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John Woo. Director: A Better Tomorrow. Born in southern China, John Woo grew up in Hong Kong, where he began his film career as an assistant director in 1969, working for Shaw Brothers Studios.
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38 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Young Dragons. 1974 1h 35m. 5.4 (183) Rate. The powerful mobster Leung, who is protected by the dangerous and wicked Huan Fai, sells two hundred Japanese weapons and ammunition to a Chinese gang.
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- Hard Boiled. Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Philip Kwok. 99 votes. Hard Boiled is a 1992 Hong Kong action film written and directed by John Woo, and starring Chow Yun-fat as Inspector "Tequila" Yuen, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai as Tony an undercover cop, and Anthony Wong as Johnny Wong, a leader of the triads.
- The Killer. Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh. 89 votes. Mob assassin Jeffrey (Chow Yun-Fat) is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job.
- A Better Tomorrow. Ti Lung, Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung. 57 votes. A Hong Kong policeman (Leslie Cheung) blames his reformed-gangster brother (Chow Yun-Fat) for the death of their father.
- Face/Off. John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen. 84 votes. In John Woo's high-octane thriller Face/Off, FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) and his arch-nemesis, terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage), become entangled in a macabre dance of identity theft.
John Woo Yu-sen SBS (Chinese: 吳 宇 森; born 22 September 1946) [1] is a Hong Kong film director known as a highly influential figure in the action film genre. [2] He is a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films and the gun fu genre in Hong Kong action cinema , before working in Hollywood films .
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Reportedly the first Asian to direct a major Hollywood studio film, Woo made his name with action-packed, emotionally florid thrillers like "A Better Tomorrow" (1986), "The Killer" (1989), "A...
