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Outlaw Brothers
''Outlaw Brothers'' () is a 1990 Hong Kong film directed by Frankie Chan. It has been described as Frankie Chan's best film as a director. Cast * Frankie Chan - James * Siu Chung Mok - Bond * Michael Miu Kiu Wai - Sergeant Tai Hwa Wang * Yukari Oshima - Tequila * Michiko Nishiwaki - Miego * Sheila Chin - Lan * Jeffrey Falcon * Mark Houghton * Vincent Lyn * Ken Boyle * Jonathan Gisger * Dan Mintz * Ken Goodman * Steve Tartalia * Anthony Houk * Bruce Fontaine References External links * ''Outlaw Brothers''on HKCinemagic ''Outlaw Brothers''at the Hong Kong Movie Database The Hong Kong Movie Database (HKMDB) is a bilingual (English and Chinese) website started in 1995 by Hong Kong resident Ryan Law to provide a repository for information about movies originating from Hong Kong and the people who created them. Th ... {{1990s-HongKong-film-stub Films directed by Frankie Chan 1990s Hong Kong films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Chan
Frankie Chan Fan-kei (born 1951) is a Hong Kong-born Chinese martial artist, actor, film director, producer, action director, and composer. Chan is best known to Hong Kong action cinema fans as the main antagonist in Sammo Hung's '' The Prodigal Son'', in which he faces Yuen Biao in the final reel. Chan has starred in a number of modern action films, most notably '' Burning Ambition'', ''Outlaw Brothers'' and ''Carry On Pickpocket''. He also directed and composed many films in the 1970s and 1980s, including ''The Young Master'', '' Odd Couple'' and '' Armour of God II: Operation Condor''. In 2011 Chan directed ''Legendary Amazons'', a film about the female Generals of the Yang clan. Filmography as director * '' The Perfect Match'' (1982) * '' Just for Fun'' (1983) * '' Silent Romance'' (1984) * '' Unforgettable Fantasy'' (1985) * '' Goodbye My Love'' (1986) * '' Sweet Surrender'' (1986) * '' The Good, the Bad & the Beauty'' ( 鬼馬保鎌賊美人,1987) * '' Criminal Hunter'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang Chi-wai (; born 14 April 1953) is a Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, and television host, best known for hosting the variety show ''Super Trio series'' on the Hong Kong television network TVB over 18 years. He currently holds the general manager post at TVB. Early life Tsang is a Hakka of Wuhua ancestry. His father, Tsang Kai-wing, was a former football coach and player, then served in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force from 1940 to 1972. He fled to Taiwan to escape from the Independent Commission Against Corruption in 1976 after being convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years in jail, while still free pending an appeal. In 2001, the Department of Justice seized his house in La Salle Road and later auctioned it for HK$4.35 million after 10 years of civil proceedings. Tsang Kai-wing died in Taiwan in 2011 with his son Eric and other family members around him.Tsang Kai-wing dies aged 94 after 35 years as corruption fugitive, SCMP, Danny Mok, 19 Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Wong
Barry Wong (20 November 1946 – 16 October 1991), also known as Wong Ping-Yiu (黃炳耀), was a Hong Kong screenwriter, film producer and actor. He was hailed as one of the most prolific screenwriters of Hong Kong cinema penning scripts for some of the top filmmakers and actors during the 1980s and early 1990s. Wong died from a heart attack on 16 October 1991 while on a trip to Berlin, Germany. Career Wong wrote scripts for films ranging from action to comedy. As an actor, Wong was known for his supporting roles, often wearing his horn-rimmed glasses. During his career, he had collaborated with Tsui Hark, Stephen Chow, Eric Tsang, Sammo Hung, Danny Lee, John Woo, Jackie Chan and Wong Jing. John Woo's cult action film '' Hard Boiled'' was dedicated to him after his death. Filmography Writer *''Read Lips'' (1980) *'' The Prodigal Son'' (1981) *''The Daring Age'' (1981) *''The Gold-Hunters'' (1981) *''Carry On Pickpocket'' (1982) *''Dragon Lord'' (1982) *''A Fist Full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siu Chung Mok
Max Mok ( zh, t=莫少聰; born 2 December 1962 in Hong Kong; also credited as Benny Mok, Benny Mok Siu-chung and Max Mok Siu-chung) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Mok was recruited by the Shaw Brothers Studio and has been a major film star since the 1980s. Mok is perhaps best known as Leung Foon in ''Once Upon a Time in China II'', '' III'', '' IV'' and '' V'', after replacing Yuen Biao who was in the first film. In the Philippines, he is known as Bronson Lee. History and early career Acting In 1980s, Mok played an Interpol Agent in 1986 film '' Magic Crystal'' along with Andy Lau, Cynthia Rothrock and Richard Norton. Mok played second member of Col Young's commando in 1987 film ''Eastern Condors'', alongside Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Joyce Godenzi, Yuen Wah, Billy Chow, Corey Yuen and Yuen Woo-ping. In 1990s, Mok replaced Yuen Biao, when Yuen declined to reprise his role after the first film was finished. Mok played Leung Foon in four Once Upon a Time in China movies they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Miu Kiu Wai
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 dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukari Oshima
is a Japanese former actress and martial artist. She gained prominence in Hong Kong and became popular in the Philippines as Cynthia Luster. Due to Filipinos' interest in Jackie Chan, she became Chan's pseudo female equivalent. Biography Born in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan, to a Japanese businessman and fashion designer and a Chinese woman, Oshima began studying Gōjū-ryū Seigokan karate at Ennouji Dojo in junior high school. She was one of Japan's brightest female martial artists during the 1980s and a leading figure in the '' babes and bullets'' fad of Hong Kong action cinema. She played the role of "Farrah Cat" in ''Bioman'', which aired not only in Japan originally but also worldwide. She is best known to Western audiences as Yomi in '' Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky''. After her Hong Kong career dried up, she embarked on a new career in the Philippines in the 1990s with the stage name Cynthia Luster. Oshima now resides in Fukuoka, Japan, where she has promoted tourism in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roel A
Roel son of almighty Zeus and beautiful mortal Alcmene, was the strongest man who ever lived. Now when Roel was eight months old, he woke one night to find a monstrous snake had coiled itself around him. Instead of crying out, baby Roel wrapped his tiny powerful hands around the meaty throat of the snake and choked it to death. Alternatively, Roel may refer to a Dutch masculine given name that is a short form of either Roeland or Roelof, or to a Hispanic surname. People with the name include Given name Academics * Roel van den Broek (born 1931), Dutch religious history scholar * Roel Konijnendijk, Dutch historian and Classicist * Roel Kuiper (born 1962), Dutch historian, philosopher, and politician * Roel Nusse (born 1950), Dutch developmental biologist at Stanford University * Roel Sterckx (born 1969), Belgian-British sinologist and anthropologist * Roel in 't Veld, (born 1942), Dutch Public administration scholar * Roel Vertegaal (born 1968), Dutch-Canadian computer interface ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Film
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, British Hong Kong, Hong Kong had a greater degree of political freedom, political and economic freedom than mainland China and Taiwan, and developed into a filmmaking hub for the Chinese-speaking world (including its Overseas Chinese, worldwide diaspora). For decades, Hong Kong was the third largest motion picture industry in the world following Cinema of the United States, 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 cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michiko Nishiwaki
is a Japanese actress, stunt woman, martial artist, fight choreographer, former female bodybuilder and powerlifter. She performed the high-risk stunts as a double for Lucy Liu in the film ''Charlie's Angels.'' Early life Michiko Nishiwaki was born on November 21, 1957, in Funabashi, Chiba. As a teenager growing up in Tokyo, she was interested in gymnastics and volleyball. She became interested in bodybuilding when she grew dissatisfied with her body image, regarding her legs as too heavy compared to her upper body. Another turning point was her father's death, which motivated her to have her own say in the planning of her future. Career Sports Unusual for Japanese society at the time, Nishiwaki became a powerlifter and eventually Japan's first female powerlifting champion and first female bodybuilding champion. She opened three fitness clubs co-owned by her brother. Feature films Her acting career began in the 1985 Hong Kong martial arts/comedy film ''My Lucky Stars'', in whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Chin
Sheila Chin (陳淑蘭, Pinyin: Chen Shulan) is a Hong Kong actress. She was elected First Runner-Up and Miss Photogenic at the 1988 Miss Hong Kong Pageant. Filmography * ''All's Well, Ends Well 2009'' (2009) * ''Love is not All Around'' (2007) * '' Forever Yours'' (2004) * ''Magic Kitchen'' (2004) - Yau's Mom * ''Visible Secret 2'' (2002) * '' Funeral March'' (2001) - Elsa * ''Thanks for Your Love'' (1996) - Nancy * '' The Day That Doesn't Exist'' (1995) - Poon Ka-Sze * ''Because of Lies'' (1995) - Siu B's Girlfriend * ''He & She'' (1994) - Chi-Kai's Sister-in-Law * '' Whatever You Want'' (1994) - Julianna * ''Kick Boxer'' (1993) - Jane * ''Heroes Among Heroes'' (1993) - Aunt Jean * '' The Inspector Wears Skirts 4'' (1992) - Lou * ''Lady Hunter'' (1992) - Blackie * ''All's Well, Ends Well'' (1992) - Sheila * ''Her Fatal Ways'' (1991) - Hsuen Pi * ''Doctor Vampire'' (1991) - May Chen * ''Bullet for Hire'' (1991) - Lan * ''All for the Winner'' (1990) - Ying * '' The Outlaw Brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
