Lam Kau

Acting

Lam Kau

Born — Died

1923-01-01 — 2009-10-30

Place of birth

Guangdong Province, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Known for

Everybody Loves Somebody poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Everybody Loves Somebody

1989

Drunken Master poster
7.4

After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.

Drunken Master

1978

As Tears Go By poster
7.0

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

As Tears Go By

1988

Golden Swallow poster
6.4

Golden Swallow revolves around the further adventures of its title character. This time around, she is forced into violence when a figure from her mysterious past goes on a killing rampage while leaving evidence that holds her responsible. Golden Swallow also makes room for a love triangle involving a mad, but righteous, swordsman named Silver Roc and a gentle warrior named Golden Whip. The three team up to conquer the evil forces of the martial world, but their joint venture only lasts so long, due to the two men's egos. Ultimately, a duel to the death is planned between them, leaving Golden Swallow caught between two men, both of whom she admires.

Golden Swallow

1968

When Fortune Smiles poster
6.8

A daughter inherits a massive amount of fortune from his deceased father and it enrages her brother and her nephew, who then try to steal some of it from her.

When Fortune Smiles

1990

Triads: The Inside Story poster
6.3

Li Man-Ho comes to Hong Kong after his father's death following a double crossed peace meeting at the hands of a rival gang. The family's business begins to crumble as rival organizations stir violence and trouble in acknowledgment of this weakness. Li Man-Ho reluctantly agrees after pressure from other members to temporarily act as leader in order to restore stability and order. But he is soon faced with violence, betrayal and confusion, in this world he tried so long to avoid.

Triads: The Inside Story

1989

Film credits

1990s · 8 titles

When Fortune Smiles poster
6.8

A daughter inherits a massive amount of fortune from his deceased father and it enrages her brother and her nephew, who then try to steal some of it from her.

When Fortune Smiles

1990

Her Fatal Ways poster
6.6

Cheng Shih-Nan is a Mainland inspector who journeys to Hong Kong with her assistant and cousin Hsiou Sheng to deliver a ruthless criminal. But the bad guy escapes, meaning Shih-Nan and Hsiou Sheng are now stuck in capitalist Hong Kong for an extended stay! A flag-waving supporter of the Communist Party, Shih-Nan marvels at the “decadent” lifestyle of her Hong Kong counterpart, Inspector Wu Kei Kuo. But despite the culture clash, the two disparate cops find the common ground they need to dispense justice – and even discover something akin to romance! But will the Party approve?

Her Fatal Ways

1990

Her Fatal Ways 2 poster
6.6

Mainland Inspector Cheng Shih-Nan once again leaves the Mainland with her cousin Hsiou Sheng to tackle a Hong Kong-related murder. They get help from their Hong Kong brethren, including the brother of Wu Kei Kuo, and the race is on to find the bad guys! But there are still many mysterious portions of Hong Kong’s capitalist culture for Shih-Nan to explore, including the wonder of karaoke!

Her Fatal Ways 2

1991

Freedom Run Q poster
8.0

Freedom Run Q is a Hong Kong Action-Comedy starring Bill Tung

Freedom Run Q

1992

Mainland Dundee poster
8.0

Fung is sent to Hong Kong to handle an antique smuggling case.

Mainland Dundee

1991

Two of a Kind poster
8.5

Two of a Kind is a Hong Kong Romance-Comedy starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

Two of a Kind

1993

His Fatal Ways poster
5.8

A righteous straight-laced China Public Security officer with supernatural powers is sent to Hong Kong to catch two ruthless thieves. His police tactics proves hilarious when he teams up with his Hong Kong counterpart.

His Fatal Ways

1991

The Nocturnal Demon poster
6.8

Tow truck driver Tin bears an uncanny resemblance to a psychotic, serial killer, taxi driver -- and now the cops are chasing the wrong man. He and his cousin Wawa must catch the killer on their own to prove their innocence.

The Nocturnal Demon

1990

1980s · 9 titles

As Tears Go By poster
7.0

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

As Tears Go By

1988

Triads: The Inside Story poster
6.3

Li Man-Ho comes to Hong Kong after his father's death following a double crossed peace meeting at the hands of a rival gang. The family's business begins to crumble as rival organizations stir violence and trouble in acknowledgment of this weakness. Li Man-Ho reluctantly agrees after pressure from other members to temporarily act as leader in order to restore stability and order. But he is soon faced with violence, betrayal and confusion, in this world he tried so long to avoid.

Triads: The Inside Story

1989

The Bachelor's Swan Song poster
6.7

Kenny and Maggie, lovers of long standing, have been scrimping and saving for their marriage. One day Maggie suspects that she is pregnant, and suggests an early wedding. Kenny is thunder struck as he has just lost his every cent in the stock market.

The Bachelor's Swan Song

1989

Shaolin Fighters vs. Ninja poster
6.2

After her father, Golden Rings, is killed by the Deadly Blade, the Moon Goddess sends out invitations to all the top fighters in the region to try and lure out the Deadly Blade and force him to kill his own son. However, things do not go according to plan.

Shaolin Fighters vs. Ninja

1981

The Ring of Death poster
8.0

This story tells a story of an underdog mistreated by his family, given kung fu instruction from an unlikely source, and redeemed when he comes back to take on foreign champions in a tournament staged before an imperial audience.

The Ring of Death

1980

Bloody Money poster
7.0

A family of stuntmen in 1980’s Hong Kong suffer the waning of the kung-fu movie industry, relatives from the mainland in HK without papers and the general disregard for safety from the HK film industry.

Bloody Money

1983

Twins of Kung Fu poster
8.0

A humble village finds itself at the center of an ongoing blood feud. Innocent lives are sacrificed as the two warring factions duel to the death. Twins are taught the styles of Dragon and Phoenix to enable them to avenge their mother's murder.

Twins of Kung Fu

1981

Curse poster
7.5

A young woman named Tu married to a repulsively disgusting, wheel chair confined, old man. There is also a repugnant cousin who takes advantage of the situation and rapes her. But she is really in love with the gardener. When lust-driven cousin murders the gardener, Tu kills herself to join her boyfriend in the afterlife.

Curse

1985

Fight to Survive poster
8.0

Fight to Survive is a Hong Kong Triad movie directed by Wai Chi-Ho and starring Alex Man.

Fight to Survive

1989

1970s · 9 titles

Drunken Master poster
7.4

After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.

Drunken Master

1978

Thunderbolt poster
3.2

The Fei Long Society, under the administration of chiefs Lung Lin, Pei Fen, Chen Ying-Chieh and Lung's sister Lung Chu, enjoys high prestige. One day a swordsman, Hung Wei, comes to join them. Hung later gets admitted after impressing the other chiefs with his fine fighting ability. The society's sub-branches soon come under the attack of the Black Tiger Gang. The chiefs of Fei Long Society head off to the branches in an attempt to save the situation. In their absence, the Society's stronghold falls to Hung's hands. Chen and Lung are attacked by Hung and his men. Lung swears to bring Chen back to justice...

Thunderbolt

1973

The Three Avengers poster
7.4

When two acrobats are fired for fighting with punks in the audience, they go live with an aunt who's being pressured to sell her house. The developer's nasty son, Lee Fu, decides to muscle the sale and soon he's at war with the acrobats.

The Three Avengers

1979

The Discharged poster
NR

Hong Kong action / crime / drama.

The Discharged

1977

Mysterious Footworks of Kung Fu poster
7.5

Chan Wai Man plays the super-assassin with a penchant for overengineered weapons and causing grief and mayhem wherever he and his asssitants Crab & Shrimp find themsleves. A young kung fu fantaic is taught by a beggar and a grumpy old Shaolin monk so that he can beat the killers and restore peace to the region.

Mysterious Footworks of Kung Fu

1978

Law Don poster
6.0

Hong Kong crime movie from 1979, The family patriarch hands over power to his eldest son. Fighting off challenges from rival gangs, the son runs the family businesses in a fair, yet authoritarian and ruthless manner. Meanwhile, his brothers start to grumble.

Law Don

1979

A Ghost's Moaning poster
NR

HK horror film.

A Ghost's Moaning

1971

Choi Lee Fat Kung Fu poster
NR

A loose re-telling of how founder Chan Heung combined the teachings of several masters into what is now regarded as Choy Lee Fut.

Choi Lee Fat Kung Fu

1979

Single Fighter poster
7.0

A young martial artist battles three traitors to retrieve a list of Chinese citizens who are collaborating with the Japanese during their occupation of Manchuria.

Single Fighter

1974

1960s · 18 titles

Golden Swallow poster
6.4

Golden Swallow revolves around the further adventures of its title character. This time around, she is forced into violence when a figure from her mysterious past goes on a killing rampage while leaving evidence that holds her responsible. Golden Swallow also makes room for a love triangle involving a mad, but righteous, swordsman named Silver Roc and a gentle warrior named Golden Whip. The three team up to conquer the evil forces of the martial world, but their joint venture only lasts so long, due to the two men's egos. Ultimately, a duel to the death is planned between them, leaving Golden Swallow caught between two men, both of whom she admires.

Golden Swallow

1968

The Flying Dagger poster
6.0

The Yu family earn the ire of the Green Dragon clan when the daughter kills the clan chief's son. The Green Dragon chief wounds family head Yu Yuan with his flying daggers, and kills many others who try to protect the noble family. Wandering swordsman Ying Qing saves the family in a fight, using his own flying dagger skills, but his allegiances and motives are unclear.

The Flying Dagger

1969

The Bells of Death poster
7.2

A simple woodcutter named Wei Fu finds his world shattered when three murderous horsemen arrive to kill his family and kidnap his sister. Left with nothing but his mother’s bell-laden bracelet, he sets out to seek his revenge. Lucky for him, Wei Fu encounters a master swordsman, who takes him under his wing.

The Bells of Death

1968

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

娘子軍封王

1960

Redress poster
6.0

Rare martial arts film.

Redress

1969

The Black Killer poster
NR

A 1967 Cantonese language action film directed by Cheung Wai-Gwong, starring Connie Chan, Adam Cheng and Liu Chia-Liang. Ming-Wai & Ming-Sing, a brother and sister (dual roles played by Connie Chan) who must go undercover in a gang to rescue their uncle.

The Black Killer

1967

Twin Blades of Doom poster
6.3

A kung fu knight walks the road to vengeance after the evil Ghost Gang kills his wife and son. The swordsman known as "Twin Blades" must take on a quartet of color-coded cutthroats to set things right.

Twin Blades of Doom

1969

Treasure Hunt poster
NR

Yuen is a reformed criminal who rescues Mei from an attempted assault on a boat and then marries her. A year later, Big brother (Sek Kin) comes looking for Yuen to return to his criminal past. Yuen refuses and chooses the straight path. Big brother doesn’t like this, so he stages a gambling den robbery and frames Yuen.

Treasure Hunt

1965

The Princess and the 7 Little Heroes poster
8.0

The Princess and the 7 Little Heroes is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Sammo Hung in a child role

The Princess and the 7 Little Heroes

1962

Sky Dragon Castle poster
8.0

Sky Dragon Castle is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Stanley Fung.

Sky Dragon Castle

1969

No artwork available
NR

During World War II, spy Wu Lai-sheung is instructed by her superior Fan Yeung-shan to murder spy number 13 Cheung Chi-ping. While Wu establishes a relationship with Sakei, the assistant general of the Japanese army, she also gets acquainted with Cheung. Cheung and Wu fall in love. Wu recommends Cheung to become Sakei's driver. Cheung pretends to court the Japanese spy Siu-kuen, but Siu-kuen arranges to kill the spies contacting with him. Cheung has seen through Kuen's identity for long. When Kuen is going to kill Wu, Cheung kills Kuen, Fan compels Wu to kill Cheung. Wu follows the instruction to murder Cheung. After the murder, Wu disappears. After the war, Fan discovers Wu ends up in asylum. When he visits Wu, he tells her of Cheung's innocence. This breaks Wu's heart. Cheung turns out to have seen through Wu's identity for a long time and pretended to have been killed to cover up his identity and facilitate his work. With the truth known and the war ended, Cheung and Wu married.

Spy No. 13

1964

How the Ape Girl Stole the Lotus Lamp poster
6.0

Classic swordplay movie with some crazy monkey fighters.

How the Ape Girl Stole the Lotus Lamp

1962

The Flaming Mountain poster
NR

Red Kid abducts Monk Tripitaka to turn his flesh into a feast to treat his mother Princess Iron Fan. Monkey King is subdued. Red Kid is taken as a disciple of the Goddess of Mercy. As Monk Tripitaka and his disciples reach the Flaming Mountain, they are unable to pass through it. The monk sends Monkey to borrow the princess's magic fan to disperse the fire. But the Princess still bears a grudge over her son’s destiny, wielding her fan to slap Monkey away. Monkey transforms into a bug, landing in her tea and hitting her stomach. In pain, the Princess answers his request, but she lends him a fake fan. With his request turned down by Ox King, Monkey disguises as Ox to beguile the wife and get the fan. Ox King transforms into Pigsy to snatch back the fan. Taoist God Pagoda arrives to subdue Ox in the company of Red Kid. Ox finally relents and yields the fan, which extinguishes the flames and sees the monk and his disciples safely off to a new phase of their journey.

The Flaming Mountain

1962

Wong Fei Hung's Battle with the Gorilla poster
10.0

Wong Fei-hung and his disciples hear that a small village is being terrorised by a ferocious gorilla. It turns out that the beast is actually a small-time crook in a gorilla suit under the orders of a precious metal smuggler who wants to intimidate the villagers. The crook takes advantage of his disguise to abduct a beautiful girl and escape to the mountains, but has a surprise in store for him. Just how many gorillas are loose in them there hills?

Wong Fei Hung's Battle with the Gorilla

1960

No artwork available
NR

Find the secret book

Secret Book

1961

No artwork available
NR

Leader of the Celestial Devil Gang Mo Fu ends an underling to infiltrate the house of code expert Cheung Yuet-ting in pursuit of the Mafia's secret intelligence. The unyielding man is killed, and the Mafia is framed for the crime. Cheung's instrumental role in the Mafia is succeeded by his daughter Oi-lan, who leads both gangs onto a deadly chase. Just then, Oi-lan's bosom friend Chan Yu-lam emerges from years of oblivion as a Mafia member and offers the wanted woman protection and assistance in retrieving the late father's cache. Mo's underling Lau Kei-fung is assigned the task of playing the confidence game in the Cheung household, preempting Oi-lan from accessing the classified information and abducting both Oi-lan and Chan before the Mafia can reach the key witness. Acting on a tip-off, the police raid the apartment and arrest both gangs. Chan, the undercover police officer, gains both Oi-lan's trust and affection. (Synopsis based on audiovisual materials)

The Secret Code

1965

No artwork available
NR

hong kong film

银刀血剑

1969

No artwork available
NR

The Magic Crane (Part 3)

Secret Book (Part 3)

1962

1950s · 14 titles

Backyard Adventures poster
10.0

Reporter Yu Mong-yuen is recovering from a leg injury in his fiancee Man-wah's apartment. Bored, he looks out the rear window and observes the life of the neighbouring building. Among the tenants are a sugar-daddy and his mistress, a middle-aged man wants to marry a young girl, but she is in love with his son. Finally, she hatches a plot and makes the man agree to her marrying his son ; a sly fortune-teller ; a lively gym, a rich widow quarrels with the trainer of a gymnasium because his dog has bitten her cat ; and an opera school, a woman signs, leaning on the balcony, and a man tries to strangle her. In fact they are rehearsing an opera…… One evening, Wah is on the night shift, and Yuen watches the opera troupe rehearse to the end. Under the influence of drugs, Yu mistakenly believes that a divorced man has murdered a taxi dancer. He alerts the police, but the whole thing is nothing more than a misunderstanding.

Backyard Adventures

1955

King Kong's Adventures in the Heavenly Palace poster
6.0

King Kong escapes from Heaven and wreaks havok on the human world with his insatiable desire for women, until at last the Gods must beg the Monkey King for help to subdue the rampaging Gorilla.

King Kong's Adventures in the Heavenly Palace

1959

How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies poster
NR

The three heroines, Wong Ang, Wu Nga, and Heung At expose a murder case involving three dead bodies found in an old temple. Unbeknown to the trio, they've fallen in a trap laid by gangster Hui Pui-shing, who desires to avenge his brother's death by eliminating the women. With the cooperation of Hui's righteous subordinate, the police arrest Hui for smuggling tobacco and seizes their forged banknotes.

How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies

1959

Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan poster
7.0

Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan is a Wong Fei-Hung movie starring Kwan Tak-Hing.

Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan

1956

Story of the Vulture Conqueror poster
NR

Yeung and Kwok are best friends whose wives become pregnant around the same time. Yeung's wife, Pao Sik-yeuk, finds a wounded man hidden in the barn and secretly helps him. He turns out to be a foreign Prince and disaster follows. The sons are then scattered with one growing up in the Prince's kingdom and the other in Mongolia. Now grown, they go out into the world and discover the secret details of their lives.

Story of the Vulture Conqueror

1958

Wong Fei Hung Trapped in Hell poster
9.0

Wong Fei-hung goes up against members of the underworld

Wong Fei Hung Trapped in Hell

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

觀音兵

1952

No artwork available
8.0

The Story of Wong Fei Hung, Chapter 5

The Story of Wong Fei Hung, Grand Conclusion

1951

No artwork available
NR

The late Ming court is a corrupt regime. Lin Ngai-sheung, nicknamed the 'Jade Killer', inherits the swordplay book of Tianshan and becomes a bandit of the people to rob from the rich. Her feud with Wudang Sect's Cheuk Yat-hong rooted from the time she held up a corrupt official. Cheuk, instigated by others, sees Lin as his enemy. However, Lin slowly falls for him. When Cheuk learns the truth, he helps Lin to defeat her enemies.

Story of the White-Haired Demon Girl (Part 1)

1959

Wong Fei-Hung's Fierce Battle poster
8.0

Wong Fei Hung must stands up for people who are unable to stand up for themselves.

Wong Fei-Hung's Fierce Battle

1958

No artwork available
NR

How Wong Fei-Hung Set Fire to Dashatou

羊城殲霸戰

1956

Snow White and the Seven Fellows poster
NR

The Brothers Grimm's Snow White has been adapted into different art forms around the world, including the beloved 1937 animated film by Walt Disney Studios. Similar to that version, Chow Sze-luk and Lo Yu-kei's adaptation is a light-hearted musical romance, but the Cantonese version's stepmother doesn't have a magic mirror, nor does she care if she's the prettiest of them all. The two also adds intentional Chinese touches to the story, even replacing the iconic poisoned apple with a Chinese BBQ pork bun. However, one thing does remain: the heroic prince rides on a white horse to save the day.

Snow White and the Seven Fellows

1955

No artwork available
NR

Club 99 is not just a hideout for triad gangsters, but also a haven for smuggling jewelleries from robbery. When detective Law is investigating a jewellery heist, he is ambushed by the men from Dog Stone (Sek Yin-tsi) who is the owner of Club 99. Then, Law's daughter Fong (Law Yim-hing) helps her father to be undercover and disguises herself as a dancer in the club and gambler Lung (Lam Kau) is also an informant for the police force. While Dog Stone is cunning enough to discover their identities, there are in fact more undercover agents in the club...Influenced by Hollywood's semi-documentary style, the film has a detailed yet complex portrayal of human nature-undercover anxieties, domineering gangsters and moral ambiguity. With its realistic chasing and action sequences, the film is nonetheless a very entertaining piece of cinema.

The Murder Case at Club 99

1956

Wong Fei-Hung's Battle with the Five Tigers in the Boxing Ring poster
9.0

Wong Fei Hung meets the Five Tigers

Wong Fei-Hung's Battle with the Five Tigers in the Boxing Ring

1958

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