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Personal Details
Other Works:
Commercial:
Nike Brazilian Football Commercial (1998)
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Publicity Listings:
3 Biographical Movies
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3 Print Biographies
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10 Interviews
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17 Articles
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2 Pictorials
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1 Magazine Cover Photo
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Alternate Names:
Ng Yu Chen | Yu Chen Ng | Yu-Sam Ng | Wu Yu Shen | Wu Yu Sheng | John Y.S. Woo | John Wu | Yao Shen Wu | Yu Sheng Wu | Yu Shen Wu | Yu-Sheng Wu | Yu-Shen Wu | Yu-shen Wu | Yusen Wu | Wu Yu-shen
Height:
5' 4½" (1.64 m)
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[on his childhood living in a Hong Kong slum] I had to fight to survive. Whenever I got beat up, I got upset, I also ran into the theater to watch a movie. But I have a very strong character, I never surrender, I [am] never afraid, no matter how big they are, how cruel they are, they never beat me down. I didn't have money. I just sneaked in or watched the movie from the peephole. I have found my...
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Trivia:
His film
The Killer (1989) (alongside
City on Fire (1987) by
Ringo Lam) was one of the inspirations for
Quentin Tarantino's
Reservoir Dogs (1992). Although the plot came from "City on Fire", a lot of the style of "Reservoir Dogs" (e.g., the suits, the Mexican standoffs, the double guns) came from "The Killer" as well as Woo's work in general.
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Trademark:
Often puts the opponents in his movies in verbal confrontation in different parts of a room, usually seperated by a wall or other object.
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