Why do you list Chow Yun-Fats name as Yun-Fat Chow?
For sorting purposes and consistency all the names in the IMDb are stored in “lastname, firstname” format: For example Mel Gibson becomes Gibson, Mel Paul Newman becomes Newman, Paul and James Earl Jones becomes Jones, James Earl. When displaying filmographies and film credits, the names are reversed to the more common/clearer “First Last” format (Cruise, Tom is shown as Tom Cruise). The Chinese however write their names putting the family name first: the average asian name is usually composed of three parts and has the format surname given-name-1 given-name-2 e.g. Wu Chin Lin In Chow Yun-Fat’s case, Chow is the family name (like “Smith”) and Yun-Fat is the first name (like “John”). Therefore, according to the rule above, the name is stored in the IMDb as Chow, Yun-Fat and displayed in film credits as Yun-Fat Chow By the way, a case like the above is easy to determine because there’s a dash in the name, which typically identifies the first name.
