5 Movies Starring Waise Lee

Bullet in the Head

Bullet in the Head

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-08-17

Languages:

Cantonese, English, Vietnamese, French

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (7596 Reviews)

Director:

John Woo

Cast:

Writer:

Janet Chun

Patrick Leung

John Woo

Fullplot:

In 1967, on the way to the wedding of a friend a young man is accosted by a local gang member. Later, the three friends administer justice, in the process of which the gang member is killed, so they leave Hong Kong to avoid the police and the gang. They run black market supplies to Saigon and get embroiled in the war, being arrested as Viet Cong, then later captured by the Viet Cong, and find that their friendship is tested to the limits as they try to escape.

Song of the Exile

Song of the Exile

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-04-27

Languages:

Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese

Countries:

Hong Kong, Taiwan

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (254 Reviews)

Director:

Ann Hui

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

After the Sino-Japanese War, Kwei Dz, one of the family members of Japanese soldiers accepted a Chinese officer's proposal and remained in China. Later they had a daughter named Ann. The officer went to Hong Kong to work, leaving Kwei Dz and Ann in Macao. Kwei Dz, unable to communicate with her in-laws, much less accept their ways, became remorseful. Yet the worst problem she had was that Ann did not accept her as a mother. After Ann got a Master Degree in UK she went back to Hong Kong. Kwei Dz had been feeling very homesick for her mother country and decided to take Ann and return to Japan. In Japan, Ann began to understand her mother's pain because she did not understand Japan or the Japanese. Later a telegram from Canton arrived saying that Ann's grandfather had had a stroke. Upon seeing her to grandfather, Ann realized that, in spite of his now frail body, a body once tortured by Red Guards, he was so hopeful for China's future. Ann saw that China was now trying to find its own way in the midst of its self-inflicted turmoil.

The Legend of the Swordsman

The Legend of the Swordsman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-06-26

Languages:

Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (3025 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Louis Cha (novel)

Tin-suen Chan

Jack Maeby (english adaptation)

Elsa Tang

Hark Tsui

Fullplot:

Du xia 1999

Du xia 1999

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-12-24

Languages:

Cantonese

Countries:

Hong Kong

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (351 Reviews)

Director:

Jing Wong

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Running Out of Time

Running Out of Time

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-09-23

Languages:

Cantonese, English

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

93 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (4050 Reviews)

Director:

Johnnie To

Cast:

Writer:

Nai-Hoi Yau

Laurent Courtiaud

Julien Carbon

Fullplot:

Dying Wah has nothing to be afraid of anymore when he realizes that he has only 4 weeks to live, and he's determined to get revenge for his father. Later, when Wah successfully gets away in a robbery, detective San makes up his mind and chases after Wah and arrests him. But, we can only have one winner in a game, who's gonna win?

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