Filmografie

JOHN WOO: Filmografia

 
 
 
 
 
 
John Woo (Yusen Wu) (Guangzhou, Cina, 1º maggio 1946) è un regista cinese e raffinato maestro dell’Action Movie ‘made in Hong Kong’.

Periodo a Hong Kong
Farewell My Buddy (Guoke yu shuang yan), 1974 [riedito come “The Young Dragons” (Tie han rou qing), 1975 e conosciuto anche come “Ninja Kids”] The Dragon Tamers (Nu zi tai quan qun ying hui), 1975
Princess Chang Ping (Dinü hua), 1975
Hand of Death alias Countdown in Kung Fu (Shaolin Men), 1976
Money Crazy (Fa qian han), 1977
The Brave Lion, 1977
Follow the Star (Da sha xing yu xiao mei tou), 1978
Hello, Late Homecomers (Ha luo, ye gui ren), 1978
Last Hurrah for Chivalry (Hao xia), 1979
From Riches to Rags (Qian zuo guai), 1980
To Hell with the Devil (Mo deng tian shi), 1981
Laughing Times (Hua ji shi dai), 1981
Lam Au Chun No. 3 (Ba cai Lin Ya Zhen), 1982
The Time You Need a Friend (Xiao jiang), 1984
Run Tiger Run (Liang zhi lao hu), 1985
Heroes Shed No Tears (Ying xiong wei lei), 1986
A Better Tomorrow (Ying huang boon sik), 1986
A Better Tomorrow II (II, Ying huang boon sik II), 1987
The Killer (Die xue shuang xiong), 1989
Just Heroes (Yi dan qun ying), 1989
Bullet in the Head (Die xue jie tou), 1990
Once a Thief (Zong heng si hai), 1991
Hard Boiled (Lashou shentan), 1992

Periodo a Hollywood
Senza tregua (Hard Target), 1993
Nome in codice: Broken Arrow (Broken Arrow), 1996
Face/Off – Due facce di un assassino (Face/Off), 1997
Mission: Impossible II (id.), 2000
Windtalkers (id.), 2002
Paycheck (id.), 2003

Ritorno a Hong Kong
La battaglia dei tre regni (Red Cliff/Chi bi), 2008
La Congiura della Pietra Nera (Jianyu Jianghu), 2010
The Crossing, 2014
Manhunt, 2017

Silent Night – Il silenzio della vendetta (Silent Night), 2023

Cortometraggi
Sijie, 1968 (HK) [co-regia di Kei Sek] Ouran, 1968 (HK)
Hostage, 2002 (USA)
All the Invisible Children (id.), 2005 [episodio “Song Song and Little Cat”]

Televisione
Soluzione estrema (Once A Thief), 1996 [Film TV] Blackjack (Blackjack), 1998 [Film TV] The Robinsons: Lost in Space (id.), 2004 [Film TV]