Screenplay: Tsui Hark

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Tsui Hark. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Green Snake

1993 · Movie · 99 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Tsui Hark

Cast Maggie Cheung · Joey Wong · Wu Hsing-kuo · Vincent Zhao

Synopsis The movie retells the ancient Chinese story of the Green Snake and sister White Snake, two giant snake demons, immortal creatures who manage to attain human form after hundreds of years of practicing their sorcery. However, this disrupts the natural...

7.0

106 votes

7.0

106 votes

The Blade

1995 · Movie · 101 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Tsui Hark

Cast Hung Yan-Yan · Moses Chan · Vincent Zhao · Valerie Chow

Synopsis After the master of the Sharp Manufacturer saber factory abdicates and appoints On, his least popular worker, as his successor, On, unwilling to lead his surly colleagues, embarks on a quest of revenge to kill the evil, flying, tattooed kung...

6.8

85 votes

6.8

85 votes

Don't Play with Fire

1980 · Movie · 95 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Tsui Hark

Cast Lo Lieh · Lin Chen-Chi · Albert Au · Simon Lung

Synopsis A nefarious woman manipulates three young students into a crime spree, which causes them to unintentionally cross a triad gang who responds with unbridled violence.

6.7

61 votes

6.7

61 votes

Dragon Inn

1992 · Movie · 88 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Raymond Lee · Ching Siu-Tung · Tsui Hark

Cast Brigitte Lin · Tony Leung Ka-Fai · Maggie Cheung · Donnie Yen

Synopsis During the Ming Dynasty, Tsao Sui Yan, the power-hungry and ruthless eunuch leader of East Chamber, craves his own kingdom. He intends on destroying the rebelling clans by using a traitorous secretary's children as bait. Ultimately, the two warring factions...

6.5

58 votes

6.5

58 votes

A Better Tomorrow II

1988 · Movie · 105 min. · Hong Kong

Direction John Woo

Cast Ti Lung · Chow Yun-Fat · Leslie Cheung · Dean Shek

Synopsis Several years after the events of 'A Better Tomorrow'. Sung Tse Ho (Ti Lung) and his brother Tse Kit (Leslie Cheung) are undercover police agents collecting evidence of the counterfeit activities of Lung's (Dean Shek) ship building company. Actually, Lung's...

6.4

968 votes

6.4

968 votes

Iron Monkey

1993 · Movie · 96 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Yuen Woo-Ping

Cast Yu Rongguang · Donnie Yen · Jean Wang · Yen Shi-Kwan

Synopsis A Hong Kong variation on Robin Hood. The corrupt officials of a Chinese village are continually robbed by a masked bandit know as "Iron Monkey" named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Govenor forces a traveling physician...

6.3

1K votes

6.3

1K votes

Time and Tide

2000 · Movie · 113 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Tsui Hark

Cast Nicholas Tse · Wu Bai · Anthony Wong · Jun Kung

Synopsis Tyler is a restless, streetwise 21-year-old Hong Kong native who's had trouble gaining the trust of others all his life. He secretly fantasizes about living the good life in South America. After a while, he is forced to deal with...

6.3

198 votes

6.3

198 votes

Once Upon a Time in China

1991 · Movie · 134 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Tsui Hark

Cast Jet Li · Yuen Biao · Rosamund Kwan · Jacky Cheung

Synopsis Set in late 19th century Canton this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung (1847-1924) against foreign forces' (English, French and American) plundering of China. When Aunt Yee arrives back from America...

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6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Swordsman II

1992 · Movie · 107 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Ching Siu-Tung · Stanley Tong

Cast Jet Li · Brigitte Lin · Michelle Reis · Waise Lee

Synopsis With an entirely new set of actors, this movie continues the story from Swordsman (1990). Blademaster and his martial arts school decide to retire to a distant mountain. Before leaving, he visits his friends, a tribe of snake-wielding women warriors....

6.1

46 votes

6.1

46 votes

Once Upon a Time in China III

1992 · Movie · 107 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Tsui Hark

Cast Jet Li · Rosamund Kwan · Mok Siu-Chung · Hung Yan-Yan

Synopsis Wong Fei-Hung and sidekick Chung arrive in Peking just as the Empress announces a Lion Dance martial arts contest. Also accompanying him is cousin Yee, his young, Westernized aunt-by-adoption, to whom Wong is secretly betrothed. Wong faces a possible romantic...

5.6

460 votes

5.6

460 votes

Sword Master

2016 · Movie · 108 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Derek Yee

Cast Lin Gengxin · Peter Ho · Jiang Yiyan · Norman Chu

Synopsis Hong Kong cinema giants Derek Yee and Tsui Hark join forces in this 3D martial arts epic, about an elite swordsman who is haunted by his skill, and a challenger who aims to take his place at all costs.

5.6

112 votes

5.6

112 votes

Roboforce

1988 · Movie · 96 min. · Hong Kong

Direction David Chung · Tsui Hark

Cast Dennis Chan · Paul Chun · Ben Lam · Lam Ching-Ying

Synopsis The Hero Gang is a nasty group of thugs terrorizing Hong Kong with their killer robots, Pioneers 1 and 2. While Pioneer 1 looks like an oridinary robot, Pioneer 2 has been modelled on Maria, the gang's #2 thug. When...

5.6

22 votes

5.6

22 votes

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon

2013 · Movie · 134 min. · China

Direction Tsui Hark

Cast Mark Chao · Angelababy · Feng Shaofeng · Carina Lau

Synopsis From legendary action director Tsui Hark and the creators of international smash hit "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" comes an action-packed and captivating tale of Dee Renjie’s beginnings in the Imperial police force. His very first...

5.5

597 votes

5.5

597 votes

A Better Tomorrow III

1989 · Movie · 118 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Tsui Hark

Cast Chow Yun-Fat · Anita Mui · Tony Leung Ka-Fai · Tokito Saburo

Synopsis The year is 1974. A young Hong Kong Chinese, Mark, travels to Saigon to make his fortune. There, he encounters a mysterious femme fatale, the lovely Kit. As he becomes more involved in her various underworld deals, a tragic romance...

5.5

126 votes

5.5

126 votes

Black Mask

1996 · Movie · 96 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Daniel Lee

Cast Jet Li · Lau Ching-Wan · Karen Mok · Françoise Yip

Synopsis Micheal, a former test subject of a project to create supersoldiers, is forced to escape with his comrades after the project was cancelled. Months later, he is trying to have a quiet life as a librarian with a tough cop...

5.4

229 votes

5.4

229 votes

Twin Dragons

1992 · Movie · 104 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Ringo Lam · Tsui Hark

Cast Jackie Chan · Maggie Cheung · Teddy Robin Kwan · Anthony Chan

Synopsis Two twins are separated at birth, one becoming a streetwise mechanic and the other an acclaimed classical concert conductor. Finally meeting in adulthood they each become mistaken for the other and entangled in each other's world.

5.3

470 votes

5.3

470 votes

A Chinese Ghost Story III

1991 · Movie · 104 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Ching Siu-Tung · Tsui Hark

Cast Jacky Cheung · Yiu-Sing Cheung · Choi-Chow Hoh · Lau Shun

Synopsis 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)....

5.3

177 votes

5.3

177 votes

A Chinese Ghost Story

1997 · Movie · 84 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Andrew Chen

Synopsis Tax collector Ning wanders the land with his pet dog Solid Gold grieving over his lost love Siu Lan. Along the way, he runs into interesting characters such as ghostbuster Red Beard, White Cloud and Ten Miles. Ning ends up...

5.2

51 votes

5.2

51 votes

5.2

27 votes

Once Upon a Time in China V

1994 · Movie · 101 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Tsui Hark

Cast Vincent Zhao · Rosamund Kwan · Mok Siu-Chung · Kent Cheng

Synopsis Brand new epic adventure set during a tumultuous time in China, when left without a leader, the cavalry is attacked by the powerful allies and pirate bands. A martial arts master, Wong Fei-Hong and Aunt Yee return to do battle...

5.1

29 votes

5.1

29 votes