Mai Kei

Mai Kei was an actor, writer, martial arts director and production manager who worked in films from 1977-2000. He is known for his work on Ghost Ballroom (1989), Taoism Drunkard (1984), and A Time to Win (2000).

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Name Mai Kei

Nationality Hong Konger

Gender Male

Born

Died May 8, 2018

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Type Hong Konger

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Chan Chuen directed this story about the many problems besetting Hong Kong youth when they reach that “energetic” age of 21. (Source: Letterboxd)

A story about an 'ikumen' dad and his family showcasing a dual-income couple. Matsumoto Ryo is an IT consultant in Tokyo. While on paternity leave, he becomes exhausted from looking after the children and doing chores, more so than he anticipated. He can't even confide in his friends as they don't...

Despite his success at apprehending criminals, Kevin Chan's unorthodox approach to his work as a police officer sees him demoted to the traffic branch. Despite this, the man he put behind bars is now out of prison, and has vowed to make his life a misery. While this crime boss his harassing Kevin an...

A family guy cop goes deep into a case and gets involved with a deranged killer. His partner and friend along with a new protégé Porky take over the case and look for his missing partner who’s “enjoying” the twisted company of the killer. Can Inspector Chan and Porky find Melvin before he becomes th...

Ah Chaan and Fat Chug were good partners in the Police Force. Both of them had helped in solving many criminal and civil cases despite their silly behavior. Ah Chaan falls in love with a young woman named Jane. When a criminal is looking for a way to get the police off of him he kidnaps Ah Chaan'...

A gang of Chinese criminals migrate to Hong Kong in search of easy pickings. After pulling a few jobs and killing a couple of cops, they turn their sight on Tse Sui Luen Jewelry Company. But the robbery is miserably botched. Some of the crooks are tricked and killed by police super sleuth, Detective...

When Fung's cop boyfriend Tats puts her supposedly reformed triad father behind bars, her daughter Fung aims to rid the organization of its dirty ties. (Source: IMDb)

The film is about a secret agent with code number 999 who is attempting to capture a thief named Rolex. Agent 999's hunt leads him to a village that is inhabited by cannibals. (Source: Wikipedia)

He Ming Zhu seeks revenge for a gambling union that forced his father's suicide. (Source: IMDB)

This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan’s unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film "Shogun’s Samurai" (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern-day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head hon...

A cop running for petticoats must protect a beautiful model, who is terrorized by his psychotic ex-boyfriend. (Source: IMDB)

Asprin and Strepsil, two petty thieves, inadvertently become involved in a murder case when they steal items belonging to a murdered man. The man had hidden an important microfilm in his passport, which the thieves pass onto a forger friend Panadol. Inspector Ng is assigned to the case, along with I...

The young Chor Lau Jeung learns martial arts from Tukku Kau Pai and has attained a high level of skill. His teacher sends him to Shaolin Monastery to attend a contest that is held once every ten years. On the journey, Chor meets Wu Tit Fa and Chungyuen Yatdim Hung. When Chor arrives at Shaolin, he f...

After avenging his brother's death, Chen Shen returned home to Shanghai. He told his mother (who became blind by crying for his son's death) that he would no longer fight. However, in the case of a film whose title contains the words "poing" and "fur", Chen does not keep his promise for very long. J...

Yuen Yat Chor plays the mousy young virgin boy who winds up protecting a Taoist magic school from the impending threat of ‘Old Devil’ Sunny Yuen, playing another one of his great supernatural sadists.

A merciless professional killer is hired by an evil court official to get rid of his opponents. Soon, the assassin discovers that the official was responsible for his father’s death and he vows revenge on the official and his supporters. (Source: Letterboxd)

The film opens with a noted scientist bursting into flames in a church belfry at the exact moment that a number of satellites fail. Dr. Ken Tak, a renowned computer scientist, soon learns that two of his colleagues, who met with similarly grizzly ends, were approached by a shadowy organization calle...

A make-it-up-as-you-go supernatural thriller about a guy in love with a ghost. (Source: TMDb)

Cherie Chung and Cheung Man are two young women forced into a life of prostitution. It’s a sensitive melodrama about loyalty and female bonding. (Source: Letterboxd)

The story of this movie describes how people with disabilities overcome difficulties and lead a meaningful life. The movie is very positive and touching, and is suitable for all members of the family.

She Shoots Straight turns on three plot axes. The first concerns the complications of a workplace romance and marriage between a dedicated policewoman “Mina Kao” (Joyce Godenzi) and her supervisor “Huang Tsung-pao” (Tony Leung). The second theme concerns opposition by the Huang family to the coupl...

Young men from a gang of robbers get released from jail just one day earlier than other guys. But stones they snatched now are already stolen again by someone.

Dragon Ma is back, having rid the seas of the dreaded Pirate Lo. Back on land, he is assigned to the police force, where he is to clean up corruption and crime in a local suburb. Along the way, he is caught up in the fate of several Chinese patriots attempting to secure sympathy and support for thei...

Directed by and starring Sammo Hung, who portrays the leader of a crew of cycle rickshaw drivers in 1930s Macau.

170 years ago, a wise monk made a section of land known as the Villains Valley, a sanctuary. Anyone who came to the valley was considered protected and safe from the law. The proclamation also stated that they should have a chance at repentance. The Master of Eva Palace, who is now master of the mar...

One of the many similarly named actors to cash in on the success of the legendary Bruce Lee, Bruce Li stars in Blind Fist of Bruce as a man who learns various forms of martial arts from a wise man. Armed with the skills, Li protects himself and his family from the gangsters who threaten their securi...

A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit. (Source: TMDb) ~~ The film is a variation of Frank Capra's Lady for a Day and Pocketf...

The head of a rich family dies and in his will leaves his fortune to his daughter. His son is enraged and uses a rubbish collector who looks the same as his sister to steal the fortune. The Uncle's son also wants a piece of the fortune and coerces a small time thief into stealing the will for his wi...

Hung Tai Kong aka "Rice Pot" and Chan Yin Tung aka "Chimney" are two brothers who work with their master Kam Ming and his daughter Ann as a team of pickpockets. Rice Pot, Chimney, and Ann later meet Inspector Ling Ah Nam, who is investigating a diamond robbery and later becomes Rice Pot's girlfriend...

The film revolves around a crack squad of female police officers who have to deal with harassment and a lack of respect from their male colleagues, personal issues as well as some serious criminals.

Inspector Kan, now married to Madame Wu, has been instructed to train the Banshee Squad Members after Madame Wu goes into semi-retirement. For their next mission, the Squad was assigned to go undercover into a Casino Ship to nab a group of thieves responsible for stolen law enforcement and military...

A bad boy hangs out and gets in trouble with the wrong crowd meeting with the disapproval of his parents. (Source: HKMDB)

Elder brother, Big Cat is a flirt and younger brother, Small Cat is mean and cold. They were sent to prison for committing crimes. Uncle Tse, a dominant criminal, accepted Small Cat in admiration of his tough character. Inspector Tai, who put them in jail is a responsible, efficient and hard police...

When a man named Fire Unicorn is killed by a gangster his ghost comes back to help a policeman (Tang) capture his killer. Fire Unicorn also plays matcher-maker between Tang and the model the policeman has fallen in love with. All seems well until the killer escapes from prison.

Alan and Halley are partners in a pest control company. Handsome Alan gets the girls and puffy Halley gets nothing. One night the two are injured in a car crash. Halley suffers slight injuries but Alan is dead for all purposes except his brain wave which still works actively. But when Halley cries o...

A club hostess is murdered by her gangster boyfriend and her ghost comes back for revenge. Her two hostess housemates are much more upset by her return than her death (which didn’t seem to bother them much at all), and their boyfriends are kind of freaked too, but when they’re not gambling they are...

Jun and Chu are two naïve young girls come to HK to meet up with their sister Hong, who is leading a relatively glamorous lifestyle as a hostess and call girl. There are plenty of gangsters hanging around, and one of them picks up Hong while planning a robbery. A young man who fancies Chu gets invol...

A priest helps teenagers suffering from drug addiction. One night, he receives a call that his daughter Mandy has died. All that is found is her pager, so he hits the nightclub circuit to try and find her. He discovers that she is with Hawk, who runs with the triads. Now he must infiltrate the group...

A triad punk and a rich kid have to put their differences aside when they are both pursued by gangsters. (Source: IMDB)

The son of a crooked cop follows in his father's footsteps. He joins an elite group of cops known as the "Flying Tigers" and learns the true meaning of justice. (Source: IMDB)

An elderly crime family boss, Feng, is being released from prison for good behavior and bad health. In the outside world, he learns that his daughter has shacked up with a depraved thug named Sin from America and that she will soon be flying out to the States to join him. When his attempts at father...

Chuck, Jimmy, and Lucky are blood brothers. Jimmy's cousin Jake, acting as a go-between, arranges a trafficking of counterfeit U.S. notes between Jimmy's group and the local triad society in Taiwan. Jake, however, double-crosses them by informing the police of the trafficking. At the ambush, the pol...

A detective is assigned to find an heiress to a fortune who has gone missing under suspicious circumstances. Plenty of laughs and action in this great modern day actioner, directed by Wilson Tong. (Source: IMDB)

Triad trouble threatens to tear apart a trio of Hong Kong childhood friends. (Source: HKCM)

While in jail serving time for a robbery, three cons learn that the money they stashed in a building is at risk because the building is targeted for demolition. (Source: IMDb)

A family of thugs and Triads can't see eye to eye and end up going fist to fist. (Source: IMDB)

An ex-soldier/escaped death row prisoner flees to Hong Kong and is forced to work for a gang of criminals when they kidnap the woman he loves. (Source: IMDB)

Tung Yen goes into jail for her boyfriend, Walkie Pi, after they kill a gang boss together. On the other hand, Walkie Pi escapes to Holland. When Tung Yen gets out, she hooks up with club owner, Playboy Man, and runs the girls at his club.

A man returning to his old neighborhood after a prison term finds that the friends he used to hang out with are now a violent street gang that is terrorizing the community.

A retired old west killer sets up a hotel for vagrants and wayward souls called Peace Hotel. When a woman with a gang on her tail attempts to hide there the owner of the hotel must revert to his old ways to protect his hotel. (Source: IMDB)

Inspector Chan is determined to crack a drug syndicate. He gets the goods on family man and drug addict/dealer Tam, and convinces him to become an informer. However, Tam betrays Chan and lets him down more than once. Chan persists with Tam, despite strong pressure from his skeptical superiors. (Sou...

A Hong Kong cop’s first undercover assignment sends him on a psychological downward spiral, unable to separate his two identities after unearthing a connection between his supervisor and the crime syndicate he’s investigating. (Source: Letterboxd)

Beggar So is trying to train brother and sister team Chung and Gam Fa, with mixed results! But an enemy from Beggar So's past, Grasshopper Bill Chan and his brother Cougar start causing trouble and throw Beggar So out of his house. Grasshopper Bill helps Kai to be pledged in marriage to Gam Fa again...

Inspector Yeung returns to take down modern day pirates.

Mortal combat erupts when two martial arts masters are killed by a gray haired master of the Crane Style. The deadly battle has a profound effect on a young student of Crane Style, whose stall was destroyed in the fight. However, his master pushes his training so ruthlessly that he rebels and seeks...

Yang Wei, finds himself drawn into the murky world of crime by a gang of ex-bandits who fear assassination! A series of robberies seem to carry all the hallmarks of their supposedly deceased master, The Spider, previously double-crossed by the gang. Yang is hired to uncover if The Spider is back on...

A man tries to keep the peace between a European club and some Chinese students but he finds himself under scrutiny. (Source: IMDB)

After being exploited by a fake kung fu teacher, Ah Tai (John Chang) searches for a real master and ends up meeting a ruthless hit man, Ghost Hands Lo Sum (Hwang Jang Lee). He tricks Ah Tai and sells him off to be a sex slave, but Ah Tai escapes and befriends a real kung fu expert Fan Siu Mung who t...

Hsiong, a young narcotics officer, hooks up through comic accidents with a party girl named Witty. She shops, plays mahjongg, and charges him for every kiss, and they are in love. When he dies in the line of duty, his ghost stays around for a few weeks, hoping to get Witty's attention, trying futile...

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Mr. Sunshine centers on a young boy born into a house servant's family who travels to the United States during the 1871 Shinmiyangyo (U.S. expedition to Korea). He returns to his homeland later as a U.S. marine officer. He meets and falls in love with an aristocrat’s daughter. At the same time, he d...

The story of twin brothers who separated at birth but grew up to be supreme martial artists. Raised to take revenge on each other they soon find themselves becoming good friends. Together they vow to take the martial arts world by storm and search for their true identities. Jiang Xiao Yu, better kn...

1935, Hôtel de la Paix: Mysterious guests play their lives for ten days. In 1935, while Manchuria was occupied, patriot Wang Da Ding investigated an opium cream that was expected to arrive soon on the market, and registered at the Peace Hotel. He met the patriot who returned from overseas and doctor...

The Julapakboriraks lost the head of their family and president of the JPB group, Tanapop, in a tragic plane accident. Her eldest daughter, Metinee, miraculously survived the accident. Shortly after the death of Tanapop, Getsara, his wife and former secretary, was promoted to the position of preside...

Chow Ming Hin (Damian Lau) single-handedly builds his family shipping business into a successful enterprise despite other family members who are either corrupt or incompetent. His son Chow Tin Chi (Julian Cheung) is earmarked as his successor, he is a spoiled brat who enjoys playing pranks on others...

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