Ko Chun-Hsiung
10 titles
Filmography
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The Iron Hero
(1973)A stoic policeman must use his sharp wit and kung-fu skills while investigating an alliance between a Taiwanese gang and the Japanese yakuza.

Home, Sweet Home
(1970)Three postal workers find their private lives becoming intertwined in more ways than they might suspect.

The Desperate Prodigal
(1981)Tiempo después de que lo golpearon y dieron por muerto, un luchador cura sus heridas y sus recuerdos lo hacen levantarse para buscar venganza.

Rich and Famous
(1987)To pay off his gambling debt, a man pulls his sister and step-brother into a life of crime, igniting conflict with powerful rival gang lords.

Zegen
(1987)Throughout the 1980s, Shohei Imamura (The Pornographers, Profound Desires of the Gods), a leading figure of the Japanese New Wave era of the 1960s, cemented his international reputation as one of the most important directors of his generation with a series of films that all competed at Cannes to great critical acclaim. Making its HD debut, Zegen (1987) takes a satirical look at Japan's pre-war colonial expansion through the unscrupulous eyes of its flesh-peddler antihero as he establishes a prostitution enterprise across Southeast Asia. This work epitomises the director's almost documentary style of filmmaking, exposing the vulgar yet vibrant and instinctive underbelly of Japanese society through a sympathetic focus on peasants, prostitutes, criminal lowlife and other marginalised figures to explore the schism between the country's timeless pre-modern traditions and the modern face it projects to the world.

Death Challenge
(1977)A convicted felon rewarded for saving a gangster’s life during a bloody bar brawl teams up with a gang lieutenant to extort millions from a rival.

Miracles: The Canton Godfather
(1989)Inspired by Frank Capra's 1961 remake of "A Pocketful of Miracles", this story is set in Hong Kong in the 1930s. Mr. Canton climbs to the top of Hong Kong's crime world. Soon, a rival gang threatens his leadership but Mr. Canton is ready to fight back.

The Head Hunter
(1982)In Hong Kong, a war veteran-turned-assassin falls in love with a news reporter who is investigating a series of murders in the city.

Tragic Hero
(1987)Freed from prison, ruthless triad boss Kwok launches a revenge campaign that leads to an epic showdown between an old associate and his own brother.

The Dragon Family
(1988)A traitor in a family triad who refuses orders to quit the drug business and go legit incites a revenge plot, collusion and bloody comeuppance.