6 Movies Directed by Peter Chan

Comrades: Almost a Love Story

Comrades: Almost a Love Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-11-02

Languages:

Cantonese, Mandarin, English

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

118 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (2871 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Chan

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem meant for each other they somehow keep missing out.

3 Extremes II

3 Extremes II

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-07-12

Languages:

Korean, English, Mandarin, Thai, Cantonese

Countries:

Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand

Runtime:

140 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (2606 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Teddy Chan (story)

Matt Chow (screenplay)

Yuet-Jan Hui (screenplay)

Ek Iemchuen (story)

Jee-woon Kim (screenplay)

Nonzee Nimibutr (story)

Nitas Singhamat (screenplay)

Chao-Bin Su (story)

Bobby White (subtitles)

Fullplot:

Three constitutes an omnibus package of three short horror films made by Asian directors. "Memories," made by Kim Ji-Woon, is about a woman (Kim Hye-Soo) who disappears from the home she shares with her husband (Jung Bo-Seog) and children, and ends up in a futuristic city filled with many disturbing hindrances to her finding her way back home. Nonzee Nimibutr's "The Wheel" contains a puppeteer who is unsuccessful in warning a dance troupe about using cursed puppets. Peter Ho-Sun Chan's "Coming Home" stars Eric Tsang as a policeman who becomes involved with his neighbors, a married couple who are involved in with some mysterious herbal medications.

Perhaps Love

Perhaps Love

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-12-01

Languages:

Mandarin, Cantonese, English

Countries:

China, Malaysia, Hong Kong

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1880 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Chan

Fullplot:

A love triangle develops during the making of a musical in mainland China.

The Warlords

The Warlords

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-12-12

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

Hong Kong, China

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (21936 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Tin Nam Chun (screenplay)

Junli Guo (screenplay)

Jiping He (screenplay)

Jianxin Huang (screenplay)

Yuet-Jan Hui (screenplay)

Oi Wah Lam (screenplay)

Lan Xu (screenplay)

James Yuen (screenplay)

Fullplot:

It's a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi. The story was filmed by Zhang Che in 1973 as The Blood Brothers.

Dragon

Dragon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-07-04

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

Hong Kong, China

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (9936 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Chan

Cast:

Writer:

Joyce Chan

Oi Wah Lam

Fullplot:

A papermaker gets involved with a murder case concerning two criminals leading to a determined detective suspecting him and the former's vicious father searching for him.

American Dreams in China

American Dreams in China

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-05-17

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

China

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1197 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Chan

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

The story of 3 friends who build a successful English language school in China called "New Dream". This school helps the dreams of Chinese teenagers come true. Before they stood proudly in the American stock market, many stories happened with them.

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