One Hundred Years of Film Co. Ltd. () is a

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film

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. It is a

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for Hong Kong film distributor

China Star Entertainment Group China Star Entertainment Limited () is a Hong Kong film production company and film distributor. It was established in 1992 by film producer Charles Heung, and is a distributor and film producer of films made mostly in Cantonese. Company China St ...

. The company was formed by

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 ...

in 1999.

Company

One Hundred Years of Film was established in 1999 by

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

/presenter

. Heung signed up top directors such as

Johnnie To Johnnie To Kei-fung (born 22 April 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and film producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas. Intensely prolific, To has made films in a variety of genres, though in ...

Ringo Lam Ringo Lam Ling-Tung (, Cantonese: Lam Ling-tung, 8 December 1955 – 29 December 2018) was a Hong Kong film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Hong Kong in 1955, Lam initially went to acting school. After finding he preferred making f ...

and

Tsui Hark Tsui Hark (, vi, Từ Khắc, born 15 February 1950), born Tsui Man-kong, is a Hong Kong film director, producer and screenwriter. Tsui has directed several influential Hong Kong films such as ''Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain'' (1983), the ...

with his initial plan being to make 100 films within three years. The company to this day continues to make a slew of films for China Star Entertainment Group, a company Heung established in 1992. In 2009, the company went defunct and has been folded into Win's Movie and Television Production, who been revived this year.

Films

The company's first feature film was To 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 ...

's 2000 film '' Needing You...''. The company has since made over 50 feature films alongside China Star, many of which have been box office successes. This includes film such as ''

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'' and its sequel ''

Election 2 ''Election 2'' (literal title: ''Triad (underground societies), Black Society: Harmony is a Virtue''), also known as ''Triad Election'' in the United States, is a 2006 Category III films, Category III Hong Kong crime film directed by Johnnie To w ...

'' (a.k.a. ''Triad Election''), ''

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 ...

'', ''

Running on Karma ''Running on Karma'' (), also known as ''An Intelligent Muscle Man'', is a 2003 Hong Kong action thriller film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai. The film is ultimately a Buddhist parable about the nature of karma. There were ...

'', ''

Driving Miss Wealthy ''Driving Miss Wealthy'' () is a 2004 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by James Yuen and reunites ''La Brassieres Lau Ching-wan and Gigi Leung. In the film, Lau poses a chauffeur hired to look after the spoiled rich woman played by Le ...

'', and ''

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 ...

''.

Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries of One Hundred Years of Film include production companies such as

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.

References

External links

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