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Viva Erotica
''Viva Erotica'' () is a 1996 Hong Kong erotic comedy film co-written and directed by Derek Yee and Lo Chi-Leung. The film is developed as a sex-comedy film, though with a serious subject of how an artist has to compromise his artistic integrity to make a living. Synopsis The story centers on the unsuccessful film-director Kwok-Wing (Leslie Cheung) and his producer Chung (Law Kar-ying), who agrees to make Category III sex/porn movies for their financial stability. Their movie projects are financed by a gangster boss Pui (Paul Chun). Shu Qi and Karen Mok played the roles of the leading actresses in the movie. In the end, Wing finally decides not to compromise his artistic integrity by making a porn movie. Cast * Leslie Cheung as Kwok-Wing (Director) * Karen Mok as Man-Wai (Wing's Girlfriend) * Shu Qi as Mango, Actress * Law Kar-ying as Chung (Producer) * Paul Chun as Pui (Boss) * Elvis Tsui as Wah * Allen Ting as Chi-Chun * Sean Lau as Wan * Anthony Wong Chau-Sang as Wong Jin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Yee
Derek Yee Tung-sing () is a film producer, director and a former Shaw Brothers actor from Hong Kong. Early life Yee was born Yee Tung-sing in Hong Kong on 28 December 1957, the son of Yee Kwong (爾光), a film producer from Tientsin (Tianjin), and Hung Wei (紅薇), an actress of half Manchu, half Mongol ethnicity. Yee's elder half-brothers Paul Chun and David Chiang as well as his elder half-sister Yim Wai were also actors. Career In 1977, Yee became an actor for Shaw Brothers Studio in Hong Kong. Yee has starred in over 40 movies in Hong Kong. This was between 1975 and 1986, during the time when Shaw Brothers Studio were still producing movies. Yee became a screenwriter and film director. Yee is known for the 2004 film ''One Nite in Mongkok'', which won multiple awards. Yee's other notable films include ''C'est la vie, mon chéri'', ''Viva Erotica'' and ''The Truth About Jane and Sam'' and ''Protégé''. In 2017, Yee became the chairman of Hong Kong Film Awards Associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shu Qi
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47th Berlin International Film Festival
The 47th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1997. The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film ''The People vs. Larry Flynt'' directed by Miloš Forman. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian film director G. W. Pabst was shown at the festival. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Jack Lang, politician (France) - Jury President * Hark Bohm, actor, director and screenwriter (Germany) * Férid Boughedir, director, screenwriter and producer (Tunisia) * Maggie Cheung, actress and model (Hong Kong) * Fred Gronich, senior executive of the MPAA (United States) * David Hare, director, screenwriter and playwright (United Kingdom) * Per Holst, producer (Denmark) * Boleslaw Michalek, screenwriter and film critic (Poland) * Humberto Solás, director and screenwriter (Cuba) * Marianne Sägebrecht, actress (Germany) * Ning Ying, director (China) Films in competition The following films were in co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Chan
Jordan Chan Siu-chun (born Chan Siu-tsun on 8 July 1967) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and dancer, known for starring in the ''Young and Dangerous'' film series and for his role in the 1998 TV adaptation of Louis Cha's novel, '' The Duke of Mount Deer''. In recent years, he received renewed attention for his appearances in the Chinese reality shows '' Where Are We Going, Dad?'' in 2017 and '' Call Me By Fire'' (2021 and 2022). Early life Chan was born to a Hakka family in a rural village in Huizhou, Guangdong province, southern China. In 2018, Chan revealed in an interview that when he was young, his family was so poor that they didn't have enough to eat, and he once suggested to give his younger brother away to a rich family and for the suggestion, he received a beating from his parents. However his parents eventually did give away his young brother for HKD3,000. Chan also revealed that his father used to chain him up at home, afraid that he would run out of the house to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Film Award For Best New Performer
The Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to an actor or actress for the best performance by a new artist. The performance is often, but not obligatory, the debut role of the artist. History The award was established at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards (1983) and the first winner in this category was Ma Si-San for her role in the film ''Boat People''. There are 5, sometimes 6, nominations for the category of Best New Performer from which one actor or actress is chosen the winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer. The HKFA for Best New Performer was sometimes awarded for a very young actor or actress such as Xu Jiao, who was only nine years old at the time of the award, or Goum Ian Iskandar, a nine-year-old Malaysian actor who won in both supporting actor and best new artist categories for his performance in ''After This Our Exile''. Many recipients of this award become famous figures of the Hong Kong film in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Film Award For Best Supporting Actress
The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to an actress for the best performance by an actress in a supporting role. History The award was established at the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards (1985) and the first winner was Anita Mui for her role in the film ''Behind the Yellow Line''. There are 5, sometimes 6, nominations for the category of Best Supporting Actress from which one actress is chosen the winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. The most recent recipient of the award was Fish Liew, who was honoured at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards (2022), for her performance in '' Anita''. The actress with most awards in this category is Elaine Jin with 4 awards. There are six actresses who have been awarded in both the categories for leading and supporting roles, Anita Mui, Cecilia Yip, Zhou Xun, Deanie Ip, Kara Wai and Teresa Mo. Winners and nominees Multiple wins and nominations Multiple wins Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Hong Kong Film Awards
Ceremony for the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 13 April 1997 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and hosted by Lydia Shum and Nancy Sit. In total, sixteen winners in fifteen categories were unveiled. Peter Chan's '' Comrades: Almost a Love Story'' became the biggest winner for the year with nine awards, setting the record for the highest number of categories won by a single film. The event also marked the last time the Hong Kong Film Awards was held while under British colonial rule. The nominees were announced on 24 February 1997. The front runners were Peter Chan's '' Comrades: Almost a Love Story'' and Benny Chan's ''Big Bullet ''Big Bullet'' () is a 1996 Hong Kong action film directed, produced and co-written by Benny Chan. The film won awards for film editing at the 1996 Golden Horse Film Festival and the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards. Plot After assaulting his tac ...'', with eleven and nine nominations respectively. Awards Winners are listed first, highlighte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Kok
Vincent Kok Tak-chiu (; born 15 August 1965) is a Hong Kong actor, scriptwriter and film director. Vincent's ancestral hometown is Shandong province. Kok is best known for his frequent collaborations with Stephen Chow, acting and co-writing with him the films ''Forbidden City Cop'', ''From Beijing with Love'' and ''The God of Cookery'' in addition to producing and co-writing Chow's 2007 film '' CJ7''. He also made a cameo appearance in Chow's ''Shaolin Soccer'' as a hapless soccer player. Kok also wrote, directed and starred alongside Jackie Chan in '' Gorgeous'', a romantic comedy by the martial arts actor. Filmography *''Love on Delivery'' (1994) *''The God of Cookery'' (1996) *''Troublesome Night 2'' (1997) *''Troublesome Night 3'' (1998) *''Shaolin Soccer'' (2001) *''Marry a Rich Man'' (2002) *'' My Lucky Star'' (2003) *''It's a Wonderful Life'' (2007) *''Adventure of the King'' (2010) *'' Frozen'' (2010) *''Echoes of the Rainbow'' (2010) *''Fortune King Is Coming to Town' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Chan
Teddy Chan or Teddy Chen Tak Sum () is a Hong Kong film director, producer, writer and actor. Filmography Filmography as director, art director and other positions: HK CineMagic. Retrieved 2012-08-28. * '''' 邊緣人 (1981), assistant director * ''Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'' 星際鈍胎 (1983), assistant director * '' The Red Panther'' 害時出世 (1983), assistant director * '''' 烏龍大家庭 (1986), actor * '' |
Peter Ngor
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Jing
Wong Jing ( born 3 May 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, actor, presenter, and screenwriter. A prolific filmmaker with strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, Wong Jing played a prominent role in Hong Kong cinema during the 1990s. Biography Wong was born in Hong Kong, the son of noted film director Wong Tin-Lam. He graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a degree in Chinese literature which he describes as "useless" (Yang, 2003). Like many Hong Kong film figures of his time, Wong began his career in television – in his case, scriptwriting for local juggernaut TVB beginning in 1975 (Teo, 1997). He moved on to writing for the Shaw Brothers studio. There, he made his directing debut with ''Challenge of the Gamesters'' (千王鬥千霸) in 1981. This start foreshadowed his later successes with movies about gambling, such as ''God of Gamblers'', starring Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau, which broke Hong Kong's all-time box office record upon i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Wong Chau Sang
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