Billy Tang Hin-Shing () (died 2 July 2020) was a

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

film director. Tang first entered the industry in 1979, working as an assistant director for

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. He was involved in a number of popular productions, including ‘Reincarnated’, ‘Dragon Strikes’ and ‘Agency 24’, and was eventually promoted to director in 1982. On July 2, 2020, Tang died at age 69.

Filmography

*'' Death Trip'' (2015) *''

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'' (2002) *'' Interactive Murders'' (2002) *''

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'' (2001) *'' Raped by an Angel 5 : The Final Judgement'' (2000) *'' Dial D for Demons'' (2000) *''

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'' (1998) *''

Chinese Midnight Express ''Chinese Midnight Express'' is a 1997 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Billy Tang. Set in the 1960s, the film stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai as a righteous journalists who gets framed into prison after exposing the collusion between the corrup ...

'' (1997) *'' Haunted Karaoke'' (1997) *''

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'' (1997) *''

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'' (1996) *'' Street Angels'' (1996) *''

Streets of Fury ''Street of Fury'' is a 1996 Hong Kong crime film directed by Billy Tang and starring Louis Koo, Michael Tse, Gigi Lai, Teresa Mak and Jerry Lamb. Plot The movie is about a few teenagers, Hu and Yu-long, continuously falling victim to the lo ...

'' (1996) *''

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'' (1996) *'' Those Were the Days...'' (1995) *''

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'' (1994) *''

Red to Kill Red to Kill () is a 1994 category III Hong Kong horror film directed by Billy Tang Hin-Shing. Cast and roles * Lily Chung - Ming-Ming Yuk Kong * Money Lo Money Lo Man Yee (盧敏儀, born 19 November 1960) is a Hong Kong actress. Filmography ...

'' (1994) *''

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'' (1994) *''

Deadly Desire ''Deadly Desire'' is a 1991 made-for-TV thriller film directed by Charles Corell and starring Jack Scalia, Kathryn Harrold, and Will Patton. Synopsis Frank Decker (Scalia) is an ex-Los Angeles policeman now partnered in a private security firm ...

'' (1993) *''

Run and Kill ''Run and Kill'' () is a 1993 Hong Kong crime thriller exploitation film directed by Billy Tang. The film follows Fatty Cheung (Kent Cheng Kent Cheng Jak-si (born 22 May 1951) is a Hong Kong film and television actor. He is a two time recipi ...

'' (1993) *''

Dr. Lamb ''Dr. Lamb'' (羔羊醫生) is a 1992 Hong Kong horror crime film directed by Danny Lee and Billy Tang. The film stars Lee, Simon Yam and Kent Cheng. ''Dr Lamb'' was rated Category III by the Hong Kong motion picture rating system. The film ...

'' (1992) *''

Dragon Fight ''Dragon Fight'' is a 1989 Hong Kong action film directed by Billy Tang, with a screenplay written by James Yuen, and starring Jet Li, Nina Li Chi and Stephen Chow. Synopsis Lee Kwok-Lap and Wong Wai were childhood buddies who grew up training ...

'' (1989)

References

External links

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