
A Man Called Hero(1999)
After Hero Hua marries Jade and leaves her in China, he goes to America to work as a servant and rebels against cruel labour conditions. Jade soon joins him in New York, where they build a family.


“When the Triads Arrive, Fear Arrives.”
Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group gets murdered. Actually, all the San Luen Gang members suspect Chicken attacked their leader Liu, in order to make a chance for him to rule the Gang and thus have adopted an extremely hostile attitude towards him.

Ekin Cheng
Chan Ho Nam

Jordan Chan Siu-Chun
Chicken / Saan Gai

Shu Qi
Mei Ling

Gigi Lai Chi
Tuan Mu Rong Yu

Sonny Chiba
Ichiro Kusakari

Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung
Akira Kusakari

Anya
Nanako Kusakari

Chin Ka-Lok
Big Head

Michael Tse Tin-Wah
Michael

Jerry Lamb Hiu-Fung
Bau Pei / Foreskin
Born to Be King is a action, crime, thriller film released in 2000. Directed by Andrew Lau Wai-Keung, it stars Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan Siu-Chun, Shu Qi. Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group gets murdered. Actually, all the San Luen Gang members suspect Chicken attacked their leader Liu, in order to make a chance for him to rule the Gang and thus have adopted an extremely hostile attitude towards him.
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