James Wong Jim

Acting

James Wong Jim

Born — Died

1941-03-18 — 2004-11-24

Place of birth

Panyu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

81 titles

James Wong Jim (Chinese: 黃霑; Jyutping: wong4 zim1; Cantonese Yale: wòhng jīm; 18 March 1941 – 24 November 2004, also known as "霑叔" or "Uncle Jim") was a Cantopop lyricist and songwriter based primarily in Hong Kong. Beginning from the 1960s, he was the lyricist for over 2,000 songs, collaborating with songwriter Joseph Koo (a.k.a. Koo Kar-Fai) on many popular television theme songs, many of which have become classics of the genre. His work propelled Cantopop to unprecedented popularity. He was also well known in Asia as a columnist, actor, film director, screenwriter, and talk show host. He took part in creative directing positions within the entertainment industry in Hong Kong. Descriptio…

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 34 titles

Iron Monkey poster
7.4

In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.

Iron Monkey

1993

Twin Dragons poster
6.9

Identical twins are separated at birth, one becoming a streetwise mechanic, and the other an acclaimed classical concert conductor. Finally meeting in adulthood, they're mistaken for the other and entangled in each other's worlds.

Twin Dragons

1992

Flirting Scholar poster
7.5

A scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant girl who has stolen his heart.

Flirting Scholar

1993

The Banquet poster
5.8

Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer Boss Hung has secured the other two. Both aim to buy all four so they can knock them down and build hotels.

The Banquet

1991

Fight Back to School 2 poster
6.8

Star Chow, an officer in the elite police unit, resigns when he is made a scapegoat for a botched investigation. He goes undercover at a school to complete the case and realizes a bumbling detective is also undercover as a student.

Fight Back to School 2

1992

Screwball '94 poster
3.5

A teenage boy awakens a ghost from an antique pot. To be reincarnated the ghost must help his present day counterpart by helping him find romance.

Screwball '94

1994

Bishonen poster
6.6

A hustler and a model policeman who is uneasy with his own secret homosexuality begin a secret relationship.

Bishonen

1998

Tiger on the Beat 2 poster
6.5

Lam, a middle-aged cop on the verge of retirement, is asked by his sister to find his nephew, Buffalo, a suitable wife, but Buffalo already has designs on an escort, who becomes the target of a drug smuggling syndicate after she witnesses a murder.

Tiger on the Beat 2

1990

Return to a Better Tomorrow poster
6.2

An adventure that delves into the dark caverns of the underworld and tells the tale of three chivalrous gangsters who attempt to escape the powerful clutch of their gang leader.

Return to a Better Tomorrow

1994

The Gambling Ghost poster
5.6

Fatty, a hotel worker looking to get rich, enters the gambling world. He soon receives guidance from the ghost of his dead grandfather, but when Fatty learns he was murdered, he sets out for revenge.

The Gambling Ghost

1991

Stooges in Hong Kong poster
3.8

James Wong stars as a late night talk show host who tells some of the dirtiest jokes and is insanely popular. His show is the biggest rated late night show on television. But all of his credit should go to his mistreated joke writer (Tommy Wong). Instead of paying him the money he truly deserves, James Wong short changes him every chance he can get. His personal life is a mess as well. He has a hot wife whom he can't satisfy and no friends.

Stooges in Hong Kong

1992

Summer Lover poster
5.3

Romantic comedy from Hong Kong.

Summer Lover

1992

Best of Best poster
4.0

An eccentric tale of competition and corruption within a seemingly ordinary insurance company. When a young female insurance agent is found murdered, what was supposed to be a routine police investigation turns into front page news when the victim was alleged to have traded sex for insurance policies

Best of Best

1994

All's Well End's Well, Too poster
6.2

Chow Tung is a licentious man who was arranged to get married along with his ugly sister Gut to partners not of their choice. Chow, being a filial son, agrees to go along with his mother's plans. The plot thickens when Chow meets the beautiful Snow White and decides to marry her of which Matriarch Chow agrees whole-heartedly.

All's Well End's Well, Too

1993

Once Upon a Time a Hero in China poster
4.8

The story of a cook who tries to stop an opium ring in ancient China.

Once Upon a Time a Hero in China

1992

Stooges in Tokyo poster
3.3

Three perverted idiots go to Tokyo on a business trip.

Stooges in Tokyo

1991

Laughter Of Water Margins poster
5.3

Tiger fighter Wu Sung was originally a coward. But when he was drunk, he was extremely courageous. One time at Jingyang Gang, Wu Sung got drunk and killed a tiger. His fearless fight impressed Sung Jiang and Lao Zhishen. Wu Sang's brother Wu Dalang seemed to be an enmity with Pan Jinlian, but in fact they were a pair of swindler. Pan used her beauty to seduce men into bed and then Wu Dalangn would come in and blackmail the victim, asking for huge sum of money. They were very successful.......

Laughter Of Water Margins

1993

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation poster
6.1

A young man falls in love with a ghost and must avoid a variety of ghostbusters out to eliminate her and each other.

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation

1997

I Have a Date with Spring poster
6.7

On the eve of the Hong Kong 1967 social unrest triggered by the miss-management of the colonial government, Butterfly Yiu was given an accidental chance to perform the final show when the original and star performer, Pak Long, was stranded at another venue. This started a chain of events that will change the four character's lives forever.

I Have a Date with Spring

1994

Doctor Vampire poster
7.0

Chinese doctor has his car break down in England. he wanders into a castle where vampires congregate. After having sex with a Chinese vampire he leaves, however his blood is so sweet the Chinese vampire is sent to Hong Kong bring him back. While in Hong Kong he begins to show signs of vampirism and his friends have to try to save him.

Doctor Vampire

1990

It's a Wonderful Life poster
6.4

This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and Chinese New Year's eve. We are introduced to thirteen "Big Rich" people, learn of their particular dispositions and dilemmas, are witness to the former either getting changed or developed and see the latter (re)solved. Teresa Mo as the daughter just returned from studying in France; Leslie Cheung as the friend who came in tow; Tony Leung Kar Fai as the cartoonist son who can only speak normally when he is anxious; Anita Yuen as the woman who Tony Leung's character falls in love with; Carol "Do Do" Cheng as her flat-chested, disciplinary-cum-art teacher sister; Raymond Wong as the eldest son who cannot handle alcohol well; Petrina Fung Bo Bo as his estranged wife; Sean Lau as the marriage-minded cousin; and Kwan Tak Hing as the eccentric-but-definitely-not-senile grandfather.

It's a Wonderful Life

1994

Happy Ghost IV poster
6.1

A group of college kids discovers the remains of an evil warlord from an old cave and brings it to their dormitory, which ultimately awakens the warlord's ghost. It is seeking to avenge his killer, who has since reincarnated as Mr. Hong's snobby girlfriend Annie. With Hong and Annie endangered, Hong's reincarnated spirit takes over to save him and Annie, and defeat the demon.

Happy Ghost IV

1990

Awakening poster
5.5

A famous "feng shui" master (fortune teller) gets a wake-up call when a distraught ex-customer threatens to expose him as a fraud.

Awakening

1994

Promising Miss Bowie poster
9.0

Miss Bowie is more or less happily raking in the cash until her life is complicated by the sudden reappearance, after 20 years, of her first (and presumably true) love. To this is added Miss Bowie's annoying teenage niece and a strange disease.

Promising Miss Bowie

1990

The Wildgoose Chase poster
4.3

Chung, Yam and Koo work for the same advertising agency. Chung is a philanderer. Yam lives with his girlfriend who is a TV reporter, requiring irregular working hours. Koo's wife puts a tight leash on his social activities and this makes him feel bored. The trio are going on a business trip to Korea on the expenses of the company. Tasteless comedy ensues.

The Wildgoose Chase

1990

The Mad Phoenix poster
7.7

A Cantonese librettist enjoys immense popularity over the course of decades, followed by decline.

The Mad Phoenix

1997

James Wong in Japan & Korea poster
6.0

James Wong narrates this lusty and rude sex travelogue, using himself and two friends as examples of what and what not to do. Much of the footage is recycled from "Stooges In Tokyo" and "The Wild Goose Chase".

James Wong in Japan & Korea

1992

Rich Man poster
10.0

A triad gangster is sent to prison and there he meets a millionaire who takes him under his wing. When back out he is showered with wealth. There is one problem--he doesn't fit in with his old friends nor his new rich acquaintances.

Rich Man

1992

BB 30 poster
8.7

Pao is a terrible lawyer who has never won a litigation. He is a righteous man but his unstable character brings him under disciplinary investigation, during which he meets a beautiful doctor, Cheng. However, since Cheng is often called upon as an opposing witness in Pao's court cases, conflict and misunderstanding grow between the two. Susan, an aerobics instructor, has had a deep passion for Pao for a long time and this makes Mao jealous and determined to go against him.

BB 30

1990

Under the Rose poster
6.5

James Wong and his female assistant visited various kinds of pleasure-houses, including invisible dens, high-tech private dens, smuggling blackpoints and famouse tryst places, both large and small ones, throughout Hong Kong. They also looked back to the Scientific Beauty in Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park, striptease in the Kowloon Walled City and the old stories in fish-ball stalls. There are also interviews of call-girls and grooms.

Under the Rose

1992

Hong Kong Criminal Archives - Female Butcher poster
NR

"Rainy Night Butcher" Lam Gor-Wan, a night shift taxi driver who dismembers prostitutes by day in his family's tiny Tsim Sha Tsui apartment without arousing suspicion, until he delivers a roll of film containing pictures of his latest trophy to a local photography shop.

Hong Kong Criminal Archives - Female Butcher

1991

I Will Wait for You! poster
6.8

A Hong Kong version of the 1978 American film Same Time, Next Year, I Will Wait For You stars the winning screen pair of Anita Yuen and Tony Leung Ka Fai. So Yau Shing (Tony Leung Ka Fai) is a married salesman who meets the spirited and lovely Cheung Wai Sum (Anita Yuen) two weeks before she's due to be married. But love can't be denied, no matter the circumstance. The two fall passionately into bed, but the reality of their lives won't allow for everlasting happiness. They agree to meet at the same place and at the same time every year to consummate their love...but can they - and their initially unaware spouses - handle the long term love affair?

I Will Wait for You!

1994

顧嘉煇黃霑真友情演唱會 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

顧嘉煇黃霑真友情演唱會

1998

Hong Kong Criminal Archives - Husband in Cook poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hong Kong Criminal Archives - Husband in Cook

1992

1980s · 19 titles

Miracles: The Canton Godfather poster
7.1

A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.

Miracles: The Canton Godfather

1989

The Romancing Star III poster
5.1

Four mismatched and contentious Hong Kong couples consider swapping partners but realize they're happier as they are.

The Romancing Star III

1989

Tiger on the Beat poster
6.5

A seasoned cop and his rookie partner try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.

Tiger on the Beat

1988

Just Heroes poster
6.6

A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to take his place. One of them is the traitor.

Just Heroes

1989

Road Warriors poster
5.7

Traffic cops set out to take down a spoiled, rich, reckless driver responsible for a school bus accident, in writer/director Danny Lee's examination of Hong Kong's traffic police, their joys and hardships.

Road Warriors

1987

The Crazy Companies poster
6.3

A rivalry between two brothers causes chaos through out the business world. Can the good brother defeat his greedy elder brother at his own game? Only Wong Jing and his usual cronies can sort out this mess with hysterical results and oddball humor

The Crazy Companies

1988

Burning Sensation poster
5.3

A firefighter salvages a spiritual shrine from an old burning building, which releases the gentle ghost of a Chinese opera singer, killed in a stage fire 30 years before. Grateful for saving her, the ghost falls for the firefighter and will stop at nothing to ensure his safety from the evils that lurk ahead. At the same time, the firefighter doesn't realize he is dating a ghost.

Burning Sensation

1989

Diary of a Big Man poster
6.6

A two-timing bigamist finds himself concocting scheme after scheme with his best friend, Chi Hung, to prevent either of his wives from discovering his bigamy. The unwanted intervention of a police officer as well as a series of unfortunate events lead to the wives discovery of the whole plot. They team up with Chi Hung's exasperated fiancée, Ka Lai, to exact revenge upon the two men.

Diary of a Big Man

1988

Fractured Follies poster
6.0

Joe, a reckless cab driver, accidentally hits someone with his taxi. The person he hit is May, a sweet girl who walks with a limp due to one of her legs being longer than the other. Joe mistakenly thinks that he's paralyzed May for life; so in order to make it up to her, he works for her family, helping them run their grocery store. Soon, Joe falls in love with May, but she's slow to return his affection.

Fractured Follies

1988

Spiritually a Cop poster
7.0

A young man wants to be a Hong Kong police officer but is too short to qualify. However, he doesn't let that stop him: he goes around impersonating an officer, investigating crimes and busting criminals. One day, he interrupts a bank robbery (by three men in drag), gets shot in the process and dies. When the case is assigned to a female investigator, he returns as a ghost to lend a hand at solving the robbery.

Spiritually a Cop

1989

Fascinating Affairs poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Fascinating Affairs

1985

Red Headed Stranger poster
5.6

Reverend Julian Shay (Willie Nelson) strode into the saloon, pulled out his six-shooter, and killed his adulterous wife (Morgan Fairchild) and the man she had left him for. It was the beginning of his violent transformation from God-Loving preacher to ruthless outlaw.

Red Headed Stranger

1986

Double Fattiness poster
6.0

Luk Siu Fung, an owner of a pizzeria, unexpectedly succumbs to a heart attack. However, her spirit was unable to cross over to the other side, thus, she resurrects into the body of a young woman. Afterward, she reunites with her family and tries to convince them that she is alive. Yet, the plot thickens when a woman, unrelated to the family and is physically identical to Siu Fung, appears, and Siu Fung's husband thinks that that woman is his wife.

Double Fattiness

1988

City Squeeze poster
7.5

Wong is a supervisor at Yau's firm, he is often taken advantage of because of his integrity and timidity. Yau has struck rich because of his wife's wealth. One day on an inspection tour, he's stunned by a receptionist, Fung. He then begins to date her. Most of the male staff in the firm is interested in Fung, including Wong. But he hasn't the courage to approach her.

City Squeeze

1989

The Musical Singer poster
7.0

Entertainment manager James Wong loses his lead singer Jannie Fong when she breaks her contract. Angered, he turns his efforts to making a young dancer named Russell, who has no singing experience, into an even more successful singer than Miss Fong. During his climb to success, Russell's girlfriend, Dionne, feels alienated from him.

The Musical Singer

1985

Mother vs. Mother poster
6.2

"Romeo and Juliet" in Hong Kong, except the widow Capulet is father Montague's childhood sweetheart. The young lovers try to reconcile their mothers with the help of the father, who is left with a bad taste in his mouth.

Mother vs. Mother

1988

Carry On Dancing poster
9.0

Cheung Sheung and Tze Ngor are twin sisters. Tze Ngor is a lunatic and stays in a mental hospital. But out of a madcap incident, Cheung Sheung is "cheated" into the hospital, exchanging identity with her insane sister. The mad house is lived by all kinds of weirdos. The "game" is that Cheung Sheung will stay in the hospital only for a while. But strangely enough, she gradually becomes more and more ease with the way of life in the hospital until one day, she's forgotten what life is like...

Carry On Dancing

1988

The Dancing Warrior poster
6.7

This flick is about this gung fu dancing, alcoholic beverage guzzler named Andy Ho (Cheng Tien Chi). The title of this flick sounds like this bad warrior who kills with ease, but its not. Actually, Andy is a nice guy who has a hard time keeping a job. He runs into some rich guy who convinces him to come to the United States to work for him. Andy agrees to come to the U.S. of A. but is in for a surprise, as Mr. Big Bucks wants Andy to participate in his slugfest tournaments that he uses to make money via gambling. Andy declines and the next you know, Mr. Big Bucks is devising a plan to get rid of him! (mpongpun, HKMDB)

The Dancing Warrior

1985

Mr. Sunshine poster
9.0

Shop assistant in the electronics store, May Bao (Kent Cheng) - good-natured fat man, always ready to help those who need it. Therefore, he decides to help the new store employee, a fat Shan (Maria Cordero), which the evil boss (Richard Ng) forced to jump on the trampoline to the delight of visitors. His plan fails miserably, and Mai Bao, along with Shan, is fired-but the cheerful Mai Bao is accustomed to seeing positive in absolutely any situation.

Mr. Sunshine

1989

1970s · 4 titles

Series credits

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

Unhappily Ever After poster
7.0

A not-so-happy family is divided further when the father gets a schizophrenic disorder. Jack Malloy is the hallucinating father who works at a used car lot. Jennifer "Jennie" Slattery Malloy is the mother who hates Ryan and Ross, her two sons. Ryan Malloy is the oldest son who is not too bright. Tiffany Malloy is the beautiful smart daughter. Ross Malloy is the youngest forgotten child. Mr. Floppy is Jack's stuffed rabbit who he sees come to life.

Unhappily Ever After

1995

Celebrity Talk Show poster
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Celebrity Talk Show

1989

Look Back at TVB Anniversary Awards Over the Years poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Look Back at TVB Anniversary Awards Over the Years

1968

Class of Distinction poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Class of Distinction

1994

江山如此多Fun poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

江山如此多Fun

1994

梅艳芳公益金友好演唱会 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

梅艳芳公益金友好演唱会

1995

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Super Celebrity Talk Show

2001

霑沾自喜三十年 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

霑沾自喜三十年

1995

The Challenging Show - Sanxia poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Challenging Show - Sanxia

1995

花弗新世界 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

花弗新世界

1993

Hong Kong Memories (II) poster
NR

The late Hong Kong lyricist, James Wong, invited influential guests to discuss various themes, with rich content including related reports, to explore the changing social and lifestyle patterns in Hong Kong. The program aims to enrich the audience's knowledge and understanding of the local culture and bring them closer to this land.

Hong Kong Memories (II)

2002

不设防金装夜宴 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

不设防金装夜宴

1989

丝路状元争霸战 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

丝路状元争霸战

1995

一代鬼才 黃霑 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

一代鬼才 黃霑

2024

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