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Patrick Tam Kar-Ming
Director 78 years old

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming is a Hong Kong film director and editor. Part of Hong Kong's New Wave of film directors in the late 1970s and 1980s, Tam's works have enjoyed great acclaim. He is also known as the mentor of Wong Kar-Wai, and worked as an editor on Days of Being Wild... Read full bio →

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7 titles
Fu zi

Fu zi

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming 2006 2h 40m

After his mother flees the family home, a son turns to thieving in order to support his father, an abusive sort who is addicted to gambling.

Sat sau woo dip mung

Sat sau woo dip mung

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming 1989 1h 31m

The fallout resulting from a botched Triad gang smuggling job forces a young couple to separate - she becomes a kingpin’s unwilling moll and he travels to the Philippines to work as a contract killer. Six years later, the two are reunited in a chance encounter, but their rekindled emotions and people from their past lead them into extreme danger.

Xue zai shao

Xue zai shao

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming 1988 1h 24m

A young woman is forced to marry an older man who runs a roadhouse saloon. She is constantly being raped by her husband, a drunken loutish brute. She harbors a young man wanted by the police in a murder case, and soon the fugitive and the young wife have a torrid affair as she continues to hide him from the authorities.

Zui hou sheng li

Zui hou sheng li

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming 1987 1h 33m

Shy and timid Hung is asked by his jailbird brother to look after his mistress and his unsuspecting wife. Chaos and many hilarious situations arise when Hung is caught between the two women.

Lie huo qing chun

Lie huo qing chun

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming 1982 1h 36m

Four carefree lovers in Hong Kong enjoy their youth while danger looms on the edges.

Ai sha

Ai sha

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming 1981 1h 31m

Set in San Francisco, Love Massacre follows college student Ivy as she tries to help her friend Joy recover from a breakup. Ivy soon becomes involved with Joy's married brother Chu Chung, who spirals into senseless violence as he breaks into Ivy's dormitory and goes on a delirious killing spree.

Ming jian

Ming jian

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming 1980 1h 25m

Swordsman Li Mak-Jan is on a quest to duel the powerful and reclusive Hua Qian Shu. But will a cursed sword and the intrigues of the martial world bring him fame or tragedy?

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