John Doo

John Doo


Died: February 2, 2012
in Chongqing, China
Chien Lien Tu, best known by his stage name John Doo, was a Chinese-Brazilian filmmaker, director of photography screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor.

Doo was part of a recurring team of filmmakers, actors and producers in São Paulo's "Boca do Lixo", a downtown square that became a pole of production and distribution of erotic and pornographic films. Among the highlights of his career are partnerships with David Cardoso and Ody Fraga, the three of them collaborating in a series of anthology erotic films.

Born in Chongqing, China in 1942, Doo moved with his family to Brazil, at age 8, and in 1963 got his first professional gig in Brazilian cinema, working as continuity supervisor in Amacio Mazzaropi's "O Cabeleira". He would go on to be assistant director in Mazzaropi's "O Puritano da Rua Augusta" (1965).

He had his directorial debut with 1978's "Ninfas Diabólicas", a mix of erotic and fantasy which would become his trademark style. Among his best known works are "O Gafanhoto" (an episode of the 1981 anthology film "Pornô!") and "O Pasteleiro" (a segment of 1981's "Aqui, Tarados!).

By the late 1980s Doo had given up filmmaking, but continued to appear as an actor in features by a number of Brazilian directors, such as Carlos Reichenbach's "Filme Demência" (1986), Ruy Guerra's "A Ópera do Malandro" (1986), and Guilherme de Almeida Prado's "A Dama do Cine Shanghai" (1987). In a coma after suffering from a stroke in 2009, Doo passed away in February, 2012.

Movies for John Doo...

Discretion Assured
Title: Discretion Assured
Released: August 3, 1994
Type: Movie
Three American businessmen have a problem with their Brazilian company: someone is embezzling millions of dollars. Michael is having an affair with Frank's wife Paige, but wants to end it. Paige is not so accommodating, and causes trouble with Michael's wife Kitty and his new interest, local artist Miranda. When someone is murdered Michael becomes a suspect, and must try to find the murderer and catch the embezzler while sorting out the wreckage of his personal life.
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The Man in the Box
Title: The Man in the Box
Character: Especialista estrangeiro
Released: June 1, 1994
Type: Movie
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The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
Title: The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
Character: Chuang
Released: July 19, 1987
Type: Movie
Former athlete enters an old cinema in São Paulo's decadent city centre and meets an intriguing and mysterious woman, very much like the leading lady on the film. He gets involved with her and her problems and in no time is being accused of a crime.
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Prisoners of the Amazon Jungle
Title: Prisoners of the Amazon Jungle
Released: March 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Some brazilian chicks are kidnapped by girl dealers and carried away on a small airplane to take them to the amazon jungle. What follows is catch as catch can between two groups of gangs... but the girls have fun anyway...
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Movie Dementia
Title: Movie Dementia
Released: October 15, 1986
Type: Movie
Transposition of the myth of Faust to modern Brazil. The heir to a bankrupt cigarette factory, amidst a personal crisis, leaves everything behind and heads for a supposed paradise he has seen in a tourist agency, where he believes he could find self-knowledge. In his search, he is inspired by a Mephisto-like character.
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Malandro
Title: Malandro
Released: July 2, 1986
Type: Movie
In Rio de Janeiro's bohemian district called Lapa, during the '40s, a stylish and popular scoundrel exploits a cabaret singer, and earns his living by means of petty swindles. But then he meets Ludmila, the cabaret owner's daughter, who wants to get rich smuggling goods in times of war.
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Hallucinating Orgasm
Title: Hallucinating Orgasm
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
An affluent woman is kidnapped for a ransom and forced into kinky sex games.
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Um Casal de 3
Title: Um Casal de 3
Released: June 13, 1984
Type: Movie
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Erótica, A Fêmea Sensual
Title: Erótica, A Fêmea Sensual
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Flora is a happy housewife but suffer a serious accident and loses her husband and gets her face terribly burned. Depressed, she feels herself guilty for the accident, but her sexuality is still on so she hires men to fulfill her carnal desires. Among them is cynical and ambitious Romeu who makes her do whatever he wants. But by advice of her friend Suzana, she undergoes a plastic surgery and falls in love with her doctor, Romeu who is the lover of Suzana. Romeu and Suzana will do all they can to destroy this love.
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Sexo Profundo
Title: Sexo Profundo
Released: December 20, 1981
Type: Movie
A woman catches her husband cheating on her so she drugs him, castrates him and then keeps him chained up in the basement where he's forced to watch her have sex with other men before she kills them.
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Two Strange Women
Title: Two Strange Women
Character: China (segment "Eva")
Released: August 6, 1981
Type: Movie
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Here, Freaks!
Title: Here, Freaks!
Character: Pasteleiro
Released: June 22, 1981
Type: Movie
Three short stories about sex and sexual perversion.
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Como Afogar o Ganso
Title: Como Afogar o Ganso
Released: March 5, 1981
Type: Movie
In the daily life of Rodolfinho, our hero (or anti-hero), who works as a laundry delivery boy, the same problems always unfold: erotic dreams against psychological impotence in real life; passion for the noble art (boxing), however, is a terrible fighter; a self-interested girlfriend; infatuation with neighbors Analice and Analinda in the adjoining yard, but fails to attract the girls' attention.
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Bacanal
Title: Bacanal
Released: December 17, 1980
Type: Movie
One car failure and a long bus ride to nowhere lead to a small Brazilian country town where two groups of guys and girls meet. This coincidences change the courses of their lives as they soon mingle and passion arises among them.
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E Agora, José?
Title: E Agora, José?
Released: December 8, 1979
Type: Movie
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As Amantes de Um Homem Proibido
Title: As Amantes de Um Homem Proibido
Released: October 10, 1978
Type: Movie
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Devil Nymphs
Title: Devil Nymphs
Character: Segunda vítima
Released: May 24, 1978
Type: Movie
Two hitchhiking young women involve the men who give them a lift in a game of sex, telepathy and death.