Tsui Hark
Also Known As: Hark Tsui, Xu Ke, 서극, Hak Chui, 徐克, 徐文光, Сюй Вэнь Гуан, Xu Wen Guang, Tsui Man-kong
Biography: Tsui Hark (Chinese: 徐克, Vietnamese: Từ Khắc, born 15 February 1950), born Tsui Man-Kong, is a New Wave film director in Hong Kong and an influential film producer. He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema (typically early 1980s to mid 1990s).
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Saigon, Vietnam
Adult: No
Birthday: February 15, 1950
Age: 75 years old
Gender: Male
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Aces Go Places
Overview: The police track down a notorious burglar in order to apprehend him. However, he is given a chance to make up for his ways by working with the police on a case involving stolen diamonds.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1982-01-16
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Aces Go Places II
Overview: An assassin called Filthy Harry is hired by a shady figure and charged with killing the heroes. The men are framed twice for different robberies by King Kong's new girlfriend, nearly committed to a mental hospital by their devious boss, and forced to battle Filthy Harry's weaponry-laden robot while covered with time bombs.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-11-11
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Incredibly Strange Film Show - Tsui Hark
Overview: Tsui Hark documentary
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-20
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Crossings: John Woo
Overview: Crossings: John Woo starts with Woo's emotional homecoming to Hong Kong in 2004 to promote his latest blockbuster Paycheck. It leads you through his teen years where he made avant garde films, his apprenticeship with Shaw Brothers' martial arts director Chang Che, his coming of age as a director directing slapstick Hong Kong comedies through the 70s and 80s. It charts the genesis of the groundbreaking A Better Tomorrow starring Chow Yun Fat, a film that creates a new genre in Hong Kong cinema and launches Woo's career into the international arena.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-20
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All About Women
Overview: A series of intertwining stories focus on the lives and transformations of three women and their romantic relationships.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2008-08-08
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Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Overview: In the fifth century, constant civil war scars western China. To escape death, Ti, a young scout, jumps through a crevice in the Zu mountains where he gets entangled in a great battle against the Blood Demon, a supernatural entity seeking to wreak havoc upon the world.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-02-05
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Final Victory
Overview: Shy and timid Hung is asked by his jailbird brother to look after his mistress and his unsuspecting wife. Chaos and many hilarious situations arise when Hung is caught between the two women.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1987-03-12
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Yes, Madam!
Overview: Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport with a hidden microfilm wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women cops—one Chinese, one British—are on the case.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1985-11-30
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Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Overview: A master thief is duped by lookalikes for James Bond and the Queen of England into stealing a valuable gem from a heavily guarded location then must help the police recover it.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1984-01-25
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All the Wrong Spies
Overview: In Hong Kong, Circa 1940s, World War II, private detective Yoyo and friend Inspector Teddy Robin join a resistance group during the Japanese occupation. They aim to steal back the formula to the atomic bomb from a war traitor and transfer it to an American before the formula ends up in the Japanese emperor's hands.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-03-31
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I Love Maria
Overview: RoboCop as a woman... The Hero Gang is a nasty group of thugs terrorizing Hong Kong with their killer robots, Pioneers 1 and 2. While Pioneer 1 looks like an oridinary robot, Pioneer 2 has been modelled on Maria, the gang's #2 thug. When Pioneer 2 gets damaged during a mission to kill an outcast gang member, an inventor on the police force takes her and changes some of her programming. This new code, plus a few injuries to her logic center, start causing Pioneer 2 to develop her own personality.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-03-10
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The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
Overview: One of the greatest, prolific and most influential action directors in history Chang Cheh! Documentary about the Shaw Brother's most prolific director.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2003-06-04
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Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
Overview: An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively explored than in any other national cinema. Utilizing both film excerpts and interviews with many leading directors and academics, the film examines topics such as male bonding in kung fu movies, depictions of same-sex bonding and physical intimacy, the emphasis on women's grievances in melodramas, and the career of Yam Kim-Fai, a Hong Kong actress who spent her life portraying men on and off the screen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1998-06-04
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Working Class
Overview: Yam, Sunny and Ah Hing are buddies and all dismissed creating havoc in their jobs. The trio is employed by a noodle factory, which has a very poor labor relationship. The manager, supervisor and foreman are always picking on their subordinates. Finally the workers decide to take an united front to oppose their superiors.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1985-08-09
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Run Tiger Run
Overview: Two street urchins meet up with a sad and lonely rich kid. They become friends when the kid's shady uncle mistakes them for his nephews.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1985-02-15
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The Chinese Feast
Overview: Former member of a triad, Sun seeks to emigrate to Canada. He decides to become a great chef of chinese cooking and follows the teaching master Au.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1995-01-28
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Changjin, Changjin
Overview: A documentary on the making of China's war epic "The Battle at Lake Changjin".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2022-11-18
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Hong Kong Stories
Overview: A documentary about Hong Kong cinema mythology via Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud’s experience as screenwriters in the HK film industry, working for Wong Kar-wai, Tsui Hark, Daniel Lee and Johnnie To
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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The Great Magician
Overview: In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl and wants her to be his seventh wife, but he's too honorable to force her. The local revolutionaries wants to kill him and bring back the republic. But when a stranger returns from abroad with mastery of magic to recover the girl he loved, who is tricking whom and who will win at the end?
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-12-22
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Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back
Overview: Tang Monk brings three disciples on a journey to the West. On the outside, everything seems harmonious. However, tension is present beneath the surface, and their hearts and minds are not in agreement. After a series of demon-capturing events, the monk and his disciples gain mutual understanding of each others' hardships and unease. Finally, they resolve their inner conflict and work together to become an all-conquering, demon-exorcising team.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2017-01-28
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Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Overview: To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay tribute to one of the great legends of world cinema. The singular artistic vision of Sergio Leone has transcended national borders, creating the Spaghetti Western genre and transforming the international cinematic panorama forever with his innovative stylistic and narrative solutions, which have now become part of the language of the movies. The film, which is enriched with precious archive footage from the Cineteca di Bologna, including rare audio recordings and film clips shot behind the scenes, sees for the first time the direct participation of the Leone family and has interviews both with Leone’s longtime collaborators and with icons of Hollywood who have been profoundly influenced by his work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-10-20
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Truth and Dare: Memories of The Blade
Overview: This documentary consists of testimonies from Tsui Hark, Koan Hui (co-writer and assistant director) and Hung Yan Yan (actor and choreographer). All three of them look back on their memories of filming and give us a large number of anecdotes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-23
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The Bodyguard
Overview: A retired bodyguard who has settled into a corner of the world where China, Russia and North Korea meet as he suffers from early dementia finds a new friend in a young girl. When her life is threatened by her father's connection with a local crime lord, .the bodyguard must call upon his long forgotten skills to save her.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2016-04-01
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The Mermaid
Overview: A playboy business tycoon, Liu Xuan, purchases the Green Gulf, a wildlife reserve, for a sea reclamation project, and uses sonar technology to get rid of the sea life in the area. Unknown to him, the Green Gulf is the home of merpeople, and the sonar has caused many of them to succumb to illness or die. Xuan's business ventures in the area are threatened when he crosses paths with the mermaid, Shan, who is sent to avenge her people.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2016-02-08
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Chasing Girls
Overview: Afro-haired Robert demonstrates over and over to his gawking cousin how easy it is to pick up girls. Robert eventually narrows the field down to two girls. One is a TV model, the other a rich girl with a red sports car working as a waitress. Robert finds the part after the pickup to be a bit more difficult.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1981-08-07
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Yi Ge Cheng Ren Dian Ying Gong Zuo Zhe De Zi Bai
Overview: An ordinary adult film staff uses seventeen minutes to talk about the chaotic market in today's Chinese film industry and how to revitalize Chinese films.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-15
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Happy Ghost III
Overview: A young, unsuccessful singer, after committing suicide, is to be reincarnated, this time into a musical family. Her spirit must get to the hospital where her future mother is currently ready to give birth to her, so that she can enter the womb and be born. Unfortunately, she misses her appointed birth time, twice, due to the accidental intervention of a young man, Mr. Hong. At first she is angry and makes life hard for him, but eventually they fall in love, although she can't stay around long as she has one last chance to be born.
Genres: Horror Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-07-03
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It Takes Two
Overview: It Takes Two is a 1982 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Karl Maka and starring Dean Shek and Richard Ng.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1982-07-15
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Kung Hei Fat Choy
Overview: Money God was being naughty in heaven and as a punishment, he was sent to Earth to do good deeds for humans. On Earth, he meets Fung, a restaurant owner and his son Ben. Money God guides Fung to success and his business begins to rise while also helping him fend off loan shark Mo. At the same time, Money God tries to woo Fung's younger sister Ellen. Later, Mo learns of the Money God and unsuccessfully tries to exploit him. As his popularity spreads across Hong Kong, cops, triads and ghostbusters start trailing the Money God.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1985-02-15
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Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
Overview: A German documentary on Hong Kong cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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The Banquet
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-11-30
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A Better Tomorrow
Overview: A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1986-08-02
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A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation
Overview: A young man falls in love with a ghost and must avoid a variety of ghostbusters out to eliminate her and each other.
Genres: Action Fantasy Animation Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-07-26
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Hong Kong Superstars
Overview: Hong Kong Superstars is a documentary
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Twin Dragons
Overview: Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-01-15
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Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
Overview: Female characters in martial arts films from Hong Kong: the women who played them and the directors who wrote the scenarios and directed the films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-01
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The Winter of 1905
Overview: Tsui Hark stars as Chinese artist and Buddhist monk Li Shutong, a.k.a. Master Hong Yi. Li travels to Japan to study Western artistic practices, and revolutionizes the teaching of art in China upon his return. Set during the turbulent era of the Russo-Japanese War circa 1905.
Genres: History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-11-01
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Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind
Overview: Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Pearl, a sadistic young girl, has observed the scene, follows the bombers and starts to manipulate them. The four criminals plan more and more daring acts.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-12-04
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Shanghai Blues
Overview: In 1937 Shanghai, a soon-to-depart soldier meets a young woman under a bridge during a Japanese air raid. They vow to meet after the war ends, but they don't know each other's name or face. Ten years later, the young woman, a nightclub singer, takes in a naive girl fresh from the country. The country girl falls in love with the would-be song-writer upstairs who, unbeknownst to the singer, is none other than the soldier from the bridge.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1984-10-11
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In the Mood for Melville
Overview: Various directors and film critics discuss Jean-Pierre Melville’s importance and influence in the world of cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-12-15
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Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-08
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Keep Rolling
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2020-12-03
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A Simple Life
Overview: The relationship between a middle-aged man and the elderly woman who has been the family's helper for sixty years.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2012-03-09
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Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Overview: A seven-part anthology film exploring the history of Hong Kong from the 1940s to present day.
Genres: Action Drama History Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2022-07-07
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Overview: This is an extremely rare example of science fiction, Hong Kong style, but, fittingly, it's unlike any sci-fi flick you've ever seen. Alien abductions, suicide pacts, superstardom, and the reality of science fiction itself is spotlighted in this bright, crazy, truly out of this world epic -- one of the more unusual movies in the Hong Kong cinema of the early 1980s. And if you know 80's Hong Kong cinema at all, you know that's really saying something!
Genres: Music Comedy Science Fiction Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-02-12
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Kung Fu Stuntmen
Overview: A new documentary film revisits the golden age of kung fu stuntmen and action directors in Hong Kong during the 1960s-'80s, exploring their pain and struggles. The documentary is a tribute to kung fu stuntmen. “They risked their lives for stunts,” said kung fu choreographer Yuen Bin. In their heyday, these stuntmen and choreographers presented the best, most creative and most complicated kung fu fight sequences anywhere in the world, creating stunts that looked seemingly impossible.
Genres: Documentary Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2021-08-28
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The Bodyguard
Overview: Wu-Lin is the successor of an ancient, once powerful Chinese clan, the "Iron Feet." After the death of his master, Wu-Lin leaves his rural village for the City of Stone-Cold looking for his fellow apprentice Jiang Li. Along the way, he becomes the bodyguard of Fei-Fei, the daughter of Jia-Shan Li, the richest family in the city, and quickly gets drawn into a mob war in order to protect her.
Genres: Action Crime Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2016-07-15
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The King of Wuxia Part 1
Overview: The life of the epoch-making master of martial arts cinema, King Hu.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2022-10-24
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The King of Wuxia Part 2
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2022-10-28
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