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Herman Yau Filmography
Complete filmography of Herman Yau: 35 films in the TMDB catalog, sorted by year.
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Title↕ | Year↕ | Genres↕ | TMDB Rating↕ | Votes↕ | Language↕ | Overview↕ |
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| A Gilded Game | 2,025 | Drama | 5.9 | 13 | Chinese | A gifted but underprivileged finance student, Gao Han, lands a rare internship at a top international investment bank, Bluestone, while helping his friend's family business prepare for a public listing. Surrounded by elite peers with powerful connections, Gao Han stands out for his integrity and raw talent. With the support of a seasoned mentor, he quickly adapts to the high-stakes world of investment banking, but soon discovers that success in this industry comes with hidden costs and fierce competition. |
| Crisis Negotiators | 2,024 | Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7 | 26 | CN | Negotiator expert Cheuk Man Wai unexpectedly becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. Forced into a corner, he occupies the police station, taking officers hostage, and demands negotiations with the former negotiator Tse Ka Chun. With Tse's expertise in psychological manipulation and Check's exceptional skills, they engage in a battle of wits. As the verbal sparring deepens, their positions and mindsets gradually change. |
| Customs Frontline | 2,024 | Action, Drama | 5.5 | 23 | CN | Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department officers Chow Ching-lai and Cheung Wan-nam share a close mentor-student relationship. On a case involving seized smuggled arms, Ching-lai is sent to take part in a joint operation with Interpol to capture a reclusive arms dealer. However, Wan-nam makes a drastic decision that further complicates the case. |
| The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell | 2,023 | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.1 | 63 | CN | An undercover cop who invade a drug cartel led by a notorious Thai drug lord. In classic heroic bloodshed fashion, the two develop a bond of brotherhood. |
| Moscow Mission | 2,023 | Crime, Action, Adventure, Thriller | 6.1 | 54 | Chinese | Tough Chinese detectives go on a mission to Moscow to hunt down ruthless robbers who have been plaguing the trans-Siberian railway with violence and chaos. |
| Death Notice | 2,023 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 5.9 | 17 | CN | A vigilante serial killer in Hong Kong leaves ominous death notices, prompting the police to launch a special task force to uncover a hidden conspiracy. |
| Raid on the Lethal Zone | 2,023 | Action | 6.8 | 11 | Chinese | In the 1990s, an armed police team in the south-western border of China encounter floods and drug traffickers while on a mission, resulting in heavy casualties. In order to avenge their dead comrades, the survivors launched a final confrontation against the drug dealers. |
| Shock Wave 2 | 2,020 | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.1 | 170 | CN | After suffering life changing injuries in the line of duty, bomb disposal officer Fung turns his back on the police. But when a devastating series of bombings sweep Hong Kong, the police suspect their former ally may be involved after he is found unconscious at a crime scene. Now faced with memory loss and recalling only fragments of his former life, Fung sets out to uncover the truth and find out who he really is. |
| The White Storm 2: Drug Lords | 2,019 | Drama, Action, Thriller | 6.6 | 65 | CN | A financial tycoon, once a triad member, tries to eradicate the drug market while an old accomplice aims to be Hong Kong's first drug lord. |
| A Home with a View | 2,019 | Comedy | 5.7 | 10 | CN | The Lo family live in an old flat in the middle of a noisy neighborhood: father, mother, unemployed son, teenage daughter and his elderly, disabled father. Now a billboard is blocking their perfect view of the harbor, and their already chaotic life becomes sheer madness. |
| The Leakers | 2,018 | Action, Crime, Thriller | 5.4 | 13 | CN | The film centers around a Malaysian pharmaceutical company using a new virus to generate an epidemic. A secret organization, known as "The Leaker", discloses this information. After the suicide of the pharmaceutical company's son and a local reporter, the wife of the pharmaceutical company's owner leaves for Hong Kong. A Malaysian police chief , Hong Kong police officer, and journalist work together to locate her whereabouts. |
| Shock Wave | 2,017 | Action, Crime, Adventure, Thriller | 6.7 | 198 | CN | When a terrorist who specializes in explosives takes hold of an underground tunnel, he threatens to kill hostages if his demands are not met. |
| The Sleep Curse | 2,017 | Horror, Mystery | 5.7 | 60 | CN | In 1990, Neurologist Lam Sik Ka and his former flame suffer from the generational sleep curse that rooted in their both families war engagement during World War Two. Lam tries to save her flame from the grudge. |
| Always Be with You | 2,017 | Horror, Mystery | 5.8 | 26 | CN | Taxi driver David, who's doomed after a terminal cancer diagnosis, accidentally kills hotel owner Patrick in a car crash. Patrick's girlfriend takes over his hotel by a lake in Hong Kong, which is soon plagued by serial suicidal incidents. |
| 77 Heartbreaks | 2,017 | Romance | 6.6 | 12 | CN | When Eva ends her ten-year relationship with Adam, he’s shocked by the sudden break-up, not until he read her private journal did he realize that she has suffered 77 heartbreaks. Though unknown to the secret contained in the journal’s torn-out last page, he is determined to win her back. When they finally resolve to start anew, Eva discovers his drunken tryst. Will she pardon him a 78th time? |
| The Mobfathers | 2,016 | Crime, Drama | 6 | 33 | CN | The godfather of the triad Jing Hing and his senior bosses need to select a new boss to run the daily operations of the five gangs under their control. Chuck, a lifelong member of the triad, dreams of being the elected one, but his wife wants him to leave the criminal life and spend time with their child. Wulf, a former cop, also wants take over the seat. Both will try to achieve their goal by any means necessary. |
| Nessun Dorma | 2,016 | Mystery, Drama, Thriller | 4.8 | 14 | CN | The beautiful yet naive Jasmine has second thoughts about her arranged marriage with the most eligible bachelor in town because she is secretly in love with the dog-loving math prodigy Fong. One night, she is attacked on her way home. She wakes up and finds herself trapped in a room and tied to a bed naked. She was raped but managed to escape, and this leads to murderous outcomes. |
| An Inspector Calls | 2,015 | Comedy, Action | 4.5 | 13 | CN | An unexpected inspector drops by a lavish party of a notable family in order to investigate the suicide of a pregnant girl. This breaks the joy and peace of the party which is meant to celebrate a couple's engagement. Everyone claims that they do not know the girl. However, the inspector does find something suspicious there with the help of a diary and a photo. An astonishing truth is gradually revealed: six of the noble family members are closely related to the girl's death. |
| Sara | 2,014 | Drama | 6.4 | 39 | CN | Journalist Sara has just spent four months completing an in-depth investigation piece. Her editor-in-chief, afraid of offending powerful politicians and business moguls, refuses to run it. Sara’s boyfriend, who works for the same magazine, chooses not to warn her and even sides with the editor-in-chief. In just one moment, Sara is turned off by her work, her love relationship, and even about life.At this low point in her life, Sara exiles herself to Chiang Mai, Thailand. One evening, while at a bar, Sara meets child prostitute Dok-My. During her time getting to know Dok-My and through the process of rescuing her, Sara becomes haunted by the memories of her own past… |
| The Second Coming | 2,014 | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror | 4.6 | 16 | CN | All the CHEN family want is a quiet life but as daughter Lucy's behavior changes from strange to violent, they are forced to confront dark secrets they have hidden for years. One by one, their desperate poverty, the mother's rape and the father's revenge by murder return to haunt them...until a searing TRUTH no one knew is revealed. Will this truth give them a second chance to right the wrongs in their lives or destroy them all? |
| Ip Man: The Final Fight | 2,013 | Action, Drama | 6.1 | 413 | CN | Ip Man reluctantly begins a series of challenges from rival kung fu schools and is soon drawn into the dark and dangerous world of the Triads. |
| The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake | 2,011 | Drama | 6.4 | 17 | Chinese | When the women of her time had their feet bound to please men, Qiu Jin was already questioning the sexual inequality of feudal traditions. Free-spi... |
| Turning Point 2 | 2,011 | Action, Crime | 6.8 | 10 | CN | Laughing is judged guilty of murdering gang lord Michael So and is sentenced to life imprisonment. Locked up behind bars, he meets the seemingly be... |
| The Legend Is Born: Ip Man | 2,010 | Drama, Action, History | 6.8 | 701 | CN | The remarkable true story of the early life of Ip Man, the formidable kung fu genius who would become Bruce Lee's mentor; beginning at the start of his journey from his initial training through to the ultimate battle to become supreme master of the art of Wing Chun. |
| All's Well End's Well Too 2010 | 2,010 | Comedy | 4.4 | 16 | CN | Princess Pearl of Flowerland is sent to Midland at a young age to learn her ceremonials duties. Her mother, the Queen Mother misses her daughter very much that the King orders his sister, the princess, to return home. However, the princess has fallen in love with General Wing of the Midland army and is reluctant to part from him. As their boat approaches the Flowerland border, Pearl and Wing save the life of a girl named Ying, who seeks to throw herself into the sea after running away from an arrange marriage. Pearl, Wing and Ying are attacked by pirates and Pearl falls overboard in the ensuing chaos. On arrival in Flowerland, the King mistakes Ying for his sister, while Pearl is saved by Ying's father, Million. |
| Rebellion | 2,009 | Thriller, Action, Crime | 6.1 | 29 | CN | After a top gangster is murdered, his second-in-command must prevent an uprising by rival gangs. |
| Turning Point | 2,009 | Crime, Thriller | 5.4 | 24 | CN | Laughing is formally a police undercover. However due to a drug trafficking case, Inspector Pan is hot on his trails. Before Laughing becomes a police undercover, he works under triad leader Yi. Yi treats Laughing as his own brother, however to protect his territory and illegal businesses, Yi instructed Laughing to join the police force and act as his undercover. Laughing is a high-flyer in the police academy. However he never got a chance to join the force because he is specially picked by Inspector Xian to be an undercover in the underworld syndicate. Hence Laughing becomes a “double-undercover”. Yi is happy that Laughing is allocated to the triad of his rival. To make his situation worse, Laughing falls in love with the triad leader’s sister, Karen. Justice, brotherhood and love, what will Laughing decide on? His decision will be a turning point in his life. |
| Gong Tau | 2,007 | Horror | 4.6 | 18 | CN | CID detective Rockman was sent to Thailand to investigate a case involving the Hong Kong and Thai underground syndicate. During his visit he met a ... |
| On the Edge | 2,006 | Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime | 6.5 | 17 | CN | After working as an undercover in a triad for 8 years, Sheng finally arrests the triad leader and resumes his duties as a police officer. However, life does not return to normal as he is faced with suspicions colleagues and even trailed by the investigations team. One day, he meets some triad members whom he has earlier befriended as an undercover agent and is forced into a corner when asked to collaborate with them once again. |
| Troublesome Night 4 | 1,998 | Comedy, Horror | 4.1 | 10 | CN | A group of tourists from Hong Kong visit the Philippines on holiday and run into ghosts. |
| Troublesome Night | 1,997 | Comedy, Horror | 5.2 | 16 | CN | Tales of the supernatural include encounters with ghosts and a man's communication with his dead wife. |
| Ebola Syndrome | 1,996 | Comedy, Crime, Horror | 6.4 | 154 | CN | A violent fugitive on the run from the law makes his way from Hong Kong to South Africa, where he discovers that he's immune to the Ebola virus, and later returns home to spread the deadly disease. |
| All of a Sudden | 1,996 | Crime, Drama, Romance | 5.7 | 21 | CN | An erotic mystery in which two couples engage in multiple layers of passion, betrayal and murder. |
| The Untold Story | 1,993 | Comedy, Crime, Horror | 6.2 | 148 | CN | Macau cops begin to suspect a man running a pork buns restaurant of murder, after tracing the origin of a case full of chopped up human remains that washed ashore, which leads them to him. |
| Taxi Hunter | 1,993 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.2 | 25 | Chinese | Kin is a hard-working insurance salesman with a very pregnant wife. When his wife starts haemorrhaging, he calls a taxi, but it leaves when someone else offers more money. After his wife dies, Kin vows to get revenge on all taxi drivers by taking them out one at a time. |
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