Yau Nai-Hoi

Yau Nai-Hoi

1968-04-14 Hong Kong, China 46 Credits

Biography

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

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Believer 2

Believer 2

2023

Original Film Writer

6.7
Writing

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

Mad Fate

2023

Producer, Writer, Original Film Writer

6.4
Producing Writing

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

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong

2022

Writer

7.0
Writing

A seven-part anthology film exploring the history of Hong Kong from the 1940s to present day.

Caught in Time

Caught in Time

2020

Thanks

6.4

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

Believer

2018

Original Film Writer

7.2
Writing

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

Three

Three

2016

Producer, Screenplay

6.0
Producing Writing

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

The Weaving of a Dream: Johnnie To's Vision and Craft

2016

as Self

Acting

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

Trivisa

2016

Producer

7.1
Producing

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

Boundless

2013

as Self

7.5
Acting

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

Blind Detective

2013

Writer

6.1
Writing

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

Cold Eyes

2013

Original Film Writer

7.5
Writing

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

Drug War

2012

Writer

6.9
Writing

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

Romancing in Thin Air

2012

Screenplay

5.1
Writing

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

Life Without Principle

2011

Writer

6.7
Writing

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

Don't Go Breaking My Heart

2011

Writer

6.3
Writing

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

Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms

2009

Writer

6.3
Writing

Two tactical unit leaders are forced to put aside their differences to help catch a group of robbers.

Triangle

Triangle

2007

Writer

6.5
Writing

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

Eye in the Sky

2007

Director, Screenplay

6.5
Directing Writing

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

Triad Election

2006

Writer, Characters

7.4
Writing

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

Election

2005

Writer

7.1
Writing

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

The Open Road

2005

Writer

7.0
Writing

An inspirational short film by Johnnie To.

Throw Down

Throw Down

2004

Writer

6.7
Writing

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

Running on Karma

Running on Karma

2003

Writer

6.5
Writing

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

Turn Left, Turn Right

2003

Writer

7.3
Writing

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

PTU

2003

Writer

6.9
Writing

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

Love for All Seasons

2003

Writer

6.5
Writing

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

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts

2002

Writer

6.1
Writing

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

Fat Choi Spirit

Fat Choi Spirit

2002

Writer

6.2
Writing

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

Running Out of Time 2

2001

Writer

6.0
Writing

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

Love on a Diet

Love on a Diet

2001

Writer

5.9
Writing

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

Wu Yen

2001

Writer

6.1
Writing

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!!!

Help!!!

2000

Writer

5.2
Writing

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...

Needing You...

2000

Writer

6.0
Writing

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

The Mission

1999

Writer

7.5
Writing

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

Running Out of Time

1999

7.3
Acting

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

Running Out of Time

1999

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

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

Where a Good Man Goes

1999

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

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

A Hero Never Dies

1998

Writer

6.8
Writing

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

Expect the Unexpected

1998

Writer

6.6
Writing

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

The Longest Nite

1998

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

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

Lifeline

1997

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

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

A Moment of Romance III

1996

Writer

5.0
Writing

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

Loving You

1995

Writer

6.0
Writing

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

The Bare-Footed Kid

1993

Writer

6.2
Writing

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

Edge of Justice

1993

Writer

Writing

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

Blood Brothers

1991

Writer

Writing

Hong Kong movie