---
name: "Hai Kit-Wai"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hai-kit-wai"
fi1m_id: "hai-kit-wai"
imdb_id: "nm0434988"
tmdb_id: 68030
wikidata_id: "Q122811566"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T04:16:34.796143+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hai Kit-Wai

## Identity

Hai Kit-Wai

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hai-kit-wai
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hai-kit-wai
- **IMDb ID:** nm0434988
- **TMDB ID:** 68030
- **Wikidata ID:** Q122811566
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122811566, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434988/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68030

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1992–2001
- **Also known as:** Kit-Wai Kai, 奚傑偉, Kai Kit-Wai, Yee Kit-Wai, 奚杰伟
- **Frequently works with:** [Tony Leung](https://film.one/person/tony-leung-chiu-wai.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (2), 2000s 77 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Drama 1, Romance 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $46m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122811566, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434988/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68030

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Hard Boiled*](https://film.one/film/hard-boiled.md) (86)
- **HBO Max:** [*Chungking Express*](https://film.one/film/chungking-express.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Hai Kit-Wai, also credited as Kit-Wai Kai or 奚傑偉, is a Hong Kong film editor. His early credits include *As Tears Go By* (1988) and *Days of Being Wild* (1990). He edited John Woo's *Hard Boiled* (1992) and several Wong Kar-wai films, including *Chungking Express* (1994) and *Ashes of Time* (1994).

Later work includes *A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box* (1995), *A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella* (1995), *King of Comedy* (1999) and *Shaolin Soccer* (2001). He has received multiple Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Film Editing, including shared wins for *Chungking Express* and *Shaolin Soccer*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, hkmdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Shaolin Soccer* (2001), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/shaolin-soccer.md)
- *Chungking Express* (1994), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/chungking-express.md)
- *Hard Boiled* (1992), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/hard-boiled.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Drunken Monkey* (2003), Editor
- *The New Option* (2002), Editor
- *The Conman 2002* (2002), Editor
- *Love Me, Love My Money* (2001), Editor
- *Shaolin Soccer* (2001), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/shaolin-soccer.md)
- *High K* (2000), Editor
- *King of Comedy* (1999), Editor
- *Timeless Romance* (1998), Editor
- *Hero* (1997), Editor
- *A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella* (1995), Editor
- *A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box* (1995), Editor
- *Ashes of Time* (1994), Editor
- *Chungking Express* (1994), Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/chungking-express.md)
- *Love and the City* (1994), Editor
- *Days of Tomorrow* (1993), Editor
- *The Eagle Shooting Heroes* (1993), Editor
- *Misty* (1992), Editor
- *The Legendary La Rose Noire* (1992), Editor
- *Hard Boiled* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/hard-boiled.md)
- *Ghost Punting* (1992), Editor
- *Fist of Fury 1991 II* (1992), Editor
- *You Bet Your Life* (1991), Editor
- *Fist of Fury 1991* (1991), Editor
- *Lover at Large* (1991), Editor
- *Days of Being Wild* (1990), Editor
- *Thunder Cops II* (1989), Editor
- *A Fiery Family* (1989), Editor
- *Operation Pink Squad* (1988), Editor
- *Carry On Hotel* (1988), Assistant Editor
- *As Tears Go By* (1988), Editor
- *Destiny's Champion* (1982), Editor

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