John Woo
John Woo Yu-sen is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly influential figure in the action film genre. The recipient of various accolades, including a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Editing, as well as a Golden Horse Award, an Asia Pacific Screen Award and a Saturn Award, he is regarded as a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films and the gun fu genre in Hong Kong action cinema. He is known for his highly chaotic "bullet ballet" action sequences, stylized imagery, Mexican standoffs, frequent use of slow motion and allusions to wuxia, film noir and Western cinema.
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Silent Night
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The King of Wuxia Part 1
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A Better Tomorrow
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2018
Manhunt
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2017
Manhunt
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2017
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
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2017
Ken San
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2016
The Crossing II
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2015
The Crossing I
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2014
Beginning of the Great Revival
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2011
Kurosawa's Way
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2011
A Better Tomorrow
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2010
Reign of Assassins
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2010
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
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2009
Red Cliff II
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2009
Red Cliff II
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2009
Red Cliff
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2008
Red Cliff
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2008
The Making of Stranglehold
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2007
All the Invisible Children
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2006
A Century of Light and Shadow
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2005
Paycheck
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2003
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
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2003
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
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2003
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
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2003
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
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2003
Hostage
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2002
Windtalkers
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2002
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
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2002
Mission: Impossible II
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2000
Blackjack
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1998
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
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1998
Task Force
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1997
Face/Off
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1997
Once a Thief
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1996
Broken Arrow
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1996
Hard Target
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1993
Hard Boiled
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1992
Hard Boiled
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1992
Hard Boiled
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1992
Once a Thief
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1991
Once a Thief
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1991
Once a Thief
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1991
Rebel from China
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1990
Bullet in the Head
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1990
Bullet in the Head
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1990
Just Heroes
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1989
Sunset in Paris
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1989
The Killer
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1989
The Killer
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1989
Starry Is the Night
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1988
I Love Maria
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1988
A Better Tomorrow II
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1987
A Better Tomorrow II
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1987
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
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1987
A Better Tomorrow
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1986
A Better Tomorrow
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1986
A Better Tomorrow
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1986
Love, Lone Flower
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1985
Heroes Shed No Tears
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1984
Heroes Shed No Tears
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1984
The Time You Need a Friend
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1984
Plain Jane to the Rescue
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1982
Plain Jane to the Rescue
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1982
Plain Jane to the Rescue
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1982
To Hell with the Devil
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1982
To Hell with the Devil
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1982
Laughing Times
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1980
Laughing Times
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1980
From Riches to Rags
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1980
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1980
From Riches to Rags
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1980
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
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1979
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
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1979
Follow the Star
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1978
Follow the Star
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1978
Follow the Star
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1978
Money Crazy
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1977
Money Crazy
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1977
Hand of Death
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1976
Hand of Death
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1976
Hand of Death
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1976
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1976
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1976
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1975
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1975
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