Tony Leung Kar-FaiFilmography

Ashes of Time Redux

Actors: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung

Synopsis: Master Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai directed this lyrical, dream-like martial arts epic. A famously troubled shoot, the film took two years and 40 million dollars to produce (a shocking sum for a national cinema populated with low-budget quickies) and features a virtual who's who of the Hong Read More

Lost in Beijing

Actors: Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Fan Bingbing, Tong Dawei, Elaine Jin, Zeng Meihuizi

Synopsis: Mainland writer/director Li Yu teams with producer and screenwriter Fang Li for this tale of money and love in the Chinese capitol. Lin Dong (Tony Leung Kar-fai) is a resourceful entrepreneur from the southern province of Guangdong who has risen through the ranks to become the manager of the Read More

The Drummer

Actors: Jaycee Chan, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Josie Ho, Roy Cheung, Lee Sin-Je

Synopsis: Sent away to rural Taiwan after entering into a forbidden affair with the daughter of his father's most dangerous rival, the musically gifted son of a powerful Triad boss experiences a newfound sense of balance in life upon entering into an apprenticeship with a Zen drumming troupe. Sid Kwan is a Read More

Missing

Actors: Angelica Lee

Synopsis: A whirlwind romance dies beneath the icy depths of the Pacific Ocean after a diver vanishes in the ancient ruins off Yonaguni Island, and his would-be fiancé embarks on a desperate quest to uncover his true fate. Years ago, acclaimed underwater photographer Dave Chen (Guo Xiao Dong) hid a sparking Read More

Eye in the Sky

Actors: Simon Yam, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Kate Tsui, Lam Suet, Maggie Shiu

Synopsis: Longtime screenwriter Yau Nai-hoi makes his feature directorial debut with this tale of a Hong Kong surveillance unit ensnared by underworld violence. In the aftermath of a daring daytime jewelry store heist, criminal mastermind Shan (Tony Leung) and his crew celebrate their success with a rooftop Read More

My Career as a Teacher

Actors: Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Qin Hailu, Guo Xiaodong, Luo Deyuan, He Wenchao

Synopsis: As the political tides turn and social change washes over the culture time and again, an altruistic primary school teacher in the provinces does his best to go about his business and always be there for his students. Chen Yu (Tony Leung Ka-fai) is a kindly, accordion-playing educator who, after Read More

Three... Extremes

Actors: Bai Ling, Miriam Yeung, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Pauline Lau, Zabit Memedov

Synopsis: Three Asian directors, from Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan, join forces to create an omnibus horror film, Three...Extremes. In Fruit Chan's "Dumplings," shot by Christopher Doyle, Mrs. Li (Miriam Yeung), a thirtysomething former actress with a philandering husband (Tony Leung) goes to visit Aunt Mei (Bai Ling Read More

Throw Down

Actors: Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Jordan Chan, Cherrie Ying

Synopsis: A man who gave up on himself is redeemed by new and unexpected challenges in this drama from Hong Kong filmmaker Johnny To. Sze-To (Louis Koo) was once a respected judo champion, but he became jaded and lost interest in the sport. Now, Sze-To is an alcoholic who runs a night club and wastes his Read More

Election

Actors: Simon Yam, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Cheung Siu Fai

Synopsis: A crime family flirts with democracy, leading to a fierce gangland battle in this stylish crime drama from Hong Kong director Johnnie To. With over 50,000 members, the Wo Shing Society is one of the largest and most powerful Triads in Hong Kong, and when the leadership committee needs a new head Read More

Everlasting Regret

Actors: Sammi Cheng, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Hu Jun, Daniel Wu, Huang Jue

On the Mountain of Tai Hang

Actors: Wong Wufu, Xu Guangming, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Liu Dekai, Saishin Kudo

Synopsis: Three disparate groups of Chinese forces pool their resources to defend a vulnerable Chinese province from the invading Japanese army in this historical war drama from directors Jian Chen, Shen Dong, and Wei Lang. Set during the early years of the Sino-Chinese War (1938-41), On the Mountain of Tai Read More

The Myth

Actors: Jackie Chan, Kim Hee-seon, Malika Sherawat

Synopsis: Historical fact blends with high-flying fiction as Jackie Chan steps into dual roles as a determined archeologist and a loyal general of China's first emperor in director Stanley Tong's lavish historical action film. Jack (Chan) is an intrepid archeologist in search of a mythical gemstone that is Read More

Zhou Yu's Train

Actors: Gong Li, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Sun Hong-Lei, Li Zhixiong

Synopsis: Sun Zhou's stylized Zhou Yu de Huoche (Zhou Yu's Train) is the story of a woman in love. Zhou Yu (Gong Li) and teacher Chen Ching (Tony Leung Kar-Fai) fall in love. After Ching gives Zhou a poem he wrote for her, she begins taking a train ride twice a week to his home in order to have sex with Read More

New Police Story

Actors: Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Charlie Yeung, Charlene Choi, Daniel Wu

Synopsis: A police officer has been disgraced in front of both the department and the entire city, and when the sadistic gang that wronged him attempts to cement their grip on the terrified community, the only man who can come to their aid is the one nobody believes in anymore as the long-running Police Read More

20 30 40

Actors: Sylvia Chang, Rene Liu, Angelica Lee Singe, Anthony Wong, Tony Leung Kar-Fai

The Huadu Chronicles: Blade of the Rose

Actors: Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung, Donnie Yen, Jaycee Chan, Wilson Chen

Dumplings

Actors: Miriam Yeung, Bai Ling, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Wong Sum Yeung, Pauline Lau

Synopsis: What first began as a short-form study in terror now expands to a full-fledged, feature-length fright fest as director Fruit Chan explores the high price that people are willing to pay for youth and beauty. Originally one third of the horror anthology Three...Extremes, Dumplings tells the tale of Read More

A-1

Actors: Anthony Wong, Angelica Lee, Edison Chen, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Eric Kot

Good Times, Bed Times

Actors: Sammi Cheng, Louis Koo, Lau Ching-Wan, Charlene Choi, Tony Leung Kar-Fai

Synopsis: When gossip journalist Carrie (Sammi Cheng) investigates the strange case of policeman-turned-model Paul Ko (Louis Koo), who has been put out of commission in more ways than one after being shot in the groin, she finds herself falling for him despite herself. Meanwhile, Carrie's sex-obsessed Read More

Men Suddenly in Black

Actors: Eric Tsang, Jordan Chan, Chapman To, Teresa Ho, Candy Lo

Synopsis: Ho Cheung Ping, who wrote the novel that was the basis for Fulltime Killer and made his directorial debut with the crime comedy You Shoot, I Shoot, returns to the parody genre with his second film, Men Suddenly in Black. Eric Tsang does a takeoff of his role in Infernal Affairs, playing Tin, the Read More

Double Vision

Actors: David Morse, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Rene Liu, Leon Dai, Yang Kwei-mei

Synopsis: Directed by former critic Chen Kuo-fu, Shuang Tong (Double Vision) is a Taiwanese effort at combining various aspects of the crime and horror genres with the excitement of martial arts. Led by detective Li Feng-po (Leon Dai), a group of detectives use physical violence to get a confession from a Read More

Jiang Hu -'The Triad Zone'

Actors: Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Sandra Ng, Anthony Wong, Eason Chan

Synopsis: In this action-comedy, which pokes fun at the conventions of Hong Kong crime movies while following them at the same time, Tony Leung Kar-Fai plays Jim Yam, an underworld kingpin whose days in the Mob appear to be numbered after he narrowly escapes an attempt on his life. Deciding he'd rather be Read More

Okinawa Rendez-Vous

Tianshang Renjian

Crew: Producer

Actors: Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Lu Liping, Wang Ning, Rolf Chow

Synopsis: The first film of Yu Lik Wai, this is the story of Ah Ying from Wunan in Mainland China, who arrives in Hong Kong with a tourist visa. She is called "Miss Big North," which means a prostitute from the mainland. During her initiation to the fast-moving, fast-living, materialistic world of Hong Read More

Victim

Actors: Lau Ching-Wan, Amy Kwok

Synopsis: Master Hong Kong director Ringo Lam spins this wild genre-bending flick that is equal parts psychodrama, action thriller, caper movie, and ghost story. The film opens with computer designer Ma (Lau Ching-wan) getting kidnapped in a parking structure. His girlfriend Amy Fu (Amy Kwok) informs the Read More

Hei Jin

Actors: Andy Lau, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Pauline Suen, Annie Wu, Kathy Kuo

Synopsis: Hong Kong director Johnny Mak (Long Arm of the Law) helmed this drama detailing triad links to Taiwanese politics, with a several real-life political parallels. In 1995, a corrupt official (Li Li-chun) positions wealthy mob kingpin Chou (Tony Leung Kar-fai) as a candidate in upcoming elections. Read More

Evening Liaison

Synopsis: This left-of-center love story from Hong Kong, set in Shanghai during the 1930s, follows the romance between a journalist and a beautiful ghost. The tale begins as Xu returns from an assignment in the West and stops to buy some matches at an isolated corner store so he can smoke his beloved Era Read More

Lover of the Last Empress

Actors: Yau Chingmy

Synopsis: Andrew Lau Wai-Keung directs this slick erotic drama loosely based on the exploits of lowly imperial concubine Yu-lan, who eventually grew to be the most powerful person in the royal court. As soon as the lithe young Yu-lan (Chingmy Yau) enters the palace grounds, she garners the attention of the Read More

God of Gamblers' Return

Actors: Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Charles Heung, Chow Yun-Fat

Synopsis: Hong Kong action superstar Chow Yun Fat returns as the God Of Gamblers, whose planned retirement from gaming comes to a halt when an unscrupulous rival tries to take his title. Also stars Tony Leung. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Ashes of Time

Actors: Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung

Synopsis:
Master Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai directed this lyrical, dream-like martial arts epic. A famously troubled shoot, the film took two years and 40 million dollars to produce (a shocking sum for a national cinema populated with low-budget quickies) and features a virtual who's-who of the Read More

The Long and Winding Road

Actors: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Rosamund Kwan

Synopsis: Gordon Chan Kar-seung spins this comedy about Lam Chiu-wing (Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing), an ambitious sleazebag who, at the film's outset, loses his job and his girl on the same day. He crashes with his ne'er-do-well musician friend James (Tony Leung Kar-fai) and subsequently takes advantage of him. Read More

End of the Road

Synopsis: Following his 1990 bid for a more serious sort of filmmaking with A Home Too Far, Taiwanese exploitation director Chu Yen-ping continued the war story which that film began with this stirring appeal to Nationalist sentiment. The Nationalists are preparing to disarm as the story begins, under heavy Read More

Black Panther Warriors

Synopsis: Clarence Fok Yiu-leung spins this slick action-comedy crime flick featuring an all-star cast. The film centers on Black Cougar (Alan Tang Kwong-wing), a crack thief who gets the job of a lifetime -- a shadowy client is paying him an obscene amount of money to swipe a photograph from a police Read More

All Men Are Brothers: Blood of the Leopard

Synopsis: The second film adaptation of the epic Chinese novel The Water Margin concerns two friends, an alcoholic monk named Ru Chi-shen (Elvis Tsui) and a buttoned-down military officer called Lin Chung (Tony Leung). Both are martial arts experts and they grow close through their practice of the Read More

Flying Dagger

Synopsis: This is one of maverick Hong Kong director Chu Yun Ping's lesser efforts. A tale of bounty hunters on the trail of a wanted man, it focuses more on Three Stooges-type slapstick comedy than a martial arts action film (as the title implies). It soon becomes basically a collection of sight gags Read More

The Lover

Actors: Jane March, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Frederique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Melvil Poupaud

Synopsis: The Lover is director Jean-Jacques Annaud's adaptation of Marguerite Duras' minimalist 1984 novel. Set in French Indochina in 1929, the film explores the erotic charge of forbidden love. Jane March plays a French teenager sent to a Saigon boarding school, while Tony Leung is a 32-year Chinese Read More

Dragon Inn

Actors: Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin

Synopsis: Raymond Lee Wai-man remakes King Hu's 1966 masterpiece about revenge and intrigue between imperial eunuchs during the Ming Dynasty. At the film's outset, the villainous Eunuch Tsao (Donnie Yen Chi-tan) has assassinated one of his primary court rivals and is looking to take out his former rival's Read More

Centre Stage

Actors: Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau

Synopsis: In the 1930s, in China, there was a woman film-actress who was tagged as "the Chinese Garbo." She was a wildly popular performer who made her first film at age 16 and died by her own hand at age 25. Ironically, she was famous for playing tragic heroines, and her own life mirrored the kinds of Read More

Hoyat Gwan Tsoi Loi

Actors: Anita Mui, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Carrie Ng, Tsui Siu Keung

Synopsis: In this romantic melodrama, Wu Mei-yi sings for the guests at her father's nightclub in Shanghai. It's the middle of the Japanese occupation, and her father has just been arrested by the Japanese. She is pregnant, and knows it. Her baby's father is a man she truly loves, but he's not here and may Read More

Raid

Synopsis: Tsui Hark and Ching Siu-ting spin this adventure yarn inspired by old Hollywood adventure serials. Set in the 1930s when China's last emperor Puyi allies himself with the invading Japanese army, the film centers on aged though wily Dr. Choy (Dean Shek) vows to lend his experience and his medical Read More

King of Chess

Actors: Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Yang Lin, John Sham, Yim Ho

Synopsis: In Taipei, Taiwan, a television executive is helping the emcee of a television show about child prodigies prepare for a segment featuring a young chess prodigy. While he does this, he remembers a visit to the mainland at the time of the Cultural Revolution to visit a cousin. While traveling by Read More

Farewell China

Actors: Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Kar-Fai

Synopsis: Hong Kong filmmaker Clara Law directed this sensitive drama about a young woman named Li Hung (Maggie Cheung), who is granted a student visa after considerable difficulty and travels to America to continue her education. She doesn't have an easy time of it, as she makes plain in her letters to her Read More

The Prisoner

Actors: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Tony Leung Kar-Fai

Synopsis: Chu Yen-ping directs this all-star cast prison flick about cop Huang Wei (Tony Leung Kar-fai) who goes into the clink undercover to figure out how the fingerprints of a long deceased death-row inmate ended up at the scene of a recent murder. There he quickly runs afoul of gangland powers, making Read More

She Shoots Straight

A Better Tomorrow III

Actors: Chow Yun-Fat, Anita Mui, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Shek Kin

Synopsis: Tsui Hark takes the reigns of this series following a much-publicized rift between himself and John Woo -- the director of the first two A Better Tomorrow films -- to direct this prequel based around Chow Yun-Fat's memorable Mark character. Set in 1974, Mark ventures to Saigon after his cousin Read More

Gunmen

Synopsis: In this stylish Hong Kong thriller, Tony Leung stars as a cop in Shanghai during the 1930s. His department is overrun with corruption, while gangsters rule the city via the opium trade. The young cop recruits the aid of some rickshaw drivers who turn out to be men he served with during the war Read More

Prison on Fire

Actors: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Roy Cheung

Synopsis: Ringo Lam delivers this two-fisted gritty thriller written by his brother Nam Yin. Timid Lo Ka-yiu (Tony Leung Kar-fai) is thrown in the clink for a three-year stint after being convicted of manslaughter. Possessing none of the requisite instincts to survive in a maximum-security prison, Lo looks Read More

Lady In Black

Actors: Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Kar-Fai

Synopsis: Kin (Tony Leung Ka-Fei) is up to his neck in gambling debts. When he asks his wife May (Brigitte Lin) to embezzle funds from her employer to pay them off, she refuses-but Kin doesn't take no for an answer. He plots to kill her and make her death look like a suicide, but things don't go as planned. Read More

The Laserman

Actors: Marc Hayashi, Maryann Urbano, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Peter Wang, Joan Copeland

Synopsis: Focusing on idiosyncratic characters and culture-clash comedy, rather than on the high-tech action its title might suggest, writer-director Peter Wang's The Laserman dramatizes the personal and professional struggles faced by a young Chinese-American scientist. When a bungled experiment leads to Read More

The Last Emperor

Actors: Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Pan Hung, Li Dian-Xiang

Reign Behind the Curtain

The Burning of the Imperial Palace

Actors: Liu Xiaoqing

Synopsis: In an epic story that strives for grandeur but falls short in its conservative pacing, the 17-year-old daughter of a senior official at the Chinese court is the focus of attention. In the middle of the 19th century, she was chosen to serve the imperial family in the palace in Beijing. When the Read More