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Where The Wind Blows
''Where the Wind Blows'' (Chinese: 風再起時), previously known as ''Theory of Ambitions'', is a 2022 Hong Kong crime thriller film written and directed by Philip Yung and starring Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Chiu-wai respectively as Lui Lok and Lam Kong two notorious corrupt Hong Kong police officers during the 1960s. Originally set for release at the end of 2018, the film's release was delayed due to trouble getting approved by the National Radio and Television Administration. The film was scheduled to make its world premiere and open the 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival on 1 April 2021, but was pulled from the lineup three days before. The film made its world premiere the following year and opened the 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival on 15 August 2022 instead. The film has yet to receive a wide release in theaters. ''Where the Wind Blows'' was selected as the Hong Kong entry for Best International Feature Film at the upcoming 95th Academy Awards. Plo ...
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Philip Yung
Philip Yung Tsz-kwong () is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and critic. Yung won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards for his film ''Port of Call'' (2015). Early life Philip Yung Tsz-kwong grew up in a self-described "lower-class environment". Career Prior to his work as a filmmaker, Yung was a film critic. He made his feature film debut with ''Glamorous Youth'' (2009) followed by ''May We Chat'' (2013). His third feature ''Port of Call'' (2015), a crime thriller about a detective with eccentric methods, was nominated for and won several awards at various Asian award ceremonies, including 35th Hong Kong Film Awards, 52nd Golden Horse Awards, and the 19th Bucheon Film Awards. Yung personally won the Best of Bucheon Award at the Bucheon Film Awards and Best Screenplay at the Hong Kong Film Awards. His next feature ''Where the Wind Blows'' is a period crime thriller about corrupt cops in 1960s Hong Kong. Inspired by his ...
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Du Juan
Du Juan (; born September 15, 1982, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese actress, model, and former ballet dancer. She remains the first and only East Asian model to be on the cover of ''Vogue Paris'' and has appeared on the cover of ''Vogue China'' a record 18 times, more than any other model or celebrity. Biography Early life The only child of architect parents, Du had originally pursued a career in classical ballet, training at the prestigious Shanghai Theatre Academy for nine years. She eventually grew too tall to find a suitable dance partner, being over six feet while en pointe. Her name literally refers to the rhododendron flower. Modelling career A former ''Ford Supermodel of the World'' runner-up, Du made her runway debut in spring 2006, walking for prominent designers such as Valentino (opening and closing his bridal show), Jean-Paul Gaultier, Roberto Cavalli and Chanel. In 2005 Mario Testino photographed her for the cover of ''Vogue Paris'', along with Australian m ...
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Maggie Cheung Ho-yee
Maggie Cheung Ho-yee (; born 20 March 1969) is a Hong Kong actress. Career Maggie Cheung Ho-yee competed in TVB's 1994 Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, reaching the final five but not placing. However she did gain a special award for best "potential artist" (最具演藝潛質獎) and was signed to the channel soon afterwards. Her career spun off to a whirlwind of a start, as she was offered a leading role. However, she wanted to start from the bottom up and hence declined the role, only to accept a subsidiary role in another series. Many will say that her career kicked off with the well accepted ''Old Time Buddy'', but some others say it is with her primary leading role in "One Good Turn Deserves Another". The popularity of artists in the Hong Kong television market depends as much on the popularity of the characters in a series as to the ability of the actors and it was not until 1998 that she achieved mainstream popularity with the series "Old Time Buddy", in which she play ...
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Louis Cheung
Louis Cheung (; born 11 January 1980) is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actor. He is an alumnus of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in acting. His first play was in 1997, and he has performed in a total of more than 20 stage plays, including the classic "A Streetcar Named Desire (play), A Streetcar Named Desire", in which he played Stanley Kowalski. Career In 1984, Cheung started acting in front of the camera, including a well-known ad for Nestle instant milk's "The dairy cows raised at 15th floor". He has taken part in more than 100 TV shows, movies and ads. Cheung joined the music industry in 2005, winning "Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation - Best Male Newcomer (Bronze)" in the same year, and "Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation - Music Composer Award" and "Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation - Singer-songwriter Award." He has received much recognition for his creative achievements. He has also written many songs for other famous Canto- ...
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Ron Ng
Ron Ng Cheuk-hei (, born 2 September 1979) is a Hong Kong actor, singer, and former dancer. He first rose to popularity in the 2003 TVB drama ''Triumph in the Skies.'' He has since starred in several successful television series, most notably ''Twin of Brothers'', '' The Academy'' series, and the ''Flying Tiger'' franchise. He is known for his various police roles in dramas series. Ng has also appeared in the films ''Bleeding Mountain'' (2012), ''Shock Wave'' (2017), and ''Bodies at Rest'' (2019). Early life and career beginnings Ng was born on 2 September 1979 in Hong Kong. He has an older sister. In 1999, he enrolled into Hong Kong broadcasting station TVB's dance training course. Under the recommendation of actor Louis Koo (for whom Ng appeared as a background dancer for), Ng joined TVB as an actor after graduating from the station's acting classes. He began his career with minor roles, such as in ''Burning Flame II''. Career As actor In 2003, Ng was cast in a lead role in th ...
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Elaine Jin
Elaine Yan-ling (; born 15 December 1954), also known as Elaine Kam, is a Hong Kong–Taiwanese actress. She began her career in Taiwan in 1973 before moving to Hong Kong in 1981. She has been nominated seven times in the Hong Kong Film Awards and won three for her supporting roles in ''Love Unto Waste'' () (1986), '' People's Hero'' () (1987) and '' Port of Call'' () (2016). In 1994, Jin earned her first Golden Horse Film Award, also in the supporting category, for her performance in Edward Yang's ''A Confucian Confusion'' () (1994). Jin won the Golden Horse Award and the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 2016 film ''Mad World "Mad World" is a 1982 song by British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the band's third single release and first chart hit, reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982. Bo ...''. Personal life Jin has been married twice, to Liang Tin ...
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Mongkok
Mong Kok (also spelled Mongkok, often abbreviated as MK) is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Prince Edward subarea occupies the northern part of Mong Kok. Mong Kok is one of the major shopping areas in Hong Kong. The area is characterised by a mixture of old and new multi-story buildings, with shops and restaurants at street level, and commercial or residential units above. Major industries in Mong Kok are retail, restaurants (including fast food) and entertainment. It has been described and portrayed in films as an area in which triads run bars, nightclubs, and massage parlours. With its extremely high population density of , Mong Kok was described as the busiest district in the world by the ''Guinness World Records''. Name Until 1930, the area was called Mong Kok Tsui (芒角嘴). The current English name is a transliteration of its older Chinese name 望角 (; ), or 芒角 (; ), which is named for its plentiful supply of ferns in the past when it was a coastal region. ...
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Yau Ma Tei
Yau Ma Tei is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. Name ''Yau Ma Tei'' is a phonetic transliteration of the name (originally written as ) in Cantonese. It can also be spelt as Yaumatei, Yau Ma Ti, Yaumati or Yau-ma-Tee. ''Yau'' ( 油) literally means "oil", ''Ma'' ( 麻 or 蔴) can either refer to "sesame" or "jute", and ''Tei'' (地) means "field" or "open ground". Hence, ''Yau Ma Tei'' can be interpreted to mean either "oil-sesame field" or "oil and jute ground". This dual-interpretation is perhaps the reason for there being two explanations for the origin of the place name.Architectural Conservation Office, HKSAR Governmen ...
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Michael Chow (actor)
Michael Chow Man-Kin ( 周 文 健) is a Beijing-born Hong Kong-based actor. Filmography * '' Inspector Chocolate'' (1986) - Inspector Leung * ''Goodbye Darling'' (1987) - Party Member with gun * ''City War'' (1988) - Bobby * ''The Big Heat'' (1988) - Assassin * ''The Inspector Wears Skirts'' (1988) - Peter * '' Heart to Hearts'' (1988) * ''Police Story 2'' (1988) - CID Cop * '' Keep on Dancing'' (1988) - Mental patient * ''Blood Call'' (1988) - Michael * '' The Eighth Happiness'' (1988) - Ying-Ying's boyfriend * '' Raid on Royal Casino Marine'' aka. '' The Inspector Wears Skirts III'' (1990) - Captain * ''God of Gamblers'' (1989) - Casino manager * ''Miracles'' (1989) - Dai Jek Dung * ''I Am Sorry'' (1989) * '' Hearts No Flowers'' (1989) * ''Nobles'' (1989) - Blind Date * '' Her Fatal Ways 2'' (1991) - Ah Fu * ''Fallen Angel'' (1991) (TV) - Angel * '' Alien Wife'' (1991) * ''Her Fatal Ways'' (1991) - Niu * ''Cash on Delivery'' (1992) - Rookie gigolo * ''Fight Back to School II'' ...
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Patrick Tam (actor)
Patrick Tam (; born 19 March 1969) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Career He first set foot into the entertainment industry after winning the 1988 New Talent Awards in Hong Kong alongside another notable Hong Kong singer, Sammi Cheng who was second runner-up. After an unsuccessful stint in the music industry, Patrick was about to give up a career in the entertainment industry when he was approached by a TVB representative thus embarking on a journey into the world of acting. He got his first break when he received the Best Supporting Actor award at the 18th annual Hong Kong Film Awards in 1999 for his role as ''Push Pin'' in ''Beast Cops'' His next notable achievement was a Best Supporting Actor award at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival for his role as ''Man'' in '' Born Wild'' in 2001. Personal In 1996, Patrick met and eventually dated fellow TVB colleague, actress Astrid Chan before separating over personality differences. In 2003, he married Fiona Chan on Christ ...
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