Karen MokFilmography

Mr. Cinema

Actors: Anthony Wong, Ronald Cheng, Teresa Mo, Karen Mok, Paw Hee-ching

Synopsis: A poor film projectionist witnesses forty years of Hong Kong history in this socially themed family melodrama starring acclaimed Hong Kong character Anthony Wong. Idealistic leftist Zuo Kong (Wong) has been threading the projector since the 1960s, and from the riots of those early years through Read More

Wait 'til You're Older

Synopsis: Wait Til You're Older concerns a twelve year old boy having a difficult time in his life. The boy has a severely strained relationship with his father, who he suspects might have had something to do with mother's death. The boy has a rich and detailed fantasy life in which he imagines himself as Read More

Enter the Phoenix

Actors: Eason Chan, Karen Mok, Stephen Fung

Synopsis: Gen-X Cops star Stephen Fung makes his directorial debut with this action-comedy hybrid from Hong Kong. Frequent Jackie Chan collaborator Daniel Wu plays Georgie, the gay son of a triad king who has been chosen to take his father's place when he dies. However, the crime boss's man thinks that Read More

Around the World in 80 Days

Actors: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent, Robert Fyfe, Cécile De France

Synopsis: Jules Verne's famous novel of a daring man of science who takes on the greatest voyage in history is once again adapted for the big screen in this adventure comedy. In 1872, eccentric British inventor Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan) has come up with any number of gadgets to help people travel with Read More

So Close

Actors: Shu Qi, Zhao Wei, Karen Mok, Song Seung-heon, Michael Wei

Synopsis: A high tech corporation is sent into turmoil when hackers demanding ransom break into their internal computer system with a powerful and apparently unstoppable virus. A mysterious, beautiful young woman who calls herself "Computer Angel" quickly saves the business. But when she requests a meeting Read More

Shaolin Soccer

Actors: Stephen Chow, Zhao Wei, Ng Man Tat, Patrick Tse, Wong Yat-fei

Synopsis: One of Hong Kong's top screen comics, Stephen Chow, co-wrote, co-directed, and headlines this three-way blend of sports, action, and humor. Sing (Stephen Chow) is a modern-day Shaolin monk who has become a master of traditional fighting skills, and is renowned for his "leg of steel." However Read More

La Brassiere

Actors: Lau Ching-Wan, Louis Koo, Carina Liu, Gigi Leung, Karen Mok

All the Way

Actors: Karen Mok, Jiang Wu, Chang Cheng-yu

Synopsis: An innocent is drawn into a life of crime by a woman's wiles in this drama from China. Wang (Jiang Wu) is a naive truck driver who while hauling freight one day gives a ride to Molly (Karen Mok), a pretty girl who works at a beauty salon. What Wang doesn't know is that Molly's boyfriend is a Read More

Cho Chin Lun Hau Dik Yiyan Saigyai

Actors: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Eric Kot, Vincent Kok

Synopsis: Stand-up comedian Eric Kot directs and stars in this drama about love and artistic originality. Produced by auteur Wong Kar-wai, the film shares both a similar sumptuous look, thanks to Christopher Doyle's brilliant cinematography, and a familiar bifurcated narrative as that of the Hong Kong Read More

Roaring Wheel

Black Mask

Actors: Jet Li

Synopsis: Martial arts star Jet Li donned a black hat and mask to portray a comic book superhero in this pulp action tale that gets the full-blown Hong Kong treatment from choreographer Yuen Wo Ping, who later designed the fight scenes for The Matrix (1999). Li stars as Tsui Chik, leader of Squad 701, an Read More

King of Comedy

Actors: Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Cecilia Cheung, Ng Man Tat

Synopsis: Wan Tin-sau (Stephen Chiau) is a struggling actor who has devoted his life to the study of his craft, but unfortunately the moment he gets on a film set, disaster usually strikes. However, Wan refuses to give up, and is busy trying to stage a traditional Asian drama, "Thunderstorm," when he gets Read More

Sam Dung

Actors: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung, Karen Mok, Elaine Jin, Sylvia Chang

Synopsis: Renowned actor/director Sylvia Chang created this richly layered film about memory, regret, and lost love. The film opens as successful filmmaker Cheryl (Chang) discusses a script idea about young love with a young screenwriter. She pitches a story about Shao-rou (Gigi Leung) a beautiful though Read More

Task Force

Actors: Leo Ku, Charlie Yeung, Eric Tsang, Karen Mok, Edmond So

Synopsis: Patrick Leung (Beyond Hypothermia, Somebody Up There Likes Me) directed this Hong Kong action-crime comedy-drama, centered on plainclothes crimebuster Rod Lin (Leo Ku), who narrates. Lin is the son of a cop who died after he was shot by a thug (John Lone). Crime has overtaken the Mongkok district Read More

Young and Dangerous 4

Actors: Cheng Yee-kin, Jordan Chan, Michelle Reis, Karen Mok, Man Chi Leung

Synopsis: Roy Chueng Yiu Yeung was so memorable as a sociopathic supervillian in the previous installment of Young and Dangerous that he returns in this outing as a different character. With the don of the Hung Hing group, Chiang Tin-sung, dead, his underlings journey to Thailand to persuade his brother Read More

Young and Dangerous 3

Synopsis: Andrew Lau Wai-keung spins this third installment of the popular Young and Dangerous series to hit the theaters in a year. The film opens with the hero Ho-nam (Dior Cheng Yee-kin) run afoul of Crow (Roy Chueng Yiu-yeung), the psychotic henchmen of Tung Sing clan boss Camel Lok (Michael Chan Read More

Kitchen

Synopsis: Though perhaps best appreciated by those familiar with Banana Yoshimoto's 1988 cult novel, this film version offers a quirky love story that will still please the uninitiated. The story is presented from the viewpoint of Louie, a young hairstylist who attends the funeral of the grandmother of his Read More

Viva Erotica

Actors: Shu Qi

Synopsis: Following up on his acclaimed work Full Throttle, Derek Yee Tung-sing made the unusual move of not only collaborating with movie industry unknown Law Chi-leung, but also to make category III sex comedy. After a string of commercial flops, art house director Sing (Leslie Cheung) resorts to making a Read More

Lawyer Lawyer

Actors: Stephen Chow

Synopsis: Superstar comedian Stephen Chow continues with his streak of successful of his courtroom-themed comedies, like Justice, My Foot and Hail to the Judge, with this yarn set in 1899. Chan (Chiau) is not only a brilliant lawyer, but also a master practical joker known far and wide as "The King of Read More

The God of Cookery

Actors: Stephen Chow

Synopsis: Fans of the Iron Chef and kung-fu films may enjoy this flamboyant and outrageous comedy starring flamboyant Hong Kong funnyman Stephen Chiau. Shifting tones from surreal to hilarious and often combining both as the film progresses, its schizophrenic sensibilities and irreverent humor lend to its Read More

4 Mian Xiawa

Actors: Sandra Ng, Eric Kot, Jan Lamb, Karen Mok, Wyman Wong

Synopsis: In this anthology film, Hong-Kong actress Sandra Ng portrays five different characters in four segments: a hooker who stalks her own therapist; a mute immigrant wife who must continually pacify her brutish husband; a timid invalid whose twin sister is a businesswoman and cross-dresser; and a Read More

A Chinese Odyssey

Synopsis: The famous Chinese novel Xi You Ji (also known as Journey to the West) was the basis for Hong Kong filmmaker Jeff Lau's flamboyant and rewarding two-part fantasy about the introduction of Buddhism to China. The film, gorgeous as it is, is primarily a parody of its source material, starring Read More

Sexy and Dangerous

Actors: Lee Lai Chun, Karen Mok

Synopsis: Hoping to cash in on the popularity of the Young and Dangerous series, Wong Jin produces and Billy Tang directs this yarn about Marble (Lee Lai-chun), Wan (Karen Mok), Fai Chick (Mariane Chan), and Little Star (Teresa Mak Kar-kei), a quartet of gangland street chicks working their turf around Read More

Best of the Best

Synopsis: This Hong Kong action film from director Andrew Lau details the activities of a Special Duty Unit (SDU, the local equivalent of a SWAT team) and was designed to capitalize on the success of Gordon Chan's 1994 blockbuster The Final Option. Indeed, the film's Chinese title positions it as a direct Read More

Fallen Angels

Actors: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung, Karen Mok

Synopsis: Wong Kar-wai's Fallen Angels is a sequel of sorts to the director's 1994 U.S. breakthrough Chungking Express. Expanding on the latter's style, themes, and mood, Fallen Angels is set in the surreal milieu of urban, nighttime Hong Kong. As with the filmmaker's other features, plot takes a back seat Read More

A Chinese Odyssey, Part 2: Cinderella

Synopsis: The second part of Hong Kong filmmaker Jeff Lau's extravagant visualization of the classic novel Xi You Ji (Journey to the West), this follow-up to the same year's A Chinese Odyssey, Part One -- Pandora's Box continues the fantasy-driven story of the introduction of Buddhism to China. This Read More

Out of the Dark

Actors: Stephen Chow, Leung Kar Yan, Karen Mok, Wong Yat-fei