Yew Kwang Han
Writer
Han Yew Kwang studied to be an architect but ended up as a scriptwriter at MediaCorp and then later SPH Channel U. In 2002, his short film The Call Home (2002) won Best Short Film at the Singapore International Film festival and garnered him great attention. He made his first feature Unarmed Combat in 2005, and followed that up with romance comedy 18 Grams of Love (2007). In 2009, he was awarded the National Arts Council Young Artist Award. His next features were a romantic comedy telemovie Love in a Cab (2010) and comedy When Hainan Meets Teochew (2011). His next project was the sex comedy, Rubbers (2015). Most recently, Yew Kwang directed the supernatural romance comedy When Ghost Meets Zombie (2019), starring Nathan Hartono.
Movies3
MovieComedyDramaMiddle-aged Metal manages a laundry shop. He grows weary of domineering over his weak and timid wife Fendie, as he becomes infatuated with a mysterious young customer, Pingmei, who runs a home-based massage business. Impressed with Pingmei’s massage strength and dexterity, Metal intimidates his wife to join and train for a women’s arm-wrestling contest. Fendie develops an obsession in winning the contest and the tables turn when her strength surpasses Metal.
Unarmed Combat
2005
Movie4.0ComedyRomanceA romantic comedy usually involves a handsome man and a pretty lady. But what happens when it's a 'manly' woman, and a 'womanly' man? One day, a brassiere drops on Teochew. He immediately wins the lottery and decides to keep it. Hainan begins an arduous search for her precious underwear, distributing hundreds of missing posters around her neighbourhood. Teochew sees one of the posters, and his curiosity is piqued. Bumping into Hainan one day, he asks about the brassiere, although he has no intention of returning it. Unfortunately, he lets slip more than he should, and Hainan becomes suspicious...
When Hainan Meets Teochew
2010 · 2 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
A couple hilariously attempts to create and submit a home movie to win the prize of Singapore's Funniest Home Video.
Singapore's Funniest Home Video
2003 · 1 votes