Acting
John Doo
Born — Died
1942-06-15 — 2012-02-02
Place of birth
Chongqing, China
Known for
Acting
Credits
35 titles
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…
Known for
8.5The lives of people living in contrasting environments in the South Zone and the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro intertwine, with a focus on female characters, samba, and organized crime.
Partido Alto
1984
7.0Mário Fofoca, a bungling detective, moves to Rio and, with the help of a friend, investigates cases—starting with a wife's suspected infidelity.
Mário Fofoca
1983
No synopsis available yet.
Dona Santa
1981
4.3A woman has to choose between being a prostitute or posing nude for a painter, in order to finance an expensive surgery for her son, his only chance to survive.
The Chick's Ability
1984
6.3Transposition 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.
Movie Dementia
1986
4.5Three 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.
Discretion Assured
1994
Film credits
1990s · 2 titles
4.5Three 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.
Discretion Assured
1994
No synopsis available yet.
The Man in the Box
1994
1980s · 12 titles
6.3Transposition 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.
Movie Dementia
1986
7.0In 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.
Malandro
1986
5.0A 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.
Sexo Profundo
1981
5.0One 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.
Bacanal
1980
3.3Some 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...
Prisoners of the Amazon Jungle
1987
7.3Flora 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.
Erótica, a Fêmea Sensual
1984
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Um Casal de 3
1984
5.5After meeting a beguiling woman in a movie theater, a realtor becomes embroiled in a mysterious plot involving murder, double identities and movies.
The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
1987
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Two Strange Women
1981
4.0Three short stories about sex and sexual perversion.
Here, Freaks!
1981
8.0In 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.
Como Afogar o Ganso
1981
5.7An affluent woman is kidnapped for a ransom and forced into kinky sex games.
Mind-blowing Pleasure
1985
Series credits
8.5The lives of people living in contrasting environments in the South Zone and the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro intertwine, with a focus on female characters, samba, and organized crime.
Partido Alto
1984
7.0Mário Fofoca, a bungling detective, moves to Rio and, with the help of a friend, investigates cases—starting with a wife's suspected infidelity.
Mário Fofoca
1983
No synopsis available yet.
Dona Santa
1981
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Fernando da Gata
1983
Behind the camera
4.3A woman has to choose between being a prostitute or posing nude for a painter, in order to finance an expensive surgery for her son, his only chance to survive.
The Chick's Ability
1984
5.1Three tales of the erotic: Two young ladies experiment with lesbianism, a handsome and wealthy socialite makes a beautiful woman patiently wait to make love to him, and a gorgeous, but controlling and dominating blind woman makes a hunky stud her sexual hostage in her swanky mansion home.
Porno!
1981
4.9Three exploitative short stories of sailors trying their luck in the São Paulo night.
The Night at the Terrace
1980
10.0A young woman, a teacher in a countryside school, has affairs with boys and girls.
A Strange Love Story
1979
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Delírios Eróticos
1981
7.7Two hitchhiking young women involve the men who give them a lift in a game of sex, telepathy and death.
Devil Nymphs
1978
7.7Two hitchhiking young women involve the men who give them a lift in a game of sex, telepathy and death.
Devil Nymphs
1978
7.7Two hitchhiking young women involve the men who give them a lift in a game of sex, telepathy and death.
Devil Nymphs
1978
NRNo synopsis available yet.
As Ninfas Insaciáveis
1981
NRNo synopsis available yet.
As Ninfas Insaciáveis
1981
Youngsters harass a prostitute in the middle of the street. She begins her revenge by seducing them.
Evil Excitement
1982
4.0Three short stories about sex and sexual perversion.
Here, Freaks!
1981
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Escrava do Desejo
1982
10.0With the woman's death in the birth of her child, a father starts to raise him with comfort and affection. When the time is right, the father, in middle age, makes the boy his companion in bohemian and non-committal amorous adventures. Father and son meet at a nightclub frequented by women who make appointments easier.
O Prazer do Sexo
1982