Wong JingFilmography

Born:
Hong Kong
Occupation:
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:
Wong Jing is a veteran filmmaker in Hong Kong cinema and has directed over 50 films. Almost all of his works have been popular action movies intended for mainstream consumption. However, Wong is less concerned with artistic achievement than he is with entertainment and is unapologetic about the...Read More
  • I Corrupt All Cops

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Wong Jing

    Synopsis: The acronymic title incorporates a sophisticated pun: ICAC refers to Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption, but gets rephrased here as I Corrupt All Cops. As a reverent homage to the ICAC, director Wong Jing's period film unfurls in the 1960s and 1970s, when the heroic Commission Read More

    4/30/09
  • My Wife is a Gambling Maestro

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Nick Cheung, Natalie Meng, Cheung Tat-Ming

    Synopsis: High Risk director Wong Jing takes the helm for this gambling comedy about a most unlikely card shark. When it comes to girls, Ying Ying (Natalie Men) is truly one of a kind; not only can she hold her own in a fight, but she can do some serious damage at the poker table as well. Just as it looks Read More

    2008
  • Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: A young warrior intent on avenging the death of his father finds his mission unexpectedly complicated by his love for the daughter of the very man he aims to kill in this television series inspired by author Louis Cha's enduring tome. Hu Fei is a fearsome warrior whose father was rumored to have Read More

    2007
  • Kung Fu Mahjong 3: The Final Duel

    Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

    2007
  • Kung Fu Mahjong

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: It's mahjong madness when a pair of scheming gamblers finds their once-lucrative hustle leading them into hot water in this action-comedy starring Kung Fu Hustle's Yuen Wah and Yuen Qiu and directed by God of Gamblers helmer Wong Jing. When betting man West meets a waiter named Wong who possesses Read More

    2005
  • Moving Targets

    Crew: Director

    2004
  • Love is a Many Stupid Thing

    Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

    Actors: Shawn Yue, Eric Tsang, Chapman To

    Synopsis: Hong Kong film legend Wong Jing takes the helm for this remake of his classic, 1987 Chow Yun Fat comedy The Romancing Star. In this updated version, determined police superintendent Lik dispatches undercover officers Bad Boy, Fattie, and Silly Keung to gather the evidence needed to throw the book Read More

    2004
  • The Spy Dad

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    2003
  • Colour of the Truth

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Anthony Wong, Raymond Wong, Jordan Chan, Lau Ching-Wan, Francis Ng

    Synopsis: An honest cop who may have inadvertently killed his partner during a particularly intense raid finds his life in danger when the grown-up sons of both the fallen the cop and the deceased kingpin who was killed in the chaos come gunning for him in a tense police thriller co-directed by Marco Mak Read More

    2003
  • Naked Weapon

    Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

    Actors: Maggie Q, Anya, Daniel Wu, Jewel Lee, Cheng Pei-Pei

    Synopsis: Hong Kong action specialist Wong Jing wrote the screenplay for the slam-bang Chiklo Dakgung (Naked Weapon). Madame M (Almen Wong) orchestrates the abduction of 40 different 13-year-old girls from around the world. She trains them as assassins, and in a few years, unleashes them on the world to do Read More

    2003
  • Everyday is Valentine

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Leon Lai, Cecilia Cheung, Ng Man Tat, Yuen King-tan

    2001
  • My Schoolmate The Barbarian

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Nicholas Tse, Stephen Fung, Joey Yung, Samuel Pang

    Synopsis: When rich high school student Edward (Stephen Fung) is accidentally enrolled in the seemy TBS College rather than the prestigious institution he was supposed to attend, he is quickly thrown into a world where people settle their many differences with their fists. Edward immediately finds himself Read More

    2001
  • Lady Iron Chef

    Synopsis: When the heir to a lucrative restaurant empire falls for a simple girl who can only cook instant noodles, their romance creates a sizable rift for the mother who only wants her son to marry an experienced chef in director Billy Chung's freewheeling culinary comedy. SK (Hacken Lee) is a restaurant Read More

    2001
  • Ban Siu Haai

    Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

    Actors: Deanie Ip, Patrick Tam

    Synopsis: Also known as A Dumb Boy, this Hong Kong drama is the story of a dying mother and her love for her retarded son. Mrs. Fat (Deanie Ip) is slowly succumbing to cancer, but her biggest worry is her only child, the 30-year-old Bee (Patrick Tam). Possessing the mind of a toddler but the hormonal urges Read More

    2000
  • The H.K. Triad

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Actors: Francis Ng, Lau Ching-Wan

    Synopsis: Two childhood friends become mortal enemies after their lives take drastically different paths and they discover that they are both in love with the same woman in this Hong Kong action thriller. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

    1999
  • A True Mob Story

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Andy Lau Tak-wah

    Synopsis: Andy Lau stars in this Hong Kong crime-drama as Wai Cheung-Dee, a low-level gangster, who, while protecting the son of a Triad boss, accidentally causes the death of one of his loved ones. A broken man, Wai Cheung-Dee is cruelly used by the higher-ranking Triad members, and when a rival gangster Read More

    1998
  • The Conman

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Andy Lau

    1998
  • Portland Street Blues

    Crew: Producer

    Actors: Sandra Ng, Kristy Yeung, Alex Fong Chung-sun, Vincent Wan, Shu Qi

    Synopsis: A spin-off from Hong Kong's popular "Young and Dangerous" action series, this fast-paced tale of a lesbian's rise to the top of the Triad hierarchy features top-notch acting and plenty of martial arts excitement. Most of the characters from the series return, and many events taking place in this Read More

    1998
  • Forbidden City Cop

    Crew: Producer

    Actors: Stephen Chow, Carina Lau, Carman Lee

    Synopsis: Inept in martial arts, Fat (Stephen Chiau), the emperor's personal bodyguard, spies on agents of a rival dynasty, exposing their claim of a captured extraterrestrial as a hoax. Fat next visits a local prostitute as a possibility for the emperor, but problems arise when his wife (Carina Lau Read More

    1997
  • God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage

    Crew: Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter

    Synopsis: A prequel to the two previous entries in the God of Gamblers saga, this drama follows the apprenticeship of the unbeatable cardsharp Ko Chun. The story begins as his stepfather Kent, one of the world's greatest gamblers, enters him in a competition and then betrays him by arranging things so his Read More

    1997
  • Young and Dangerous

    Crew: Producer

    Synopsis: Andrew Lau Wai-keung spins this mobland thriller adapted from Niu Lo's cult comic book Cow Man. The film opens with members from the Hung Hing Society whacking another gangster from a rival group who is deep in debt. A comrade with the slain man, sociopathic crime boss Ugly Kwan (Francis Ng Read More

    1996
  • The Saint of Gamblers

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Eric Kot

    1995
  • High Risk

    Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

    Actors: Billy Chow, Bobby Yip, Jet Li, Jacky Cheung, Yau Chingmy

    Synopsis: This action parody is a Die Hard clone with an interesting twist. Kit (Jet Li) leaves the police force after the death of his family at the hands of a terrorist named "The Doctor." Kit becomes the bodyguard for Frankie (Jacky Cheung), a movie star who is famous for supposedly doing his own daring Read More

    1995
  • My Father Is a Hero

    Crew: Producer, Screen Story

    Actors: Jet Li, Anita Mui, Tsue Miu

    Synopsis: Jet Li stars in this kung-fu vehicle directed by Corey Yuen Kwai. Though a committed father and husband, Kung (Li) is a mainland undercover cop assigned to a case so sensitive that he dare not tell what he does to those he loves the most. Ordered to infiltrate the crime syndicate run by the Read More

    1995
  • Sixty Million Dollar Man

    Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

    Actors: Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat, Gigi Leung

    Synopsis: Superstar comedian Stephen Chiau stars in this wild and woolly yarn about a hapless young college student named Lee Chak-lee who gets blown up by a dastardly yakuza operative after dating the gangster's girlfriend. All that remains of the lad is his brain and his lips. Yet thanks to the mad Read More

    1995
  • Naked Killer

    Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

    Actors: Carrie Ng, Kelly Yao

    Synopsis: Lesbian assassins at war provide the focus for this outrageous Hong Kong martial arts film that is already becoming a cult classic. Tinam is the cop on the case searching for the person who keeps killing Hong Kong men and cutting off their genitals. Tinam is on the edge of a breakdown after he Read More

    1994
  • Return to a Better Tomorrow

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Tong (Ekin Cheng) is an up-and-coming member of a gang of outlaws who is well-respected among his peers for his intelligence and sense of fairness. One of Tong's cohorts, Ha, is accused of killing a man who was having an affair with his wife. Tong persuades his attorney to defend Ha, and they Read More

    1994
  • The New Legend of Shaolin

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Jet Li, Wong Jing, Chen Sung-Yung, Chuen-Hua Chi

    Synopsis: This Hong Kong martial arts film that is chock full of colorful, nonstop action starring superstar Jet Li. Hong Xiguan learned kung fu at a Shaolin temple. He joins rebels to try to usurp the oppressive rulers. Unfortunately, a fellow student squeals upon him and Hong's family is slain, except for Read More

    1994
  • To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui

    Crew: Producer

    Synopsis: Andrew Lau Wai-keung, who would later be known for his popular Young and Dangerous series, delivers this moody gangland drama. Lik (Jacky Cheung Hok-yau) is an undercover cop, who -- after his police supervisor kills his gangland boss, Coffin Sing -- is thrown into a serious existential funk. He Read More

    1994
  • God of Gamblers' Return

    Crew: Director

    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

    1994
  • Kung Fu Cult Master

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Jet Li

    Synopsis: This film stars two important stars of the Hong Kong kung fu cinema, Jet Li, and Sammo Hung (who also directed the film's action sequences). In addition to a blatant disregard for gravity and other physical laws, this film revolves around a popular genre theme, a battle between warriors from Read More

    1993
  • Flying Dagger

    Crew: Producer

    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

    1993
  • Millionaire Cop

    Crew: Producer

    Actors: Ng Man Tat, Aaron Kwok, Deric Wan Siu-lun, Maggie Cheung, Chingmy Yau Suk-ching

    Synopsis: Wong Jing produces and Cheung Kon-man directs this wacky cop comedy about mismatched partners Fish and Ball (Ng Man-tat and Aaron Kwok Fu-shing, respectively). While occupied with tracking down the thug who cut off Fish's hand, the two are assigned to go undercover and protect Jessy (Deric Wan Siu-lun Read More

    1993
  • Last Hero In China

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Jet Li

    Synopsis: Wong Fei-hung runs a martial arts academy in Canton, and is the exemplar of all sorts of native Chinese virtues. He is appalled to discover that the rent on his space in Canton was raised significantly while he was away in Hong Kong. In addition, he has to face the escalating enmity of a local Read More

    1993
  • City Hunter

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Jackie Chan

    Synopsis: This 1992 film is a live-action version of a popular Japanese comic book and animated series, transformed into a vehicle for international action hero Jackie Chan. Ryu Saeba (Chan), a womanizing private detective, is hired to find the runaway daughter of a wealthy businessman. Ryu's pursuit of the Read More

    1992
  • The Last Blood

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Eric Tsang, Andy Lau, Alan Tam Wing-lun

    Synopsis: Wong Jing spins this over-the-top action spectacular about Interpol agent Lui Tai (Alan Tam Wing-lun) assigned to protect Tibetan holy man the Daka Lama (yes, you read that right). Upon his arrival in Singapore, the spiritual leader is attacked by "The Order of the Death," a fanatical Red Army Read More

    1991
  • Casino Raiders

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Hong Kong filmmakers Jimmy Heung and Wong Jing co-directed this highly successful gambling film which begat a spate of unrelated sequels. Wong had actually written a similar (and highly profitable) film for television nine years earlier (The Shell Game), but this one marked the beginning of a Read More

    1989
  • Fortune Code

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Kent Cheng Chuk-see directs this Chinese lunar extravaganza, which, true to this subgenre, features a huge budget, an eye-popping all-star cast, and not much of a story to speak of. The film is set in Japanese POW camp 732, which houses scores of Chinese rebels. Rakish special agent Wah (Andy Lau Tak-wah Read More

    1989
  • God of Gamblers

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Joey Wong, Chow Yun-Fat, Andy Lau

    Synopsis: This 1989 thriller, directed by Jing Wong, resurrected the subgenre of the Hong Kong gambling film. Do San (Chow Yun-Fat) is a slick professional gambler on a seemingly endless winning streak. On his way to defeat a rival in a card game, Do's streak comes to a close when a head injury leaves him Read More

    1989
  • The Romancing Star

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Chow Yun-Fat, Eric Tsang, Maggie Cheung, Chan Pak-cheung

    Synopsis: One misunderstanding after another seems to plague the efforts of Fred, Silver, and Tony in this romantic comedy. Away on vacation, the three run into two beautiful young women named Agnes and Maggie who are strolling down the beach and, by all appearances, seem quite wealthy. All three men are Read More

    1987
  • Magic Crystal

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Andy Lau, Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton, Siu Bin-Bin

    Synopsis: Looking to cash in on the popularity of Steven Spielberg's mega-hits E.T. and Raiders of the Lost Ark, Hong Kong schlockmeister Wong Jing directs this yarn about Andy (Andy Lau Tak-wah) who, along with buddies Pin-pin (Siu bin-bin) and Pancho (Wong Jing) ventures to Greece to find his long lost Read More

    1986
  • Prince Charming

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Kenny Bee, Cherie Chung, Maggie Cheung, Rosamund Kwan

    Synopsis: Kenny Bee is a shy young man whose wealthy parents want him to marry, no matter what. Although he goes to Waikiki with his friend Lolantho (Chen Pai-chiang), neither manage to succeed with women and when they return home, the anxious parents now have another problem: someone is embezzling money Read More

    1984
  • The Magnificent Butcher

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Actors: Sammo Hung

    Synopsis: Yuen Woo-ping directs this classic of the period kung fu epic. Butcher Wing (Sammo Hung) is the most talented and the most troublesome pupil of Master Wong (Kwan Tak-hing). One day while helping to stop a robbery, Butcher runs afoul of the power, and evil, Master Ko (Lee Hoi-sang), resulting Read More

    1980

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