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Leung Kit-wah
Felix Wong Yat-wah (born September 4, 1961) is a Hong Kong actor and singer best known for his performances in many ''wuxia'' television series produced by TVB, such as ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' (1983), in which he played the protagonist Kwok Ching. He is considered to be one of the most popular teen idols of the 1980s and was named as "Third Tiger" among Five Tiger Generals of TVB. Career Wong was recruited into TVB's Artist Training Academy in September 1979, before his 18th birthday. While he was a trainee, he made cameo appearances in several dramas, such as ''The Bund'' (1980). After finish the secondary school in 1981, Wong was offered a major supporting role in ''The Misadventure of Zoo'' (1981), which starred Lydia Shum and Adam Cheng. Afterwards, Wong was immediately cast to play the male lead in ''The Lonely Hunter'' (1981), which subsequently propelled him to instant fame in Hong Kong. While the drama was airing, Wong received more fan letters than any other ... [...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] |
Michael Miu
Michael Miu Kiu-wai ( 苗僑偉) (born 18 June 1958) is a Hong Kong actor and businessman. His career has been met with popular success in his youth, followed by a resurgence in middle age after a period of hiatus. He is considered one of the most popular Hong Kong actors of the 1980s. Miu is best known for the villainous Yeung Hong in the 1983 television drama '' The Legend of the Condor Heroes''. Early life Born in Zhoushan, Zhejiang in 1958, Miu and his mother moved to Hong Kong to rejoin his father when he was five. Miu rarely saw his father, a merchant mariner, and was mainly raised by his mother. Near the end of high school, Miu's father was diagnosed with cancer. As a result, he left school and began working as a carpenter to support his family. Career Miu was scouted and brought into TVB's Acting Academy in September 1979. While still in training, he made cameo appearances in several major dramas, such as ''The Bund'' (1980). Miu's official acting debut was in the 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gun Metal Grey
''Gun Metal Grey'' is a 2010 Hong Kong police procedural television drama produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). It originally aired on Jade from 1 November to 10 December 2010, consisting of 30 episodes. ''Gun Metal Grey'' is a dramatisation and fictional telling of Hong Kong's top ten criminal cases, which tells about the complexities of human nature and the strangeness of truth. ''Gun Metal Grey'' is written by Lau Choi-wan and Leung Yan-tung, with Terry Tong serving as the executive producer. The drama is one of two grand TVB productions to celebrate the channel's 43rd anniversary, the other being '' No Regrets'', both were the first to be broadcast live in English subtitles. The Chinese title of ''Gun Metal Grey'' literally means " criminal police", which can also be used to a describe a cop who commits a crime. During early promotions for the drama, the year "2010" was attached to the Chinese title to prevent confusion with previous dramas of a similar title. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genghis Khan (TVB TV Series)
''Chinggis Khaan'' ͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋbr />Mongol script: ''Chinggis Qa(gh)an/ Chinggis Khagan'' , birth_name = Temüjin , successor = Tolui (as regent)Ögedei Khan , spouse = , issue = , house = Borjigin , dynasty = Genghisid , regnal name = Genghis Khan () , temple name = Taizu () , posthumous name = Emperor Fatian Qiyun Shengwu () , father = Yesügei , mother = Hoelun , religion = Tengrism , birth_date = , birth_place = Khentii Mountains, Khamag Mongol , death_date = (aged 64–65) , death_place = Xingqing, Western Xia , burial_place = Unknown(presumptively Ikh Khorig, Burkhan Khaldun, Khentii Province) Genghis Khan (born Temüjin; ; xng, Temüjin, script=Latn; ., name=Temujin – August 25, 1227) was the founder and first Great Khan (Emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death. He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamukha
Jamukha ( mn, Жамуха; ) was a Mongol military and political leader and the chief rival to Temüjin (later Genghis Khan) in the unification of the Mongol tribes. Biography Jamukha was born in the Jadaran, a sub-tribe of the Khamag Mongol confederation, and was an ''anda'' (i.e. blood brother) to Temüjin. According to ''The Secret History of the Mongols'', when Börte, wife of Temüjin, was abducted by the Three Merkits; Wang Khan, Jamukha and Temüjin combined forces against the Merkits to recover her. In 1201, the leaders of the thirteen remaining tribes hostile to Temüjin (among them the Merkits, Tatar, and Naimans) and the Mongol tribes not allied with him (Jadaran, Taichuud, and others) assembled a kurultai and elected Jamukha as Gur-khan, ''universal ruler'', a title used by the rulers of the Kara-Khitan Khanate. Jamukha's assumption of this title was the final breach between Temüjin and Jamukha, leading Temüjin to form a coalition of tribes to oppose him. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Mi (Sui Dynasty)
Li Mi (; 582–619), courtesy name Xuansui (), pseudonym Liu Zhiyuan (), was a Chinese military general, monarch, poet, politician, and rebel. He was the leader of a rebel movement against the rule of the Chinese Sui dynasty. He initially was the strategist of the Sui general Yang Xuangan, who rebelled against Emperor Yang of Sui in 613 but failed. In 617, Li subsequently led a rebellion against Emperor Yang in his own right and killed Zhai Rang, seizing Zhai's troops. There was expectation that Li Mi would prevail over Sui forces and establish a new dynasty—so much so that even other key rebel leaders, including Dou Jiande, Meng Haigong ( 孟海公), Xu Yuanlang, and Zhu Can, were urging him to take imperial title. Even Li Yuan (soon to become the founder of the Tang dynasty as Emperor Gaozu) was writing him in supplicating terms that implicitly supported his imperial claim. Li Mi tried to gain control of the Sui eastern capital Luoyang, but his forces became stalemat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathy Chow
Kathy Chow Hoi-mei (; born 6 December 1966 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actress and singer who is widely known for her leading roles in Hong Kong TVB series during the late 1980s to 1990s such as ''The Breaking Point'' and ''Time Before Time''. Her popularity peaked in Asia following her portrayal of Zhou Zhiruo in the 1994 Taiwanese adaptation of ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber''. She is an ethnic Manchu, being descended from the Gūwalgiya clan of the Bordered White Banner. Career She is a former Miss Hong Kong pageant participant. During the late 1980s and 1990s, she actively modeled and starred in Hong Kong TVB series. She switched work to ATV in 1998. During this time she would occasionally be featured in Hong Kong films and appear in award shows. Kathy was only with ATV up to 2001 and later left to Beijing for new prospects in her career. After a period of time, in March 2008, Chow returned to TVB and signed on to TVB's action ''E.U.'', the sequel to '' The Aca ... [...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] |
Looking Back In Anger
''Looking Back in Anger'' () was a 1989 Hong Kong TV series and one of the most watched TVB series by Chinese people in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and around the world. Many factors contributed to the success of this series. As well as its tragic but memorable storyline, the series featured a strong cast, with Felix Wong, Deric Wan (who rose to fame with his role as the main antagonist), Carina Lau, Kathy Chow Hoi-Mei and Maggie Shiu. The popular theme song of the series " Yat sang ho kau" (一生何求) was sung by Danny Chan and later by Deric Wan himself. In 2022, the drama was selected as one of ten classic TVB dramas being honoured for a new joint Youku and TVB programme. Cast *Felix Wong as Alex Ting Yau Kin and Ting Wing Cheung, Kin and Hong’s father *Deric Wan as Ben Ting Yau Hong, Kin's brother and the series’ main antagonist *Yammie Lam as Mui Fan Fong, Kin and Hong’s mother *Soh Hang-suen as Aunt Wan (Yip Sau Wan), Cheun’s wife and the adoptive mother of Kin a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword Stained With Royal Blood (1985 TV Series)
''Sword Stained with Royal Blood'' is a wuxia Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was first broadcast on TVB in Hong Kong in 1985. It has a total of 20 episodes.(Note: This is the 1985 TV series of ) Cast : ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' * Felix Wong as Yun Sing-chi ** Fung Chi-fung as young Yun Sing-chi * Patricia Ching Yee Chong as Wan Ching-ching / Ha Ching-ching * Teresa Mo as Ah-kau / Princess Cheung-ping * Michael Miu as Ha Suet-yee * Regina Tsang as Wan Yee * Lawrence Ng as Lei Ngam * Rebecca Chan as Ho Tit-sau * Ko Miu-see as Ho Hong-yeuk * Kiki Sheung as Kiu Yuen-yee * Ho Pik-sang as On Siu-wai * Chan Fuk-sang as Suen Chung-kwan * Toi Chi-wai as Man Chi-wah * Francis Ng as Lo Lap-yu * Bobby Au-yeung as Mui Kim-wo * Kwok Fung as Yuk-tsan-tsi * Shih Kien as Muk Yan-ching * Lam Tin as Taoist Muk-song * Kenneth Tsang as Yun Sung-wan * Chan Ka-yee as On Tai-neung * Lau Kwok-shing as Uncle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demi-Gods And Semi-Devils (1982 TV Series)
''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'' is a 1982 Hong Kong's TVB television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel ''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils''. The 50-episode-long series is divided into two parts, with their Chinese titles as 天龍八部之六脈神劍 (''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: Divine Sword of Six Meridians'') for 30 episodes and 天龍八部之虛竹傳奇 (''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: The Legend of Hui-juk'') for 20 episodes respectively. Rating The series averaged a rating of 30 points Cast : ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' * Bryan Leung as Kiu Fung / Siu Fung * Kent Tong as Duen Yu * Felix Wong as Hui-juk * Idy Chan as Wong Yu-yin * Wong Hang-sau as Ah-chu / Chung Ling * Chan Fuk-sang as Ah-tsi * Sharon Yeung as Muk Yuen-ching * Shek Sau as Muk-yung Fuk * Patrick Tse as Duen Ching-sun * Leung Shan as Dou Bak-fung * Maggie Li as Mrs Wong * Lui Yau-wai as Kam Bo-bo * Bak Yan as Yuen Sing-chuk * Bonnie Wong as Chun Hung-min * Lam Kin-ming a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legend Of The Condor Heroes
''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' is a wuxia novel by Chinese writer Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It is the first part of the ''Condor Trilogy'' and is followed by ''The Return of the Condor Heroes'' and ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber''. It was first serialised between 1 January 1957 and 19 May 1959 in ''Hong Kong Commercial Daily''. Jin Yong revised the novel twice, first in the 1970s and later in the 2000s. The English title is imprecise since neither species of the condor, the Andean condor and Californian condor, is native to China. Plot The story is set in China during the wars between the Jurchen-led Jin Empire and the predominantly ethnic Han Song Empire. Yang Tiexin and Guo Xiaotian, a pair of sworn brothers, pledge that their unborn children will become either sworn siblings (if both are of the same sex) or a married couple (if they are of opposite sexes). One day, Yang Tiexin's wife, Bao Xiruo, saves a wounded Jurchen warrior, who turns out to be Wanyan Honglie, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
