Louis Koo, born Koo Tin Lok, is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He was born on October 21, 1970 in Hong Kong and made his acting debut in 1991, taking on his first role in a television drama. In 1994, he took on his first film role, a step which eventually led to him being dubbed one of the “stalwarts of the Hong Kong film industry”. The recipient of multiple acting awards, he stepped into the role of producer in 2013 when he founded “One Cool Film Production Limited”, a film production company with an ever-growing list of titles to its name. Since his debut as an actor, he has appeared in numerous films and television dramas, including “Burning Flame I” (1998), “A Step Into The Past” (2001), and “The White Storm 2: Drug Lords” (2019).

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William Luk (Louis Koo) is the lead investigator of Hong Kong’s elite corruption-busting unit, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). While attending an international event, he finds himself dragged into action as a terrorist incident sparks widespread panic. As a result, he begins to investigate a customs corruption case along with another ICAC investigator named Kenny Ching (Kevin Cheng).

But soon, William Luk begins to understand that a deeper plot is afoot, and his unit is aided by his friend, Lau Po Keung (Julian Cheung), the chief inspector of the VIP Protection Unit (VIPPU), who believes that the Chief Justice of Southeast Asia Emma Pong (Jessica Hsuan) is under threat from a group of sex slave traffickers. Emma Pong has discovered evidence that links the group to human traffic networks in Thailand. But the group appears to have some powerful friends in high places. Can William Luk and his associates thwart a conspiracy that appears to have protectors at every corner?

This movie is the fifth and final installment of a pentalogy that began in 2014 with “Z Storm.”

“G Storm” is a 2021 Hong Kong movie that was directed by David Lam.

G Storm

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The world operates by a certain set of accepted rules, rules everyone willingly follows. Even among the lords of the Hong Kong underworld, one rule is law: NO DRUG DEALING. So when Boss Yu Nam (Kent Cheng) discovers one of his right-hand men, Jizo (Louis Koo) is dealing drugs at his night club, he has no choice but to take serious action. Ordering Yu Shun Tin (Andy Lau) to relieve Jizo of his fingers, he then expels Jizo from the Triad. Haunted by memories he can’t escape and disgusted by the life he now lives, Yu Shun Tin decides it’s time to resign from the Triad and live a straight life.&nbsp;

Fifteen years later, Shun Tin has become the “Finance Whiz” of Hong Kong. A billionaire tycoon and well-known philanthropist, Shun Tin has done exceedingly well for himself in his new life. Happily married to his investor and business partner, Michelle (Karena Lam), it would seem Shun Tin has truly outrun the ghosts from his past. But all that changes the day he discovers a recently deceased ex-girlfriend, May (Chrissie Chau), has left him with a surprise: a son he never knew he had.&nbsp;

Excited by the prospect of becoming a father, Shun Tin seeks out his long-lost son, only to watch him commit suicide as a result of a drug overdose. Enraged by the loss of his son, Shun Tin vows to destroy the drug trade in Hong Kong. Using every means necessary, Shun Tin puts a HK$100 million bounty on the head of the number one drug lord in Hong Kong, a man who just so happens to be his former Triad brother, Jizo. With the underworld now in an uproar, Shun Tin starts down a dark path, in a bloody quest that could very well cost him everything.

A thematic sequel to the 2013 film, “The White Storm”, “The White Storm 2: Drug Lords” is a 2019 action film directed by Herman Yau.

The White Storm 2: Drug Lords

The Storm Team

Jizo

Shaw Brothers Pictures International

Tin Lik Hang (Louis Koo) is down on his luck. His filmmaking career has gone south, his finances are a mess, his love life is a train wreck.

And things go from bad to worse when his mother dies suddenly – leaving him as the sole guardian of his 79-year-old father, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.

At first, he deeply resents his father (Francis Ng) – who has always resented. When he was younger, they never saw eye to eye, and now the old man has become a burden. 

But while Tin Lik Hang cares for his aging father, an amazing thing happens – his father begins shedding a layer of skin every day, losing 10 or more years each time.

Each time his father transforms into a younger version of himself, Tin Lik Hang learns a little more about his parent – and himself.

The two men go on a journey of discovery that helps Tin Lik Hang learn more about why his father made the choices he did.

Could this fantastic journey help Tin Lik Hang turn his life – and his failing fortunes – around?

“Shed Skin Papa” is a 2016 movie directed by Roy Szeto and based on the play “Nukegara,” which was written by Norihiko Tsukuda.

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