Michael Lai Siu-Tin
Also Known As: Michael Lai, 黎小田, 黎田英（别名）
Biography: Michael Lai Siu-tin (Chinese: 黎小田; Jyutping: lai4 siu2 tin4; 8 November 1946 – 1 December 2019) was a Hong Kong music composer, record producer and actor. Lai was born in 1946 in British Hong Kong to the composer Lai Cho-tin and his literary critic wife, and he later became friends with Cantopop band leader Joseph Koo. Lai attended La Salle College. Lai first appeared on the music scene in the 1950s, but would also make a number of small but notable appearances as a film actor from the 1950s to 1990s.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
Adult: No
Birthday: November 08, 1946
Age: 78 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 01, 2019
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The Great Devotion
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1960-04-08
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The Romancing Star II
Overview: 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!
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-01-21
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Teppanyaki
Overview: Mr. Wong (Michael Hui) is the chief chef in a Teppanyaki restaurant. His overbearing wife and sadistic father-in-law make his home life a misery, so he spends all day dreaming about his dream girl, Sissy (Sally Yeh). When she comes into the restaurant, Wong seizes the opportunity and arranges to take her on a tour of the Paradise Island. Unfortunately, his wife and her friend go with him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1984-01-26
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Happy Din Don
Overview: 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...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-03-21
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The Crazy Instructor
Overview: 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?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-06-07
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Encore
Overview: Story of young love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-10-02
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Naughty Boys
Overview: 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!
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-07-25
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Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Overview: A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.
Genres: Crime Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-06-15
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Cherie
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1984-12-22
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Orphan in Distress
Overview: 60s shaw crime film
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1960-04-28
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Police Story
Overview: Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.
Genres: Action Crime Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1985-12-14
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She Starts the Fire
Overview: 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). There’s just one problem: Wendy can set things on fire with her mind. Her pyrokinetic powers are accompanied with some bad luck, so the victim usually gets a double whammy of charred flesh and misfortune.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-09-17
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The Red Wolf
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1995-05-18
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Project A Part II
Overview: Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1987-07-25
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Bald-Headed Betty
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-09-18
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Last Romance
Overview: Best friends So-so and Nancy fall in love with the same handsome Japanese boy, who cannot fulfill both girls' destinies.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-12-08
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"Fertility" Bank
Overview: Hong Kong sex comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-11-06
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Return of the Evil Fox
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Horror Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-06-28
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The Hong Kong Tycoon
Overview: A character-driven melodrama about a Hong Kong ‘everyday man’ who marries a rich woman to climb the class ladder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-05-07
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A Mad World of Fools
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1974-09-13
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The Fung-shui Master
Overview: Hong Kong fantasy comedy film.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-06-23
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Candlelight's Woman
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1995-10-20
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Human Relationships
Overview: 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.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-12-09
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七小福
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1961-03-22
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Love Soldier of Fortune
Overview: Love Soldier of Fortune is a Hong Kong Romance directed by Stanley Fung and starring Maggie Cheung.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-02-20
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风流小子
Overview: hong kong film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-18
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Dog Bites Dog Bone
Overview: Early comedy featuring a young Leslie Cheung.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-06-14
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