Kam Kwok-Leung

Sons of the Neon Night (2025)

A massive explosion and shootout in snowy Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, reveals a pharmaceutical heir's plot. His father's death in hospital triggers a drug war, destabilizing both legitimate and criminal worlds. ...

From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema (2023)

A look back at the largely undocumented period of early Chinese-language horror cinema, beginning in Hong Kong and the Shaw Brothers and graduating to Taiwan and the production of Calamity of Snakes in 1983. ...

Ina and the Blue Tiger Sauna (2020)

Nineteen-year old Ina inherits a sauna and decides to build a new future for the girls working there, but first she needs to confront her father's dangerous past. ...

Empire Hotel (2018)

The Empire Hotel is a 30-year-old landmark in Macau's old quarter, inhabited by characters with their own stories and struggles. It is also Maria's home. One day, the burden of keeping lives together and the hotel standing falls on her shoulders. A young m ...

Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema (2018)

An insightful look at the history of Hong Kong's exploitation cinema, from the early days of the Shaw Brothers and such shockers as "Killer Snakes" through to the advent of the Category III rating in 1988 and then the June 4th massacre in Beijing. The latt ...

First Night Nerves (2018)

Yuan Xiuling, a former star and has-been actress plans to return to the spotlight of the theater a year after her philandering husband died. She decides to star in Two Sisters, written and directed by transwoman An Ouyang. But, her biggest rival, He Yuwen, ...

Christmas Rose (2013)

Paralyzed at a young age, Jing is a kind piano teacher who leads a quiet life. One day, she accuses her doctor Zhou of molesting her during a typical medical examination. Zhou is promptly arrested, charged and put on trial. The prosecutor of the case is Ti ...

0506HK (2007)

Quentin Lee returns to Hong Kong, where he was born and raised. As he explores his desire to move back there from Los Angeles, he interviews local artists, filmmakers, friends, and family about why they are in Hong Kong and why they choose to be there. ...

Hong Kong Superstars (2001)

Hong Kong Superstars is a documentary ...

Purple Storm (1999)

Khmer Rouge terrorist Kieron Chow and his unit arrive in Hong Kong for their latest mission. Todd, Chow's son and fiercely loyal right-hand man, sustains a serious head wound. Now a total amnesiac, Todd wakes from a coma to find he's been given a new life, ...

Slow Fade (1999)

Sisters of the World Unite (1991)

Two sisters seek diversion after repeat disappointments with men. ...

The Other ½ & the Other ½ (1988)

Clara Law's debut feature deals with her common theme of emigration as two people, man and woman, from separate couples, have to room together while their spouses are in America to finalize the Canadian citizenship process. ...

The Eighth Happiness (1988)

Three oddball brothers go looking for love but unfortunately, their out-there personalities get in the way! ...

Wonder Women (1987)

This is an outrageous comedy about seven days in the life of two girls Leung and Ling, who want to skyrocket to the top by entering a beauty pageant. Both girls are ballyhooed as the hottest contestants, but at the end neither can make it to the top 5! Wha ...

ICAC: Black and White (1978)

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

No End of Surprises (1975)

No End of Surprises is a Hong Kong Comedy Drama starring Jackie Chan. ...

Rivals of Kung Fu (1974)

Huang Fei-hung is back, in a new adventure written and directed by veteran Huang filmmaker Wang Feng. Newcomer Shih Chung-tien stars as the Confucian healer who fights jealous villains with wisdom, intelligence, and fabulous kung-fu. ...

The Killer Snakes (1974)

A young man who has been beaten, abused, humiliated and laughed at all his life finds that he has an unusual empathy with snakes. He can talk to them and they understand him, and eventually he finds that he can get them to do his bidding. He decides to use ...

Passion Island (2012)

The comedy of the year. This wannabe magical romance-drama is one of the most illogical films ever and the actors, if not director Kam Kwok-Leung, may be aware of it. Featuring CGI tears and paintings of corn-eating monkeys. The highlight: Chang Chen prete ...

4 Faces of Eve (1996)

Made up of four short stories. One, a lonely hooker can't stop crying whenever she has sex with her clients. She approaches a shrink and ends up stalking him. Two, a long suffering wife and the mistress of her husband bonds. Three, a weird tale of a lesbia ...

A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1989)

An awakened immortal warrior struggles between defending the emperor and the actress he believes to be his love of old. ...

Carry On Dancing (1988)

Cheung Sheung and Tze Ngor are twin sisters. Tze Ngor is a lunatic and stays in a mental hospital. But out of a madcap incident, Cheung Sheung is "cheated" into the hospital, exchanging identity with her insane sister. The mad house is lived by all kinds o ...

Wonder Women (1987)

This is an outrageous comedy about seven days in the life of two girls Leung and Ling, who want to skyrocket to the top by entering a beauty pageant. Both girls are ballyhooed as the hottest contestants, but at the end neither can make it to the top 5! Wha ...

ICAC: Black and White (1978)

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

Sorrow of the Gentry (1974)

In the waning days of China's feudal aristocracy, a powerful family crumbles under the weight of tradition, betrayal, and inner decay. The Yang household, ruled by the domineering patriarch Mr. Yang, is torn apart as each son struggles with personal misery ...