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John Chan Koon-Chung

John Chan Koon-Chung

Writing

Known For

Shanghai Blues
6.9

In 1937 Shanghai, a soldier and a young woman have an awkward meet-cute in darkness under a bridge as they seek refuge during a bomb raid. Ten years later, the soldier, now a burgeoning songwriter and tuba-player in a marching band, is back in town desperately searching for his would-be soulmate. As fate would have it they end up living in the same building unbeknownst to each other. Through a series of mishaps, he mistakes her new ingénue roommate for his love interest and wacky love triangle hijinks ensue.

Shanghai Blues

1984
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
7.2

The fallout resulting from a botched Triad gang smuggling job forces a young couple to separate - she becomes a kingpin’s unwilling moll and he travels to the Philippines to work as a contract killer. Six years later, the two are reunited in a chance encounter, but their rekindled emotions and people from their past lead them into extreme danger.

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose

1989
Seven Warriors
6.7

In the early 1920's of China, seven former soldiers band together to defend a helpless village against a group of vicious bandits in this Hong Kong remake of Seven Samurai.

Seven Warriors

1989
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
4.7

A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found. With no further instructions, he decides to take in the sights of Hong Kong, which consist of him taking part in a great deal of blood, sex and general weirdness, all while wearing a briefcase handcuffed to his arm.

Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive

1989
King of Chess
6.9

Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as well as Taiwan's capitalist boom of the 1970's.

King of Chess

1991
The Flying Mr. B
7.5

A professor accidentally creates a pill that essentially makes him Superman. Soon everybody, from a soccer team to a gang boss, wants those pills and the clever complications compound until it's up to a fast-thinking "Super Girl" to save the day.

The Flying Mr. B

1985
Eight Taels of Gold
7.0

An ex-pat travels from New York to his home village in rural China after a long absence. On his way, he meets a familiar girl.

Eight Taels of Gold

1989
Hong Kong 1941
6.3

Years later, a woman narrates her personal story of the Japanese takeover of Hong Kong in 1941. She's Nam, young, attractive, daughter of a wealthy rice merchant, and prey to painful, disabling seizures. Her boyhood friend is Coolie Keung, whose family used to have wealth; he's now impoverished, a tough kid, a leader, in love with her. Into the mix steps Fay, cool and resourceful, an actor from the north, intent on getting to Gold Mountain in the US or Australia. They form a threesome, but the day they are to leave Hong Kong, the invasion stops them. Fay must rescue Keung from collaborators, Nam falls in love with Fay, and danger awaits their next attempt to escape.

Hong Kong 1941

1984
My Name Ain't Suzie
5.4

Hungry for fun, American soldiers crowd the bars of late-’50s Hong Kong. Staffed with handpicked young girls from the countryside, the Lucky Bar is the most popular of them all, and Shui Mei is the smartest and keenest of the apprentices working there. She soon catches the eye of Jimmy, who every evening wanders from table to table, showing his father’s photo and asking for news about him.

My Name Ain't Suzie

1985
Mr. Handsome
6.4

Two Hong Kong men must find a way to deal with their love lives: One with a much younger girlfriend and is admired by his co-worker, and one who is married to two hilarious, dictatorial and stubborn women.

Mr. Handsome

1987
Nomad
6.9

Four carefree lovers in Hong Kong enjoy their youth while danger looms on the edges.

Nomad

1982
Story of Rose
6.8

Rose is living an idyllic life with her brother. They are so close that their bond has a subtle hint of incest. The bond is broken when her brother dies until she meets a guy who looks like her deceased brother.

Story of Rose

1986
Women
7.0

Liang Pao-erh joins the carefree Spinsters' Club when she discovers her husband is having an affair. Despite the seemingly happy front that her sisters put on, beneath it all, each of them secretly yearns for a man in her life.

Women

1985
Welcome
7.0

A girl from war-devastated Hong Kong in 2005 returns to the present to destroy the man responsible for bombing himself and his VP boss at a foundation plant ceremony. It is prophesied that the aftermath of the bombing will lead to devastating wars in the future. With the man eliminated wars can be prevented, but the spirit of his great-grandfather wants to save him.

Welcome

1985
Soul
5.0

Ip Cheung and her husband, a senior police inspector, had been happily married for 18 years. One day, Ip runs into her neighbour, a Taiwanese woman. As they are talking, three men suddenly appeared and tried to kill them. The Taiwanese woman is killed but Ip and the kid, Yen, managed to escape. At the same time, Ip's husband commits suicide. His superior suspected him of corruption. Ip finds out that the Taiwanese woman was her husband's mistress and Yen, his illegitimate son. Ip is given custody of Yen but they are unable to get along. However she will save his live when the gang go after him.

Soul

1986
Kiss Me Goodbye
6.2

Sing runs into Icy when they are working for a concert. It's not until Sing finds Icy in a phonograph record shop that they know each other's name. Icy, along with Bowie and three other friends formed a band Voices

Kiss Me Goodbye

1986
Chaos By Design
6.8

Controversial director Angela Chan explores the "La Cage Aux Folles" demi-monde that thrives in today's Hong Kong, but which has never before been portrayed in a major movie. Alex To plays a handsome fashion designer trapped in a tangle of ambiguous relationships that becomes even more complex when he falls for a beautiful D.J. (Cecilia Yip) who, with the help of her best friend (Cherie Chung), is trying to get out of an arranged marriage. This film looks and sounds like a comedy, but has some serious comments about a veiled segment of Hong Kong.

Chaos By Design

1988
A Certain Romance
8.0

Yonfan’s early feature about a girl’s journey to womanhood, as she learns how to navigate the terms of relationships. Magi falls in love with a man she meets at the beach, while best friend Lily struggles with the fact that her single father has begun to show interest in another woman.

A Certain Romance

1984
Nothing Happened
N/A

In the twilight of British Hong Kong, Cheung Tak Chi, a master intermediary shaped by the city‘s relentless pulse, seeks closure with a past love amidst his final, lethal entanglement.

Nothing Happened