Ann Hui

Elegies (2023)

From Boat People (1982) to Our Time Will Come (2017), from family struggles to anti-Japanese history, Venice Career Golden Lion-winning auteur Ann Hui finally films a topic she holds most dear – poetry. Through her personal encounters with some of Hong ...

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2022)

A seven-part anthology film exploring the history of Hong Kong from the 1940s to present day. ...

Love After Love (2021)

The film tells the story of a young girl who travels from Shanghai to Hong Kong in pursuit of education, but ends up working for her aunt seducing rich and powerful men. ...

Fagara (2019)

After her father died, a Hong Kong girl discovers she has two hitherto unknown sisters, one in Taiwan and one in China. To settle her father's debt, she must reunite with them to run the family's hot pot restaurant. ...

Somewhere Beyond the Mist (2018)

Two bodies are recovered in a reservoir. They are of a married couple who now leaves behind two orphaned young adult children. When Angela, the cop tasked to investigate the deaths, breaks the news to the couple's daughter Connie, Angela is stunned. Not on ...

Our Time Will Come (2017)

In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom. ...

The Golden Era (2014)

The story of writer Xiao Hong comes alive through memories of her great love affair, literary influence and escape from China during World War II. ...

Beautiful 2012 (2012)

A collection of shorts by four East Asian directors: Ann Hui on a male-to-female sex change, Kim Tae-yong on an emotional imposture, Gu Changwei on pregnancy in China and Tsai Ming-Liang on time and the city of Hong Kong. ...

A Simple Life (2012)

After suffering a stroke, an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people's home. ...

All About Love (2010)

Two former lovers rebuild a relationship after running into each other at a service for single pregnant women. ...

Night and Fog (2009)

A troubled marriage fueled by the husband's jealousy, abuse, and financial struggles takes a dark turn as he becomes increasingly controlling, and subjects his wife to unbearable torment. ...

The Way We Are (2008)

Cheung, a single mother living in an area with high crime rates, works hard to provide for her son while helping out her elderly neighbor. ...

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2007)

Ye Rutang, a single-living woman in her late fifties, struggles to maintain a dignified life amid the dangers of Shanghai. ...

Goddess of Mercy (2003)

Yang Rui falls in love for the cleaning woman who works in a taekwando gym, only to later discover she's an undercover cop named An Xin. An is in hiding from drug smugglers who have a score to settle with her - a raid she led resulted in the death of one o ...

Visible Secret 2 (2002)

The newlyweds Jack and Ching move into a new apartment. Jack gets smacked by a car and goes into a coma, but a miraculous recovery occurs. Jack begins having visions of death around the house and he finds Ching has begun to act strangely. Jack relays his s ...

July Rhapsody (2002)

Outwardly, Lam takes pride in his job teaching Chinese literature at an elite school and in his caring wife and two sons. But deep down, the forty-year-old wrestles with unfulfilled desires stoked by jealousy over his friends' professional successes and th ...

Peony Pavilion (2001)

In 1930s Suzhou, the fifth wife of an opium-addicted aristocrat, her husband's female cousin, and a handsome instructor develop an intense relationship. ...

Visible Secret (2001)

A man develops a relationship with a woman who has mysterious supernatural abilities. ...

The Making of 'Youling renjian - Visible Secret' (2001)

2001 documentary ...

Ordinary Heroes (1999)

Ordinary Heroes is a narration about the life stories of an advocate, a prostitute, a social worker, and a priest during the social movements from 1970s to 1980s in Hong Kong. The film is based upon true stories. ...

Eighteen Springs (1997)

In 1930s Shanghai, a young office girl falls in love with a factory worker in the same company. ...

As Time Goes By (1997)

1997 documentary, part of the Taiwan-produced series "Personal Memoir of Hong Kong", is both a self-portrait and a depiction of Hong Kong during the 40 years preceding the handover by the United Kingdom to China. ...

The Opium War (1997)

The story of the Opium War between China, in the waning days of the Qing Dynasty, and the British Empire, in the 1830s, and the subsequent takeover of Hong Kong by Britain; through the eyes of the key figures, fiercely nationalistic Lin Zexu, and opportuni ...

The Stunt Woman (1996)

After moving to Hong Kong from China, a young martial artist starts a promising career as a stuntwoman. She begins to feel accepted in the business, but a passionate affair with a playboy ends up breaking her heart and unleashing her wild side. ...

Summer Snow (1995)

Tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun, who is a housewife in her forties trying cope with the upheavals in her family. ...

The Day the Sun Turned Cold (1994)

Guan Jian wants to report the murder of his father who died 10 years ago. The alleged murderer whom Guan Jian accuses of the crime is his own mother. ...

Boy and His Hero (1993)

1993 film ...

The Legend (1993)

The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission to retrieve a list of members of that secret society. Meanwhile, Canton kung fu practitioner Fong Sai-Yu ...

My American Grandson (1991)

A 12-year-old boy from America experiences the clash of cultures and the generation gap when he visits his grandfather in Shanghai. ...

Zodiac Killers (1991)

Hong Kong student Ben Lee becomes friends with his mainland Chinese classmate Chang Chih while studying abroad in Japan. Ben is unmotivated to study and only cares about money and on the other hand, whenever Chih encounters a Chinese person, he would ask w ...

Song of the Exile (1990)

Set in the early 1970s, it tells the story of a Chinese-Japanese student who returns to her native Hong Kong after graduating from a university in London. Once she arrives back home, she and her family begin to fight, largely due to cultural and societal c ...

Swordsman (1990)

A kung-fu manual known as the Sacred Scroll is stolen from the Emperor's library. An army detachment is sent to recover it. Meanwhile, a young swordsman and his fellow disciple are accidentally drawn into the chaos. ...

Starry Is the Night (1988)

As Cai Mei, a single 40 year old woman and a social worker starts a relationship with a teen-ager Tian-Ah, she remembers her relationship when she was young with her professor, a married man older than her. ...

The Romance Of Book And Sword (1988)

Princess Fragrance (1987)

Princess Fragrance is a 1987 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha's novel The Book and the Sword. The film is a sequel to The Romance of Book and Sword, which was released earlier in the same month and was also directed by Ann Hui. ...

The Romance of Book and Sword (1987)

The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. It goes that the Manchurian emperor Qianlong of China (circa 18th Century) was actually the son of a Han Chinese, the subject ethnicity. His brother of blood, Chen Jialuo just happened to ...

Love in a Fallen City (1984)

Taking place in 1941, Love in a Fallen City centers on Pai, a young woman who has been ostracized by her family for divorcing her rich husband. A local match-maker, Mrs. Hsu, takes pity on Pai and decides to bring her to Hong Kong, under the guise of emplo ...

Boat People (1982)

A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the liberation to document the nation, and begins following and documenting the young children from a poor Vietnamese family. ...

The Story of Woo Viet (1981)

The Story of Woo Viet, seven years before they traded wistful looks in An Autumn's Tale. Chow, in one of his earliest and meatiest film roles, plays the title role of Woo Viet, a Vietnamese refugee who hopes to immigrate to the United States. ...

The Spooky Bunch (1980)

A Cantonese opera company is attacked by an army of ghosts, thanks to a feud between the dead grandfathers of one of the company's actresses and a young man. ...

The Secret (1979)

A tangled murder mystery unfolds amid a complex love triangle. As conflicting witness accounts emerge, the truth about the victim and key suspects is revealed, leading investigators down a dark and twisty path where nothing is as it seems. ...

Below the Lion Rock: The Bridge (1978)

One of Ann Hui's most admired works for the small screen, The Bridge examines a complex web of bureaucracy, vested interests, disillusionment and grass-roots campaigning. The title refers to a footbridge closed for demolition by the government, effectively ...

ICAC: A Man (1978)

In "A Man", Police Inspector Shek reports his corrupt colleagues, but it is his own integrity which comes under investigation, Joyce's implication that being honest to oneself can extract a high price. Also characteristic of her ICAC scripts is that they'r ...

ICAC: Homeward Bound (1978)

In "Homeward Bound", the corrupt Health Inspector is not your usual villain; he spouts poetry and has a loving, dutiful wife. He's also a sybarite who balances his life around a shrewd, money worshipping concubine and a mistress that is romantic, if imprac ...

ICAC: Steak Fee (1978)

The second episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho's "ICAC" Series (1978) around bribery and corruption ...

ICAC: Black and White (1978)

The fifth episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho's "ICAC" Series (1978) around bribery and corruption ...

ICAC: Section Nine (1978)

The fourth episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho's "ICAC" Series (1978), with three short stories combined ...

ICAC: Investigation (1978)

The last episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho's "ICAC" Series (1978), unfortunately, was banned by the authorities until its initial release at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 1999 ...

Below the Lion Rock: The Road (1978)

Two women with complex family backgrounds coincided on the wrong path of drug abuse. ...

Below the Lion Rock: The Boy from Vietnam (1978)

Following Ah Man's arrival in Hong Kong as a stowaway, the Vietnamese teenager seeks out his cousin for help to earn a living. Thereafter he becomes an apprentice with a compatriot Vietnamese painter. One day, Ah Man accidentally discovers his cousin's dis ...

Social Worker: Ah Sze (1976)

Ah Sze (Cecilia Wong Hang-sau) abandons the country for city life, but fails to find refuge from her relatives in Macau and Hong Kong. Writer Joyce Chan realistically portrays a teenaged girl whose choices are finite if she wants to survive. We see Ah Sze ...

Social Worker: "Boy" (1976)

The second episode of the Hong Kong reclaimed "Social Worker" series (1976) ...

Dragon, Tiger, Panther (#6) (1976)

The sixth episode of the "Dragon, Tiger, Panther" series (1976) focuses on a mystery about the change of a will, with different clues and perspectives. ...

CID: Murder (1976)

One episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho's "CID" series based on real murder incidents in Hong Kong ...

The King of Wuxia Part 2 (2022)

The King of Wuxia Part 1 (2022)

The life of the epoch-making master of martial arts cinema, King Hu. ...

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2022)

A seven-part anthology film exploring the history of Hong Kong from the 1940s to present day. ...

Keep Rolling (2020)

One of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a "star" for the first time in Man Lim-chung's directorial debut. A forerunner of the New Wave, Hui's tumultuous, forty-year career is an unequivocal testimony to her unyielding dedication to ...

No. 7 Cherry Lane (2019)

Set in Hong Kong in 1967 — a time of complex politics when it was still a British colony — No. 7 Cherry Lane revolves around a love triangle between a university student, a single mother and her teenage daughter. ...

I Am Somebody (2015)

A young man travels from his hometown to Hengdian, the place where the country's biggest movies are filmed. Like many others, his dream is to become a movie star. However, the life of an actor proves to be very harsh, and only a select few will ever be any ...

She Recognized the Storm: Xiao Hong and Her Golden Era (2014)

Documentary on the ups and downs of the female writer Xiao Hong's life experience, her works, her love and the golden era she lived in. ...

Landscape On the Other Side: Hong Kong Cinematographer Bill Wong (2010)

Bill Wong works on a wide variety of films, some of modern setting, some with historical backgrounds; some are award winners, some lesser known. As a cinematographer, he does not strive for personal style. Instead, he concentrates on fulfilling the potenti ...

Echoes of the Rainbow (2010)

Told through the eyes of sticky-fingered eight-year-old boy Big Ears, Echoes of the Rainbow takes place in a close-knit grassroots community in 1960s Hong Kong. Big Ears' mother and father run the neighborhood shoe store, and his older brother Desmond is e ...

Simply Actors (2007)

When undercover cops start losing their lives to drug lords who blame their demise on "poor acting", the Police Force counters by sending Hong Kong's Finest to acting school. ...

My Name Is Fame (2006)

Fai, a talented actor who has won the Best New Artist of the Hong Kong Film Awards and always plays leading roles in television, is an arrogant guy who does not cherish the opportunities given to him. As he keeps on criticizing his co-workers, his career a ...

Fighting To Survive (2002)

Bon Bon, a resident of Tuen Mun, who's always attempting to implement his latest pyramid scheme. Bon Bon saves daffy local girl Snooker from a potential rapist and decides to implement his latest scheme, "One Dollar Bodyguard": he'll protect women on their ...

Merry-Go-Round (2001)

In a summer holiday, a father (Mr. Kuk) with his children (Ku Fung and Little Kuk-Ku) has decided to open a noodle bar on a 2-month lease. He has great expectations for his noodle business. Kuk Fung quickly falls in love with Carlily (Kuk Fung's friend). M ...

The Making of 'Youling renjian - Visible Secret' (2001)

2001 documentary ...

Forever and Ever (2001)

Based on a true story, Xiao Fu was contracted HIV virus through blood transmission due to hemophilia. He made his difference by writing a book before his death to change the public's view toward patients with HIV. ...

Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone (2000)

Gang leader Jimmy Yam gathers all of his closest people after receiving a death threat in order to reveal their true nature. ...

Ordinary Heroes (1999)

Ordinary Heroes is a narration about the life stories of an advocate, a prostitute, a social worker, and a priest during the social movements from 1970s to 1980s in Hong Kong. The film is based upon true stories. ...

As Time Goes By (1997)

1997 documentary, part of the Taiwan-produced series "Personal Memoir of Hong Kong", is both a self-portrait and a depiction of Hong Kong during the 40 years preceding the handover by the United Kingdom to China. ...

The River (1997)

A young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river for a movie shoot, but nobody can provide him any relief. ...

Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? (1996)

Music producer Sam and his cross-dressing protege Wing have finally professed their love for another, but now what? ...

Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996)

A young rebel falls for the sister of a local kickboxing champion. In order to stay out of jail, he is advised by his parole officer to begin training in the art of kickboxing. His romance with the girl blossoms but comes to a crashing halt when he is forc ...

Summer Snow (1995)

Tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun, who is a housewife in her forties trying cope with the upheavals in her family. ...

The Meaning of Life (1995)

Obstetrician Joey Fong helps childless couple Shiu and Lan kidnap an unloved child and then decides she wants to have a baby with heartless news reporter husband Terrence. ...

Twin Dragons (1992)

Identical twins are separated at birth, one becoming a streetwise mechanic, and the other an acclaimed classical concert conductor. Finally meeting in adulthood, they're mistaken for the other and entangled in each other's worlds. ...

Sunshine Friends (1990)

The war of ratings is over when Mars TV, with its two popular shows bears down Earth TV. Mak, the boss of Mars TV, plan to takeover Earth TV while Lee, the boss of Earth TV wants to jump from a skyscraper to make publicity for his station. ...

Calling the Shots (1988)

Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts. ...

Winners & Sinners (1983)

Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Service), they are caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit curr ...

Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns (1983)

Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new generation of filmmakers and figures from the wider film culture. ...

Love Massacre (1981)

Set in San Francisco, Love Massacre follows college student Ivy as she tries to help her friend Joy recover from a breakup. Ivy soon becomes involved with Joy's married brother Chu Chung, who spirals into senseless violence as he breaks into Ivy's dormitor ...

No Big Deal (1980)