Jack Kao
21 titles
Filmography
21 results

GATAO: Big Brothers
(2025)When his father sparks an explosive turf war between old and new rival gangs, a man tries to take over Taiwan's blood-soaked criminal underworld.

Millennium Mambo
(2001)Hou Hsiao-hsien's stylish and seductive submersion into Taipei nightlife stars Shu Qi as an aimless bar hostess drifting away from her blowhard boyfriend and towards Jack Kao's suave, sensitive gangster. Structured as a flashback from the then-future of 2011, it's a transfixing trance-out of a movie, techno-scored and neon-lit with an undercurrent of turn-of-the-millennium ennui.

Cities of Last Things
(2018)In a dystopian tale unfolding in reverse chronology, a man with a complicated past takes revenge on the individuals who wronged him decades ago.

Daughter of the Nile
(1987)Daughter of the Nile is a contemporary drama that follows a young woman and her brother as they float along the periphery of the Taipei underworld. The film intriguingly blends the gangster tale with mood-drenched introspective drama.

Gatao 2: Rise of the King
(2018)When a zealous gang leader plans to take out a friend-turned-rival for control of his turf, internal tensions complicate the battle to be the boss.

The Gangster's Daughter
(2017)When her mom dies unexpectedly, a rebellious teen is reunited with her dad, a small-time Taipei gangster. The reunion causes dad to question his life of crime. Until a corrupt cop turns their world upside down.

Gatao: The Last Stray
(2021)Romance unexpectedly blossoms when a freelance photographer arrives late to her assignment at a full moon celebration thrown for a mob boss's newborn.

Untouchable
(2024)Zun Fei and his loyal gang rule the underworld, but when treachery and conspiracies tear them apart, Zun Fei must take up his gun and risk everything.

Zombie Fight Club
(2014)Two survivors of a zombie attack are forced into a brutal battle against undead gladiators.

Flowers of Shanghai
(1998)Starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Michiko Hada, and Michelle Reis, Hou Hsiao-hsien’s gorgeous period reverie is an intoxicating, time-bending experience that traces the romantic intrigue, jealousies, and tensions swirling around four late-nineteenth-century Shanghai “flower houses,” where courtesans live confined to a gilded cage.

Full Alert
(1997)A gruff inspector hopes a murder suspect's girlfriend will lead him to a Taiwanese gang planning a heist.

Song of the Assassins
(2022)After completing his training, an elite young assassin embarks on his first mission and is quickly ensnared in an intricate plot by powerful people, forcing him to go on the run from the government and rival assassin groups alike.

Red Nights
(2011)A woman goes to Hong Kong to sell an ancient artifact, unaware of the diabolical poison inside and the madmen who will do anything to possess it.
Good-for-Nothing Heros
(2012)In the street in waste recycling for Peng of Ge dream did not expect a suicide note the second position gorgeous reversal, Peng of leap become the heir to a five-star hotel, Ge is accompanied by beauty drink every day. Mr. Ouyang's son Danny, indifferent in the hotel, the hotel group for many years, use unscrupulous divisive tactics of interest. Danny hypocrisy let penda in hotel business, secretly and Peng was staged again infighting, to rob business disputes is battered. Danny to the board of directors on behalf of the dispatched by Macedonian investigation Peng status, only waiting for an opportunity to annihilate, Danny did not think of is already awake Ouyang secretly watching their every move. Has been weak Peng up to brother Long agrees, but in order to Street neighborhood and his love of the herbal tea shops mangnv Ingrid, he began to violate Ge against Danny, instant waste become a hero makes Mo stop...

Unbeatable
(2013)Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young man who is determined to win a boxing match.

The Scoundrels
(2018)When a former athlete starts working for a gangster, he finds himself involved in the underbelly of the crime world, where danger is always present.

The Game Changer
(2017)Two escaped prisoners join one of the most powerful gangs in Shanghai, the Green Gang, as the right-hand men of the head boss Mr. Tang. When Mr. Tang tries to gain total control over business dealings in Shanghai, he discovers his closest allies are not who they seem and turn against his own men to protect his power.

Shinjuku Incident
(2009)An immigrant seeking an honest life becomes a mafia boss inadvertently, entangling himself in the brutal war against Asia's deadliest gangs.

Island of Fire
(1990)Un oficial de la policía se hace pasar por prisionero en una corrupta prisión mortal donde una pandilla de mercenarios hace de las suyas.

Wild City
(2015)A bar owner befriends a woman at closing time, and is soon accosted by her former lover and the thugs who work for him. The bar owner's underachieving half-brother and a suitcase full of dirty money further complicate matters in this intense thriller.