Cast: Jack Kao

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Jack Kao. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


A City of Sadness

1989 · Movie · 157 min. · Taiwan

Direction Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Cast Raymond Chen · Wou Yi Fang · Nakamura Ikuyo · Tianlu Li

Plot First part of the trilogy in the history of Taiwan by Hou Hsiao-hsien. These deliveries would be "The Puppetmaster" (1993) and "Good Men, Good Women" (1995).

7.2

321 votes

7.2

321 votes

Flowers of Shanghai

1998 · Movie · 130 min. · Taiwan

Direction Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Carina Lau · Michelle Reis · Michiko Hada

Plot Based on an 1894 novel by Han Ziyun, FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI explores the lavish, elegant, and decadent world of late 19th century Shanghai brothels. Master Wang (played by Hong Kong...

7.1

312 votes

7.1

312 votes

Good Men, Good Women

1995 · Movie · 108 min. · Taiwan

Direction Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Cast Annie Yi · Lim Giong · Jack Kao · Hsi Hsiang

Plot The final chapter of Hou Hsiao-Hsien's trilogy on Taiwanese history (that also includes A City of Sadness and The Puppetmaster), Good Men, Good Women provides a poignant, harrowing, and thematically...

6.9

164 votes

6.9

164 votes

Daughter of the Nile

1987 · Movie · 91 min. · Taiwan

Direction Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Cast Jack Kao · Lin Yang · Grace Chen · Tianlu Li

Plot A wistful schoolgirl who is peripherally involved in a teen-aged crime ring. She escapes from the harshness of her surrounding reality by reading her favorite comic book, Daughter of the...

6.8

108 votes

6.8

108 votes

Full Alert

1997 · Movie · 99 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Ringo Lam

Cast Lau Ching-Wan · Francis Ng · Amanda Lee · Monica Chan

Plot Perfectionist, workaholic Inspector Pao, finds himself up against Mak, a seasoned criminal intending to use his explosives skills to pull off a $10 billion heist. Now Pao must use his...

6.7

58 votes

6.7

58 votes

Goodbye South, Goodbye

1996 · Movie · 107 min. · Taiwan

Direction Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Cast Kuei-Ying Hsu · Annie Yi · Hsi Hsiang · Jack Kao

Plot A Taiwanese rewrite of Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets, the Hou Hsiao-Hsien film GOODBYE SOUTH, GOODBYE stars Jack Kao (a veteran of several Hou films) as Gao, the head of a...

6.7

255 votes

6.7

255 votes

Millennium Mambo

2001 · Movie · 101 min. · Taiwan

Direction Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Cast Shu Qi · Jack Kao · Tuan Chun-Hao · Chen Yi-Hsuan

Plot Taipei. A voice off-camera looks back ten years to 2001, when Vicky was in an on-again off-again relationship with Hao-Hao. She's young, lovely, and aimless. He's a slacker. Cigarettes and...

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

Throw Down

2004 · Movie · 95 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Johnnie To

Cast Aaron Kwok · Louis Koo · Tony Leung Ka-Fai · Jordan Chan

Plot A former judo champion quits the tournament cirucit and runs a nightclub. However, when a new challenger appears as well as an old rival and a judo master in need...

6.6

122 votes

6.6

122 votes

Time and Tide

2000 · Movie · 113 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Tsui Hark

Cast Nicholas Tse · Wu Bai · Anthony Wong · Jun Kung

Plot Tyler is a restless, streetwise 21-year-old Hong Kong native who's had trouble gaining the trust of others all his life. He secretly fantasizes about living the good life in South...

6.3

198 votes

6.3

198 votes

10+10

2011 · Movie · 120 min. · Taiwan

6.0

21 votes

6.0

21 votes

Parking

2008 · Movie · 112 min. · Taiwan

Direction Chung Mong-hong

Cast Chang Chen · Gwei Lun-Mei · Leon Dai · Chapman To

Plot Navigating any major city during a public holiday can be a tiresome experience. Shops and restaurants close, public transport grinds to a standstill and even taxi drivers seem reluctant to...

5.8

45 votes

5.8

45 votes

A Journey in Spring

2023 · Movie · 90 min. · Taiwan

Direction Peng Tzu-Hui · Ping-Wen Wang

Cast Jieh-Wen King · Yang Kuei-mei · Wei-Hua Lan · Joe Shu-Wei Chang

Plot An old man with a limp, Khim-Hok, has depended on his wife over the years. They live in an old house on the urban fringe of Taipei. After his wife...

5.8

70 votes

5.8

70 votes

Shinjuku Incident

2009 · Movie · 119 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Derek Yee

Cast Jackie Chan · Naoto Takenaka · Daniel Wu · Xu Jinglei

Plot In the early 1990s, a tractor mechanic from a northen countryside in China nicknamed Steelhead (Jackie Chan), enters Japan illegally in search of his girlfriend Xiu Xiu (Xu Jinglei). Steelhead...

5.6

808 votes

5.6

808 votes

The Crossing: Part 1

2014 · Movie · 129 min. · China

Direction John Woo

Cast Zhang Ziyi · Huang Xiaoming · Song Hye-kyo · Takeshi Kaneshiro

Plot The film is based on a real-life tragedy of the sinking of the steamer "Taiping" ferry in January, 1949. The incident led to the deaths of over 1,500 passengers and...

5.5

24 votes

5.5

24 votes

Wild City

2015 · Movie · 120 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Ringo Lam

Cast Louis Koo · Shawn Yue · Tong Liya · Joseph Chang

Plot When former cop-turned-bar owner T-man Kwok befriends a drunken woman at closing hour, they soon find themselves targeted by her former lover-a high-powered Hong Kong attorney-and the thugs he employs.

5.5

35 votes

5.5

35 votes

Project Gutenberg

2018 · Movie · 131 min. · China

Direction Felix Chong

Cast Chow Yun-Fat · Aaron Kwok · Alex Fong · Zhang Jingchu

Plot Counterfeit artist Lee Man (Aaron Kwok) was arrested in Thailand and Hong Kong police extradites him back to the territory. Before his prosecution, he was bailed by painter Yuen Man...

5.4

91 votes

5.4

91 votes

Island of Fire

1990 · Movie · 93 min. · Taiwan

5.2

241 votes

5.2

241 votes

Two Thumbs Up

2015 · Movie · 103 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Lau Ho-Leung

Cast Simon Yam · Francis Ng · Leo Ku · Mark Cheng

Plot Big F, who‘s just gotten out of prison, wastes no time in tracking down his old comrades, picking up bowling alley employee Crazy B, back-alley hairstylist Johnny T and mechanic...

5.0

34 votes

5.0

34 votes

The Sniper

2009 · Movie · 90 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Dante Lam

Cast Richie Ren · Edison Chen · Huang Xiaoming · Mango Wong

Plot Ming (Richie Ren) is renowned as the top shooter in the police force. But behind the legend lies a skeleton in the closet: his former teammate and superb marksman Ching...

4.9

98 votes

4.9

98 votes

Red Nights

2009 · Movie · 97 min. · France

4.8

123 votes

4.8

123 votes