Anthony Chan

On holidays in Hong Kong, Mrs Ma gives birth to identical twins. A criminal in the same hospital attempts to escape, taking one of the twins hostage. The child is lost during the confusion, and Mr and Mrs Ma return to New York with one child. Years later, John Ma is a famous conductor and pianist, unaware that his twin brother "Boomer" is a mechanic/race car driver/bodyguard in Hong Kong. When John travels to Hong Kong to give a concert, the twins get caught up in each other's business, about which they are anything but experts. (imdb)

Story of a cop who forsakes his dreams of sailing around the world so that he can care for his mentally retarded brother... (imdb)

A ghost sucks the life-force out of a one of Uncle Nine's student. The other is slowly turned into a vampire... (imdb)

Lesile is a young guy that uses the MTR everyday, and one day, he sees a beautiful lady (Maggie Cheung) on the train and likes her immediately. On the other hand, he also knows a tomboy (Anita Mui) on the train too (and she likes him too!). Then, with side-kicks like Chan and others the chase of love in the MTR system begins. (imdb plot summary)

Hou's first movie is a romantic comedy about a couple which is in love for each other.

Play while You Play, usually known as Cheerful Wind (1981), is Hou Hsiao-hsien's second film, a romantic drama about a blind man and a somewhat self-indulgent television producer. It's one of his three commercial "musicals," and seldom seen, let alone discussed. I think that stylistically these films lay the groundwork for his Taiwanese New Wave films from The Sandwich Man onward. (surrealmoviez)

Stephen Chow stars in this madcap yarn about petty hood Vincent Han who is hired by the gangster to steal the will of his dead boss. At the same time, another mobster named Wei has contracted out Rubbish Feng to pose as the dead crime boss' sister Fei-fei so she can swipe the will. Soon Vincent gets the idea to seduce Fei-fei, but in so doing, the two fall in love. Vincent and Rubbish eventually reveal their real motives right before their wedding. (allmovie.com)

Two men plot to kill their beautiful but nagging and unbearable wives. (imdb)

In Hong Kong, a world trade center, the terrorists of Libya are trading weapons for diamonds from Japan's Yakuza. Police commander Walter Tso, orders to stop the barter. People plan to have the Lucky Stars to steal the diamonds and bait them to get the Libyans. But the Lucky Stars said No to their leader Kidstuff. Kidstuff has to recruit five new Lucky Stars from the force. (hkcinemagic.com)

Sammo and Kenny are lowly employees if a jewelry shop. Sammo too often is the target of abuse from the manageress. One day the two are sent to show the diamonds to a sheik. They are robbed on their way to the bank. One by one they are being accused to be in collusion with the robbers. That makes Sammo very angry. To get even, he plans to kidnap the manageress. Kenny somehow learns of the plot. Sammo gets the wrong woman, accidentally kidnapping Joel. (hkcinemagic.com)

A public-housing tenement is plunged into a dark storm of supernatural chaos, in this loving tribute to the cult classic Hong Kong horror-comedy series Mr. Vampire. (tiff.net)

A Taoist Priest isn't too happy when his Buddhist Priest colleague moves in next door. They are subject to constant feuds and duels, but soon must overcome their odds towards each other when a vampire breaks loose from his coffin in a nearby procession and threatens to wreak havoc to the countryside. (imdb)

The sequal to A Happy Bigamist, this movie follows the lives of both Anthony Chan and Kenny Bee after their wives (Anita Mui and Pat Ha respectively) have left them. With both of their wives gone, they both try to woo Cherie Chung without letting her know that they are living together. (imdb)

Chung is in charge of an advertising company in Hong Kong. He's about to marry a model Woo. But Chung finds that Woo is cheating on him on her birthday. He's hurt so he goes to Korea for his new commercial. Chung starts to appreciate a Chinese singer Chelsia Chen by watching TV. He invites her to join his commercial shooting and they fall in love with each other. The commercial's successful in Hong Kong and Chelsia becomes a star now. (hkcinemagic.com)

The wife of a heart surgeon, suffering from temporary blindness, is home alone. But a strange man ingratiates himself into her household in order to avenge the seduction and death of his wife, for which the surgeon appears responsible... (hkcinemagic)

1. IDENTIKIT LOVE Chan has difficulties solving the case since the piece of skull was so incomplete. Chan is inspired to use Winnie's feature for double exposure... 2. DRAGON SEEDING In the future, child birth is decided by computers to maintain the quality of society will be consolidated. Eric and Candice every time can only have a female "quota"... 3. BETWIXT TWINS Tong falls in love with her twin sister's boyfriend. So she kills her sister and marries the man without his knowing the swit (hkcinemagic.com)

David died a virgin, and the Doomsday Book says a virgin ghost has no right for reincarnation until he deflowers a human virgin. So David assumes the human shape and goes after Yen. Yen's boyfriend finds out that David is a ghost and warns her, but she doesn't listen. It's now up to him to protect her--against her will--from the sneaky and sex-crazed ghost of David. (hkcinemagic.com)

Director/actor Anthony Chan joined award-winning social satirist Alfred Cheung Kin-ting to create and act in this delightful variation on the hugely successful British Carry On! film series. It all takes place at St. Morant Hospital where a harried but lovely administrator (Meg Lam) must deal with lusty interns, chaste (and chased) student nurses, a delirious surgeon, a dissection fiend, a criticizing Commissioner, and gross negligence at regular intervals. (hkcinemagic.com)

The two Cheng sisters leave war-torn Shanghai for Hong Kong. They take on another guest along the way, and move in with their cousin in Hong Kong, now a close unit of four friends. Through highs and lows, they all learn to live with each other. (hkcinemagic.com)

Once there are two detectives in the police force, Fatty and Lanky, they have been very, very good friends, that until the day Gigi comes to their department for work. Fatty and Lanky immediately go after her skirt. Fatty and Lanky must find Boss Sin. They try to get information from Sin's man Fairyman who considers himself the biggest lover in town. (hkcinemagic.com)

The five members of the band the Wynners are all packing up, ready for a singing tour in USA. Uncle Kau, a boss of a triad, planning to exchange their guitars with narcotics inside with the Wynners', so that their narcotics can be carried to USA. But he fails, as the Wynners has to cancel their plan, for a fire broke out in the night club. Uncle Kau thus dispatches three of his followers Wo, Anny and Jane to steal back the guitars. (hkcinemagic.com)

Airline stewardess Ko Sau Ping used to be a smuggling agent of Big Boss Lee. In one of their biggest deals, they conspire to keep the goods and to secretly obtain the profits for themselves. As soon as the under-the-table transaction has been completed, Big Boss Lee gets notified of the event and immediately sends his followers to trace back the goods. Ko gets hurt in falling from a height. (hkcinemagic.com)

Ah Sun of the drama society leads a dramatic private life off-stage as well as on. His ex-wife Kong loses her last cent in business; and after going bankrupt is left without a place to stay. As she is entitled to own half of Ah Sun's house, she moves back. Ching, Sun's girlfriend, is determined to show who's the mistress. Her exaggerated actions embarrass Kong, and Kong soon has a chance to hit back. Ah Sun's rich aunt returns for a visit and has not been told about their divorce... (hkcinemagic.com)

The end of the reign of the Manchus sees the confinement of the Emperor Pu Yi to the Forbidden City and the dissolution of his court. Court officials and the once-powerful eunuchs leave Peking and spread across the countryside. In a village in the Shantung Province, Lai Shi, the nine-year-old son of a poor family, decides to be a eunuch. Lai Shi does not comprehend the dramatic forces of republicanism and revolution that are sweeping the vast country. (hkcinemagic.com)

Toy designer, Yoda Law breaks up with his girlfriend and colleague Lily, and picks up an acquaintance with Jane, a shrew from a wealthy family. Jane poses herself as a girl delinquent persecuted by the underworld, and Low decides to help her turn over a new leaf. Law is always nagged by Lily and her proprietress Janet. Jane takes his side and encourages him to design a world popular muppet doll as a souvenir, then to quit. Ching and Law subsequently work in a Fast Food Shop. Impressed by the cha (badpandashop.com)

Those who grew up in Hong Kong in the 1970s definitely remember the Wynners, a band formed by Alan Tam, Kenny Bee, Bennett Pang, Danny Yip, and Anthony Chan. They first dabbled into the film industry with Let's Rock in 1975, and in 1978 Taiwanese director Chen Yao Chi created another Wynners movie Making It. With a script tailored for the Wynners, youth film Making It is an updated Chinese version of The Prince and the Pauper. (yesasia)

Tin bears an uncanny resemblance to a psychotic serial killer, and now the cops are chasing the wrong man. He and his cousin Wawa must catch the killer on their own to prove their innocence. (imdb)

Martyr Sun Zhongshan was captured by the Japanese and his comrades were all killed. Only Hua managed to survive and escaped, Hua was desperate to rescue Sun and he wrote to inform five legendary men in Canton for help. Soon after the delivery of the letters, Hua was taken by the Japanese. Luckily, the five men received the letters and came to Shanghai. (asianwiki)

After being rescued from the hangman's noose for a crime unbefitting the punishment, Chi Hsiang (Anthony Chan Keung) returns to his village home after a three year absence. There he discovers local bully turned tyrant, Tien Pioa in league with the Japanese and bleeding the poor farmers for all they possess. At first Chi refuses to help fearing it would merely cause more problems. However, the killing of his school's teacher (Jack Long) ultimately causes him to rethink his stance. (Wu Tang Collection)

Maggie Cheung plays an actress who shares an apartment building with Kenny Bee. They meet one day when she walks in on him in the toilet, and an odd sort of relationship begins. Although their lives are unfolding along radically different trajectories, an upwardly mobile movie starlet and an earthy taxi driver (Kenny Bee) fall deeply in love and try to maintain their relationship amidst the anti-colonial unrest of 1960s Hong Kong. (hkcinemagic)

Bodyguard Ah Sun is sent to protect his boss' son, only to meet and fall in love with his gorgeous mistress. (imdb)

Heralded as the funniest Hong Kong comedy of the early 1980s, this was Shaw Brothers' most popular film of 1983. Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting won the Hong Kong Film Best Screenplay Award for this delightful comedy of modern manners. As director, he also guided co-star Ceclilia Yip Tung to a Best Actress award. Watch for teenage Anita Mui Yim Fong, just beginning her road to superstardom, in the supporting role of the philandering husband's mistress! (hkcinemagic)

Long ago in China, corpses are supposed to be able to follow orders given by a leader and "jump" to their respective burial places. However, some drug dealers use this method to smuggle opium.

Years ago, a village head in the Hong Kong countryside executed a man for committing adultery by drowning him in the ocean. His mistress, in attempts to flee the village, dies when she plummets into a pool of quicksand. Years later, people swimming in the ocean mysteriously vanishes, and their bodies wash ashore days later. A local policeman named Lu Hsien who practices Taoist magic believes a water ghost (presumably the ghost of the adulterer) is responsible for their deaths...

A cop is assigned to a case of escorting a criminal to Japan while dealing with relationship problems, and his enormous change in appearance as a result of being dumped.

Two mismatched Hong Kong police detectives, Yau and Yue, were assigned to work undercover as a live-in couple to track down a serial killer accused of murdering adulterers. In the meantime, Yau (Anthony Chan) is coping with his girlfriend having left him, and Yue (Sandra Ng) is losing her boyfriend to a college girlfriend of his. (imdb)

Fresh from his smashing directorial debut comedy, "Let's Make Laugh", Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting returns to the screen with this seriocomic look at the clash of cultures that results when a Mainland Chinese peasant brings his family to Hong Kong. "Family Light Affair", whose Chinese title literally translates as "City Lights", is the director/writer's warm-hearted memoir of street life in the early 1980s, featuring an eclectic cast of pop music and kung fu stars who shine in their poignant roles.