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To Be Number One (film)
''To Be Number One'' () is a 1991 Hong Kong gangster film directed by Poon Man-kit, and produced by Stephen Shiu. The film is based on the rise and fall of a real-life gangster Ng Sik-ho, who is portrayed in the film by Ray Lui. ''To Be Number One'' was a critical and box office success, grossing HK$38,703,363 at the Hong Kong box office and winning the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film at the 11th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2017, the film was remade as ''Chasing the Dragon''. Plot The protagonist Ho begins the story as a poor Teochew refugee from Communist China, and leads his men to become pawns of the corrupt policeman Fat Kwan to control the drug trade. After Ho establishes himself, Fat Kwan turns against him, cripples him and kills many of his men, but Ho keeps rising and eliminates all his enemies. However Ho is blinded by his growing power, and his empire ends with the establishment of ICAC. Cast and roles * Ray Lui as Crippled Ho * Lawrence Ng as Ming * Waise Le ...
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Raymond Lee (director)
Raymond Lee Wai Man (; born 10 August 1949) is a Hong Kong director and television producer. Lee entered the Hong Kong film industry in 1972, initially working as a camera operator. After the closure of Commercial Television in 1978, Lee joined Asia Television working as screenwriter for martial arts films. In 1981, he left Asia Television to work as a producer at TVB. Since 1992, Lee has mostly directed movies in mainland China. He was the recipient of the 1996 Golden Bell Awards as Best Director for ''New Dragon Gate Inn.'' Selected filmography ;As director *''The Last Conflict'' (1988, TV film) *''Set Me Free!'' (1998) *''Tour of Revenge'' (1989) *''The Killer's Blues'' (1990) *''Rebel from China'' (1990) *''Blue Lightning'' (1991) *''Once a Killer'' (1991) *''New Dragon Gate Inn'' (1992) *'' The East Is Red'' (1993, co-directed with Ching Siu-tung) *''Fatal Obsession'' (1994) *''The Other Side of the Sea'' (1994) *''I Want to Go On Living'' (1995) *''Police Confidential' ...
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Chasing The Dragon (film)
''Chasing the Dragon'' (), previously known as ''King of Drug Dealers'', is a Hong Kong-Chinese action crime drama film directed by Wong Jing and Jason Kwan. The film stars Donnie Yen as Crippled Ho, based on real life gangster Ng Sik-ho and Andy Lau reprising his role as Lee Rock from the film series of the same name. The film is about an illegal immigrant from Hong Kong who sneaks into British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963 and transforms himself into a ruthless and emerging drug lord. The film is a remake of the 1991 film '' To Be Number One''. '' Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch'', a sequel-in-name-only featuring new characters and a new storyline was released in June 2019. Cast * Donnie Yen as Crippled Ho (跛豪; based on Ng Sik-ho) * Andy Lau (special appearance) as Lee Rock (雷洛; based on Lui Lok) * Bryan Larkin as Ernest Hunter, a corrupt British policeman and the main antagonist of the film * Kent Cheng as Piggy * Philip Keung as Wil * Wilfred Lau as Wayne * ...
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Hong Kong Film Award For Best Supporting Actor
The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to an actor for the best performance by an actor in a supporting role. History The award was established at the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards (1985) and the first winner was Shum Wai for his role in the film '' Long Arm of the Law''. There are typically 5 or 6 nominations for the category of Best Supporting Actor from which one actor is chosen the winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. The actors with most awards in this category are Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Paul Chun, Anthony Wong Chau Sang, Liu Kai-Chi, and Eric Tsang with 2 times each. Tony Leung Chiu Wai also holds the record for the actor with the most awards in the Best Actor category. Winners and nominees See also * Hong Kong Film Award * Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor * Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress * Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress * Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Chor ...
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Hong Kong Film Award For Best Actor
The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to an actor for the best performance by an actor in a leading role. The actor with most awards in this category is Tony Leung Chiu-Wai with 5 times. He is also holding the record for actor with most awards in the Best Supporting Actor category. History The award was established at the 1st Hong Kong Film Awards (1982) and the first winner and the sole participant in this category was Michael Hui for his role in the film ''Security Unlimited''. From the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards (1983), there are 5, sometimes 6, nominations for the category of Best Actor from which one actor is chosen the winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, except the 2nd Awards when Sammo Hung and Karl Maka shared the award. The most recent recipient of the award was Anthony Wong, who was honoured at the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards (2019), for his performance in ''Still Human''. The actor with most awards in t ...
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Hong Kong Film Award For Best Director
The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director is an award presented annually at the Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA). It is given to honour the best director of a Hong Kong film. The 1st Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony was held in 1982, with no formal nomination procedure established; the award was given to Allen Fong for his direction of ''Father and Son.'' After the first award ceremony, a nomination system was put in place whereby no more than five nominations are made for each category and each entry is selected through two rounds of voting. Firstly, prospective nominees are marked with a weight of 50% each from HKFA voters and a hundred professional adjudicators, contributing towards a final score with which the top five nominees advance to the second round of voting. The winner is then selected via a scoring process where 55% of the vote comes from 55 professional adjudicators, 25% from representatives of the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild and 20% from all other HKFA Executive Commit ...
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Chung Fat
Chung Fat was born on (December 2nd, 1953) and is a native of Guangdong, He is also a Hong Kong film actor, choreographer, producer and director. He primarily stars in jiangshi fictions and martial art movies . Performing experience Chung Fat, of the Han ethnicity, is a disciple of Madame Fan Kuk-fa of The Spring and Autumn Drama School. As a teenager, he was a Northern Praying Mantis practitioner with Lam Ching-ying, under Madame Fok's guidance. He became proficient in the use of a great variety of martial arts weapons and techniques. Chung Fat debuted very early on the silver screen, shooting "'' Enter the Dragon''" (1973) with Bruce Lee. Chung stated, "You need thousands of extras, some of which must be at the pinnacle of martial arts, Lam Ching-ying was the fellow with the opportunity when they were hiring extras". Chung Fat had a small role as a security guard who fails to capture Lee, (Bruce Lee) when he investigates the island. In the film, Han (Kien Shih) is descr ...
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Dion Lam
Dion Lam (林迪安; Lam Dik-On) is a Hong Kong action choreographer and actor. Filmography * 1980 ''The Hangman'' * 1982 ''Energetic 21'' * 1983 ''Crazy Blood'' * 1988 ''Mistaken Identity'' * 1989 '' The Killer'' * 1989 ''Ghost Ballroom'' * 1989 ''Angel Enforcers'' * 1989 ''Blood Ritual'' * 1990 ''Return to Action'' * 1990 ''The Sniping'' * 1990 ''She Shoots Straight'' * 1990 ''Shanghai Shanghai'' * 1990 ''The Revenge of Angel'' * 1991 ''The Top Bet'' * 1991 '' To Be Number One'' * 1991 ''Inspector Pink Dragon'' * 1991 ''Fist of Fury 1991'' * 1992 ''American Samurai'' * 1992 ''Hero of the Beggars'' * 1993 ''Flying Dagger'' * 1993 ''Swordsman III: The East Is Red'' * 1993 ''Last Hero in China'' * 1993 ''Executioners'' * 1993 ''Ghost Lantern'' * 1993 ''Her Fatal Ways 3'' * 1993 ''Freedom Run Q'' * 1994 '' The Private Eye Blues'' * 1994 ''Return to a Better Tomorrow'' * 1994 ''Her Fatal Ways 4'' * 1994 ''Wonder Seven'' * 1994 ''Love on Delivery'' * 1995 ''No Justice for All'' * 19 ...
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Chin Tsi-ang
Chin Tsi-Ang (February 22, 1909 – October 15, 2007), also romanized as Qian Siying, was one of the earliest martial arts actors of Chinese cinema and its first female star. She debuted in ''South China Dream'' (南华梦, Nanhua Meng) in 1925 at the age of 16 and played a leading role in ''Southern Heroine'' (江南女侠, Jiangnan Nüxia) in 1930. Biography Born and raised in Shanghai, when Chin was an infant a fortune-teller told her parents that to avoid an early death, she would have to be brought up as a boy. As a result, she was permitted to engage in activities usually reserved for males, although sometimes with her gender disguised. Chin began martial arts training at the age of eight, later going on to perform all her own stunts as well as choreograph scenes. An offer to invest in the new Langhua Movie Studio, made to her father by a close friend and businessman, started Chin's acting career. The studio's first production was to be a martial arts film entitled ''South C ...
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Elvina Kong
Elvina Kong Yan-yin (; born 6 July 1967) is a Hong Kong television actress and presenter currently under contract to TVB. Background Kong was born in British Hong Kong on 6 July 1967. She was a finalist in the New Talent Singing Contest 1985 run by TVB. She sang chorus "Goodbye Puppy Love" alone. Her performance impressed TVB and was offered a contract despite winning no awards. She played the role of Gam Yiu-kin in the sitcom Off Pedder from 2008 to 2010. She also played the role of Diana Man in the TVB sitcom ''Best Selling Secrets'' from 2007 to 2008. Her sister Liz Kong was also an actress and is in a relationship with barrister Alan Hoo SC. Personal life Kong was once in a brief relationship with another Hong Kong actor Dicky Cheung for 5 years in the late 1980s. Kong was married for 12 years with Jackson Ng. In 2013, Kong filed for divorce. Filmography * ''Police Story 2'' (1988) * ''Miracles'' (1989) * ''The Iceman Cometh'' (1989) * '' Crocodile Hunter'' (1989) * ' ...
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Lau Kong
Lau Kong () is a Hong Kong actor who worked on the network TVB. Biography Little is known of Lau's private life, but he has been acting since 1976, when he first joined the now defunct network Commercial Television, he later joined RTV (now ATV, Lau would be an actor there from 1979-1982. From 1982 onwards, Lau has been serving as veteran actor there, portraying various types of roles, (mostly as a patriarch, and many TVB actors and actresses have been his "son" or "daughter“, and there are very few actors in TVB that have never worked with him. Filmography Films *'' Last Hurrah for Chivalry'' (1979) *''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'' (1982) *''Queen of Kowloon'' (2000) *''Beast Stalker ''Beast Stalker'' () is a 2008 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by Dante Lam (who also wrote the screenplay with Ng Wai-lun, and produced with Candy Leung and Cheung Hong-tat). The film stars Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheung, Zhang Jingchu and ...'' (2008) *'' The Stool Pigeon'' (2010) Com ...
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Ng Man-tat
Richard Ng Man-tat (, 2 January 1952 – 27 February 2021) was a Hong Kong actor originally from Fujian. He was a veteran actor in the Hong Kong film industry, with dozens of awards, including Best Supporting Actor at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in '' A Moment of Romance''. Ng was best known for his comedic roles and was a versatile actor with many memorable performances throughout his career. Early life Richard Ng Man-tat was born in Xiamen, Fujian, on 2 January 1952. He had an older sister and two younger brothers. Ng's family migrated to Hong Kong when he was five. The family relied on his father's monthly income of to survive. Ng studied at Aberdeen Technical School, where he took a mechanical course to help provide for the family. Career Early acting career and bankruptcy Ng noticed TVB's ''Chinese Folklore'', which had an actor, Lin Wei Tu (), who was Ng's coworker at the factory where he was working. Ng thought he met the requirements of being a ...
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Lo Lieh
Wang Lap Tat (June 29, 1939 – November 2, 2002), better known by his stage name Lo Lieh, was an Indonesian-born Hong Kong film actor and martial artist. Lo was perhaps best known as Chao Chih-Hao in the 1972 martial arts film ''King Boxer'' (a.k.a. ''Five Fingers of Death''), Priest Pai Mei in ''Executioners from Shaolin'' and ''Clan of the White Lotus'', Miyamoto in the 1977 film ''Fist of Fury II'', and General Tien Ta in the 1978 film ''The 36th Chamber of Shaolin''. Early life Lo Born in Pematangsiantar on June 29, 1939, spent his early life in Indonesia and then his parents sent him back to China and attended acting school in Hong Kong, he began his martial arts training in 1962 and joined the Shaw Brothers Studio in the same year and went on to become one of the most famous actors in Hong Kong martial arts and kung fu films in the late 1960s and 1970s. Acting In 1970 Lo played Kao Hsia in the film ''Brothers Five'', alongside Cheng Pei-pei, and co-starred with Jimmy ...
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