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Johnnie To
Director 71 years old

Johnnie To

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Johnnie To Kei-Fung (Chinese: 杜琪峯, born 22 April 1955) is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong,  To has also found acclaim overseas. Intensely prolific, To has made films in a variety of genres, though in the West he is best known for his... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

33 titles
Hua li shang ban zu

Hua li shang ban zu

Johnnie To 2015 2h

A takedown of capitalist corruption and greed that's savvily packaged as a song-and-dance extravaganza.

Daan san nam nui 2

Daan san nam nui 2

Johnnie To 2014 1h 53m

Two former lovers find themselves irresistibly drawn back together, despite the fact that each of them is engaged to someone else.

Man tam

Man tam

Johnnie To 2013 2h 9m 6.0

A cop is forced into early retirement due to retinal damage. But after witnessing a bank robbery along with a female inspector - who believes he has acute senses - they team up in hope to solve the case.

Du zhan

Du zhan

Johnnie To 2012 1h 47m 6.7

A drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.

Duet ming gam

Duet ming gam

Johnnie To 2011 1h 47m

A criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.

Daan gyun naam yu

Daan gyun naam yu

Johnnie To 2011 1h 55m

An original twist on an eternal triangle, where secret crush and unrequited love take on altogether newfangled meanings of their own.

Fuk sau

Fuk sau

Johnnie To 2009 1h 48m 6.0

François Costello arrives in Hong Kong to avenge the death of his daughter and her family, who were murdered by hired killers. Twenty years before, Costello was a professional hitman... As Costello's memory is fading away, three professional killers, Kwai, Chu and Lok, are sought to help him complete his revenge plan.

Man jeuk

Man jeuk

Johnnie To 2008 1h 27m 9.0

Kei is the experienced leader of a team of pickpockets — also known as "Sparrows" in HK slang. He enjoys a carefree lifestyle taking photos. One day a dashing beauty, Chun-Lei, suddenly appears in Kei's viewfinder. Kei is mesmerized. But behind Chun-Lei's attractive facade lies a mysterious past and a mission to set herself free.

Tit sam gok

Tit sam gok

Ringo Lam Ling-Tung, Johnnie To 2007 1h 33m 7.0

Told in three 30-minute segments, three friends seek out the buried treasure of a mysterious stranger.

San taam

San taam

Wai Ka-Fai, Johnnie To 2007 1h 31m 7.6

A rookie cop teams up with a former detective with a supernatural gift to hunt down a serial killer.

Hak se wui: Yi woo wai kwai

Hak se wui: Yi woo wai kwai

Johnnie To 2006 1h 32m 8.0

As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Simon Yam) faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy (Louis Koo) looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.

Fong juk

Fong juk

Johnnie To 2006 1h 48m 7.9

A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.

Hak se wui

Hak se wui

Johnnie To 2005 1h 41m 7.3

A drama-thriller centered on a democratic election within an organized crime society.

Yau doh lung fu bong

Yau doh lung fu bong

Johnnie To 2004 1h 36m 7.0

A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.

Lung fung dau

Lung fung dau

Johnnie To 2004 1h 38m 7.0

Mr. and Mrs. To are wealthy, creative jewel thieves who divorce for no apparent reason after a successful diamond heist. A year later, she's engaged to the son of a rich woman who begrudgingly lets her son give his fiancée a family heirloom after she signs a pre-nup.

Dai si gin

Dai si gin

Johnnie To 2004 1h 30m 7.3

After a disastrous failure to stop a robber gang, the police attempt to redeem themselves through a series of publicity stunts and shootouts.

PTU

PTU

Johnnie To 2003 1h 28m 7.3

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.

Heung joh chow heung yau chow

Heung joh chow heung yau chow

Wai Ka-Fai, Johnnie To 2003 1h 36m

An aspiring violinist and a professional translator live parallel lives and appear to be perfect for each other, but somehow fate seems to keep them apart. Living in different units of the same apartment building, they never meet, because when they leave, one turns left, and one turns right.

Dai zek lo

Dai zek lo

Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai 2003 1h 34m 6.3

A monk turned body-builder, with the gift to see into people's lives, befriends a female cop, and uses his gift to change the force of Karma and her destiny.

Ngo joh aan gin diy gwai

Ngo joh aan gin diy gwai

Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai 2002 1h 37m

A car accident gives a spoiled, troubled young woman the ability to see ghosts, including one of a former classmate.

Chuen zik saat sau

Chuen zik saat sau

Wai Ka-Fai, Johnnie To 2001 1h 42m 7.8

Professional assassin O has resided in an isolated world of killing and loneliness. But his life begins to change once he meets the innocent Chin; hired to clean O's apartment.

Am zin 2

Johnnie To, Law Wing-Cheong 2001 1h 35m

Ho Sheung Sang finds himself wrapped up in another cat-and-mouse game, this time against a tricky magician.

Goo nam gwa lui

Goo nam gwa lui

Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai 2000 1h 41m

Wah and Kinki both work at a computer company. Despite not getting on too well initially, their friendship develops into romance when they get to know each other after a while.

Cheung foh

Cheung foh

Johnnie To 1999 1h 24m 8.5

Triad boss Lung (Eddy Ko), who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis (Anthony Wong), James (Lam Suet), Mike (Roy Cheung), Roy (Francis Ng) and Shin (Jackie Lui) for his protection.

Am zin

Am zin

Johnnie To 1999 1h 33m 7.0

Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime syndicates.

Chan sam ying hung

Chan sam ying hung

Johnnie To 1998 1h 38m 9.5

Jack and Martin are members of rival Chinese triads in the middle of a gang war. Both of their gang leaders like to get advice from a fortune teller living in Thailand. On one such trip, Martin's gang ambushes Jack's at a Thai hotel. There is a spectacular shootout, in which both Martin and Jack are severely wounded.

Tin joek yau ching III: Fung foh ga yan

Tin joek yau ching III: Fung foh ga yan

Johnnie To 1996 1h 35m

Lau Tin Wai is a fighter pilot in the Chinese airforce who is forced to ditch in a field; he is taken in by the remote community of farmers who nurse him back to health, here he meets Ting Siu Wo, a young woman who falls in love with him.

Yin doi hou hap zyun

Yin doi hou hap zyun

Tony Ching Siu-Tung, Johnnie To 1993 1h 37m

In a post-nuclear world, three superpowered women fight an evil genius controlling the government and the water supply.

Dung fong sam hap

Dung fong sam hap

Johnnie To 1993 1h 28m 5.5

Tung and Ching were both adopted by the same master. But later Ching was abducted by the eunuch-Chan. Ching grew up and became scientist Li's assistant and Tung married officer Lau. Chat had escaped from Chan at 15 and became a thief-catcher. During Chan's intrigue the trio united to become "The heroines of the East".

Chik geuk siu ji

Chik geuk siu ji

Johnnie To 1993 1h 27m

A poor barefoot young man from the country arrives in the city to start work with the friend of his dead father.

Sam sei goon

Sam sei goon

Johnnie To 1992 1h 35m

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

Ah Long dik goo si

Ah Long dik goo si

Johnnie To 1989 1h 35m

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.

Cheng shi te jing

Cheng shi te jing

Johnnie To, Andrew Kam Yeung-Wah 1988 1h 38m

Police officer Wong forced to postpone his retirement from the police force to investigate the murder of his partner and discovers large criminal plans.

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