Chow Yun-Fat

Date of Birth

1955-05-18

Place of Birth

Hong Kong, China

Known for

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Anna and the King, Curse of the Golden Flower, The Killer

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Awesome Art’s Tribute to Asian Cinema with Akira, Enter The Dragon, Godzilla, Harakiri, Oldboy, Parasite, Seven Samurai

Posted 2 months ago

Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

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John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow, The Killer and Hard-Boiled Return to Theaters in 4K

Posted 6 months ago

Fresh off their recent 4K restorations, GKIDS is bringing three of John Woo's Chow Yun-Fat-led classics to the big screen.

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A Better Tomorrow: John Woo’s first classic gets its due in Shout’s 4K set of the trilogy

Posted 7 months ago

Fans of John Woo and Chow Yun Fat should consider Shout Factory's 4K set of the trilogy a must-buy.

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Hard Boiled: We take a look at Shout Factory’s 4K Blu-ray of the unrivaled John Woo action epic

Posted 7 months ago

John Woo's last heroic bloodshed movie before venturing to America has been given a 4K upgrade with plenty of extra goodies.

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John Woo’s The Killer and other titles are revealed in Scream Factory and Shout Factory’s December release schedule

Posted 9 months ago

Shout Factory and Scream Factory announced a list of titles that will become available to own this winter!

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A Better Tomorrow 2: The long lost workprint has been found & will be on the 4K set

Posted 10 months ago

The longer cut of A Better Tomorrow 2, which John Woo fans have long wanted, is coming out from Shout Factory.

JoBlo Originals

City on Fire: We checked out the 4K Blu-ray restoration of the movie that inspired Reservoir Dogs!

Posted 10 months ago

Before they teamed up for The Killer, Chow Yun-Fat and Danny Lee starred in Ringo Lam's classic Hong Kong crime thriller.

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Shout Factory announces the launch of a Hong Kong action channel for streaming

Posted 11 months ago

You can view the newly released 4K versions of Hong Kong action classics on free streaming television as Shout introduces a new channel.

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Hard Boiled and City on Fire are the first two Chow Yun-Fat classics that will release digitally through Shout Factory

Posted 1 year ago

Time to reload your TV for all the bullet-flying mayhem that made Chow Yun-Fat famous with the classics from Shout Factory.

Shout! Studios has acquired the Golden Princess library, which includes John Woo classics like The Killer and Hard Boiled

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Long MIA John Woo classics to finally make 4K debut? Shout now owns The Killer, Hard Boiled, & A Better Tomorrow

Posted 1 year ago

Shout! Studios has acquired the Golden Princess library, which includes John Woo classics like The Killer and Hard Boiled

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John Woo says working with Chow Yun-fat again would take the right project

Posted 3 years ago

One of the great director-actor pairings in Asian cinema history, that of John Woo and Chow Yun-fat, may be over partly due to age.

John Woo comments on revivals of a couple of his older films, the remake of The Killer and the sequel to Face/Off

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The Killer: Revisiting John Woo’s Best Film

Posted 3 years ago

Chris In the pantheon of movie assassins with hearts of gold, Chow Yun-Fat, as the title character in John Woo’s The Killer, is at the top of the list. It’s no stretch to say that without Chow Yun-Fat and John...

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Interview: Ang Lee on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon + Michelle Yeoh’s nomination and Bruce Lee

Posted 3 years ago

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was a sensation when it was released back in the year 2000. No one expected Ang Lee’s martial arts epic to make over $100 million in the United States. The director, at the time, was best...

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