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All's Well, Ends Well 2009
''All's Well, Ends Well 2009'' () is a 2009 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Vincent Kok. It is the fourth instalment in the ''All's Well, Ends Well'' film series, the previous film being ''All's Well, Ends Well 1997''. The film stars Louis Koo as a "love therapist" who is hired to woo a hot-tempered young woman (Sandra Ng) by her brother (Ronald Cheng) in the hopes of following a family marriage tradition. Raymond Wong, the producer and co-star of all four films, appears as a private investigator. ''All's Well, Ends Well 2009'' was released in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, and Malaysia on 22 January 2009 and in New Zealand for one week beginning 29 October 2009. As with the last three films, ''All's Well, Ends Well 2009'' was released as a Chinese New Year film, where a film's release is timed to coincide with the larger movie audience at that time of year. Plot Kei's (Ronald Cheng) eldest sister Yu Chu (Sandra Ng) is a hot-tempered magazine editor and her temper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Kok
Vincent Kok Tak-chiu (; born 15 August 1965) is a Hong Kong actor, scriptwriter and film director. Vincent's ancestral hometown is Shandong province. Kok is best known for his frequent collaborations with Stephen Chow, acting and co-writing with him the films '' Forbidden City Cop'', '' From Beijing with Love'' and ''The God of Cookery'' in addition to producing and co-writing Chow's 2007 film ''CJ7''. He also made a cameo appearance in Chow's '' Shaolin Soccer'' as a hapless soccer player. Kok also wrote, directed and starred alongside Jackie Chan in '' Gorgeous'', a romantic comedy by the martial arts actor. Filmography *'' Love on Delivery'' (1994) *''The God of Cookery'' (1996) *'' Troublesome Night 2'' (1997) *''Troublesome Night 3'' (1998) *'' Shaolin Soccer'' (2001) *'' Marry a Rich Man'' (2002) *'' My Lucky Star'' (2003) *'' It's a Wonderful Life'' (2007) *''Adventure of the King'' (2010) *'' Frozen'' (2010) *''Echoes of the Rainbow'' (2010) *''Fortune King Is Coming t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Chan Kwok Kwan
Danny Chan Kwok-kwan (born 1 August 1975) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, dance choreographer, and lead singer of the rock band Poet. He is known for resembling Bruce Lee in appearance and has portrayed Lee in the 2008 television series ''The Legend of Bruce Lee'', the 2015 film '' Ip Man 3'', and its 2019 sequel, '' Ip Man 4''. Chan is also a practitioner of Jeet Kune Do, the martial art created by Bruce Lee.Report: Chan Kwok-Kwan to Play Bruce Lee . 2 December 2006. Career Chan started his career as the lead singer of the rock band Poet. He also played minor roles in several Hong Kong ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuen Wan
Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and fleets of fishing boats in the area. The now-crowded city is around the present-day Tsuen Wan station of the MTR. Its coastline was further extended through land reclamation. History According to the report of Hong Kong archaeological society, there were people settled in Tsuen Wan as early as two thousand years ago. In earlier days, it was known as Tsin Wan (淺灣) which means shallow bay, and later renamed to Tsuen Wan. Another name ''Tsak Wan'' (賊灣, Hakka dialect pronunciation: tshet wan), pirate bay, indicates the presence of pirates nearby long ago. In fact, the area around Rambler Channel was known as Sam Pak Tsin (三百錢), literally meaning three hundred coins. There was a legend that pirates would collect three hund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fung Bo Bo
Petrina Fung Bo Bo (born 30 October 1954) is a Malaysian-born Chinese actress in Hong Kong. Fung is known for the 1994 film ''C'est la vie, mon chéri''. Early life On October 30, 1954, Fung was born in Malaysia. Fung's father is Fung Fung, an actor. Fung's brother is Fung Hak-On, also an actor. At age 12, Fung lived with Madam Wee Poh Keok, whom she called "kai leong", or godmother. Fung also learned to speak the Hokkien dialect from her godmother. Fung's education consists of private tutors. At age 16, Fung flew to England to study. Career Fung started her career as a child actress. In 1956, at age 2 and a half, Fung debuted in Love vs Love (aka Little Sweetheart), written and directed by her father. By age 14, Fung had made more than 300 films, and was a noted stage performer across most of South East Asia. Fung was known as the Shirley Temple of Hong Kong and Chinese Canto Region. She then went to study in the United Kingdom, during which she met her future first husb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Chan
Sheila Chin (陳淑蘭, Pinyin: Chen Shulan) is a Hong Kong actress. She was elected First Runner-Up and Miss Photogenic at the 1988 Miss Hong Kong Pageant. Filmography * ''All's Well, Ends Well 2009'' (2009) * ''Love is not All Around'' (2007) * '' Forever Yours'' (2004) * '' Magic Kitchen'' (2004) - Yau's Mom * '' Visible Secret 2'' (2002) * '' Funeral March'' (2001) - Elsa * '' Thanks for Your Love'' (1996) - Nancy * '' The Day That Doesn't Exist'' (1995) - Poon Ka-Sze * '' Because of Lies'' (1995) - Siu B's Girlfriend * ''He & She'' (1994) - Chi-Kai's Sister-in-Law * '' Whatever You Want'' (1994) - Julianna * '' Kick Boxer'' (1993) - Jane * '' Heroes Among Heroes'' (1993) - Aunt Jean * '' The Inspector Wears Skirts 4'' (1992) - Lou * '' Lady Hunter'' (1992) - Blackie * ''All's Well, Ends Well'' (1992) - Sheila * ''Her Fatal Ways'' (1991) - Hsuen Pi * '' Doctor Vampire'' (1991) - May Chen * '' Bullet for Hire'' (1991) - Lan * ''All for the Winner'' (1990) - Ying * '' The Ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivek Mahbubani
Vivek Ashok Mahbubani ( sd, وويڪ محبوباڻِي; born 25 September 1982) a.k.a. Ah V (), is a stand-up comedian in Hong Kong,"How to write a joke in China", ''Time'' 15 November 2007 a musician and an award-winning new media designer. Biography Vivek is a of Indian descent and was born and raised in . He grew up in an Indian household where he spoke English and says he faced a lot of cultural challenges because he was surrounded by non-Indians. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gill Mohindepaul Singh
Gill Mohindepaul Singh (), better known by his Chinese stage name Q Bobo (), is an Indian–Hong Kong actor working under TVB. Career Singh became an actor for TVB after participating in the TVB game show '' Minutes to Fame'' hosted by Hacken Lee and Joey Leung. He worked for the Correctional Services Department before becoming an actor. The first Indian actor signed by TVB, Gill played one of the regular cast on the TVB sitcom ''Welcome to the House''. In an in-depth interview with ''Muse'' magazine in 2007, Singh discusses his cultural identity and confesses to seeing himself "like an ambassador for my people". In July 2012, after the Immigration Department notified that his wife's February 2011 application for naturalisation as a Hong Kong citizen had been rejected, he announced that he would depart from the Hong Kong entertainment industry and emigrate to Scotland. Singh left Hong Kong early 2013 and would not return until 2019, where he began acting for TVB again. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lam Chi-chung
Lam Chi-chung (; born 16 August 1976) is a Hong Kong actor. Partial filmography * ''The Sexy Guys'' (2019) * ''The Incredible Monk 3'' (2019) * ''Monkey King - The Volcano'' (2019) * ''Flirting Scholar from the Future'' (2019) * ''A Home with a View'' (2019) * ''She's a Man. He's a Woman'' (2019) * ''Crazy Hammer'' (2018) * ''A Bird Frightened of a Bow'' (2018) * ''Kung Fu League'' (2018) * ''Fake Partner'' (2018) * ''Million Demons City'' (2018) * ''The Incredible Monk'' (2018) * ''Hello Miss Bai'' (2017) * ''Graduation Journey'' (2017) * ''Winning Buddha'' (2017) * '' Kick Ball'' (2017) * ''Funny Soccer'' (2016) * ''The Mermaid'' (2016) * ''The Eight Immortals in School'' (2016) * ''iGirl'' (2016) * '' House of Wolves'' (2016) * ''Dot 2 Dot'' (2014) * '' Flirting in the Air'' (2014) * '' The Apostles'' (2014) * ''Mortician'' (2013) * ''A Style of Men in Beijing'' (2013) * '' The Adventures of Jinbao'' (2012) * ''Everything Is Nothing'' (2012) * ''Ultra Reinforcement'' (2012) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Cheung (actor)
Steven Cheung Chi-hang is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Steven Cheung was a member of the Cantopop duo, Sun Boy'z from 2002 to 2006, where William Chan joined in and the group was renamed Sun Boy'z. It was officially disbanded in December 2008. Biography Early life and career Cheung was born into a wealthy family in Hong Kong to a Dutch mother and a Chinese father. Cheung never had academic talent. He failed badly in school and repeated the same grade level three times before dropping out. From his father's connection, Steven and his younger brother Ryan Chung became models for Jamcast. He was later referred into Emperor Entertainment Group, while his sister, Jan Chung became a member of the music duo Krusty. Cheung began his career in the entertainment industry as one-half of the duo Boy'Z with Kenny Kwan in 2002–2005. When Kwan left Boy'Z in January 2005, Cheung continued the duo with Dennis Mak. In June 2006, William Chan joined Boy'Z and the group was renamed as Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumiko Cheng
Yumiko Cheng (born 6 September 1981) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. Cheng was given the Japanese nickname "Yumiko" by her friends in secondary school, and upon signing with EEG, adopted it as her official stagename.Tran, JennyYumiko Cheng Q&A. 5 February 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2007. Career Cheng was originally marketed as a member of the group ''3T'' (along with Mandy Chiang and Maggie Lau), which released an EP in 2002. She was the sole member of the group who went on to release a solo EP later that year. This was followed by a second EP, ''DanceDanceDance'' () and her first full-length album ''One2Three'', in 2003. In 2004, she released the album, ''Perfect Date'', though made a decreasing number of media appearances due to health problems and an overall strategy re-evaluation within her company. 2005 saw a return with the lead single 'Arabian Market' (), complemented by a novel image that featured her in traditional Arabic dress. She would continue covering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Mak (director)
Alan Mak Siu-fai (; born 1 January 1965), is a Hong Kong writer, director, actor and producer. Early life In 1965, Mak was born in Hong Kong. Education In 1986, Mak studied at the School of Drama in the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Upon graduation in 1990, he started his movie career. Career Mak made his directorial debut in 1997, with his first film being '' Nude Fear'', which was written and produced by Joe Ma. After that, Mak directed further films such as '' Rave Fever'', '' A War Named Desire'', '' Final Romance'' and ''Stolen Love'', which would be his first collaboration with writer Felix Chong. In 2002, Mak and Chong wrote their first script together. The movie was '' Infernal Affairs'', which was produced by Mak's directing partner, Andrew Lau, who also served as cinematographer. Lau and Mak also served as directors for the film, and it would be the first of many collaborations involving the directing duo. ''Infernal Affairs'' starred the four top a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Lo
Ken Lo (Kenneth Houi Kang Low) (born 19 March 1957) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, and stuntman. He is known for his martial arts and stunt work as a former member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team, most notably for his antagonistic role as John in ''Drunken Master II'' (1994). Early life Ken Lo was born on 19 March 1957 as Kenneth Lo Wai-Kwong in Stung Treng, Cambodia. Lo's father is Hong Kong- Chinese and his mother is a Laotian. In 1975, at age 18, Lo and his family moved from Cambodia to Udon Thani, Thailand. Five years later, in 1980, he went to Hong Kong and worked as a tour guide. His idol was Bruce Lee which led him to practise Muay Thai and Taekwondo in Thailand. He won the freestyle fighting championships seven times, so his chance finally came when he made his debut in ''Working Class'' (1985), which was directed by Tsui Hark and starred Sam Hui. Career In 1986, Lo met Jackie Chan in a disco in Hong Kong, where he was head of security, and Chan hired him as his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
