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| | |  Cinema of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Leon Lai - BiographyHe was born in Beijing and is the only child in his family. His parents divorced when he was four. Lai studied at King's Way Princeton College (England). Before he became a singer in Hong Kong, he worked as a salesperson for a cellular phone company. He was the second runner up in the New Talent Singing Contest, held by the TVB in 1986. Lai took Canadian citizenship in 1996, and spent part of that year in Vancouver. He then signed to Sony Music on March 23, 1998. He was a singer of Polygram ...
See also:Leon Lai, Leon Lai - Biography, Leon Lai - Filmography as actor includes, Leon Lai - TV Drama as leading actor includes, Leon Lai - Albums, Leon Lai - Cantonese, Leon Lai - Mandarin Korean and Japanese Read more here: » Leon Lai: Encyclopedia II - Leon Lai - Biography |
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| | | | Cinema of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - John Woo - Hong Kong career history In 1969, when he was 23, Woo got a job as a script supervisor at Cathay Studios. In 1971, he became an assistant director at Shaw Studios, where the famous Chang Cheh took him under his wing. In 1974 he directed his first feature film The Young Dragons (Tie han rou qing). Choreographed by Jackie Chan, it was a Kung fu action film that featured dynamic camera-work and elaborate action scenes. The film was picked up by Golden Harvest Studio where he went on to direct more martial arts films. He later had success as a comedy director with Money Crazy (Fa qian ha ...
See also:John Woo, John Woo - Biography, John Woo - Hong Kong career history, John Woo - United States career history, John Woo - Trivia, John Woo - Filmography Read more here: » John Woo: Encyclopedia II - John Woo - Hong Kong career history |
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| | | | Cinema of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Stephen Chow - Professional Career He learned his trade at the Shaw Brothers TVB acting school, and co-hosted a popular Hong Kong children's program, 430 Shuttle, as a character named "Black and White Vampire", alongside future star Tony Leung Chiu Wai. His early film career was largely centred on dramatic roles, but his performance in Jeff Lau's smash-hit All For The Winner (1990) (賭聖) launched him almost exclusively into comedy films.
His subsequent films built on this success, developing his distinct brand of humour called "mo lei tau" (無厘頭) ...
See also:Stephen Chow, Stephen Chow - Professional Career, Stephen Chow - Trivia, Stephen Chow - Quotes, Stephen Chow - Filmography Read more here: » Stephen Chow: Encyclopedia II - Stephen Chow - Professional Career |
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| | | | Cinema of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Wuxia - History and Context
Wuxia - Earlier precedents.
Wuxia stories have their roots in some early youxia (游侠) and cike (刺客) stories around 2nd to 3rd century BC, such as the assassination attempts of Jing Ke and Zhuan Zhu (专诸) listed in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian. In the section entitled "Assassins" (刺客列传), Sima Qian outlined a number of famed assassins in the Warring States who were entrusted with the (then considered noble) task of political assassination. These were usually s ...
See also:Wuxia, Wuxia - History and Context, Wuxia - Earlier precedents, Wuxia - 20th century, Wuxia - The Old School, Wuxia - The New School, Wuxia - Novels, Wuxia - Themes, Wuxia - Plot and setting, Wuxia - Philosophy of Xia, Wuxia - Jiang Hu, Wuxia - Martial arts, Wuxia - Suspension of disbelief, Wuxia - Films Read more here: » Wuxia: Encyclopedia II - Wuxia - History and Context |
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| | | | Cinema of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Golden Harvest - Cinemas It has cinemas not only in Hong Kong, but in Mainland China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore, most are joint ventures. Golden Village is a joint venture with Village Roadshow and there is a Gold Class cinema and Asia's first multiplex. In Malaysia, the group has two brands, one Golden Screen a joint venture with Malaysia's PPB group. And another TGV Cinemas, formerly Tanjong Golden Village, a joint venture between Tanjong plc and GEMS of Malaysia. It had recently acquired Warner Village in Taiwan.
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See also:Golden Harvest, Golden Harvest - Cinemas, Golden Harvest - Golden Harvest Cinemas in Hong Kong, Golden Harvest - Films Produced, Golden Harvest - External link Read more here: » Golden Harvest: Encyclopedia II - Golden Harvest - Cinemas |
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| | | | Cinema of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Donnie Yen - Biography The son of martial arts master Bow Sim Mark, Yen was born in Guangdong (Canton) and raised in Boston, United States. He is a well known film and television actor in Hong Kong and, more recently, in the West, having been featured in many movies with prominent, internationally known actors such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh.
From a young age, Yen was interested in martial arts of all kind, experimenting with various styles, from Taekwondo to Wushu. Yen decided to stick with Wushu, and moved to Beijing to further train. During ...
See also:Donnie Yen, Donnie Yen - Biography, Donnie Yen - Filmography Read more here: » Donnie Yen: Encyclopedia II - Donnie Yen - Biography |
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| | | | Cinema of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Wong Kar-wai - Work as director He made his directing debut in 1988 with As Tears Go By. It was a crime melodrama of the kind then hugely popular, and with heavy borrowings from Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1974), but already displayed one of his principal trademarks in its atmospheric and sometimes expressionistic color palette. It is his only box office hit to date.
His next film, Days of Being Wild (1990), a drama about aimless youth set in the early 1960s, established his trademark form: elliptically plotted mood pieces, with lush visuals ...
See also:Wong Kar-wai, Wong Kar-wai - Early career, Wong Kar-wai - Work as director, Wong Kar-wai - Short films, Wong Kar-wai - Filmography as director, Wong Kar-wai - Feature films, Wong Kar-wai - Selected short films, Wong Kar-wai - Scriptwriter and producer, Wong Kar-wai - Awards Read more here: » Wong Kar-wai: Encyclopedia II - Wong Kar-wai - Work as director |
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| | | | Cinema of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - In the Mood for Love - Plot outline The movie takes place in Hong Kong, 1962. Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), a journalist, rents a room in an apartment on the same day as Su Lizhen (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk), a secretary from a shipping company. They become next- door neighbours. Each have a spouse who is working and often leave them alone on overtime shift. Despite the presence of a friendly landlady and neighbours, Chow and Su often find themselves alone in t ...
See also:In the Mood for Love, In the Mood for Love - Plot outline, In the Mood for Love - Novel artistic devices, In the Mood for Love - Soundtrack, In the Mood for Love - Cast and roles, In the Mood for Love - Awards, In the Mood for Love - Miscellaneous Read more here: » In the Mood for Love: Encyclopedia II - In the Mood for Love - Plot outline |
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| | | | Cinema of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Ashes of Time - Plot In this film, set in ancient times in China, Leslie Cheung plays an agent, Ouyang Feng, hiring famous bounty-hunters. His character is portrayed as a fallen swordsman driven by greed and heartless to both friend and foe. He was perpetually being spiteful of love as his own love history was not nearly so beautiful. His bounty-hunters came and went as was narrated by Ouyang Feng himself as based on the Tung Shu predictions.
In essence, he was a loner with little love, but the bounty hunters that worked for Ouyang Feng, like 'Blind Sword ...
See also:Ashes of Time, Ashes of Time - Cast includes, Ashes of Time - Plot, Ashes of Time - External link Read more here: » Ashes of Time: Encyclopedia II - Ashes of Time - Plot |
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| | | | Cinema of Hong Kong: Encyclopedia II - Jet Li - Career
Jet Li - As an Athlete.
Jet Li participated in the sport of wushu (non-sparring). He began his martial arts career as a member of the Beijing Wu Shu team, an athletic group organized to perform martial arts during the All China Games. As a member of the team, he received martial arts training and went on to win 15 gold medals and one silver medal in Chinese wushu championships:
1974 – Youth National Athletic Competition: broadsword form gold medal, optional empty-hand form gold medal, all-round gol ...
See also:Jet Li, Jet Li - Career, Jet Li - As an Athlete, Jet Li - As an Actor, Jet Li - Opinions, Jet Li - On Sport Fighting, Jet Li - Personal Life, Jet Li - Filmography Read more here: » Jet Li: Encyclopedia II - Jet Li - Career |
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