Yau Nai-Hoi

Writing

Yau Nai-Hoi

Born 1968-04-14 · Hong Kong, China

Yau Nai-Hoi is a Hong Kong screenwriter and director best known for his work with the production company Milkyway Image.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Mission poster
7.5

Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis, James, Mike, Roy and Shin for his protection.

The Mission

1999

Running Out of Time poster
7.3

Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime syndicates.

Running Out of Time

1999

Drug War poster
6.9

A drug cartel boss is arrested in a raid and coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.

Drug War

2012

Election poster
7.2

After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official symbol of a chairman's authority.

Election

2005

PTU poster
7.0

Follows a police tactical unit during one dangerous night on the streets of Hong Kong as they try to recover a cop's stolen gun. Things turn deadly when they run into a web of gangland crimes.

PTU

2003

Election 2 poster
7.4

As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.

Election 2

2006

Throw Down poster
6.8

A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.

Throw Down

2004

Trivisa poster
7.2

Hong Kong's three notorious thieves who have never met one another before appear in the same restaurant. This leads to a rumour that they are joining forces to pull off something big before the Handover, though this is not something that any of them.

Trivisa

2016

Triangle poster
6.5

Life has not been kind to drinking buddies Sam, Fai, and Mok as they struggle to make ends meet, until one stormy evening when a mysterious old man appears before them in a bar with a 'get rich quick' scheme: an ancient treasure buried under a high-security government building.

Triangle

2007

Running on Karma poster
6.5

A monk turned body-builder, with the gift to see into people's lives, befriends a female cop, and uses his gift to change the force of Karma and her destiny.

Running on Karma

2003

Running Out of Time 2 poster
6.1

Ho Sheung Sang finds himself wrapped up in another cat-and-mouse game, this time against a tricky magician.

Running Out of Time 2

2001

Don't Go Breaking My Heart poster
6.4

A typical story of the classic romantic triangle, where one person ends up having to choose between two others. This time, it is set against a backdrop of offices in Hong Kong, with a focus on architecture and its designers.

Don't Go Breaking My Heart

2011

The Longest Nite poster
6.9

A corrupt cop named Sam handles negotiations between two Triad leaders who plan to join forces. However, he meets a suspicious bald man named Tony, who keeps following him around and disrupting his personal business.

The Longest Nite

1998

The Bare-Footed Kid poster
6.2

A poor barefoot young man from the country arrives in the city to start work with the friend of his dead father.

The Bare-Footed Kid

1993

Three poster
6.0

Realising that he will be defeated in no time during a police showdown, a thug shoots himself to force the cops to cease fire and take him to the hospital. In the hospital, he claims human rights to refuse immediate treatment in order to buy time for his underlings to rescue him. The detective in charge sees through his scheme but decides to play along so as to capture his whole gang once and for all.

Three

2016

Three poster
6.0

Realising that he will be defeated in no time during a police showdown, a thug shoots himself to force the cops to cease fire and take him to the hospital. In the hospital, he claims human rights to refuse immediate treatment in order to buy time for his underlings to rescue him. The detective in charge sees through his scheme but decides to play along so as to capture his whole gang once and for all.

Three

2016

Eye in the Sky poster
6.7

The head of an elite Hong Kong surveillance unit keeps one eye on his rookie apprentice and the other on a notorious criminal he suspects of masterminding a recent jewel heist in this tense thriller from filmmaking duo Johnnie To and Nai-Hoi Yau. Of course, the criminal knows all along he's being watched. But that doesn't stop him from trying to pull off the biggest score of his career.

Eye in the Sky

2007

Eye in the Sky poster
6.7

The head of an elite Hong Kong surveillance unit keeps one eye on his rookie apprentice and the other on a notorious criminal he suspects of masterminding a recent jewel heist in this tense thriller from filmmaking duo Johnnie To and Nai-Hoi Yau. Of course, the criminal knows all along he's being watched. But that doesn't stop him from trying to pull off the biggest score of his career.

Eye in the Sky

2007

A Hero Never Dies poster
6.9

Jack and Martin are gunmen who work for two rival kingpins. Jack and Martin have been fighting on their bosses behalf for close to a year. When a truce is made both Jack and Martin are cut loose. The two men then decide to join forces and take on the gangsters who used them.

A Hero Never Dies

1998

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts poster
6.3

A car accident gives a spoiled, troubled young woman the ability to see ghosts, including one of a former classmate.

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts

2002

Life Without Principle poster
6.7

A criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.

Life Without Principle

2011

Mad Fate poster
6.4

A fortune teller fails to help a prostitute who is facing a deadly calamity. When he meets a young boss of a tea restaurant, he predicts that his bloodthirsty tendencies will lead him to a prison sentence for murder.

Mad Fate

2023

Mad Fate poster
6.4

A fortune teller fails to help a prostitute who is facing a deadly calamity. When he meets a young boss of a tea restaurant, he predicts that his bloodthirsty tendencies will lead him to a prison sentence for murder.

Mad Fate

2023

Blind Detective poster
6.2

A brilliant detective is forced into early retirement after losing eyesight. Making ends meet by solving cold cases for reward money, he teams up with a rookie lady inspector to solve a case from her personal past.

Blind Detective

2013