Hui-Chi Tsao
- Cinematographer
- 30 on MovieCove
What are Hui-Chi Tsao's films like?
Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 27
Light 7 · Serious 13 · Dark 10
Grounded 0 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 20
Gentle 2 · Charged 10 · Intense 18
Steady 6 · Shifting 21 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 2
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 10
Casual 10 · Engaged 15 · Full focus 5
Easy watch 9 · Affecting 19 · Heavy 2
Resolved 24 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy14
- Bittersweet13
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
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 Hui-Chi Tsao's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Hui-Chi Tsao'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
30 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Weird Man(1983)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Cat vs Rat(1982)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
House of Traps(1982)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Ode to Gallantry(1982)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Shaolin Prince(1982)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Masked Avengers(1981)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
The Brave Archer III(1981)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Legend of the Fox(1980)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
The Flag of Iron(1980)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Rebel Intruders(1980)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Two Champions of Death(1980)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Ten Tigers of Kwangtung(1979)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Crippled Avengers(1978)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Five Deadly Venoms(1978)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Invincible Shaolin(1978)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Shaolin Hand Lock(1978)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Vengeful Beauty(1978)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Goliathon(1977)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Black Magic 2(1976)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Oily Maniac(1976)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Black Magic(1975)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Flying Guillotine(1975)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Golden Lion(1975)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Master of Kung Fu(1973)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Lady Hermit(1971)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Career shape
Across their 30 MovieCove titles from 1971 to 1984.
Biggest box office
Goliathon (1977)
Highest rated
Crippled Avengers (1978)
Most popular right now
Goliathon (1977)
Counts over their MovieCove titles; 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, shown from 5 scored.
How do Hui-Chi Tsao's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 30 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th12
- 25th to 49th10
Shape of the crowd
None of their 30 titles divides audiences: 19 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser19
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the cinematography 61/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.
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.
Who does Hui-Chi Tsao work with?
People who share at least 2 of Hui-Chi Tsao's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hsing-Lung Chiang shares the most, 27.
Directors
- Cheh ChangShared titles: The Weird Man (1983), Brave Archer and His Mate (1982), House of Traps (1982), Ode to Gallantry (1982), Masked Avengers (1981), The Brave Archer III (1981), The Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1981), Legend of the Fox (1980), The Flag of Iron (1980), The Rebel Intruders (1980), Two Champions of Death (1980), Avenging Warriors of Shaolin (1979) and 5 moreSee newest 12 of 17 shared titles with Cheh Chang
- Meng-Hua HoShared titles: Shaolin Hand Lock (1978), The Vengeful Beauty (1978), Goliathon (1977), Black Magic 2 (1976), The Oily Maniac (1976), Black Magic (1975), The Flying Guillotine (1975), The Golden Lion (1975), The Master of Kung Fu (1973), The Lady Hermit (1971)See all 10 shared titles with Meng-Hua Ho
- Tang ChiaShared titles: Lightning Fists of Shaolin (1984), Shaolin Prince (1982)See all 2 shared titles with Tang Chia
Writers
- Kuang NiShared titles: Brave Archer and His Mate (1982), Cat vs Rat (1982), House of Traps (1982), Ode to Gallantry (1982), Masked Avengers (1981), The Brave Archer III (1981), The Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1981), Legend of the Fox (1980), The Flag of Iron (1980), The Rebel Intruders (1980), Two Champions of Death (1980), Avenging Warriors of Shaolin (1979) and 11 moreSee newest 12 of 23 shared titles with Kuang Ni
- Louis ChaShared titles: Brave Archer and His Mate (1982), Ode to Gallantry (1982), The Brave Archer III (1981), The Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1981), Legend of the Fox (1980)See all 5 shared titles with Louis Cha
- Yu-Kun ShiShared titles: Cat vs Rat (1982), House of Traps (1982)See all 2 shared titles with Yu-Kun Shi
Actors
- Sheng ChiangShared titles: Brave Archer and His Mate (1982), House of Traps (1982), Ode to Gallantry (1982), Masked Avengers (1981), The Brave Archer III (1981), The Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1981), Legend of the Fox (1980), The Flag of Iron (1980), The Rebel Intruders (1980), Two Champions of Death (1980), Avenging Warriors of Shaolin (1979), Ten Tigers of Kwangtung (1979) and 4 moreSee newest 12 of 16 shared titles with Sheng Chiang
- Phillip Chung-Fung KwokShared titles: Brave Archer and His Mate (1982), House of Traps (1982), Ode to Gallantry (1982), Masked Avengers (1981), The Brave Archer III (1981), The Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1981), Legend of the Fox (1980), The Flag of Iron (1980), The Rebel Intruders (1980), Avenging Warriors of Shaolin (1979), Ten Tigers of Kwangtung (1979), The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979) and 3 moreSee newest 12 of 15 shared titles with Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok
- Feng LuShared titles: House of Traps (1982), Masked Avengers (1981), The Brave Archer III (1981), The Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1981), Legend of the Fox (1980), The Flag of Iron (1980), The Rebel Intruders (1980), Two Champions of Death (1980), Avenging Warriors of Shaolin (1979), Ten Tigers of Kwangtung (1979), The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979), Crippled Avengers (1978) and 2 moreSee newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Feng Lu
- Lo MengShared titles: The Brave Archer III (1981), The Rebel Intruders (1980), Two Champions of Death (1980), Avenging Warriors of Shaolin (1979), Ten Tigers of Kwangtung (1979), The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979), Crippled Avengers (1978), Five Deadly Venoms (1978), Invincible Shaolin (1978)See all 9 shared titles with Lo Meng
Composers and editors
- Hsing-Lung ChiangShared titles: The Weird Man (1983), Brave Archer and His Mate (1982), Cat vs Rat (1982), House of Traps (1982), Ode to Gallantry (1982), Masked Avengers (1981), The Brave Archer III (1981), The Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1981), Legend of the Fox (1980), The Rebel Intruders (1980), Two Champions of Death (1980), Avenging Warriors of Shaolin (1979) and 15 moreSee newest 12 of 27 shared titles with Hsing-Lung Chiang
- Yen-Hai LiShared titles: The Weird Man (1983), Brave Archer and His Mate (1982), Cat vs Rat (1982), House of Traps (1982), Ode to Gallantry (1982), Masked Avengers (1981), The Brave Archer III (1981), The Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1981), Legend of the Fox (1980), The Rebel Intruders (1980), Two Champions of Death (1980), Avenging Warriors of Shaolin (1979) and 3 moreSee newest 12 of 15 shared titles with Yen-Hai Li
- Yung-Yu ChenShared titles: Avenging Warriors of Shaolin (1979), Crippled Avengers (1978), Five Deadly Venoms (1978), Invincible Shaolin (1978), Shaolin Hand Lock (1978), The Vengeful Beauty (1978), Goliathon (1977), Black Magic 2 (1976), The Oily Maniac (1976), Black Magic (1975), The Golden Lion (1975), The Master of Kung Fu (1973) and 1 moreSee newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Yung-Yu Chen
- Eddie WangShared titles: Brave Archer and His Mate (1982), House of Traps (1982), Ode to Gallantry (1982), Masked Avengers (1981), The Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1981), Legend of the Fox (1980), The Flag of Iron (1980), The Rebel Intruders (1980), Two Champions of Death (1980), Ten Tigers of Kwangtung (1979), The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)See all 11 shared titles with Eddie Wang
Producers
- Mona FongShared titles: Lightning Fists of Shaolin (1984), The Weird Man (1983), Brave Archer and His Mate (1982), Cat vs Rat (1982), House of Traps (1982), Ode to Gallantry (1982), Shaolin Prince (1982), Masked Avengers (1981), The Brave Archer III (1981), Two Champions of Death (1980), Avenging Warriors of Shaolin (1979), Five Deadly Venoms (1978) and 1 moreSee newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Mona Fong
- Run Run ShawShared titles: Shaolin Prince (1982), Legend of the Fox (1980), The Flag of Iron (1980), Two Champions of Death (1980), Ten Tigers of Kwangtung (1979), Invincible Shaolin (1978), Shaolin Hand Lock (1978), The Vengeful Beauty (1978), Black Magic 2 (1976), The Oily Maniac (1976), The Golden Lion (1975)See all 11 shared titles with Run Run Shaw
- Runme ShawShared titles: The Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1981), The Rebel Intruders (1980), The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979), Crippled Avengers (1978), Five Deadly Venoms (1978), Goliathon (1977), Black Magic (1975), The Flying Guillotine (1975), The Master of Kung Fu (1973), The Lady Hermit (1971)See all 10 shared titles with Runme Shaw
- Lieh ChenShared titles: Masked Avengers (1981), Legend of the Fox (1980), The Rebel Intruders (1980), Two Champions of Death (1980), The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979), Crippled Avengers (1978), Five Deadly Venoms (1978), Invincible Shaolin (1978)See all 8 shared titles with Lieh Chen
Mixed roles
- Nai-Pin TsaiShared titles: The Rebel Intruders (1980), Avenging Warriors of Shaolin (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Nai-Pin Tsai