Peter Chan Ho-Sun

Directing

Peter Chan Ho-Sun

Born 1962-11-28 · Hong Kong, China

Peter Chan Ho-Sun (born 28 November 1962), also known as 陳可辛, is a Hong Kong filmmaker.

Acting credits

Project A - Part II poster
7.1

Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.

Project A - Part II

1987

Crossline poster
9.0

A group of teenagers who are full of food and all day, moving to Canada with their parents, can not integrate into society regardless of their academic and living habits. Immigration is not their choice! They have become self-defeating, and they have been tempted to make troubles all the time. They tried to challenge the whole environment and system and vent their inner dissatisfaction. There are countless girls around Chris, but he has to follow every month..

Crossline

1996

Carry On Pickpocket poster
6.4

Hung Tai-Kong aka Rice Pot and Chan Yin-Tung aka Chimney are two friends who work with their master Kam Ming and his daughter Ann as a team of pickpockets.

Carry On Pickpocket

1982

Couples, Couples, Couples poster
7.0

Couples, Couples, Couples is a largely broad comedy about the vagaries of romance and babymaking.

Couples, Couples, Couples

1988

Twenty Something poster
4.7

Young friends (Jordan Chan, Moses Chan, Farini Cheung) look for happiness but find only fleeting pleasure in barhopping and one-night stands.

Twenty Something

1994

C'est La Vie Mon Cheri poster
7.2

Unable to make it as a commercial success because he staunchly refuses to sell out, a struggling Hong Kong musician rediscovers his love of music and regains an interest in his life's meaning through his relationship with a dying girl.

C'est La Vie Mon Cheri

1993

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse poster
NR

In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture commissioned director Yang Li-chou to make a documentary about the history of Golden Horse. What is unique to this film is that it's not an ode to celebrities but about the role cinema plays in ordinary people's lives. It's a love letter to cinema, filmmakers and audiences.

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

2016

Killer in the Dark poster
6.0

Our hero hunts a brutal murderer who killed several women.

Killer in the Dark

1973

0506HK poster
NR

Quentin Lee returns to Hong Kong, where he was born and raised. As he explores his desire to move back there from Los Angeles, he interviews local artists, filmmakers, friends, and family about why they are in Hong Kong and why they choose to be there.

0506HK

2007

Behind the camera

Dragon poster
6.9

A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.

Dragon

2011

Dragon poster
6.9

A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.

Dragon

2011

The Warlords poster
6.8

The civil war in China has ruined many lives including General Pang's. A wounded General Pang is saved by a beautiful young woman along with two other men. Together they vow to eradicate the rebels.

The Warlords

2007

The Warlords poster
6.8

The civil war in China has ruined many lives including General Pang's. A wounded General Pang is saved by a beautiful young woman along with two other men. Together they vow to eradicate the rebels.

The Warlords

2007

The Eye poster
6.6

A blind concert violinist gets a cornea transplant allowing her to see again. However, she gets more than she bargained for when she realizes her new eye can see ghosts. She sets out to find the origins of the cornea and discover the fate of its former host.

The Eye

2002

Dumplings poster
6.7

Aunt Mei's famous homemade dumplings provide amazing age-defying qualities popular with middle-aged women. But her latest customer, a fading actress, is determined to find out what the secret ingredient is.

Dumplings

2004

Bodyguards and Assassins poster
6.8

In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-sen came to Hong Kong to meet revolutionary comrades. The Qing government sent a group of killers to murder him. Ordinary citizens from all walks of life joined together, blocking the streets and fighting off the assassins to keep Sun Yat-sen safe.

Bodyguards and Assassins

2009

Comrades, Almost a Love Story poster
7.9

Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem meant for each other they somehow keep missing out.

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

1996

Comrades, Almost a Love Story poster
7.9

Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem meant for each other they somehow keep missing out.

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

1996

Curry & Pepper poster
6.5

Two best friends and cop partners become the subject of a beautiful news reporter's documentary. The two soon find themselves competing for screen time as well as the love of the reporter while after a murderous arms dealer.

Curry & Pepper

1990

Venice 70: Future Reloaded poster
5.0

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

Three... Extremes poster
6.8

Features an anthology centred on the experiences of a witch doctor, a film-maker and a disgruntled extra determined to take revenge on him, and a novelist as well as her twin sister.

Three... Extremes

2004

Protégé poster
6.8

A special agent has for 8 years been deep undercover in Asia's lucrative organized crime trade as he plays protégé to one of the key players, Banker. Now, Nick has but he has started to feel loyalty to his new environment and to the money.

Protégé

2007

The Guillotines poster
5.6

In the time of the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor Yongzheng created a secret army known as the Guillotines. It was the job of the Guillotines to protect the Emperor by killing anyone who posed a threat to him or his rule. After 348 successful missions to eliminate their target, the 349th assignment proves to be their last.

The Guillotines

2012

The Love Letter poster
5.2

In the sleepy New England town of Loblolly By The Sea, a letter has arrived that is going to wake things up. It is a love letter - ardent, sensual... and unsigned. As the letter falls into different hands, residents of the small town to eye one another with renewed interest - wondering who it's for and who it's from. Determined to find the letter's author, Helen MacFarquhar begins a quest that will open her life to a new chapter involving two decidedly different men: George, an old friend from her past, and Johnny, a young man very much in her present. Unexpectedly, one mysterious love note has the power to unlock some startling secrets, leaving a trail of wonderful surprises as it turns an entire town upside down.

The Love Letter

1999

The Eye 3: Infinity poster
5.1

Ted, his cousin May, her best friend April and April's boyfriend, Kofei take a vacation to Thailand to visit their Thai buddy, Chongkwai, who shows them a book of ten ways to see ghosts. And the game begins.

The Eye 3: Infinity

2005

Heroes Shed No Tears poster
6.5

The Thai government hires a group of Chinese mercenaries to capture a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. The mercenaries manage to capture the drug lord, but soon find themselves pursued by his forces, and the forces of a bitter Thai officer. The Chinese mercenaries are vastly outnumbered, and as their numbers begin to dwindle, their desperation pulls them into a corner as their enemies close in on them.

Heroes Shed No Tears

1984

She's Got No Name poster
4.5

A bizarre case caused thousands of waves. There are different opinions on the truth. When the whole story of the case was gradually restored like pieces of a puzzle, people realized that the truth was not that important anymore.

She's Got No Name

2025

She's Got No Name poster
4.5

A bizarre case caused thousands of waves. There are different opinions on the truth. When the whole story of the case was gradually restored like pieces of a puzzle, people realized that the truth was not that important anymore.

She's Got No Name

2025

Three poster
6.0

An anthology consisting of three horror shorts from different Asian directors: Memories by Kim Jee-woon, The Wheel by Nonzee Nimibutr, and Going Home by Peter Chan.

Three

2002

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father poster
7.1

Yuen scorns his father, who he thinks is too generous and forgiving. Through a flashback/time travel gimmick, Yuen meets his parents during their joyous courtship. Yuen comes to understand and admire his dad, and reflect on his own moral defects.

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father

1993

SoulMate poster
7.2

The film spans two decades, as the story unfolds in a series of flashbacks that begin when Qiyue and Ansheng were just thirteen. The two became inseparable, until they met a boy who ended up tearing their lives apart.

SoulMate

2016

He's a Woman, She's a Man poster
7.0

Wing is a devoted fan of popular singer Rose who is involved in a topsy-turvy relationship with her charismatic producer Sam. Willing to go to any length to meet Rose, the willowy Wing disguises herself as a man, and with a twist of fate is chosen to be the next budding star for the record company.

He's a Woman, She's a Man

1994

He's a Woman, She's a Man poster
7.0

Wing is a devoted fan of popular singer Rose who is involved in a topsy-turvy relationship with her charismatic producer Sam. Willing to go to any length to meet Rose, the willowy Wing disguises herself as a man, and with a twist of fate is chosen to be the next budding star for the record company.

He's a Woman, She's a Man

1994