Wong Tin-Lam

Acting

Wong Tin-Lam

Born 1928-09-11 · Shanghai, China

Wong Tin-Lam (1928–2010) was a Chinese screenwriter, producer, director, and actor, who has contributed to the Hong Kong cinema scene with a career spanning six decades. He has made films in Cantonese, Mandarin and Amoy dialect.

Acting credits

Enter the Dragon poster
7.4

A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.

Enter the Dragon

1973

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

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

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

Ghost Busting poster
6.2

Salesmen Bangladesh and Robert once worked in countryside and came across a female ghost and a sissy ghost, but their driver was killed by the ghosts unfortunately. Bangladesh and Robert were rescued by a Taoist Master, Cheung. They were so scared that they had to find a new job. The boss of the new company, Mr. Kan, authorized his daughter to be the manageress. His son, Tin Wai, was jealous and requested various ghosts to make a mess of the company in order to usurp power. So, the staff receive special training on exorcising ghosts.

Ghost Busting

1989

Honesty poster
5.9

Nice 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

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

Young and Dangerous 5 poster
6.4

Although Chicken does not make an appearance, Chan Ho Nam finds a new love interest in the form of Mei Ling. Meanwhile, Tung Sing returns to cause trouble again for Hung Hing, in the form of new leader Szeto Ho Nam.

Young and Dangerous 5

1998

Last Hero in China poster
6.3

Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese "Robin Hood" who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme after unwittingly opening a martial arts school next to a brothel!

Last Hero in China

1993

Triad Wars poster
6.1

In the midst of a violent gang war, a series of misfortunes threaten the fate of a gang boss and his mob.

Triad Wars

2008

Bad Blood poster
5.3

When the boss of a ruling Hong Kong triad is arrested and executed in China for counterfeiting money, mayhem ensues as the mob's leading contenders circle the throne.

Bad Blood

2010

Look Out, Officer! poster
6.3

After police officer Piao is murdered, his soul cannot be at rest for his murder has been written off as a suicide. Therefore the heavens send him back to Earth as a spirit to find his 'savior' who will help him clear his name. Hsing, a rookie officer, is the savior and in return for finding Piao's killer, Piao must get him a girlfriend and a promotion.

Look Out, Officer!

1990

Justice, My Foot! poster
6.7

An unscrupulous lawyer with an equally eccentric kung-fu sidekick wife tries to bring justice to the court.

Justice, My Foot!

1992

The Romancing Star poster
6.0

Ah Fat, foul-mouthed, along with his two close buddies, Traffic Light and Ugly, are working in a garage. Their boss, Ken, is harsh and stingy. However, a warm and close friendship has been established amongh the four. In order for Ah Fat to get over his heartbreak at getting dumped by his girlfriend, Ken suggests a tour to Penang to cheer him up. They come across two beautiful girls, Tung Tung and Man Chi, strolling leisurely on the beach as if they were very wealthy. Since then they decide who's whose. And Ah Fat, the winner, chooses Tung Tung to be his sole target. By the rules of the game, Ken, Traffic Light and Ugly have to compete to see who in the end will win the heart of Man Chi.

The Romancing Star

1987

The Vampire Who Admires Me poster
4.3

Macy, BiBi and Chelsea, are young fashion models who have signed on to shoot a commercial. To meet with the theme “Youth and Death”, the director suggests shooting the commercial at their boss, Mr King’s ancestral home on the East Dragon Island. King’s great-grandfather had once been a vampire and put under a spell in his family grave on the island. The girls are busy partying and shooting at the beach. Little do they know that the old vampire is awakened and three other people on the island had been bitten and are turning into vampires.

The Vampire Who Admires Me

2008

All About Ah-Long poster
7.3

Ah-Long, a father living a low-class lifestyle, while trying to raise his son, Porky. The strong bond between father and son is tested when a chance encounter from Ah-Long's ex-girlfriend changes the course of their lives.

All About Ah-Long

1989

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

1941 Hong Kong on Fire poster
4.2

A family suffers at the hands of the Japanese during the occupation of Hong Kong. On December 25, 1941, the Japanese army occupied Hong Kong. The pawnshop owner, Luo Kai has three daughters, the eldest daughter Wangdi, the second daughter Xindi, and the youngest daughter Aidi. When the Japanese army captured Kowloon, Aidi was violently tortured by the Japanese army and suffered a mental disorder. Xindi followed his lover Shen Fang to rescue the wounded in the temporary hospital. In order to curry favor with the Japanese army, Luo Kai did not hesitate to sacrifice his eldest daughter Wangdi. However, not long after he became a traitor, his second daughter Xindi was attracted by a Japanese military officer. Luo Kai finally couldn't bear to fight against Wangdi to stop him. In the chaos...

1941 Hong Kong on Fire

1994

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

A True Mob Story poster
7.0

A low level gangster in Hong Kong gains new respect after saving a boss's life in a gang fight. Despite his wife's death in this attack, he appears to be moving up in the Triad family until he discovers the other bosses are not looking out for him when he is double crossed and the gangster he previously hospitalized in the gang fight comes back for revenge.

A True Mob Story

1998

Fat Choi Spirit poster
6.4

Follows the adventures of a compulsive Mahjong player named Andy and his aging mother, estranged brother, loyal ex-girlfriend, and a local gang.

Fat Choi Spirit

2002

Born to Gamble poster
5.8

Alex is the smart one who claims first place in every human endeavor. To be true, he really excels in all forms of gambling. Alex likes to help people. Thus, when his old friend Fung is jilted by a rich girl, he immediately takes Fung to a slave auction in the Philippines. There, Fung buys a woman of beauty and femininity. Alex himself falls in love with Mina, who is deadly against gambling. She would break ties with anyone found to be gambling...

Born to Gamble

1987

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

Wu Yen poster
6.4

Lost in the woods, the Emperor Qi stumbles across local chief Wu Yen, his predestined bride, only to accidentally free a promiscuous fox fairy who promptly falls in love with both of them, changing between man and woman to clumsily woo each, setting the scene for a constantly shifting triangle with the emperor torn between both the fox fairy and Wu Yen and the fox fairy after whichever one will agree to marry her first.

Wu Yen

2001

Behind the camera

Ghost Busting poster
6.2

Salesmen Bangladesh and Robert once worked in countryside and came across a female ghost and a sissy ghost, but their driver was killed by the ghosts unfortunately. Bangladesh and Robert were rescued by a Taoist Master, Cheung. They were so scared that they had to find a new job. The boss of the new company, Mr. Kan, authorized his daughter to be the manageress. His son, Tin Wai, was jealous and requested various ghosts to make a mess of the company in order to usurp power. So, the staff receive special training on exorcising ghosts.

Ghost Busting

1989

The Big Showdown poster
7.0

After his father's brutal murder, Ton Tin-Kuo sets out to seek the killer. He is befriended by evil casino owner Don Yee, who actually sets Tong up to fight his bitter enemy Pau Tze-Pin, but Pau reveals the truth of Don Yee's tricks to Tong and later makes firm their alliance by rescuing him from prison and explaining that Don Yee is his father's murderer. When his sister is also killed by Don Yee, Tong thirsts for revenge!

The Big Showdown

1974

Corpse-Drivers of Xiangxi poster
7.0

Criminals use jiangshi corpses to smuggle illicit drugs.

Corpse-Drivers of Xiangxi

1957

The Fist That Kills poster
5.6

Martial arts action with a ninja prince trying to overcome the odds and gain hid rightful place on the throne.

The Fist That Kills

1972

The Young Vagabond poster
5.4

A martial artist must train incessantly to defeat the brutally powerful thief called Centipede.

The Young Vagabond

1985

Lily of the Valley poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lily of the Valley

1962

My Neighbours Are Phantoms poster
6.4

Chingmy starts noticing some very odd things about the neighbors and it turns out they they are evil spirits needing the blood of 49 humans. Cheung Man is one of these spirits - but a kind hearted one who falls in love with Natalis Chan

My Neighbours Are Phantoms

1990

Dragon Blows poster
10.0

It starts out in rip roaring fashion, with our heroine (genre veteran Chiao Chiao) watching an out of control man rip the bodice from a struggling farm girl. Incensed by this brutality and no doubt offended by the film's one and only topless scene, she rams her fist through a brick wall and kills the man with her distinctive 'dragon blow'. Enter the film's male hero, her brother, who scolds his sister for using this deadly and forbidden weapon. The story then commences in earnest, as brother and sister end up protecting a poor orphan girl who has a valuable jade necklace that a nefarious criminal syndicate is desperate to obtain. Much mayhem ensues, though the film remains chaste and relatively bloodless after its promising beginning.

Dragon Blows

1973

No artwork available
7.0

A Chinese Opera

The Nightingale of Alishan

1957

Ghost Fever poster
6.3

Ling Siu-Cheung, a businessman who cheats on his wife for the very first time, is unaware that the woman he slept with is a vengeful ghost who targets unfaithful men.

Ghost Fever

1989

No artwork available
NR

The Mermaid Princess of Dongting Lake had the misfortune of marrying ill, her husband being the depraved and tyrannical Prince of Jingchuan, who subjected her to relentless torment. By chance, she encountered the scholar Liu Yi, entrusting him with a blood-stained letter to seek aid from her father, the Dragon King. Ultimately rescued and returned to her maternal home, the Mermaid Princess and Liu Yi transcended the divide between mortal and immortal realms, uniting in a bond of true love.

The Mermaid Princess

1957

No artwork available
9.0

A rural singsong film.

Angel of the Vineyard

1956

The Big Score poster
8.7

A disillusioned cop and a swindler with a heart team up to destroy an evil triad boss.

The Big Score

1990

Songs of the Peach Blossom River poster
7.5

Li Ming is collecting folk songs on the banks of the Taohua River and is deeply attracted by the voice of Jin Li Rong, a village girl nicknamed "Wild Cat". After the outbreak of war, Rong fled to Hong Kong, and was brought on stage by Ming to sing, a surprise.

Songs of the Peach Blossom River

1956

Seven Women: Rosalina Chan poster
NR

The fifth episode of Patrick Tam’s anthology series “Seven Women” (1976), which was the only episode not directed by Patrick Tam but by renowned critic Law Kar

Seven Women: Rosalina Chan

1976

The Chase poster
6.5

Shih Hai-tung a swordsman seeks revenge for his father's murder knowing that the Golden Gate Sect were responsible. He had killed two Heavenly Dragon Association gangsters creating a significant amount of hostility between the two groups before they meet each other head on.

The Chase

1971

The Chase poster
6.5

Shih Hai-tung a swordsman seeks revenge for his father's murder knowing that the Golden Gate Sect were responsible. He had killed two Heavenly Dragon Association gangsters creating a significant amount of hostility between the two groups before they meet each other head on.

The Chase

1971

No artwork available
8.5

A Cantonese tailor by the name of Cheung crosses swords with a tailor from Northern China, Li Si Bao over issues of a cultural, material, and social nature. The two have neighboring tailor shops, and sparks immediately begin to fly between the two gentlemen. But when Li's family moves into a neighboring apartment of Cheung's - that even shares the same kitchen, living room and bathroom - the battle really begins!

The Greatest Civil War on Earth

1961

Mad, Mad, Mad Swords poster
6.5

The star in Mad Mad Mad swords is a common man with numerous weaknesses and a complete worthless student of a prestigious school. To the suprise of all, however, he manages to defeat a string of renowned swordsmen, including the one-armed swordsman and the blind swordsman, by tricks and luck.

Mad, Mad, Mad Swords

1969

Pursuit poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Pursuit

1980

The Wild, Wild Rose poster
7.8

Grace Chang delivers an eye-opening performance as a lusty nightclub singer climbing the social ladder in seedy Wanchai. Borrowing story and song elements from Georges Bizet’s CARMEN, this Wong Tin-Lam directed musical has flair and polish to rival Hollywood, and a superstar leading lady that would any film industry would have a tough time matching! A key film from the celebrated Cathay Film Studios.

The Wild, Wild Rose

1960

No artwork available
NR

One of Thai-Hong Kong co-production films during 1957-1962. The story was set in Thailand during the Sino-Japanese war. The Chinese overseas banker was mysteriously killed, then soon after the assassin was died a unnatural death. A series of subsequent incidents make the police suspect that it is related to the fake patriotic organization, Green Claw Gang.

Flame in Ashes

1958

The Utmost Greatness poster
10.0

The Utmost Greatness is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Kent Cheng.

The Utmost Greatness

1979

The Greatest Wedding on Earth poster
8.0

Leung Sing-por and Liu Enjia reunite with director Wong Tin-lam as they carry their inter-cultural feud to the dining table in this foodie comedy. This time, the two plump stars play owners of competing restaurants—Cantonese cuisine in one and Northern cuisine in the other, of course—whose rivalry heats up when their respective children decide to get married. While the script by Eileen Chang cleverly uses the two regions' foods to bring out clash of cultures, the film's title already says that it is ultimately a heartwarming film about two decent men who must put petty arguments aside for their children's happiness.

The Greatest Wedding on Earth

1962