▁Che ung ▁Mo - ke i ' s ▁parents . ▁ ▁Film ▁career ▁Following ▁the ▁rise ▁in ▁popular ity ▁of ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁cinema ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁Lau ▁also ▁started ▁working ▁on ▁films ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁television ▁series . ▁He ▁was ▁often ▁cast ▁as ▁a ▁typical ▁silent , ▁hand some , ▁hero ic ▁s words man ▁in ▁many ▁W ux ia ▁films ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁major ▁roles ▁was ▁in ▁John ▁W oo ' s ▁Last ▁Hur rah ▁for ▁Ch ival ry ▁( 1 9 7 9 ), ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁played ▁an ▁assass in . ▁In ▁D uel ▁to ▁the ▁Death , ▁Lau ' s ▁character ▁faced ▁Norman ▁Ch ui ‘ s ▁character ▁in ▁a ▁final ▁du el , ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁sword ▁du els ▁ever ▁in ▁W ux ia ▁film ▁history . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Lau ▁star red ▁in ▁The ▁Tokyo ▁Tri al , ▁a ▁highly ▁controvers ial ▁film ▁that ▁was ▁nominated ▁at ▁the ▁C annes ▁Film ▁Festival ▁and ▁won ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁Golden ▁Ro oster ▁Awards ▁for ▁Best ▁Screen play . ▁In ▁the ▁film , ▁Lau ▁played ▁the ▁historic ▁judge ▁Me i ▁Ju - ao , ▁who ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁conv ince ▁ten ▁other ▁national ▁jud ges ▁to ▁pro sec ute ▁Japanese ▁war ▁crim inals ▁for ▁their ▁cr imes ▁against