Clifton Ko Chi-Sum

Clifton Ko Chi-Sum

Born: August 6, 1958
in Hong Kong, China
Clifton Ko is a Hong Kong film director, actor, producer and scriptwriter. He entered TV and film industry in late 1970s, firstly worked with director Clifford Choi.

In 1982 Ko entered Raymond Wong's the newly founded Cinema City & Films Co., and directed his first film The Happy Ghost in 1984. The film series, like all his major works, is a slapstick comedy with moral teaching, family value, and optimism.

Movies for Clifton Ko Chi-Sum...

Walk With Me
Title: Walk With Me
Released: August 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Starting as a story of a bullied young female factory worker, the film amps up its frightening tropes as it gradually escalates into a feverish nightmare. An evil boss, an abusive father, a sibling’s mysterious death, creepy dolls, ghost children, and blood-chillingly violent setpieces all come together both viscerally and metaphorically for this brooding tale of repression and the dark side of human nature.
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Show Me Your Love
Title: Show Me Your Love
Character: Uncle
Released: November 24, 2016
Type: Movie
Told from Nin’s perspective, Show Me Your Love subtly reveals how the mother and son had been estranged by their years of miscommunication before Nin moved to Hong Kong to go to university. As the pair patch up their differences for a poignant closure, the film retains its composure with believable performances by its leads.
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Hui's Comedy: A Look Back Featurette
Title: Hui's Comedy: A Look Back Featurette
Released: April 4, 2016
Type: Movie
Look back on 4 comedy classics with 7 top filmmakers of our time. Explore the cultural impact of The Hui Brothers – the most successful cinema trio in Hong Kong history.
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Wonder Mama
Title: Wonder Mama
Released: May 29, 2015
Type: Movie
About to turn 50, a librarian's world is shattered when she learns that her 70-year-old father may have gotten their maid pregnant.
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Echoes of the Rainbow
Title: Echoes of the Rainbow
Character: Shoe Customer with Kids
Released: March 11, 2010
Type: Movie
Told through the eyes of sticky-fingered eight-year-old boy Big Ears, Echoes of the Rainbow takes place in a close-knit grassroots community in 1960s Hong Kong. Big Ears' mother and father run the neighborhood shoe store, and his older brother Desmond is every family's dream son - an outstanding athlete with grades worthy of Hong Kong's best school.
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La Lingerie
Title: La Lingerie
Character: Lara's first love
Released: August 8, 2008
Type: Movie
La Lingerie concerns four women Miu, Donut, Celine and CC who’s lives and loves are linked through a sexy lingerie shop where Donut works.
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The Way We Are
Title: The Way We Are
Character: Uncle Chuen
Released: July 17, 2008
Type: Movie
A woman finds it easier to come to the aid of a relative stranger than to deal with her family.
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Miss Du Shi Niang
Title: Miss Du Shi Niang
Character: Mr. Lin
Released: November 20, 2003
Type: Movie
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Ninth Happiness
Title: Ninth Happiness
Character: Ma Lun Fan
Released: February 14, 1998
Type: Movie
Choi Hung village is full of innocents: people sing and work. The town beauty, Chi Wan, sees a stranger in the woods and falls in love, believing he's a fairy. He pursues her, keeping his real name secret, seeking advice from her sister, Heung, who suggests he buy Chi Wan a fan. Chi Wan and Heung's boyfriend, Dup, think the stranger and Heung are romantically involved, so mistaken jealousies erupt. Also new in town are two brothers, the new town official and his coarse enforcer; they can't believe there's no graft and corruption to profit from, so they try to establish a whorehouse. They also pursue Chi Wan. Can it all be sorted out? Will innocence prevail? And who is this stranger?
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Task Force
Title: Task Force
Released: November 13, 1997
Type: Movie
Lin is a plain-clothes cop in the crime-riddled district of Mongkok who bungles a vice operation directed at mainland prostitues. He falls for a ditsy hooker who tells him the love of her life is a killer who once svaed her life in a shootout.
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Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
Title: Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
Character: Sam's friend
Released: August 15, 1996
Type: Movie
Music producer Sam and his cross-dressing protege Wing have finally professed their love for another, but now what?
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Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt
Title: Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt
Character: Himself
Released: August 31, 1994
Type: Movie
In this sequel to Yesterday You, Yesterday Me, Bobby looks back on his youthful dreams -- the joys of love and the pain of separation. He also remembers the summer of 1985 when he was smitten with a woman named Sharon.
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I Will Wait for You!
Title: I Will Wait for You!
Released: March 31, 1994
Type: Movie
A Hong Kong version of the 1978 American film Same Time, Next Year, I Will Wait For You stars the winning screen pair of Anita Yuen and Tony Leung Ka Fai. So Yau Shing (Tony Leung Ka Fai) is a married salesman who meets the spirited and lovely Cheung Wai Sum (Anita Yuen) two weeks before she's due to be married. But love can't be denied, no matter the circumstance. The two fall passionately into bed, but the reality of their lives won't allow for everlasting happiness. They agree to meet at the same place and at the same time every year to consummate their love...but can they - and their initially unaware spouses - handle the long term love affair?
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It's a Wonderful Life
Title: It's a Wonderful Life
Character: Minibus passenger
Released: February 6, 1994
Type: Movie
This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and Chinese New Year's eve. As It's a Wonderful Life's Chinese title specifies, its focus is on a "Big Rich Family". We are introduced to thirteen people, learn of their particular dispositions and dilemmas, are witness to the former either getting changed or developed and see the latter (re)solved. Teresa Mo as the daughter just returned from studying in France; Leslie Cheung as the friend who came in tow; Tony Leung Kar Fai as the cartoonist son who can only speak normally when he is anxious; Anita Yuen as the woman who Tony Leung's character falls in love with; Carol "Do Do" Cheng as her flat-chested, disciplinary teacher sister; Raymond Wong as the eldest son who cannot handle alcohol well; Petrina Fung Bo Bo as his estranged wife; Sean Lau as the marriage-minded cousin; and Kwan Tak Hing as the eccentric-but-definitely-not-senile grandfather.
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All's Well End's Well, Too
Title: All's Well End's Well, Too
Character: Pimp
Released: January 20, 1993
Type: Movie
Chow Tung is a licentious man who was arranged to get married along with his ugly sister Gut to partners not of their choice. Chow, being a filial son, agrees to go along with his mother's plans. The plot thickens when Chow meets the beautiful Snow White and decides to marry her of which Matriarch Chow agrees whole-heartedly.
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Stooges in Hong Kong
Title: Stooges in Hong Kong
Released: March 21, 1992
Type: Movie
James Wong stars as a late night talk show host who tells some of the dirtiest jokes and is insanely popular. His show is the biggest rated late night show on television. But all of his credit should go to his mistreated joke writer (Tommy Wong). Instead of paying him the money he truly deserves, James Wong short changes him every chance he can get. His personal life is a mess as well. He has a hot wife whom he can't satisfy and no friends.
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World Too
Title: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World Too
Character: Debt collector pouring kerosene
Released: February 27, 1992
Type: Movie
A large family decide that they must find a bigger place because their current flat is too cramped and triads are threatening to burn them down to pass a message on to somebody down the corridor. So after being mucked around by an agent selling a house in the country, they move into a dilapidated house. They then discover that it is going to be torn down and a huge shopping centre erected.
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All's Well, Ends Well
Title: All's Well, Ends Well
Character: Sings Karaoke with Ching
Released: January 25, 1992
Type: Movie
Three brothers living with their father fib and play pranks to win parental approval for themselves and their romances.
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Twin Dragons
Title: Twin Dragons
Character: Department Store Clerk
Released: January 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.
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Slickers vs. Killers
Title: Slickers vs. Killers
Character: Robert
Released: September 13, 1991
Type: Movie
Success Hung, an ace cell phone salesman who his feeling the heat from young, up and comer Miss Cheng. One day, Hung witnesses a mob hit. Though the panic-stricken salesman tries to tell his friends about the incident, Hung's gift for exaggeration in the past makes everyone suspicion of his claims except for a relative the deceased who comes to believe that Hung pulled the trigger.
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Beyond's Diary
Title: Beyond's Diary
Character: Police cadet trainer
Released: August 29, 1991
Type: Movie
Kui (Wong Ka Kui), Keung (Steve Wong), Chung (Paul Wogn) and Wing (Wing Yip) are four buddies who are all very enthusiastic about music. Together they form a band called Beyond. In order to fulfill his family's emigration dream, Kui works round the clock to earn money and exhausts himself to sickness. Keung wants to build a successful career, but only finds himself being framed by his boss. Chung's childhood dream was to become a police officer, but he is rejected due to his weak body. Wing wants to study music at Hong Kong University, but his girlfriend (Faye Wong) and her parents pressure him into medicine. Can they find their ways again through friendship and music?
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The Gambling Ghost
Title: The Gambling Ghost
Character: TV Crew
Released: March 2, 1991
Type: Movie
Sammo Hung plays three different characters: Fatty, Fatty's father and Fatty's grandfather, Hung Kau. Fatty is a hotel worker, yearning for sudden wealth. Therefore, he, and his co-worker, enter the gambling world, to the dismay of his father. When Fatty hits rock bottom, the ghost of his grandfather resurrects to help him. However, Fatty learns that his grandfather was murdered, therefore, he will stop at nothing to avenge his death.
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Doctor's Heart
Title: Doctor's Heart
Character: Dr. Chan
Released: June 19, 1990
Type: Movie
An idealistic hospital intern contends with cost-cutting measures and endemic corruption while lusting after a sweet social worker who just happens to be the lover of the facility's crooked administrator.
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The Nobles
Title: The Nobles
Character: Master Sum
Released: July 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Interior designer Dodo and lawyer Michael have been in love for years with no plans of marriage. Because of the intervention by the colleagues, Dodo resigns in anger and leaves for New York with Michael. She is heart-broken to catch Michael in a passionate scene with her close friend at the airport. After that, Dodo gets stuck with her first assignment of her own company. She has no resources but to seek help of Jacky, a worker from former design company, but misunderstanding arises between them due to difference in rank. But as they get on more, they begin to admire each other. Meantime, Michael, who tries to win back Dodo's heart. What would Dodo decide between her two admirers?
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Burning Sensation
Title: Burning Sensation
Character: Shan
Released: May 6, 1989
Type: Movie
A firefighter salvages a spiritual shrine from an old burning building, which releases the gentle ghost of a Chinese opera singer, killed in a stage fire 30 years before. Grateful for saving her, the ghost falls for the firefighter and will stop at nothing to ensure his safety from the evils that lurk ahead. At the same time, the firefighter doesn't realize he is dating a ghost.
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Mr. Coconut
Title: Mr. Coconut
Character: TV game show host
Released: January 21, 1989
Type: Movie
Lovable Mr. Coconut arrives in town from Hainan China where he lived with his coconuts. Here in the sophisticated urban jungles of Hong Kong. He has finally reunited with his family, as he endures Hong Kong Streets of the late 1980s, filled with stock and property gamblers, heavy mobile phones and others.
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World II
Title: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World II
Character: TV announcer of lottery result
Released: February 13, 1988
Type: Movie
After losing their lottery winnings during the bank's closure, the Biu family's luck changes again as Bill's job promotion and daughters' education and work careers sent them and the entire family to lead their new lives in Canada, where new misadventures await.
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Mr. Handsome
Title: Mr. Handsome
Character: Newscast reporter
Released: October 29, 1987
Type: Movie
Two Hong Kong men must find a way to deal with their love lives: One with a much younger girlfriend and is admired by his co-worker, and one who is married to two hilarious, dictatorial and stubborn women.
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Legacy of Rage
Title: Legacy of Rage
Released: December 20, 1986
Type: Movie
Brandon plays Brandon Ma, a regular working Joe who holds down two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend May and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael, an ambitious and murderous dope peddler. Michael covets May and so he comes up with a plan that will win her for him, and solves a problem he's been having. It seems that an undercover cop named Sharky has been using his police connections to dominate the local cocaine trade, so Michael has him killed and uses Brandon as the fall guy. Brandon goes to jail, though he thinks that he will be released soon thanks to the efforts of his good buddy Michael. Eight years later Brandon finally gets out of jail and vows revenge.
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My Family
Title: My Family
Released: January 30, 1986
Type: Movie
The Ng family: Doctor Ng, Mrs. Ng, Ng Chee (little daughter), Ng Lei and Ng Choi (son and daughter of Doctor Ng and his ex-wife) went to picnic happily. Hereon, different romances happened between them: First of all, Lei was attracted by Macdonna, a very sexy girl; Chee love little Rambo who saved her from two "teddy' boys; Choi loved her elder cousin who was graduated from a foreign university and had not found a job yet; Ms Ng decided to apply for the post of actress for a drama association. Billy, the director of the drama was the divorced father of little Rambo. He fell in love with Mrs.Ng at the first sight. On the birthday party of Dr. Ng, Lei and Choi discovered that Danny and Macdonna were lovers. They were very disappointed. When the drama was showing, Chee misunderstood that it was real. She rushed on to the stage and accused Billy of taking her mother away. The other family members also ran onto the stage and accused Billy of destroying their family happiness......
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Puppy Love
Title: Puppy Love
Released: September 7, 1985
Type: Movie
Story is about a couple of girls named Ching (Lam San San) and An An (Pak Wan Yin) who have been rivals ever since they were little kids. The main gist of the story, besides trying to go one up on each other, deals with the girls’ hot pursuit of super jock, Paul (Chan Chun Kwok). Ching is the first one to gain Paul’s attention while An An is busy toying with geeky looking Michael’s (Dicky Cheung) love for her. Eventually, Paul gets tired of Ching and Michael wakes up and realizes that An An is playing him and to rub salt in their wounds, Paul decides that An An is the one for him! Next thing you, kiddy hijinks ensue as Michael and Ching feign suicide to make Paul and An An feel guilty, but when the latter believes that the suicide is for real, they too (half heartedly) decide to take their own lives. Michael and Ching must rush to save them from death, but during the whole near explosive melee, they come to the conclusion that they were made for each other.
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For Your Heart Only
Title: For Your Heart Only
Character: Doctor
Released: September 7, 1985
Type: Movie
Disco jockey Piggy Chan, mechanic Sapi and cousin Hayden are good friends. They three form a trio-Lovebursters. Some day, Piggy met a girl Jane Yu and fell in love at first sight with her. He tears down all obstacles to win her heart but after that, he resumes his inclination to flirt around. On the other hand, Sapi and Piggy’s sister Mable are deeply in love. Piggy is very furious when he discovers their love affair. However. He finally decides not to intervene because Sapi has a fatal disease. With the mounting pressure from friends and relatives, Piggy realizes his true affection towards Jane but she rejects him. The Loverbusters then step in and salvage the couple’s relationship.
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Happy Ghost II
Title: Happy Ghost II
Character: Diving judge
Released: July 18, 1985
Type: Movie
A high school teacher constantly has pranks played on him by the students. He becomes a ghost with magical powers, but they keep getting him in trouble with his superiors.
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Seventeen: 1977
Title: Seventeen: 1977
Released: September 1, 1977
Type: Movie
One episode of the “Seventeen” series (1977)
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Title: The First Love
Released: August 9, 1976
Type: TV