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Portrait of Yen Cheng-kuo

Acting

Yen Cheng-kuo

Career

Active from 1982 to 2022, with a break from 1993 to 2014, busiest in 1987 and 2019 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
5
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Summer at Grandpa's
A Summer at Grandpa's
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Yen Cheng-kuo Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5
  • Satire & Parody
    1.3, average 2.3
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.7, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Taiwanese Cinema 2
  • Crime Drama 2
  • 80s Nostalgia 2
  • Taiwanese Gangster Film 2
  • Organized Crime 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
單身有約
單身有約

TV show

2020s

3 titles
Us Without Sex
Us Without Sex (2024)

TV show · as Xu Ying Xiong

Them, Behind the Door
Them, Behind the Door (2024)

as Kuo

Untouchable
Untouchable (2022)

Director, Writer

2010s

6 titles · average score 65
The Gangs, the Oscars, and the Walking Dead
The Gangs, the Oscars, and the Walking Dead (2019)
GoodWatch score 61

as Mr. Liao

First Love
First Love (2019)
GoodWatch score 80

as Wan

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Show
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Show (2019)

as Brother David

Gatao 2: Rise of the King
Gatao 2: Rise of the King (2018)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Writer

Sea Pig
Sea Pig (2016)

as Ah Hu

Gatao
Gatao (2015)
GoodWatch score 57

as Kuo

1990s

1 title · average score 75
Dust of Angels
Dust of Angels (1992)
GoodWatch score 75

as Ah Kuo

1980s

10 titles · average score 68
The Kung Fu Kids VI
The Kung Fu Kids VI (1989)

as Hsiao

The Kung Fu Kids IV
The Kung Fu Kids IV (1987)

as A-Kuo

好小子4：跨越时空的小子
好小子4：跨越时空的小子 (1987)

as A-Kuo

The Kung Fu Kids
The Kung Fu Kids (1986)
GoodWatch score 70

as Ah Kuo

A Summer at Grandpa's
A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

as Yen Cheng-kuo

Growing Up
Growing Up (1983)
GoodWatch score 73

as Shiao Pi's Younger Brother

The Sandwich Man
The Sandwich Man (1983)
GoodWatch score 71

as Chiang A-jih (segment "The Taste of Apple")

The Green, Green Grass of Home
The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982)
GoodWatch score 65

as Yan Zhengguo

Play While You Play
Play While You Play (1981)
GoodWatch score 62

as Juvenile

Cute Girl
Cute Girl (1980)
GoodWatch score 59

as Bad Face