Movies by Wai-keung Lau
As a director:
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A Beautiful Life (2011)
Cast: Qi Shu, Ye Liu, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
After meeting under awkward circumstances, a glamorous businesswoman and a tradition-bound policeman begin a relationship that changes their lives. After a separation of years, the woman…
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Legend of the Fist: Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
Cast: Donnie Yen, Qi Shu, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau, Wai-keung Lau
Playing the hero first portrayed by Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury, Donnie Yen reprises his role as legendary fighter Chen Zhen in this breakneck kung fu thriller set in Shanghai during its…
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Look for a Star (2009)
Cast: Andy Lau, Denise Ho, Ka Wah Lam …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau, Wai-keung Lau
While keeping his true identity and vast fortune a secret, billionaire Sam (Andy Lau) attempts to win the affections of sassy casino dealer Milan (Qi Shu). Meanwhile, Sam's trusty…
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The Flock (2006)
Cast: Richard Gere, Claire Danes, Ray Wise …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
Public safety officer Errol Babbage is harshly nudged into early retirement after treating paroled sex offenders too roughly. With his days at the department numbered, he's determined to…
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Initial D: Special Edition (2005)
Cast: Shawn Yue, Edison Chen, Jay Chou …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
Based on a popular Japanese manga, this live-action film follows 18-year-old Takumi, who, by day, dutifully delivers tofu orders for his father, a retired race car driver. But by night,…
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Infernal Affairs (2004)
Cast: Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau, Alan Mak
Veteran cop Chan Wing Yan goes undercover to expose the detective who's been leaking information to the criminal underworld. Unaware of each other's identity, the two men soon find…
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The Park: Special Edition (2003)
Cast: Tifanny Lee, Phubes Makanid, Derek Tsang …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
Fourteen years ago, a girl died after falling from the ferris wheel at the local amusement park, and the tragedy and its aftermath caused the park to shut down. Now, a young girl enters the…
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Infernal Affairs 2 (2003)
Cast: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang, Carina Lau …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau, Alan Mak
When a police inspector learns that a recruit recently booted from the police academy is the brother of an organized crime boss, he hires him to go undercover. But nobody is who they seem to…
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Infernal Affairs 3 (2003)
Cast: Andy Lau, Kelly Chen, Leon Lai …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
In final film of this trilogy, former Triad member Ming sets out to uncover any remaining Triad moles within the police force, but his maverick style proves problematic. As Ming grieves for…
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The Avenging Fist (2001)
Cast: Biao Yuen, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Ekin Cheng …
Directed by: Corey Yuen, Wai-keung Lau
In the near future, scientists begin to conduct research on the Power Glove, a device that will yield unimaginable power. But the gloves are stolen by a special agent (Roy Cheung) who…
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Dance of a Dream (2001)
Cast: Andy Lau, Anita Mui, Sandra Ng Kwan Yue …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
Pop superstar Andy Lau leads (and directs) an all-star cast in this sizzling musical comedy. Wah (Lau) is a ballroom dance instructor who appears to be kind but is actually mean and stingy.…
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Bullets of Love (2001)
Cast: Leon Lai, Asaka Seto, Terence Yin …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
Andrew Lau directs this visually arresting action thriller. Investigator Sam (Leon Lai) and his prosecutor fiancée, Ann (Asaka Seto), travel to Paris to celebrate their latest win in a…
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Sausalito (2000)
Cast: Maggie Cheung, Leon Lai, Scott Leung …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
Left penniless by a cruel husband, a single mother (Maggie Cheung) who's an artist by day must drive a taxicab through the streets of San Francisco by night to make ends meet and to…
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Legend of Speed (2000)
Cast: Ekin Cheng, Cecilia Cheung, Simon Yam …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
Sky (Asian pop superstar Ekin Cheng) is king of the underground drag car circuit. After winning a hard-fought race, Sky is set up by his archrival Hung (Simon Yam). On the lam in Thailand,…
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The Duel (2000)
Cast: Andy Lau, Nick Cheung, Ekin Cheng …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
Two master swordsmen arrange a duel on the roof of China's Forbidden City in this martial-arts fantasy. Eight witnesses will be admitted to the battle, and imperial agent Dragon 9 must…
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Born to Be King: Young and Dangerous 6 (2000)
Cast: Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Sonny Chiba …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
This continuation of the popular Young and Dangerous series of films stars Jordan Chan as Chicken, a young man who's married to the daughter of Yakuza kingpin Taka. Unfortunately, this…
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A Man Called Hero (1999)
Cast: Biao Yuen, Ekin Cheng, Nicholas Tse …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
After avenging his parents' death, Hero Hua (Ekin Cheng) flees China for the United States, where he runs into trouble as an indentured servant. Years later, Hero's son Sword…
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Storm Riders (1998)
Cast: Ekin Cheng, Aaron Kwok, Sonny Chiba …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
A cruel conqueror (Sonny Chiba) searches the world for boys who can fulfill a threatening prophecy -- then kills their parents and raises the youngsters as his. Keeping his enemies close, he…
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Young and Dangerous: The Prequel (1998)
Cast: Qi Shu, Nicholas Tse, Sam Lee …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
Director Andrew Lau's Hong Kong action thriller chronicles the early lives of Chan Ho-Nam (teen icon Nicholas Tse) and Chicken (Sam Lee) from the Young and Dangerous franchise. Itching…
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Young and Dangerous 2 (1996)
Cast: Ekin Cheng, Gigi Lai, Jordan Chan …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
This gritty sequel picks up the action where the first chapter left off, with Chicken (Jordan Chan) leaving for Taiwan after being led to believe his lifelong comrade Ho Nam (Ekin Cheng) sold…
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Young and Dangerous 3 (1996)
Cast: Ekin Cheng, Gigi Lai, Jerry Lamb …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
In the third part of the series, we find the Hung Hing duo -- Chicken (Jordan Chan) and Nam (Dior Cheng) -- in a troubled state; Chicken has just committed murder, and Nam is distraught over…
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Lover of the Last Empress (1994)
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Leung Siu Hung, Chingmy Yau …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
Tzu Hsi (Chingamy Yau), a comely young concubine, is just one of many women in the court of Chinese Emperor Hseih Feng. But the beautiful Tzu Hsi has bigger plans for herself and uses her…
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Raped by an Angel (1993)
Cast: Dennis Chan, Mark Cheng, Chien-lien Wu …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau, Wai-keung Lau
Psychopathic lawyer Chuck Chi-shing (Mark Cheng) brutally rapes his neighbor Chu Kit-Man (Jacqueline Ng). But Chuck proves to be a cunning madman when he's acquitted of the crime and…
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Wesley's Mysterious Files (1993)
Cast: Andy Lau, Rosamund Kwan, Qi Shu …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
Wesley (Andy Lau) works with the United Nations Aliens Analyzing Agency, whose mission is to eliminate aliens. After an invasion, he meets Fong (Rosamund Kwan), a blue-blooded alien stranded…