Tsui Hark

Tsui Hark

February 15, 1950 · 76 years old

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).

Known For

65 titles
1
The Killer

The Killer

1989 · 1h 51m · Movie

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore the vision of a singer he accidentally blinded.

7.7
2
Double Team

Double Team

1997 · 1h 33m · Movie

An international spy teams up with an arms dealer to escape from a penal colony and rescue his family from a terrorist.

4.8
3
A Better Tomorrow

A Better Tomorrow

1986 · 1h 35m · Movie

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

7.4
4
The Mermaid

The Mermaid

2016 · 1h 34m · Movie

Shan, a mermaid, is sent to assassinate Xuan, a developer who threatens the ecosystem of her race, but ends up falling in love with him instead.

6.3
5
Once Upon a Time in China

Once Upon a Time in China

1991 · 2h 14m · Movie

Legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung fights against foreign forces' plundering of China. When Aunt Yee arrives back from America, Wong Fei-Hung assumes the role of her protector.

7.2
6
Iron Monkey

Iron Monkey

1993 · 1h 25m · Movie

A martial artist/doctor steals from the corrupt authorities as a masked thief to give to the poor while another martial artist/doctor is forced to hunt him down. But a major threat unites them as a powerful and traitorous shaolin ...

7.5
7
Knock Off

Knock Off

1998 · 1h 31m · Movie

A fashion designer must join forces with a C.I.A. agent to combat terrorism.

4.9
8
Twin Dragons

Twin Dragons

1992 · 1h 44m · Movie

Identical twins are separated at birth, one becoming a streetwise mechanic, and the other an acclaimed classical concert conductor. Finally meeting in adulthood, they each become mistaken for the other and entangled in each other'...

6.4
9
Black Mask

Black Mask

1996 · 1h 39m · Movie

A survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.

6.0
10
A Better Tomorrow II

A Better Tomorrow II

1987 · 1h 45m · Movie

A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.

7.2
11
A Chinese Ghost Story

A Chinese Ghost Story

1987 · 1h 38m · Movie

A debt collector has no other choice than to spend the night in a haunted temple, where he encounters a female ghost, whom he falls in love with. To save her soul he must work with a monk to defeat the tree demon who owns her spirit.

7.4
12
Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame

Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame

2010 · 1h 59m · Movie

An exiled detective is recruited to solve a series of mysterious deaths that threaten to delay the inauguration of Empress Wu.

6.6
13
Once Upon a Time in China II

Once Upon a Time in China II

1992 · 1h 53m · Movie

Arriving by train in Guangzhou, 1895, the trio fight off White Lotus followers, who want to kill all foreigners and the cute, European dressed 13th Aunt. It's not kung fu master Dr. Wong's (Jet Li) last fight.

7.3
14
Seven Swords

Seven Swords

2005 · 2h 33m · Movie

Seven warriors come together to protect a village from a diabolical General.

6.1
15
Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants

Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants

2025 · 2h 26m · Movie

The Mongols, led by Genghis Khan, went west to destroy the Jin Dynasty, wanted to go south to destroy the Song Dynasty. Martial Arts Masters from several Schools in the Central Plains of China fought gathering strength to defend X...

6.2
16
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

2011 · 2h 2m · Movie

Set three years after Dragon Inn, innkeeper Jade has disappeared and a new inn has risen from the ashes - one that's staffed by marauders masquerading as law-abiding citizens, who hope to unearth the fabled lost city buried in the...

5.9
17
Once Upon a Time in China III

Once Upon a Time in China III

1993 · 2h 5m · Movie

Master Wong and his disciples enroll in the 'Dancing Lion Competition' to stop an assassination plot and to battle an arrogant, deceitful opponent.

6.7
18
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon

2013 · 2h 14m · Movie

From legendary action director Tsui Hark and the creators of international smash hit Detective Dee - Mystery Of The Phantom Flame comes the captivating tale of Dee Renjie's beginnings in the Imperial police force. His very first c...

6.4
19
Time and Tide

Time and Tide

2000 · 1h 53m · Movie

A streetwise young man becomes a bodyguard to score quick cash. He befriends a disillusioned mercenary determined to begin life anew. They find themselves working together to foil an assassination attempt, but their partnership ca...

6.7
20
Dragon Inn

Dragon Inn

1992 · 1h 28m · Movie

During the Ming Dynasty, Tsao Siu-yan, a power-crazed eunuch who rules his desert region of China as if he were the Emperor, ruthlessly thwarts plots against him and sets a trap for one of this enemies at the Dragon Gate Inn.

7.2
21
Swordsman II

Swordsman II

1992 · 1h 52m · Movie

Ling Wu Chung decides to hide from the chaotic world. Before leaving, he visits his friends, a tribe of snake-wielding women warriors. However, he finds that the tribe have been attacked, and their leader Yam Ying Ying has been ab...

7.1
22
The Battle at Lake Changjin

The Battle at Lake Changjin

2021 · 2h 56m · Movie

In the fierce battlefield in the midst of the harsh weather conditions, Wu Qian Li and Wu Wan Li, two brothers soldier including the brave Chinese soldiers must fight together and find a way to cope with the invasion of US forces.

5.7
23
Once Upon a Time in China and America

Once Upon a Time in China and America

1997 · 1h 42m · Movie

Following an ambush in his visit to America, Wong Fei-hung becomes separated from his fellow travelers and suffers memory loss.

6.3
24
A Chinese Ghost Story II

A Chinese Ghost Story II

1990 · 1h 44m · Movie

A Chinese Ghost Story II Chinese ???? II??? is a 1990 Hong Kong romantic comedy-horror film directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark. It is the sequel to A Chinese Ghost Story and is followed by A Chinese Ghost Story III.

6.9
25
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon

A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon

1989 · 1h 45m · Movie

A man travels from China to Vietnam, on the brink of war with America, to retrieve his uncle and cousin but find complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous ex.

5.9
26
Green Snake

Green Snake

1993 · 1h 39m · Movie

Two snake spirits become human and learn about love and suffering. A monk discovers his own weaknesses and finds that morality is not as simple as he had thought.

7.2
27
The Blade

The Blade

1995 · 1h 45m · Movie

A swordsmith trains his friend's orphaned son. The boy seeks revenge for his father's murder but loses an arm rescuing the swordsmith's daughter. A hermit girl nurses him, and he learns swordsmanship with his father's broken sword.

6.9
28
Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back

Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back

2017 · 1h 49m · Movie

A monk and his three disciples continue on their journey to battle demons.

5.5
29
Yes, Madam!

Yes, Madam!

1985 · 1h 33m · Movie

Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport with a hidden microfilm wanted by a triad boss. Two hard kicking women cops from HK and UK get the case.

6.7
30
The Taking of Tiger Mountain

The Taking of Tiger Mountain

2014 · 2h 21m · Movie

A story focusing on a conflict between a People's Liberation Army squad and a bandit gang in north-east China during the Chinese revolution.

6.4
31
A Chinese Ghost Story III

A Chinese Ghost Story III

1991 · 1h 44m · Movie

A 100 years after the events of A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), a Buddhist monk and his clumsy disciple journey through a small town to transport a golden Buddha idol, and end up taking shelter at the haunted Orchid Temple ruins.

6.6
32
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings

Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings

2018 · 2h 12m · Movie

Detective Dee is forced to defend himself against the accusations of Empress Wu while investigating a crime spree.

6.3
33
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain

Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain

1983 · 1h 38m · Movie

A Chinese soldier in an ancient civil war flees the battlefield and gets caught up in a fantastical quest to save the world from evil.

6.6
34
The Master

The Master

1992 · 1h 28m · Movie

A former Chinese Kung Fu master working in L.A. as a medicine man is targeted by an ex-student, and it's up to one of his Hong Kong disciples, who's visiting America, to defend his master's honor.

5.7
35
Swordsman

Swordsman

1990 · 1h 58m · Movie

A kung-fu manual known as the sacred scroll is stolen from the Emperor's library. An army detachment is sent to recover it. Meanwhile, a young swordsman and his fellow disciple are accidentally drawn into the chaos.

6.8
36
Peking Opera Blues

Peking Opera Blues

1986 · 1h 44m · Movie

The movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen's underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic. The movie tells the story of three young women and two young me...

7.2