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Joyce Chan Wan-Man

Joyce Chan Wan-Man is a Hong Kong novelist, columnist, and scriptwriter.

Known For

The ServantsThe Servants · 1979
The Servants
7.01979
MovieDramaCrime
Two cops are on the trail of gang that are planning a jewel robbery. Inspector Chow lives at home with his mother, while Inspector Pang has gambling problems that the gang exploits. Soon, innocent victims will pay with their lives.
NomadNomad · 1982
Nomad
6.91982
MovieDramaRomance
Four carefree lovers in Hong Kong enjoy their youth while danger looms on the edges.
CherieCherie · 1984
Cherie
6.01984
MovieComedyRomance
The beautiful Cherie Chung plays the title character, an exercise teacher who is wooed by a rich, older businessman and a young photographer. You watch Cherie as she bounces between these two, not really liking the businessman, while the photographer is more in love with her image as his model than as a true love.
CrossingsCrossings · 1994
Crossings
7.01994
MovieDrama
Instead of following the wishes of her parents and flying to Toronto, Mo-yung (Anita Yuen) journeys instead to NYC, in hope of finding Benny (Simon Yam), the man she loves. There, she meets Rubie, a sympathetic clinic worker who helps her to settle in the city.
The SecretThe Secret · 1979
The Secret
6.11979
MovieDramaMystery
A tangled murder mystery unfolds amid a complex love triangle. As conflicting witness accounts emerge, the truth about the victim and key suspects is revealed, leading investigators down a dark and twisty path where nothing is as it seems.
Social Worker: Ah SzeSocial Worker: Ah Sze · 1976
Social Worker: Ah Sze
1976
Movie
Ah Sze (Cecilia Wong Hang-sau) abandons the country for city life, but fails to find refuge from her relatives in Macau and Hong Kong. Writer Joyce Chan realistically portrays a teenaged girl whose choices are finite if she wants to survive. We see Ah Sze in one scene, an innocent girl still in pigtails, in stark contrast with the next scene after she has lost her virginity. It creates an emotional impact that is more than heart-wrecking.
Love MassacreLove Massacre · 1981
Love Massacre
5.91981
MovieThrillerRomance
Set in San Francisco, Love Massacre follows college student Ivy as she tries to help her friend Joy recover from a breakup. Ivy soon becomes involved with Joy's married brother Chu Chung, who spirals into senseless violence as he breaks into Ivy's dormitory and goes on a delirious killing spree.
The Man from VietnamThe Man from Vietnam · 1982
The Man from Vietnam
9.01982
MovieDramaCrime
The Man from Vietnam is a Hong Kong Crime-Drama directed by Clarence Ford and starring Stanley Fung.

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The Christ of NanjingThe Christ of Nanjing · 1995
The Christ of Nanjing
6.31995
MovieDramaRomance
Ryuichi Okagawa, a Japanese writer who worked as a reporter in China has been sick ever since his return home. While in China, Okagawa had met a devoutly religious girl named Jin-hua. Okagawa was born with a predisposition to agonizing recurrent migraines, but found happiness with Jin-hua and married her. Unfortunately, he already had a wife in Japan, and this revelation crushed Jin-hua. When Okagawa returned home, leaving Jin-hua behind, she was forced to work as a prostitute, catching both a severe case of the flu and a rather less socially acceptable condition. Meanwhile, Okagawa's guilt has torn him apart enough for him to return to China in an attempt to bring Jin-hua home with him to get medical attention, but the girl is already too far gone for his help.

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CID: Four Moments of Life (Dawn, Noon, Dusk, Night)CID: Four Moments of Life (Dawn, Noon, Dusk, Night) · 1976
CID: Four Moments of Life (Dawn, Noon, Dusk, Night)
8.01976
MovieTV Movie
Four episodes combined. Dawn: the first cop goes to interrogate the parents of a babygirl who got burnt by an iron. These, eventually admit to be the one responsible but they state it was an accident. Going back on a bus, he reads a newspaper article reporting another case of violence against minors. Noon: the moustached cop cop collects the report of a mother regarding the presence of perverts in her building. A thirteen-year-old girl is spotted with a man in equivocal acts: when she is interrogated she shows no signs of anxiety. Dusk: in a nursing home a guest kills another old man with an axe. He is interrogated by the older cop who, once back home, talks with his wife and daughter while watching sadly TV. Night: the fourth cop is in a disco when he gets the call that a collegue’s wife was the victim of a hit and run. The following morning he goes back to the office.

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