---
name: "Yau Gin-Gwok"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yau-gin-gwok"
fi1m_id: "yau-gin-gwok"
imdb_id: "nm1242526"
tmdb_id: 297204
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:13:01.730393+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Yau Gin-Gwok

## Identity

Yau Gin-Gwok

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yau-gin-gwok
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yau-gin-gwok
- **IMDb ID:** nm1242526
- **TMDB ID:** 297204
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1242526/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/297204

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Also known as:** 邱建国, Qui Jianguo, Yay Kin-Kwok, Chiu Jian Guo, Alex Chou Chien Kwo
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1242526/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/297204

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Once Upon a Time in China*](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-china.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Yau Gin-Gwok, also credited as 邱建国, Qui Jianguo, Yay Kin-Kwok and Chiu Jian Guo, is a Hong Kong actor. He appeared in films from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, including as the Shaho Gang Leader in *Once Upon a Time in China* (1991). Other credits include *The South Shaolin Master* (1984), *Rock N'Roll Cop* (1994) and *Fist from Shaolin* (1993).

*Sources: en.hkcinema.ru, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Once Upon a Time in China* (1991), Fi1m 81, as Shaho Gang Leader — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-china.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rock N'Roll Cop* (1994), as Shum Chi-Hung's partner
- *The South Shaolin Master Part II* (1994), as Lin Hai Nan
- *Madam City Hunter* (1993), as Thumb/First Finger
- *Fist from Shaolin* (1993), as Master Eleven's man
- *Angel Terminators 2* (1992), Actor
- *Wizard's Curse* (1992), Actor
- *Forced Nightmare* (1992), Actor
- *Once Upon a Time in China* (1991), as Shaho Gang Leader — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-china.md)
- *To Catch A Thief* (1991), as Diamond thief leader
- *Don't Fool Me* (1991), as Kung Fu Bodyguard
- *Revengence Superlady* (1986), as Shu Shiu
- *The South Shaolin Master* (1984), as Lin Hai-Nan

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