Shu Kei

Shu Kei

Shu Kei, whose real name is Kenneth Ip, was born in Hong Kong in 1956 and started writing film criticism while still in secondary school. After graduating from University of Hong Kong, majoring in English, he joined Commercial Television as a scriptwriter. After that station went out of business, Shu started working for Golden Harvest as scriptwriter and assistant director. He also founded Film Biweekly Magazine (later renamed City Entertainment) and acted as chief editor. Shu made his directorial debut in 1981 with Sealed with a Kiss, about a romance between two mentally handicapped youngsters. The film was marked by a refreshing departure from the glut of police dramas, horror films and black-magic movies that were flooding the market. Between 1981 and 1984, Shu was a programmer for the Hong Kong International Film Festival and, from 1984 to 1986, promotion manager for D & B Films. He directed his second feature, Soul, in 1986, which won the Best Cinematography prize at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Chris Doyle. In 1990, he directed the documentary Sunless Days for the Japanese television station NHK, which was awarded the OCIC Award at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival and the Jury Award at the Rimini Film Festival in Italy. His other works include Hu-Du-Men (1996), which won Best Actress awards for star Josephine Siao at several film festivals, including the 41st Asia Pacific Film Festival, the 33rd Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan and the 2nd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards. Shu became a director through writing criticism. While film schooleducated directors like Ann Hui and Tsui Hark are representative of the first generation of young filmmakers who took Hong Kong cinema on a new direction, Shu Kei is considered a key member of the second generation. In addition to directing, Shu also took up distribution, founding Shu Kei’s Creative Workshop, which had promoted and distributed over 200 art films and non-mainstream works, such as Blue Kite (1993), directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang; Farewell, My Concubine (1993), directed by Chen Kaige; Chungking Express and Ashes of Time, both directed by Wong Kar-wai. He had also produced a number of films, including Beijing Bastards (1993), directed by Zhang Yuan; Postman (1995), directed by He Jianjun; and First Love Unlimited (1997), directed by Joe Ma. In 1997, Shu opened P.O.V. Bookstore, a retailer devoted to film. He had been an Artist in Residence at Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Shaw College, as well as guest lecturer at the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong. In 2002, he worked as senior lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, later becoming dean of School of Film and Television. He is also the author and editor of various books, including Hong Kong Films of 1994 (editor); Hong Kong Films of 1995 (editor); Song of the Big Road, The Memoir of Sun Yu; A Comparative Study of Cantonese and Mandarin Films in Post-War Hong Kong--the Films of Zhu Shilin and Chun Kim; A Retrospective of 1960s Cantonese Cinema (editor); Ann Hui’s Vietnam Trilogy Screenplays (writer and editor) and Chinese Beauties (novel). His latest directorial work is The Dream, a segment of the omnibus film Beautiful 2014 (2014), adapted from a short story by author-director Evan Yang (Yi Wen).

  • Title: Shu Kei
  • Popularity: 3.083
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1956-04-15
  • Place of Birth: Hong Kong
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  • Also Known As: Kei Shu, Kenneth Ip, 舒琪, Yip Kin-Hang, Kenneth Ip Kin-Hang, 叶嘉诚, 葉健行
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Shu Kei Movies

  • 2010
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    Landscape On the Other Side: Hong Kong Cinematographer Bill Wong

    Landscape On the Other Side: Hong Kong Cinematographer Bill Wong

    1 2010 HD

    Bill Wong works on a wide variety of films, some of modern setting, some with historical backgrounds; some are award winners, some lesser known. As a...

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  • 2013
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    Boundless

    Boundless

    7.5 2013 HD

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

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  • 2014
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    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    7.1 2014 HD

    With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through...

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  • 2022
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    The King of Wuxia Part 1

    The King of Wuxia Part 1

    8.7 2022 HD

    The life of the epoch-making master of martial arts cinema, King Hu.

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  • 1985
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    Carry on Doctors and Nurses

    Carry on Doctors and Nurses

    1 1985 HD

    This film is a Hong Kong version of the British Carry On films, this one specifically set in a hospital. The hospital is full of inept people, so...

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  • 1983
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    Ah Ying

    Ah Ying

    6 1983 HD

    Chronicles the growth of a young woman as she dabbles in Hong Kong’s independent film scene. Based in part on Hui’s real-life experiences.

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  • 2022
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    The King of Wuxia Part 2

    The King of Wuxia Part 2

    1 2022 HD

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  • 1994
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    Ashes of Time

    Ashes of Time

    7.1 1994 HD

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  • 1996
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    Temptress Moon

    Temptress Moon

    6.8 1996 HD

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  • 1997
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    First Love Unlimited

    First Love Unlimited

    6 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    A Queer Story

    A Queer Story

    4.8 1997 HD

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  • 1996
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    Hu-Du-Men

    Hu-Du-Men

    4.6 1996 HD

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  • 1996
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    Hu-Du-Men

    Hu-Du-Men

    4.6 1996 HD

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  • 1978
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    Below the Lion Rock: The Boy from Vietnam

    Below the Lion Rock: The Boy from Vietnam

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1977
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    Seventeen: 1977

    Seventeen: 1977

    1 1977 HD

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  • 2013
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    A Complicated Story

    A Complicated Story

    4.8 2013 HD

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  • 2013
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    A Complicated Story

    A Complicated Story

    4.8 2013 HD

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  • 2010
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    Landscape On the Other Side: Hong Kong Cinematographer Bill Wong

    Landscape On the Other Side: Hong Kong Cinematographer Bill Wong

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2012
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    When Night Falls

    When Night Falls

    5 2012 HD

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  • 2018
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    Tracey

    Tracey

    5.9 2018 HD

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  • 2013
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    Boundless

    Boundless

    7.5 2013 HD

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  • 1997
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    Love: Amoeba Style

    Love: Amoeba Style

    4 1997 HD

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  • 1986
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    Soul

    Soul

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Soul

    Soul

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1997
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    A Queer Story

    A Queer Story

    4.8 1997 HD

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  • 1993
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    Beijing Bastards

    Beijing Bastards

    6 1993 HD

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  • 1981
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    Sealed with a Kiss

    Sealed with a Kiss

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1981
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    Sealed with a Kiss

    Sealed with a Kiss

    1 1981 HD

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  • 2008
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    咖啡或茶

    咖啡或茶

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2014
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    Beautiful 2014

    Beautiful 2014

    1 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    Thin Dream Bay

    Thin Dream Bay

    1 2014 HD

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  • 2018
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    Umbrella Diaries: The First Umbrella

    Umbrella Diaries: The First Umbrella

    1 2018 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Island

    The Island

    8 1985 HD

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  • 1998
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    F***/Off

    F***/Off

    6 1998 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Happenings

    The Happenings

    7 1980 HD

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  • 1990
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    Sunless Days

    Sunless Days

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1990
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    Sunless Days

    Sunless Days

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1997
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    Made in Hong Kong

    Made in Hong Kong

    7.552 1997 HD

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  • 2007
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    Ten Years

    Ten Years

    1 2007 HD

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