Tsui Hark
Date of birth: 1950-02-15
Place of birth: Saigon, Vietnam
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Hark Tsui, Xu Ke, 서극, Hak Chui, 徐克, 徐文光, Сюй Вэнь Гуан, Xu Wen Guang, Tsui Man-kong
Biography
Tsui Hark (Chinese: 徐克, Vietnamese: Từ Khắc, born 15 February 1950), born Tsui Man-Kong, is a New Wave film director in Hong Kong and an influential film producer. He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema (typically early 1980s to mid 1990s).
Movie Credits
Aces Go Places
1982-01-16
The police track down a notorious burglar in order to apprehend him. However, he is given a chance t
Aces Go Places II
1983-11-11
An assassin called Filthy Harry is hired by a shady figure and charged with killing the heroes. The
Incredibly Strange Film Show - Tsui Hark
1989-10-20
Tsui Hark documentary
Crossings: John Woo
2004-06-20
Crossings: John Woo starts with Woo's emotional homecoming to Hong Kong in 2004 to promote his lates
All About Women
2008-08-08
A series of intertwining stories focus on the lives and transformations of three women and their rom
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
1983-02-05
In the fifth century, constant civil war scars western China. To escape death, Ti, a young scout, ju
Final Victory
1987-03-12
Shy and timid Hung is asked by his jailbird brother to look after his mistress and his unsuspecting
Yes, Madam!
1985-11-30
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidde
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984-01-25
A master thief is duped by lookalikes for James Bond and the Queen of England into stealing a valuab
All the Wrong Spies
1983-03-31
In Hong Kong, Circa 1940s, World War II, private detective Yoyo and friend Inspector Teddy Robin joi
I Love Maria
1988-03-10
RoboCop as a woman... The Hero Gang is a nasty group of thugs terrorizing Hong Kong with their kille
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003-06-04
One of the greatest, prolific and most influential action directors in history Chang Cheh! Document
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998-06-04
An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film arg
Working Class
1985-08-10
Yam, Sunny and Ah Hing are buddies and all dismissed creating havoc in their jobs. The trio is emplo
Run Tiger Run
1985-02-15
Homeless lads Teddy and Benny befriend a rich boy, heir to his grandfather's massive fortune. His un
The Chinese Feast
1995-01-28
Former member of a triad, Sun seeks to emigrate to Canada. He decides to become a great chef of chin
Changjin, Changjin
2022-11-18
A documentary on the making of China's war epic "The Battle at Lake Changjin".
Hong Kong Stories
2003-01-01
A documentary about Hong Kong cinema mythology via Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud’s experience
The Great Magician
2011-12-22
In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy figh
Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back
2017-01-28
Tang Monk brings three disciples on a journey to the West. On the outside, everything seems harmonio
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022-10-20
To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay t
Truth and Dare: Memories of The Blade
2006-05-23
This documentary consists of testimonies from Tsui Hark, Koan Hui (co-writer and assistant director)
The Bodyguard
2016-04-01
A retired bodyguard who has settled into a corner of the world where China, Russia and North Korea m
The Mermaid
2016-02-08
A playboy business tycoon, Liu Xuan, purchases the Green Gulf, a wildlife reserve, for a sea reclama
Chasing Girls
1981-08-07
Afro-haired Robert demonstrates over and over to his gawking cousin how easy it is to pick up girls.
Yi Ge Cheng Ren Dian Ying Gong Zuo Zhe De Zi Bai
2016-06-15
An ordinary adult film staff uses seventeen minutes to talk about the chaotic market in today's Chin
Happy Ghost III
1986-07-03
A young, unsuccessful singer, after committing suicide, is to be reincarnated, this time into a musi
It Takes Two
1982-07-15
It Takes Two is a 1982 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Karl Maka and starring Dean Shek and Richar
Kung Hei Fat Choy
1985-02-15
Money God was being naughty in heaven and as a punishment, he was sent to Earth to do good deeds for
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
1993-01-01
A German documentary on Hong Kong cinema.
The Banquet
1991-11-30
Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer
A Better Tomorrow
1986-08-02
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation
1997-07-26
A young man falls in love with a ghost and must avoid a variety of ghostbusters out to eliminate her
Hong Kong Superstars
2001-01-01
Hong Kong Superstars is a documentary
Twin Dragons
1992-01-15
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the p
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
2001-10-01
Female characters in martial arts films from Hong Kong: the women who played them and the directors
The Winter of 1905
1982-11-01
Tsui Hark stars as Chinese artist and Buddhist monk Li Shutong, a.k.a. Master Hong Yi. Li travels to
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind
1980-12-04
Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Pearl, a sadistic young gir
Shanghai Blues
1984-10-11
In 1937 Shanghai, a soon-to-depart soldier meets a young woman under a bridge during a Japanese air
In the Mood for Melville
2017-12-15
Various directors and film critics discuss Jean-Pierre Melville’s importance and influence in the wo
Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns
1983-06-08
Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new gener
Keep Rolling
2020-12-03
One of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a “star” for the first time in Man
A Simple Life
2012-03-09
After suffering a stroke, an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
2022-07-07
A seven-part anthology film exploring the history of Hong Kong from the 1940s to present day.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
1983-02-12
This is an extremely rare example of science fiction, Hong Kong style, but, fittingly, it's unlike a
Kung Fu Stuntmen
2021-08-28
A new documentary film revisits the golden age of kung fu stuntmen and action directors in Hong Kong
The Bodyguard
2016-07-15
Wu-Lin is the successor of an ancient, once powerful Chinese clan, the "Iron Feet." After the death
The King of Wuxia Part 1
2022-10-24
The life of the epoch-making master of martial arts cinema, King Hu.
The King of Wuxia Part 2
2022-10-28