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Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

Patrick Tam Kar Ming is a Hong Kong film director and editor. Part of Hong Kong's New Wave of film directors in the late 1970s and 1980s, Tam's works have enjoyed great acclaim.

He is also known as the mentor of Wong Kar-wai, and worked as an editor on Days of Being Wild (including Tony Leung Chiu-Wai's appearance in the last scene) and Ashes of Time.

Tam has worked as an academic since 1995, and now serves as an Associate Professor in the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.

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Movies Made By Patrick Tam Kar-Ming (26)

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2022)

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

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That Demon Within (2014)

By a strange twist of fate, dutiful Hong Kong policeman Dan saves the life of the leader of a violent gang of armed robbers. When they commit another crime, Dan is determined to put an end to their activities. He works with the leader, whom the gang had ...

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Flowers with Aphasia (2012)

Seated in the front row of a funeral hall are a boy and a teenager, the picture of the deceased yet to be placed. A florist, Tung (Ai Wai), is consumed by grief but puts on a front for others. The boy drops by at the florist and orders a custom floral arra ...

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After This Our Exile (2006)

After his mother flees the family home, a son turns to thieving in order to support his father, an abusive sort who is addicted to gambling. ...

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Election (2005)

After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official symbol of a chairman's authority. ...

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Dare Ya! (2002)

"Dare Ya!" explores what has made the members of Hong Kong's most controversial band, LMF (LazyMuthaFuckaz), the new "voice of Hong Kong youth". Their music may raise eyebrows with the older generation, but to their hardcore fan base, LMF's point of view ...

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Ashes of Time (1994)

Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. Throughout five seasons in exile, Ouyang spins tales of his clients' unrequited loves and unus ...

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Days of Tomorrow (1993)

A young woman searches for information about her father who starred in the classic movie 'Days of Tomorrow', which she is helping to remake. She finds out about his restless youth, career in the 1970s Hong Kong film industry, and tragic love affair. ...

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Days of Being Wild (1990)

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother. ...

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My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)

The fallout resulting from a botched Triad gang smuggling job forces a young couple to separate - she becomes a kingpin's unwilling moll and he travels to the Philippines to work as a contract killer. Six years later, the two are reunited in a chance encou ...

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Burning Snow (1988)

A young woman is forced to marry an older man who runs a roadhouse saloon. She is constantly being raped by her husband, a drunken loutish brute. She harbors a young man wanted by the police in a murder case, and soon the fugitive and the young wife have a ...

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Final Victory (1987)

Shy and timid Hung is asked by his jailbird brother to look after his mistress and his unsuspecting wife. Chaos and many hilarious situations arise when Hung is caught between the two women. ...

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Cherie (1984)

The beautiful Cherie Chung plays the title character, an exercise teacher who is wooed by a rich, older businessman and a young photographer. You watch Cherie as she bounces between these two, not really liking the businessman, while the photographer is mo ...

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Nomad (1982)

Four carefree lovers in Hong Kong enjoy their youth while danger looms on the edges. ...

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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 ...

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The Sword (1980)

Swordsman Li Mak-Jan is on a quest to duel the powerful and reclusive Hua Qian Shu. But will a cursed sword and the intrigues of the martial world bring him fame or tragedy? ...

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Seven Women: Miu Kam-Fung (1976)

Miu Kam-fung, who plays the film's titular character, addresses her identity as housewife and actress in Patrick Tam's commentary on the dangers of rampant consumerism, seen as a defining moment for contemporary Hong Kong. In its studied references to Goda ...

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Seven Women: Liza Wang (1976)

In the last episode of Patrick Tam's anthology series "Seven Women" (1976), Lisa (Lisa Wang) suffers from "environmental depression" and those around her treat her like a lunatic. Joyce deploys a creative mix of dialogue and monologue to illustrate Lisa's ...

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Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung (1976)

The first episode of Patrick Tam's anthology series "Seven Women" (1976) ...

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Seven Women: Ivy Ho, Yeung Si-Dai, Lee Yan-Yi (1976)

The third episode of Patrick Tam's anthology series "Seven Women" (1976), with three short stories combined. ...

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Seven Women: Louise Lee (1976)

The fourth episode of Patrick Tam's anthology series "Seven Women" (1976), which adapted from Swedish play "Miss Julie" ...

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Seven Women: Meg Lam (1976)

The sixth episode of Patrick Tam's anthology series "Seven Women" (1976), which adapted from Pat Flower's "The Tape Recorder" ...

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CID: Two Teddy Girls (1976)

In CID: Two Teddy Girls, the pair (Patrick Tam and Joyce Chan) uses a seemingly typical cat-and-mouse chase story between a cop (Mark Cheung Lui) and two criminal "teddy girls" (Ban Ban and Marysia Lam) to portray the lives of Hong Kong's different social ...

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CID: Four Moments of Life (Dawn, Noon, Dusk, Night) (1976)

Four episodes combined. Dawn: the first cop goes to interrogate the parents of a babygirl who got burnt by an iron. These, eventually admit to be the one responsible but they state it was an accident. Going back on a bus, he reads a newspaper article repor ...

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Superstar Specials: Wong Chuen-yu (1975)

One of the first single-episode special dramas shot on film, this episode of Superstar Special stars Barbara Wong Chuen-yu as a lonely housewife who is introduced to the idea of a "temporary boyfriend. "Breaking the constraints of traditional television st ...

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Routine (1968)

Routine unfolds like an uninterrupted long take, and depicts a taxi ride from Tsim Sha Tsui Pier to the office of the Chinese Student Weekly in Kowloon Tong. It shows the street scenes of Hong Kong in 1968 and the state of mind of a Hong Kong young man aft ...

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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 ...

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