Buffalo Tang Tai-Wo

Acting

Buffalo Tang Tai-Wo

Known for

Acting

Credits

54 titles

Known for

Fist of Legend poster
7.5

Chen returns to his school when he finds out that his martial arts teacher has died. When he learns that his school students are harassed by some hooligans, he gears himself up to save them.

Fist of Legend

1994

Hard Boiled poster
7.5

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

Hard Boiled

1992

Burning Flame II poster
7.5

Burning Flame II is a TVB modern action drama that focuses on the duties and challenges of Hong Kong firefighters. Wong He continues to be the leading star in this series along with other new cast members including Alex Fong, Maggie Cheung Ho Yee, Stephen Au, Yoyo Mung, and Flora Chan. Although it is the second installment in the Burning Flame series, the story and the characters are completely different from the first.

Burning Flame II

2002

Infernal Affairs II poster
7.3

In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film.

Infernal Affairs II

2003

Iron Monkey poster
7.4

In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.

Iron Monkey

1993

The God of Cookery poster
7.2

The most renowned and feared chef in the world loses his title of God of Cookery because of his pompous attitude. Humbled, he sets out to reclaim his title.

The God of Cookery

1996

Film credits

2010s · 1 titles

2000s · 7 titles

Infernal Affairs II poster
7.3

In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film.

Infernal Affairs II

2003

Legendary Assassin poster
6.4

An assassin who is fresh from his latest kill becomes stranded in an island, when he inadvertently befriends a female police officer. As the night progresses, the unspoken truth honored by the two sides of the law is broken. After the remains of a body that belonged to a drug lord and syndicate crime leader are found, chaos ensues and criminals ravage the once peaceful streets in a race against time to find the mysterious murderer that's loose and out for blood.

Legendary Assassin

2008

Invisible Target poster
6.7

When the Ronin Gang robs an armored car, three cops — Chan, Fong and Wai — go on the warpath. Each has a personal interest in bringing down Ronin leader Tien: he killed Chan's fiancée, humiliated Fong and kidnapped Wai's brother.

Invisible Target

2007

Sparrow poster
6.4

Kei is the experienced leader of a team of pickpockets — also known as "Sparrows" in HK slang. He enjoys a carefree lifestyle taking photos. One day a dashing beauty, Chun-Lei, suddenly appears in Kei's viewfinder. Kei is mesmerized. But behind Chun-Lei's attractive facade lies a mysterious past and a mission to set herself free.

Sparrow

2008

Star Runner poster
6.9

Preparing for the hand-to-hand battle of his life and the title of Champion Star Runner, a headstrong fighter creates a deadly hybrid mix of Thai kickboxing and Chinese kung fu. Get ready for the ultimate Pan-Asian mixed martial arts competition, where anything goes and lives are bought and sold.

Star Runner

2003

The Avenging Fist poster
5.9

In the future, a rogue cop uses the Power Glove, a device that gives its wearer super powers, to further a malicious agenda leading to a clash between the forces of good and evil.

The Avenging Fist

2001

Skyline Cruisers poster
6.1

Action adventure in which the formula for a cancer-curing medicine is stolen, and a kung-fu fighting team must overcome rivals and doublecrosses in order to get it back.

Skyline Cruisers

2000

1990s · 34 titles

Fist of Legend poster
7.5

Chen returns to his school when he finds out that his martial arts teacher has died. When he learns that his school students are harassed by some hooligans, he gears himself up to save them.

Fist of Legend

1994

Hard Boiled poster
7.5

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

Hard Boiled

1992

Iron Monkey poster
7.4

In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.

Iron Monkey

1993

The God of Cookery poster
7.2

The most renowned and feared chef in the world loses his title of God of Cookery because of his pompous attitude. Humbled, he sets out to reclaim his title.

The God of Cookery

1996

From Beijing with Love poster
7.0

A Chinese secret agent travels to Hong Kong to reclaim a dinosaur fossil but experiences hilarious incidents because of his incompetence.

From Beijing with Love

1994

Tricky Brains poster
7.1

A trickster-for-hire, known as the Tricky Expert, is hired to ruin the lives of a father and son by making them think that he's a part of the family.

Tricky Brains

1991

Hail the Judge poster
7.5

Pao Lung Sing, a descendant of the legendary Judge Pao Ching Tin, is a 9th degree corrupt judge who changes his tune when he tries to champion a woman Chi Siu-Lin, who was framed for killing her husband. As a result, Pao is forced to flee and through a series of events becomes a 1st degree judge and comes back to wreak havoc and justice on the guilty.

Hail the Judge

1994

King of Beggars poster
7.1

The heir to a noble and influential family finds the love of his life, but she will only accept him if he becomes a kung-fu master. He becomes a legendary folk hero who tries to save the emperor.

King of Beggars

1992

Look Out, Officer! poster
6.3

After police officer Piao is murdered, his soul cannot be at rest for his murder has been written off as a suicide. Therefore the heavens send him back to Earth as a spirit to find his 'savior' who will help him clear his name. Hsing, a rookie officer, is the savior and in return for finding Piao's killer, Piao must get him a girlfriend and a promotion.

Look Out, Officer!

1990

Love on Delivery poster
7.0

After being humiliated in front of a love interest, delivery boy Ho Kam-An seeks help from a retired martial arts master for self-improvement, unaware that he might actually be a fraud.

Love on Delivery

1994

All's Well, Ends Well poster
7.1

Three brothers living with their father fib and play pranks to win parental approval for themselves and their romances.

All's Well, Ends Well

1992

Tiger Cage II poster
6.8

An ex-cop and divorce lawyer team up with a gangster to clear their names after getting involved in a dirty money scheme led by a vicious money launderer, who plans to expand his business and wipe out anyone who stands in his way.

Tiger Cage II

1990

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai poster
7.0

While battling a psychic gambler, Sing hurtles back in time to 1937 Shanghai. Now he must come to grips with his family history and get back to 1991.

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai

1991

Justice, My Foot! poster
6.7

An unscrupulous lawyer with an equally eccentric kung-fu sidekick wife tries to bring justice to the court.

Justice, My Foot!

1992

Young and Dangerous poster
6.6

Five young hoodlums sing karaoke, murder, joke around, get beaten up, win and lose women, and learn the value of blind loyalty.

Young and Dangerous

1996

Fist of Fury 1991 poster
6.4

Lau Ching, a Mainlander with an incredibly powerful right arm, arrives in Hong Kong to find his cousin. He befriends with a drifter named Handsome, and a martial artist girl named Mandy. In order to woo her, Ching participates in a fighting competition in hopes of winning a $10 million prize, and must defeat his love rival, Wai, in the ring.

Fist of Fury 1991

1991

When Fortune Smiles poster
6.8

A daughter inherits a massive amount of fortune from his deceased father and it enrages her brother and her nephew, who then try to steal some of it from her.

When Fortune Smiles

1990

Scarred Memory poster
6.2

Ivy Yip is a young doctor who’s suffering psychological trauma after being raped. She has an understanding boyfriend and best friend, but the pressure of her sexual frigidity gets to them and she finds them in extra-curricular activity. Due to her shame and alienation, she neglects a bloodied patient, Lung, who arrives at the ER. She’s punished by her superiors whereupon she quits to rest in Macau. Then guess who shows up: Lung, who’s become “special” thanks to his head trauma.

Scarred Memory

1996

Return Engagement poster
6.7

A well-known gangster is released from prison, and decides look for his daughter with the help of a troubled young woman.

Return Engagement

1990

What Price Survival poster
6.2

A duel between two master swordsmen for the hand of a beautiful young maiden leads to a 20-year-old grudge that proves deadly. One of the swordsmen’s, Pai Fukuo’s, son is kidnapped and raised by the rival swordsman, who tell him his real parents were murdered by Pai Fukuo. The child grows up and seeks revenge on Pai Fukuo, whom he believes has murdered his “real” parents, not knowing that Pai Fukuo is his true father. A modern swordplay reinterpretation of the Wang Yu classic One-Armed Swordsman.

What Price Survival

1994

All's Well End's Well, Too poster
6.2

Chow Tung is a licentious man who was arranged to get married along with his ugly sister Gut to partners not of their choice. Chow, being a filial son, agrees to go along with his mother's plans. The plot thickens when Chow meets the beautiful Snow White and decides to marry her of which Matriarch Chow agrees whole-heartedly.

All's Well End's Well, Too

1993

An Eye for an Eye poster
6.0

When Fung's cop boyfriend Tats puts her supposedly reformed triad father behind bars, her daughter Fung aims to rid the organization of it's dirty ties, but one of Fung's father chief goons, Cheong, plans for a very hostile takeover.

An Eye for an Eye

1990

Tiger Cage III poster
5.3

Police officers John and James investigate the case of Lee, a businessman. They seek help of Suki, a friend who double-crosses them and the two officers regroup after a setback to solve the case.

Tiger Cage III

1991

Beauty Investigator poster
5.8

A serial killer is loose in Hong Kong, murdering hostesses from high class night clubs. As punishment for their flaky style and lack of discipline, two young policewomen are assigned to work undercover as hostesses to catch the sadist. While solving that crime, they discover who's behind some of the city's drug trade. In trying to halt this enterprise, which they undertake without orders, they must face the crime lord's Japanese hit woman.

Beauty Investigator

1992

The Legendary La Rose Noire poster
6.6

A poet named Butterfly and her friend Kuen visit a stranger's mansion to return some possessions that were unintentionally taken. At the house, they stumbled upon an illegal weapons trade that ultimately went bad. To evade the police from interrogations, the two innocent witnesses wiped away their fingerprints and left a note that stated that the crimes were committed by "The Black Rose," who is known to be a fictional hero in a 1965 movie. However, a recovered fingerprint caused Kuen to be the prime suspect, and the apprentices of the Black Rose, apparently a real hero whose legacy was portrayed in the 1965 movie, attempt to seek the truth in the matter by confronting Butterfly.

The Legendary La Rose Noire

1992

Madam City Hunter poster
5.1

A young lady and her father are threatened by a gang named the Five Fingers. Private eye Charlie comes to the rescue.

Madam City Hunter

1993

Run for Life Ladies from China poster
8.0

Two sisters, Lin and Sen, and Lin's husband Ho come to Hong Kong looking for a better life. They are met by Ho's friend Kwan who works for a gangster Tian who offers them jobs in his nightclub and sauna. Sen is young and easily bored and soon takes up with Tian who offers her money and excitement. Ho falls for Sister a masseuse who works in the sauna and Lin is left wondering and unhappy. When Tian attempts to assault Lin, Ho seeks revenge but is killed along with Kwan and it is left to Sen and Sister to seek the help of a rival gangster in their revenge.

Run for Life Ladies from China

1993

Hong Kong Godfather poster
9.7

When the boss of a highly profitable Triad family is forced to flee from Hong Kong, rival gangs swoop in to steal any piece of the action they can. York Koo becomes the family's acting boss, and must do what he can to handle the difficult situation, with mounting pressure from both the Hong Kong police, and rival families.

Hong Kong Godfather

1991

Master Wong vs. Master Wong poster
5.3

Wong Fei-Hong tires of his life pretending to be a kung fu master, and decides to visit Canton in anonymity, letting his student pretend to be Wong Fei-Hung. However, a crooked businessman and an upright Wong Fei-Hong admirer complicates matters.

Master Wong vs. Master Wong

1993

The First Shot poster
6.4

During a period of widespread police corruption, Ti Lung is a stubborn cop who takes on both the mob and the political establishment.

The First Shot

1993

New Kids in Town poster
6.2

Two exceptional kung fu students leave the mainland to work for their uncle in Hong Kong. Before long the students and their cousin, get mixed up in a drug smuggling ring. They decide to take on the gang in an all-out action fest.

New Kids in Town

1990

Dead Target poster
6.2

An evil Caucasian jewel smuggler named Robertson (Conwyn Sperry) enlists a small army to steal a map leading to a rare Chinese treasure hidden in Thailand; however, a grandfather and his daughter (Chin Siu Ho, Sharon Louise Kwok) evade the villain's forces while passing through what looks like a paid advertisement for the country's scenic and cultural wonders. The movie's nearly dense as granite with fight and chase scenes, a few of them quite witty, as well as near deadly encounters with drag queens, alligators, river torrents, kung fu elephants, and hot flying vegetables

Dead Target

1991

The Roar of the Vietnamese poster
7.2

A violent action drama about illegal immigrants manipulated by criminal gangs, forced to commit crimes in return for supposed passage to the U.S..

The Roar of the Vietnamese

1991

Insanity poster
5.3

A young couple moves into a new home on a day said to bring badluck. Darkness falls on them when a man dressed as a cop Invites himself inside their home...

Insanity

1993

1980s · 11 titles

As Tears Go By poster
7.0

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

As Tears Go By

1988

Flaming Brothers poster
6.4

Two blood brothers, who have grown up on the streets of Macau, are bound together by a special code of honour. However, this bond ultimately leads them into brutal conflict when they struggle to leave the violent world they live in.

Flaming Brothers

1987

Magnificent Warriors poster
6.6

A daredevil airplane pilot and spy, who fights against the occupying Japanese forces in China, must rescue the ruler of the city of Kaal from the hands of a ruthless Japanese general and his advancing army.

Magnificent Warriors

1987

Iron Angels poster
6.6

Yeung’s poppy fields are torched by a law enforcement task force, she retaliates by ordering police officials assassinated. The Angels break into Yeung’s corporate offices, eventually tracing her headquarters. After Alex Fong’s character is captured and held by Yeung, the Angels mount an assault to rescue him. A complex sub-plot involving an armored car bullion robbery eventually leads the Angels to a final showdown with Yeung and her men.

Iron Angels

1987

Witch from Nepal poster
5.5

A Hong Kong man goes on vacation to Nepal where a local tribe imbues him with magical powers which he must use to fight a growing evil.

Witch from Nepal

1986

Seven Warriors poster
6.7

In the early 1920's of China, seven former soldiers band together to defend a helpless village against a group of vicious bandits in this Hong Kong remake of Seven Samurai.

Seven Warriors

1989

Burning Ambition poster
6.9

This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan's unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head honcho.

Burning Ambition

1989

Crocodile Hunter poster
9.0

Two cops are partnered together and decide to protect two beautiful women who are actually rivals--one, a woman released from prison, the other, an actress who's been targeted for rape--while in search of escaped murderous convicts.

Crocodile Hunter

1989

Silent Romance poster
4.0

Dummy, a deaf mute, is a brilliant and undiscovered cartoonist whose current publication has been gradually ignored by his readers. Consequently, the drop of the sale has promptly provoked his superior urging him to adopt a new style. During the midst of a mental struggle for new subjects, Cactus, a night club hostess, walks into his life, as he silently and secretly falls in love with her. However, nurturing with an instinctive inferiority complex that had been fostered by his shortcomings all his life. Dummy had not been able to gather his courage to reveal his love to Cactus.....

Silent Romance

1984

The Perfect Match poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

The Perfect Match

1982

The Law Enforcer poster
6.8

A police officer is suspended for assaulting gang members who threatened a young woman and her boyfriend. Meanwhile, his fellow officers need help in catching a group of murderous thugs about to make a big time bust.

The Law Enforcer

1986

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