9 Movies Directed by Ka-Fai Wai

Too Many Ways to Be No. 1

Too Many Ways to Be No. 1

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-03-14

Languages:

Cantonese

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (563 Reviews)

Director:

Ka-Fai Wai

Cast:

Writer:

Matt Chow

Kam-Yuen Szeto

Ka-Fai Wai

Fullplot:

Needing You...

Needing You...

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-06-23

Languages:

Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Indonesian, American Sign Language

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

101 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (976 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Cindy Tang (story)

Ka-Fai Wai

Nai-Hoi Yau

Fullplot:

Wah and Kinki both working at the same department of a computer company. Both of them are not getting on very well initially, but friendship develops when they get to know each other after a while. When Wah starts to realize his emergent fondness for Kinki, his ex-girlfriend reappears and plans to gain back his affection. In addition, he notices that his ex-girlfriend arranges a guy to pair up with Kinki. At the same time, his supervisor would like to lay him off at work...

Wu Yen

Wu Yen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-01-18

Languages:

Cantonese

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

123 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (440 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Ka-Fai Wai

Nai-Hoi Yau

Ben Wong

Fullplot:

Fulltime Killer

Fulltime Killer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-08-03

Languages:

English, Mandarin, Japanese, Cantonese, Italian

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(5521 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Ho-Cheung Pang (novel)

Ka-Fai Wai (screenplay)

Joey O'Bryan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

For many years professional assassin O has resided in an isolated world of killing and loneliness, which only becomes worse after the death of his love, Nancy. But his life begins to change once he meets the innocent Chin. Chin, hired to clean O's apartment. However, soon the flamboyent and reckless Tok enters Chin's life with a mission--to unveil O's identity and usurp his place as the number one sharp-shooting assassin in the game.

Fulltime Killer

Fulltime Killer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-08-03

Languages:

English, Mandarin, Japanese, Cantonese, Italian

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(5529 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Ho-Cheung Pang (novel)

Ka-Fai Wai (screenplay)

Joey O'Bryan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

For many years professional assassin O has resided in an isolated world of killing and loneliness, which only becomes worse after the death of his love, Nancy. But his life begins to change once he meets the innocent Chin. Chin, hired to clean O's apartment. However, soon the flamboyent and reckless Tok enters Chin's life with a mission--to unveil O's identity and usurp his place as the number one sharp-shooting assassin in the game.

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-07-13

Languages:

Cantonese, English

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (757 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Ka-Fai Wai

Nai-Hoi Yau

Kin-Yee Au

Fullplot:

A car accident gives a spoiled, troubled young woman the ability to see ghosts, including one of a former classmate.

Turn Left, Turn Right

Turn Left, Turn Right

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-09-11

Languages:

Cantonese, Mandarin, Polish, English, German

Countries:

Hong Kong, Singapore

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1328 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jimmy Liao (illustrated book)

Ka-Fai Wai

Nai-Hoi Yau

Kin-Yee Au

Tin-Shing Yip

Fullplot:

This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.

Running on Karma

Running on Karma

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-09-27

Languages:

Cantonese, English, Hindi

Countries:

Hong Kong, China

Runtime:

93 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (2073 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Ka-Fai Wai

Nai-Hoi Yau

Kin-Yee Au

Tin-Shing Yip

Fullplot:

Exotic dancer Dai Jet Lo (brawny man) has a gift to see through "cause and consequence". He meets a female cop and uses his gift to help her capture an extremely dangerous murderer. The female cop learns that Dai Jet Lo was once a monk who, due to the murder of a friend, left the monastery to find the killer. The female cop also has a inevitable "karma" that dooms her to die an unnatural death. The duo decide to oppose "cause and consequence" and change what cannot be changed.

Mad Detective

Mad Detective

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-29

Languages:

Cantonese, English

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

89 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (5265 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Ka-Fai Wai

Kin-Yee Au

Fullplot:

A rookie cop teams up with a former detective with a supernatural gift to hunt down a serial killer.

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