Known for Directing
Ivan Lai Kai-Ming was born in 1955 as Kai-Ming Lai. He was a director, writer and producer, best known for his work in the Category III film field in the 90s Hong Kong, such as Daughter of Darkness (1993), Daughter of Darkness 2 (1994), The Imp (1996), The Peeping Tom (1997), Ancient Chinese Whorehouse (1994), Erotic Ghost Story III (1992). He passed away on March 3, 2016 in Hong Kong, China.
Died
March 3, 2016
Birthplace
Hong Kong, China
Filmography
39 films


Boxer's Story
2004 · 1h 28m
country: Hong Kong
Wah Sang was a boxing champion seven years ago. He now works at a garage and cares for his seven-year-old son Henry. They live a small apartment and Wah spends much of his time gambling and drinking. Henry wants Wah, whom he addresses by that name him to return to boxing, but Wah is hesitant because he suffered a brain injury.


Feng Shui and Gambling
2001
country: Unknown


Prison on Fire: Plaintive Destiny
2001 · 1h 30m
country: Hong Kong
The Jail having a new comer, Uncle Pui, he got life-time lock up since was charged murder his daughter. He was an owner of BBQ Shop, his daughter Man came from Mainland China, hooked up Pui's student Yat in a short time. But the truth is Man want to cheat all Yat's money. It makes Yat committed suicide. Pui was in great anger and killed Man…


Hot Rod
2001 · 1h 36m
country: Hong Kong
Fung, Lok, Calf and Singer were gangsters under Scarface Ho. They got in conflict with Wai's gang but ending up working for them instead.


Troublesome Night 9
2001 · 1h 26m
country: Hong Kong
Liu Ah Yee goes to the Bud household to worship the Buddha and to have her fortune told, but Mrs. Bud tells her it is not necessary. Ms. Liu is a compulsive gambler on the cruise ship Neptune, where Mrs. Bud's son, Pit, works, and he recognizes her. Pit has stretched the truth to his girlfriend, Moon Ah Say, about his job, so she thinks he's working in stocks, and she gets quite perturbed when he discovers that he is trying to help Ah Yee, who never wins, and whose grandmother, her only living relative, is dying. She returns to the Buds for help with her gambling, but Mrs. Bud gives her a egimen of alternatives to get her to stop gambling. Only after completing this regimen does Ms. Liu explain why gambling was so important to her.


True Love
2000
country: Unknown


The Kingdom of Mob
1999 · 1h 26m
country: Hong Kong
Hong Kong authorities dispatch a mob task force to investigate a troublesome official.


The King of Debt Collecting Agent
1999 · 1h 42m
country: Hong Kong
A debt collector leaves the loan shark company to start his own debt collection business, but his success is threatened when his old boss seeks revenge and competes with him in the same trade.


God.com
1998 · 1h 27m
country: Hong Kong
During an investigation into a mass murder with links to a doomsday cult, Officer Chan reluctantly enlists police occult expert Officer Chiu to help him solve the case. But during their investigation of the cult and its charismatic leader The Pope, they realize the killings may be related to a previous serial murder case, their own pasts, and the psychotic hypnotists in charge of it all may be preaching some truth...


The Peeping Tom
1997 · 1h 31m
country: Hong Kong
Roy Chen Chih Lai is a serial rapist and murderer with a leg fetish, and cuts off his victims' legs as trophies after he's through with them. One day at a bank robbery shootout, he catches police woman Cheng Hsuen on camera, and chooses her to be his next victim. He begins to stalk her and enter her personal life, even waiting for her inside her home. He notices her sister, Kelly, as well (who is also a cop), and her boyfriend, Ken. After he kidnaps and rapes Kelly, Cheng decides to lure the madman by using herself as bait, and bring justice to the situation.


The Imp
1996 · 1h 36m
country: Hong Kong
Shan is in search of her twin sister who disappeared leaving nothing more than a native doll. Along the way she meets a mobile film crew. They discover that something isn't quite right with the boarding house in which they're staying.


Love, Guns and Glass
1995 · 1h 45m
country: Hong Kong
Simon Yam, gang boss, turns himself in to the cops in order to spare his buddies. He spends ten long years in jail during which his no good wife gambles away all his money and raises his little daughter into an ungrateful slutty teen with an attitude. When he returns to his former life. He generously loans money to a high class gal, Cecilia Yip with financial troubles. His wife and daughter leave him. In despair over the mess he has made of his life, he proposes to Cecilia hoping to start over and go straight. In spite of their different class status, the two fall for each other and make a go of her failing factory.


A Fake Pretty Woman
1995 · 1h 31m
country: Hong Kong
An insecure waitress (Yvonne Yung Hung) who thinks all her problems will be solved if she has plastic surgery to become beautiful. Initially it actually does work. She becomes a model and starts dating a billionaire at once after her surgery.


Ancient Chinese Whorehouse
1994 · 1h 36m
country: Hong Kong
Madam Five and carpenter Kong work together managing a famous whorehouse. Kong's apprentice Yat fails to get along with Ching due to a misunderstanding between them. Luckily, the appearance of a murderous rapist helps to resolve the misunderstanding between them. It also unites the group to defend against the sex maniac and to rebuild Madam Five's business at a new location.


Daughter of Darkness 2
1994 · 1h 38m
country: Hong Kong
Another gruesome case involving a woman who's a sole survivor of a brutal massacre. A local constable questions the woman about her whereabouts and what might have happened the night before. As he gets the young woman to talk, she spins a tale of debauchery, madness and people so vile that you wished that they'll never see daylight again. Why is this woman so reluctant to talk? Who else might be involved in this ghastly murder? How will this bumbling cop get any solid leads or useful clues from this shell shocked woman?


Daughter of Darkness
1993 · 1h 36m
country: Hong Kong
The police suspect a young teenager who was horrifically abused by her family and raped by her father of finally snapping and slaughtering them all.


Erotic Ghost Story III
1992 · 1h 34m
country: Hong Kong
A wanderer meets a monk with magical powers and becomes entranced by a mural of exquisite dancing women. He enters the painting, unaware of the conspiracy behind it, and must rescue the women who are trapped within.


The Blue Jean Monster
1991 · 1h 34m
country: Hong Kong
A cop gets buried under steel rebars while pursuing triad bank robbers through a construction site. He gets reanimated supernaturally and becomes invulnerable, but needs electricity to remain alive, and goes after the gang who killed him.


Thank You Sir
1989 · 1h 35m
country: Hong Kong
Lee Ying, who is the chief inspector of Regional Crime Unit, is newly promoted to Royal Hong Kong Police Cadet School as Deputy Commandant. He confronts a group of youngsters of different social backgrounds, turning them into self-disciplinary and self-contained young men.