James Wong

James Wong

James Wong Jim (Chinese: 黃霑; Jyutping: wong4 zim1; Cantonese Yale: wòhng jīm; 18 March 1941 – 24 November 2004, also known as "霑叔" or "Uncle Jim") was a Cantopop lyricist and songwriter based primarily in Hong Kong. Beginning from the 1960s, he was the lyricist for over 2,000 songs, collaborating with songwriter Joseph Koo (a.k.a. Koo Kar-Fai) on many popular television theme songs, many of which have become classics of the genre. His work propelled Cantopop to unprecedented popularity. He was also well known in Asia as a columnist, actor, film director, screenwriter, and talk show host. He took part in creative directing positions within the entertainment industry in Hong Kong. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Wong Jim, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: James Wong
  • Popularity: 6.394
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1941-03-18
  • Place of Birth: Panyu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
  • Homepage:
  • Also Known As: Huang Zhan, Wong Cham-Sam, Jimmy Wong, Jim Wong, 黄沾, 黃湛森, Wong Jim, James Wong Jim
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James Wong Movies

  • 1997
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    The Mad Phoenix

    The Mad Phoenix

    7.7 1997 HD

    A Cantonese librettist enjoys immense popularity over the course of decades, followed by decline.

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  • 1994
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    Screwball '94

    Screwball '94

    2.6 1994 HD

    A teenage boy awakens a ghost from an antique pot. To be reincarnated the ghost must help his present day counterpart by helping him find romance.

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  • 1992
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    Stooges in Hong Kong

    Stooges in Hong Kong

    3 1992 HD

    James Wong stars as a late night talk show host who tells some of the dirtiest jokes and is insanely popular. His show is the biggest rated late...

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  • 1990
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    The Wildgoose Chase

    The Wildgoose Chase

    4 1990 HD

    Chung, Yam and Koo work for the same advertising agency. Chung is a philanderer. Yam lives with his girlfriend who is a TV reporter, requiring...

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  • 1989
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    City Squeeze

    City Squeeze

    5 1989 HD

    Wong is a supervisor at Yau's firm, he is often taken advantage of because of his integrity and timidity. Yau has struck rich because of his wife's...

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  • 1989
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    Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine

    1 1989 HD

    Shop assistant in the electronics store, May Bao (Kent Cheng) - good-natured fat man, always ready to help those who need it. Therefore, he decides...

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  • 1974
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    Games Gamblers Play

    Games Gamblers Play

    6.5 1974 HD

    Michael Hui stars as Wen, a convict who's always out to make a quick dollar through gambling. Being behind bars doesn't stop him from making...

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  • 1989
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    Miracles: The Canton Godfather

    Miracles: The Canton Godfather

    7.1 1989 HD

    A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do...

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  • 2004
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    In-Laws, Out-Laws

    In-Laws, Out-Laws

    1 2004 HD

    An ensemble comedy centering on a family's hijinks around Lunar New Year, based on a hit television show.

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  • 1985
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    Fascinating Affairs

    Fascinating Affairs

    3 1985 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Diary of a Big Man

    The Diary of a Big Man

    6.2 1988 HD

    A two-timing bigamist finds himself concocting scheme after scheme with his best friend, Chi Hung, to prevent either of his wives from discovering...

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  • 1998
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    Bishonen

    Bishonen

    6.4 1998 HD

    Jet is a gay hustler who one night spots a young man walking with a woman, and falls for him instantly. He does some research, and discovers that the...

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  • 1990
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    Happy Ghost IV

    Happy Ghost IV

    5.6 1990 HD

    A group of college kids discovers the remains of an evil warlord from an old cave and brings it to their dormitory, which ultimately awakens the...

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  • 1976
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    CID: Murder

    CID: Murder

    1 1976 HD

    One episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho’s “CID” series based on real murder incidents in Hong Kong

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  • 1992
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    Under the Rose

    Under the Rose

    6.5 1992 HD

    James Wong and his female assistant visited various kinds of pleasure-houses, including invisible dens, high-tech private dens, smuggling blackpoints...

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  • 1994
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    Return to a Better Tomorrow

    Return to a Better Tomorrow

    6.3 1994 HD

    An adventure that delves into the dark caverns of the underworld and tells the tale of three chivalrous gangsters who attempt to escape the powerful...

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  • 1994
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    Awakening

    Awakening

    5 1994 HD

    A famous "feng shui" master (fortune teller) gets a wake-up call when a distraught ex-customer threatens to expose him as a fraud.

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  • 1994
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    I Have a Date with Spring

    I Have a Date with Spring

    8 1994 HD

    On the eve of the Hong Kong 1967 social unrest triggered by the miss-management of the colonial government, Butterfly Yiu was given an accidental...

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  • 1993
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    All's Well End's Well, Too

    All's Well End's Well, Too

    5.8 1993 HD

    Chow Tung is a licentious man who was arranged to get married along with his ugly sister Gut to partners not of their choice. Chow, being a filial...

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  • 1992
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    Once Upon a Time a Hero in China

    Once Upon a Time a Hero in China

    4.5 1992 HD

    The story of a cook who tries to stop an opium ring in ancient China.

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  • 1992
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    Rich Man

    Rich Man

    1 1992 HD

    A triad gangster is sent to prison and there he meets a millionaire who takes him under his wing. When back out he is showered with wealth. There is...

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  • 1985
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    The Musical Singer

    The Musical Singer

    7 1985 HD

    Entertainment manager James Wong loses his lead singer Jannie Fong when she breaks her contract. Angered, he turns his efforts to making a young...

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  • 1990
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    Promising Miss Bowie

    Promising Miss Bowie

    1 1990 HD

    Miss Bowie is more or less happily raking in the cash until her life is complicated by the sudden reappearance, after 20 years, of her first (and...

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  • 1994
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    It's a Wonderful Life

    It's a Wonderful Life

    5.7 1994 HD

    This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and Chinese New Year's eve. We are introduced to thirteen...

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  • 1994
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    I Will Wait for You!

    I Will Wait for You!

    6.7 1994 HD

    A Hong Kong version of the 1978 American film Same Time, Next Year, I Will Wait For You stars the winning screen pair of Anita Yuen and Tony Leung Ka...

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  • 1988
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    My Dream is Yours

    My Dream is Yours

    6 1988 HD

    Nightmares become reality for two people, and also bring them together. One is an office worker who also works at 7-11 at night, who also has a...

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  • 1991
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    The Gambling Ghost

    The Gambling Ghost

    4.6 1991 HD

    Sammo Hung plays three different characters: Fatty, Fatty's father and Fatty's grandfather, Hung Kau. Fatty is a hotel worker, yearning for sudden...

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  • 1993
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    Flirting Scholar

    Flirting Scholar

    7.365 1993 HD

    A scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant...

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  • 1988
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    Tiger on the Beat

    Tiger on the Beat

    6.3 1988 HD

    A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of Lethal Weapon. The wacky...

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  • 1990
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    Tiger on the Beat 2

    Tiger on the Beat 2

    6.1 1990 HD

    Lam, a cop approaching 40 but without much accomplishment, always wants to achieve something memorable before his retirement. He is obliged by his...

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  • 1992
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    Twin Dragons

    Twin Dragons

    6.7 1992 HD

    Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the...

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  • 1987
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    Road Warriors

    Road Warriors

    3.5 1987 HD

    Traffic cops set out to take down a spoiled, rich, reckless driver responsible for a school bus accident, in writer/director Danny Lee's examination...

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  • 1989
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    The Romancing Star III

    The Romancing Star III

    2 1989 HD

    Four mismatched and contentious Hong Kong couples consider swapping partners but realize they're happier as they are.

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  • 1992
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    James Wong in Japan & Korea

    James Wong in Japan & Korea

    6 1992 HD

    James Wong narrates this lusty and rude sex travelogue, using himself and two friends as examples of what and what not to do. Much of the footage is...

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  • 2001
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    Visible Secret

    Visible Secret

    6.4 2001 HD

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

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  • 1989
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    Burning Sensation

    Burning Sensation

    4.3 1989 HD

    A firefighter salvages a spiritual shrine from an old burning building, which releases the gentle ghost of a Chinese opera singer, killed in a stage...

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  • 1993
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    Laughter Of Water Margins

    Laughter Of Water Margins

    4.4 1993 HD

    Tiger fighter Wu Sung was originally a coward. But when he was drunk, he was extremely courageous. One time at Jingyang Gang, Wu Sung got drunk and...

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  • 1990
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    Doctor Vampire

    Doctor Vampire

    6.2 1990 HD

    Chinese doctor has his car break down in England. he wanders into a castle where vampires congregate. After having sex with a Chinese vampire he...

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  • 1988
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    Mother Vs Mother

    Mother Vs Mother

    6 1988 HD

    "Romeo and Juliet" in Hong Kong, except the widow Capulet is father Montague's childhood sweetheart. The young lovers try to reconcile their mothers...

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  • 1977
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    Chinatown Kid

    Chinatown Kid

    5.8 1977 HD

    Struggling to survive the murderous gang wars of Hong Kong, Tan Tung, a young martial arts street fighter, successfully takes on all...

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  • 2000
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    Funny Business

    Funny Business

    7 2000 HD

    Fuk Ching (Michael Hui) runs a farm in Mainland China. Persuaded by a Western businessman, the two put together a joint venture scheme to build a...

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  • 1988
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    Fractured Follies

    Fractured Follies

    5.4 1988 HD

    Joe, a reckless cab driver, accidentally hits someone with his taxi. The person he hit is May, a sweet girl who walks with a limp due to one of her...

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  • 1991
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    The Banquet

    The Banquet

    5.5 1991 HD

    Developer Tsang Siu-Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties....

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  • 1997
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    A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation

    A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation

    6.1 1997 HD

    A young man falls in love with a ghost and must avoid a variety of ghostbusters out to eliminate her and each other.

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  • 1994
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    Best of Best

    Best of Best

    3.5 1994 HD

    An eccentric tale of competition and corruption within a seemingly ordinary insurance company. When a young female insurance agent is found murdered,...

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  • 1975
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    My Wacky, Wacky World

    My Wacky, Wacky World

    10 1975 HD

    My Wacky, Wacky World is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Sammo Hung

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  • 1985
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    The Dancing Warrior

    The Dancing Warrior

    6.5 1985 HD

    This flick is about this gung fu dancing, alcoholic beverage guzzler named Andy Ho (Cheng Tien Chi). The title of this flick sounds like this bad...

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  • 1982
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    My Darling, My Goddess

    My Darling, My Goddess

    1 1982 HD

    Kok is a bored valet driver who spends most of his day dreaming about the beautiful bikini-clad woman whose picture he has taped up to his office...

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  • 1989
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    Just Heroes

    Just Heroes

    6.6 1989 HD

    A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to take his place. One of them is the traitor.

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  • 1988
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    Double Fattiness

    Double Fattiness

    5 1988 HD

    Siu-Fung (Lydia Sum), an owner of a pizzeria, unexpectedly succumbs to a heart attack. However, her spirit was unable to cross over to the other...

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  • 1992
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    Summer Lover

    Summer Lover

    3.5 1992 HD

    Romantic comedy from Hong Kong.

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  • 1988
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    The Crazy Companies

    The Crazy Companies

    5.7 1988 HD

    A rivalry between two brothers causes chaos through out the business world. Can the good brother defeat his greedy elder brother at his own game?...

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  • 1992
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    Fight Back to School 2

    Fight Back to School 2

    6.8 1992 HD

    Star Chow, an officer in the elite police unit, resigns when he is made a scapegoat for a botched investigation. He goes undercover at a school to...

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  • 2001
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    The Making of 'Youling renjian - Visible Secret'

    The Making of 'Youling renjian - Visible Secret'

    1 2001 HD

    2001 documentary

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  • 1992
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    Key to Fortune

    Key to Fortune

    4 1992 HD

    A fake documentary that takes a hidden camera look at Hong Kong's sex industry.

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  • 1989
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    Spiritually a Cop

    Spiritually a Cop

    6 1989 HD

    A young man wants to be a Hong Kong police officer but is too short to qualify. However, he doesn't let that stop him: he goes around impersonating...

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  • 1991
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    Stooges in Tokyo

    Stooges in Tokyo

    1 1991 HD

    Three perverted idiots go to Tokyo on a business trip.

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  • 2000
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    Love Paradox

    Love Paradox

    4 2000 HD

    An aspiring dancer meets her former fiance's gay lover, while her friend's beau is attracted to a new neighbor.

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  • 1993
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    Iron Monkey

    Iron Monkey

    7.4 1993 HD

    Iron Monkey is a Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood. Corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey",...

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  • 1993
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    Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

    Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

    7.3 1993 HD

    A German documentary on Hong Kong cinema.

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  • 1975
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    Let's Rock

    Let's Rock

    1 1975 HD

    Drama by James Wong Jim

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  • 1988
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    Carry on Dancing

    Carry on Dancing

    1 1988 HD

    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...

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  • 1995
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    The Enforcer

    The Enforcer

    6.6 1995 HD

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    Chinatown Kid

    Chinatown Kid

    5.8 1977 HD

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  • 2006
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    Men Suddenly in Black 2

    Men Suddenly in Black 2

    4.4 2006 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Winners & Sinners

    Winners & Sinners

    6.9 1983 HD

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    Old Master Q

    Old Master Q

    2.3 1981 HD

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  • 1993
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    Green Snake

    Green Snake

    7.1 1993 HD

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  • 1994
    imgMovies

    The Great Conqueror's Concubine

    The Great Conqueror's Concubine

    7.7 1994 HD

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  • 1993
    imgMovies

    Crime Story

    Crime Story

    6.7 1993 HD

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  • 1993
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    City Hunter

    City Hunter

    6.6 1993 HD

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Moon Warriors

    Moon Warriors

    6.4 1992 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    Once Upon a Time in China

    Once Upon a Time in China

    7.1 1991 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    Once Upon a Time in China

    Once Upon a Time in China

    7.1 1991 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    Robotrix

    Robotrix

    5.7 1991 HD

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  • 1990
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    Swordsman

    Swordsman

    7 1990 HD

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  • 1986
    imgMovies

    Peking Opera Blues

    Peking Opera Blues

    7 1986 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Extras

    The Extras

    7 1978 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Fatal Bet

    Fatal Bet

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Dragons Forever

    Dragons Forever

    7.2 1988 HD

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Dragons Forever

    Dragons Forever

    7.2 1988 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Shan T Old Master Q

    Shan T Old Master Q

    3 1983 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    酸酸甜甜香港地

    酸酸甜甜香港地

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Moon Warriors

    Moon Warriors

    6.4 1992 HD

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  • 1993
    imgMovies

    The Eagle Shooting Heroes

    The Eagle Shooting Heroes

    6.9 1993 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    The Dancing Warrior

    The Dancing Warrior

    6.5 1985 HD

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  • 1993
    imgMovies

    Last Hero in China

    Last Hero in China

    6.3 1993 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    A Chinese Ghost Story

    A Chinese Ghost Story

    7.3 1987 HD

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  • 1984
    imgMovies

    Shanghai Blues

    Shanghai Blues

    7.1 1984 HD

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Hard Boiled

    Hard Boiled

    7.5 1992 HD

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  • 1994
    imgMovies

    The Lovers

    The Lovers

    7 1994 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Project A

    Project A

    7.16 1983 HD

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  • 1992
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    Police Story 3: Super Cop

    Police Story 3: Super Cop

    6.828 1992 HD

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  • 1985
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    Police Story

    Police Story

    7.5 1985 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    A Chinese Ghost Story III

    A Chinese Ghost Story III

    6.4 1991 HD

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  • 1993
    imgMovies

    The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk

    The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk

    6.9 1993 HD

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  • 1990
    imgMovies

    A Chinese Ghost Story II

    A Chinese Ghost Story II

    6.7 1990 HD

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Police Story 2

    Police Story 2

    6.99 1988 HD

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  • 1987
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    Project A: Part II

    Project A: Part II

    7.1 1987 HD

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  • 1994
    imgMovies

    Deadful Melody

    Deadful Melody

    5.8 1994 HD

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  • 1990
    imgMovies

    Bullet in the Head

    Bullet in the Head

    7.6 1990 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    The Dancing Warrior

    The Dancing Warrior

    6.5 1985 HD

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  • 1993
    imgMovies

    Legend Of The Liquid Sword

    Legend Of The Liquid Sword

    4.5 1993 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Casino Raiders

    Casino Raiders

    6.3 1989 HD

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    The Paradise

    The Paradise

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    The Paradise

    The Paradise

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Let's Rock

    Let's Rock

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Let's Rock

    Let's Rock

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1986
    imgMovies

    Martial Arts of Shaolin

    Martial Arts of Shaolin

    6.3 1986 HD

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Tiger on the Beat

    Tiger on the Beat

    6.3 1988 HD

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  • 2002
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    Hong Kong Memories (II)

    Hong Kong Memories (II)

    1 2002 HD

    The late Hong Kong lyricist, James Wong, invited influential guests to discuss various themes, with rich content including related reports, to...

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  • 2001
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    Super Celebrity Talk Show

    Super Celebrity Talk Show

    1 2001 HD

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  • 1994
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    Class of Distinction

    Class of Distinction

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1989
    imgS4 E13

    Celebrity Talk Show

    Celebrity Talk Show

    9 1989 HD

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  • 1995
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    Unhappily Ever After

    Unhappily Ever After

    7.057 1995 HD

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  • 1962
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    Golden Horse Awards

    Golden Horse Awards

    1 1962 HD

    The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī:...

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  • 1994
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    江山如此多Fun

    江山如此多Fun

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E13

    江山如此多Fun

    江山如此多Fun

    1 1970 HD

    The late Hong Kong lyricist, James Wong, invited influential guests to discuss various themes, with rich content including related reports, to...

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  • 1970
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    江山如此多Fun

    江山如此多Fun

    9 1970 HD

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