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Johnnie To Kei-fung (born 22 April 1955) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. 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 action and crime movies, which have earned him critical respect and a cult following, which includes American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
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Johnnie To. Director: Election. With over thirty directing and producing credits to his name, Johnnie To enjoyed international breakthroughs with Election (2005), Election 2 (2006) (aka "Triad Election") and Exiled (2006); those films enjoyed multiple international film festival appearances and were separately sold to more than 21 foreign territories (including theatrical distributions in ...
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- A Hero Never Dies《真心英雄》 One of Johnnie To’s most divisive films but our favourite nonetheless, A Hero Never Dies has its cake and then asks for seconds.
- The Longest Nite《暗花》 Although Patrick Yau is credited as the nominal director of this 1998 Milkyway film, To directed at least half of the movie, supposedly taking the reins when he wasn’t happy with Yau’s initial work.
- The Mission《鎗火》 Considered one of Johnnie To’s finest films, The Mission is an exemplar of minimalist filmmaking. Shot and edited in a single month, the film focuses on five gangsters hired to protect a mob boss and the tensions that develop when, later, one is approached to kill another of the five.
- Mad Detective《神探》 One of the darkest of To’s many dark crime films, Mad Detective has frequent To collaborator Sean Lau play Bun, a schizophrenic cop with an ability to see people’s inner personalities, which allows him to solve various murders.
- Where a Good Man Goes (co-directed with Patrick Yau -1999) Michael (Lau Ching-Wan) is an aggressive triad who checks into a hotel in Macau ran by a lonely widow (Ruby Wong) on the night he released from jail.
- The Longest Nite (co-directed with Patrick Yau -1998) Released the same year as Expect the Unexpected and initially also credited to Patrick Yau alone, The Longest Nite is one hell of a bleak and nihilistic crime thriller.
- Expect The Unexpected (co-directed with Patrick Yau – 1998) One of the earliest gritty Milkyway crime thrillers is officially credited to Patrick Yau (as are the next two entries on this list) although it later came to light that To was mainly responsible for the directing duties on all of Yau’s Milkyway films and he has since officially confirmed that he in fact was the principal director.
- Sparrow (2008) Possibly Johnnie To’s most personal film, Sparrow is also the odd one out in this list and potentially his entire oeuvre.
Top 10 Johnnie To Films. 1. Vengeance (2009) Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller. A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Apr 22, 2022 · World-renowned film director and producer Johnnie To has produced a number of international box office successes. Most known for his crime and action movies, To often explores themes related to ...
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Wai and To add a dose of gamesmanship: Parallel heroes in Milkyway movies indulge in masquerade, taunt one another, play hide-and-seek and follow-the-leader. In Running Out of Time (1999) a crook (who turns out to be a philanthropist) sprinkles clues across his trail, while the cop who pursues him comes to enjoy the game (and wins a happy ending).
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