The best Ko Chun-Hsiung’s movies

Ko Chun-Hsiung

Ko Chun-Hsiung

15/01/1945- 06/12/2015
Today we present the best Ko Chun-Hsiung’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Ko Chun-Hsiung’s movies.
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Miracles

Miracles
6.9/10
A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.

Island of Fire

Island of Fire
5.7/10
Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.

Burning Ambition

Burning Ambition
6.6/10
This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan's unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head honcho.

Attack Force Z

Attack Force Z
5.4/10
  • Genre: ActionWar
  • Release: 01/06/1982
  • Character: Lin Chan-Lang
Tim Burstall directs then-up-and-comers Mel Gibson and Sam Neill in this action-packed Cannes Film Festival selection about the grim realities of World War II, a gritty drama based on actual events. Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific, Capt. P.G. Kelly (Gibson) and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the secret to peace.

The Coldest Winter in Peking

The Coldest Winter in Peking
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 05/02/1981
Story of a US-educated scientist who returned to China, and suffered during the years of the Cultural Revolution.

Tragic Hero

Tragic Hero
6.4/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 20/02/1987
  • Character: Boss Chu
After being released from prison, Tang Kat-Yung exacts revenge on Li Ah Chai, in this sequel to Rich and Famous.

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories
5.6/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 13/01/1994
  • Character: Shiun
With karma as the central theme, this intriguing movie is made up of three amazing stories. The first one tells about a fox fairy that a fox fairy that a fox sacrifices itself to save a hunter from being sucked by a vampire. The second tale depicts the surprising out come of the murder of a shop owner whose wife has an affair with his servant. In the third story, a doll fairy punishes a man for sexually abusing his wife by burying itself together with the man in a fire.

Ninja Commandments

Ninja Commandments
4/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 01/01/1987
  • Character: Rodney (archive footage)
In an attempt to put their Ninja lifestyle behind them, Rodney and Janet retire to the countryside to raise a family. As the old saying goes though, you can't run away from your past and the couple soon find themselves the target of a rather unpleasant gang. When Rodney is framed and put in prison, Janet is left to look after their son alone. Meanwhile, back at the clan, the Ninjas are facing a fierce internal struggle as the dastardly Stewart attempts a takeover. When Gordon returns from a mission, he soon uncovers the truth and the stage is set for a final face off of epic proportions.

The Kinmen Bombs

The Kinmen Bombs
5.8/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 09/10/1986
  • Character: Tsang
After a devastating artillery attack on the island of Kinmen, commander Chi Liang-chen and his battery prepare a counter-attack.

Rich and Famous

Rich and Famous
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 27/05/1987
  • Character: Boss Chu
To pay off his debt as a gambler, a man drags his sister and step-brother into a life of crime and a violent war between rival gang lords.

Triad Story

Triad Story
5.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 11/10/1990
  • Character: Feng
An elderly crime family boss, Feng, is being released from prison for good behavior and bad health. In the outside world, he learns that his daughter has shacked up with a depraved thug named Sin from America and that she will soon by flying out to the States to join him. When his attempts at fatherly consulting fail, Feng sends his goons, Maddy and Tat, after the boyfriend. In return, Sin has his men cripple Maddy. When Feng swipes Sin's shipment of drugs, the war between the two men escalates.

Eight Hundred Heroes

Eight Hundred Heroes
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 23/08/1975
  • Character: Hsieh Chin Yuan
The film is based on the true story of a regiment of nationalist troop fighting Japanese forces several times of their strength. Due to the political reasons, such historical topic is avoided in China, and even after the reform, the cautious approach needs outside help from Hong Kong, but such attempts still deserves a great salute.

The Head Hunter

The Head Hunter
4.1/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 25/03/1982
  • Character: Lee Hung-Fat
Former Vietnamese soldier Nguyen Dich (Chow Yun-Fat) comes to HK after the Vietnam war, as a professional killer for a gang leader. Here he meets and falls in love with Vicky Lee (Rosamund Kwan). He is ordered to kill her father, and later given the order to kill her too as she started to suspect him. She then discovers that he is responsible for her fathers death...

The Dragon Family

The Dragon Family
6/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 01/01/1988
  • Character: Lung Ying
Rival Triad gangs go to war...

Zegen

Zegen
6.9/10
At the time between the World Wars, Japan is involved in empire-building throughout East and Southeast Asia. After a brief career as a low-level military adventurer, Iheiji sets up chains of brothels throughout Asia. As Japan's power in the region grows, so does Iheiji's prosperity and patriotism.

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
7.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 04/03/2016
  • Character: Himself
In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture commissioned director Yang Li-chou to make a documentary about the history of Golden Horse. What is unique to this film is that it's not an ode to celebrities but about the role cinema plays in ordinary people's lives. It's a love letter to cinema, filmmakers and audiences.

The Story of Green House

The Story of Green House
  • Genre: Romance
  • Release: 14/06/1978

From Here to Prosperity

From Here to Prosperity
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 09/01/1986
  • Character: Chia Tien-Hung
In Thailand in the 1950s, Detective Au Wei is shot to death by Cha Tin-Hung in a raid because of Cha's involvement with black market diamonds and jewelery. Wei's daughter Chun Chun swears revenge, helped by Wei's friend Yeh Tai-kor, a professional con-man.

My Wacky, Wacky World

My Wacky, Wacky World
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 16/07/1975
  • Character: Cheng Te Luk
My Wacky, Wacky World is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Sammo Hung

A Queen's Ransom

A Queen's Ransom
5.2/10
A Hong Kong mobster's sister is working with authorities on their investigation into her own brother's plot to assassinate the Queen.

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