Tsui Hark

Tsui Hark

Widely regarded as one of the main contributors to the birth of Hong Kong `new wave' cinema in the early seventies and eighties, Tsui Hark is lauded as one of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers.


 
Tsui grew up in Vietnam and Hong Kong, before moving to Texas to study film, graduating in 1975. Upon his return to Hong Kong in 1977, he began to direct feature films, releasing his 1979 debut The Butterfly Murders, followed by We're Going to Eat You and Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind. Tsui was praised for his early films' gritty and honest portrayal of contemporary urban Hong Kong, offering audiences a darker and more realistic approach to filmmaking.


 
By the early eighties, Tsui began to delve into more commercial filmmaking, finding success with the All The Wrong Clues and Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain. He formed the production company Film Workshop in 1984 with his wife Nansun Shi, directing classic films such as Peking Opera Blues and the Once Upon a Time in China series of films, and more recently Seven Swords.

 

Once Upon a Time in China

Award: 1991 Golden Horse Awards - Best Music Score

Directors:Tsui Hark
Cast:Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Yuen Biao, Yen Shi Kwan
Production Year:1991

Once Upon a Time in China II

Award: 1992 Golden Horse Awards - Best Theme Song

Directors:Tsui Hark
Cast:Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Donnie Yen, Zhang Tie Lin
Production Year:1992

Once Upon a Time in China III

Award: 1994 HK Film Awards - Best Film Editing

Directors:Tsui Hark
Cast:Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Max Mok, Xiong Xin Xin
Production Year:1993

A Better Tomorrow III

Directors:Tsui Hark
Cast:Chow Yun Fat, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Anita Mui
Production Year:1989

Zu: Warriors from the Majic Mountain

Directors:Tsui Hark
Cast:Yuen Biao, Adam Cheng, Damian Lau
Production Year:1983

All the Wrong Clues

Award: 1981 Golden Horse Awards

Directors:Tsui Hark
Cast:George Lam, Teddy Robin, Karl Maka, Eric Tsang
Production Year:1981

Peking Opera Blues

Directors:Tsui Hark
Cast:Brigitte Lin, Cherie Chung, Sally Yeh
Production Year:1986

Aces Go Places III

Directors:Tsui Hark
Cast:Sam Hui, Karl Maka, Sylvia Chang
Production Year:1984
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