Richard Ng Yiu-Hon

Born: 1939-12-18

Richard Ng Yiu-Hon (17 December 1939 – 9 April 2023), also known as Richard Woo, was a Hong Kong actor known for playing comedic roles, particularly in Hong Kong films of the 1980s and 1990s. Ng appeared in 80 films to date. He was twice nominated for the Best Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards, for his roles in Winners and Sinners and Beyond the Sunset. He worked alongside some of the biggest names in Hong Kong action cinema including Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Andy Lau, and Jet Li. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Ng, licensed under CC BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Skiptrace

as Chinese man on bus
Released: 2016-07-21

A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious...

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Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars

as Sandy
Released: 1985-08-15

The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners and My Lucky...

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Wheels on Meals

as Mental Patient (Brilliant)
Released: 1984-08-17

Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a...

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Miracles: The Canton Godfather

as Chief Inspector Ho
Released: 1989-06-15

A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old...

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as Buyer
Released: 2003-07-21

Off the coast of the volcanic island of Santorini, the intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft makes...

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Winners & Sinners

as Exhaust Pipe
Released: 1983-07-07

Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to...

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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

as Wang Lu (before face-lift)
Released: 2010-09-18

When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie,...

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My Lucky Stars

as Sandy
Released: 1985-02-10

Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in...

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Yes, Madam!

as Weak Heart (uncredited)
Released: 1985-11-30

Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport with a...

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The Kung Fu Cult Master

as Wai Yat-Siu, King of Green Bat
Released: 1993-12-18

A wild and rollicking martial arts fantasy extravaganza that features prized swords and...

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Once Upon a Time in China and America

as Uncle Han
Released: 1997-02-01

So goes to the U.S. to open a martial arts school. Around this time, many Chinese people were...

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Millionaires' Express

as Hon
Released: 1986-01-30

What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants,...

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Future Cops

as Richard Yu
Released: 1993-07-15

In the year 2043, an evil crime lord is trying to take over the world. Only one government...

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Echelon Conspiracy

as Wong
Released: 2009-02-27

Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth - then make him...

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Rigor Mortis

as Uncle Tung
Released: 2013-09-06

When a former actor moves into an apartment building with the intention of commiting suicide, he...

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Mr. Vampire III

as Mao Ming
Released: 1987-12-17

The Vampire Master joins forces with another fellow priest with his two pet ghosts along for the...

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Lost in Hong Kong

as Elevator Patron
Released: 2015-09-25

The film follows Xu Lai, a former artist whose dreams were dashed when the responsibilities of...

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In the Line of Duty 3

as Customer at Restaurant
Released: 1988-09-28

Genji Nakamura and his partner Michiko Nishiwaki are thieves for the notorious Red Army...

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Magnificent Warriors

as Drifter Conman
Released: 1987-04-16

A daredevil airplane pilot and spy, who fights against the occupying Japanese forces in China,...

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Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong

as Fortune Teller
Released: 2016-02-12

In this sparkling romance, Ruby, a Chinese American toy designer from LA, visits Hong Kong for...

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The Stunt Woman

as Detective
Released: 1996-10-10

After moving to Hong Kong from China, a young martial artist starts a promising career as a...

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Carry on Hotel

as Donald Ng
Released: 1988-07-02

Mr. Lau (Kent Cheng) is a seedy detective who sets up cameras to record an illicit affair....

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Little Big Master

as Mr Ho
Released: 2015-03-19

The story of a hopeful headmaster who perseveres in running a kindergarten for underprivileged...

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Handsome Siblings

as First Twin Villain / Supremes
Released: 1992-12-11

One hundred seventy years ago, a wise monk made a section of land known as the Villians Valley,...

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Vampire Cleanup Department

as Chung
Released: 2017-03-16

Attacked by vampire, Spring, a born loser is saved by three street cleaners. When he wakes up,...

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Carry on Pickpocket

as Sergeant Wu
Released: 1982-03-31

Hung Tai-Kong aka Rice Pot and Chan Yin-Tung aka Chimney are two friends who work with their...

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Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone

as London street vendor
Released: 2000-09-21

Gang leader Jim Yam has ascended nearly to the pinnacle of power in the underworld, but it...

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Lucky Stars Go Places

as Sandy
Released: 1986-06-20

Lucky Stars Go Places, also known as The Luckiest Stars, is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film...

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Where the Wind Blows

as uncredited
Released: 2023-02-05

The decades spanning story of two very different policemen who rise to power in Hong Kong during...

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The Invincible Dragon

as Wong Bing-cheong
Released: 2019-06-20

The undercover agent with dragon tattoo Kowloon continually helped the police to solve...

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Heaven Can't Wait

as Taoist priest
Released: 1995-07-28

Foreign - Tony is a wily, pessimistic scam artist who uses an ancient superstition to build a...

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Flirting Scholar 2

as Casino tools boss
Released: 2010-07-08

Tang Bohu's mother sends him to study at Qingfeng Monastery, but he can't bear the austere and...

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Spooky, Spooky

as East Bay Inspector
Released: 1988-10-19

Years ago, a village head in the Hong Kong countryside executed a man for committing adultery by...

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Slickers vs. Killers

as Mr. Chow
Released: 1991-09-13

Success Hung, an ace cell phone salesman who his feeling the heat from young, up and comer Miss...

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The Gambling Ghost

as Check Point Policeman
Released: 1991-03-02

Sammo Hung plays three different characters: Fatty, Fatty's father and Fatty's grandfather, Hung...

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Faithfully Yours

as Chuk Tai-Chung
Released: 1988-12-17

A playboy and his two friends get drunk and wake up next to a girl who claims to be pregnant by...

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Ghost Punting

as Jin Shui / Sandy
Released: 1992-02-01

The "Five Lucky Stars" attempt to help a restless ghost take revenge on the evil drug gang who...

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The Banquet

as Tsang's Father
Released: 1991-11-30

Developer Tsang Siu-Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival...

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Pom Pom

as Chau
Released: 1984-02-22

Chau and Beethoven, two Hong Kong police detectives, go through misadventures to protect a young...

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The Private Eyes

as Police Sergeant
Released: 1976-12-16

The kingpin of the Manix Private Detective Agency and his fellow detective solve cases together.

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Those Merry Souls

as Fernando Ng
Released: 1985-05-30

Chiu Chi-Lung and Ng Kuai-Tak are two movie stunt actors in Hong Kong and are suspicious of...

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Banana Spirit

as Uncle Tang
Released: 1992-01-01

Francis Ng stars as Chic, who helps his friend Che, a Taoist ghostbuster, with various...

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Mr. Boo Meets Pom Pom

as Chau
Released: 1985-09-03

Hong Kong detectives Chau and Beethoven join forces with Mr. Boo in a daring mission involving a...

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My Wife Is 18

as Professor
Released: 2002-09-25

After finishing the open examination for Form 5 students and applying for an adult identity...

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Men Suddenly in Love

as Teacher Chu
Released: 2011-03-10

Five graduates from different years come together to celebrate their secondary school teacher...

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Return of the Lucky Stars

as Tai Shan / Sandy
Released: 1988-12-24

Hong Kong Police Supt. Walter Tso arrests Big Dai, the reformed leader of a criminal...

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Red Dust

as Yu
Released: 1990-11-23

Stretching across the canvas of the Sino-Japanese War of the 30s, the subsequent Japanese...

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The Nocturnal Demon

as Taxi driver
Released: 1990-12-22

Tow truck driver Tin bears an uncanny resemblance to a psychotic, serial killer, taxi driver --...

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Boys Are Easy

as Ching Sing
Released: 1993-08-12

A man wants to see his three daughters get married.

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It Takes Two

as Ai Don Low
Released: 1982-07-15

It Takes Two is a 1982 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Karl Maka and starring Dean Shek and...

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Excuse Me, Please!

as 阿雞
Released: 1989-10-19

A group of flim-flam friends are chased by the mob and then by ghosts in this horror comedy.

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My Cousin, the Ghost

as Cousin Big / Wu Te Ta
Released: 1987-01-09

Cousin Big returns home from the UK in order to find a wife and settle down. He has previously...

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Till Death Shall We Start

as Landal
Released: 1990-10-18

David died a virgin, and the Doomsday Book says a virgin ghost has no right for reincarnation...

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How to Meet the Lucky Stars

as Sandy
Released: 1996-07-04

How to Meet the Lucky Stars is a 1996 Hong Kong film and the final film in the Lucky Stars film...

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Doctor Mack

as Professor Bao
Released: 1995-02-17

Since dropping out from the medical school, Lau Mack has been living a humble but contented...

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Golden Swallow

as Right Sword
Released: 1987-12-16

A poor scholar named Lo Chih-Chiu, played by Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming, rescues a swallow from three...

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Now You See Love... Now You Don't

as English teacher
Released: 1992-02-01

This is a screwball-comedy in Hong Kong style. Chow Yun Fat plays the spoiled village hetman of...

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Fortune King Is Coming to Town!

as Culture God
Released: 2010-02-09

"Here Comes Fortune" is about the God of Fortune coming down from heaven to spread some love and...

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Mr. Sunshine

as Black Face Huang Zu-Ren
Released: 1989-07-13

Shop assistant in the electronics store, May Bao (Kent Cheng) - good-natured fat man, always...

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A Lifetime Treasure

as Richard
Released: 2019-01-31

Holding a grudge against a senior homeowner, Hung sends spies to help destroy the facility....

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Go Back to China

as Teddy Li
Released: 2019-03-09

When party girl Sasha Li blows through most of her trust fund, she is cut off by her father and...

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Little Cop

as Station Insp.
Released: 1989-03-25

Ever since he was a child, Lee Chi-kin has been determined to become a police officer, despite...

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Pom Pom Strikes Back

as Chau
Released: 1986-08-14

The Hong Kong detectives, Chau and Beethoven, are back once more. This time, their mission is to...

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Sausalito

as Robert
Released: 2000-04-20

Ella is a divorced Chinese American taxi driver who spends her days ferrying people around the...

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Bodyguard: A New Beginning

as Wong
Released: 2008-01-01

Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living...

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Money Crazy

as Dragon / Liu Fu
Released: 1977-07-28

Ducky is hired by Rich Chen to transport the "diamonds" he stole from Uncle Pai Mary. Uncles...

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Mr. Handsome

as Dr. Richard Chow
Released: 1987-10-29

Two Hong Kong men must find a way to deal with their love lives: One with a much younger...

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Hotel Soul Good

as Uncle Bill
Released: 2018-10-18

A corporate tragedy and encounter with Helena Law Lan's taoist master leads Mei Qi to meet three...

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Walk With Me

as Ma Yau Sum's Father
Released: 2019-08-22

Starting as a story of a bullied young female factory worker, the film amps up its frightening...

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Hong Kong Night Club

as Yu Ten Sen
Released: 1997-05-31

Shibata and Tategami are Japanese journalists hiding out in the Lost City Night Club to elude...

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Dearest Anita

as uncredited
Released: 2019-01-03

In the wake of her passing, fans of the late Hong Kong icon Anita Mui strive to save and return...

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A Decade of Love

as uncredited
Released: 2008-09-04

A handful of Hong Kong filmmakers explore their feelings on the ten years since 1997 in A Decade...

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My Dream Girl

as Zhang Tian / Cheung Tin
Released: 2003-03-16

Joe is a Hong Kong rogue living off his clearly long suffering girlfriend. When he's...

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The Return of Pom Pom

as Chau
Released: 1984-06-22

Hong Kong detectives Chau and Beethoven return in this sequel to "Pom Pom." This time out, they...

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Carry on Dancing

as Dr. Alan Lam
Released: 1988-05-07

Cheung Sheung and Tze Ngor are twin sisters. Tze Ngor is a lunatic and stays in a mental...

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Golden Needles

as Lin To's Man
Released: 1974-07-17

An ancient Asian statue with the power to grant health and long life via secret acupuncture...

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Don't Give a Damn

as Old Man on the Bus
Released: 1995-02-17

Sammo Hung plays a cop on the trail of drug dealers. Customs officer Yuen Biao is investigating...

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Supercapitalist

as Donald Chang
Released: 2012-08-10

A maverick New York hedge fund trader with uncanny analytic abilities moves to Hong Kong and...

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Once in a Life-Time

as uncredited
Released: 1995-05-11

Sean Lau has been secretly in love with comely Vivian Chan since childhood, so when she needs a...

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Mistaken Identity

as Cheung Kan-Sing
Released: 1988-10-06

Mistaken Identity is a Hong Kong Crime-Comedy directed by Tsui Siu-Ming and starring Richard Ng.

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Heaven Can Help

as Inspector Chan Siu Ming
Released: 1984-05-05

Mak is an optimist. He is driven to despair after a series of depressing events and got himself...

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My Family

as Dr Richard Ng
Released: 1986-01-30

The Ng family: Doctor Ng, Mrs. Ng, Ng Chee (little daughter), Ng Lei and Ng Choi (son and...

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The Goofy Gang

as Yacht Repairman [cameo]
Released: 1987-02-19

Wai is a waiter in a country club. One day at work he is humiliated by the wife of a millionaire...

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Shadows of Love

as Zhou Shu
Released: 2012-05-11

Previously known as "Repeat, I Love You", "Shadows of Love" is a modern-day Cinderella romance...

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Pulau Hantu

as Heng's Father
Released: 2008-08-30

Pulau Hantu*" (translation: Ghost Island) is a made-for-TV horror flick. It tells the tale of a...

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King of Stanley Market

as Fu
Released: 1988-09-10

Self-styled ladies man Richard Ng gets depressed when all those around him are finding love...

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Whatever Will Be, Will Be

as uncredited
Released: 1995-08-16

An aspiring dancer takes on a summer teaching job while practicing for an important audition....

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Happy Birthday

as Mai's Father
Released: 2007-01-18

Rene Liu successfully delivers the complex role of Mi, who chooses to remain single rather than...

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Run, Don't Walk

as Ng Sing Choi
Released: 1989-08-25

Ti Lung is Lok Pui, a convicted felon, just released from a 4-year prison sentence. As he's...

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The Pale Sky

as uncredited
Released: 1998-06-27

White-collar salesman Yan (Sammo Hung) comes so close to dying in a traffic accident that the...

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A Place of Dusk

as uncredited
Released: 2021-06-13

Ms Chan, a social worker who has just returned to work, receives her first case. She pays a...

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Toomorrow

as Frank (uncredited)
Released: 1970-08-27

A group of students pay their way through school by forming a pop band called Toomorrow. Sonic...

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Bio Raiders

as Mo Tian Shi
Released: 2017-08-24

Herbalist Li (Chin Siu-ho) wants to lead a quiet life. Unfortunately for him, he spent twenty...

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The Wrong Couples

as Yu Tai Dai
Released: 1987-06-11

Upon returning home, sailor Yu (Richard Ng) is shock to discover that not only his wife left...

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All's Well, Ends Well 2020

as Old Man Wu
Released: 2020-01-25

The Yau's brothers are a trio of scammers who make punishing baddies their mission. A...

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Beyond the Sunset

as Wong Bye Foo
Released: 1989-07-05

1990 Hong Kong Film Award winner of Best Picture.

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The First Emperor

as Chief Minister
Released: 2006-02-16

Docu-drama profiling Ying Sheng, the first Emperor of China. Charting the life of the man who...

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Beijing Rocks

as Wu De-hui
Released: 2001-10-25

A rock and roll story that portrays the decay of political and cultural lacunae that have...

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Mr. 3 Minutes

as Chung Gai Cheung
Released: 2006-11-16

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Winner Takes All!

as uncredited
Released: 1977-12-29

Winner Takes All! is a Hong Kong Action-Comedy starring Sammo Hung and Richard Ng.

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Itchy Fingers

as Hsien
Released: 1979-01-26

Biggie (Roy Chiao) and Tiny (Richard Ng) grow up together. They fight all the time. Biggie is a...

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Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

as Chan Kai Leong
Released: 2003-12-29

Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom...

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Celestial Return

as uncredited
Released: 2017-02-26

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In the Blood

as Parkingmeter Man
Released: 1988-07-22

About an accident prone policeman.

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Saviour Of The Soul II

as King of Evil
Released: 1992-09-03

Ching-yan lives with his young protege Tim and an inventor referred to only as The Doctor. One...

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From Here to Prosperity

as Mui Choi
Released: 1986-01-09

In Thailand in the 1950s, Detective Au Wei is shot to death by Cha Tin-Hung in a raid because of...

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Perfect Couples

as Li Tai-Choi
Released: 1993-08-07

A group of people all looking for their perfect match.

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License to Steal

as Inspector Ta Hsiang Ken
Released: 1990-11-01

Godenzi plays an acrobatic thief who, after taking part in an elaborate burglary, is...

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Perfect Wedding

as Mr. Yeung
Released: 2010-10-21

A generic romantic comedy for Hong Kong audiences that's successful for what it is. Director...

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Indiana Five Stars

as Professor Wu
Released: 2017-12-02

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The Good, the Bad and the Loser

as Assassin
Released: 1976-06-09

The Good, the Bad and the Loser is a Hong Kong Martial Arts-Comedy starring Richard Ng.

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Unfaithfully Yours

as uncredited
Released: 1989-03-18

Ng Yu Hon, a henpecked husband, takes a moral holiday each year. This year he falls for his...

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The Great Wall of China

as Jiajing Emperor
Released: 2007-10-01

Channel 4 docudrama following the history of the Great Wall of China, from the earliest building...

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News Heart

as uncredited
Released: 2003-09-04

Hong Kong movie

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Fragments of Summer

as uncredited
Released: 2019-05-12

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Dead Packet

as Richard
Released: 2019-10-06

On the eve of his record breaking 444th on-screen death, veteran Hong Kong actor Richard Ng,...

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Gaston & Leo in Hong Kong

as Agent 008
Released: 1988-01-01

In their third comedy, Gaston and Leo are undertakers specialized in the luxury transportation...

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The Moment

as Richard Chan
Released: 2016-09-15

“The Moment” is about four relationships. A couple breaking up yet holding tight; a father and a...

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The Gamblers

as Koboyashi
Released: 1970-04-16

Card cheats travel by cruise ship to the Adriatic coast to fleece a wealthy aristocrat.

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Murder Most Foul

as Hank
Released: 1979-10-03

Murder Most Foul is a Hong Kong Thriller directed by and starring Richard Ng.

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A House of Happiness

as Shui
Released: 2018-02-15

Shui is an old Alzheimer patient suffering from memory loss and behaviour changes. Ha, as a...

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A Moment of Happiness

as uncredited
Released: 2020-01-25

After graduating from college, Zhen has to continue staying with her single father Wu because of...

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Super Fool!

as Great Dragon / Heung Kan
Released: 1981-07-29

Kwong and Ming, two boys from rural China, sneak into Hong Kong to get quick rich. But they are...

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Twinkling Star

as uncredited
Released: 1995-01-01

Hong Kong movie

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Jessica Caught on Tape

as uncredited
Released: 2009-01-01

Short Film

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The Yellow Panther

as uncredited
Released: 1977-03-02

The Yellow Panther is a Hong Kong Crime-Comedy starring Richard Ng.

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Red Dwarf

as Swallow
First aired: 1988-02-15

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep...

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The Final Combat

as Ku Yim Yeung / Ku Fung
First aired: 1989-04-03

A wuxia television series.

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Hey Big Brother

as 方海珠
First aired: 1989-10-30

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The Lost Empire

as Communist Official
First aired: 2001-03-11

American journalist Nick Orton is caught up in the world of Chinese gods and monsters while on a...

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Storage Stories

as uncredited
First aired: 2016-06-05

After her husband's death, "Kurai" loses interest in running her mini-storage business. Her...

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