
Acting
Eric Kot Man-Fai
Born 1966-12-30 · Hong Kong, China
Eric Kot Man-Fai, Chinese: 葛民輝, born on December 30, 1966, is a renowned Hong Kong radio presenter, film actor, and director. He played the role of "Soft Taoist Priest" in the music group Soft Hard, a name that is well known in Hong Kong. Since March 1988, he embarked on his radio broadcasting career at the commercial station and co-founded Soft Hard with Jan Lamb in the same year. His unique and entertaining traffic reports on the "Street Angel" programme made him instantly popular. He started participating in film acting in 1989, further expanding his career to television broadcasting, during which he launched a variety of programmes such as "Peculiar DJs Peculiar Show" and "Peculiar DJs Peculiar Show 2". To date, Eric Kot has participated in the production of more than sixty films. He ended his eight-year radio program career in 1996 and segued into the film industry. He collaborated closely with Wong Kar-wai, the producer of "First Love: The Litter on the Breeze", and successfully directed the films "Four Faces of Eve" and "First Love: The Litter on the Breeze".
Acting credits
2.0Several stories interweaves into this hilarious comedy. Eric Kot plays the genital dermatologist, Dr. Heung, that loves and respects his own profession. He and his assistant Ma work tacitly together professionally but are unable to take a step forward other than work. The up and coming artist Fifi Wong wants to make it big in her career, she later falls for the genteel To Bing at first sight although both of them already have their other important halves.
Feel It Say It ...
2006
6.6A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
City Hunter
1993
6.5When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince charming. As it turns out, her prince charming, Albert, happens to be gay. But all is not lost when Ah Bu meets the dashing Chi Wu. Meanwhile, Ah Bu's boyfriend from Taiwan comes looking for her, as the action and romance follow Ah Bu back to Taiwan.
Gorgeous
1999
5.9Nice guy Moses, who cries whenever he tells a lie, is about to inherit a large fortune. Materialistic Didi learns of this and tries to win his affection.
Honesty
2003
5.7The story of four soon-to-be-college grads who are about to embark on the big adventure known as life. The foursome concoct an elaborate plan to hire a Japanese porn actress (or "AV Girl") for a fake film. Then they'll have sex with her. What could go wrong?
AV
2005
6.6Lucky Coffee Shop is well-known for its egg tarts and tea. Waiter Sui, named as Prince Egg Tart, attracts lots of girls but only loves Candy. He and his friends, Nam, and Fok, all have love problems. At the same time, the coffee shop may collapse since the landlord is increasing the rent tremendously. Let's see how the lucky guys of the shop can revert this situation.
The Lucky Guy
1998
6.8In Hong Kong, a terrorist organization plans to blackmail the world's government with the help of two fatal diseases a goofy scientist created. Two Interpol agents went to stop their evil plot of world domination, but one of them became a victim of one of the diseases and wanders off acting like a six-year old child. He mindlessly walks into a bullied action film star's mansion, and the star, Jones Bon, was forced to babysit him while dealing with affairs involving his divorced wife and his two daughters. Only a short period of times has passed when Jones, although paying more attention to solving his family situations, finds himself fighting the terrorists.
The Spy Dad
2003
7.0A hired killer pairs up with an amateur filmmaker to provide clients with satisfying footage of enemies getting whacked.
You Shoot, I Shoot
2001
6.3Wonderful can't meet a man who does not lie -- and then she bumps into professional liar Ok, who pretends to be rich in order to win her heart.
Everyday is Valentine
2001
5.9Blackie Tat looks for a new Saint of Gamblers, and finds him in the form of a dimwitted mainlander.
The Saint of Gamblers
1995
6.9A young man, blind and dumb, works as an audio tape typist in a hospital and fostering a tender and sincere relationship with a beautiful but introverted nurse. When hit by a car, he is the sixty billionth human being to die on earth, and is on transit to Polaris, en route to a yet more sophisticated form of existence in Vega. Given a reprieve of five days and a chance to be reunited with his love on earth, he cannot reveal his true identity behind the temporary facade he must present to her. Both boy and girl eventually learn, through a tangle of difficult and miraculous events, how love and good things always find ways of creeping into people's lives when people are not greedy and least expect these blessings.
Fly Me to Polaris
1999
5.8Developer 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
7.0The Shaolin master asks his three students to find the stolen Kung Fu scroll back from a castle, which is full of monsters.
Super Mischieves
1995
5.7When Xu Lai goes on vacation with his wife and extended family, he gets a chance to meet his former lover. However, his brother-in-law foils his plans and he becomes a suspect in a murder case.
Lost in Hong Kong
2015
4.5When terrorists abduct a deadly government attack robot, the call is put out to the Gen-Y Cops, an elite task force with lethal fighting skills. Together with a trigger-happy FBI agent, the Gen-Y Cops race against time to destroy the robot before it destroys their city.
Gen-Y Cops
2000
5.0A young soldier was raped four times in one night. Refusing to live with the humiliation, he became a wandering spirit. However, death turned out to be his stroke of luck, granting him the ability to possess others, even influencing their thoughts. Naked, he traveled across countries, embarking on a series of fantastical and hedonistic human experiences. In the end, despite gathering with other wanderers, these spirits still couldn't let go of their obsessions with human love, eventually falling into the emotional whirlpool of Stockholm Syndrome. This is a reimagined and enhanced version of Scud's Bodyshop (2022), offering an even more intense experience.
Ghosts Just Want to Have Fun
2024
6.5Stephen Chow plays a selfish yet in some places kind hearted barrister who tricks his servant in doing things for his own benefit. Eric Kot playing the servant is misguided by what he thinks is love and leaves Chow vowing that he will never need Chow's help again in life. Shortly afterwards Kot gets into some big trouble (due to be executed) with the British and calls on Chow for help. Chow tries to help his client, but is fish out of water when he has to fight this court room case according to western rules.
Lawyer Lawyer
1997
6.8Two pairs of siblings are destined for each other, but fate throws countless obstacles in the path. When the young Emperor and his sister contrive to leave the palace, they meet the loves of their lives in the town of Meilong.
Chinese Odyssey 2002
2002
6.5Flavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian fling with Jin and is stuck in a stifling marriage. A chance encounter in a supermarket with the playful and seductive singer Yip reawakens dormant feelings and she begins to think back on her teenage affair with Jin.
Butterfly
2004
6.7Faced with the task of creating a film about first love for his producer Wong Kar-wai, Kot ruminates on his creative process, his rejected ideas, and finally his two chosen tales, about a sleepwalker guided through the night by a lonely admirer, and a married convenience store owner faced with the vengeful first love that he once rejected.
First Love: The Litter on the Breeze
1997
6.1A 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
6.2The Little Princess and her bodyguard Jiang travel 200 years from the past to the present day, relentlessly pursued by the evil General Shea Hai, a vicious and seemingly indestructible demon who is after the princess' magic pearl.
A Tale from the East
1990
4.4A ghost soldier bids farewell to his mother then possesses bodies worldwide to meddle in unfaithful relationships in Taiwan, Japan, Spain and Thailand. In Hong Kong he encounters his soulmate amid protests and they take refuge in a garage.
Bodyshop
2023
4.5A generic romantic comedy for Hong Kong audiences that's successful for what it is. Director Barbara Wong shelves any pretension or undue meaning - which is good news where Wong is concerned.
Perfect Wedding
2010
Behind the camera
6.7Faced with the task of creating a film about first love for his producer Wong Kar-wai, Kot ruminates on his creative process, his rejected ideas, and finally his two chosen tales, about a sleepwalker guided through the night by a lonely admirer, and a married convenience store owner faced with the vengeful first love that he once rejected.
First Love: The Litter on the Breeze
1997
8.0Made up of four short stories. One, a lonely hooker can't stop crying whenever she has sex with her clients. She approaches a shrink and ends up stalking him. Two, a long suffering wife and the mistress of her husband bonds. Three, a weird tale of a lesbian avenging her comatose twin sister by killing her unfaithful boyfriend. And lastly, a woman one day suddenly decides that she had enough of her failing marriage and desperately seeks a reinvention of her life.
4 Faces of Eve
1996
2.0Sussie, a super fan of dancer/singer Sum Lee. When Sussie gets a chance to join Sum's entourage as an assistant, however, she is surprised to discover that her No.1 idol is a total jerk. Disappointed, Sussie soon finds herself attached to Sum's rival singer Yee instead. SUPER FANS is an amusing and satiric look at Hong Kong teenage girls' craving for extreme idol worship.
Super Fans
2007
7.5An "experimental" film by Eric Kot, featuring an all-star cameo cast.
Dragon Heat
1999