Characterizing Chow Yun-Fat
An Index of 
's Films
All .gif Chinese character files for the titles from Joseph Fierro's Hong Kong Cinema database, and reposted with his kind permission. Many thanks, also, to Shelly Kraicer, who kindly made me the 'English subtitles' .gif I'd been looking for!
Still wanted (just for the sake of completing this list:
- a .gif or .jpg file of the characters for "The Replacement Killers", "The Corruptor", and "Anna and the King".
Anyone? Please contact me if you can help!
I put up this list to facilitate trips to Chinatown, mostly -- that way, I can print out this list and point to the appropriate title. I hope it's of help to others, too! (If you are not already outside my frames, & want to print, you may find it easier if you click here first.)
It was actually kind of interesting assimilating the different literal translations, too -- I feel I'm more aware of my total failure to grasp Cantonese idiom, for example!
Note: Don't be surprised if they look at you funny if you try to pronounce the title -- remember Cantonese is tonal! It may be safer just to point.
A crucial detail:
-- English subtitles!
(But NB: just because they claim to have English subs doesn't mean they actually do, or that they're readable. Ponder return policies, if you're in doubt.)
| English Title |
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- Chinese Characters
| Transliteration | Cantonese phonetics |
| 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife
|
|
Wife-Murdering Two-Person Group | Saat Chai Yi Yan Jo |
| All About Ah Long |
|
Ah Long's Story (Meet Again Ah Long) | A Long Dik Goo Si (Yau Gin A Long) |
| An Autumn's Tale |
|
Autumn's Fairy Tale (Gangster Magnate) | Chau Tin Dik Tung Wa (Lau Man Daai Hang) |
| A Better Tomorrow |
|
Heroic Character | Ying Hung Boon Sik |
| A Better Tomorrow II |
|
Heroic Character II | Ying Hung Boon Sik II |
| A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon |
| Heroic Character III | Ying Hung Boon Sik III |
| Blacklist |
- ?
| [Joe seems to have decided this is not a real movie.] | ? |
| Blood Money |
| Hard-Earned Money | Huet Hon Gam Chin |
| The Bund |
| Shanghai Beach | Seung Hoi Taan |
| The Bund Part II |
| Shanghai Beach Sequel | Seung Hoi Taan Juk Jaap |
| Cherry Blossoms |
|
Yu Ta-Fu Legend | Yuk Daat Foo Chuen Kei |
| City on Fire |
|
Dragon Tiger Turbulence | Lung Foo Fung Wan |
| City War |
|
City War (Righteous Courage Red Lip) | Sing Si Jin Jaang (Yi Daam Hung Sun) |
| Code of Honour |
|
Righteous Principle No Words | Yi Boon Mo Yin |
| Diary of a Big Man |
| Big Husband's Diary | Daai Jeung Foo Yat Gei |
| Dream Lovers |
| Dream People | Mung Jung Yan |
| The Eight Happiness |
|
Eight Stars Greetings | Baat Sing Bo Hei |
| The Executioner |
|
Law Enforcer | Jap Faat Je |
| Flaming Brothers |
|
Drifter Dragon Tiger Gate | Gong Woo Lung Foo Moon |
| Fractured Follies |
|
The Long Short Foot Love | Cheung Duen Geuk Ji Luen |
| Full Contact |
|
Hero Thief Ko Fei | Hap Do Go Fei |
| The Fun, the Luck, and the Tycoon |
|
Lucky Star Join Hands Shine | Gat Sing Gung Jiu |
| God of Gamblers |
|
Do San | Gambling God |
| God of Gamblers' Return |
|
Gambling God Sequel | Do San Juk Jaap |
| Goodbye, Hero |
|
Goodbye Hero | Joi Gin Ying Hung |
| The Greatest Lover |
|
High Official Susceptible | Gung Ji Doh Ching |
| Hard Boiled |
|
Hot-Handed God of Cops [similar to the Chinese title for Dirty Harry, according to Joe] | Laat Sau San Taam |
| The Head Hunter |
|
Hunt Head | Lip Tau |
| A Hearty Response |
|
Righteousness Covers Cloudy Sky | Yi Koi Wan Tin |
| Hong Kong 1941 |
|
Waiting for Daybreak | Dang Doi Lai Ming |
| Hot Blood |
|
Human Record | Yan Chaak |
| The Hunter, the Butterfly, and the Crocodile |
|
? | Lo Ga Che Paai Goo Ye Jai |
| Joy to the World |
|
Baan (Hau Ye) | Play (A Ruffian) |
| The Killer |
|
Bloodshed Brothers | Dip Huet Seung Hung |
| The Last Affair |
|
Flower City | Fa Sing |
| Learned Bride Thrice Fools Bridegroom |
|
Newly Aware Little Sister Thrice Puts Bridegroom in a Difficult Spot | San So Siu Mooi Saam Naan San Long |
| Love in a Fallen City |
|
Collapsed City's Love | King Sing Ji Luen |
| Love Unto Waste |
|
Underground Love | Dei Ha Ching |
| The Lunatics |
|
Lunatic's True Story | Din Lo Jing Juen |
| Massage Girls |
|
Pond Girl | Chi Nui |
| Miss O |
|
'O' Woman | 'O' Nui |
| The Missed Date |
|
The First and Fifteenth Day of the Month | Choh Yat Sap Ng |
| Now You See Love, Now You Don't |
|
I Love Nau Man Chaai (Rogue Meets Warrior) | Ngoh Oi Nau Man Chaai (Lau Man Yue Do Bing) |
| The Occupant |
|
Spirit Compels People | Ling Hei Baak Yan |
| Once a Thief |
|
Vertical and Horizontal World | Jung Waang Sei Hoi |
| Peace Hotel |
|
Peace Hotel | Woh Ping Faan Dim |
| Pembunuhan Pursuit |
|
Dumb Guy, Big Thief, Stupid Detective | Mung Lo, Daai Chaak, Soh Jing Taam |
| Police Sir |
|
? | Hai Gaam Sin |
| Postman Strikes Back |
|
City Patrol Horse | Chun Sing Ma |
| Prison on Fire |
|
Prison Turbulence | Gaam Yuk Fung Wan |
| Prison on Fire 2 |
|
Escaped Criminals (Prison Turbulence Sequel) | To Faan (Gaam Yuk Fung Wan Juk Jaap) |
| The Reincarnation |
|
Reincarnation People | Tau Toi Yan |
| The Replacement Killers |
- ?
|
? | ? |
| Rich and Famous |
|
Drifter Love | Gong Woo Ching |
| The Romancing Star |
|
Deluxe Pursuit of Girls (Lucky Star Vacation) | Jing Jong Jui Nui Jai (Fuk Sing Ga Kei) |
| The Romancing Star II |
|
Deluxe Pursuit of Girls 2 | Jing Jong Jui Nui Jai 2 |
| Scared Stiff |
|
Kid Dream Thriller | Siu Sang Mung Ging Wan |
| See-Bar |
|
Master Father | Si Ba |
| The Seventh Curse |
|
? | Yuen Jan Hap Yue Wai Si Lei |
| Spiritual Love |
|
Ghost Bride | Gwai San Neung |
| The Story of Rose |
|
Rose's Story | Mooi Gwai Dik Goo Si |
| The Story of Woo Viet |
|
Woo Yuet's Story | Woo Yuet Dik Goo Si |
| Their Private Lives |
|
Love Longing Mad Movement | Oi Yuk Kong Chiu |
| Tiger on (The) Beat |
|
Tiger Goes On The Beat | Lo Foo Chut Gang |
| Tragic Hero |
|
Heroic Hero | Ying Hung Ho Hon |
| Treasure Hunt |
|
American Shaolin | Fa Kei Siu Lam |
| Triads - The Inside Story |
|
My Days Inside The Underworld | Ngoh Joi Hak Se Wooi Dik Yat Ji |
| Why Me? |
|
Why Me? | Hoh Bit Yau Ngoh |
| Wild Search |
|
Accompany My Dash All Over The World | Boon Ngoh Chong Tin Ngaai |
| Witch from Nepal |
|
Strange Destiny | Kei Yuen |
| Women |
|
Women's Hearts | Nui Yan Sam |
| You Will I Will |
|
Your Love I Desire | Nei Ching Ngoh Yuen |
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