Andy Lau movie career page

(94 min)

1988 - Drama, Gangster, Romance - Hong Kong

Take Scorsese's Mean Streets,I read somewhere on a Wong Kar-Wai website that he received the inspiration from Scorese's but I don't know if it's legit, and you've the basis of the film: Triad Brother Wah (Andy Lau) has to consecutively lookout for his little brother Fly (Jackie Cheung) who causes trouble whenever he's around. Wah's cousin Ngor (Maggie Cheung) just recently arrived and is staying in his flat so that she can continue receiving treatment at the hospital for her illness. The two unexpectedly fall in love but before Wah furthers his relationship with her he must help Fly one last time.

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Director : Wong Kar-wai

Cast : Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Kau Lam, Alex Man, Ronald Wong

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Days of Being Wild

(94 min)

1991 - Drama - Hong Kong

A restless young man is stuck in a society in which he is no longer content with. Our protagonist, Yuddy, goes about his days charming women and living recklessly. He meets Su Lizhen and gives her a taste of what love could be, only to cruelly betray her heart and move on to the next hot bodied young woman. Even to his own stepmother, Yuddy shows no respect and love. He has only one goal in life, and that is to find his biological mother. Everyone else he meets is expendable to his emotions and desires.

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Director : Wong Kar-wai

Cast : Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Rebecca Pan

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Duel, The

(105 min)

1999 - Swordplay, Fantasy - Hong Kong

The swords master Son-Cool Yeh returns a Jade seal to the emperor in exchange to fight a duel with Simon the Snowball (Ekin Cheng) in the forbidden city. The emperor entrusts Dragon 9 with 8 gold medal that are to be given out to important people so they may attend the duel. The news spread quickly that this is the duel of the century and many people ask Dragon 9 for a medal. With many bets on the outcome of the duel, the people await with great excitement. But before the duel is to begin, Dragon 9 must investigate several mysterious murders that might alter the fairness of the duel.

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Director : Andrew Lau

Cast : Ekin Cheng, Mi Chiu, Kong-Shan King, Andy Lau, Sheung-Man Lei, Yiu-Man Tam

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FullTime Killer

(103 min)

2001 - Action, Drama - Hong Kong

O (Takashi Sorimachi) is the number 1 assassin in all of Asia. Tok (Andy Lau) wants to dethrone him and become the premier hitman in the world. What these two have in common is that they are in love with the same woman, Chin (Kelly Lin). And Chief Inspector Lee (Simon Yam) wants to catch them both. Thrown into a gauntlet of razor blade shoot-outs and a feeding frenzy of warfare, this film is a story about two men of the most excessive lifestyles competing in a world where men die young and the victor not only walks away with the most money, but with the most valuable reputation. Bursting of style and pimp slapped with full on octane entrenched cinema, Johnny To presents his action masterpiece, "Fulltime Killer."

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Director : Johnny To and Ka-Fai Wai, Im Gyeong-Su

Cast : Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi, Kelly Lin, Simon Yam, Cherrie Ying, Teddy Lin

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Future Cops

(95 min)

1993 - Comedy, Action, Fantasy - Hong Kong

In the year 2043, Judge Yu Ti Hung sentences notorious criminal General Vega to imprisonment. Vega’s men are sent back to the year 1993 to assassinate the judge while he is in high school, but our heroes, the ‘Future Cops’, follow them. Hilarity follows, as the Future Cops sign up as pupils and teachers at the school, and help the geeky young Yu Ti Hung defend himself against bullies. The ‘Future Cops’ are sent from the year 2043, back to 1993. Their mission is to protect Yu Ti Hung, who will one day become a judge, and sentence the evil General Vega to imprisonment.

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Director : Wong Jing

Cast : Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, Chingmy Yau, Dicky Cheung, Simon Yam, Ekin Cheng

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God of Gamblers

(125 min)

1989 - Comedy, Drama, Action - Hong Kong

When Ko Chun, the infamous “God of Gamblers,” gets into an amnesia inducing accident, he finds himself forced to rely on the aide of Knife, a lowly, down on his luck, street punk who is out to make some quick cash. Knife soon discovers that his new friend has a special power when it comes to gambling and quickly looks to exploit this gift.

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Director : Wong Jing

Cast : Chow Yun Fat, Andy Lau, Shing Fui-On, Dennis Chan, Man Cheung, Charles Heung

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Infernal Affairs

(97 min)

2002 - Drama, Thriller, Crime - Hong Kong

Two men. Two moles. Yan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) is your typical undercover cop, tough, smart, and extremely hard-boiled. Before graduating the police academy, Yan is sent by his official to infiltrate the triads. Ming (Andy Lau) is one of Hong Kong’s most decorated cops. However, his awards and promotions are only illusions. Sam, his triad boss, sent him to join the academy to become an officer. With tips from Sam against their triad rivals, Ming steadily becomes one of Hong Kong’s elite. But all things, no matter good or evil, must come to an end. So begins the face-off. Only one man, one mole will survive.

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Director : Alan Mak, Andrew Lau

Cast : Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Sammi Cheng, Kelly Chen

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Infernal Affairs III

(118 min)

2003 - Drama, Crime - Hong Kong

Ten months after Yan’s death, the bloodbath that took place in the elevator is closed with the conclusion that Ming successfully took out the triad’s mole. With no further questions, he is reassigned to office work. During this time, SP Yeung returns to the scene after a hiatus due to an office stand-off with a colleague. With him, he brought speculation that there were still moles left within the police force. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect is that he or she may possibly be a lieutenant, hell-bent on wiping out every last mole in the force to save himself. Ming already suspects Yeung of being the undercover mole and pursues him like a predator on his prey. In the midst of these events, one of Sam’s associates from the past, Shen, reappears. The final conclusion to this powerhouse trilogy lies within the past, where Sam, Yan, and SP Wong are still in the unraveling game of infernal affairs.

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Director : Andrew Lau, Alan Mak

Cast : Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Kelly Chen, Leon Lai, Daoming Chen, Anthony Wong

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Jiang Hu

(85 min)

2004 - Drama, Gangster - Hong Kong

On the night of the birth of his first son, Triad Leader Hung (Andy Lau) finds out that an assassin will attempt to kill him within 12 hours. Fearing for his best friend’s life, Lefty (Jacky Cheung) urges Hung to leave to New Zealand to start a new life. Hung has other plans though and decides to stay in Hong Kong to protect himself, his family, and his business while Lefty begins to take matters into his own hands and searches for the masterminds behind it all. Elsewhere in town, the young and determined Turbo (Edison Chen) and Yik (Shawn Yue) get word that their boss (Chapman To) will be drawing “do-or-die lots” to give someone the sought after opportunity to kill the big boss.

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Director : Wong Ching Po

Cast : Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Shawn Yue, Edison Chen, Chapman To, Lin Yuan

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Love on a Diet

(94 min)

2001 - Comedy, Romance - Hong Kong

After Mini Mo's Japanese boyfriend, Kurokawa, left her ten years ago to pursue his musical career abroad, she helplessly falls victim to a case of "after-breakup depression." During her time of anguish and misery, Mini Mo turned to food to satisfy her loneliness. She ate and ate until she became too obese for her own good. When Kurokawa returns from his trip, Mini realizes that she cannot confront him with her "new look" and becomes his hapless groupie who admires him from afar. During this time of adversity, Mini befriends a fellow fatty and knives seller, Fatso. While Kurokawa's thoughts linger on the times he spent with Mini, he professes his love for her on a radio station and asks to meet him in three months where they first separated. How can Mini Mo lose a considerable amount of excess fat in three months? It is up to Fatso and his gang of colon cleaning, tapeworm feeding friends to aid in this dilemma.

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Director : Johnnie To, Wai Ka Fai

Cast : Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Rikiya Kurokawa, Asuka Higuchi

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Moon Warriors

(87 min)

1993 - Swordplay - Hong Kong

A fisherman is laying in the sun, playing his instrument in a moment of serenity. A group of swordsman protecting the king are frantically fighting off the enemy. When these two events cross paths, a big brawl ensues. So then the King-on-the-run and his band of warriors makes friends with the fisherman. Low and behold, the fisherman's simple fishing village is actually where one of the greatest Emperor's is buried, but kept in secret so no one would rob his grave. Plans are revealed that the king's brother is hellbent on his demise as well as his whole crew. The Emperor's daughter is in danger so the fisherman goes out to rescue her and bring her back to the village. Through the next hour or so, we are treated to one of the most spectacular kung-fu films ever made.

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Director : Sammo Hung

Cast : Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, Kenny Bee, Yi Chang, Kelvin Wong

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Running on Karma

(93 min)

2003 - Drama, Thriller - Hong Kong

One night while working as a male stripper, “Big”, a former monk turned hunk, is caught between a raid at his place of employment, and a dangerous police chase involving an elusive Indian contortionist who is wanted for murder. We soon find that “Big” has the ability to actually see karma, allowing him to foresee the fates of those he comes in contact with. Through the course of the film, “Big” pairs up with Yee, a bumbling, yet beautiful female CID agent, (played by the too-cute Cecilia Cheung) and the two begin the deep and often absurd path to karmic enlightenment.

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Director : Johnnie To, Wai Ka Fai

Cast : Cecilia Cheung, Siu-Fai Cheung, Wong Chun, Andy Lau, Karen Tong

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Savior Of The Soul

(98 min)

1991 - Swordplay, Fantasy - Hong Kong

A villain called Silver Fox must hunt down a lady called May, she caused his master to go blind and it was his last wish to finally have revenge. May is a city soldier along with Ching and Yin Sheng, Ching is in love with her. While waiting for Yin Sheng's sister Silver Fox makes his attack, they manage to make him flee but Yin Sheng looses his life in the process. May goes into hiding and to make sure Ching does not follow her, she says she was going to marry Yin Sheng. A years passes till Ching finds out where May is but Silver Fox finds out too, now they must defeat him or be destroyed.

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Director : David Lai, Corey Yen

Cast : Anita Mui, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, Carina Lau, Josephine Siao, Kenny Bee

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Tricky Brains

(110 min)

1991 - - Hong Kong

Tricky Brains: Tricky Master Stephen Chow is hired by a man driven by jealousy. This man's object of affection (the daughter of the president of the company he works for), has been won over by Andy Lau's Chi Man-Kit. If that couldn't make his envy worse, Chi's also in good terms with the president and he embraces him like a son-in-law already. Well, who do you go to if you want to ruin reputations and face? Mr. Stephen Chow himself, the Tricky Master. As Jing Koo, he crashes into the Chi household, posing as a long lost brother (it's plausible because Yan-Chi, Chi Man-Kit's father, slept around a lot). So the pranks ensue. However, when worse comes to worse and the dirty job is finished, the Chi family still embraces Jing Koo like a brother. This act of kindness has touched Jing Koo in the heart, and he vows revenge on the dirty businessman that has forced him to ruin this loving family. The three combine forces to topple the businessman and retain Chi Man-Kit's girl back. To spice

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Director : Jing Wong

Cast : Stephen Chow, Pak-cheung Chan, John Ching, Charlie Cho, Rosamund Kwan, Andy Lau

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Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars

(94 min)

1985 - Action - Hong Kong

The Lucky Stars go on holiday, only to get caught up in the middle of criminal activity. A man is assassinated, and this leads to the uncovering of a crime syndicate. The Lucky Stars go back to Hong Kong, and give a pair of actors accomodation until the heat is off. They team up with a trio of police (Chan, Biao, Lau), but saving the day is nothing compared to the difficulty of finding female company.

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Director : Sammo Hung

Cast : Sammo Hung, Richard Ng, Stanley Fung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Sibelle Hu

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Wesley's Mysterious File, The

(87 min)

2002 - Action, Science Fiction - Hong Kong

Wesley is a special agent for AAA, a secret UN organization that deals with possible aliens on earth. One day Wesley is investigating a mysterious blue skeletal hand in an antique store in San Francisco, little does he know that the FBI secret group known as Double X is on there way to deal with an alien infestation in the same building. Wesley joins forces with Double X to track down a mysterious blue-blooded alien that has incredible destructive powers. Little do they know that they are embarking on a dangerous mission that may affect the fate of the entire planet.

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Director : Andrew Lau

Cast : Andy Lau, Rosamund Kwan, Shu Qi, Wong Jing, Thomas Hudok, Roy Cheung

House Of The Flying Daggers

(119 min)

2004 - Wuxia, Drama, Romance - China

During the last years of the Tang Dynasty, a secret faction emerged to fight the corruption that plagued their government. Having killed its leader, police deputies Jin and Leo seek out to wipe out every last member of the House of Flying Daggers clan. Their only lead is a blind girl that works at the local brothel. From there, the movie weaves itself into a story of love, devotion, and betrayal.

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Director : Yimou Zhang

Cast : Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Dandan Song

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