Yuen WahFilmography

Occupation:
Actor, Fights Choreographer
  • Twins Mission

    Actors: Sammo Hung, Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung

    Synopsis: Hong Kong action gets even hotter with the reunion of kung fu legend Sammo Hung and martial arts master Jacky Wu, plus the addition of the cuter-than-cute music group Twins (aka Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung) in starring roles. In Twins Mission, Hung and Wu play Lucky and Hey, men who unite to Read More

    2009
  • Australia

    Actors: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson

    Synopsis: Set against the scenic backdrop of pre-World War II Australia, Baz Luhrmann's romantic period adventure stars Nicole Kidman as an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch, and Hugh Jackman as the rough-and-tumble cattle driver who helps protect her property from greedy English cattle Read More

    11/26/08
  • A Chinese Tall Story

    Actors: Nicholas Tse, Charlene Choi, Fan Bingbing, Chen Bo-lin, Isabella Leong

    Synopsis: Jeffrey Lau's epic, mythological fantasy adventure A Chinese Tall Story unfurls in the distant past, when a small band of travelers - monk Tripitaka (Nicholas Tse) and his (human) companions Monkey King (Chen Bo-lin), Piggy (Kenny Kwan) and Sandy (Steven Cheung) - embark on a lengthy Read More

    2006
  • Dragon Tiger Gate

    Actors: Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Dong Jie, Li Xiao-ran

    Synopsis: SPL collaborators Donnie Yen and Wilson Yip join forces once again for this high-energy adaptation of Wong Yuk-Ling's popular manga Dragon and Tiger Heroes. The Dragon Tiger Gate is a Hong Kong martial arts dojo co-founded by the descendents of Dragon (Yen) and Tiger (Nicholas Tse). Separated as Read More

    2006
  • Kung Fu Hustle

    Actors: Yuen Qiu, Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Leung Siu Lung, Dong Zhi Hua

    Synopsis: The work of international superstar Stephen Chow, Kung Fu Hustle is a humorous, special-effects-filled, action-packed martial arts epic set in early '40s China. A bumbling thief named Sing (Stephen Chow) desires to be the toughest member of the dreaded gangster hit squad known as The Axe Gang, but Read More

    4/8/05
  • Kung Fu Mahjong

    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
  • 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

    1993
  • Police Story 3: Super Cop

    Actors: Jackie Chan, Michelle Khan, Maggie Cheung, Tsang Kong, Yuen Wah

    Synopsis: Even for viewers who can take or leave martial-arts films, the work of Jackie Chan bears special attention. Chan is quite simply the hardest-working movie star in the world, regularly participating in the sort of death-defying stuntwork which would make most American action heroes cringe in fear. Read More

    1992
  • Bury Me High

    Synopsis: Riding the boom of action-adventure yarns following the success of the Indiana Jones trilogy, Tsui Siu-ming spins this big-budget spectacle about really good feng shui. The film centers around a mountainous region in an Asian backwater banana republic reputed to have such good geomantic Read More

    1991
  • 1991
  • Kung Fu vs. Acrobatic

    Actors: Andy Lau Tak-wah, Chan Pak-cheung, Joey Wang Tsu-hsien, Mui Siu-wai, Yuen Wah

    Synopsis: Taylor Wong Tai-loi directs this affable comedy fantasy about advertising execs Charles (Andy Lau Tak-wah) and Chi (Nat Chan Pak-cheung) who are ordered by their boss to go to mainland China and find an artifact to be used in a new series of hair tonic ads. Instead, the two happen upon voluptuous Read More

    1990
  • The Master

    Actors: Jet Li

    Synopsis: Tsui Hark directs this critically panned kung fu action spectacular starring Jet Li as Jet, a martial arts master who ventures to San Francisco to find his old teacher Uncle Tak. When he gets there, he discovers that Tak's herbal shop has been trashed and the old man is missing. The reason, he Read More

    1989
  • Eastern Condors

    Actors: Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Joyce Godenzi, Lam Ching-Ying

    Synopsis: Actor/director Sammo Hung gathered an international cast including the late Oscar winner Dr. Haing S. Ngor (The Killing Fields) and some of the most recognizable faces in Hong Kong cinema for this action-packed martial arts adventure. Set in 1976, the film focuses on a ragtag group of Chinese and Read More

    1986
  • Mr. Vampire

    Crew: Fights Choreographer

    Actors: Ricky Hui, Moon Lee, Chin Suit Ho, Pauline Wong

    Synopsis: Ricky Lau directs this fantastically successful horror yarn that successfully fused high-flying slapstick with creepy genre atmospherics. The film opens with Taoist priest Kau (Lam Ching-ying) along with his two hapless assistants, Chou (Chin Siu-ho) and Man Choi (Ricky Hui Koon-ying), set out to Read More

    1986
  • Daggers 8

    Synopsis: The plot of Daggers 8 revolves around the exploits of an octet of Kung Fu masters. They defend their own lives, and those of others, with drawn daggers and flashing fists. The "teamwork" aspect of the story allows for several ensemble battle sequences. Daggers 8 seldom drags during its 90 minutes Read More

    1980

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