Winston Chao — Actor (22)
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Thunder Cop (1996) IMDb TMDB
新喋血雙雄
director: Clarence Ford actor: Nicky Wu / Winston Chao …
other title: 新喋血雙雄
Cop action movie clumsily inter-cut with slapstick. Dumb cop befriends triad guy who wants to go straight but is being set up by his unscrupulous drug dealing colleagues.
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Legend of Mi Yue (2015) TMDB
羋月传
director: Xiaolong Zheng actor: Sun Li / Liu Tao …
other title: 羋月传
Mi Yue, a princess from Chu, is sent to Qin as a concubine. She loses her first love and becomes entangled in royal power struggles. After being exiled with her son, she returns during a time of chaos to try to defeat her rival and secure the throne for her child.
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The Meg (2018) KevGa-NeoDB
The Meg
director: Jon Turteltaub actor: Jason Statham / 李冰冰 …
other title: Meg / Shark - Il primo squalo …
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
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1911 (2011)
辛亥革命
director: Zhang Li / Jackie Chan … actor: Jackie Chan / Li Bingbing …
other title: 1911 - Revolution / 1911 - A Revolução …
China's first President Sun Yat-Sen and military commander Huang Xing lead the revolutionary Wuchang Uprising in a bid to put an end to the reign of the Qing Dynasty.
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Be Somebody (2021)
扬名立万
★ 7.9 (14 ratings) director: Liu Xunzimo actor: Yin Zheng / 小爱 …
other title: 扬名立万
During the Republican era, a group of frustrated people from the movie industry is invited in a luxurious mansion to make a movie out of a gruesome case that has recently rattled the city of Shanghai, in the hopes that it would turn into a huge sensation and make them famous. However, they never expected that the murderer would be in their midst and that the truth behind the case would be far more bizarre than their fictional movie plot.
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The Palace (2013)
宫锁沉香
director: Pan Anzi actor: Zhou Dongyu / Chen Xiao …
other title: Le Palais / 宫锁沉香 …
In Qing Dynasty, Chen Xiang and Liuli became maids and friends in the imperial palace. Liuli wanted to be famous whereas Chen Xiang just wanted to live a normal life. Liuli attempted to change her life by knowing the prince, even at the cost of betraying Chen Xiang.
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Surprise (2015)
万万没想到
director: Yi Xiaoxing actor: Yang Zishan / White-K …
other title: 万万没想到
A monster crosses paths with the foursome from the classic Chinese story Journey To The West.
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Palace of Devotion (2021) TMDB
大宋宫词
director: Li Shaohong actor: Liu Tao / Vic Chou …
other title: 大宋宫词 / Palace of devotion
Orphaned as a child, Liu E travels to the capital Kaifeng, and later catches the eye of Zhao Heng. Though she was a concubine, Liu E was perceptive to state affairs, and often discussed politics with Zhao Heng. This tradition continued when he became emperor in 997.

Liu E is crowned empress after adopting the son of a concubine (later Emperor Renzong), and serves as regent of the Song Dynasty during the last two years of her husband’s reign. Liu E would continue to rule until her death twelve years later in 1033.
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Red Rose White Rose (1994)
紅玫瑰白玫瑰
director: Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang actor: Joan Chen / Winston Chao …
other title: 紅玫瑰白玫瑰 / Rote Rose weiße Rose
Chronicles the love life of a man, Zhenbao. He has a steamy fling with the wife of a friend, the saucy and exciting Red Rose. Even though he feels happy with her, he knows he will not end up with her. To maintain his reputation, he marries an antiseptic, frigid but classy lady of a prim and proper background. Dissonance abound when he finds his bride irritating.
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Daughter's Daughter (2024)
女兒的女兒
★ 5.5 (6 ratings) director: Huang Xi actor: Sylvia Chang / Karena Lam Kar-Yan …
other title: 女兒的女兒
Jin is in her 60s. Her husband gone, her concern is for daughter Zuer, in New York trying out IVF with her partner Michelle. When Jin receives news that Zuer and Michelle have died in an accident, she heads for NY. There, she has another shock: she has inherited Zuer’s embryo and it’s for her to decide its fate. Meanwhile, going to NY also forces Jin to face Emma, the daughter she gave up for adoption when she was 17.
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Palace of Desire (2000) TMDB
大明宫词
director: Zhong Zheng actor: Hong Chen / Gua Ah-leh …
other title: 大明宫词
Palace of Desire, also known as Da Ming Gong Ci, is a Chinese television series based on the life story of Princess Taiping, a daughter of China's only female emperor Wu Zetian. Directed by Li Shaohong and Zeng Nianping, the series starred Chen Hong, Zhou Xun, Gui Yalei and Winston Chao in the leading roles. It was first broadcast on CCTV-8 in mainland China on March 30, 2000.
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The Meg (2018)
The Meg
★ 5.1 (7 ratings) director: Jon Turteltaub actor: Jason Statham / Li Bingbing …
other title: Shark - Il primo squalo / Meg: Tubarão Gigante …
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
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Legend of SouthWest Dance and Music (2013) TMDB
舞乐传奇
director: Wang Juan / Yu Rong Guang actor: 秋瓷炫 / 苏倩薇 …
other title: 舞乐传奇
Written by Wang Juan (王倦), the drama is a sino-burmese wuxia travelogue road drama. It is loosely based on the true account of Prince Shwenandaw who brought his renowned dance troop for a visit to Tang in 802 AD for the purposes of diplomacy. Through this mission he spread the word about Buddhist scriptures and teachings.
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Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (2015) WikiData IMDb Douban
钟馗伏魔：雪妖魔灵
director: Tianyu Zhao / Peter Pau Tak-Hai actor: Chen Kun / Li Bingbing …
other title: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal / Snow Girl And The Black Crystal …
The story of Chinese legendary anti-hero Zhong Kui, a young man endowed with mysterious powers who is forced into a battle among the realms of Heaven, Earth and Hell in the course of his attempt to save his countrymen and the woman he loves.
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Lonely Gourmet: Taipei (2015) WikiData IMDb TMDB
孤独的美食家-台湾篇
actor: Winston Chao
other title: 孤独的美食家-台湾篇 / Lonely Gourmet …
The best part of the day for a lonely old businessman is when he clocks out after a long day’s work and discovers a new place to eat. Wu Lang spends his days visiting clients in different parts of Taipei. After he finishes work for the day, he then starts his quest to discover hidden gems among the restaurants in the part of town where he ends up. As he explores new restaurants and meets new people, will he be able to dispel a little bit of his loneliness through good food and friendly people?
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The Wedding Banquet (1993)
囍宴
★ 8.1 (24 ratings) director: Ang Lee actor: Gua Ah-leh / Lung Sihung …
other title: Il banchetto di nozze / The Wedding Bet …
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
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Pegasus (2019)
飞驰人生
★ 6.9 (17 ratings) director: Han Han actor: Teng Shen / Yin Fang …
other title: 飞驰人生 / Fei chi ren sheng
Zhang Chi, a hubris and dominating six-time racing champion, falls from grace following a crisis. After a five-year suspension from the motorsport, the now single-father to a six-year-old boy throws down the gauntlet once again.