John Woo

John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard Boiled and Red Cliff. His Hollywood films include Hard Target, Broken Arrow, Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2. He also created the comic series Seven Brothers, published by Virgin Comics. Woo was described by Dave Kehr in The Observer in 2002 as "arguably the most influential director making movies today". Woo cites his three favorite films as David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï.

Casted

Hard Boiled

Played Mr. Woo

Average Rating

7.5

877 votes

Release Date

Apr 16, 1992

34 years ago
A Better Tomorrow

Played Inspector Wu

Average Rating

7.4

575 votes

Release Date

Aug 02, 1986

40 years ago
Twin Dragons

Played Priest

Average Rating

6.7

408 votes

Release Date

Jan 15, 1992

34 years ago
Bullet in the Head

Played Policeman

Average Rating

7.6

296 votes

Release Date

Aug 17, 1990

36 years ago
Once a Thief

Played Stanley Wu

Average Rating

6.8

166 votes

Release Date

Feb 02, 1991

35 years ago
The Founding of a Republic

Played Liu Wenhui

Average Rating

5.2

62 votes

Release Date

Sep 17, 2009

16 years ago
Hand of Death

Played Zhang Yi

Average Rating

6.0

62 votes

Release Date

Jul 15, 1976

50 years ago
The Founding of a Republic

Played National Army Officers

Average Rating

5.2

62 votes

Release Date

Sep 17, 2009

16 years ago
Beginning of the Great Revival

Played Lin Sen

Average Rating

4.5

42 votes

Release Date

Jun 23, 2011

15 years ago
How Bruce Lee Changed the World

Played Self

Average Rating

8.0

31 votes

Release Date

May 17, 2009

17 years ago
I Love Maria

Average Rating

6.2

21 votes

Release Date

Mar 10, 1988

38 years ago
Mission: Improbable

Played John Woo

Average Rating

7.5

20 votes

Release Date

Jun 02, 2001

25 years ago
The Banquet

Played Man on Stairs

Average Rating

5.3

15 votes

Release Date

Nov 30, 1991

34 years ago
Kurosawa's Way

Played Self

Average Rating

5.4

11 votes

Release Date

May 13, 2011

15 years ago
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

Played Self - Interviewee

Average Rating

5.7

11 votes

Release Date

Jun 01, 2002

24 years ago
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

Played Self

Average Rating

4.9

8 votes

Release Date

Jun 04, 1998

28 years ago
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

Played Ling's Husband

Average Rating

6.9

8 votes

Release Date

Jul 02, 1987

39 years ago
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

Played Self

Average Rating

6.8

6 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2003

23 years ago
From Riches to Rags

Played [cameo]

Average Rating

4.0

6 votes

Release Date

Jul 10, 1980

46 years ago
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

Played Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.3

6 votes

Release Date

Mar 19, 2017

9 years ago
Cinema of Vengeance

Played Self (uncredited)

Average Rating

5.4

5 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1994

32 years ago
Accidentally

Played Young Man

Average Rating

4.4

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1968

59 years ago
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

Played Self

Average Rating

5.5

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1999

27 years ago
Plain Jane to the Rescue

Played Self

Average Rating

4.8

4 votes

Release Date

Oct 21, 1982

44 years ago
The Young Dragons

Played Message Deliverer

Average Rating

6.7

3 votes

Release Date

Jul 25, 1974

52 years ago
Starry Is the Night

Played Father Fan

Average Rating

6.0

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 13, 1988

38 years ago
Task Force

Played Police Chief

Average Rating

7.0

3 votes

Release Date

Nov 13, 1997

28 years ago
The King of Wuxia Part 1

Played Self

Average Rating

8.7

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 2022

3 years ago
Itchy Fingers

Played Triad Boss on Lorry

Average Rating

6.3

3 votes

Release Date

Jan 26, 1979

47 years ago
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

Played Self

Average Rating

7.3

3 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1993

33 years ago
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia

Played Self

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jan 02, 2003

23 years ago
Sunset in Paris

Played Maggie's uncle

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 14, 1989

37 years ago
Ken San

Played Self

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Aug 20, 2016

9 years ago
The Mandarin

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 28, 1973

53 years ago
Dead Knot

Average Rating

4.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1968

59 years ago
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels

Played Man at Bike Reclaim Centre

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Sep 20, 1974

52 years ago
Follow the Star

Played Miss Chen's Father

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Feb 04, 1978

48 years ago
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jun 04, 2003

23 years ago
Rebel from China

Played Kwong

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 25, 1990

35 years ago
Love, Lone Flower

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jun 22, 1985

41 years ago
Happy Union 2

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1985

41 years ago
A Century of Light and Shadow

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2005

21 years ago
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 11, 2008

18 years ago
Crossings: John Woo

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jun 20, 2004

22 years ago
Life in 24 Frames a Second

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jun 26, 2021

4 years ago
The King of Wuxia Part 2

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 28, 2022

3 years ago
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 04, 2003

22 years ago
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 11, 2007

18 years ago
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian

Played As himself

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 2003

23 years ago

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