Jan Lam Hoi-Fung
Also Known As: 林海峰, Jan Lam Hoi-Fung, 林狗, Jan Lamb
Biography: Jan Lamb Hoi-fong is a Hong Kong DJ, singer and actor. Lamb is the elder brother of Jerry Lamb and younger brother of singer and radio personality Sandy Lamb. He formed a comedic musical duo during the late 1980s with fellow actor and comedian Eric Kot called Softhard. His wife Cass Phang is a singer.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Adult: No
Birthday: January 28, 1967
Age: 58 years old
Gender: Male
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City Hunter
Overview: A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Mary from Beijing
Overview: Ma Lei which sounds like "Mary" is a Chinese citizen, living in Hong Kong as the kept woman of a jeweler. She wishes for two things: to get her Hong Kong Identity Card, which will enable her to get work as a legal immigrant; and to marry her boyfriend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-12-24
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To Spy with Love!!
Overview: The Playgirls, a band represented by the diminutive rock enthusiast Teddy, are just performing in a bar when trouble starts. He finds a dying girl in his van; she is a spy who had just taped a film negative onto the oblivious Teddy’s poster. Two Japanese hitmen hired to get her and the negative believe that Teddy is a spy also and start to follow him. A beautiful woman from the same organization, who later claims to be a double agent, is also after him, and he is easily victimized by her games - despite protection offered to him by a rival organization.
Genres: Comedy Crime Adventure Romance Mystery
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-03-30
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林海峰是但噏求其大合唱
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Genres: Music
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2008-02-25
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My Life as McDull
Overview: McDull is not the brightest kid on the block, but he continuously tries to do his best to please his mother. Still it seems he may not be destined for great things like she wishes, but McDull strives to try anyway.
Genres: Animation Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2001-12-15
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A Tale from the East
Overview: The Little Princess and her bodyguard Jiang travel 200 years from the past to the present day. They are relentlessly pursued by the evil General Shea Hai, a vicious and seemingly indestructible puffy-faced Blood Devil demon who wants to get his hands on a magical pearl the Little Princess possesses. Sweet Kot-Yee, her fat, greedy brother Chu Tai-Lit, and two goofy electricians come to the aid of the Little Princess and Jiang.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Comedy Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-06-28
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McDull, the Alumni
Overview: In McDull, the Alumni, our protagonist has grown up. He is no longer the little boy who banters with his mates at school. How he wishes he could just go on bantering all day long with his mates at the renowned Flower on the Spring Field Kindergarten. But that is not to be. Like all grown-ups, he has to grapple with harsh reality. McDull and his mates are scattered all over the place. Each one of them has to find his or her own path. In each of their hearts, they know they have failed. Meanwhile, life goes on in the kindergarten. Someone strums a guitar and the pupils chime in to the song: Puff the magic dragon, lives by the sea… A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys. With hindsight, McDull believes this could well be the maxim of the Flower on the Spring Field Kindergarten alumni.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2006-01-22
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Black Rose II
Overview: Heroine Black Rose disappeared from the world 30 years ago. Actually she was rejected by the man she loves, Lui Kei, and thus trapped him in a house. 30 years later, Black Rose meets a young man Ah Mo. The girl he loves Tic Tac is kidnapped by the evil Suen Mui Tong (Sour Plum Soup), so he asks Black Rose to help. Lui Kei while trying to talk Black Rose into saving Tic Tac finally falls in love with her. Suen Mui Tong discovers Black Rose is still alive, which brings up the history of hate between Black Rose and her mother...
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-03-01
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Brief Encounter In Shinjuku
Overview: The hilarious sequel to the 1989 hit The Yuppie Fantasia, Brief Encounter in Shinjuku brings back Lawrence Cheng as a thirty-something Hong Kong yuppie finding misadventures in love and marriage. Leung Foon and Ann reunite after the events of The Yuppie Fantasia, but issues still exist. Ann works overtime to be a better wife, and Leung Foon attempts mightily to be a model, upright husband.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-02-16
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1:99 Shorts
Overview: Shorts made by 11 directors in order to fight against the SARS epidemy that occurred in China and Hong Kong in 2003. The shorts were produced by the Information Service Departement of the Government of HK SAR. The aim was to bring back confidence to the HK popuation. The running-time is 1 to 2 minutes for each short.12 Short films: 1-"Rhapsody", director: Johnny To and Wai Ka-fai; 2-"My Sow Is Not Feeling Well", director: Fruit Chan; 3-"Smile", director: Teddy Chen; 4-"Of a Cause" (Animation) director: Tsui Hark; 5-"Hong Kong - A Winner", director: Stephen Chow; 6-"Who's Miss Hong Kong?", director: Joe Ma; 7-"Family of Heroes", director: Alex Law and Mabel Cheung; 8-"Until Then", director: Gordon Chan and Dante Lam; 9- "McDull 1:99" director: Brian Tse; 10-"Spring, 2003", director: Peter Chan; 11-"A Glorious Future", director: Andrew Lau and Alan Mak; 12-"Making of 1:99", director: Wong Shou-Ping.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2003-08-04
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In Between
Overview: Three directors deliver three stories about the love in the modern world.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-01-06
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Leave Me Alone
Overview: Gay fashion designer Yiu Chun Man (Ekin Cheng) is visited in Hong Kong by his straight twin brother, Yiu Chun Kit (also Ekin Cheng). Kit borrows his brother’s driver’s license, and is then involved in a car crash in which a woman dies (see also Ab-normal Beauty), and Kit falls into a coma. With no ID card, Man is unable to prove his identity, so he assumes the identity of his brother, and takes up with Kit’s girlfriend, Jane, (Charlene Choi), and goes with her to Thailand. Jane, however, is having some money problems, and is deeply indebted to a loan shark (Dayo Wong), who pursues Man and Jane. Kit comes out of his coma and finds himself struggling to fend off the amorous advances of Man's boyfriend (Jan Lamb), who is a high-ranking Hong Kong police officer.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2004-11-18
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The Sparring Partner
Overview: Adapted from a sensational real-life case in 2013, the intricate story begins when a young man partners with his friend to murder and dismember his parents. Pleading not guilty, the defense attorneys soon turn on each other, as the defendants play the devil and idiot game. Meanwhile, heated debates emerge inside the jury room, where nine jurors grapple with the truth.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2022-10-27
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Break Up 100
Overview: Sam and Barbara have been together for eight years, but the key to their relationship is breaking up. Each time Barbara threatens to leave, Sam would give in and beg her to come back, giving her an increasing upper hand. After their 99th breakup, the couple finally decides to stick through with their relationship and not break up so easily. They plan a future together by running their own café. Ironically, the success of the café starts driving Sam and Barbara apart, and the 100th breakup between Sam and Barbara seems to be just around the corner.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2014-08-01
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Divergence
Overview: A cop, a lawyer, and an assassin cross paths after the murder of a federal witness and the kidnapping of a famous pop star.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2005-04-28
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Run
Overview: A lonely and broken hearted Hall (Leon Lai) settles down in a rustic cats town in Mexico hope to start a new life. Unfortunately his striking resemblance to the town's notorious killer known as Guitar Killer will change his plans. A continuous action-packed bloody attack by the Guitar Killer's enemies will ensue. This is the Hong Kong remake of the classic El Mariachi.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-09-17
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4 Faces of Eve
Overview: Made up of four short stories. One, a lonely hooker can't stop crying whenever she has sex with her clients. She approaches a shrink and ends up stalking him. Two, a long suffering wife and the mistress of her husband bonds. Three, a weird tale of a lesbian avenging her comatose twin sister by killing her unfaithful boyfriend. And lastly, a woman one day suddenly decides that she had enough of her failing marriage and desperately seeks a reinvention of her life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1996-10-30
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McDull, Prince de la Bun
Overview: To secure a better future, Mrs Mc sends her son McDull (who is a piglet attending kindergarten) to many different classes and she has also bought her grave on mortgage. Inspired by J K Rowling, Mrs Mc tries her hand at writing. At bedtime, she tells McDull the story she wrote although McDull keeps asking her to read him Harry Potter instead. The story she wrote is actually the story of McDull's father, McBing, Prince de la Bun
Genres: Animation Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2004-06-24
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McDull, Kung Fu Kindergarten
Overview: As the 18th descendant of an extremely insignificant philosopher and inventor from ancient China, McDull is fortunate that he does not have a lot to live up to. However, his mother has higher aspirations for him and decides to send him to a martial arts school in China. Overweight and slow on his feet, McDull is the last of his classmates to run away when the headmaster needs to choose someone to represent the school in an international children's martial arts competition.
Genres: Family Animation Comedy Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2009-07-24
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Marry a Rich Man
Overview: Mi, a propane delivery girl, declares to the heavens that she must marry a rich man. On a flight to Milan Me meets Christmas, a cute, rich Hong Kong resident who immediately takes a shine to Mi. She thinks she’s hit the jackpot, but as soon as they land the two are pick-pocketed by a local. Undaunted, they go on a “poor man’s date” making the run of Milan without a penny. And the two get along famously, leading Me to the conclusion that her cynical gold-digging plans have worked.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2002-02-07
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Bug Me Not!
Overview: Moon is a young misfit who has the ability to talk to bugs. Moon has always been perceived as a "misfit" because she spoke baby talk too long. She has a crush on a boy named Hyland who works in a store across the street from her house. Unknown to Moon, Hyland has a serious problem with body contact with other people. Moon also meets Coochie, an endearing ladybug who speaks to her and becomes part of her daily life, advising her. Moon meets a band of kids who also has abilities, including telekinetic twins, a high jumping teen, a fortune teller, a boy with x-ray vision that is a semi-pervert. Leading these misfits is a woman named Auntie who looks early to mid 20s but her actual age is 70. Auntie wants both Moon and Hyland to join her band of misfits because of Moon's abilities and Hyland's ability to dodge other people's attacks.
Genres: Fantasy Romance Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2005-07-20
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She Remembers, He Forgets
Overview: A wonderfully charming and bittersweet story about teenage friendship, idealist dreams and a city that transcend changing times, this rare Hong Kong-produced gem influenced by Hayao Miyazaki and Shunji Iwai sweeps with nostalgia. In search of an answer for her broken marriage, Gigi journeys into her shiny high school year memories only to discover a deeply hidden secret that will transform her life.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2015-11-05
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Trivial Matters
Overview: 7 Short Story Collection from Hong Kong popular director, Elmond Pang. All about social problem in Hong Kong, delivered in a satirical way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2007-12-20
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Weeds on Fire
Overview: Inspired by the true story of Hong Kong’s first teenage baseball team. In the 1980s, two childhood friends join the Shatin Martins, a Band 3 school baseball team managed by the school principal. From these humble beginnings, the boys experience camaraderie, fall in love and make fateful decisions that resonate throughout their lives amid a changing Hong Kong and its sporting world.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2016-04-23
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Out of the Blue
Overview: An experimental film directed by Jan Lam. It is reminiscent of Wong Kar-wai films like Fallen Angels and has an homage to Edward Yang's The Terrorizers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1995-10-27
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Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke
Overview: Three friends begin a contest to find Karen, a particular girl they all like. The limits: one month, and no advertising or radio. The prize: the losers withdraw and the winner gets free reign to woo her.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-09-12
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29+1
Overview: A story of two women, Christy Lam and Wong Tin-lok, who are both turning 30.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2017-05-11
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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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Teaching Sucks
Overview: Anthony Wong and Jan Lamb are unenthusiastic teachers till new colleague Cathy Tsui rekindles their interest in school and life.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-10-25
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Out of the Blur
Overview: 14 vignettes without dialogue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1996-09-01
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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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The Great War: Director's Cut
Overview: The Great War: Director's Cut (2013)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-07-02
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The World of Treasure
Overview: South Africa’s diamond king, Jue Gung, neglected his loved ones and decided to return to Hong Kong for the New Year. His family attempts to gain favor with him, in hopes of inheriting some of his wealth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1995-01-21
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Tricky Business
Overview: Happy specializes in playing tricks. But he refuses to work for Shi, a rich man, as the job is against his principle, Shi is very angry and asks for the help of Ling, the enemy of Happy. By coincidence, Happy meets Moon, a blind girl suffering from cancer. Happy feels pity and also falls for her. However, he isn’t aware that it is just a trick…
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1995-03-29
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Love Off the Cuff
Overview: Shawn Yue and Miriam Yeung reprise their popular roles as a star-crossed couple who strive to stay together happily ever after, only to find their already precarious relationship further strained, when Jimmy’s childhood friend asks him to donate sperm, and Cherie is troubled by the re-marriage of her father.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2017-04-27
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軟硬天師 Long Time No See Softhard Hong Kong Coliseum 2006
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Original Language: cn
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Heroes in Love
Overview: "Heroes in Love" is a collection of short films about young love in Hong Kong.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2001-04-20
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Hello Babies
Overview: The rich merchant Lui Ming and a his old opponent Yeung Wai fight for everything for years. This time they compete for first to be grandpa! Yeung is going have a grandson from his son Alex and daughter in law Shan. Lui therefore threat his grandnephew couple Scallop and Snowy who live off his money to have baby, or will cut off all financial supports. Lui also hire the Super Star midwife Gong San to supervise and urge Scallop and Snowy. The couple’s life turns upside down, but recalls their romantic passion of the beginning of love…
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2014-01-11
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Hot Summer Days
Overview: In "Hot Summer Days" a hot summer heat wave engulfs the Chinese territory, while the movie covers the lives of various characters during that time. There's chaffeur Wah who tries to woo foot masseur Li Yan via text messages, air conditioner repairman Ah Wai interested in biker girl Ding Dong, a master sushi chef who spurns the love of writer Wasabi, country hick Da Fu who tries to impress teddy bear factory worker Xiao Qi Angela Baby by standing out in the hot noon sun for 100 days, & photographer Leslie Guan & assistant attempting to track down a woman who they believed cursed the photographer into blindness ...
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-02-11
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Women from Mars
Overview: A hairdresser, a village leader and a veterinarian each have girlfriends but still insist on playing the field. One night, a demon spirit arrives to teach them a lesson by taking their "goods" away. To get their "goods" back, the trio must each have a woman tell them "I love you."
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2002-05-23
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Cause We Are So Young
Overview: Cause We Are So Young is a Hong Kong Comedy Drama
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-07-10
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林海峰是但噏廣東話（2016）
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2016-07-18
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林海峰是但噏我好驚（2012）
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-10-17
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林海峰是但噏踎低噴飯（2006）
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2006-06-15
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林海峰是但噏我願意
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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林海峰是但噏發花癲
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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