China Star Entertainment Limited () is a

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and

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. It was established in 1992 by film producer

Charles Heung Charles Heung Wah-keung ( zh, c=向華強) is a Hong Kong actor-turned-film producer and presenter. As founder of Win's Entertainment in the 1980s and China Star Entertainment Group in the 1990s, he has helped established the careers of vario ...

, and is a

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of films made mostly in

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Company

China Star Entertainment Group was established in 1992 by

, previous one was Win’s, established in 1977, who is the studio's

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, with his wife,

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, serving as

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and administrative producer. China Star Entertainment and its

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are principally engaged in the production and

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of Cantonese-language films and

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series. The company has also engaged in the provision of artists' management services and

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services. In the past few years, China Star has re-organized itself as an entertainment, multimedia, production, distribution, property development, property investment and gaming operations.

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.China Star Entertainment Group Website
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Films

China Star's film catalogue spans over ten years, and it has produced various films. Some films include

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competition flick ''

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'' and its

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, '' Election 2'' (a.k.a. '' Triad Election''), fantasy actioner '' Black Mask'', the chiller ''

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts ''My Left Eye Sees Ghosts'' () is a 2002 Hong Kong film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai, and starring Sammi Cheng, Lau Ching-Wan, Lee San-San, and Cherrie Ying. The film includes elements of tongue-in-cheek horror, comedy, ...

'' and

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special ''

Fat Choi Spirit ''Fat Choi Spirit'' () is a 2002 Hong Kong comedy film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, and starring Andy Lau, Lau Ching-wan, Louis Koo, Gigi Leung and Cherrie In. The film is a comedy, falling into the peculiar Hong Kong ge ...

''. These and other movie titles, a majority of which were produced during the past ten years, feature some Hong Kong actors, including

Jet Li Li Lianjie (courtesy name Yangzhong; born 26 April 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese film actor, film producer, Chinese martial arts, martial artist, and retired wushu (sport), Wushu champion. He is a naturalized Singapo ...

Andy Lau Andy Lau Tak-wah (; born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maint ...

Simon Yam Simon Yam Tat-wah (; born 19 March 1955) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He received international acclaim for his performances in international film festival and box office hits such as ''Naked Killer'', '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'', ''Election' ...

Sammi Cheng Sammi Cheng Sau-man (; born 19 August 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She is considered one of the most prominent female singers in Hong Kong, with album sales of over million copies throughout Asia. Most notably in the 1990s, she was dub ...

Gigi Leung Gigi Leung Wing-kei (Chinese: 梁詠琪, born 25 March 1976) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. Early life She was born at Tsan Yuk Hospital in Sai Ying Pun on 25 March 1976 and was given the name Leung Pik-chi () for superstitious reasons; as a ...

Lau Ching-Wan Sean Lau Ching-wan (born 16 February 1964) is a Hong Kong actor who has acted in both films and television series. He won Best Actor in the 2007 and 2015 Hong Kong Film Awards and in the 2000 and 2007 Golden Bauhinia Awards. Career Lau was born ...

Louis Koo Louis Koo Tin-lok ( zh, t=古天樂; born 21 October 1970) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and film producer. He began his professional career as an actor in local television series, winning TVB's Best Actor award in 1999 and 2001. After 2001, he f ...

Cherrie Ying Cherrie Ying Choi-yi (born 20 June 1983), better known as Ting Yim-yi or Ting Man, is a Taiwan-born Hong Kong actress. She moved to New York City at a young age, and later to Hong Kong. Her nickname is "Dingding" (丁丁), and she is often credit ...

and

Cecilia Cheung Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi (in Chinese 張栢芝, born 24 May 1980) is a Hong Kong actress and cantopop singer. Cheung is considered a " Sing girl"—an actress who first received media attention through starring alongside Stephen Chow, and later ...

. In 2001, the four most popular and successful films produced by China Star, namely '' Wu yen'', ''

Love on a Diet ''Love on a Diet'' () is a 2001 Hong Kong romantic comedy film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, starring Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng. The film reunites Lau and Cheng, who last paired up in 2000's '' Needing You...''. For the ...

'', ''

La Brassiere ''La Brassiere'' () is a 2001 Hong Kong romantic comedy film starring Lau Ching-wan, Louis Koo, Carina Lau and Gigi Leung. The film was followed by a sequel, titled ''Mighty Baby'', which was released in 2002. Plot The film's underlying plot is ...

'' and ''Master Q 2001'', achieved a total box office receipt of approximately HK$107, million, representing 38% of total box office receipts for the top ten Chinese films in Hong Kong. In 2002, ''My Left Eye Sees Ghosts'', ''The Lion Roars'', ''

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'' and ''Fat Choi Spirit'' achieved a total box office receipt of approximately HK$73 million, making them four of the most successful local Chinese films of that year. In 2004, ''Fantasia'', a Chinese New Year comedy film, was recorded as the second highest box-office take of all local films in 2004. In 2005, the film industry experienced lower revenue in the midst of the economic downturn and an influx of illegally copied films in

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format. The total number of

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films substantially decreased. China Star produced a total of 11 films, accounting for 18% of the 61 Hong Kong films produced in the year. Many of China Star's film have been successful on an international scale.

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and

Wai Ka-Fai Wai Ka-Fai (born 21 September 1962) is a Hong Kong screenwriter, producer, film director, and former TV screenwriter and producer. Wai is best known for his frequent collaborations with Johnnie To, another former TV turned film director and pr ...

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films, such ''Election'', ''Election 2'' and ''

Mad Detective ''Mad Detective'' () is a 2007 Hong Kong action film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai. ''Mad Detective'' was first screened at the 64th Venice International Film Festival, and later premiered at the 2007 Toronto International ...

'' enjoyed Hong Kong box office successes and were sold to a slew of foreign territories (including

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). China Star has gone on to produce a limited number of films after producing ''

Poker King ''Poker King'' () is a 2009 Hong Kong comedy film co-written and directed by Chan Hing-Kai and Janet Chun and starring Louis Koo and Sean Lau. Plot People say one's fate has been pre-determined from the start like the cards in a Texas Hold’em ...

'' in 2009. In 2014, ''

League of Gods ''League of Gods'' () is a 2016 Hong Kong-Chinese fantasy film directed by Koan Hui, co-produced by Charles Heung and Wilson Yip, based on the 16th-century novel '' Investiture of the Gods'' by Xu Zhonglin and starring an ensemble cast of Jet Li, ...

'' is considered a comeback project for China Star, a 3D film, with a budget of 300 million Hong Kong dollars, that will star Jet Li, Louis Koo, Huang Xiaming, Angelababy, Jacky Heung etc.

Real estate ventures

In Jun 2017, China Star sold its hotel holding in Macau to casino company Paradise Entertainment for HK$2.38 billion. The company stock price went up 62% in morning trading of the day after the news was published. China Star said it planned to use part of the sales proceed to develop “a two-tower luxury residential and commercial complex” on land it owns next to the hotel, where construction worked started last month. A the close of 2017, China Star had a commercial property in Mercer Street, Hong Kong for long-term investment. In addition, the company had two developing projects in Macau due to complete in 2019 and 2023. Around 2012, China Star started planning and building Tiffany House residential project near Golden Lotus Square, in Sé,

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. Construction began in 2017. The pre-sales of units began in June 2022.

Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries of China Star Entertainment Group include production companies such as One Hundred Years of Film,

Win's Entertainment Win's Movie and Television Production (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. () originally known as Win's Movie Production & I/E Co. Ltd. and Win's Entertainment (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd., was a Hong Kong film production company that was formed by producer Charles He ...

and Winson Entertainment/Star Entertainment.

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