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Dayo Wong
Dayo Wong Tze-wah (born 5 September 1960) is a Hong Kong comedian, actor and singer. Known as a pioneer of stand-up comedy in Hong Kong, he is known for his stadium shows integrating political satire and social commentary. He has performed at the Hong Kong Coliseum, including 26 sold-out shows at his farewell stand-up performance. Biography Wong gained a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Alberta in Canada. He began his career in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong in 1984, but he is best known for his works in live stand-up comedy which he started performing regularly since 1990. Since then he has starred in TV dramas and films and has recorded several albums. Television Dayo had his TVB TV series debut in 1999, acting as "Lai Sam" in "Justice Sung 2". A year later, he reached a milestone as a lazy law firm assistant in War of the Genders, winning the "My Favourite Television Character Award" in 2002. He won two awards in 2004: the My Favourite O ... [...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] |
Cheung Tat-ming
Cheung Tat-ming () (born 2 July 1964) is a Hong Kong actor, comedian, director and writer. Personal life Cheung married Ho Nim-chi, a psychiatrist, in September 2001, subsequently announcing their divorce in 2016. They had one son and one daughter. Filmography *'' My Heart Is That Eternal Rose'' (1989) *''Lee Rock II'' (1991) *'' A Moment of Romance II'' (1993) *''Big Bullet'' (1996) *''Troublesome Night 2'' (1997) *''Troublesome Night 4'' (1998) *'' The Doctor in Spite of Himself'' (1999) *'' A Wicked Ghost III: The Possession'' (2002) *'' My Lucky Star'' (2003) *''The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng (2006) *''The Luckiest Man'' (2008) *'' Love in a Puff'' (2010) *''Beauty on Duty'' (2010) *''Flirting Scholar 2'' (2010) *'' Bruce Lee, My Brother'' (2010) *''The Aroma City'' (2011) *''Love Shock'' (2011) *''Scary Market'' (2011) *'' The Sorcerer and the White Snake'' (2011) *''Summer Love Love'' (2011) *''Fatal Invitation'' (2011) *''Good-for-Nothing Heros'' (2012) *''Everything Is Nothin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Is A Good Teacher
What or WHAT may refer to: * What, an interrogative pronoun and adverb * "What?", one of the Five Ws used in journalism Film and television * ''What!'' (film) or ''The Whip and the Body'', a 1963 Italian film directed by Mario Bava * '' What?'' (film), a 1972 film directed by Roman Polanski * "What", the name of the second baseman in Abbott and Costello's comedy routine "Who's on First?" * "What?", the catchphrase of professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin Music * ''what.'', a comedy/music album by Bo Burnham, 2013 * What Records, a UK record label * What? Records, a US record label Songs * "What" (song), by Melinda Marx, 1965 * "What?" (Rob Zombie song), 2009 * "What?" (SB19 song), 2021 * "What?", by 666 from ''The Soft Boys'' * "What", by Bassnectar from ''Vava Voom'' * "What?", by Corrosion of Conformity from ''Eye for an Eye'' * "What?", by the Move from ''Looking On'' * "What?", by A Tribe Called Quest from ''The Low-End Theory'' Science and technology * Web H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
97 Aces Go Places
''97 Aces Go Places'' is a 1997 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Chin Kar-lok and starring Alan Tam, Tony Leung, Christy Chung, Donna Chu and Francis Ng. The film is the sixth and final installment of the ''Aces Go Places'' film series and features a different cast and storyline. Plot Con artist Mandy Ling / Li Lai Shan cons a rich triad leader Lui Yu Yeung out of his money and gives it to a convalescent center where her mentally disturbed sister Mandy Li is staying. Earlier, she had also conned another triad leader out of a large sum of money in a poker game causing him to die from a heart attack. The triad leader states in his will that his son Ho Sik must avenge him by killing her with a gun. Ho Sik, who has no interest in guns and violence, hires Chui Cheong, the "Drunken Gun", an ace gunman to tutor him. However, Ho later finds himself falling in love with Mandy and is reluctant to kill her. Cast *Alan Tam as Ho Sik / Ho Sik's father *Tony Leung Chiu-Wai as Chu Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Those Were The Days (1997 Film)
''Those Were the Days'' () is a 1997 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Dick Cho. The film is an adaptation of the TV series ''Old Time Buddy'', which was produced by TVB, starring returning cast members from the series Gallen Lo, Maggie Cheung and Francis Ng, alongside new cast members Natalis Chan, Monica Chan, Shu Qi, Dayo Wong and Joyce Chan. Cast * Natalis Chan as Walter Ngau Tat-wah * Monica Chan as Chau * Gallen Lo as Lee Kei * Maggie Cheung Ho-yee as Ching Po-chu * Francis Ng as Patrick Tse Yuen * Shu Qi as Shiu Fong-fong * Dayo Wong as Wong Ching-wai * Joyce Chan as Ka-yin * Lawrence Cheng as Ko * Cheung Tat-ming as Cheung * Chor Yuen as Movie * Ha Ping as Fong-fong's Mother * Vincent Kok as Wang Tin-lam * Louis Yuen as Wong Shing * Alvina Kong as Cheung's Wife * Lee Kin-yan as Fat fat * Wayne Lai as Law * Law Kar-ying as Wong Fei-hung * Lee Siu-kei as The Director * Teresa Mak as Derra * Yee Fan-wei as Kwan Mak-kei * Kingdom Yuen as Po-chu's Mother * Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend Of The Wolf
''Legend of the Wolf'', alternatively known as ''The New Big Boss'' in American and British DVD releases, is a 1997 Hong Kong action-martial arts film directed and produced by, and starring Donnie Yen. The film also marked Yen's debut as a film director. Plot In legend, there is a powerful and undefeated warrior known as the Wolf. This fighter has retired from the martial arts world and very few people know his true identity, but they are many who wish to challenge him. A young man seeks the Wolf and manages to contact Wai, who leads him to the warrior. When the young man sees that the Wolf (real name Fung Man-hin) is an old man, far from what he expected, he makes some sarcastic remarks to ridicule the old man, prompting Wai to retell the story of the Wolf. The film flashbacks to a post-World War II period. The young Fung is wandering around a war-torn and ravaged farming village, faintly remembering that he is there to meet a woman at an abandoned temple. Fung encounters the y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Bullet
''Big Bullet'' () is a 1996 Hong Kong action film directed, produced and co-written by Benny Chan. The film won awards for film editing at the 1996 Golden Horse Film Festival and the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards. Plot After assaulting his tactical commander during a raid gone sour, a dedicated but temperamental cop Sergeant Bill Chu is transferred to the Emergency Unit, long considered to be the police force's dumping ground for problem cops. Together with his fellow EU patrol officers, Bill continues to fight crime and stops the Professor's attempt to smuggle confiscated money which he managed to retrieve from Interpol HQ out of Hong Kong via the British air base. Release ''Big Bullet'' was released in Hong Kong on 26 July 1996. It grossed a total of HK$9,771,575. At the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards, ''Big Bullet'' was nominated for seven awards: Best Film, Best Director (Benny Chan), Best Actor (Lau Ching-wan), Best Supporting Actor (Jordan Chan), Best Supporting Actress (Ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Of A Sudden (1996 Film)
''All of a Sudden'' is a 1996 Hong Kong crime mystery film directed by Herman Yau and starring Simon Yam and Irene Wan. Plot An erotic mystery about a widower who seeks revenge against the man who had an affair with the widower's wife before her apparent suicide. However, things soon turn complicated when the widower begins a relationship with the man's wife. Cast and roles * Simon Yam as Tsui Chin-tung * Irene Wan as Lam Ho-yee * Alfred Cheung as Lam Kwok-chiu * Dayo Wong as Detective Guy Mak * Peter Ngo as Bill Chan * Tsang yin as Stella Tsui * Lam Chiu-wing as Drunk driver * Rico Chung as Driver in accident * William Leung as Ming * Lee Chi-kei as Solicitor Chan * Joe Chu as Lam Kwok-choi's hired thug * James Tsim * Stephen Poon * Kerrick Wong as Hard Rock Cafe staff * Fong Yue as Sister Sam * Wong Ka-on as Baby Lam * Tam Wing-san as Uncle Wong * Lo Hung as Security guard * Mak On-luk as Policewoman See also * List of Hong Kong films This is a list of films produced in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satan Returns
''Satan Returns'' is a 1996 Hong Kong horror film directed by Lam Wai-lun and starring Donnie Yen, Chingmy Yau, Kingdom Yuen, Francis Ng and Dayo Wong. The film was released in the United States as ''Shaolin vs. The Devil's Omen''. Plot Ching, an officer in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, has been experiencing the same nightmare where she sees a woman with her heart taken out and dies while being inverted on a cross. Later, during a hostage situation, Ching, who has never fired a gun before, manages to shoot the armed thug dead and rescue the hostage. When she moves closer to where the thug was taking cover earlier, she sees the horrible image that has been appearing in her nightmare: the dead body of a woman hanging on an inverted cross. Ching's colleagues, Nam and Ka-ming, are put in charge of investigating this case. All the evidence from the crime scene – from symbols in the Book of Revelation written in blood on the woman's body to the inverted cross – suggests that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunderbolt (1995 Film)
''Thunderbolt'' () (''Piklik Foh'') is a 1995 Hong Kong action sports film, starring Jackie Chan and directed by Gordon Chan. The action directors were Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung, and the action scenes were performed by the Jackie Chan Stunt Team. In early North American releases, the film was known as ''Dead Heat''. ''Thunderbolt'' is set around the world of auto racing. The film is multilingual; characters speak Cantonese, English and Japanese interchangeably. Plot Chan Foh To is a junkyard mechanic and a part-time race car driver who helps the Hong Kong Police Force in their crackdown on illegal street racing in the country. One night, while helping news reporter Amy Yip and Mr. Lam after their Mitsubishi FTO runs out of gasoline, Chan commandeers the car with Amy inside to chase after a speeding black Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 driven by the dangerous criminal driver Warner "Cougar" Kaugman. In the high speed car chase's climax, Chan traps Cougar in a police roadblock and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh! My Three Guys
''Oh! My Three Guys'' is a 1994 Hong Kong comedy drama film directed by Derek Chiu and starring Eric Kot, Lau Ching-wan and Dayo Wong. The film tells the story of three gay young men portrayed by Kot, Lau and Wong. Plot Good friends Kau, Hoi and Fa are homosexual men. Hoi works in an advertising firm while Kau and Fa have not found a suitable job yet. Hoi's new female colleague Mei became interested in him. When Mei found out that Hoi was gay, she did not discriminate him and was determined to help him return to normal. At that time, Kau was infected with AIDS and one time during a TV interview, he suddenly fell unconscious. Hoi and Fa was eager to make the last days of Kau happy, they organized a masquerade for him. After the masquerade, Kau committed suicide and Hoi quit his job after his homosexual identity was exposed. Cast *Eric Kot as Kau Ku-neung *Lau Ching-wan as Ching Yu-hoi * Dayo Wong as Fa *Jacklyn Wu as Fok Mei *Charine Chan as Bitchy Air Hostess *Noel Chik as Nan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink Bomb
''Pink Bomb'' is a 1993 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Derek Chiu and starring an ensemble cast of Waise Lee, Lau Ching-wan, Dayo Wong, Cheung Kwok-leung, Cynthia Khan, Gloria Yip, Loletta Lee and Fennie Yuen. Plot Policewoman Leung Chi-kwan (Cynthia Khan), instructor Lee Sin-yee (Loletta Lee), beautician Yip Yuk-hing (Fennie Yuen), taxi driver Daniel (Lau Ching-wan) and former triad member Rascal King (Dayo Wong) goes to Thailand for vacation led by tour guide Graham (Waise Lee), a born again Christian. There, they rescue a prostitute Ann (Gloria Yip) who was beaten up by brothel frequenters for scamming their money. Ann stole a case of money which turns out to be US$3 million counterfeit currency. During the tour, they were constantly being chased by gangsters wanting to silence them. During this critical moment, Graham reveals his true identity as a secret agent. Cast *Waise Lee as Graham *Cynthia Khan as Leung Chi-kwan *Loletta Lee as Lee Sin-yin *Lau Ching-wan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |