Movies: Damian Lau

The fourth episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho’s “ICAC” Series (1978), with three short stories combined...

The first episode of the Hong Kong reclaimed “Social Worker” series (1976)...

In “Homeward Bound”, the corrupt Health Inspector is not your usual villain; he spouts poetry and has a loving, dutiful wife. He's also a sybarite who balances his life around a shrewd, money worshipping concubine and a mistress that is romantic, if ...

The second episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho’s “ICAC” Series (1978) around bribery and corruption...

In “A Man”, Police Inspector Shek reports his corrupt colleagues, but it is his own integrity which comes under investigation, Joyce's implication that being honest to oneself can extract a high price. Also characteristic of her ICAC scripts is that ...

A young journalist befriends a businessman and learns that after his dream of becoming a Ping-Pong player was cut short, he escaped to Hong Kong in search of a better life. Inspired by his story, the journalist decides to pursue her dreams....

The third episode of the Hong Kong reclaimed “Social Worker” series (1976), which showed the ecology of marginalized teenagers and their interaction with social workers....