Hui Ying-Hung Movies
- 2006
Jeffrey Lau's epic, mythological fantasy adventure A Chinese Tall Story unfurls in the distant past, when a small band of travelers - monk Tripitaka (Nicholas Tse) and his (human) companions Monkey King (Chen Bo-lin), Piggy (Kenny Kwan) and Sandy (Steven Cheung) - embark on a lengthy, danger-filled quest through the Himalayan foothills to retrieve some Buddhist scriptures. En route, they encounter all manner of obstacles, such as being sabotaged by The Tree Demon and attacked by a band of cannibalistic lizard men. In a more realistic episode, Tripitaka must grapple with the unrequited love that a homely outcast, Yue Meiyan (Charlene Choi) feels for him; he then ultimately winds up in the midst of an elfin storybook village where he encounters an empathetic waylaid princess (Fan Bingbing). Throughout, director Lau plays aggressively with the film form, packing in everything from witty puns to cinematic allusions to postmodern cultural asides. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Nicholas Tse, Charlene Choi, (more)
Prolific Hong Kong filmmaker Lau Kar-wing directed this gangster-themed crime-drama about the internecine struggles within a powerful triad family. Lung Ying (Ko Chun Hsiung) is the patriarch of the clan, and -- in a setup used in many such films since The Godfather -- is attempting to slowly move the family away from criminal enterprises and into legitimate business, although his sons and employees make it nearly impossible. Allan (Alan Tam) is a ruthless killer who later has to seek refuge in Taiwan. Kar-wai (Miu Kiu-wai) is the fiery tempered Sonny Corleone character, Hua (Andy Lau) is the calm, rational one, and Chung (Max Mok) is the dedicated student whose learning is unable to prepare him for what is to occur. Yip (Kenneth Tong) is the most dangerous to Lung Ying's plans, as he is a compulsive gambler whose addiction to the activity will lead the family to irreparable harm. Eventually, two thugs from another family, Ko (William Ho) and Keung (Norman Tsui), have Lung Ying killed and ambush the Lung family at his funeral. That's when Allan, Chung, and Hua get together to bring down Keung, who followed his deadly strike on the Lungs by murdering his own employer, Ho E (Ku Feng), and taking control of his organization. This leads to the inevitable bloody shootouts, reprisals, and dire consequences for many of those involved. The film is bolstered by a supporting cast familiar to any Hong Kong film buff, including Kent Cheng, Shing Fui-on, Phillip Ko, and Kara Hui. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- 1987
As befits the telling of the story of perhaps the most universally beloved hero of modern-day Chinese history Dr. Sun Yat-Sen (1866-1925), this lavishly produced biographical film uses techniques culled from Chinese Opera to dramatize the great man's political history. Concentrating on the period following his rise to political prominence in 1894 until his death in 1925, the movie is couched in terms of heroes who look heroic and villains who look villainous. Huge numbers of extras and vast battle scenes dot this production, and well-known Hong Kong and Taiwan-based movie stars appear in many cameos. The title character is played so as to resemble a heroic sculpture by first-time screen actor Lam Wei-sung. Earlier the same year that this Taiwan and Hong Kong co-production was released, a mainland Chinese company released a similarly laudatory but far more naturalistic biography, entitled Dr. Sun Yatsen. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Man Chi Leung, Wang Hsiao Feng, (more)
A lone swordsman comes to the aid of a breathtaking beauty who was sold into prostitution in this Shaw Brothers martial arts classic starring Tung Wei (Enter the Dragon). Female kung-fu star Hui Ying-hung plays the leader of a deadly team of assassins. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Stephen Tung Wei
- 1984
When a young farmer comes to Hong Kong with his wife and daughters, he expects to lead a better existence living in the home of his father - the first expectation among many that will come to a crashing demise. His father is a poor coolie who can barely manage his own bed space and certainly cannot help his son. As the man and his family begin to come to grips with life on the street in Hong Kong, with policemen and thugs, new friends and odd strangers, the humor in their encounters in the living city begins to lessen, leading into situations that are potentially dangerous and certainly depressing. A resolution of these two attitudes in the first and second half of the film would have kept it more in the league of director Alfred Cheung's first, ungrammatically titled success Let's Make Laugh. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Anthony Chan, Hui Ying-Hung, (more)
In a change from the usual action film, this story starts with the marriage of a young, uptight female martial-arts champion, Cheng Tai-nun (Hui Ying-hung) to an elderly and very wealthy landowner. The marriage is in name only, and takes place at the wishes of the old man expressly to keep his estate from falling into the greedy and unscrupulous hands of his brother. Tai-nun inherits his estate when he dies, and is soon in Canton, staying with her older nephew by marriage, Yu Cheng-chuan (Liu Chia-liang), and his young and attractive son Yu Tao (Hsia Hou). When the traditional and conservative Tai-nun, a woman from the provinces, runs into the modern and Westernized Yu Tao for the first time, the sparks fly and the comedy of cultural clashes begins. As the relationship between the two young protagonists of the old versus the new takes its own jaunty course, the evil brother steals the deed to the dead husband's estate, and the action begins. Tai-nun gets to showcase her martial-arts talents, as her views of the world slowly begin to change. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Liu Chia-Liang, Hui Ying-Hung, (more)
As a sequel to Executioners from Shaolin, this standard kung-fu actioner features Liu Jiahui as the fighter Hong Wending whose friends have been killed by the seditious White Lotus Society. He wants revenge. In order to prepare himself for the great confrontation with the head of the White Lotus fighters, White Eyebrow--otherwise known as Pai Mei--who has two remarkable skills: He can achieve weightlessness and he can draw his reproductive organs up into his stomach in order to protect them. Wending is trained by a woman (Hui Yinghong) in how to use her more flexible style of combat. From his boss, he also learns the secret of acupuncture points that are connected with specific parts of the body. Armed with needles placed in his braided hair, he is ready to shut down his opponent like a toy whose batteries are disabled. His opponent, it so happens, is an aged abbot (played by director Lo Lieh) who looks like he could not harm a fly. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Liu Chia-hui, Lo Lieh, (more)
- 1980
Director Li Han-hsiang (Li Hanxiang) focuses on the 18th century Chinese emperor, Chien Lung (Qianlong) once again in this surprisingly light treatment of one of the most respected, long-lived, and powerful emperors in Chinese history. A comparable drama for Americans would concern the "private life" of George Washington, fleshed out with fictional dollops of intrigue, vices, and sexual exploits. The emperor in this drama travels to one of the most literate, scholarly, and garden-filled cities in China (Suzhou) absolutely incognito, we are to believe, and there indulges his interest in gambling and a certain courtesan. At the same time, his imperial qualities emerge when he shows compassion to the victims of an earthquake by actively helping them recover from their misfortune, and when he ends a series of misdeeds in a gambling establishment. Meant to entertain rather than educate in an academic sense, this costume drama should prove interesting to most audiences. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Hui Ying-Hung
Listed as a 1982 release in most sources, Instructors of Death was probably made as early as 1978. As indicated by the title, the film's main characters are teachers of martial arts. Some of them are dark of purpose, leading to plenty of chop-socky gore. Hui Ying-Hung and Mai Te-le star. Like most other films of its ilk, Instructors of Death didn't get much American play until it was bundled together for syndication to UHF stations. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1978
In order to better understand his domain, the 27-year-old Emperor Chien Lung (Liu Yung), the most powerful and competent Emperor of the Manchu dynasty (1644-1912), disguises himself and his secretary, the scholar Liu (Li Kun), and tours parts of China. While traveling incognito, they encounter fortune-tellers and gamblers, and have a fight in a restaurant. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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