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Lee Chi-Ngai

Lee Chi-Ngai

Writing

Biography

Chi-Ngai Lee is known for Lost and Found (1996), Doctor Mack (1995) and Heaven Can't Wait (1995)

Known For

Lost and Found
7.0

A woman diagnosed with leukemia meets a Chinese-Scottish sailor who she loses contact with. In order to find him she enlists Worm, a man who runs a “lost and found” business, and the two set out to find what she’s looking for.

Lost and Found

1996
He's a Woman, She's a Man
7.0

Wing is a devoted fan of popular singer Rose who is involved in a topsy-turvy relationship with her charismatic producer Sam. Willing to go to any length to meet Rose, the willowy Wing disguises herself as a man, and with a twist of fate is chosen to be the next budding star for the record company.

He's a Woman, She's a Man

1994
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
7.1

Yuen scorns his father, who he thinks is too generous and forgiving. Through a flashback/time travel gimmick, Yuen meets his parents during their joyous courtship. Yuen comes to understand and admire his dad, and reflect on his own moral defects.

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father

1993
Tales from the Dark 1
5.6

In the first of a two-part film project, three short stories from acclaimed Hong Kong writer Lilian Lee are adapted for the big screen in this horror anthology.

Tales from the Dark 1

2013
Heaven Can't Wait
6.0

Foreign - Tony is a wily, pessimistic scam artist who uses an ancient superstition to build a hilariously enterprising business. Lam is his sometime business cohort and Chan is the kind-hearted boy next door who falls victim to Tony's tricks.

Heaven Can't Wait

1995
The Tigers
6.3

Cops find their careers and their lives in jeopardy when they spend a gangster's bribe money after releasing him from custody during a drug bust.

The Tigers

1991
Tom, Dick and Hairy
5.7

Tom Chan, Dick Ching and his older cousin Hairy Mo live in the same tenement building but each of their love life is different.

Tom, Dick and Hairy

1993
Vengeance is Mine
8.0

After being brutally gang raped by four men, Jane then teams up with her best friend (Amy) to get revenge.

Vengeance is Mine

1988
Lover's Tear
8.5

A cop in the Hong Kong anti-smuggling unit goes to mainland China to retrieve some confiscated contraband. His real objective, though, is to arrest the boss of the smuggling ring. His goal is endangered, though, when he falls for the gang boss' daughter.

Lover's Tear

1992
Sleepless Town
7.4

Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. You can sell him anything except children's organs. His domain is in Kabukicho, a gangland controlled by various Shanghai gangs intent on taking control. His former partner-in-crime, Fu-Chun, is rumored to have returned to Kabukicho, having fled years earlier after killing the number two of gangland boss, Yuan. Yuan wants to get even and attempts to do so by using Kenichi.

Sleepless Town

1998
Magic Kitchen
4.9

Yau is on the lookout for love in modern day Hong Kong in spite of her family curse.

Magic Kitchen

2004
Horseplay
4.4

Desperate for a real news story, entertainment journalist Mui goes to London to cover an antique auction in order to trace the path of Nine-Tailed Fox, a famous art thief who has eluded capture for decades. Playful, but clever, the Fox decides to use Mui as his partner for his latest heist, a set of pottery horse from the Tang Dynasty. What the Fox doesn't know is that Mui is secretly working with Cheung Ho, a Hong Kong cop that has been obsessed with catching the Fox since letting him escape years ago. The result is a twist-filled pursuit that takes the trio from London to Prague.

Horseplay

2014
Doctor Mack
6.4

Since dropping out from the medical school, Lau Mack has been living a humble but contented life, running a small clinic in a shabby area, treating local inhabitants and poor prostitutes working there. One night, he escorts an injured gun robber to the government hospital, where he unexpectedly meets his old friend from college time, Dr. Jaw, now a reputed surgeon with an aspiration for senior management. To Jaw's bitter surprise, he finds himself outshone by Lau's medical talent and kindness to patients. Jaw is however determined to speed up his career ascent at the expense of Lau. His plots work perfectly, until an accident delivers his life to the mercy of Lau.

Doctor Mack

1995
Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye
7.3

Alan and Eric are childhood friends who are separated when Eric moves to America. They are reunited in Hong Kong when Eric finds Alan at the cafe where the latter is working as a waiter and singer. Together they forge a business which is destroyed in a storm. Meanwhile, both have met a lady named Olive, and both strive for her affection.

Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye

1991
Dance, Subaru!
6.7

Subaru and her twin brother Kazuma share a dream in becoming ballet dancers, but their passion is discouraged by their father. After Kazuma's death from a hereditary illness, dancing became Subaru's only happiness and she yearns to lose herself in dance. Her life takes a dramatic turn when she runs into cabaret owner Isuzu, who recognizes the talent in Subaru and trains her in her nightspot. But to become a professional ballerina, Subaru has to overcome harsher challenges than merely satisfying the cabaret drunkards. Spurred on by her rivaling dance companions, Subaru enters an international dance competition, to vie for recognition and a scholarship to any top ballet company in the world. Subaru and her companions soon discover that there are more to compete than the championship, and tests of friendship, betrayal and self-worth come one after another. Gradually the youngsters learn about themselves as dancers, as persons and as friends.

Dance, Subaru!

2009
The Returning
5.3

Chung has a book project that will make his career in publishing: a collector's edition of the work of Siu Lau, a reclusive woman who died mysteriously in 1949. An anonymous benefactor has maintained her house since her death; it's rumored to be haunted. Chung moves into the house with his girlfriend Elaine. While he works long hours at his office, she experiences strange events in the house.

The Returning

1994
Tales from the Occult: Ultimate Malevolence
2.5

Features three short films– Killing Me Softly, No Way Out and Memento Mori – revealing the most terrifying and ugly side of human nature. The final chapter of Tales From The Occult is unpredictable, where life and death are just a thought away.

Tales from the Occult: Ultimate Malevolence

2023
When Tat Fu Was Young
7.5

In 1913, 17-year-old Dafu travels from China to Japan to study. Japan is on the rise, a nation of proud people. China, on the other hand, is in turmoil. Dafu takes his demanding courses and racial discrimination in stride, but he finds his nascent manhood difficult to handle. In a hot-springs spa, he meets Lung Erh, his dream girl, but she soon disappears.

When Tat Fu Was Young

1988
Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt
10.0

In this sequel to Yesterday You, Yesterday Me, Bobby looks back on his youthful dreams -- the joys of love and the pain of separation. He also remembers the summer of 1985 when he was smitten with a woman named Sharon.

Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt

1994
Goodbye Hero
7.0

Frustration and recovery of a stunt man after his partner's accident.

Goodbye Hero

1990