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Nam Yin

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Nam Yin

Born June 11, 1953 in Hong Kong, China37 films

Nam Yin (Chinese: 南燕, born June 11, 1953), originally named Lam Ling-Nam, is a Hong Kong film screenwriter, director, producer, lyricist, and actor. His first credited screenplay was Prison on Fire, co-written with his brother Ringo Lam Ling-Tung. He went on to write and produce notable films including Women Prison (1988), School on Fire (1988), Wild Search (1989), Triads - The Inside Story (1989), Fatal Vacation (1990), Dragon in Jail (1990), and High Risk (1992).

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In 1997, he produced the supernatural horror film Troublesome Night, which later expanded into a 19-film series. Nam Yin also wrote and directed the seventh installment of the series.

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Prison on Fire posterFirst watchPrison on Fire19877.0A veteran inmate takes a newcomer under his wing as the pair confront both other violent inmates and the prison's corrupt wardens.View film

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Full Contact poster6.8Full Contact1992Prison on Fire II poster6.9Prison on Fire II1991

Filmography

37 films
  1. 2003The Secret Society - The Best HackStory
  2. 2002The Hidden EnforcersWriter
  3. 2001Prison on Fire: Life SentenceScreenplay
  4. 2000Troublesome Night 7Writer
  5. 1999The Young OnesScreenplay
  6. 1999The Masked ProsecutorWriter
  7. 1999The Rules of the GameScreenplay
  8. 1999Troublesome Night 6Writer
  9. 1996To Be No. 1Writer
  10. 1996All of a SuddenStory
  11. 1995Legendary CoupleWriter
  12. 1994Ancient Chinese WhorehouseStory
  13. 1994Fatal ObsessionStory
  14. 1994The Romance of the VampiresScreenplay
  15. 1994Burning ParadiseScreenplay
  16. 1993Don't Stop My Crazy Love for YouWriter
  17. 1993Bloodshed in NighteryStory
  18. 1992InvincibleWriter
  19. 1992Shanghai Heroic StoryWriter
  20. 1992Full ContactWriter
  21. 1991My Flying WifeScreenplay
  22. 1991Hong Kong GodfatherWriter
  23. 1991The TigersWriter
  24. 1991Prison on Fire IIWriter
  25. 1991Touch and GoWriter
  26. 1990Rebel from ChinaScreenplay
  27. 1990Dragon in JailWriter
  28. 1990Undeclared WarWriter
  29. 1990Fatal VacationScreenplay
  30. 1989Running MateWriter
  31. 1989Triads: The Inside StoryWriter
  32. 1989A Killer's BluesWriter
  33. 1989The Wild OnesScreenplay
  34. 1989Wild SearchWriter
  35. 1988School on FireWriter
  36. 1988Women's PrisonWriter
  37. 1987Prison on FireWriter