James Yi Lui
Actor · 1939 – 1999 · Guangdong, China
James Yi Lui was born in 1943, the son of famed comic actor Yi Chau-shui. At age 17, he joined Shaw Brothers as a bit part actor, starting with Sweet Girl in Terror in 1958. A breakout role in Teddy Girls (1969) moved him up to lead and major supporting roles until he achieved stardom with his comedic turn in Adventure in Denmark (1973). He continued to appear in films (nearly 100 total) until 1989 and also formed his own production company, Daai Sing, which enabled him to direct and produced several films. He retired after directing and starring in the ghost comedy Excuse Me, Please! in 1989 and passed away ten years later from heart disease.
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Movie6.4ActionCrimeTwo blood brothers, who have grown up on the streets of Macau, are bound together by a special code of honour. However, this bond ultimately leads them into brutal conflict when they struggle to leave the violent world they live in.
Movie5.5ComedyHorrorSpecially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts and cannibalistic zombies.
Movie5.1HorrorComedyA compulsive gambler weds a ghost who helps and hinders him in both horrid and hilarious ways.
Movie5.7ActionDramaIn Hong Kong, a Chinese cook swallows a microfilm by accident and becomes a target.
Foxbat
1977 · 7 votes
Movie5.4ActionTwo brothers, one wrongly accused of a crime, go on a mission of vengeance to find the men who framed him.
Movie3.7DramaThe plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from mainland China.
Movie7.0ComedyHorrorA group of flim-flam friends are chased by the mob and then by ghosts in this horror comedy.
MovieDramaCrimeTwo rival street gangs from Kowloon go to war over turf and bar girls so as to dominate the area and maximize their takings; however things go from bad to worse as the girls start to get involved in the bloody feud.
Movie7.0ThrillerEarly Shaw Brothers thriller.
Movie5.7MusicComedyA second-rate private eye sees a woman's UFO abduction claim as his ticket to fame and fortune.
Movie6.5HorrorThrillerA cop suffering from "posterior ulcers" tries to catch a serial killer who seeks out victims with medical problems. One suspect is a man who makes pies from guts, which the cop inadvertantly eats. Eventually the hero cop finds himself tied to an operating table with the killer preparing to deal with his "posterior ulcers"!
Movie4.6DramaActionThe Pink Squad is comprised of four strong, tough women (Sandra Ng, Ann Bridgewater, Suki Kwan in her film debut, and Elsie Chan) who do their police work efficiently and successfully. As a result, their chauvinistic superiors in the police department are always scheming to try and get them fired.
Movie9.5ComedyCrimeMistaken Identity is a Hong Kong Crime-Comedy directed by Tsui Siu-Ming and starring Richard Ng.
Movie9.0ActionAdventureHapkido Master Kim Jin Pal takes on a mass of Japanese bushido experts in occupied China Bolo plays Zatoichi hired by the Japanese as a last resort to take on the might of Kim's boot.
MovieDramaActionHong Kong action / crime / drama.
Movie4.8ActionDramaPoor 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.
Movie7.3ActionCrimeSimon Yam plays a cop that has just been released from jail after serving some years there. He claims he is innocent of all charges, and was in fact "framed".
Movie4.2A 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?
Movie3.0ActionAdventureTwo Chinese men go to Copenhagen for some reason. While one of them philanders around with various Danish and Asian women, the other falls in love with his Chinese tour guide, but takes time to have various drawn-out kung fu battles with a seemingly endless amount of thugs sent by his partner's overweight and very jealous girlfriend back home.
Movie7.0Action
Movie10.0DramaA story of female sex workers across all social strata.
Movie8.0DramaActionA gangster thriller.