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Siu-Tung Ching

Siu-Tung Ching

Actor and director, also producer and writer · Born October 30, 1953 (72) · Hong Kong, China

Tony Ching Siu-tung (traditional Chinese: 程小東 (born 1953) is a Hong Kong action choreographer, film director, actor and film producer, who has directed over 20 films, including the critically acclaimed supernatural fantasy A Chinese Ghost Story (1987). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ching Siu-tung, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 30, 1953 (72)
From
Hong Kong, China
Works as
Actor and director, also producer and writer
Titles
66 on MovieCove · 111 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 2% in 30 days

What are Siu-Tung Ching's films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
27%
Morality
24%
Self
17%
Power
17%
Survival
10%
Society
3%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themePower4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Heightened: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their heightened movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 17

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 7 · Intense 14

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 9

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 19 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
14
Tense
11
Romantic
11
Absurd
8
Joyful
5
Other
13

How their films linger

Fun13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Siu-Tung Ching's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 34 of their 66 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Siu-Tung Ching's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

111 credits, 66 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Kung Fu Stuntmen(2020)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Jade Dynasty(2019)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Guardians of Martial Arts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Choreographer

  • Krrish 3(2013)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The Sorcerer and the White Snake(2011)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Just Call Me Nobody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Stunts

  • Future X-Cops(2010)

    Action Director · Martial Arts Choreographer · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Treasure Hunter(2009)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Butterfly Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Choreographer

  • An Empress and the Warriors(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Kung Fu Dunk(2008)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Warlords(2007)

    Action Director · Martial Arts Choreographer · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Dororo(2007)

    Action Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Curse of the Golden Flower(2006)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Krrish(2006)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Be My Guest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • 中华英雄 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 40 episodes · Director

  • House of Flying Daggers(2004)

    Fight Choreographer · Stunts

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Belly of the Beast(2003)

    Director · Fight Choreographer · Stunt Coordinator · as Kong

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Hero(2002)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Naked Weapon(2002)

    Director · Fight Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Spider-Man(2002)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • My Schoolmate the Barbarian(2001)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Shaolin Soccer(2001)

    Action Director · Stunts

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Conman in Tokyo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • The Duel(2000)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Assassin Swordsman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • 貼身全裸劇場之北妹 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as 嫖客

  • Another Meltdown(1998)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Stunt Woman(1996)

    Martial Arts Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words(1996)

    Director · Action Director · Martial Arts Choreographer · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • A Chinese Odyssey: Part 2 - Cinderella(1995)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • A Chinese Odyssey: Part One - Pandora's Box(1995)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • 貼身全裸劇場之馬殺雞 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as 嫖客

  • Wonder Seven(1994)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Love on Delivery(1994)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Heroic Trio 2: Executioners(1993)

    Director · Action Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Swordsman III: The East Is Red(1993)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Mad Monk(1993)

    Director · Action Director · Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Future Cops(1993)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Flying Dagger(1993)

    Action Director · Stunts

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Heroic Trio(1993)

    Action Director · Producer · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Butterfly and Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Stunts

  • City Hunter(1993)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Moon Warriors(1992)

    Action Director · Stunts

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Royal Tramp II(1992)

    Martial Arts Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Dragon Inn(1992)

    Director · Action Director · Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Royal Tramp(1992)

    Martial Arts Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Justice, My Foot!(1992)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Swordsman II(1992)

    Director · Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Lucky Encounter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Stunt Coordinator

  • Twin Dragons(1992)

    as Violinist

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Gambling Soul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Choreographer

  • The Banquet(1991)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Son on the Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Stunts

  • A Chinese Ghost Story III(1991)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Casino Raiders II(1991)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Raid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Director · Action Director · Stunt Coordinator

  • A Chinese Ghost Story II(1990)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Goodbye Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as movie director

  • Swordsman(1990)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Stunt Coordinator

  • A Terra-Cotta Warrior(1989)

    Director · Action Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Killer(1989)

    Martial Arts Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • All About Ah-Long(1989)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Celebrity Talk Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as 程小东

  • I Love Maria(1988)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Eighth Happiness(1988)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • A Better Tomorrow II(1987)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • A Chinese Ghost Story(1987)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Peking Opera Blues(1986)

    Fight Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Happy Ghost III(1986)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Witch from Nepal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Director · Martial Arts Choreographer

  • Mob Busters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Stunts

  • Cherie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Choreographer

  • Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Stunts

  • Duel to the Death(1983)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Rainbow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Stunts

  • Rolls, Rolls, I Love You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Martial Arts Choreographer

  • The Story of Woo Viet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Action Director · Stunts

  • Gambler's Delight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Stunts

  • Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind(1980)

    Martial Arts Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Choreographer

  • Young Outcasts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Actor

  • The Spooky Bunch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Action Director

  • The Master Strikes(1980)

    Martial Arts Choreographer · as Lung

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Snake Shadow, Lama Fist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Ching Keung

  • He Who Never Dies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Actor

  • Stroke of Death(1979)

    Martial Arts Choreographer · as Wei Chung

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Beautiful Vixen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Third Robber

  • The Golden Lion(1975)

    as Wang's Thug with Eye-patch

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Big Holdup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Thug at billiard room

  • The Last Message (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Scuba Diving Student

  • Lady of the Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Martial Arts Choreographer · as Bandit (uncredited)

  • Kidnap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Choreographer

  • The Tournament(1974)

    as Japanese Student

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Shrine of Ultimate Bliss(1974)

    as Gang member

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Shaolin Boxers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Stunt Coordinator

  • This Time I'll Make You Rich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Ship cook/Thug

  • The Life for Sale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Actor

  • The Rats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Actor

  • None But the Brave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Actor

  • Ambush (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Han Chung's Bandit

  • Hapkido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Black Bear Student (uncredited)

  • Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan(1972)

    as Wu's Thug (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The 14 Amazons(1972)

    Choreographer · as Soldier

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Pursuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Apple thief

  • The Angry River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Actor

  • Vengeance Is a Golden Blade(1969)

    as Long's Man (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Jade Raksha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Master Yan's Thug (uncredited)

  • Come Drink with Me(1966)

    as Boy Monk Who Gets Dart in Eye

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 111 titles from 1966 to 2021.

Biggest box office

Jade Dynasty (2019)

$57M worldwide

Highest rated

A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)

Midcredits 91st

Film career

  • 1972Screen debut· Hapkido

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting34 of 111: 29 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score44thDirecting21 of 111: 11 only directing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thWriting2 of 111: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing3 of 111: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew69 of 111: 55 only other crew, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score64th

111 titles, 16 with more than one role — other crew and acting overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1960s3 · acting1970s22 · 20 acting · 5 crew1980s24 · 3 acting · 22 crew1990s35 · 5 acting · 30 crew2000s20 · 2 acting · 19 crew2010s6 · crew2020s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Siu-Tung Ching's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 66; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 66 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up26
  • 50th to 74th16
  • 25th to 49th20
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

29 of their 66 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser29
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed23

Most divisive · director, producer

Jade Dynasty (2019)

87th percentile spread · 15% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)

Midcredits 91st · 80% liked

Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Siu-Tung Ching's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 67 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 63 · intenseMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Siu-Tung Ching work with?

People who share at least 2 of Siu-Tung Ching's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hark Tsui shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles