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Chui Tien-you
Chui Man-kin (徐文健, born May 16, 1983), better known as Chui Tien-you (徐天佑) or Tien You or "TY", is a Hong Kong actor, singer, writer and director. Early life Chui was invited by director Fruit Chan for a beverage commercial shooting in 1998, when he was studying secondary school. He then signed a management contract and made his debut in Chan's ''Little Cheung'' as a guest actor. Acting career Following secondary school graduation in Hong Kong and a half-year further education in Tokyo Japan, Chui began his onscreen acting career in 2000 in Lawrence Au Mon's film "Gimme, Gimme” and Lau Miu Suet's '' Glass Tears''. ''Glass Tears'' entered the Cannes Film Festival 2001 where Chui celebrated his 18th birthday in Cannes. Chui appeared in several films for instance ''Summer Breeze of Love'' and ''Sound of Colors'' by Joe Ma, and ''The Mummy, Aged 19'' by Wilson Yip. He played a supporting role as a director in Pang Ho-cheung’s '' A.V.'' in 2005. He starred as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Hong Kong
Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the British occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841, during the First Opium War between the British and the Qing dynasty. The Qing had wanted to enforce its prohibition of opium importation within the dynasty that was being exported mostly from British India, as it was causing widespread addiction among its populace. The island was ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Nanking, ratified by the Daoguang Emperor in the aftermath of the war of 1842. It was established as a crown colony in 1843. In 1860, the British took the opportunity to expand the colony with the addition of the Kowloon Peninsula after the Second Opium War, while the Qing was embroiled in handling the Taiping Rebellion. With the Qing further weakened after the First Sino-Japanese Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese name) *Hong (Korean name) Organizations *Hong (business), general term for a 19th–20th century trading company based in Hong Kong, Macau or Canton *Hongmen (洪門), a Chinese fraternal organization Creatures *Hamsa (bird), a mythical bird also known was hong *Hong (rainbow-dragon) ''Hong'' or ''jiang'' () is a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology, comparable with rainbow serpent legends in various cultures and mythologies. Chinese "rainbow" names Chinese has three "rainbow" words, regular ''hong'' , literary ''didong'' , ..., a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology * ''Hong'' (genus), a genus of ladybird {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All's Well, Ends Well 2012
''All's Well, Ends Well 2012'' () is a 2012 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Chan Hing-ka and Janet Chun. It is the seventh instalment in the ''All's Well, Ends Well'' film series. Plot Four men go on a heroic mission to help four women and wind up experiencing a series of mishaps. Cast * Donnie Yen as Carl Tam * Louis Koo as Holland Pang * Sandra Ng as Chelsia Sung * Kelly Chen as Julie Sun * Raymond Wong (film presenter), Raymond Wong as Richard Chu * Yang Mi as Cecilia Chan * Chapman To as Hugo Wah * Lynn Hung as Charmaine Tam * Ronald Cheng as Shalala * Karena Ng as Carmen Chu * Kristal Tin as Daphne Wong * Lam Suet as Bing-kun * C-Kwan as Jim * Vincent Kok as Fattie * Gong Linna as Xia Fan * Cherrie Ying as Carl's girlfriend * Lee Heung-kam as Orphanage head * Yu Mo-lin as Ho Pik-wan * Matt Chow as Lawyer Yi * Manor Chan as Sofia * Hiro Hayama as Spungehuff Mok * Singh Hartihan Bitto as Curry * Michelle Lo as Ms. Lo * Mak Ling-ling as Mak Ling-ling * Kelena Poon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Knight Of Mirror Lake
''The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake'' () is a 2011 Chinese/Hong Kong biographical film about Chinese feminist revolutionary Qiu Jin, directed by Herman Yau and starring Huang Yi. Plot The film tells the story of Qiu Jin and her involvement in revolutionary uprisings against the Qing Dynasty in Anhui province. Influences on her life are shown through a series of flashbacks. As a child, Qiu Jin resisted having her feet bound according to common practice, and instead pursued her interests to learn horse riding, martial arts and literature with her father and brother. Through her poetry, she expresses her sorrow at the weak state of the nation and the repression of women. Finding other like minded women in Beijing and then travelling to Japan to study reinforces her view that nationalist action is required to reform China. Returning to China, Qiu Jin takes the position as Xu Xilin's lieutenant, assisting with the training of revolutionaries at the Datong school and plotting the revolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mysterious Island (2011 Film)
''Mysterious Island'' (孤島驚魂) is a 2011 Chinese horror film directed by Rico Chung. The film is about a group of people invited to a '' Survivor'' styled television program on the Binlusai islands. On arriving there they lose their luggage and come across a message stating that they will all be killed. The film was a commercial success in China where it grossed over $10 million in comparison to its $2 million budget. Plot In the 1970s on the Binlusai islands, a young mother is killed when she was running with her son from an evil presence in an abandoned Roman Catholic leper colony. In the present day, a group of four young men and women are travelling to the island to take part in a survival game run by TV channel ''Search Planet'' headed by Chen Jiadong (Philip Keung). Also on the boat is the television presenter Stanley ( Jessica Xu) and cameraman Ken (Shaun Tam). The eight people have been split into four pairs where they are given a map which leads to a flag; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Comédie Humaine (film)
''La Comédie humaine'' () is a 2010 Hong Kong comedy film directed and written by Chan Hing-ka and Janet Chun. Released in cinemas on 8 July 2010, it premiered at the 31 March 2010 Hong Kong International Film Festival. Plot The story revolves around a Spring (To), a hitman from mainland China who is on a mission in Hong Kong with his partner Setting Sun (Hui). However, Spring falls ill and comes under the care of a screenwriter by the name of Soya (Wong) and they find themselves developing into a tight and everlasting friendship. Cast * Chapman To as Spring * Wong Cho-lam as Soya * Fiona Sit as Tin-Oi *Kama Law as Maggie Chan *Benz Hui as Setting Sun *Chiu Tien-you *Lee Lik-chi Critical reception The film has been generally received neutrally. Chan Hing-Ka's vision was criticised for having been "poorly paced." References External links * * *La Comédie Humaine' at the Hong Kong Cinemagic Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual ( French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love In A Puff (film)
''Love in a Puff'' () is a 2010 Hong Kong romantic comedy directed by Pang Ho-cheung and starring Shawn Yue and Miriam Yeung. The plot revolves around the love story of Cherie and Jimmy, two smokers who met at an outdoor smoking area subsequent to the ban of all indoor smoking areas in Hong Kong. The film is classified as a category 3 film in Hong Kong. ''Love in a Puff'' is one of the films which premiered in the 2010 Hong Kong International Film Festival. A sequel, titled ''Love in the Buff'' was released on 29 March 2012 with the film being set in Beijing, China. Shawn Yue and Miriam Yeung reprised their roles. A third installment, ''Love Off the Cuff'', was released on April 27, 2017. Plot Since 2007, the Hong Kong government banned smoking in all indoor areas, causing smokers from neighboring buildings to gather for cigarette breaks during office hours at trash bins with ashtrays near their work premises. The regulars started sharing small talks and dirty jokes like f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haunted School (film)
''The Haunted School'' is a 2007 Hong Kong horror film directed by Cash Chin and produced by Andrew Lau. It stars Chui Tien-you, Theresa Fu, Steven Cheung, Amanda Lee, Dennis Mak, Don Li, Kelly Fu, Macy Chan and Toby Leung in the lead roles. Plot Twenty years ago, a fire broke out in Lap Lan Girls' School and strange incidents started occurring in the school since then. The headmaster hanged himself from a tree while a student committed suicide by jumping off the school building. A silhouette of a person, like a shadow, appeared on a wall near the staircase, and it cannot be erased. Apart from typical school rules, an unreasonable regulation that forbids students from falling in love is strongly enforced in the school, as well as a curfew which states that students are not allowed to leave their dormitories after 11 at night. Whenever a student breaks a school rule or wanders out at night, she will hear a mysterious female voice coming from the sound system, calling her to en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himalaya Singh
''Himalaya Singh'' ( ''hindi'': हिमालय सिंह) is a 2005 Hong Kong comedy film co-written and directed by Wai Ka-fai and starring Lau Ching-wan, Ronald Cheng, Francis Ng, Cherrie Ying and Gauri Karnik, with a special appearance by Cecilia Cheung. Plot The story centers around yoga master Singh (Cheng) who wants to go in search of Indian Beauty (Karnik). On his way, he meets Tally (Ying), a beautiful female gangster head. Because she doesn't want the Indian Beauty to have a good husband, Tally tried her best to make Singh a bad person. In the meantime, Uncle Panic (Lau) and his two nephews (Shine) arrive in India for a tour. There, they meet up with a rich man (Ng). While they were having tea, they met an Indian man selling "Mysterious Water". The Indian man sells some of the liquid to Ng and Panic's nephews, which causes amnesia. Panic goes to a hotel and meets an illusion of Indian Beauty (Cheung) whom he saves from drowning in the hotel's pool. They become lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasure Planet
''Treasure Planet'' is a 2002 American animated science fiction action-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The 43rd Disney animated feature film, it is a science fiction adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel ''Treasure Island'' (1883), and it is the third retelling of the story in an outer space setting, following ''The Treasure Planet'' (1982) and the miniseries ''Treasure Island in Outer Space'' (1987). It is the third Disney adaptation of the novel, following ''Treasure Island'' (1950) and ''Muppet Treasure Island'' (1996). In the film's setting, spaceships are powered by solar sails and resemble the 18th-century sailing vessels of the original ''Treasure Island''. The film was co-written, co-produced and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, and features the voices of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian Murray, David Hyde Pierce, Martin Short, Roscoe Lee Browne, Emma Thompson, Michael Wincott, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leap Day (TV Series)
''Leap Day'' () is a Hong Kong television drama series produced by HK Television Entertainment and aired on ViuTV between 2 and 13 March 2020. Directed by Steve Law and written by Yellow Wong, the series stars Sofiee Ng, Chui Tien-you and Terrance Lau. Synopsis Yeesa Cheung ( Sofiee Ng), born on a leap day, believes her birthday is squeezed between 28 February and 1 March in common years. When she celebrates her birthday in 2017, she unexpectedly travels to 29 February 2020 in Sapporo. There she is greeted by two strangers, Ryan Ma ( Chui Tien-you) and Yu Ka-chung (Terrance Lau), and finds her future self killed in a traffic accident. After she returns to 2017, only one second has passed, but the three have now to work together to circumvent their common destiny. Production The crew describe the genre as romance more than sci-fi. The director, Steve Law, drew inspiration from a friend of his who was born on 29 February, before incorporating the idea of time travel. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ViuTV
ViuTV is a Cantonese language general entertainment television channel in Hong Kong operated by HK Television Entertainment (HKTVE), whose parent company PCCW also operates the IPTV platform Now TV and the media streaming service Viu. The channel serves as a free-to-air syndicator for television programmes of Now TV. Its sister station is the English-language channel ViuTVsix. Its parent, Viu, is the second largest streaming service in Southeast Asia by paid subscribers, ranking between Disney+ and Netflix. The boy band Mirror became prominent following the ViuTV's talent show ''King Maker''. History In 2020, ViuTV had a reach of four million audiences. Artists Groups With the exception of P1X3L, which is under the label of Universal Music, all of its groups are under the label of Music Nation Records, a music company owned by Richard Li. * COLLAR * ERROR * MIRROR * P1X3L Individuals (Male) * Thor Lok * Johnny Hui * Brian Chan * Colin Chan * Dixon Wong * Janzen Tsang * V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
