Johnnie To

  • Johnnie To – Sam Sei Goon AKA Justice, My Foot! (1992)

    Johnnie To1991-2000ComedyHong KongMartial Arts
    Sam Sei Goon (1992)
    Sam Sei Goon (1992)

    Sung Shih Chieh, a brilliant, but somewhat shifty lawyer who uses his verbal dexterity in the pursuit of cash, not justice. His kung-fu kicking wife frowns on his success as it has had a terrible karmic price: all twelve of their infant sons have died prematurely. Sung agrees to leave his legal chicanery behind, but a murder case involving Madame Chou arrives on his doorstep. Sung is pulled out of self-imposed retirement by this sensational case, and the Qing Dynasty legal world had better watch out!Read More »

  • Johnnie To – Dung fong saam hap AKA The Heroic Trio (1993)

    1991-2000ActionAsianHong KongJohnnie To

    Story: Several infants have been kidnapped all over the city during the last few weeks, the police are without a clue to finding the criminals responsible. The police increase the security in the hospital but it is not use as the children are being taken away by some mysterious invisible force. Luckily a mysterious hero known only as Wonder Woman saves one of the children while the other is taken away. The father of the missing child is a high placed police officer who hires the services of a woman named Chat, she is a professional bounty hunter. Through a strange twist of events Chat and Wonder Woman end up working together against a far greater treat than just a simple kidnapper.Read More »

  • Johnnie To – Gao hai ba zhi lian II AKA Romancing in Thin Air (2012)

    2011-2020DramaHong KongJohnnie ToRomance

    In a rare, but much welcome change of pace, Johnnie To came off the back of 2009’s disappointing multinational crime thriller, VENGEANCE, with two relatively light and fluffy romances. DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART successfully navigated a complex and hard-to-predict love triangle through the tumultuous financial tsunami that hit Hong Kong harder than most. While the next film to be released in cinemas bearing To’s directorial moniker was LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE, a similarly finance-obsessed work, it was a project To had in fact been tinkering with for a number of years already. Instead, once DON’T GO BREAKING… had been completed, the Milkyway Image crew headed north into the mountains of Yunnan, where Louis Koo and Sammi Cheng would star in snowbound love story, ROMANCING IN THIN AIR.Read More »

  • Tat-Chi Yau & Johnnie To – Am faa AKA The Longest Nite (1998)

    Johnnie To1991-2000ActionHong KongTat-Chi YauThriller

    Synopsis:
    A bloody gang warfare is prevailing in Macau. When the rumor makes its rounds, that legendary boss Mr. Hung is coming back to Macau and wants to regain his power, the bosses of two rivalling gangs, Mr. K and Lung, decide to lay their difficulties aside and work together.Read More »

  • Johnnie To – A Lang de gu shi AKA All About Ah Long (1989)

    Johnnie To1981-1990DramaHong Kong

    Synopsis
    A father’s ex-girlfriend resurfaces after a 10-year absence wanting to take her son away from him. With his world shattered, he must decide between what is best for his son and his own future happiness.Read More »

  • Johnnie To – Heung joh chow heung yau chow aka Turn left turn right (2003)

    2001-2010AsianHong KongJohnnie ToRomance

    Quote:
    This movie is a great adaptation from the book by the renown artist Jimmy from Taiwan. Not only faithfully materializing the conception from the poetic illustrations in the book, the movie also adds witty dialogs and funny buffoon performance of the supporting roles for the whole story, which does not exist in the original. The movie debuted as number 1 in the box offices of Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The original book has been sold for more than tens of thousands copies in more than five languages.Read More »

  • Johnnie To – Yesterday Once More (2004)

    2001-2010ComedyCrimeHong KongJohnnie To

    Romance blossoms again for a divorced jewel-thief couple as they try to rekindle the love they once had for each.Read More »

  • Johnnie To – Hak se wui AKA Election (2005)

    2001-2010CrimeHong KongJohnnie ToThriller

    Synopsis:
    The time has come, as it does every two years, for the senior members of Hong Kong’s oldest Triad,
    The Wo Shing Society, to elect a new chairman. Fierce rivalries emerge between the two eligible
    candidates. Lok, respected by the Uncles is the favourite to win. But his rival Big D will stop at
    nothing to change this, including going against hundreds of years of Triad tradition and influencing
    the vote with money and violence.Read More »

  • Johnnie To – Chihuo Quan Wang AKA Chasing Dream (2019)

    2011-2020ActionChinaJohnnie ToRomance

    A young man and woman are meeting each other and establishes a special relationship due to debt problems. Him, finds that her have a singing talent and help her develop a singing career. For its part, he also strives to become the champion of the boxing championship. Both have the same state of mind and fight for their dream. Even if they burn their lives, they will have no regrets in this life.Read More »

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