11 Movies Directed by Siu-Tung Ching

Witch from Nepal

Witch from Nepal

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-02-27

Languages:

Cantonese

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

89 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (178 Reviews)

Director:

Siu-Tung Ching

Genres:

ActionHorror

Cast:

Writer:

Jin Ba (novel)

Jing-kang Tsui (screenplay)

Fullplot:

During a safari in Nepal with his girlfriend, Joe is unbelievably chosen as the chief of a mystical tribe and is filled with magic power. When Joe is back to Hong Kong, a slave girl from the tribe helps him and gives him the token of authority. The two also fall in love. The Messenger of Evil from Nepal comes to attack Joe for the token. The sacrifice of the slave girl compels Joe to fight desperately against the Evil.

A Chinese Ghost Story

A Chinese Ghost Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-07-18

Languages:

Cantonese

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (6382 Reviews)

Director:

Siu-Tung Ching

Cast:

Writer:

Songling Pu (novel)

Gai Chi Yuen

Fullplot:

Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. Unsurprisingly, no-one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up spending the night in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, who warns him to stay out of trouble, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing, with whom he falls in love. Unfortunately, Hsiao-Tsing is a ghost, bound for all eternity by a hideous tree spirit with an incredibly long tongue that wraps itself round its victims and sucks out their life essence (or 'yang element')...

Sien nui yau wan II yan gaan do

Sien nui yau wan II yan gaan do

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-07-13

Languages:

Cantonese, Mandarin

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (2289 Reviews)

Director:

Siu-Tung Ching

Cast:

Writer:

Kan Keito

Kee-To Lam (screenplay)

Tai-Mok Lau

Fullplot:

In this installment of a phenomenal saga of the super natural, four young people are caught in a tug-o-war of evil between an Imperial Wizard and a corrupt General. Outrageous special effects galore!

Sien lui yau wan III: Do do do

Sien lui yau wan III: Do do do

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-07-18

Languages:

Cantonese, Mandarin

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1703 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Basically a retread of the first movie, in which the evil Tree Spirit is back with yet another ghost played by Joey Wong. The Swordsman Yen and Leslie Cheung characters are replaced by a Buddhist Abbot and disciple (Tony Leung). Jacky Cheung also pops up again, this time as a money-grabbing swordsman with a neat bag of tricks.

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:

Dragon Inn

Dragon Inn

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-08-27

Languages:

Cantonese

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

88 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (2599 Reviews)

Genres:

Action

Cast:

Writer:

Tan Cheung

Xiao He

Hark Tsui

Fullplot:

This big hit at the Sundance Film Festival had audiences cheering. Set during the Ming Dynasty, this acclaimed production tells the story of a power hungry eunuch who employs an evil sect in his quest to rule China. An extravagant climax features dizzying acrobatics and masterful fight sequences.

Dr. Wai in the Scriptures with No Words

Dr. Wai in the Scriptures with No Words

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-03-14

Languages:

Cantonese

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1423 Reviews)

Director:

Siu-Tung Ching

Cast:

Writer:

Wai-Lun Lam

Sandy Shaw

Cheuk-Hon Szeto

Fullplot:

A serial adventure writer with problems in his personal life lives out the adventures of his literary hero, King of Adventurers.

Love on Delivery

Love on Delivery

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-02-03

Languages:

Cantonese

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1358 Reviews)

Genres:

ActionComedy

Cast:

Writer:

Vincent Kok (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Ho Kam-An is a love struck dim-sum delivery boy who falls for a beautiful judo student. After being humiliated by her boyfriend, Ho Kam-An goes out and seeks the services of an aging kung-fu master who teaches him a half ass style of kung fu "Karate Kid" style. After actually learning how to fight using this style (much to the master's surprise) he dresses up like Garfield and beats up the boyfriend of the beautiful judo student. But he's challenged to a fight by the master's former foe. Is Ho Kam-An up to the challenge?

Dr. Wai in the Scriptures with No Words

Dr. Wai in the Scriptures with No Words

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-03-14

Languages:

Cantonese

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1423 Reviews)

Director:

Siu-Tung Ching

Cast:

Writer:

Wai-Lun Lam

Sandy Shaw

Cheuk-Hon Szeto

Fullplot:

A serial adventure writer with problems in his personal life lives out the adventures of his literary hero, King of Adventurers.

An Empress and the Warriors

An Empress and the Warriors

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-03-19

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

Hong Kong, China

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (2964 Reviews)

Director:

Siu-Tung Ching

Cast:

Writer:

James Yuen (screenplay)

Tan Cheung (screenplay)

Tin Nam Chun (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Can a kingdom change its nature? Yan, one of the Ten Kingdoms, is constantly at war. Yan's emperor dies from a battle wound and a general's treachery. His successor is unclear: his daughter Feier, who would be the kingdom's first empress; his favorite, Xuehu, a warrior of noble heart but not noble blood; and, Hu Ba, the ambitious traitor. Xuehu is Feier's protector and teaches her how to be a warrior queen. Hu's followers plot her failure, first in a kidnapping plot, then in a coup. Feier is saved from the kidnap attempt by Duan Lanquan, an ingenious hermit with a shrouded past. He treats her wound and gives her a vision of a different kind of kingdom. Can his dream become hers?

The Sorcerer and the White Snake

The Sorcerer and the White Snake

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-09-28

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

China, Hong Kong

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (6401 Reviews)

Director:

Siu-Tung Ching

Fullplot:

Action director Ching Siu-Tung helms this fantasy film based on an old Chinese legend about an herbalist who falls in love with a thousand-year-old White Snake disguised as a woman. Jet Li stars as a sorcerer who discovers her true identity and battles to save the man's soul.

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