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Wong Kar-Wai - what members say


  • Happy Together
  • Happy Together review by from Cambridge
    Rated - 3 stars Beautiful cinematography 12 January 2005
    ...It's when I watched the accompanying 'making of' that I realised how Wong Kar-Wai and friends had to put this together from a huge amount of footage - whole characters were...  
  • Chungking Express
  • Chungking Express review by Zamy from LONDON
    Rated - 2 stars 20 September 2004
    ... instead of being a fluid narrative. Not a major piece of work so it looks like Wong Kar-Wai may be over-rated as a director. All right for a couple of hours in front of yo...  
  • Days Of Being Wild
  • Days Of Being Wild review by from London, England
    Rated - 5 stars Not a jump on point for Wong Kar-Wai 9 August 2006
    ...d, the quality is not much better than vhs and it is quite easy to tell that is Wong Kar-Wai's first feature. Before seeing this i would recommend Chunking Express, In The...  

Wong Kar-Wai - filmography


  • In The Mood For Love on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Maggie Cheung
    Director: Wong Kar-Wai
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE centres around Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung), neighbors living in a crowded apartment building in 1962 Hong Kong. Both married to people who are always away, they spend many nights home alone. The two make each other's acquaintance and soon find that ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 10,604 members
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  • Happy Together on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Leslie Cheung,  Kwok-Wing,  Tony Leung
    Director: Wong Kar-Wai
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    HAPPY TOGETHER was re-written and re-conceived over and over again as they filmed on location in Argentina. It strained patience and health of Kar-Wai's loyal cast and crew, they even ran out of good film stock. But despite, or perhaps because of this long and difficult shoot, Kar-Wai and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 2,707 members
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  • Fallen Angels (1995)
    Starring: Leon Lai,  Michelle Reis,  Takeshi Kaneshiro
    Director: Wong Kar-Wai
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Killer is a disillusioned hit man, adored secretly by his beautiful female contact. Ho has a unique line in late-night shopkeeping, but little success with the gorgeous Cherry. Dazzlingly photographed and set to a cool trip-hop soundtrack, this is a violent, funny and surprisingly moving film from ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 78% from 321 members
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  • Chungking Express on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Brigitte Lin,  Takeshi Kaneshiro,  Faye Wong
    Director: Wong Kar-Wai
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    'Chungking Express' is the ultra-stylish film by internationally acclaimed Hong Kong director Wong Kar-Wai. Using gorgeous Hong Kong stars and perfect pop music, 'Chungking Express' tells two stories of lovelorn cops, dangerous drug smugglers and California dreamers. The first story takes place ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 4,858 members
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  • Days Of Being Wild on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Leslie Cheung,  Maggie Cheung,  Andy Lau
    Director: Wong Kar-Wai
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    York was abandoned in his childhood, and spent much of his youth drifting from one friendship to the next, in the hope of discovering the identity of his birth mother. Though his foster mother is aware that she moved to the Philippines, she refuses to tell York. Yet, thanks to one of his lovers, he ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,346 member
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  • As Tears Go By on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Andy Lau,  Maggie Cheung,  Jacky Cheung
    Director: Wong Kar-Wai
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A sombre, atmospheric, almost brooding film set in the frenetic and garish Mongkok district in Hong Kong, AS TEARS GO BY is art house auteur and romantic Wong Kar-Wai's first feature film. It sets the tone of films to come, exemplary of the director's existential preoccupations and obsession with ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 816 members
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Wong Kar-Wai facts

5 most recent films

My Blueberry Nights - 2.5 stars
2046 - 3.0 stars
In The Mood For Love - 3.5 stars
Happy Together - 3.0 stars
Fallen Angels - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Fallen Angels - 4.0 stars
Chungking Express - 3.5 stars
In The Mood For Love - 3.5 stars
Days Of Being Wild - 3.0 stars
Happy Together - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

My Blueberry Nights - 2.5 stars
2046 - 3.0 stars
As Tears Go By - 3.0 stars
Happy Together - 3.0 stars
Days Of Being Wild - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Maggie Cheung - 5 times - show films
Tony Leung - 4 times - show films
Andy Lau - 2 times - show films
Takeshi Kaneshiro - 2 times - show films
Leslie Cheung - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Kar-Wai Wong - 1 times - show films
Wong Kar-wai - 1 times - show films