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Roar Of The People
''Roar of the People'' is a 1941 Hong Kong wartime drama film directed by Tang Xiaodan. The film is set in Hong Kong during the Second Sino-Japanese War, when people fled to Hong Kong from Mainland China. It was released five months before the start of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Cast * Cheung Ying - workers' leader * Fung Fung * Wong An * Chan Tin-Tsung * Fung Ying-Seong * Ng Wui * Lee Tan-Lo * Leong Mo-Sik * Cho Tat-wah * Gao Luquan (credited as Ko Lo-Chuen) References External links * * ''Roar of the People''at Hong Kong Cinemagic Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual ( French and English) website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people who created them. The websi ... 1941 films 1940s war drama films Cantonese-language films Hong Kong black-and-white films Hong Kong war drama films 1941 drama films {{WWII-drama-film-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tang Xiaodan
Tang Xiaodan (; 22 February 1910 – 21 January 2012) was a Chinese film director. In 1984, he won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Director. He was the father of painter Tang Muli and conductor Tang Muhai. Filmography This is a partial list of films. * 1933 ''A Movie Actress'' - Director * 1933 ''Bai Jinlong'' (白金龙) - Director * 1933 ''Drifting'' (飘零) - Director * 1936 ''The Perfect Match'' - Director * 1938 ''Shanghai under Fire'' (上海火线后) - Director * 1940 ''Little Guangdong'' - Director * 1941 ''Roar of the People'' (民族的吼声) - Director * ''Dream in Paradise'' (天堂春梦; 1947) * ''Reunion After Victory'' (胜利重逢; 1951) * ''Victory After Victory'' (南征北战; 1952) * ''Reconnaissance Across the Yangtze'' (渡江侦察记; 1954) * ''City Without Nights'' (不夜城; 1957) * ''Aolei Yilan'' (傲蕾·一兰; 1979) * ''Nanchang Uprising'' (南昌起义; 1981) * ''Liao Zhongkai (film), Liao Zhongkai'' (廖仲恺; 1983) References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ng Wui
Ng Wui (December 3, 1913 - March 1, 1996) was a Hong Kong film director, writer and actor, best known for his films of the 1950s and 1960s.He is credited with over 200 films under his direction. Filmography Films * 1952 ''The Prodigal Son'' - Director * 1954 ''Madam Yun'' (aka Madam Wan, Six Chapters of a Floating Life) - Director. * 1957 ''The Thunderstorm'' - Director * 1959 ''Daughter of a Grand Household'' (aka The Missing Cinderella) - Yu's boss. Also Director. * 1959 The Road (aka One Mind, One Heart, Road) - Head of Japanese troops. Also as Director, screenwriter. * 1967 ''The Divorce Brinkmanship'' () - Director * 1967 ''Miss. Mr. Mrs.'' - Screenwriter, director. * 1967 ''They Fought Shoulder to Shoulder'' - Also as director. * 1977 ''No Money No Talk'' - Director. ;As actor * ''Xuelei Qinghua'' (1939) * ''Nanguo zimei hua'' (1939) - Siu Dip's father * ''Gumu Yuanhun'' (1939) * ''Heiye Shaxing'' (1939) * ''Baoqing Lane'' (1939) * ''Zhanlong Yuxian Ji'' (1940) * ''Zhao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Black-and-white Films
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Cantonese-language Films
Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding area in Southeastern China. It is the traditional prestige variety of the Yue Chinese dialect group, which has over 80 million native speakers. While the term ''Cantonese'' specifically refers to the prestige variety, it is often used to refer to the entire Yue subgroup of Chinese, including related but largely mutually unintelligible languages and dialects such as Taishanese. Cantonese is viewed as a vital and inseparable part of the cultural identity for its native speakers across large swaths of Southeastern China, Hong Kong and Macau, as well as in overseas communities. In mainland China, it is the ''lingua franca'' of the province of Guangdong (being the majority language of the Pearl River Delta) and neighbouring areas such as Guangx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s War Drama Films
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1941 Films
The year 1941 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, '' Citizen Kane''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1941 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 17 ''Gone with the Wind'' goes into general release after touring in a roadshow version during 1940. Becoming a cultural phenomenon, it sells an estimated 60 million tickets this year alone. Adjusted for inflation with numerous rereleases, it remains the highest grossing domestic film of all time with $1.8 billion. *March 24 - Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie '' Sun Valley Serenade'' for Twentieth Century Fox *May 1 – '' Citizen Kane'', consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time, is released. *July 2 – '' Sergeant York'', the film biopic of World War I hero Alvin C. York, starring Gary Cooper in the title role, premieres in New York City. It is the highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Cinemagic
Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual ( French and English) website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people who created them. The website contains news, interviews, film reviews and a database of people, films and film studios as well as an illustrated glossary of terms. The web magazine has existed in various forms for over a decade. As of March 2009, the database contains over 10,000 films. The site was designed and is maintained by Marc Delcambre, Jean-Louis Ogé and Thomas Podvin. The key staff and editors are Stéphane Jaunin, Arnaud Lanuque, Van-Thuan Ly, Philippe Quevillart and David-Olivier Vidouze. History The original HKCinemagic1 site was created in late 1998 by Laurent Henry and Thomas Podvin, and initially hosted on Wanadoo France, it began as a site dedicated to directors Tsui Hark and Wong Kar-wai. As the site expanded with new contributors coming on board ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ko Lo-Chuen
A KO is a knockout in various sports, such as boxing and martial arts. K.O., Ko or Kō may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * KO (musician), Canadian musician who plays a fusion of hip hop and folk music * ''K.O.'' (album), a 2021 album by Danna Paola * K.O (rapper), South African rapper Ntokozo Mdluli * Karen O (born 1978), lead singer of the rock group Yeah Yeah Yeahs * Kevin Olusola, American cellist, beatboxer and member of ''a cappella'' group Pentatonix * ''K.O.'', a 2008 album by Rize * "K.O.", a 2004 song by Smujji Other media * Ko (Go), in the board game ''Go'' * ''Ko'' (film), a 2011 Tamil action movie * ''Knight Online'', a 2004 online role-playing game Language * Ko language * Ko (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana こ and コ * ISO 639-1 code for the Korean language Surname * Ko (Korean surname) * Gao (surname), a surname of Chinese origin romanized to Ko in Hong Kong * Ke (surname), a Chinese surname romanized as "Ko" in the Wade–Giles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gao Luquan
Ng Kui Chuen (), better known by his stage name Ko Lo Chuen (, 1909 – May 13, 1988), was a Hong Kong actor. Ko and his brother began acting in the 1930s.Restless breed : Cantonese stars of the sixties: – Page 103 Hong Kong. Urban Council – 1996– Apart from the occasional vulgarian and philistine, Ko Lo-chuen had moved up the social ladder to play middle-class fathers. However, his characters were marked by shrewd proclivities: they were scheming, stubborn, lascivious, who were often blundering idiots as well. In Young, Pregnant, and Unmarried, he was a blundering father; in Diary of a Chauvinistic Husband, Part Two, he was a lascivious old man searching for a concubine; in The Student Prince, he was a snob of a parent. Biography Ko was born in 1909 as Ng Kui Chuen. He got his stage name based on his nickname describing his tall appearance. His brother was , who was also an actor. They both acted movies with martial arts star Bruce Lee in 1950 and 1960. In 1950, Ko acted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cho Tat-wah
Walter Tso Tat-Wah (15 September 1915 – 10 January 2007) was a film actor of Hong Kong, most famous for the roles he played in a number of ''Wuxia'' films in the 1950s and 1960s. The names Cho Tat-wah and Shih Kien were synonymous to "good and evil" in the colloquial language of Hong Kong because of the roles the two actors played in those movies. Yu So-chow co-starred many of Cho's movies. The two names Cho Tat-wah and Yu So-chow symbolized a perfect couple. His well-known roles include Lung Kim-fei (), Leung Foon () and Inspector Wah (). A native of Taishan, Guangdong, (Spoke Chinese Cantonese, and Chinese Taishenese) Cho began his actor career at the age of 15, and eventually starred in more than 700 movies. He was a compulsive gambler. Legend has it that he lost the Wah-tat Studio, which produced most of his movies at the time, at the gambling table. However, it is not certain whether the studio was owned by him. Filmography Films This is a partial list of films. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leong Mo-Sik
Liang (Romanization used in China, ) is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin. The surname is often transliterated as Leung (in Hong Kong) or Leong (in Macau, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines) according to its Cantonese and Hakka pronunciation, Neo / Nio / Niu (Hokkien, Teochew, Hainan), or Liong (Foochow). In Indonesia, it is known as Liang or Nio. It is also common in Korea, where it is written Ryang (량) or Yang (양). In Vietnam, it's pronounced as Lương. It is listed 128th in the classic text Hundred Family Surnames. In 2019 it was the 22nd most common surname in Mainland China. In comparison, it is the 7th most common surname in Hong Kong, where it is usually written Leung or Leong. History During the reign of the Zhou dynasty King Xuan of Zhou (827–782 bc), Qin Zhong set out on an expedition to subdue the peoples to the west in Central Asia. After Qin Zhong died, the King divided the area of Shang among them, the second son of Qin Zhong recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Tan-Lo
Lee may refer to: Name Given name * Lee (given name), a given name in English Surname * Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee: ** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname ** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese surname *Lý (Vietnamese surname) or Lí (李), a common Vietnamese surname * Lee (Korean surname) or Rhee or Yi (Hanja , Hangul or ), a common Korean surname * Lee (English surname), a common English surname * List of people with surname Lee **List of people with surname Li ** List of people with the Korean family name Lee Geography United Kingdom * Lee, Devon * Lee, Hampshire * Lee, London * Lee, Mull, a location in Argyll and Bute * Lee, Northumberland, a location * Lee, Shropshire, a location * Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire * Lee District (Metropolis) * The Lee, Buckinghamshire, parish and village name, formally known as Lee * River Lee - alternative name for River Lea United States * Lee, California * Lee, Florida * Lee, Illinoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
