Hsiao Ho

Acting

Hsiao Ho

Born

1956-03-02 (70)

Place of birth

Henan Province, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

49 titles

Was a member of Madame Fan Fok-Fa's The Spring And Autumn Drama School's Peking Opera.

Known for

Thunderbolt poster
6.5

In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic, Chan Foh To, has to defeat a super-criminal street racer.

Thunderbolt

1995

Return to the 36th Chamber poster
6.8

The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.

Return to the 36th Chamber

1980

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

Millionaires' Express poster
6.7

What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.

Millionaires' Express

1986

Heart of Dragon poster
7.0

A policeman forsakes his dream of world travel to care for a mentally impaired brother, who is later kidnapped by gangsters.

Heart of Dragon

1985

Moon Warriors poster
6.5

A kind-hearted fisherman, content with simple life, is reluctantly drawn into helping a noble emperor regain his throne from his evil brother.

Moon Warriors

1992

Film credits

1990s · 9 titles

Thunderbolt poster
6.5

In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic, Chan Foh To, has to defeat a super-criminal street racer.

Thunderbolt

1995

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

Moon Warriors poster
6.5

A kind-hearted fisherman, content with simple life, is reluctantly drawn into helping a noble emperor regain his throne from his evil brother.

Moon Warriors

1992

High Risk poster
6.7

After failing to save his wife from 'The Doctor', Kit Li is working as a bodyguard and secret stunt double for the cowardly martial arts film star Frankie Lane. Frankie attends an exhibition of the crown jewels of Russia at a Hong Kong hotel, and when the Doctor's gang take over the building in attempt to steal them, Kit is the only thing standing in their way. Will Frankie regain his courage? Will romance blossom between Kit and the nosy reporter? Who has the best Kung-Fu?

High Risk

1995

What a Hero! poster
6.2

Yuen Tak Wah (Andy Lau) has been practicing Taekwondo since he was a kid and becomes an expert at it with his best trick being the 720 Degree Whirlwind Kick. Wah later becomes a cop and uses his good skills to contribute in cracking cases which leads to the jealousy of Officer Cheung Yeung (Roy Cheung), the leader of the rival team. Cheung is also a Taekwondo expert who has a won a championship at the Hong Kong Police Force's Taekwondo Tournament.

What a Hero!

1992

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

The Green Hornet poster
4.7

A Chinese reporter (Esther Kwan) attempts to find out the identity of a masked crime-fighter.

The Green Hornet

1994

Demoness from Thousand Years poster
5.7

When an evil demoness attempts to enter the realm of humans, a Taoist priest and his two fairies battle her and steal her Bead of Hell. The conflict re-emerges one thousand years later in modern-day Hong Kong, where a police captain unknowingly takes in one of the fairies who's being pursued by the demoness.

Demoness from Thousand Years

1990

Drugs Fighters poster
5.5

Yukari Oshima plays a traffic cop who gets promoted to the drug task force and faces Yuen Wah's syndicate.

Drugs Fighters

1995

1980s · 24 titles

Return to the 36th Chamber poster
6.8

The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.

Return to the 36th Chamber

1980

Millionaires' Express poster
6.7

What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.

Millionaires' Express

1986

Heart of Dragon poster
7.0

A policeman forsakes his dream of world travel to care for a mentally impaired brother, who is later kidnapped by gangsters.

Heart of Dragon

1985

Mr. Vampire II poster
5.9

Chaos ensues after a team of archaeologists accidentally breaks the seals of a sleeping vampire family, which prevent them from waking up.

Mr. Vampire II

1986

Lucky Stars Go Places poster
6.2

Lucky Stars Go Places, also known as The Luckiest Stars, is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Eric Tsang. It is the fourth film in the Lucky Stars series. It was an attempt to combine the original Lucky Stars troupe with the similar action comedy ensemble from the Aces Go Places series.

Lucky Stars Go Places

1986

Eastern Condors poster
7.3

A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.

Eastern Condors

1987

Disciples of the 36th Chamber poster
6.3

Monk San Te tries to support and protect Shaolin and her Fang Shih-yu who purposely attacks corrupt Ching officials.

Disciples of the 36th Chamber

1985

Lady Reporter poster
6.5

Cindy, an American FBI agent, travels to Hong Kong to investigate a newspaper editor, Wong Tak, who is suspected of printing counterfeit money using the newspaper’s presses. The American teams up with a rival reporter and her friend Yu, an undercover law enforcer. Cindy’s investigation takes a sharp turn, however, when Yu’s father, the prosecuting lawyer in the counterfeiting case, is kidnapped.

Lady Reporter

1989

Yes, Madam! poster
7.2

Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidden microfilm, wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women cops—one Chinese, one British—are on the case.

Yes, Madam!

1985

Legendary Weapons of China poster
7.1

Legendary Weapons of China is a martial arts fantasy film taking place during the late Qing Dynasty when Empress Dowager Cixi dispatches her agents to various factions of the Boxer Rebellion in order find supernatural martial artists that are invulnerable to western bullets. When one of the leaders of these groups disbands his forces, assassins from the remaining factions are sent out to kill him.

Legendary Weapons of China

1982

Pedicab Driver poster
6.9

Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.

Pedicab Driver

1989

The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter poster
7.0

The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 5th and 6th brother are killed. Fu Sheng loses his mind after the death of his family, while the other brother takes refuge in a Buddhist temple.

The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter

1984

My Young Auntie poster
6.5

Cheng Tai-nun is a young martial-arts champion. She marries an elderly landowner so that he can keep his estate from falling into the greedy and corrupt hands of his brother, Yu Yung-Sheng.

My Young Auntie

1981

Aces Go Places II poster
6.3

An assassin called Filthy Harry is hired by a shady figure and charged with killing the heroes. The men are framed twice for different robberies by King Kong's new girlfriend, nearly committed to a mental hospital by their devious boss, and forced to battle Filthy Harry's weaponry-laden robot while covered with time bombs.

Aces Go Places II

1983

Clan of the White Lotus poster
6.6

The Qing emperor releases all detained Shaolin disciples, but the vindictive White Lotus clan decides to exterminate all the disciples. One martial artist survives the onslaught, and constantly trains while in hiding for revenge.

Clan of the White Lotus

1980

Cat vs. Rat poster
5.5

Pai 'The Rat' always gets into trouble with Chan 'The Cat'. They always try to outsmart each other even when it threatens the lives of other people.

Cat vs. Rat

1982

Paper Marriage poster
7.2

Set in Canada, a down-on-his-luck Chinese boxer Bo Chin (Samo Hung) accepts promise of payment to marry a Hong Kong woman Jade Lee (Maggie Cheung) so she can get Canadian citizenship. They realize too late that they have been set up in a complicated plan to cheat them out of the woman's money. Their adventures begin when Bo is forced back into the ring and Jade tries her hand at mud-wrestling!

Paper Marriage

1988

Spiritually a Cop poster
7.0

A young man wants to be a Hong Kong police officer but is too short to qualify. However, he doesn't let that stop him: he goes around impersonating an officer, investigating crimes and busting criminals. One day, he interrupts a bank robbery (by three men in drag), gets shot in the process and dies. When the case is assigned to a female investigator, he returns as a ghost to lend a hand at solving the robbery.

Spiritually a Cop

1989

Martial Club poster
6.6

Wong Fei Hung and his friend are constantly having contests to see who has the better martial arts skill. After getting in trouble with their fathers, Wong Fei Hung settles down and starts to train seriously, while his friend still horses around. After his friend is hurt by a rival school, Wong goes to the school for retribution. Instead his skill is tested through a series of events which climax with him taking on a Northern martial artist. In an excellent battle of skill, he earns the respect of the rival school. Also stars Mai Te Lo and Hui Ying Hung.

Martial Club

1981

The Fake Ghost Catchers poster
7.0

A love-sick man commits suicide then comes back as a powerful and vengeful ghost. It's up to a trio of wacky young men to stop him.

The Fake Ghost Catchers

1982

The Treasure Hunters poster
7.2

Fu Sheng and his real-life brother star as friends who are searching for a treasure that a Shaolin priest, a villainous traitor and his sister are also trying to find.

The Treasure Hunters

1981

The Lady Is the Boss poster
6.4

Wong Hsia Yuan is an old-fashioned martial arts master who's so behind the times that he'd rather his school be destroyed than change its ways. He may get his wish, thanks to the young, beautiful, intelligent Chan Mei Ling, who arrives from the states to open a new branch of the school. Armed with an unfamiliar, modern way of thinking, Mei Ling goes about recruiting new students in strange, and sometimes questionably legal ways. Yuan is furious, but when the local triads enter the picture, the two put their differences aside to take back the neighborhood.

The Lady Is the Boss

1983

The Leg Fighters poster
7.6

When South China martial artist Pan is defeated and killed by North China challenger Tan in a legfighter duel, Pan's younger brother Pak vows to crush Tan with his own unique style of ferocious footwork.

The Leg Fighters

1980

Carry on Wise Guy poster
6.0

Gordon Liu as the Master Killer has taken a vow not to use his superior fighting abilities, but he is put to the test when he must transport a valuable map across dangerous territory. Features amazing fight scenes choreographed by the Lau Brothers.

Carry on Wise Guy

1980

1970s · 14 titles

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin poster
7.5

During the Qing Dynasty, a fishmonger is killed by the reigning Manchu government for supporting the anti-government movement; his son manages to escape to Shaolin Temple, where he plans to learn its secretive brand of martial arts to seek revenge.

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

1978

Executioners from Shaolin poster
6.7

After the destruction of the Temple, a Shaolin disciple devotes years to mastering the Tiger style in order to defeat the martial arts master who killed his teacher. His wife, a Crane style specialist, has a feeling one style won't be enough.

Executioners from Shaolin

1977

Dirty Ho poster
7.3

A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.

Dirty Ho

1979

Shaolin Mantis poster
6.5

When scholar Wei Fung is forcibly hired by the Manchu Emperor to infiltrate a clan of rebellious Ming Loyalists, his mission goes adrift when he falls in love with the clan's leader's granddaughter. Wei Fung must choose between his new love and his family, who will be put to death if he doesn't return to the palace successfully.

Shaolin Mantis

1978

Heroes of the East poster
7.3

When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife is forced to take on seven of Japan's most powerful martial arts masters, each an expert in a different discipline, ranging from karate to samurai to ninjitsu.

Heroes of the East

1978

The Iron-Fisted Monk poster
5.9

Husker is a student of the Shaolin monks, learning kung fu so that he can avenge his uncle who was murdered by the Manchus who control the province. He leaves his training early, desperate to teach the killers a lesson, and teams up with a martial artist monk who is teaching a group of factory workers how to defend themselves. When the Manchus strike again, Husker and his Buddhist pal decide it's time to even the score.

The Iron-Fisted Monk

1977

Mad Monkey Kung Fu poster
6.7

A disgraced former Kung Fu expert makes a living as a merchant with the help of a hot headed friend. When the men are harassed by gangsters, the merchant decided to teach his friend monkey boxing so they can defend their business.

Mad Monkey Kung Fu

1979

Raining in the Mountain poster
7.3

In Ming Dynasty China, the retiring abbot of a Buddhist monastery invites two dignitaries to help him choose a successor, not suspecting that both of them have hired help to steal a priceless parchment kept in the temple.

Raining in the Mountain

1979

The Shadow Boxing poster
6.2

Lau Kar-leung returns to the success of his first directed film, "The Spiritual Boxer," which also stars the original film's bumbling ghost controller, Wong Yu. Hoping to make the lightning of success strike in the same place, Lau had his two brothers Lau Kar-Wing and Gordon Liu not only act but also help with the fights. The end result is a martial arts film masterpiece filled with breathtaking action and set pieces.

The Shadow Boxing

1979

Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog poster
5.9

Multi-Hand Chick asks Crazy Frog for protection after stealing someone's wallet at the casino. Foolishly he accepts, and even more foolishly he follows her home and removes his Invincible Armor when she pretends to be willing to sleep with him. Of course she steals it, and when he tries to follow her, he's stopped by Dirty Tiger who is on a mission to bring Crazy Frog back to his wife. However, Dirty Tiger would really like to have that armor himself...

Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog

1978

Pursuit poster
7.8

Instructor Lin who is home from training the imperial troops for several years. He meets his wife and runs into his brother who has become a monk at the local temple. His superior Lord Gao, strangely decides to rape Lin's wife in the temple but Lin interrupts the crime. His brother is enraged and tries to kill Gao but Lin stops him with the help of Lin's training brother and old friend Lu who works for Gao. Lin is loyal to the Commissioner and will not do anything to harm his son. Once back at the Commissioner's house, Gao and Lu hatch a plan to discredit and eventually kill Lin all with the Commissioner's approval. The plan is put into motion and Lin is unjustly arrested for trespassing on imperial property.

Pursuit

1972

Kung Fu Genius poster
6.4

A martial arts whiz and his ambitious friend open a kung fu school, but only draw the attention of an angry student from the town’s only other school. A confrontation leads to a fight in a brothel that causes both schools to become targets of the brothel owner’s wrath.

Kung Fu Genius

1979

Kung Fu Means Fists, Strikes and Sword poster
NR

Crazy Sword, Blind Fist and Queer Strikes are three kung fu fanatics who team up with Mung, the debonair master in white. Together the four real friends smash a massive kung fu gang led by Moose Face, Tsai Hung. Once smashed the girls are freed from vice and valuables returned to their rightful owners. A kung fu rare classic from Goldig Films.

Kung Fu Means Fists, Strikes and Sword

1978

The Three Avengers poster
7.4

When two acrobats are fired for fighting with punks in the audience, they go live with an aunt who's being pressured to sell her house. The developer's nasty son, Lee Fu, decides to muscle the sale and soon he's at war with the acrobats.

The Three Avengers

1979