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Connie Chan Po-chu
Connie Chan Po-chu (, born 1 January 1947) is a Chinese actor who has made more than 230 films in a variety of genres, from traditional Cantonese opera and wuxia movies to contemporary youth musicals; action films to comedies; melodramas and romances. Owing to her popularity, she was dubbed "The Movie-Fan Princess". During the 1960s, Connie Chan was one of Cinema of Hong Kong, Hong Kong cinema's most beloved teen idols. Chan is one of at least nine siblings who were born to impoverished parents in Guangdong, China. To increase their children's chances of survival, Chan's birth parents gave away some of their youngest to other families. Chan was adopted by renowned Cantonese opera stars Chan Fei-nung and Kung Fan-hung. Her godfather is actor Cho Tat Wah. She has a son named Dexter Young, Dexter Yeung, who stars in the 2008 TVB series ''Wasabi Mon Amour'' and ''Moonlight Resonance''. Early life and Career At the age of five-and-a-half, she started learning Cantonese opera from he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen (surname)
Chen () () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and Hong Kong. It is the most common surname in Xiamen, the ancestral hometown of many overseas Hoklo. Chen was listed 10th in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem, in the verse 馮陳褚衛 (Feng Chen Chu Wei). In Cantonese, it is usually romanized as Chan (as in Jackie Chan), most widely used by those from Hong Kong. Chan is also widely used in Macao and Malaysia. It is also sometimes spelled Chun. In many Southern Min dialects (including dialects of Hainan, Fujian, and Taiwan), the name is pronounced Tan, while in Teochew, it is pronounced Tang. In Hakka and Taishanese, the name is spelled Chin. In Wu it is pronounced Zen or Tchen. In Vietnam, this surname is written as Trần (in Quốc Ngữ) and is 2nd most common. In Thailand, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shih Kien
Shek Wing-cheung (1 January 1913 – 3 June 2009), better known by his stage name Shih Kien, Sek Kin, or Sek Gin or Shek Kin(), was a Hong Kong–based Chinese actor. Shih is best known for playing antagonists and villains in several early Hong Kong ''wuxia'' and martial arts films that dated back to the black-and-white period, and is most familiar to Western audiences for his portrayal of the primary villain, Han, in the 1973 martial arts film ''Enter the Dragon'', which starred Bruce Lee. Biography Early life Shih was raised by his stepmother and was a sickly child. He decided to practise martial arts to improve his health and trained for nine years. Shih trained at Shanghai's Chin Woo Athletic Association and was among the first generation of students at the school to be certified as instructors. After becoming certified to teach styles, including Eagle Claw and Choy Li Fut, he decided to start his career as an actor. However, the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War cau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flying Fox (film)
''The Flying Fox'', also known as ''The Purple Lightning Sword'', is a 1964 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film produced by Gam Wing and directed by Siu Sang. Cast * Yu So-chow as Tik Siu-ching *Cheung Ying-choi as Man Lei-wan *Connie Chan as Tung-fong Ming *Lee Pang-fei as Duke Pui-tik *Liu Chia-liang as Monkey of North Mountain *Sai Gwa-pau as Wu Juju *Shih Kien as Yum-yeung Kwai-sao *Sum Chi-wah as Sheung-koon Kei *Tong Ka as Wai Ling *Yuen Siu-tien Yuen Siu-tien () (27 November 1912 – 8 January 1979) (also known as Yuan Xiaotian, Simon Yuen, Sam Seed or "Ol' Dirty") was a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. in the late 1970s, Yuen is perhaps best known as Beggar So (a.k.a. Sam Seed) in ... as Dragon of East Sea References External links * * 1964 films Hong Kong martial arts films Wuxia films 1960s Cantonese-language films {{1960s-HongKong-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Story Of The Sword And The Sabre
''Story of the Sword and the Sabre'' is a four-part Hong Kong film released in 1963 and 1965. The film was adapted from Louis Cha's novel ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber''. The first two parts were directed by Cheung Ying and Choi Cheung while the next two parts were directed by Yeung Kung-leung. Cast * Cheung Ying as Zhang Cuishan * Pak Yin as Yan So-So * Ka-Sing Lam as Zhang Wuji ** Leung Ka-bo as young Zhang Wuji * Ho-Kau Chan as Zhao Min * Connie Chan as Zhou Zhiruo * Lee Hung as Xiaozhao * Shih Kien as Xie Xun * Yeung Sai * Gao Luquan * Sai Gwa-Pau * Fung King-man * Lee Pang-fei * Cheung Sang * Wong Hon * Szema Wah Lung * Yuen Siu-tien * Lai Man * Wan Leng-kwong * Chow Kat * Bak Man-biu Bak Man Biu（1921–2007) was a veteran Hong Kong actor best known for his role as the Patriatch Lok Fai in the TVB drama '' A House Is Not A Home'' (1977). Career Born as Chew Hong Fook in 1921, during the 1940s, Bak was involved in Cantones ... * Tam Tin * Kwan Ching-leung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Cheng
Adam Cheng Siu-chow (born 24 February 1947) is a Hong Kong TVB actor and Cantopop singer. Career Cheng started his career in the 1970s, where he gained a reputation for playing the lead roles in TVB ''Wuxia'' drama series based on the works of Louis Cha and Gu Long, such as ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber'' and '' Chor Lau Heung''. He also performed some of the theme songs of the TV series he starred in, such as ''The Greed of Man'' and ''Cold Blood Warm Heart''. Ting Hai effect In 1992, TVB released the TV series ''The Greed of Man'', based on the central theme of the stock market and explored the schemes and plots used by people to make their fortune in the market. Cheng played Ting Hai (丁蟹) in the series, who made an immense fortune by short selling derivatives and stocks during a bear market. Many people went bankrupt while Ting Hai's family became richer until they were defeated by their nemesis. Cheng became popularly associated with the Ting Hai effect, named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Cheung Ho Yee
Maggie Cheung Ho-yee (; born 20 March 1969) is a Hong Kong actress. Career Maggie Cheung Ho-yee competed in TVB's 1994 Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, reaching the final five but not placing. However she did gain a special award for best "potential artist" (最具演藝潛質獎) and was signed to the channel soon afterwards. Her career spun off to a whirlwind of a start, as she was offered a leading role. However, she wanted to start from the bottom up and hence declined the role, only to accept a subsidiary role in another series. Many will say that her career kicked off with the well accepted ''Old Time Buddy'', but some others say it is with her primary leading role in "One Good Turn Deserves Another". The popularity of artists in the Hong Kong television market depends as much on the popularity of the characters in a series as to the ability of the actors and it was not until 1998 that she achieved mainstream popularity with the series "Old Time Buddy", in which she play ... [...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 husba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carina Lau
Carina Lau Kar-ling (, born 8 December 1966) is a Hong Kong-Canadian actress and singer. She started her acting career in TVB, before going on to achieve success in films after 2nd year at the college. She was notable in the 1980s for her girl-next-door type roles in films. She also plays Empress Wu Zetian in Tsui Hark's ''Detective Dee'' films, starting with ''Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame'' in 2010. She has won Best Actress awards at Hong Kong Film Award and Mainland China's Golden Rooster Awards, and nominated at Cannes Film Festival and Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards. Her husband is Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai. Lau frequently appears in the Hong Kong fashion scene and is a patron of many charities. Early life Lau was born in Suzhou, China, in 1965. She moved to Hong Kong at the age of fifteen, and joined TVB's acting class in 1983. Career Lau made her on-screen debut in TVB's ''The Clones'' (1984) where she starred opposite of her future husband ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Leung Ka-Fai
Tony Leung Ka-fai (; born 1 February 1958) is a Hong Kong actor who is a four-time winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor. As he is often confused with actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tony Leung Ka-fai is known as "Big Tony," while Tony Leung Chiu-wai is known as "Little Tony," nicknames which correspond to the actors' respective age and physical statures. Career Leung has been in the film industry for more than 30 years, starring in a variety of roles. His debut film was ''Burning of the Imperial Palace'' (1983), where he played the Xianfeng Emperor. He would later work with Chow Yun-fat in three films, '' Prison on Fire'' (1987), ''A Better Tomorrow 3'' (1989), and ''God of Gamblers Returns'' (1994). He also appeared as Joyce Godenzi's husband in ''She Shoots Straight'', Joyce's trademark film. In 1991, Leung went to France to appear in Jean-Jacques Annaud's '' The Lover'', based on Marguerite Duras's novel, as the older lover of a young teen schoolgirl, who was played b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaw Brothers Studio
Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and operated from 1925 to 2011. In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shanghai, and established a film distribution base in Singapore, where Runme and their youngest brother, Run Run Shaw, managed the precursor to the parent company, Shaw Organisation. Runme and Run Run took over the film production business of its Hong Kong-based sister company, Shaw & Sons Ltd, and in 1958 a new company, "Shaw Brothers," was set up. In the 1960s, Shaw Brothers established what was once the largest privately owned studio in the world, Movietown. The company's most famous works include ''The Love Eterne'', ''The One-Armed Swordsman'', ''Come Drink with Me'', ''King Boxer'', ''Executioners from Shaolin'', '' Five Deadly Venoms'', and ''The 36th Chamber of Shaolin''. Over the years the film company produced around 1,000 films, some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelisations: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd, and Anthony Horowitz. The latest novel is ''With a Mind to Kill'' by Anthony Horowitz, published in May 2022. Additionally Charlie Higson wrote a series on a young James Bond, and Kate Westbrook wrote three novels based on the diaries of a recurring series character, Moneypenny. The character—also known by the code number 007 (pronounced "double-oh-seven")—has also been adapted for television, radio, comic strip, video games and film. The films are one of the longest continually running film series and have grossed over US$7.04 billion in total at the box office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephine Siao
Josephine Siao Fong-fong () is a Hong Kong film star who became popular as a child actress and continued her success as a mature actress, winning numerous awards including Best Actress at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival (for ''Summer Snow''). Since retiring from show business (partly due to her increasing deafness), she has become a writer and a psychologist, known for her work against child abuse. Biography Siao was born as Siao Liang in Shanghai, with her ancestral home in Luzhi, Suzhou, Jiangsu. At the age of two, she was brought to Hong Kong by her parents. Soon after her father died, at the age of six (1953), she began to become a child star to solve the family's financial problems. When she was 7 years old, she took on the first film and art film "Little Star Tears" (1954). In 1956, she performed "Aunt Mei" for the Shaw Brothers Company. Her famous work is "The Wandering Children" (1960) and this made her became one of the biggest teen idols in Hong Kong d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
