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Alexander Fu
Alexander Fu Sheng () (born Cheung Fu-sheng (); 20 October 1954 – 7 July 1983), also known as Fu Sheng was a Hong Kong martial arts film star in the 1970s. Life and career Born Cheung Fu-sheng in British Hong Kong in 20 October 1954. He was the ninth child of a wealthy New Territories indigenous inhabitant businessman Cheung Yan-lung. His birth mother was Angela Liu Fung-wo. In 1971, he enrolled at Shaw Brothers Southern Drama School and instantly drew the attention of director Chang Cheh. Cheh had Fu Sheng train with Lau Kar-leung for 6 months. Fu Sheng made his film debut as an extra in the 1972 film ''The Fourteen Amazons''. His first lead role was in Cheh's ''Police Force''. Some of his other films include ''Heroes Two'', ''Five Shaolin Masters'', ''Shaolin Temple'' and the '' Brave Archer'' series. He eventually made a total of 23 films with Cheh. In 1976, he married singer and actress Jenny Tseng, who had appeared with him in the film ''New Shaolin Boxers''. He s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pok Fu Lam
Pok Fu Lam or Pokfulam is a residential area on Hong Kong Island, at the western end of the Southern District. It is a valley between Victoria Peak and Mount Kellett, around Telegraph Bay. Pok Fu Lam can claim several ''firsts'' in the history of Hong Kong: It was the place where Hong Kong's floral emblem, ''Bauhinia blakeana'', was first discovered; the site for Hong Kong's first reservoir, Pok Fu Lam Reservoir (1883, now part of a country park), and the site for Hong Kong's first dairy farm by five investors, including Sir Patrick Manson in 1885. The farm supplied not only milk, but cattle to Hong Kong, and later became Dairy Farm. However, it no longer exists in Pok Fu Lam. Pok Fu Lam is connected to Lung Fu Shan, Sai Ying Pun and Aberdeen by the Pok Fu Lam Road. It's also indirectly connected to the Mid-Levels. Pok Fu Lam also overlooks Lamma Island. Pok Fu Lam is connected to Kennedy Town via Smithfield and Shek Tong Tsui via Hill Road. Sights While the farm no l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lau Kar-leung
Lau Kar-leung (28 July 1934 – 25 June 2013), was a Chinese actor, filmmaker, choreographer, and martial artist from Hong Kong. Lau is best known for the films he made in the 1970s and 1980s for the Shaw Brothers Studio. His most famous works include ''The 36th Chamber of Shaolin'' starring Gordon Liu as well as ''Drunken Master II'' starring Jackie Chan. History Lau began learning kung fu when he was nine years old, under strict tutelage from his father. Before becoming famous, Lau worked as an extra and choreographer on black and white Wong Fei-hung movies. He teamed up with fellow Wong Fei-hung choreographer on the 1963 Hu Peng-directed wuxia film ''South Dragon, North Phoenix''. Their collaboration would continue on until the mid-1970s. His first appearance in a film was in ''Brave Lad of Guangong'' (1950). In the 1960s he became one of Shaw Brothers' main choreographers and had a strong working relationship with director Chang Cheh, working on many of Chang's films as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
''The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter'' is a Hong Kong films of 1984, 1984 Hong Kong film by Shaw Brothers, directed by Lau Kar-leung and starring Gordon Liu, Kara Hui and Alexander Fu (in his final film appearance). It was released as ''The Invincible Pole Fighters'' outside of Hong Kong and ''Invincible Pole Fighter'' in North America. Alexander Fu died in a car accident before the filming of ''The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter'' was finished. The script was partly re-written after his death and Fu's character does not appear in the final showdown as originally written in the script. The film is based on the ''Generals of the Yang Family'' (Yeung family in Cantonese) legends. Plot With help from the treacherous Song dynasty general Pun Mei, the Khitan people, Khitan-ruled Liao dynasty army succeeded in trapping the loyal Song general Yeung Yip and his seven sons at Golden Beach. Yeung Yip and his sons were all killed or captured in the ambush, except for the 5th son and the 6th son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Yue
Wong Yue (born Wong Chi-kuen; 26 October 1955 – 15 May 2008) was a Hong Kong martial arts film actor. Background Born Wong Chi-kuen in Hong Kong on 26 October 1955. He starred in many Shaw Brothers Studio films and is known for his comic roles in films with Gordon Liu, such as ''Dirty Ho'', '' Spiritual Boxer II'', ''The 36th Chamber of Shaolin'' and ''Eight Diagram Pole Fighter''. He was sometimes credited as Wong Yu and as Wang Yu, but is a different person than an older Shaw Brothers star, Jimmy Wang Yu. He was renamed after him as a revenge of producer Shaw against the original Wang Yu. Death Wong Yue died in Hong Kong on May 16, 2008 from acute pneumonia. Filmography *'' The Bloody Fists'' (1972) *'' The Golden Lotus'' (1974) *''Hong Kong 73'' (1974) *''The Tea House'' (1974) *''Thirteen'' (1974) *''The Two Faces of Love'' (1974) *''Young Passion'' (1974) *''Big Brother Cheng'' (1975) *''Flying Guillotine'' (1975) *''It's All in the Family'' (1975) *''Spiritual Boxer' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Chan
Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for his slapstick acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself. Chan has been acting since the 1960s, performing in more than 150 films. He is one of the most popular action film stars of all time. Chan is one of the most recognisable and influential film personalities in the world, with a widespread global following in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres. He has received fame stars on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Chan has been referenced in various pop songs, cartoons, films, and video games. He is an operatically trained vocalist and is also a Cantopop and Mandopop star, having released a number of music albums and sung many of the theme songs for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snake In The Eagle's Shadow
Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads (cranial kinesis). To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side by side, and most have only one functional lung. Some species retain a pelvic girdle with a pair of vestigial claws on either side of the cloaca. Lizards have evolved elongate bodies without limbs or with greatly reduced limbs about twenty-five times independently via convergent evolution, leading to many lineages of legless lizards. These resemble snakes, but several common groups of legless lizards have eyelids and external ears, which snakes lack, although this rule is not universal (see Amphisbaenia, Dibamida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroes Shed No Tears (1980 Film)
''Heroes Shed No Tears'' is a 1980 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film directed by Chor Yuen and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring Alexander Fu and Derek Yee. It is adapted from the novel '' Ying Xiong Wu Lei'' by Gu Long. Plot Kao Chien Fei (Alexander Fu Sheng) is a young swordsman who wields a special sword with a teardrop forged into its blade. Chien Fei is charged with averting an impending crisis in the martial arts world, but the villain, Zhou Tung Lai (Derek Yee Tung-Sing), wishes to become the ruler of the world of martial arts, and launches a scheme to pit the various heroes against one another. Cast *Alexander Fu as Kao Chien-fei *Derek Yee as Zhou Tung-lai *Ku Feng as Chu Meng *Jason Pai as Sze-ma Chao-chun *Ku Kuan-chung as Tsai Chung *Yueh Hua as Hsiao Lei-hsueh *Angie Chiu as Graceful *Lau Wai-ling as Sze-ma's wife *Wang Sha as Hsiao Kong-tsi, Zhou's master *Cheng Miu as Kao Chien-fei's master *Keung Hon as Yang Chian *Yuen Wah as Mu Chi, killer *Yuen Bun as Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deadly Breaking Sword
''The Deadly Breaking Sword'' is a 1979 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film directed by Sun Chung and starring Ti Lung and Alexander Fu Sheng. Plot Warrior Tuan Changqing (Ti Lung) meets courtesan Liu Yinxi (Shih Szu) in a small town. Liu pleads Tuan to kill underworld master Guo Tiansheng (Ku Feng), known as the "Killer Doctor", in oder to avenge the death of her fiancé. Tuan and casino security guard Xiao Dao (Alexander Fu Sheng) breaks into Guo's household and triggering the battle of good against evil. Cast *Ti Lung as Tuan Changqing, the Deadly Breaking Sword *Alexander Fu Sheng as Xiao Dao *Shih Szu as Liu Yinxu *Ku Feng as Dr. Guo Tiansheng, the Killer Doctor * Michael Chan as Lian San, the Throat Piercing Halberd *Lily Li as Luo Jinhua *Shum Lo as Boss Luo *Chan Shen as Officer Fan Fei *Ngai Fei as Chen Yinggang *Teresa Ha as Madam Li Xing *Kara Hui as Xiaoqin *Keung Hon as Dr. Guo's hanger-on *Eddy Ko as Dr. Guo's hanger-on *Ng Hong-sang as Dr. Guo's hanger-on *Yuen Wah as Dr. Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Shaolin Boxers
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The Brave Archer
''The Brave Archer'', also known as ''Kungfu Warlord'', is a 1977 Hong Kong film adapted from Louis Cha's novel ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes''. The film was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio and directed by Chang Cheh, starring Alexander Fu Sheng and Tien Niu in the lead roles. The film is the first part of a trilogy and was followed by ''The Brave Archer 2'' (1978) and ''The Brave Archer 3'' (1981). The trilogy has two unofficial sequels, ''The Brave Archer and His Mate'' (1982) and ''Little Dragon Maiden'' (1983). Cast * Alexander Fu Sheng as Kwee Ceng * Tien Niu as Oey Yong * Ku Feng as Ang Cit-kong * Philip Kwok as Ciu Pek-thong * Wang Lung-wei as Auw-yang Hong * Ku Kuan-chung as Oey Yok-su * Ti Lung as Duan Zhixing * Danny Lee as Auw-yang Hok * Lee I-min as Yo Kang * Kara Hui as Bok Liam-ci * Yu Hoi-lun as Mei Chaofeng * Wang Chiang-liang as Chen Xuanfeng * Yu Wing as Wanyan Honglie * Dick Wei as Yang Tiexin * Lau Wai-ling as Bao Xiruo * Bruce Tong as Guo Xi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaolin Temple (1976 Film)
''Shaolin Temple'' is a Shaw Brothers del 1975 film directed by Chang Cheh. It is one of the Shaolin Temple themed martial arts films and concerns their rebellion against the Qings, with an all-star cast featuring the second and third generations of Chang Cheh's stable of actors including David Chiang, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng and Chi Kuan Chun, as well as cameo appearances by several of the actors that would later become collectively known as the Venoms mob. The film serves as a pseudo prequel to ''Five Shaolin Masters''. Plot The film opens with the chief Shaolin Monks realizing that time is not on their side and they must train more fighters to fight the Qings. The monk Hai Hsien (Shan Mao) opposes this as he is secretly working for the court. Outside many men are sitting in front of the temple waiting to be accepted in, Fang Shih Yu (Alexander Fu Sheng), Ma Chao-hsing (Tony Liu) and others, as the temple tests the will of potential students by making them wait outside f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Shaolin Masters
Five Shaolin Masters a.k.a. ''5 Masters Of Death'' (Chinese: 少林五祖) is a 1974 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh, with action choreography by Lau Kar Leung and Lau Kar Wing. The film focuses on Shaolin's historic rivalries with the Qing Dynasty. Plot Five young fighters survive to escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in ''Shaolin Temple''. The five regroup and establish secret codes to identify themselves and fellow patriots. They swear vengeance and decide to enlist other patriots, then reunite to escape from the Qing forces. They also commit to uncovering the identity of the traitorous insider who had sold out the Shaolin temple. The traitor, Ma Fu-Yi, joins with top Qing fighters to eliminate the rebels, but he is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing, one of the five Shaolin escapees, who gets captured. Hu Te-Ti meets up with a group of Shaolin fighters secretly posing as bandits and recruits them to help rescue Ma Chao-Tsing. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
