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Jack Kao
Jack Kao (, born 23 April 1958) is a Taiwanese actor. Career He began his career in the late 1980s films of Hou Hsiao-hsien. Kao credits his success to the many real-life gangsters he knew when he was young. He appeared in '' City of Sadness'', a film about Taiwan's White Terror, which received the 1989 Golden Lion award the Venice Film Festival. Another of his films about that same period, 2009's ''Prince of Tears'', was also included in the festival. His 2001 film ''Millennium Mambo'' was featured in the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 2016 retrospective "Going Steadi: 40 Years of Steadicam". Selected filmography *''Daughter of the Nile'' (1987) - Lin Hsiao-fang, the brother *'' Rouge of The North'' (1988) *''A City of Sadness'' (1989) - Wen Leung *''Mudan niao'' (1990) *''Island of Fire'' (1990) - Ho *''Wawa'' (1991) *''Dust of Angels'' (1992) *''Wu hu si hai'' (1992) - Fan Yat Wai *''Treasure Island'' (1993) *''Sheng nu de yu wang'' (1993) *''What Price Survival'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gao (surname)
Gao () is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin that can be literally translated as "high" or "tall". There are approximately 16 million living people with this surname. Some places, such as Taiwan, usually romanise this family name into "Kao". In Hong Kong, it is romanized to "Ko". In Macau, it is romanized to "Kou". In English, it is romanized to "Kauh". In 2019 it was the 19th most common surname in Mainland China. The Korean surname, "Ko (Korean surname), Ko" or "Koh", is derived from and written with the same Chinese character (高). Romanisation and pronunciation Origin According to ''Lüshi Chunqiu'', the earliest figure with the Gao surname was Gao Yuan (高元) who created dwellings in antiquity. Zhuanxu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, was also known as Gao Yang (高陽). Another origin of Gao is the Jiang (surname 姜), Jiang (姜) surname. According to the Song dynasty encyclopedia ''Tongzhi (encyclopedia), Tongzhi'', an early ancestor was Gao Xi (高傒) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Heat Of Summer
IN, In or in may refer to: Places * India (country code IN) * Indiana, United States (postal code IN) * Ingolstadt, Germany (license plate code IN) * In, Russia, a town in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Businesses and organizations * Independent Network, a UK-based political association * Indiana Northeastern Railroad (Association of American Railroads reporting mark) * Indian Navy, a part of the India military * Infantry, the branch of a military force that fights on foot * IN Groupe , the producer of French official documents * MAT Macedonian Airlines (IATA designator IN) * Nam Air (IATA designator IN) Science and technology * .in, the internet top-level domain of India * Inch (in), a unit of length * Indium, symbol In, a chemical element * Intelligent Network, a telecommunication network standard * Intra-nasal (insufflation), a method of administrating some medications and vaccines * Integrase, a retroviral enzyme Other uses * ''In'' (album), by the Outsiders, 1967 * In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Girls (2012 Film)
''Bad Girls'' () is a 2012 Taiwan romance comedy film starring Ella Chen and Mike He. With Chris Wang, Da Yuan, Beatrice Fang, Jack Kao, Hui-Chen Pan and Toyoharu Kitamura in supporting roles. Directed by Seven Wong. The movie is about a High School brutish tomboy who accidentally becomes the lead actress of a romantic teen idol movie and falls in love with Taiwan's top male idol. Plot Dan (Ella Chen) is a high school tomboy who has developed a mindset that most males are bad and like to bully females because of watching her mother cried over a "bad man movie" when she was young, ever since then she has stood up to any males that bully females. Together with her friends Pei (Da Yuan) and Mi ( Beatrice Fang) they formed a group calling themselves "Bad Girls" to stand up for all females that are bullied by males. One day at Dan's school a film crew along with Taiwan's #1 male idol Justin (Mike He) is there to film a romance idol movie, while chasing her younger sister around her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate
''Flying Swords of Dragon Gate'' is a 2011 ''wuxia'' film directed by Tsui Hark and starring Jet Li, Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Li Yuchun, Gwei Lun-mei, Louis Fan and Mavis Fan. The film is a remake of ''Dragon Gate Inn'' (1966) and ''New Dragon Gate Inn'' (1992) but takes place three years after. Production started on 10 October 2010 and is filmed in 3-D. The film screened out of competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. The film won seven awards at the 2012 Asian Film Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Chen Kun), Best Supporting Actress (Gwei Lun-mei), Best Production Designers, Best Costume Design and Best Visual Effects. Plot The Emperor's eunuchs have gained power and influence; the East Bureau and West Bureau spy and police the nation. They visit the shipyards, but only as a cover to execute those who would try and report their taking of bribes to the Emperor. Wandering hero Zhao Huai'an fights the leader of the East Bureau, def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Nights
''Red Nights'' (''Les Nuits rouges du Bourreau de Jade'') is a 2010 French-Hong Kong film by Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud. It is a thriller and a tale of erotic horror. The filmmakers call it a Hong Kong ''giallo'' with mystery, (sadistic) murders, fetishism and women. The film played at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival The 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 19, 2010. The opening night gala presented '' Score: A Hockey Musical'', a Canadian comedy-drama musical film. '' La ... in the Midnight Madness section. Plot There is a legend of an executioner who created a poison which brought death through absolute pleasure. This legend repeats nowadays when a French woman flees to Hong Kong after killing her lover and stealing from him an old artifact containing this poison. She meets a mobster from Taiwan and an epicurean and sadistic woman killer, who all want to get the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Au Revoir Taipei
''Au Revoir Taipei'' () is a 2010 Taiwanese romantic comedy film set in Taipei and is Arvin Chen's feature directorial debut. It won the NETPAC Award at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival and was considered a box office success in Taiwan. Plot Kai, a lovesick young man, wants to leave Taipei in hopes of getting to Paris to be with his girlfriend. Kai spends long nights in a bookstore studying French, where Susie, a girl who works there, begins to take an interest in him. After one extra ordinary night, Kai finds the excitement and romance he was longing for are already right there in Taipei. Cast * Yao Chun-yao as Kai * Amber Kuo as Susie * Lawrence Ko as Hong * Joseph Chang as Jiyong * Tseng Pei-yu as Yuan Yuan * Tony Yang as Lei Meng * Frankie Kao as Bao Ge * Jack Kao as Kai's father * Chiang Kang-Che as Gao gao Awards ''Au Revoir Taipei'' won the NETPAC Award at the Berlin International Film Festival 2010, the Jury Award at the Deauville Asian Film Festival in Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sniper (2009 Film)
''The Sniper'' () is a 2009 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by Dante Lam and starring Richie Jen, Edison Chen and Huang Xiaoming, as top snipers for the Hong Kong Police Force. The film was originally set to be released in May 2008, but was delayed due to the Edison Chen photo scandal. This is Chen's final film in Hong Kong as of 2015. Plot Hartman Fong (Richie Jen) succeeds Shane (Bowie Lam) as the leader of Hong Kong's Special Duties Unit Sniper Team. Hartman who is by-the-book and hierarchical, got the job despite being the second best shooter in team history. The best was Hartman's former teammate Lincoln (Huang Xiaoming), whose unorthodox methods and confidence makes him arrogant and disdainful of authority. Hartman and Lincoln are two alpha males with a long-running rivalry, with only room at the top for one sharpshooter. Lincoln however was dismissed and jailed for accidentally killing a hostage (the son of the bank chairman) during a bank robbery committed by cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy Racer
''Crazy Racer'', also known in some countries as ''Silver Medalist'', is a 2009 Chinese black comedy film directed and written by Ning Hao and stars Huang Bo. It was filmed mostly in the southern coastal city of Xiamen. Plot The plot follows four seemingly separate stories that intersect and converge at points throughout the movie. It begins with the protagonist Geng Hao losing first place in a cycling race and subsequently being tricked into sponsoring an energy drink containing illegal performance-enhancing substances by corrupt businessman Li Fala, which causes him to forfeit the winnings from his silver medal. Disgraced and outlawed from ever participating again in the sport, Geng's coach suffers from a heart attack, prompting Geng to seek retribution from Li, who he believes is the cause. In the process of obtaining the money for his coach's funeral, Geng crosses the paths of local criminals, perpetually confused policemen and even Taiwanese gangsters. Cast *Huang Bo Huan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinjuku Incident
''Shinjuku Incident'' (, ja, 新宿インシデント ''Shinjuku Inshidento'') is a 2009 Crime film#Crime drama, Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Derek Yee, who also writer with Chun Tin-nam. The film stars Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu, Xu Jinglei and Fan Bingbing. The film was distributed by Chan's own film company, JCE Movies Limited. The film was originally to be released on 25 September 2008 but was delayed to the first quarter of 2009. It premiered at the 2009 Hong Kong International Film Festival and released on 2 April 2009. Plot In the early 1990s, a tractor mechanic nicknamed ''Steelhead'' (Jackie Chan) Illegal immigration, illegally enters Japan from China in search of his fiancée, Xiu-Xiu (Xu Jinglei) with the help of his "brother" Jie (Daniel Wu). Jie has taught Steelhead how to make a living by teaching him the trades of the underworld. One day, while illegally working as part of a clean-up crew in the sewers, Steelhead and his Chinese comrades a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parking (2008 Film)
''Parking'' () is a 2008 Taiwanese movie. Synopsis On Mother's Day in Taipei, Chen-Mo (Chang Chen) makes a dinner date with his wife (Gwei Lun-mei), hoping to improve their estranged relationship. While he is buying a cake on his way home, a car double-parks next to his, preventing his exit. For the entire night, Chen-Mo searches for the owner of the car and encounters a succession of strange events and eccentric characters: an old couple living with their precocious granddaughter who have lost their only son; a one-armed barbershop owner cooking fish-head soup; a mainland Chinese prostitute trying to escape her pimp’s cruel clutches; and a Hong-Kong tailor embroiled in debt and captured by underground loan sharks. Cast * Chang Chen as Chen Mo * Gwei Lun-mei as Chen Mo's Wife * Leon Dai as Pimp * Chapman To as Tailor * Jack Kao as Barber * Peggy Tseng as Hooker * Tou Chung-hua as Gang Leader * Lai-Yin Yang * Lin Kai-jung as Barber's Granddaughter * Holger Chen as Gang Member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moon Child (2003 Film)
''Moon Child'' is a 2003 Japanese science fantasy horror action film starring Gackt, Hyde, and Leehom Wang. It was released on April 19 in Japan, and screened on May 13 at the Cannes Film Festival and on April 12, 2004, at Philadelphia Film Festival. Plot In the year 2014, Japan suffers a major economic collapse and people are forced to emigrate to mainland China. The movie introduced the story with two vampires, Kei and Luka, of whom the first was probably made a vampire by the former, and in later Kei's flashback is revealed that Luka decided to end his existence by watching the sunrise. Three orphaned boys live in a fictional Chinese city called Mallepa, a 'melting pot' of different Asian groups. They are named Shō, Shinji who is Sho's brother, and Toshi. All three survive through pickpocketing. During a theft gone wrong, Sho meets Kei - a vampire who appears to be a young man - sitting amidst a pile of debris and brings him back to the orphan's hideout. When the orphans are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of The Condor Heroes (1998 Taiwanese TV Series)
''The Return of the Condor Heroes'' is a Taiwanese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was first broadcast on TTV in 1998 in Taiwan. Cast * Richie Ren as Yang Guo/Yang Kang * Jacklyn Wu as Xiaolongnü * Sun Xing as Guo Jing * Patricia Ha as Huang Rong * Ji Qin as Guo Fu * June Tsai as Guo Xiang * Chen Hong as Li Mochou * Liu Zi as Lu Wushuang * Zhu Yan as Cheng Ying * Heizi as Huodu * Ben Lee as Yin Zhiping * Bryan Leung as Hong Qigong * Li Li-chun as Ouyang Feng * Yue Yueli as Zhao Zhijing * Wu Chian-chian as He Yuanjun * Lee Wai-man as Wanyan Honglie * Dong Xiaoyan as Gongsun Lü'e * Jack Kao as Jinlun Fawang * Norman Chui as Lu Zhanyuan / Gongsun Zhi * Liu Jia as Mu Nianci Reception The series was poorly received in Taiwan and in other countries because Richie Ren Richie Jen Hsien-chi (, born 23 June 1966) is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He graduated from the Chinese Culture University's physical education department. His hits incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |