2046 2004  R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Gong Li, Kimura Takuya, Faye Wong, Zhang Ziyi, Carina Lau, Chang Chen, Sum Wang, Siu Ping Lam, Maggie Cheung, Dong Jie
The number 2046 has more than one meaning for novelist Chow Mo Wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) who lives in the year 2046 but travels back to the year 1966, during which time he begins a series of affairs with women who subsequently move into hotel room 2046.
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Bullet in the Head 1990 N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: John Woo
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam, Fennie Yuen, Yolinda Yam, Chung Lam, Shek Yin Lau, John Woo
The Vietnam War was raging in 1967, and John Woo uses this setting for another of his epic productions. Three friends in Hong Kong are not only on the run but feel stifled by the archaic Hong Kong rule. Thus, they flee to Vietnam where they intend to make money on the crime scene. Instead, they become involved with wartime events that challenge their friendship and lives.
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Chungking Express 1994  PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Romance
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wang, Valerie Chow, Chen Jinquan, Lee-na Kwan, Zhjiming Huang, Liang Zhen, Zuo Songshen, Lynne Langdon
Two cops, Badge No. 223 (Takeshi Kaneshiro) and Badge No. 663 (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), are trying to get over broken romances and find new loves while hanging around the "Midnight Express" fast-food restaurant in this excellent film that was shot in just 23 days.
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Comet, Butterfly and Sword 1993  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Butterfly and Sword
Butterfly Sword
Director: Michael Mak
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Joey Wong, Jimmy Lin, Elvis Tsui, Tao Chung-Hua, Yan Tse Tan, Yeh Chuan Chen, Tsui Kam Kong
Excellent fight choreography and stunts highlight this action film involving plots by rival martial arts groups to fight to the death.
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Days of Being Wild 1991 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Rebecca Pan, Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Danilo Antunes, Hung Mei-Mei, Ling Ling Hung, Tita Munoz, Alicia Alonzo
Director Wong Kar Wai's second film is set in 1960s' Hong Kong where handsome Yuddy (Leslie Cheung) dallies with two women unable to choose between them. Yuddy was raised by his ex-prostitute aunt (Rebecca Pan) who would not reveal the name of his birth-mother–until she makes plans to move to the U.S. When Yuddy learns that his birth-mother is in the Philippines, he heads there in pursuit.
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Flowers of Shanghai 1998 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Michiko Hada, Wei Hsiao-Hui, Michelle Reis, Carina Liu, Jack Kao, Rebecca Pan, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Fang Hsuan, Hsu Ming
Set in the elaborate brothels ("Flower Houses") of Shanghai in the late 1800s, this film tells the story of the culture and struggles of the operators and "flower girls" of these establishments.
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Gorgeous 1999 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Vincent Kok
Cast: Jackie Chan, Shu Qi, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hsien-Chi Jen, Elaine Jin, Emil Chow, Ken Lo, Sun Young Chen
Ah Bu (Shu Qi) finds a message in a bottle. The message reads: "Do you know I'm waiting for you," signed, "Albert." That's all it takes for her to leave Taiwan and head for Hong Kong looking for Albert. But when she finds Albert, she learns he is gay and not interested in Ah Bu. Albert does introduce her to multi-millionaire C.N. Chan (Jackie Chan). Action follows, and romance blooms.
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Hard-Boiled 1992 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: John Woo
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Philip Kwok, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
In this, another of John Woo's extremely violent films (see, for example, "The Killer"), a tough cop must team up with a mysterious hired gun to rid Hong Kong of gun smugglers. The action scenes are incredible!
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 Hero 2002 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Adventure
aka: Ying xiong
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Daoming, Donnie Yen, Liu Zhong Yuan, Zheng Tia Yong, Yan Qin, Chang Xiao Yang, Yakun Zhang, Ma Wen Hua, Jin Ming, Xu Kuarng Hua, Wang Shou Xin
Set in ancient China, this story relates the exploits of a warrior who defeats three would-be assassins of the Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang (Chen Daoming) and prevents them from killing him. Ten years later, a man called Nameless (Jet Li) appears at the Emperor's palace and claims to be the warrior who defeated the would-be assassins. The Emperor listens to the story Nameless tells, but he notices a few flaws in the story, and Nameless finds himself in a very complicated situation.
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 In the Mood for Love 2000 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Lai Chen, Siu Ping-Lam, Chin Chi-Ang, Chan Man-lui, Koo Kam-wah, Yu Hsien, Chow Po-Chun
When neighbors (Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung) realize their respective spouses are enjoying an affair, they form their own special bond of role-playing. This is one of Wong Kar Wai's finest films.
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Infernal Affairs 2002 R, 101 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Wai-keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Cast: Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang, Sammi Cheng, Kelly Chen, Shawn Yue, Elva Hsiao, Chapman To, Lam Ka Tung
Ming (Andy Lau) and Yan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) become friends at the police academy, but Yan is expelled. Yan's expulsion is actually a ruse to enable him to infiltrate the Triad Bureau, a crime syndicate. Meanwhile, Ming is actually a Triad member who is assigned to infiltrate the police department. Both are successful in their undercover roles and rise to positions of authority. When both organizations learn that moles are present in their midst, Ming and Yan are assigned to find the moles. A good flick.
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| 1. 2046 (2004)
2. Bullet in the Head (1990)
3. Chungking Express (1994)
4. Comet, Butterfly and Sword (1993)
aka: Butterfly and Sword
aka: Butterfly Sword
5. Days of Being Wild (1991)
6. Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
7. Gorgeous (1999)
8. Happy Together (1997)
9. Hard-Boiled (1992)
10. Hero (2002)
aka: Ying xiong
11. In the Mood for Love (2000)
12. Infernal Affairs (2002)
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