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Hong Kong Rhapsody
''Hong Kong Rhapsody'' (花月良宵) is a 1968 Hong Kong Shaw Brothers musical film directed by Umetsugu Inoue. Cast *Peter Chen Ho as Chen Tzu-Hsin *Lee Ching as Chang Hsiao-Ping *Allison Chang Yen as Lin Yu-Lan *Chan Hung-lit *Chin Ping * Lily Ho *Margaret Hsing Hui *Jing Ting (singing voice) * Helen Ma *Ma Xiaonong as Liu Ma *Peng Peng *Wei Ping-Ao as Wei Chung-Liang *Yang Chih-Ching as Lin Chin-Fu *Angela Yu Chien as Li Tan-Ni See also *''Hong Kong Nocturne ''Hong Kong Nocturne'' (香江花月夜) is a 1967 Hong Kong Shaw Brothers musical film directed by Umetsugu Inoue. Plot The Chia sisters (Cheng Pei-pei, Lily Ho and Chin Ping) perform as the backup troupe with their magician father (Chiang K ...'' (1967) References External links *Hong Kong Cinemagic entry* Hong Kong films 1960s Mandarin-language films Shaw Brothers Studio films 1968 musical films {{musical-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umetsugu Inoue
was a Japanese people, Japanese film director and screenwriter, scriptwriter. He directed 115 movies, wrote 101 screenplays, and is credited with the original story for five films. In addition, he worked with all six major Japanese film production companies. His film work extended to Hong Kong, and he did the technical guidance for movies there from 1966 to 1970. Filmography Filmography of Umetsugu Inoue include: Director * ''Jazz on Parade 1954 nen: Tokyo Cinderella Musume'' (1954) * ''Mittsu no Kao'' (1955) a.k.a. ''Three Faces'' * ''Midori haruka ni'' (1955) a.k.a. ''The Green Music Box'' * ''Hi no Tori'' (1956) * ''Nikoyon Monogatari'' (1956) * ''Shi no Jūjiro'' (1956) * ''Man Who Causes a Storm'' (1957) * ''Shorisha'' (1957) * ''Washi to Taka'' (1957) * ''Arashi o Yobu yūjō'' (1959) a.k.a. ''A Friendship That Causes a Storm'' * ''Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku'' (1958) * ''Subarashiki dansei'' (1958) * ''Yoru no kiba'' (1958) * ''Arashi o Yobu Gakudan'' (1960) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Run Run Shaw
Sir Run Run Shaw (19 November 1907 – 7 January 2014), also known as Shao Yifu and Siu Yat-fu, was a Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist. He was one of the most influential figures in the Asian entertainment industry. He founded the Shaw Brothers Studio, one of the largest film production companies in Hong Kong, and TVB, the dominant television company in Hong Kong. A well-known philanthropist, Shaw donated billions of Hong Kong dollars to educational institutions in Hong Kong and mainland China. More than 5,000 buildings on Chinese college campuses bear his name, as does Shaw College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also established the Shaw Prize for Astronomy, Life Science & Medicine and Mathematical Sciences. Early life Shaw was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, Qing China as the youngest of the six sons of Shanghai textile merchant Shaw Yuh Hsuen () (1866–1921) and his wife Wang Shun Xiang () (1871–1939). His name at birth was Shao Renleng (), which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Ching
Li Ching, also spelled ''Lee Ching'' (; 8 November 1948 – 22 February 2018), was a Hong Kong actress. Early life Li Ching was born in Shanghai as Li Guoying (), and was raised in British Hong Kong after finishing secondary school and an acting course. Career Li announced her retirement as an actress in 1983, after appearing in more than 60 films. Personal life Li was found dead in her home on 22 February 2018. Li was 69 years old. Filmography Films * 1964 ''Between Tears and Smiles'' * 1964 ''The Dancing Millionairess'' (Wan hua ying chun) as Chorus girl * 1964 ''The Last Woman of Shang'' (Da ji) * 1964 ' * 1964 '' The Crimson Palm'' (Xie shou yin) * 1964 ''The Female Prince'' as Chun Lan * 1965 ''Inside the Forbidden City'' as Ghost of Kou Zhu * 1965 '' The Mermaid'' as Chin Mu-tan/Pipo fairy * 1965 '' The Lotus Lamp'' (Bai lian deng) as Lingzhi * 1965 ''The West Chamber'' (''Xi xiang ji'') as Hongniang * 1966 ''Sweet and Wild'' (Ye gu niang) as Jin Xiao-fang * 1966 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryōichi Hattori
was a Japanese pop and jazz composer. Katsuhisa Hattori is his son. He had a great influence on Japanese pop and was awarded the People's Honor Award. Japanese jazz was downtrodden during World War II, but he created a jazz boom after the war. He composed many songs for various artists such as Noriko Awaya, Shizuko Kasagi, Ichimaru and Ichirō Fujiyama. He also composed Li Xianglan was a Japanese singer, actress, journalist, and politician. Born in China, she made an international career in film in China, Hong Kong, Japan and the United States. Early in her career, the Manchukuo Film Association concealed her Japanese ori ...'s song , which has remained controversial in China despite not being a militaristic song. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hattori, Ryoichi 1907 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Japanese musicians 20th-century jazz composers Japanese jazz composers Male jazz composers Musicians from Osaka People's Honour Award winners 20th-century Japanese male musici ... [...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] |
Cinema Of Hong Kong
The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former British colony, Hong Kong had a greater degree of political and economic freedom than mainland China and Taiwan, and developed into a filmmaking hub for the Chinese-speaking world (including its worldwide diaspora). For decades, Hong Kong was the third largest motion picture industry in the world following US cinema and Indian cinema and the second largest exporter. Despite an industry crisis starting in the mid-1990s and Hong Kong's transfer to Chinese sovereignty in July 1997, Hong Kong film has retained much of its distinctive identity and continues to play a prominent part on the world cinema stage. In the West, Hong Kong's vigorous pop cinema (especially Hong Kong action cinema) has long had a strong cult following, which is now arguably a part of the cultural mainstream, widely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers". The musical film was a natural development of the stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology. Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater. Musical films characteristically contain elements reminiscent of theater; performers often treat their song and dance numbers as if a live audience were watching. In a sense, the viewer becomes the diegetic audience, as the performer looks directly into the camera and performs to it. With the advent of sound in the late 1920s, musicals gained popularity with the public and are exemplified by the films of Busby Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chan Hung-lit
Chan Hung-lit (7 June 1943 – 24 November 2009), was a Hong Kong actor famous for portraying villains from the 1960s to 1980s. Background Chan started his acting career after joining Shaw Brothers Studio in 1964. and mainly acted in ''wuxia'' and martial arts films. He rose to fame after portraying the antagonist in the 1966 ''wuxia'' film, ''Come Drink with Me''. Chan later got his first leading role as a protagonist in the 1970 ''wuxia'' film, ''The Winged Tiger''. In 1988, Chan took a hiatus from his acting career and was involved in the garment industry. He later resumed his acting career by joining TVB in 1995, left the following year and did not return again until 2003. In 2004, Chan won the TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the historical drama series, ''War and Beauty''. He was the elder brother of Steve Chen Hao. Death At 4:20 p.m. on 24 November 2009, while waiting to tape an episode of ''Off Pedder'' on TVB City, Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Ho (actress)
Lily Ho () is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Ho is known for playing leading heroines in Shaw Brothers films. Ho is known for the 1966 The Knight Of Knights and her role as Ainu, a lesbian, in Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan, a 1972 Adult Martial Arts film. Early life On November 25, 1946, Ho was born in Nanjing, China. Ho grew up in Taiwan. Ho graduated from The Girl's Middle School in Taiwan. Career At age 16, Ho began her acting career in Taiwan. 1963, Ho was discovered by Yuan Chiu-feng, a director who cast her for Songfest in Taiwan. In 1965, Ho became a Shaw Brothers actress in Hong Kong. Ho is known for 1966 The Knight Of Knights, where she appeared partially nude. Ho played a male role in 1972 in The Fourteen Amazons. Ho also is known for her role as Ainu, a lesbian, in Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan, a 1972 Adult Martial Arts film directed by Chor Yuen. Ho is known as one of the 12 Golden Hairpins. Filmography Films * 1963 (1964, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Ma (actress)
Helen Ma (馬海倫, born November 28, 1950) is a Hong Kong actress. Beginning her career in the Hong Kong movie industry since the 1960s, she is known to have appeared in various Hong Kong produced movies and dramas. Ma is currently an actress under television broadcast TVB. Awards *''Outstanding Artiste Award'' at the TVB Awards Presentation 2013 Filmography *'' The Cave of the Silken Web'' (1967) *''King Cat'' (1967) *' * ''Deaf and Mute Heroine'' (1971) *''The Fate of Lee Khan'' (1973) *''Dream of Red Mansion'' (1977) *''The Duke of Mount Deer'' (1977) *''Song Bird'' (1989) *''Man from Guangdong'' (1991) *''Drifters'' (1991) *''Super Cop'' (1992) *''All About Tin'' (1993) *'' A Kindred Spirit'' (1995) *''The Condor Heroes 95'' (1995) *''Armed Reaction'' (1998, as Ho Kam Mui) *''Before Dawn'' (1998) *'' Happy Ever After'' (1999) *''Man's Best Friend'' (2000) *''Armed Reaction II'' (2000, as Ho Kam Mui) *'' Return of the Cuckoo'' (2000) *'' Armed Reaction III'' (2001, as Ho Kam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Yu Chien
Angela Yu Chien (Chinese: 于倩) (1942-2004) Hong Kong CinemagicAngela Yu Chien/ref> was a China-born Hong Kong actress. Biography Angela Yu Chien was born in Beijing. She moved to Taiwan with her family at the age of five. In 1960, she moved to Hong Kong and joined the Shaw Brothers Studio's Southern Drama Group as an actress. Filmography * 1964 ''Between Tears and Smiles'' * 1964 ''The Dancing Millionairess'' - Miss Xia * 1964 '' Coffin from Hong Kong'' as Lee Lai * 1964 ''Da ji'' * 1964 '' The Story of Sue San'' as Maid * 1965 '' Xin hua duo duo kai'' as Julie Yeh Feng * 1966 '' Lan yu hei'' (Shang) as Ji Huiya * 1966 '' Lan yu hei'' (Xia) as Ji Huiya * 1966 '' Kuai lo qing chun'' * 1967 '' Da xia fu chou ji'' * 1967 '' Yu hai qing mo'' as Shangyuan's Mistress * 1967 '' Shao nian shi wu er shi shi'' * 1967 '' The Cave of the Silken Web'' as Third sister * 1967 '' Qing chun gu wang'' as Julie * 1968 '' Hong Kong Rhapsody'' as Li Tan-Ni * 1968 '' Duan hun gu Chao Chien Yi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Nocturne
''Hong Kong Nocturne'' (香江花月夜) is a 1967 Hong Kong Shaw Brothers musical film directed by Umetsugu Inoue. Plot The Chia sisters (Cheng Pei-pei, Lily Ho and Chin Ping) perform as the backup troupe with their magician father (Chiang Kuang-Chao). The selfish old man has little regard for his daughters and squanders their hard earned money on a young floozy who plays him for a fool. After winning a go-go dance contest, the girls ditch their father and pursue their dreams. Cast * * Chan Hei * Chao Hsin Yen * Cheng Kang-Yeh - Wang Ying * Cheng Pei-pei - Chia Chuen-Chuen * Chiang Kuang Chao - Chia Szu-Chen * - Chia Ting-Ting * Tina Fei Chin - Hsiao Hua * Fan Dan - Promoter * Lily Ho - Chia Tsui-Tsui * - Chen Tze-Ching * Ku Feng - Janitor at ballet school * Li Hao * Ling Yun - Fang Yun-Tai * Li Yunzhong - Japanese film director (as Yun-Chung Li) * Lui Ming * Ouyang Sha-fei - Chen Tze-Ching's mother * Tien Feng - Yen Fang * Tien Shun - Mr. Chen * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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