Yim Ho

Directing

Yim Ho

Born

1952-01-01 (74)

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

Yim Ho is a Hong Kong director most active in the 1980s, and a leader of the Hong Kong New Wave. He began his career making television programs for RTHK, then became a film director in 1980. One of his most critically acclaimed works was Homecoming.

Known for

Golden Horse Awards poster
9.0

The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times

Golden Horse Awards

1962

Pavilion of Women poster
5.4

With World War II looming, a prominent family in China must confront the contrasting ideas of traditionalism, communism and Western thinking, while dealing with the most important ideal of all: love and its meaning in society.

Pavilion of Women

2001

The Stunt Woman poster
7.2

After moving to Hong Kong from China, a young martial artist starts a promising career as a stuntwoman. She begins to feel accepted in the business, but a passionate affair with a playboy ends up breaking her heart and unleashing her wild side.

The Stunt Woman

1996

Kung Fu poster
NR

Liu Zhong-yuan is a famous martial artist who lives in seclusion with his family. His eldest daughter, Liu Feng, helps him in the clinic while her husband works in England. His second daughter, Liu Yi, has no interest in learning martial arts. Instead, she attends university while her brother, Liu Long, spends his time fighting. Concerned for his son's well-being, Liu Zhong-yuan decides to open a martial arts school. However, Liu Long desires to become a movie star, leading to conflicts with his family and involvement with the criminal underworld. Can Liu Zhong-yuan use his martial arts skills and sense of justice to help his son find his way back?

Kung Fu

1975

No artwork available
NR

The last episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho’s “ICAC” Series (1978), unfortunately, was banned by the authorities until its initial release at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 1999

ICAC: Investigation

1978

Red Dust poster
7.0

Stretching across the canvas of the Sino-Japanese War of the 30s, the subsequent Japanese surrender in 1945, and the onslaught of Communism, this film depicts an ill-fated romance between a talented lady novelist and a Chinese traitor working with the Japanese who fall victim to the mayhem of war and their tragic inability to reconcile political differences.

Red Dust

1990

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Pavilion of Women poster
5.4

With World War II looming, a prominent family in China must confront the contrasting ideas of traditionalism, communism and Western thinking, while dealing with the most important ideal of all: love and its meaning in society.

Pavilion of Women

2001

No artwork available
NR

The last episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho’s “ICAC” Series (1978), unfortunately, was banned by the authorities until its initial release at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 1999

ICAC: Investigation

1978

Red Dust poster
7.0

Stretching across the canvas of the Sino-Japanese War of the 30s, the subsequent Japanese surrender in 1945, and the onslaught of Communism, this film depicts an ill-fated romance between a talented lady novelist and a Chinese traitor working with the Japanese who fall victim to the mayhem of war and their tragic inability to reconcile political differences.

Red Dust

1990

Red Dust poster
7.0

Stretching across the canvas of the Sino-Japanese War of the 30s, the subsequent Japanese surrender in 1945, and the onslaught of Communism, this film depicts an ill-fated romance between a talented lady novelist and a Chinese traitor working with the Japanese who fall victim to the mayhem of war and their tragic inability to reconcile political differences.

Red Dust

1990

Kitchen poster
8.7

Aggie is suffering a great pain after the death of her Grandmother. She has no one else so she moves in with her Godmother and her son, Louie. Aggie does not speak a single word, the pain she is going through is unimaginable, and this portrayal is simply stunning in its sadness and grief. Louie and Wah try to make her feel at home, and soon Aggie's passion for cooking shines through her sadness.

Kitchen

1997

Kitchen poster
8.7

Aggie is suffering a great pain after the death of her Grandmother. She has no one else so she moves in with her Godmother and her son, Louie. Aggie does not speak a single word, the pain she is going through is unimaginable, and this portrayal is simply stunning in its sadness and grief. Louie and Wah try to make her feel at home, and soon Aggie's passion for cooking shines through her sadness.

Kitchen

1997

Kitchen poster
8.7

Aggie is suffering a great pain after the death of her Grandmother. She has no one else so she moves in with her Godmother and her son, Louie. Aggie does not speak a single word, the pain she is going through is unimaginable, and this portrayal is simply stunning in its sadness and grief. Louie and Wah try to make her feel at home, and soon Aggie's passion for cooking shines through her sadness.

Kitchen

1997

Kitchen poster
8.7

Aggie is suffering a great pain after the death of her Grandmother. She has no one else so she moves in with her Godmother and her son, Louie. Aggie does not speak a single word, the pain she is going through is unimaginable, and this portrayal is simply stunning in its sadness and grief. Louie and Wah try to make her feel at home, and soon Aggie's passion for cooking shines through her sadness.

Kitchen

1997

King of Chess poster
6.9

Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as well as Taiwan's capitalist boom of the 1970's.

King of Chess

1991

King of Chess poster
6.9

Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as well as Taiwan's capitalist boom of the 1970's.

King of Chess

1991

No artwork available
NR

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

ICAC: Section Nine

1978

Floating City poster
6.5

Set in Hong Kong in the 1980s, the film follows a fisherman’s son who rises to become a powerful tai pan.

Floating City

2012

Floating City poster
6.5

Set in Hong Kong in the 1980s, the film follows a fisherman’s son who rises to become a powerful tai pan.

Floating City

2012

Floating City poster
6.5

Set in Hong Kong in the 1980s, the film follows a fisherman’s son who rises to become a powerful tai pan.

Floating City

2012

Homecoming poster
7.4

Coral, a Hong Kong woman tortured by city life, went back to her home town to visit her two old friends. They all found that some precious things in life which disappear through the years could never be recovered.

Homecoming

1984

The Happenings poster
8.0

A group of teenagers stop at a service station after a leaving a disco. In a fight resulting from their inability to pay, the staff on duty are killed by the group, which leads to a desperate night of cat and mouse with the police.

The Happenings

1980

The Happenings poster
8.0

A group of teenagers stop at a service station after a leaving a disco. In a fight resulting from their inability to pay, the staff on duty are killed by the group, which leads to a desperate night of cat and mouse with the police.

The Happenings

1980

The Extras poster
7.5

Hakky Ho (James Yi Lui) holds on to his love of acting and dreams of being a star despite the chaotic, brutal, low-paying, hilarious reality of life as an extra. He falls in love with fellow extra Siu-Fong (Idy Chan), but the star (Kenneth Tsang) wants her for his next extra-marital conquest.

The Extras

1978

The Extras poster
7.5

Hakky Ho (James Yi Lui) holds on to his love of acting and dreams of being a star despite the chaotic, brutal, low-paying, hilarious reality of life as an extra. He falls in love with fellow extra Siu-Fong (Idy Chan), but the star (Kenneth Tsang) wants her for his next extra-marital conquest.

The Extras

1978

The Day the Sun Turned Cold poster
5.8

Guan Jian wants to report the murder of his father who died 10 years ago. The alleged murderer whom Guan Jian accuses of the crime is his own mother.

The Day the Sun Turned Cold

1994

The Day the Sun Turned Cold poster
5.8

Guan Jian wants to report the murder of his father who died 10 years ago. The alleged murderer whom Guan Jian accuses of the crime is his own mother.

The Day the Sun Turned Cold

1994

The Day the Sun Turned Cold poster
5.8

Guan Jian wants to report the murder of his father who died 10 years ago. The alleged murderer whom Guan Jian accuses of the crime is his own mother.

The Day the Sun Turned Cold

1994

Beautiful 2015 poster
NR

Understanding "beauty" for 2015... From Beijing, Huang Jianxin wonders if it's nobler to sleep or not to sleep in Insomniac Diary. In London, Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Tenant tells the misadventures of an Iranian boy trying not to lose his bed-sit. With Three Days After My Death, Yim Ho creates a parable: a woman who wants to die must save someone's life before her death wish be granted. Tsai Ming-Liang returns with No No Sleep, where bare-footed Lee Kang-Sheng walks Tokyo streets in the depth of winter.

Beautiful 2015

2015

Wedding Bells, Wedding Belles poster
8.0

A romantic comedy directed by Hong Kong New Wave filmmaker Yim Ho.

Wedding Bells, Wedding Belles

1981

No artwork available
NR

One episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho’s “CID” series based on real murder incidents in Hong Kong

CID: Murder

1976

The Sun Has Ears poster
7.2

When impoverished young bride Youyou (Zhang) collapses from hunger at the door of handsome buccaneer Pan Hao (You Yong), he immediately decides to have her, much to the chagrin of his current squeeze, Widow Ma (Jiang Yanqiang).

The Sun Has Ears

1996

A West Lake Moment poster
6.8

Xiao Yu (Zhou), a barista and cake maker in a teahouse-café by Westlake in Hangzhou. Since a car crash long ago, she had been leading a peaceful life with her kind-hearted best friend and fellow car crash survivor Tong (Yim) who is unabashed in admitting that his feelings for Xiao Yu have developed into love. One day A Qin (Chen) celebrates his birthday alone in her café. Xiao Yu's curiosity sparks off their dialogues and both discover they have many parallels. But A Qin is a player who is escaping to Hangzhou from the pressures of his relationships in Beijing and Xiao Yu is pursued by Tong ... What will be their choices?

A West Lake Moment

2005

No artwork available
NR

Two Stories “Water” kicked off with the Cantonese tune of Raindrops Beating on the Banana Leaves, a symbolic hint on the tragic outcome of the drama – a demonstration of Joyce's astute use of music. When a kind, gullible mother-in-law and her rude, strong-willed daughter-in-law separately encounter the same con-artist, the result is high drama.

ICAC: Two Stories "Water"

1978

No artwork available
NR

The second story of “Two Stories” from Ann Hui and Yim Ho’s “ICAC” series (1978)

ICAC: Two Stories “Fire”

1978

No artwork available
NR

One episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho “CID” Series (1976), which won one of the very first awards for Hong Kong in an international television competition.

CID: Wrongly Accused

1976

Buddha's Lock poster
9.0

About the arrest and enslavement of a crashed American airman by a backward tribe of the Yi people in central Sichuan during WWII.

Buddha's Lock

1987

Social Worker (#3) poster
NR

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.

Social Worker (#3)

1976

Social Worker (#3) poster
NR

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.

Social Worker (#3)

1976

No artwork available
NR

One episode of the “Seventeen” series (1977)

Seventeen: 1977

1977