Acting

Joe Chu Cho-Kuen

Known for

Acting

Credits

32 titles

Known for

Police Story 3: Super Cop poster
6.9

A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.

Police Story 3: Super Cop

1992

Election 2 poster
7.4

As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.

Election 2

2006

I Did It My Way poster
5.2

Ho Sau, an undercover agent, has been working with Yau, a drug lord, for years, but his job and family are in trouble.

I Did It My Way

2023

Cold War poster
6.6

After five specially trained officers and a van full of firearms fall off the grid, the Hong Kong police start receiving calls from the hijackers.

Cold War

2012

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

To Catch A Thief poster
6.2

Developer Ms. Cheung (Carol 'Do Do' Cheng) yearns for a quieter life in Hong Kong and moves to the countryside, getting herself caught in a showdown between a gang of jewel thieves and two police officers along the way. While Ms. Cheung survives the ordeal, the thieves' injured getaway driver (Siu-Chun To) sneaks into Cheung's moving van and escapes to the countryside, into Cheung's new home. As Cheung settles down into her new environment, she befriends Pak-Lam (Pak Lam Cheng), a skillful and inquisitive little boy who lives in the village. While Pak-Lam helps Cheung tend to her house, he encounters the injured thief. After a brief exchange, Pak-Lam realizes the thief has a harmless and non-aggressive attitude and decides to shelter him in his secret makeshift hideout, not knowing his new friend has in his possession a bag of stolen jewels, in which both the police and the gangsters are searching for.

To Catch A Thief

1991

Film credits

2010s · 8 titles

Cold War poster
6.6

After five specially trained officers and a van full of firearms fall off the grid, the Hong Kong police start receiving calls from the hijackers.

Cold War

2012

The Stool Pigeon poster
5.9

Policeman Don often works with informants but numerous too-close calls and failed missions cause him to see the world as one betrayal after another. Then, he meets Ghost, Jr, and is given a new chance to change his views.

The Stool Pigeon

2010

Triple Tap poster
6.5

Champion competitive marksman Ken comes across an armored van robbery. He sees a policeman held hostage and shoots and kills four of the robbers. One of the robbers escapes and the policeman survives. The case is handled by Jerry Chang, whom Ken knows from having recently beaten him in a shooting match. Ken is found not guilty in court. Soon after, Ken is attacked by the escaped robber Pang Tao. Their confrontation reveals a very different background story and brings about a myriad of lies and traps and changes in relationships as Jerry and Ken try to outsmart each other.

Triple Tap

2010

Wild City poster
5.7

Former cop-turned-bar owner Kwok and his underachieving half-brother befriends a drunken woman, they soon find themselves targeted by both her former lover, a high-powered attorney, and the gangster he employs. A suitcase full of tainted cash enters the picture as Kwok finds himself torn between the gangsters and his former colleagues.

Wild City

2015

72 Tenants of Prosperity poster
5.4

Kung and Kin's rivalry goes way back to the seventies when they fought over the same girl, who eventually became Kung's wife. Now they run competing phone stores right across from each other on Mongkok's busiest street, and stretch their minds trying to outdo each other with crazy promotions.

72 Tenants of Prosperity

2010

Fire of Conscience poster
6.6

A police detective must solve a brutal murder to prove his partner's innocence and unearth the truth behind Hong Kong's police force. The investigation brings him to an unlikely collaboration with an inspector from the Narcotics Bureau, whose motives may not be what they seem.

Fire of Conscience

2010

Tales of Mystery poster
6.8

A university swimmer's sudden death sparks suspicions among classmates, leading her friend and rival to uncover chilling secrets lurking beneath the surface; A young man's infatuation with a nearby sculptor takes a sinister turn as he delves deeper into her world, revealing unsettling truths; An editor's pursuit of romance with his assistant turns perilous when a series of accidents, linked to mysterious wishing sheets, haunt him and his friends.

Tales of Mystery

2015

I Love Wing Chun poster
3.8

A martial arts comedy about 3 good friends - a wealthy businessman, a kung fu master n a swindler. The swindler on the verge of dying, begs kung fu master to take care and protect his son, the wealthy businessman to support his son financially. When he turns 18, the secret cache to his years of swindling will be revealed. However with mistaken identities, misunderstanding and unexpected incidents leads to a hilarious, martial arts (Wing Chun style) journey!

I Love Wing Chun

2011

2000s · 5 titles

Election 2 poster
7.4

As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.

Election 2

2006

Seoul Raiders poster
6.2

Agent Lam (Tony Leung) sets out to track a pair of plates used to make fake American dollars. When he discovers the plates, they are conned out of him by enigmatic US Embassy workers Owen (Richie Ren) and JJ (Shu Qi). With the trail now leading to Korea, Lam sets off in hot pursuit. There, amidst the dangerous and glamorous urban landscape of Seoul, Lam finds himself confronting an underworld crime boss known as the Polar Bear, head of the biggest counterfeiting organisation in Asia.

Seoul Raiders

2005

Enter the Phoenix poster
6.4

Georgie Hung is handsome, stylish and charming but he hides a secret that his old-fashion father, Hung who is a Triad leader, can never forgive. He has been sent to Thailand since he was a child and never returned. After Hung's death, his right-hand Cheung intends to bring back Georgie to take over. However, Cheung finds Sam, Georgie's flat-mate, whom he mistakes for Geogie...

Enter the Phoenix

2004

Protégé de la Rose Noire poster
4.8

Gillian and Charlene, as usual, play a couple of mis-matched partners who come under the tutelage of the slightly nutty and love-sick Black Rose, a former kung fu-fighting super-hero who grooms them for a life of fighting crime. Ekin Cheng plays a dim-witted cab driver who wears a Robin costume and becomes Charlene's love interest. There is a bit of "comedy" as Rose confuses Ekin with her former lover and Gillian become jealous. A lot of time is wasted with this Three's Company-style shtick until eventually, some shred of a conflict comes forward, as the girls must battle a former protege of Rose who has taken to kidnapping to pay the bills.

Protégé de la Rose Noire

2004

No Problem 2 poster
5.7

Kimura wins a trip to Hong Kong, but once he arrives, he is mistaken as a hitman and is assigned to kill Yumiko, the female successor to the Ota Group conglomerate. When Kimura falls for his target instead, he must learn kung-fu from a local (Yuen) to fight off the yakuza assassin "Invincible" assigned to finish the job.

No Problem 2

2002

1990s · 16 titles

Police Story 3: Super Cop poster
6.9

A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.

Police Story 3: Super Cop

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

To Catch A Thief poster
6.2

Developer Ms. Cheung (Carol 'Do Do' Cheng) yearns for a quieter life in Hong Kong and moves to the countryside, getting herself caught in a showdown between a gang of jewel thieves and two police officers along the way. While Ms. Cheung survives the ordeal, the thieves' injured getaway driver (Siu-Chun To) sneaks into Cheung's moving van and escapes to the countryside, into Cheung's new home. As Cheung settles down into her new environment, she befriends Pak-Lam (Pak Lam Cheng), a skillful and inquisitive little boy who lives in the village. While Pak-Lam helps Cheung tend to her house, he encounters the injured thief. After a brief exchange, Pak-Lam realizes the thief has a harmless and non-aggressive attitude and decides to shelter him in his secret makeshift hideout, not knowing his new friend has in his possession a bag of stolen jewels, in which both the police and the gangsters are searching for.

To Catch A Thief

1991

Supercop 2 poster
5.7

As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call Jessica Yang, a rising star in the ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves! What Jessica doesn't realize is that her boyfriend – recently discharged from the force – is the leader of this ruthless crime ring!

Supercop 2

1993

Casino Tycoon II poster
6.5

It is 20 years on and Ho Hsin is now the proud and powerful owner of a chain of casinos in Macau. Unfortunately, he is also the target of many enemies, some of whom are in dangerously close proximity to him. But Ho has faced adversity before and is not about to just roll over and die.

Casino Tycoon II

1992

Kung Fu Vs. Acrobatic poster
6.2

Friends Charles and Chi visit Mainland China and discover an ancient cave that houses what is supposed to be the makeshift tomb of the legendary martial artist Lung Gim-Fei. The friends find an old spell book and practice some magic, which unintentionally breaks open a wall and releases a dormant princess and her handmaiden. Charles and Chi take the Princess and her Handmaiden back to Hong Kong with them, unaware that they were followed by the just-awakened evil warlord, Tien Chien.

Kung Fu Vs. Acrobatic

1990

The Prince of Temple Street poster
6.1

Andy Lau stars in The Prince of Temple Street, a classic triad story of honor and righteousness. Andy Lau is "The Twelfth Young Master", so called because he was raised by twelve foster parents from the triad underworld. A lifelong resident of Temple Street, the Young Master is intimately familiar with the triad life, having been around triads his whole life. But things change when he meets a beautiful missionary named Teresa (Joey Wang). She desires to bring hope and faith to Temple Street, and the Young Master is drawn towards her.

The Prince of Temple Street

1992

Angel Terminators 2 poster
6.3

When teens help a friend who's been forced into prostitution they upset some very dangerous people. With the help of a renegade cop a bloody war ensues with tragic consequences.

Angel Terminators 2

1992

The Days of Being Dumb poster
6.8

Two losers who'll do anything to try and be successful in the Triad world, but all they've accomplished is having a bad luck reputation.

The Days of Being Dumb

1992

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

The Avenging Quartet poster
6.6

A female Chinese cop teams up with a lady kung-fu master to stop two female Japanese gangsters from stealing a valuable painting.

The Avenging Quartet

1993

9413 poster
5.0

Smash Head, an emotionally bankrupt cop who began his downward spiral when he accidentally killed a hostage during a shootout.

9413

1998

Walk In poster
6.7

The "walk in" of the title refers to one person allowing another's soul to take possession of his body at the time of death.

Walk In

1997

Gangland Odyssey poster
7.5

A retired cop is summoned by his former boss to save his kidnapped son from the hands of a deadly Japanese triad.

Gangland Odyssey

1990

Task Force poster
7.5

Lin is a plain-clothes cop in the crime-riddled district of Mongkok who bungles a vice operation directed at mainland prostitues. He falls for a ditsy hooker who tells him the love of her life is a killer who once svaed her life in a shootout.

Task Force

1997

Even Mountains Meet poster
7.0

A Hong Kong diva dies of a heart attack during a rehearsal with her faithful servant. Unaware of her death, the servant goes about her life as usual, until she is visited by the diva's spirit. The diva coaxes her servant into believing that the only way to bring her back to life is to find her long lost love, Prince Charming. Ironically, he is both the diva and the servant's love interest.

Even Mountains Meet

1993