceable Evidence (1997 and 1999), and Healing Hands (1998, 2000, and 2005). His major break-out role is considered the 2004 War and Beauty, which was a huge success in Hong Kong and China.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 04, 1965
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Hard Boiled
1992-04-16
Hard Boiled
Overview: A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-04-16
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The Sting
1992-11-19
The Sting
Overview: Simon Tam, "The Sting", has learnt some Chinese traditional skill from his master. To avoid misfortunes he has not accepted any business for 5 years. Now Simon is being employed to protect an accountant Law, but Law dies mysteriously. Law's legacy, 300 million dollars, which attracts the attention of a smuggling syndicate, is missing. This leads to a 300 million dollar big chase which Simon is involved inside.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-11-19
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In Broad Daylight
2023-11-02
In Broad Daylight
Overview: Kay is a tough-as-nails investigative reporter, and goes undercover at a home for the disabled based on a tip about staff abuse of the residents. She not only corroborates the frightening allegations but also discovers how disastrously flawed Hong Kong’s health care system is, especially for those who cannot care for themselves. However, after her story breaks, further unspeakable truths are revealed leading Kay on a dire crusade for justice.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2023-11-02
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Vital Sign
2023-04-09
Vital Sign
Overview: In one of his finest dramatic performances yet, Louis Koo stars as a veteran ambulanceman who simply wants to do his job without any interference from his boss. While he considers emigrating with his daughter, he clashes with his new partner, a young go-getter on the fast-track up the bureaucratic ladder. A mature directorial effort by Cheuk Wan-chi, this dramedy about Hong Kong’s civil service culture and the latest emigration wave is a charming, yet sobering love letter to her city and its people, especially those who still remain.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2023-04-09
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Unbearable Heights
2004-02-01
Unbearable Heights
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Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2004-02-01
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Those Were the Days
1995-01-01
Those Were the Days
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Genres: Drama Romance Family
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Lawyer Lawyer
1997-07-31
Lawyer Lawyer
Overview: Stephen Chow plays a selfish yet in some places kind hearted barrister who tricks his servant in doing things for his own benefit. Eric Kot playing the servant is misguided by what he thinks is love and leaves Chow vowing that he will never need Chow's help again in life. Shortly afterwards Kot gets into some big trouble (due to be executed) with the British and calls on Chow for help. Chow tries to help his client, but is fish out of water when he has to fight this court room case according to western rules.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-07-31
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The Sniper
2009-03-24
The Sniper
Overview: A police sniper teams up with a hot-headed rookie to take down his former friend and teammate, who is exacting revenge on the police force.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2009-03-24
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On the Run
1988-11-15
On the Run
Overview: When Hsiang Ming's wife is murdered, he takes up the hunt for her killer. The killer turns out to not be at all like he imagined, and suddenly he has unsuspected enemies who are after him.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-11-15
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Life Express
1998-01-01
Life Express
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Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Can't Stop Loving You
1993-01-01
Can't Stop Loving You
Overview: Hong Kong movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Now You See Love... Now You Don't
1992-02-01
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
Overview: This is a screwball-comedy in Hong Kong style. Chow Yun Fat plays the spoiled village hetman of a tiny village in Hong Kong. The plot revolves around his love interest who has run off to work in downtown Hong Kong and many culture clashes between the peasants and urban life are highlighted.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-02-01
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Hong Kong X File
1998-11-19
Hong Kong X File
Overview: Hong Kong's homage to the popular U.S. cult television series which tells the story of an unconscious young woman who uses telepathic powers to get another woman to kill her enemies. (Mei Ah) Source: http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=1920
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1998-11-19
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Oh! My Dad!
1999-01-01
Oh! My Dad!
Overview: Hong Kong movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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The Deadly Sting
2002-01-01
The Deadly Sting
Overview: Hong Kong movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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People's Hero
1987-12-03
People's Hero
Overview: Ex-gangster Sonny Koo finds himself in the middle of a bank holdup by two inexperienced crooks. The robbery goes awry, but before order can be restored, Sonny assumes control. He proceeds to turn the hostage situation to his advantage, and uses the bank's customers and personnel as leverage to free his girlfriend from prison. On the outside, sympathetic cop Captain Chan debates with his captain over how to handle the situation.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1987-12-03
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The Trier of Fact
The Trier of Fact
Overview: A detective and a crime division officer uncover the criminal activities of a drug lord.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: zh
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爱到尽头
1993-08-10
爱到尽头
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1993-08-10
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A Fatal Jump
1994-01-01
A Fatal Jump
Overview: Hong Kong movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Mary's Choice
1994-01-01
Mary's Choice
Overview: Hong Kong movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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The Wartime Lovers
1998-01-01
The Wartime Lovers
Overview: Hong Kong movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Bleeding Steel
2017-12-18
Bleeding Steel
Overview: Jackie Chan stars as a hardened special forces agent who fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time, he feels a special connection to the young woman, like they met in a different life.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2017-12-18
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Gun n' Rose
1992-06-05
Gun n' Rose
Overview: Mr Lung, the boss of a criminal family, decides that his adopted son Alan should be his successor. However, this decision doesn’t suit Mr Lung’s biological sons Simon and Bowie, so they intend to get rid of their adopted brother. Alan manages to escape death and flee; he is determined to start new peaceful life. But will he be able to escape his past?
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-06-05
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The Most Wanted
1994-05-12
The Most Wanted
Overview: Award-winning actor Sean Lau Ching Wan goes undercover in the triads in the gritty cop thriller The Most Wanted. Blackie Lau (Sean Lau Ching Wan) was once a rookie cop who volunteered for undercover duty in the triads. After three years, Blackie is nearer to his goal of taking down a vicious armed robbery gang. But when the sting is botched and innocents die, Blackie is suspected of betraying the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, and is subsequently put on their "most wanted" list. Now wanted by the very people he serves, Blackie must prove innocence...but can he do it with both the triads and the cops after him?
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-05-12
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Supercop 2
1993-10-21
Supercop 2
Overview: As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call Jessica Yang, a rising star in the ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves! What Jessica doesn't realize is that her boyfriend – recently discharged from the force – is the leader of this ruthless crime ring!
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-10-21
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Mr Vampire 1992
1992-08-08
Mr Vampire 1992
Overview: Master Lam and his two disciples must battle a horde of Chinese vampires in order to get the teeth dust needed to cure an ailing general. Meanwhile, the general's wife is pregnant, and the evil spirit of an aborted baby wants to possess the unborn child's body for its resurrection.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-08-08
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A Guilty Conscience
2023-01-20
A Guilty Conscience
Overview: After his negligence causes an innocent woman to go to jail, a lawyer and his colleagues work to clear her name.
Genres: Crime Mystery Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2023-01-20
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The Crossing I
2014-12-02
The Crossing I
Overview: At the end of the World War II and the middle of the Chinese Revolution, three couples from different backgrounds with different nationalities flee from China to the island of Taiwan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2014-12-02
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Beginner's Luck
1994-09-29
Beginner's Luck
Overview: Lau and Chow are roommates and they both dream to strike it rich at the races. They invent a device that allows them to eavesdrop on jockeys in training for tips. When they lost at the races, Lau's girlfriend threatens to leave, and Chow is stalked by the loan sharks. Will they bet it all on one last race?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-09-29
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The Day that Doesn't Exist
1995-11-09
The Day that Doesn't Exist
Overview: A woman loses her fiancee in a car crash, but he returns to her stitched together. Meanwhile, a man dies and is reborn into another's body. He wants to rejoin his family, but things change once he learns the truth about his new life.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1995-11-09
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Better and Better
2013-02-10
Better and Better
Overview: Sun Xiangcheng, a self-styled professional fan organiser, is called from his home village of West Well Valley by his mother Yuanfang. Thinking he's highly connected with celebrities, she asks him to help organise the village's New Year celebrations
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-02-10
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Rose Rose I Love You
1993-03-27
Rose Rose I Love You
Overview: Bumbling Hong Kong detectives Lui (Kenny Bee) and Leung (Tony Leung Ka-Fai) go undercover in an apartment complex to keep watch over Pearl Chan (Carina Lau), a high school teacher who is suspected to be connected to a rare diamond theft involving a notorious thief named Mr. Mickey (Simon Yam). Meanwhile, the legendary Black Rose (Veronica Yip) appears and is also in pursuance of Mr. Mickey, wanting him to surrender himself and the diamond in order to clear her name.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-03-27
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My Dream is Yours
1988-12-21
My Dream is Yours
Overview: Nightmares become reality for two people, and also bring them together. One is an office worker who also works at 7-11 at night, who also has a pretty fiancee who is being hassled by loan sharks. The other is a gorgeous interior designer. The nightmares happen to them in reality, and start small. The man is attacked by a hand jumping out of a computer keyboard, while videotape attacks the girl. But the nightmare isn't all bad. Two weird brothers, who only appear in these people's dreams, force lots of money into their pockets, which they can use in the real world. But the payback for this money is quite high
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-12-21
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Evil Instinct
1996-05-04
Evil Instinct
Overview: Penny and Wendy originally are co-workers and best friends until Wendy is promoted. Penny feels that she is getting old and can't compete with Wendy, she leaves Hong Kong, takes snake blood to cleanse herself, and then returns to Hong Kong for revenge.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1996-05-04
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Cesium Fallout
2024-10-25
Cesium Fallout
Overview: Hong Kong’s historic first radiation disaster blockbuster! After a fire accident triggers a radiation leakage, the entire city suddenly finds its survival hanging by a thread. In order to tackle the impending catastrophe, expert Simon Fan (played by Andy Lau) joins the emergency crisis response team led by Acting Chief Executive Cecilia (played by Karen Mok) to tackle this catastrophic disaster. With the lives of 7 million people on the line, the fire brigade is tasked with stopping the spread at all costs by entering the radiation zone. Facing this unprecedented calamity, will Hong Kong wake up to an overnight annihilation?
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2024-10-25
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Modern Romance
1994-06-30
Modern Romance
Overview: Story 1: A superstitious girl who would only marry her 29th boyfriend. The 29th boyfriend is impotent. Story 2: A promisurous girl whose husband is in jail comes home one day. Story 3: A lesbian refusing to become straight Story 4: A beautiful woman who only likes men that belong to others for the challenge. Until she falls in love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-06-30
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Gift from Heaven
1989-10-27
Gift from Heaven
Overview: Three colleagues (Carol Cheng, Joey Wong, Sandy Lam) at a Hong Kong corporation put in overtime at the office one night and stumbled upon a bag filled with 10 million dollars in cash. Ecstatic with their wealthy find, they took the money and began to concoct a safe plan to spend it. However, when the friends discover that their company's senior manager was blackmailed and the money left behind to pay out the blackmailer was reported missing, the friends fear that they might be reprimanded for finding and taking the cash.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-10-27
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Heaven Can't Wait
1995-07-28
Heaven Can't Wait
Overview: Foreign - Tony is a wily, pessimistic scam artist who uses an ancient superstition to build a hilariously enterprising business. Lam is his sometime business cohort and Chan is the kind-hearted boy next door who falls victim to Tony's tricks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1995-07-28
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Faithfully Yours
1995-09-01
Faithfully Yours
Overview: Baau Wing Cheung juggles his career as a voice actor in HK with his wife Kitty's desire to emigrate to Canada. Things heat up however, when he starts working closely with his new boss Dang Ling.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1995-09-01
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It's Now or Never
1992-09-17
It's Now or Never
Overview: Rose (Sharla Cheung Man) heads up a gang of be-bopping teddy girls who are constantly getting into trouble with the law. A nice cop (Alfred Cheung) falls for her and tries to save her life.
Genres: Drama Comedy Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-09-17
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The Crossing II
2015-07-30
The Crossing II
Overview: A story of three couples and their intertwining love stories set in 1940s Taiwan and Shanghai, centered around the 1949 sinking of Taiping.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-07-30
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Doctor Vampire
1990-12-06
Doctor Vampire
Overview: Chinese doctor has his car break down in England. he wanders into a castle where vampires congregate. After having sex with a Chinese vampire he leaves, however his blood is so sweet the Chinese vampire is sent to Hong Kong bring him back. While in Hong Kong he begins to show signs of vampirism and his friends have to try to save him.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-12-06
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I Corrupt All Cops
2009-04-30
I Corrupt All Cops
Overview: In the early 1970s, the Governor of Hong Kong decided to clean up the police force. The ICAC was established, whose operation branch was headed by Yim. Bong and Unicorn also joined the ICAC. Despite threats of violence and intimidation, they managed to bring about the downfall of the empire of graft.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2009-04-30
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Massagist
2015-12-31
Massagist
Overview: Chinese girl Moran (Yuan Bai Zi Hui) lost her mother during childhood, but her sudden bizarre death has always been a mystery, which left her heartbroken. Having moved to Thailand, eighteen year-old Moran is perplexed by a variety of bizarre deaths that occur one after another in massage parlours, making her mother’s death even more complicated and confusing. Meanwhile, Thai policeman (Huang Kaijie) has led an in-depth investigation, discovering that the people who died are inextricably linked. Layers of mystery finally expose a cover-up and the shocking truth…
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-12-31
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The Undercover
1992-01-01
The Undercover
Overview: The Undercover is a made-for-TV movie starring Anthony Wong
Genres: Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Cop Image
1994-10-06
Cop Image
Overview: Anthony Wong plays a traffic cop who is obsessed with action films. He wants to be a real life hero and gets his chance when he becomes involved in a botched bank robbery case.
Genres: Crime Comedy Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-10-06
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S Storm
2016-09-14
S Storm
Overview: A suspect is killed while the ICAC team is investigating illegal soccer gambling in Hong Kong.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2016-09-14
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First Night Nerves
2018-12-20
First Night Nerves
Overview: Yuan Xiuling, a former star and has-been actress plans to return to the spotlight of the theater a year after her philandering husband died. She decides to star in Two Sisters, written and directed by transwoman An Ouyang. But, her biggest rival, He Yuwen, a rising actress, also stars in the play. Yuwen plans her theatrical debut through it. During the preparation of the play, such a drama unfolds at the backstage as much as on stage. With the opening night at Hong Kong’s City Hall Theater just seven days away, tensions at rehearsal increase and tempers flare as actresses Xiuling and Yuwen’s buried resentments rise to the surface.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2018-12-20
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King of Robbery
1996-10-05
King of Robbery
Overview: After robbing countless Hong Kong jewelery shops, Ye Kuan (Simon Yam) sets out on a murderous rampage killing everything in his path. Police informants, criminals and members of the public - nobody is safe from the Hong Kong Thug.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1996-10-05
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Wild
1996-01-25
Wild
Overview: A wild young woman drives the mysterious Cheng into the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman. The passion between the two lovers escalates in tandem with the violence around them, as events take their own inexorable course.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-25
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Man of the Times
1993-08-28
Man of the Times
Overview: A look at the life and times of Chan Chi Chiu--an ambitious cop's journey to become the highest ranking officer in Hong Kong.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-08-28
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La Historia Du Un Amor
2017-05-27
La Historia Du Un Amor
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Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2017-05-27
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Passionate Nights
1997-03-02
Passionate Nights
Overview: Ma Cho Fai had an auto accident and fell into the sea, his wife Liu Siu Suen becomes her husband's murder suspect.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-03-02
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Rogues from the North
1992-01-01
Rogues from the North
Overview: Six-year-old Xiaohui witnessed her mother having sex with a strange man! Her father found out, angry, he raised his knife and slashed... Hong Lian and Li Li were working in a nightclub, bustling and drunk, as if to erase all their worries for them... After the three legendary Beimeis met, they depended on each other. , I love my sister, but a tragedy is hidden in the joy, a tragedy that loses his life!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Lost Control
1997-10-10
Lost Control
Overview: Comprised of two wonderfully kinky tales mating sexuality with death. The first story, starring Bowie Lam and Eva Zhao, puts a shocking spin on the Fatal Attraction scenario. The second, featuring Yumi Choz, involves a mortuary make-up artist whose new boyfriend (Vincent Lam) is concerned about the inordinate amount of time she chooses to spend late at night with her corpses.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-10-10
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Soursweet
1988-05-15
Soursweet
Overview: Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen works long days in a restaurant, while Lily does the housekeeping, daydreaming of setting up their own business, much to Chen's chagrin. When Chen lets his colleague Fok seduce him down a path of mounting gambling debts, he is recruited as a drug courier for a shadowy Chinese triad. Suddenly he realizes that getting their own enterprise could be their only means of escape.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-15
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Caught in Trap
2014-07-11
Caught in Trap
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Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2014-07-11
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Kiss Me Goodbye
1986-10-16
Kiss Me Goodbye
Overview: Sing runs into Icy when they are working for a concert. It's not until Sing finds Icy in a phonograph record shop that they know each other's name. Icy, along with Bowie and three other friends formed a band Voices
Genres: Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-10-16
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One 2008th
2008-07-30
One 2008th
Overview: short films
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-30
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