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Butterfly And Sword
''Butterfly and Sword'' is a 1993 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film loosely based on the novel ''Liuxing Hudie Jian'' by Gu Long. Directed by Michael Mak, the film starred Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh, Jimmy Lin, Joey Wong and Donnie Yen. Plot Butterfly has nothing to do with the martial arts world. Her father was once a renowned member of the martial arts world, but she is just another young girl deeply in love with Meng Sing Wan. They live happily in a small hut next to a river, where he spends time trying to catch fish, and writing poetry. From time to time, Sing has to go away on business to earn money, that's what he tells her anyway, but the horrifying truth is that he is an assassin. He is a member of the Happy Forest, a group of assassins led by Sister Ko, but he is tired of the never-ending life of killing for a living. Yip is another member of the group, and is Sing's best friend. The both of them, along with Sister Ko, and a girl called Ho Ching grew up together, forming the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Mak (director)
Michael Mak (born 16 August 1958) is a Hong Kong film director who is known for directing ''Dragon Force'', ''Everlasting Love'' and ''Island of Greed'' . Michael born In Hong Kong and his ancestral hometown is Mowming city( 茂名市），Guangdong province. Background He is the brother of film producer Johnny Mak. He was born in 1958 in Hong Kong. Career 1980s Mak had an acting role in the 1984 film, ''Behind the Yellow Line''. He directed the 1984 film ''Everlasting Love'' which starred Irene Wan and Lau Tak Wah. 1990s to 2000s The period action film ''Butterfly and Sword'' was released in 2003. It starred Michelle Yeoh as Sister Ko and Tony Leung as Sen who were trying to stop a revolutionary plot to overthrow the government. He directed the 1997 gangster epic, ''Island of Greed'' which was produced by his brother Johnny. Under his direction, he portrayed Tawain as a Chinese version of Sicily where the politicians and triads were colluding together in an arrangement benefi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wuxia
( ), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fiction, its popularity has caused it to be adapted for such diverse art forms as Chinese opera, manhua, television dramas, films, and video games. It forms part of popular culture in many Chinese-speaking communities around the world. The word "" is a compound composed of the elements (, literally "martial", "military", or "armed") and (, literally "chivalrous", "vigilante" or "hero"). A martial artist who follows the code of is often referred to as a (, literally "follower of ") or (, literally "wandering "). In some translations, the martial artist is referred to as a "swordsman" or "swordswoman" even though they may not necessarily wield a sword. The heroes in wuxia fiction typically do not serve a lord, wield military power, or belong to the aristocratic class. They often originat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Cantonese-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Action Films
Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame. Action films from Hong Kong have roots in Chinese and Hong Kong cultures including Chinese opera, storytelling and aesthetic traditions, which Hong Kong filmmakers combined with elements from Hollywood and Japanese cinema along with new action choreography and filmmaking techniques, to create a culturally distinctive form that went on to have wide transcultural appeal. In turn, Hollywood action films have been heavily influenced by Hong Kong genre conventions, from the 1970s onwards. The first Hong Kong action films favoured the ''wuxia'' style, emphasizing mysticism and swordplay, but this trend was politically suppressed in the 1930s and replaced by kung fu films that depicted more down-to-earth unarmed martial arts, often featuring folk heroes such as Wong Fei Hung. Post-war cultural upheavals led to a second wave of wuxia films with highly acrobatic violence, followed by the emerge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Action Films
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1993 Films
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits '' Jurassic Park'', '' The Fugitive'' and '' The Firm''. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.) Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1993 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * January 1 – China Film Import & Export Corporation ends its 40-year monopoly distributing all films in China, with 16 other Chinese film studios now responsible for distributing their own films. * January 29 – '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' opens in the United Kingdom setting an opening weekend record of £2,633,635 million. * March 31 – Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of ''The Crow''. * May 27 – Actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge initially orders her to pay $8.9 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film ''Boxing Helena''. As a result, Basinger loses the town that she purc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis Tsui
Elvis Tsui Kam-kong (born October 12, 1961) is a Hong Kong actor and artist. Tsui is primarily known for his roles in erotic films and martial arts films, where he's more often cast as villains. Some of the famous characters he has portrayed repeatedly include Oboi, Lu Zhishen, Sorcerer Aquala and An Lushan. Biography Tsui graduated from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts with a degree in arts. He was also a student of the artist Guan Shanyue. In 1982, Tsui went to Hong Kong to expand his career as an artist, photographer, model and nightclub singer. In 1987, Tsui met film director Johnny Mak, who invited him to act in ''Long Arm of the Law II''. Tsui was often cast as the antagonist or villain in most of the films and television series he acted in, because of his fierce looks. Tsui has also acted in Hong Kong erotic films ( Category III), such as the ''Sex and Zen'' series and ''Viva Erotica'' (1996), which earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 16th Hong Kong Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liuxing Hudie Jian
''Liuxing Hudie Jian'' () is a wuxia novel by Gu Long. It was first published in Taiwan in August 1973 by Laureate () and subsequently reproduced by other publishing companies. It has been adapted into the 1976 film ''Killer Clans'', a 1978 television series produced by Hong Kong's CTS, the 1993 film '' Butterfly and Sword'', a 2003 mainland Chinese television series, and a franchise of video games. Plot In the ''jianghu ''Jianghu'' () is a term that generally refers to the milieu, environment, or sub-community in which many Chinese wuxia stories are set. The term is used flexibly, and can be used to describe a fictionalized version of Historical China (usually ...'' (martial artists' community), there are two major martial arts clans engaged in an intense rivalry. On one side stands the Dragon Gate Clan () led by "Old Uncle" Sun Yubo (). On the other side is the Twelve Flying '' Peng'' Clan () led by "King of Ten Thousand ''Peng''s" Fan Xuan (). Apart from the two clans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Babida
Chris Babida is a composer, arranger, conductor, music director and record producer. He has also done numerous film soundtracks. His film work includes ''Dragon Force'' which was released in 1982, ''Happy Sixteen'' also released in 1982, '' Sworn Brothers'' which was released in 1987, '' Armour of God II: Operation Condor'' which was released in 1991, ''C'est la vie, mon chéri'' which was released in 1993 and '' Bishonen'' which was released in 1998. He has produced albums for Andy Bautista, Sam Sorono and Mona Richardson. At the 15th Hong Kong Film Awards he won an award in the Best Original Film Score category for '' The Phantom Lover''. Background Babida is well recognized for his work and an award-winning composer and by 2015 he had composed at least 50 film scores. He has been referred to as the Godfather of pop and cross-over music. He is of Filipino descent. Film work 1980s One of the early films he worked on was the Po-Chih Leong directed film ''You ni mei ni'' which s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chong
John Chong Ching is a Hong Kong film producer and presenter. He is one of the most successful producers of Hong Kong cinema beginning with the Golden Age of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan in the 1970s and 1980s. He is now a veteran film producer of Media Asia Group, the company behind the ''Infernal Affairs'' trilogy. Career Chong has spent his entire career in the local entertainment scene. He started working for Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB), Hong Kong's premier television channel, and also wrote lyrics for Cantopop songs. In 1994, he was working at a satellite network Star TV Ltd. when he and six partners decided the time was ripe for an entrepreneurial approach to filmmaking. Dubbing themselves the Seven Samurai, they aimed to reverse a sharp decline in the Hong Kong film business as moviegoers rejected the poor quality of locally produced films. They began taking lessons from Hollywood, insisting, for instance, that all their stars sign the detailed contracts necessary to di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donnie Yen
Donnie Yen Chi-tan (; born 27 July 1963) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, and action director. Yen is one of Hong Kong's top action stars. Yen is widely credited for bringing mixed martial arts (MMA) into the mainstream Asian cinema by choreographing MMA in many of his films since the early 2000s. The first Chinese UFC champion Zhang Weili states that Yen's films introduced her to MMA. Yen has displayed skill in an array of martial arts, being well-versed in Tai Chi, Boxing, Kickboxing, Jeet Kune Do, Hapkido, Mixed Martial Arts, Taekwondo, Karate, Muay Thai, Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Hung Ga, Sanda, Judo, Wing Chun, and Wushu. One of the most popular film stars in Asia of the early 2000s, Yen is consistently one of the highest-paid actors in Asia. Yen earned HK$220 million (US$28.4 million) from four films and six advertisements in 2013. Yen is credited by many for contributing to the popularisation of Wing Chun in China. He portrays Wing Chun grandmaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Wong
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