Hong Kong Movies about Old Age
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- DirectorAnn HuiStarsAndy LauDeannie IpHailu QinAfter suffering a stroke, an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people's home.English title: 'A Simple Life'
- DirectorTeddy ChanStarsAndy LauKaren MokFelix WongA troubled boy who seeks escape becomes a man through a miraculous growth formula but encounters a new troubles when the formula won't quit.English title: 'Wait 'til You're Older'
- DirectorAnn HuiStarsJosephine SiaoKar-Ying LawAllen TingThe Suns are a typical Hong Kong family: May, forty something, works for a trading company; her husband, Bing, works as a low-grade civil servant, and Allen, their teenage son, is still at school. Trouble strikes one day when Bing's mother dies of a stroke, leaving her husband old Mr. Sun. Alzheimer's Disease is diagnosed. From that day on, the family's daily life is thrown into a poignant. Old Mr. Sun develops a tendency to wander off and get lost, he wakes up yelling in the middle of the night plus he is rude and disobliging ... all this, along with May's already full schedule as wife, mother and employee, drives her close to the edge of her endurance. The very last thing they all wanted has to happen: old Mr. Sun has to go into a Nursing Home. But it does not turn out quite like they expected...English title: 'Summer Snow'
- DirectorLawrence Kwan Chun KanStarsDavid Da-Wei ChiangJennifer YuBowie LamPosing as the granddaughter of a private extended care-home patient, an investigative journalist uncovers a culture of abuse and corruption at the facility.English title: 'In Broad Daylight'
- DirectorTsz Pun KoStarsYin TseBo-Bo FungSuet LamOnce famous for his quick blade, a retired assassin can no longer earn a living with his cut-throat skills. Summoned again, he partners with his chauffeur to carry out special missions - fullfilling the wishes of old people looking to kill themselves. When commissioned by a young girl who has been deserted by her parents and lover, the "Elderly's Angel" squad finds an arresting way to complete its task.English title: 'Time'
- DirectorMan-Chung LamStarsLouis CheungShing-Pun LamMan-Chung LamRevolves around a group of people living in a peaceful elderly home managed by a retired doctor, with assistance from his long-time nurse.English title: 'A Lifetime Treasure'
- DirectorClement Sze-Kit ChengChi-Kin KwokStarsYou-Nam WongJ.J. JiaTeddy Robin KwanWeedy office worker Cheung is sent to a remote village to secure property rights for his real estate company. Two martial artists run the village's teahouse, which was once the kung-fu school of their teacher Master Law. Law is in fact lying unconscious upstairs in a three decades-long coma, but he awakes when gym boss and local landlord Pong attempts to secure the teahouse for redevelopment. Law mistakes Cheung for a former student and starts training him in preparation for a martial-arts tournament at Pong's gym that will decide all their fates.English title: 'Gallants'
- DirectorOliver Siu Kuen ChanStarsAnthony Chau-Sang WongCrisel ConsunjiSam LeeA paralyzed and hopeless Hong Kong man meets his new Filipino domestic worker. The two strangers live under the same roof through different seasons, and as they learn more about each other, they also learn more about themselves.English title: 'Still Human'
- DirectorRay YeungStarsTai-BoBen YuenPatra AuSUK SUK is a quiet portrayal of a gay relationship between two men in their twilight years. PAK, 70, a married taxi driver who refuses to retire meets HOI 65, a retired single father. Although both are secretly gay, they are proud of the families they have created through hard work and hardship over the years. HOI is a member of the Mature Tongzhi Society, a social group, which caters for gay men who are over 60. The group is planning to attend a public forum to request the government to create senior citizen homes dedicated exclusively for gay people. However, due to the fact that most men in the group are in the closet, there is no one who is willing to voice their opinions in the public forum. HOI supports the notion of a gay senior citizen home and considers speaking in the public forum. However when HOI begins to wonder whether his son WAN suspect he is gay, his attitude shifts. As PAK and HOI fall in love they contemplate a possible future together. SUK SUK studies the subtle day-to-day moments of the two men as they struggle between conventional morals and their personal desires.English title: 'Suk Suk' / 'Twilight's Kiss'
- DirectorRay YeungStarsPatra AuLin-Lin LiTai-BoAngie and Pat have been together for over four decades but after Pat's unexpected death, Angie finds herself at the mercy of Pat's family as she struggles to retain her dignity and the home that both had shared for over thirty years.English title: 'All Shall Be Well'
- DirectorJuno MakStarsSiu-Ho ChinKara Ying Hung WaiHee Ching PawA public housing tenement is plunged into a dark storm of supernatural chaos.English title: 'Rigor Mortis'
- DirectorSiu-Hung LeungStarsJacky CheungMaggie CheungBill Tung"Romeo and Juliet" in Hong Kong, except the widow Capulet is father Montague's childhood sweetheart. The young lovers try to reconcile their mothers with the help of the father, who is left with a bad taste in his mouth.English title: 'Mother Vs. Mother'