5 Movies Starring Jack Kao

Daughter of the Nile

Daughter of the Nile

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-08-22

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

Taiwan

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (159 Reviews)

Director:

Hsiao-hsien Hou

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-10-21

Languages:

Mandarin, Min Nan, Japanese, Cantonese

Countries:

Hong Kong, Taiwan

Runtime:

157 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (2347 Reviews)

Director:

Hsiao-hsien Hou

Genres:

DramaHistory

Fullplot:

A beautiful, historical film based upon the complex lives of four brothers.

Good Men, Good Women

Good Men, Good Women

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-12-09

Languages:

Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Min Nan

Countries:

Japan, Taiwan

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (726 Reviews)

Director:

Hsiao-hsien Hou

Cast:

Writer:

Bi-Yu Chiang (novel)

T'ien-wen Chu

Bo-Chow Lan (novel)

Fullplot:

Intended as the concluding film in the trilogy on the modern history of Taiwan began with Beiqing Chengshi (1989), this film reveals the story through three levels: a film within a film as well as the past and present as linked by a young woman, Liang Ching. She is being persecuted by an anonymous man who calls her repeatedly but does not speak. He has stolen her diary and faxes her pages daily. Liang is also rehearsing for a new film that is due to go into production soon. The film, entitled Haonan Haonu, is about a couple Chiang Bi-yu and Chung Hao-tung who returns to China to participate in the anti-Japanese movement in China in the 1940s and are arrested as communists when they go back to Taiwan.

Millennium Mambo

Millennium Mambo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-10-31

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

Taiwan, France

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(2817 Reviews)

Director:

Hsiao-hsien Hou

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Taipei. A voice off-camera looks back ten years to 2000, when Vicky was in an on-again off-again relationship with Hao-Hao. She's young, lovely, and aimless. He's a slacker. Cigarettes and alcohol fuel her nights. We see bits of her life: when Hao-Hao steals his father's Rolex and the police detain them; when she gets a job as a club hostess, where she meets Jack, who becomes her patron and protector; when Hao-Hao comes to the club, insisting on talking to her; when she visits Yubari, Japan, for its film festival in the dead of winter; when Jack must go to Japan to straighten out trouble caused by one of his acolytes. Does Vicky have any expectations? Does time simply pass?

Millennium Mambo

Millennium Mambo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-10-31

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

Taiwan, France

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2818 Reviews)

Director:

Hsiao-hsien Hou

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Taipei. A voice off-camera looks back ten years to 2000, when Vicky was in an on-again off-again relationship with Hao-Hao. She's young, lovely, and aimless. He's a slacker. Cigarettes and alcohol fuel her nights. We see bits of her life: when Hao-Hao steals his father's Rolex and the police detain them; when she gets a job as a club hostess, where she meets Jack, who becomes her patron and protector; when Hao-Hao comes to the club, insisting on talking to her; when she visits Yubari, Japan, for its film festival in the dead of winter; when Jack must go to Japan to straighten out trouble caused by one of his acolytes. Does Vicky have any expectations? Does time simply pass?

Become a Movie Insider

Join our mailing list and get access to expert analysis, trivia, and recommendations that will elevate your movie-watching experience.

View our privacy policy.