Tsui Hark

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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
A Better Tomorrow
Hong Kong
1986
John Woo (Director, Actor, Writer) Blacky Ko (Action Director) Tung Wai (Action Director) Cinema City (Production Company) Chow Yun-Fat Ti Lung Leslie Cheung Emily Chu Waise Lee Tien Feng Kenneth Tsang Shing Fui-On Chan Hing-Kar (Writer) Horace Wong (Cinematographer)
classic (Thursday, November 4, 2010)
A Better Tomorrow II
Hong Kong
1987
John Woo (Director, Writer) Ching Siu-Tung (Action Director) Cinema City (Production Company) Chow Yun-Fat Leslie Cheung Dean Shek Ti Lung Kenneth Tsang Tsui Hark (Writer) Bob Thompson (Cinematographer) Horace Wong (Cinematographer)
not as tight as the original (Tuesday, November 9, 2010)
A Better Tomorrow III
Hong Kong
1989
Tsui Hark (Director) Lau Chi-Ho (Action Director) Film Workshop (Production Company) Chow Yun-Fat Anita Mui Tony Leung Ka-Fai Shek Kin Maggie Cheung Horace Wong (Cinematographer) Lowell Lo (Soundtrack)
A Chinese Ghost Story
Hong Kong
1987
Ching Siu-Tung (Director, Action Director) Lau Chi-Ho (Action Director) Bobby Wu Chi-Lung (Action Director) Kuo Chui (Action Director) Alan Chui (Action Director) Cinema City (Production Company) Leslie Cheung Joey Wang Wu Ma Lau Siu-Ming Yuen Gai-Chi (Writer) Poon Hang-Sang (Cinematographer) Lau Moon-Tong (Cinematographer) Horace Wong (Cinematographer) James Wong Jim (Soundtrack) Romeo Diaz (Soundtrack)
Seminal work of sublime beauty (Sunday, December 1, 2002)
A Chinese Ghost Story II
Hong Kong
1990
Ching Siu-Tung (Director, Action Director) Lau Chi-Ho (Action Director) Bobby Wu Chi-Lung (Action Director) Film Workshop (Production Company) Leslie Cheung Joey Wang Jacky Cheung Wu Ma Waise Lee Michelle Reis Lau Shun Lau Siu-Ming Yeung Jing-Jing Ku Feng Arthur Wong (Cinematographer) James Wong Jim (Soundtrack) Romeo Diaz (Soundtrack)
cash-in with more comedy (but less funny) (Tuesday, June 28, 2005)
A Chinese Ghost Story III
Hong Kong
1991
Ching Siu-Tung (Director, Action Director) Yuen Bun (Action Director) Ma Yuk-Sing (Action Director) Cheung Yiu-Sing (Action Director) Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Joey Wang Jacky Cheung Nina Li Lau Siu-Ming Lau Shun Tommy Wong Waise Lee James Wong Jim (Soundtrack) Romeo Diaz (Soundtrack)
In many ways a retread of the first part (Tuesday, June 28, 2005)
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Animation
Hong Kong
1997
Andrew Chen Wei-Wen (Director) Film Workshop (Production Company) Tsui Hark (Writer)
Aces Go Places
Hong Kong
1982
Eric Tsang (Director) Cinema City (Production Company) Sam Hui (Actor, Soundtrack) Karl Maka Sylvia Chang Dean Shek Tsui Hark Anna Ng Goo Ga-Lau Chen Sing Hon Kwok-Choi Walter Tso Tat-Wah To Siu-Ming Fung Ging-Man Raymond Wong Pak-Ming (Writer) Arthur Wong (Cinematographer) Teddy Robin (Soundtrack)
Influential action comedy but terribly dated (Sunday, March 28, 2021)
Aces Go Places II
Hong Kong
1983
Eric Tsang (Director, Actor) Lau Kar-Wing (Action Director) Cinema City (Production Company) Sam Hui (Actor, Soundtrack) Karl Maka Sylvia Chang Yasuaki Kurata Tsui Hark Charlie Cho Walter Tso Tat-Wah Hon Kwok-Choi Raymond Wong Pak-Ming (Writer) Clifton Ko (Writer) Arthur Wong (Cinematographer) Peter Ngor (Cinematographer) Teddy Robin (Soundtrack)
Improves on the original in just about every way (Tuesday, March 30, 2021)
Aces Go Places III
Hong Kong
1984
Tsui Hark (Director, Actor) Corey Yuen (Action Director) Cinema City (Production Company) Sam Hui (Actor, Soundtrack) Karl Maka Sylvia Chang Naomi Otsubo Jean Mersant Richard Kiel Tsuneharu Sugiyama Ricky Hui Cyrus Wong Huguette Funfrock John Shum Charlie Cho Lowell Lo Ken Boyle Raymond Wong Pak-Ming (Writer) Bill Wong Chung-Piu (Cinematographer) Tang Siu-Lam (Soundtrack)
Lacks the chemistry of its predecessor (Thursday, April 1, 2021)

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