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Yau Nai-hoi
Yau Nai-hoi () is a Hong Kong screenwriter and director. He is best known as a frequent screenwriter for films produced by the independent film, independent Hong Kong production company Milkyway Image, notably films directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai. Yau often collaborates with fellow Milkyway Image writers Wai Ka-Fai, Szeto Kam-Yuen, Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing. His directorial debut arrived with the 2007 film ''Eye in the Sky (2007 film), Eye in the Sky''. Filmography *''Blind Detective'' (2013) (writer) *''Drug War (film), Drug War'' (2012) (writer) *''Romancing in Thin Air'' (2012) (writer) *''Life Without Principle (film), Life Without Principle'' (2011) (writer) *''Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011 film), Don't Go Breaking My Heart'' (2011) (writer) *''Tactical Unit – Comrades in Arms'' (2009) (writer) *''Triangle (2007 film), Triangle'' (2007) (writer) *''Eye in the Sky (2007 film), Eye in the Sky'' (2007) (director) (writer) *''Election 2 (a.k.a. Triad Election)' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You (surname)
You () is the pinyin romanization of several Chinese family names including 尤 Yóu, 游 Yóu, 犹 Yóu, 由 Yóu, 右 Yòu, 幽 Yōu, etc. Among these names, 尤 Yóu and 游 Yóu are relatively common. 尤 Yóu is the 19th surname in Hundred Family Surnames. In Wade–Giles romanization system, You is spelled as Yu. Notable people Yóu 尤 It is the 19th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. *You Ching (born 1942), Taiwanese diplomat *You Quan (born 1954), Chinese politician, former Communist Party Secretary of Fujian province *You Yong (born 1963), Chinese actor * You Wenhui (born 1979), Chinese volleyball player * You Meihong (born 1993), Chinese swimmer * You Zhangjing (born 1994), Malaysian singer and songwriter, former member of Nine Percent *You Xiaodi (born 1996), Chinese tennis player * Yu Ming-shi, Administrative Deputy Minister of Coast Guard Administration of the Republic of China Yóu 游 *You Benchang (born 1933), Chinese actor * You Hwai-yin (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Au Kin-Yee
Au Kin-yee () is a Hong Kong screenwriter. She is a long-time screenwriter for films directed by Johnnie To and/or Wai Ka-Fai of Milkyway Image and frequently works alongside writers Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi and Yip Tin-Shing Yip Tin-shing (; born 20 October 1965) is a Hong Kong screenwriter. Career Yip is a long-time screenwriter for films directed by Johnnie To and/or Wai Ka-fai of Milkyway Image and frequently works alongside screenwriters Szeto Kam-yuen .... Filmography Awards and nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Au, Kin-Yee Hong Kong people Hong Kong women writers Hong Kong screenwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fat Choi Spirit
''Fat Choi Spirit'' () is a 2002 Hong Kong comedy film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, and starring Andy Lau, Lau Ching-wan, Louis Koo, Gigi Leung and Cherrie In. The film is a comedy, falling into the peculiar Hong Kong genre of Mahjong films, and was released during the Lunar New Year of 2002. Plot Andy is an extremely compulsive Mahjong player. Thrown out of the house by his mother and ignored by his more academically gifted and successful younger brother, Louis, he had a hard time running away from debt collectors. One day he met a woman named Gigi after a run-in with some of the debt collectors' men. Gigi started out as a thief, but because she fell for him and gave him immense luck, Andy gained great success with his extreme good luck in mahjong games and became very rich. However, he refused to marry Gigi because she, though a nice woman when with him, was a sore loser who threw temper tantrums when on the verge of losing mahjong games. She could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts
''My Left Eye Sees Ghosts'' () is a 2002 Hong Kong film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai, and starring Sammi Cheng, Lau Ching-Wan, Lee San-San, and Cherrie Ying. The film includes elements of tongue-in-cheek horror, comedy, romance and drama, and does not fit neatly into any one genre. Synopsis May Ho (Sammi Cheng) is a woman who inherits a vast fortune when her rich husband drowns in a scuba diving accident in the Caribbean. May told several joking lies to win her Stanford-educated, extremely successful husband, and his mother and sister are less than pleased when they find out, especially since they still harbor suspicions about her motives in marrying her husband after knowing him for only seven days. Nonetheless, the house, fortune, and a portion of the family fashion company are hers. Depressed, alone, and deeply missing her husband (feelings further exacerbated when her husband's dog, Whisky, dies), May goes on a binge of eating, drinking, smoking, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love For All Seasons
Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest Interpersonal relationship, interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love for food. Most commonly, love refers to a feeling of a strong attraction and emotional attachment (psychology), attachment.''Oxford Illustrated American Dictionary'' (1998) Love is considered to be both positive and negative, with its virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection, as "the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another" and its vice representing human morality, moral flaw, akin to vanity, selfishness, amour-propre, and egotism, as potentially leading people into a type of mania, Obsessive love, obsessiveness or codependency. It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turn Left, Turn Right
''Turn Left, Turn Right'' () is a 2003 romance film, filmed in Taipei, Taiwan. Produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai, the film stars Takeshi Kaneshiro and Gigi Leung. The story is based on the illustrated book ''A Chance of Sunshine'' by Taiwanese author Jimmy Liao, who makes a cameo appearance with his wife and daughter in the film. It is also the first Chinese-language Asian film ever from produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The original graphic novel was first published in 1999. The characters in the novel were not given names, both characters were only referred to as "him" and "her". Chinese title of the book translates to "Turn Left, Turn Right", ''A Chance of Sunshine'' is the original English title of the book, on the newer published editions the English title is shown as "Turn Left, Turn Right". The book consists of a series of detailed illustrated images, with a small amount of text in poetry style. The film has managed to include every single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Election 2
''Election 2'' (literal title: ''Triad (underground societies), Black Society: Harmony is a Virtue''), also known as ''Triad Election'' in the United States, is a 2006 Category III films, Category III Hong Kong crime film directed by Johnnie To with a large ensemble cast including Louis Koo, Simon Yam and Nick Cheung. A sequel to the 2005 film ''Election (2005 film), Election'', the film concludes the events of the first film centring on triad boss Lok, who struggles to get re-elected as his two-year term approaches its end. He faces competition from Jimmy, who wants to retire from the triad to be a legitimate businessman, but gets drawn into the conflict surrounding the election. ''Election 2'' enjoyed box office success in Hong Kong and being shown as an "Official Selection" at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Afterwards, it became a popular hit on the international festival circuit. Stephen Teo, author of ''Director in Action: Johnnie To and the Hong Kong Action Film'' (2007), w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triangle (2007 Film)
''Triangle'' () is a 2007 Hong Kong action film produced and directed by Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam, and Johnnie To. The film's title refers to both the acclaimed trio of filmmakers and to the uneasy brotherhood of the film's three protagonists. ''Triangle'' tells one story which is told in three thirty-minute segments, independently helmed by the three directors. It stars Louis Koo, Simon Yam and Sun Honglei as a group of friends who uncover a hidden treasure that quickly draws attention among others. The film's tagline is "Temptation. Jealousy. Destiny." Each word is often associated with the segments that appear in chronological order. The first Hong Kong film made in a frame story format, ''Triangle'' had each director take charge of a film segment, bringing in their own production team and screenwriters to continue the story set in motion by the previous director. Critics made easy notice of the lack of continuity in between each segment, since the trio of directors did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tactical Unit – Comrades In Arms
''Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms'' () is a 2009 Hong Kong film directed by Law Wing-Cheong. This film is also called "PTU 2", in reference to the first film in the series, '' PTU'', though it is not the second entry in the ''Tactical Unit'' series. "Comrades in Arms" has been featured in the ''2009 Hong Kong Film Panorama'' in Brussels, the ''2009 New York Asian Film Festival'' of New York City, the 2009 ''Zero em Comportamento'' festival of Lisbon, and the ''2009 Fantasia Festival'' of Montreal. Plot As a front-line police officer, you never leave a brother behind or bite a brother's behind... Tactical Unit Column Sergeant Sam (Simon Yam) and May (Maggie Siu) have been working together for some time but have never got along well. May is promoted recently as she always wins praises from her supervisor, whereas Sam is shut out from any chance of promotion. As a result, their column's morale drops to all-time low. A daring bank heist takes the tactical unit to Hong Kong's remote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011 Film)
''Don't Go Breaking My Heart'' is a 2011 Hong Kong-Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, making this the twelfth film they have collaborated on together. The film stars Louis Koo, Daniel Wu and Gao Yuanyuan. The film opened the 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival on 20 March 2011. It was then released theatrically in Hong Kong on 31 March 2011. Plot Chi-yan (Gao Yuanyuan) is an analyst who just broke up with her boyfriend (Terence Yin) as he was having a baby with another woman (Selena Li). Sean (Louis Koo), a CEO of a broker firm, knows Chi-yan as her office is just opposite of his. He liked Chi-yan, and starts to take action when he sees what happened in the bus between Chi-yan, her ex, and his current wife. Kevin (Daniel Wu), an architect and an alcoholic, helped Chi-yan out when she was heartbroken about her ex. With Chi Yan's support Kevin decides to pick up designing again, and arrange meet up with her again a week later. Chi-yan forgets a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Without Principle (film)
''Life Without Principle'' is a 2011 Hong Kong crime drama film produced and directed by Johnnie To and starring Lau Ching-wan, Richie Jen and Denise Ho. This film was screened in competition at the 68th Venice Film Festival on 9 September 2011. The North America distribution rights was purchased by Indomina Group shortly after the Festival. The deal was made between Indomina and the film's sales agent Media Asia Group. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. Cast *Lau Ching-wan as Panther (三腳豹) *Richie Jen as Senior Inspector Cheung Ching-fong (張正方) *Denise Ho as Teresa Chan *Myolie Wu as Connie *Lo Hoi-pang as Chung Yuen (鍾原) *So Hang-suen as Cheng Siu-kuen (鄭小娟) *Philip Keung as Dragon (凸眼龍) *Cheung Siu-fai as Ng Yiu-wah (吳耀華) *Felix Wong as Sam (火爆森) * Wong Chi-yin as Sergeant Lee Chi-man (李致文) * Stephanie Che as Jackie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romancing In Thin Air
''Romancing in Thin Air'' (; "High-Altitude Romance II") is a 2012 Hong Kong-Chinese contemporary romantic drama film directed by Johnnie To, and starring Louis Koo and Sammi Cheng. Plot While onstage to receive an acting award, Hong Kong screen god Michael Lau (Louis Koo) proposes to his mainland co-star, Ding Yuanyuan (Gao Yuanyuan). At the paparazzi-packed wedding reception, however, the bride runs away with her first love, coal miner Zhang Xing (Wang Baoqiang). Michael goes on an alcoholic bender, and has the unlikely coincidence of tumbling into the back of a truck bound for Shangri-La County, in northwest Yunnan province, China. At Deep Woods Hotel, a ranch-style guesthouse 3,800 metres up in the mountains, the lovelorn Michael falls seriously ill with altitude sickness and is nursed back to health by owner Sue (Sammi Cheng) and the local doctor (Tien Niu). Sue was a onetime art student from Hong Kong who worked there while studying in China and fell for the place and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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