Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
An seven-part anthology film exploring the history of Hong Kong from the 1940s to present day.
Patrick Tam Kar Ming (譚家明; Tán Jiāmíng; born March 25, 1948) is a Hong Kong film director and film editor. He is known as the mentor of Wong Kar-wai.
An seven-part anthology film exploring the history of Hong Kong from the 1940s to present day.
Nomad (Chinese: 烈火青春) is a 1982 Hong Kong film directed by Patrick Tam. Japanese assassins threaten the carefree world of four lovers in Hong Kong.
Set in a surprisingly minimalist San Francisco, Patrick Tam’s stylish slasher movie manages to evoke both Antonioni and Mario Bava in this tale of a ravishing young co-ed (Brigitte Lin) whose studly boyfriend (Chang Kuo-chu) turns into a demented stalker after the suicide of his sister.
Shy and timid Hung (Eric Tsang) is asked by his jailbird brother (Tsui Hark) to look after his mistress (Loletta Lee) and his unsuspecting wife (Margaret Lee). Chaos and many hilarious situations arise when Hung is caught between the two women.
The triangular relationship between Lap (Joey Wang). Rick (Kenny Bee) and Cheung (Tony Leung) is the backbone of this film. Lap’s father was once a triad; he retired and opened a bar near seashore. Rick worked there and was a couple with Lap. Force by an old partner, Lap’s father assisted in trafficking of his father, Lap became the mistress of Godfather Shen. Cheung was her driver and loved her deeply. Six years later, Rick … Read more
The beautiful Cherie Chung plays the title character, an exercise teacher who is wooed by a rich, older businessman (Yuen Chor) and a young photographer (Tony Leung Ka-fai). You watch Cherie as she bounces between these two, not really liking the businessman, while the photographer is more in love with her image as his model than as a true love.
A young woman is forced to marry an older man who runs a roadhouse saloon. She is constantly being raped by her husband, a drunken loutish brute. She harbors a young man wanted by the police in a murder case, and soon the fugitive and the young wife have a torrid affair as she continues to hide him from the authorities.
After his mother flees the family home, a son turns to thieving in order to support his father, an abusive sort who is addicted to gambling.