Jacob Cheung

Jacob Cheung

Born: August 6, 1959
in Hong Kong, China
Jacob Cheung Chi-leung is a Hong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His credits include A Battle Of Wits, which was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Golden Bauhinia Awards, and Beyond the Sunset, which was nominated for two awards at the 9th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Movies for Jacob Cheung...

The Silent War
Title: The Silent War
Character: Sparrow
Released: August 10, 2012
Type: Movie
An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel "Year Suan/Plot Against" by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works for a piano tuner. He is recruited for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing.
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All About Women
Title: All About Women
Released: August 8, 2008
Type: Movie
A series of intertwining stories focus on the lives and transformations of three women and their romantic relationships.
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Yesterday You, Yesterday Me
Title: Yesterday You, Yesterday Me
Character: Rag & bone collector
Released: July 16, 1997
Type: Movie
Bo finally reaches college, but he apparently still has some growing up to do as his struggles with the opposite sex continues.
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Hong Kong Graffiti
Title: Hong Kong Graffiti
Released: March 4, 1995
Type: Movie
Teddy Robin Kwan’s 1960s retro musical. A melodrama about two childhood best friends who rise to the top of the Hong Kong pop scene under the influence of their mentor, Johnny K (Teddy Robin Kwan), who once ruled the pop scene himself.
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He's a Woman, She's a Man
Title: He's a Woman, She's a Man
Character: MTV Director
Released: July 23, 1994
Type: Movie
Wing is a devoted fan of popular singer Rose who is involved in a topsy-turvy relationship with her charismatic producer Sam. Willing to go to any length to meet Rose, the willowy Wing disguises herself as a man, and with a twist of fate is chosen to be the next budding star for the record company.
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He & She
Title: He & She
Character: Cheung Chi-Sing
Released: June 9, 1994
Type: Movie
Tony Leung Ka-Fai stars as a gay man who helps the spiritedly Anita Yuen through her single motherhood when her married boyfriend (Lawrence Cheng) impregnates and abandons her. Tony and Anita share the burden of parenthood, despite all of life's persistent issues (love, money, etc.).
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Give and Take
Title: Give and Take
Released: May 26, 1994
Type: Movie
Simon Loui's character gets thrown out by his vicious girlfriend and ends up taking on a VERY different social status than before. That of the beggar but together with a group of seemingly crazies (Victor Wong, Joe Junior and Elvis Tsui), he gets a new outlook and direction in life...
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He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
Title: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
Character: Uncle Mark Seven
Released: December 11, 1993
Type: Movie
Yuen scorns his father, who he thinks is too generous and forgiving. Through a flashback/time travel gimmick, Yuen meets his parents during their joyous courtship. Yuen comes to understand and admire his dad, and reflect on his own moral defects.
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C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
Title: C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
Character: Fortune Teller
Released: November 11, 1993
Type: Movie
Unable to make it as a commercial success because he staunchly refuses to sell out, a struggling Hong Kong musician rediscovers his love of music and regains an interest in his life's meaning through his relationship with a dying girl.
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Twin Dragons
Title: Twin Dragons
Character: Cafe Cashier
Released: January 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.
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This Thing Called Love
Title: This Thing Called Love
Released: March 27, 1991
Type: Movie
A 1991 Hong Kong movie directed by Chi-Ngai Lee and starring Ying Sau Hui, Rosamund Kwan and Tony Leung Ka Fai.
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The Final Test
Title: The Final Test
Character: Foreman's fighter with sunglass
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Austin Wai plays Sum, a secret agent posing as the security chief of a remote mining colony where several employees have disappeared without a trace. At first Sum is impressed by the almost superhuman efficiency of the mine's workers, but soon becomes suspicious of the zombie-like manner in which the miners perform their duty. His worst fears are finally confirmed by the colony's resident physician (Deborah Sims), who has been forced to mix a powerful drug into the miners' meals that increases their strength while making them mental slaves of the company. Sum and the doctor prepare to expose the deadly secret, but with every other member of the colony out to get them, they may not live long enough to tell it.