Biography
Yau Nai-Hoi is a Hong Kong screenwriter and director best known for his work with the production company Milkyway Image.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Believer 2
2023
Original Film Writer
A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with...

Mad Fate
2023
Producer, Writer, Original Film Writer
A fortune teller fails to help a prostitute who is facing a deadly calamity. When he meets a young boss of a tea restaurant, he predicts that his bloo...

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
2022
Writer
A seven-part anthology film exploring the history of Hong Kong from the 1940s to present day.

Caught in Time
2020
Thanks
Based on real life events from the 1990s, a ruthless gang manages to pull off several high risk – high reward heists, meticulously planned out and exe...

Believer
2018
Original Film Writer
After a traumatic event, a drug trafficker turns sides and conspires with a dangerously ambitious undercover police officer to bring down the mysterio...

Three
2016
Producer, Screenplay
Realising that he will be defeated in no time during a police showdown, a thug shoots himself to force the cops to cease fire and take him to the hosp...

The Weaving of a Dream: Johnnie To's Vision and Craft
2016
as Self
From the ambitious young filmmaker behind Boundless, The Weaving of a Dream is a short documentary that details the making of Johnnie To's film Three.

Trivisa
2016
Producer
Hong Kong's three notorious thieves who have never met one another before appear in the same restaurant. This leads to a rumour that they are joining ...

Boundless
2013
as Self
As Hong Kong's foremost filmmaker, Johnnie To himself becomes the protagonist of this painstaking documentary exploring him and his Boundless world of...

Blind Detective
2013
Writer
A brilliant detective is forced into early retirement after losing eyesight. Making ends meet by solving cold cases for reward money, he teams up with...

Cold Eyes
2013
Original Film Writer
Ha Yoon-ju becomes the newest member of a unit within the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department that specializes in surveillance activities on...

Drug War
2012
Writer
A drug cartel boss is arrested in a raid and coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.

Romancing in Thin Air
2012
Screenplay
After his new bride dumps him at their wedding reception, a heartbroken actor winds up in the mountains, where he meets and falls in love with a widow...

Life Without Principle
2011
Writer
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 t...

Don't Go Breaking My Heart
2011
Writer
A typical story of the classic romantic triangle, where one person ends up having to choose between two others. This time, it is set against a backdro...

Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms
2009
Writer
Two tactical unit leaders are forced to put aside their differences to help catch a group of robbers.

Triangle
2007
Writer
Life has not been kind to drinking buddies Sam, Fai, and Mok as they struggle to make ends meet, until one stormy evening a mysterious old man appears...

Eye in the Sky
2007
Director, Screenplay
The head of an elite Hong Kong surveillance unit keeps one eye on his rookie apprentice and the other on a notorious criminal he suspects of mastermin...

Triad Election
2006
Writer, Characters
As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy looks to increase his business relation...

Election
2005
Writer
After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official...

The Open Road
2005
Writer
An inspirational short film by Johnnie To.

Throw Down
2004
Writer
A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.

Running on Karma
2003
Writer
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 d...

Turn Left, Turn Right
2003
Writer
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 a...

PTU
2003
Writer
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 wh...

Love for All Seasons
2003
Writer
May is a martial artist and Chinese medicine practitioner who resides in a temple in Omei mountain. Under the threat of her lovelorn master, Misery, s...

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts
2002
Writer
A car accident gives a spoiled, troubled young woman the ability to see ghosts, including one of a former classmate.

Fat Choi Spirit
2002
Writer
Follows the adventures of a compulsive Mahjong player named Andy and his aging mother, estranged brother, loyal ex-girlfriend, and a local gang.

Running Out of Time 2
2001
Writer
Ho Sheung Sang finds himself wrapped up in another cat-and-mouse game, this time against a tricky magician.

Love on a Diet
2001
Writer
A depressed, obese woman tries to lose weight in order to win back her ex-boyfriend with the help of a fellow Hong Konger whom she met in Japan.

Wu Yen
2001
Writer
Lost in the woods, the Emperor Qi stumbles across local chief Wu Yen, his predestined bride, only to accidentally free a promiscuous fox fairy who pro...

Help!!!
2000
Writer
A trio of idealistic young doctors take on a corrupt, ineffective hospital management more interested in saving dollars than lives. Sub-plots crop up ...

Needing You...
2000
Writer
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...

The Mission
1999
Writer
Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis, James, Mike, Roy and Shin for his protection.

Running Out of Time
1999
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 suff...

Running Out of Time
1999
Screenplay
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 suff...

Where a Good Man Goes
1999
Screenplay
Fresh from a prison term, a former Triad boss resides in a hotel in Macau, where he befriends its owner and her young son.

A Hero Never Dies
1998
Writer
Jack and Martin are gunmen who work for two rival kingpins. Jack and Martin have been fighting on their bosses behalf for close to a year. When a truc...

Expect the Unexpected
1998
Writer
In this "cops and robbers" film, a raid on a jewelry store staged by a band of amateur hold-up artists goes horribly wrong, leading to a shoot-out. Th...

The Longest Nite
1998
Screenplay
Caught in the middle of a fierce gang war in Macau, a corrupt cop named Sam handles negotiations between two Triad leaders who plan to join forces. He...

Lifeline
1997
Screenplay
A heroic but cocky firefighter pays no regard to the dangers of the job but lacks the courage to face his personal demons. When faced with a giant and...

A Moment of Romance III
1996
Writer
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 ...

Loving You
1995
Writer
A man re-evaluates his life after being given a second chance. When seedy cop Liu Chen-hai is shot, he is forced to do some soul-searching about his o...

The Bare-Footed Kid
1993
Writer
A poor barefoot young man from the country arrives in the city to start work with the friend of his dead father.

Edge of Justice
1993
Writer
In British-ruled Hong Kong, a powerful British prosecutor attempts rape, leading to the victim’s death. Maggie Chan, the lawyer seeking justice, faces...

Blood Brothers
1991
Writer
Hong Kong movie