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Milkyway Image (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Chinese: 銀河映像(香港) 有限公司) is a production company based in Hong Kong. The company was established in 1996 by prolific director Johnnie To in joint partnership with frequent collaborator Wai Ka-Fai. The company is known best for producing dark crime films inspired by the work of French director Jean-Pierre Melville and the genre of Film noir. Milkyway Image's productions have been repeatedly praised as a bold move against the slapdash commercialism found in post-handover Hong Kong cinema, and have also attracted a significant international fan base.
Filmography of Milkyway Image (51 films)
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Fat Choi Spirit (2002)
, 1h36Directed by Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy
Actors Andy Lau, Angela Tong, Louis Koo, Gigi Leung, Sean Lau, Cherrie Ying
Andy is an extremely compulsive Mahjong player. Thrown out of the house by his mother and ignored by his more academically gifted and successful younger brother, Louis, he had a hard time running away from debt collectors until one day he met a young girl named Gigi after a run-in with some of the debt collectors' men. Gigi started out as a thief, but because she fell for him and gave him immense luck, Andy gained great success with his extreme good luck in mahjong games and became very rich. However he refused to marry Gigi because she, though a nice woman when with him, was in reality quite a sore loser who threw temper tantrums while on the verge of losing mahjong games. She could not understand that he couldn't stand the way she behaved. As Andy said, her behaviour could be revealed by just playing a game of mahjong where when she lost, she would throw the tables. He promised her that he would marry her if she could play a game of mahjong without such a bad temper. She couldn't and so he couldn't marry her though he loved her. In the meantime, Andy found his mother who was now suffering from Alzheimer's disease and his brother who faced bankruptcy and moved in with Andy, who coincidentally lived in a bungalow. Not wanting to lose out in finding a job, Louis who had excellent luck in Mahjong but zero skill, was conned out of all his money and even his clothes by a skilled, yet devious mahjong player, Sean, portrayed by Lau Ching-wan. But being a kind hearted simpleton, a woman on the con team, (Cherrie) fell for him and decided to mend her ways.
Second Time Around (2002)
, 1h39Directed by Jeffrey Lau
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Ekin Cheng, Cecilia Cheung, Jonathan Ke Quan
During a trip to Las Vegas with his best friend, gambler Sing Wong (Jonathan Ke Quan) loses all his money. The pair learn about Ren Lee (Ekin Cheng), a man who controls a way of going back in time, from a young woman.
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002)
Directed by Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai
Origin Hong kong
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Actors Sammi Cheng, Sean Lau, Cherrie Ying, Simon Yam, Wong Tin-Lam, Lam Suet
May Ho (Sammi Cheng) is a woman who inherits a vast fortune when her rich husband drowns in a scuba diving accident in the Caribbean. May told several joking lies to win her Stanford-educated, extremely successful husband, and his mother and sister are less than pleased when they find out, especially since they still harbor suspicions about her motives in marrying her husband after knowing him for only seven days. Nonetheless, the house, fortune, and a portion of the family fashion company are hers. Depressed, alone, and deeply missing her husband (feelings further exacerbated when her husband's dog, Whisky, dies), May goes on a binge of eating, drinking, smoking, watching television, and stealing from her own company's stores, culminating in a drunken car ride and near-fatal car accident.
Running Out of Time 2 (2001)
, 1h38Directed by Johnnie To
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Sean Lau, Ekin Cheng, Hui Shiu-hung, Lam Suet
The film brings back Inspector Ho Sheung-sang (Lau Ching-wan), this time to contend with another clever thief (Ekin Cheng, whose character is nameless). This time around, the Thief is determined to extort money from a high-strung businesswoman (Kelly Lin) and play a few rounds of clever games with Ho in the process.
Wu Yen (2001)
, 2h3Directed by Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai
Origin Hong kong
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Historical
Actors Anita Mui, Cecilia Cheung, Sammi Cheng, Joe Cheng, Wong Tin-Lam, Hui Shiu-hung
Une légende célèbre raconte qu’un empereur un peu idiot eut la mauvaise idée de libérer un esprit maléfique alors qu’il avait perdu son armée dans la forêt. Cet esprit se transforma alors en une belle jeune femme et vint s’immiscer entre l’empereur et sa nouvelle femme, Wu Yen.
Love on a Diet (2001)
, 1h35Directed by Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Lam Suet, Wong Tin-Lam
Mini Mo (Sammi Cheng) is a Hong Kong resident living in Japan. She suffers from depression, low self-esteem and a binge eating disorder – the result which sees her suffers from extreme obesity. A failed suicide attempt causes her to meet Fatso (Andy Lau), a Hong Kong salesman working in Japan who is also obese.
Fulltime Killer (2001)
, 1h42Directed by Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Takashi Sorimachi, Andy Lau, Simon Yam, Cherrie Ying, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Lam Suet
Based on a book by Hong Kong filmmaker Pang Ho-cheung, Fulltime Killer protagonist O is a hitman being challenged by new hotshot Lok Tok-wah. O has lived a life of seclusion as the number one hitman in Asia. The woman living at his contact address is captured after O foils a set-up by his boss. He then goes on the run whilst trying to fend off his adversary. The last part of the movie focuses on an Interpol detective's attempt to write the story of Tok and O.
Needing You... (2000)
, 1h41Directed by Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Hui Shiu-hung, Lam Suet
Kinki Kwok (Sammi Cheng) is a somewhat scatter-brained office worker at an electronics firm, who is down on her luck with love. Her boyfriend Dan (Gabriel Harrison) cheats on her and treats her like a doormat. She is given to fits of pathological cleaning under emotional stress. Her workplace is full of gossip-mongers perpetually looking to shirk work.
Spacked Out (2000)
, 1h30Directed by Lawrence Ah Mon
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Crime
The film follows four teenaged girls around Tuen Mun in the New Territories of Hong Kong as the youngest of the group, 13-year-old Cookie, finds out that she may be pregnant, but her boyfriend has left for Mong Kok to sell pirated VCDs.
Help!!! (2000)
, 1h32Directed by Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Ekin Cheng, Cecilia Cheung, Lam Suet, Hui Shiu-hung
À l'hôpital Sir Ho, les docteurs et leur équipe sont devenus de vrais tire-au-flanc et ne s'occupent même plus de leurs patients. Le nouveau docteur Yan est déterminé à les faire changer en ramenant deux docteurs rebelles dans le droit chemin.
The Mission (1999)
, 1h21Directed by Johnnie To
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Roy Cheung, Lam Suet, Simon Yam, Eddy Ko
Triad boss Lung (Eddy Ko), who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis (Anthony Wong), James (Lam Suet), Mike (Roy Cheung), Roy (Francis Ng) and Shin (Jackie Lui) for his protection.
Running Out of Time (1999)
, 1h33Directed by Johnnie To
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Andy Lau, Sean Lau, Jacky Cheung, Hui Shiu-hung, Lam Suet, Robert Sparks
Cheung (Andy Lau) is given four weeks to live. As he eats at a diner, Inspector Ho Sheung-sang (Lau Ching-wan), a police negotiator, has been called to the scene of a bank robbery standoff that's being bungled by his inept boss, Wong Kai-fat (Benz Hui). Listening to a negotiation between Wong and the robbers, Ho feels that the robbers are professionals and goes in the negotiate with the robbers. After goading the robbers, a man amongst the hostages stands up and shoots the robbers dead. Inspector Ho recognizes his sniffling as the robber talking to Wong before he went in. As the police rush in, Inspector Ho leaves the crime scene to grab some breakfast.
Where a Good Man Goes (1999)
, 1h30Directed by Johnnie To
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Sean Lau, Wayne Lai, Lam Suet
Michael Cheung, membre d'une triade, sort de prison. Il est immédiatement confronté à ses anciens frères et à Kark, le policier qui l'avait arrêté.
A Hero Never Dies (1998)
, 1h26Directed by Johnnie To
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Sean Lau, Leon Lai, Lam Suet, Wong Tin-Lam
Jack et Martin sont hommes de main dans deux clans opposés. Après une confrontation où ils se sont entretués, ils sont abandonnés par leurs clans respectifs.
The Longest Nite (1998)
, 1h23Directed by Johnnie To, Patrick Yau
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Sean Lau, Mark Cheng, Maggie Shiu, Lam Suet, Lung Fong
While a gang war is developing in Macau between two heads of Triads, corrupt cop Sam (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) takes on a gunman in a restaurant where bald Tony (Lau Ching-Wan) is eating. After Sam goes to another mobster's restaurant where an informant is tortured, he finds a headless corpse in his apartment. Then a nightclub owner is murdered, and Sam moves fast to find the killer in an effort to prevent the gang war from escalating. However, he gets a full dose of action after he pins the crime on Tony.