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Hong Kong Film Award For Best Action Choreography
The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to a choreographer or a group of choreographers for the best achievement in action choreography. Since action scenes have an essential role in Hong Kong action cinema, this award is regarded as an important category. History The award was established at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards (1983) and the first winner in this category was the group of choreographers Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Biao & Billy Chan Wui-Ngai for their contribution in staging the action scenes of '' The Prodigal Son''. Action choreographers with the most wins: #Jackie Chan – 10 # Jackie Chan Stunt Team – 7 # Stephen Tung – 7 #Yuen Woo-ping – 6 #Donnie Yen – 5 #Sammo Hung – 4 Action choreographers with the most nominations: #Jackie Chan – 23 #Sammo Hung – 23 # Stephen Tung – 20 #Ching Siu-tung – 19 # Jackie Chan Stunt Team – 17 #Corey Yuen – 16 #Yuen Woo-ping – 15 # Chin Ka-lok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hong Kong Film Award
The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA; ), founded in 1982, is an annual List of film awards, film awards ceremony in Hong Kong. The ceremonies typically take place in April, and have mostly been held at the Grand Theatre of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre since 1991. The awards recognise achievement in various aspects of filmmaking, such as Film director, directing, screenwriting, acting and cinematography. The awards are regarded as the Hong Kong equivalent of the Academy Awards. The HKFA, incorporated into Hong Kong Film Awards Association Ltd. since December 1993, are currently managed by a board of directors, which consists of representatives from thirteen professional film bodies in Hong Kong. Voting on eligible films for the HKFA is conducted January through March every year and is open to all registered voters, which include local film workers as well as critics, and a selected group of adjudicators. General rules The Hong Kong Film Awards are open to all Hong Kong films which ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Corey Yuen
Corey Yuen Kwai (; 15 February 1951 – 2022) was a Hong Kong film director, film producer, action choreographer, and actor. Yuen attended the China Drama Academy and was one of the Seven Little Fortunes. In Hong Kong, he worked on several films such as Bruce Lee's '' Fist of Fury'' (1972), Hwang Jang-lee's '' Snuff Bottle Connection'', '' Secret Rivals 2'', '' The Invincible Armour'' (all 1977), '' Dance of the Drunk Mantis'' (1979), '' Ninja in the Dragon's Den'' (1982), '' Millionaire's Express'' (1986), and Jet Li's '' Fong Sai-yuk II'' (1993), '' The New Legend of Shaolin'' (1994), '' High Risk'', and '' My Father Is a Hero'' (both 1995). Yuen gained fame in American cinema beginning with his work as an action director on the 1998 film ''Lethal Weapon 4'', followed by the 2000 blockbuster ''X-Men'' and six of Jet Li's English-language works: ''Romeo Must Die'' (2000), ''Kiss of the Dragon'', '' The One'' (both 2001), '' Cradle 2 the Grave'' (2003), '' War'' (2007), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Champions (1983 Film)
''The Champions'' () is a 1983 Hong Kong sports comedy film written and directed by Brandy Yuen, who also supporting role. The film stars Yuen Biao, Cheung Kwok-keung, Dick Wei, Moon Lee, and Eddy Ko. Synopsis Lee Tung (Yuen Biao) is taunted by rival football teams. At first he is just a ball boy and a punch bag for the leading villain, King (Dick Wei). But after too many beatings, Tung decides to play for another local team and to go against King in a one-off football match at the end. The film also tackles problems of jealousy, corruption and bullying in sports. Cast * Yuen Biao as Lee Tung * Cheung Kwok-keung as Suen * Dick Wei as King * Moon Lee as Fanny * Eddy Ko as Tung's Uncle * Cheung King-po as King's assistant * Kam Biu as Soccer bets syndicate's boss * Tong Tin-hei as Seng Sun Team's boss * Tino Wong as 3rd Master * Ho Pak-kwong as 3rd Master's assistant * Fung King-man as Village contest's emcee * Yue Tau-wan as Social soccer player * Brandy Yuen as Man who helps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Zu Warriors From The Magic Mountain
''Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain'' ( zh, t=新蜀山劍俠) is a 1983 Hong Kong supernatural ''wuxia'' fantasy film directed by Tsui Hark and based on the xianxia novel '' Legend of the Swordsmen of the Mountains of Shu'' by Huanzhulouzhu. The film has been noted for combining elements of Hong Kong action cinema with special effects technology provided by a team of Western artists including Robert Blalack. It served as an influence for the 1986 American film '' Big Trouble in Little China''. ''Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain'' received five nominations at the 3rd Hong Kong Film Awards: Best Action Choreography for Corey Yuen, Best Actress for Brigitte Lin, Best Art Direction for William Chang, Best Film Editing for Peter Cheung, and Best Picture. Premise During the Sixteen Kingdoms period, army deserter Dik Ming-kei is being pursued by vampires in the mountain of Zu and is rescued by Master Ding Yan and then becomes his pupil. When they are ambushed by the Bloo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Winners And Sinners
''Winners & Sinners'' (, also known as ''5 Lucky Stars'') is a 1983 Hong Kong action comedy film written and directed by Sammo Hung, who also starred in the film. The film co-stars Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao, the latter serving as one of the film's action directors. It was the first in the ''Lucky Stars'' series of films, a highly successful series in Hong Kong. The film co-stars Chan in a significant role as an error-prone police officer. It also features a cameo appearance from Yuen as another police officer who gets into a fight with Chan's character. The film is followed by ''My Lucky Stars'' and '' Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars'', insofar as the "Five Lucky Stars" concept and many of the same actors return in those latter films. However, the character names and indeed their roles differ: Stanley Fung's character is the nominal "leader" of the quintet in ''Winners & Sinners'', whereas Hung's character takes the mantle in the latter films. Plot Five prisoners - Teapot (S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
3rd Hong Kong Film Awards
The 3rd Hong Kong Awards ceremony, honored the best films of 1983 and took place on 4 August 1984, at the Regent International Hotel, Hong Kong. The ceremony was hosted by Chung King-fai, during the ceremony awards are presented in 12 categories. The ceremony was sponsored by RTHK Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) is the public broadcasting service of Hong Kong. GOW, the predecessor to RTHK, was established in 1928 as the first broadcasting service in Hong Kong. As a government department under the Commerce and Econom ... and City Entertainment Magazine. Awards Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). References External links Official website of the Hong Kong Film Awards *1984 1983 film awards 1984 in Hong Kong {{film-award-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shaolin Temple (1982 Film)
''The Shaolin Temple'' (少林寺) is a 1982 martial arts film directed by Chang Hsin Yen and starring Jet Li in his debut role (credited as Jet Lee in the film) along with Ding Lan and Yu Hai in supporting roles. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, the film is based on the Shaolin Monastery in China and depicts Shaolin Kung Fu. The film was among the first major co-productions between Hong Kong and mainland China, and the first to be filmed in mainland China with a mostly mainland cast. The film's plot has an episodic storytelling structure while combining action, comedy and romance elements. It was the first martial arts film to be made in mainland China after the founding of the People's Republic of China; up until then, kung fu films and wuxia films were mostly made in Hong Kong and Taiwan. It was also the first film to be shot at the Shaolin Monastery. It sold an estimated tickets at the Chinese box office, and is estimated to be China's highest-grossing film ever whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Miracle Fighters
''The Miracle Fighters'' (; ) is a 1982 Hong Kong martial arts fantasy comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping and starring Bryan Leung, Yuen Cheung-yan and Yuen Yat-cho. The film's action sequences features various elements of fantasy, including magic. It was followed by two thematic sequels, '' Shaolin Drunkard'' (1983) and '' Taoism Drunkard'' (1984), which are similar in style with unrelated storylines. Plot During the Qing Dynasty, Han Chinese and Manchu people were not allowed to marry each other. After he is found to have taken a Han wife, the Emperor commands Manchu soldier Ko Hung (Eddy Ko) to kill her. When he refuses, he has to see his wife executed by soldiers. Ko Hung engages in a battle with the guards, and faces the powerful Sorcerer Bat (Yuen Shun-yi). Ko Hung takes the child prince hostage and flees the palace, but discovers during his escape that he has accidentally suffocated the prince to death. Ko Hung soon finds an infant under a tree. He adopts the boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yuen Shun-yi
Sunny Yuen Shun-yi (), also credited as Shun-yee Yuen, is a Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, and action coordinator. Biography Yuen was the fourth of ten children of the martial artist Yuen Siu-tien. He began training in kung fu with his father from a young age. His elder brothers, Yuen Woo-ping and Yuen Cheung-yan, were also kung fu actors and directors. Together with his brothers, Shun-yi appeared in many films made by the Yuen clan, which was one of the foremost makers of Hong Kong martial arts films. In the 1970s, he followed his brother Yuen Woo-ping to make films in Taiwan. Although he played a few leading roles in his early career, he was better known for his supporting roles as villains. He made many appearances in the ''Once Upon a Time in China'' film series. Selected filmography ;As actor * ''Dance of the Drunk Mantis'' (1979) as Foggy * '' The Buddhist Fist'' (1980) as Ah Hsiang (lead role) * '' Dreadnaught'' (1981) as White Tiger, a psychotic murderer hid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Legendary Weapons Of China
''Legendary Weapons of China'' (, ; ''Legendary Weapons of Kung Fu'') is a 1982 martial arts wuxia film or wuxia pian directed by Liu Chia-liang. It takes place during the late Qing Dynasty when Empress Dowager Cixi dispatches her agents to various factions of the Boxer Rebellion in order to find supernatural martial artists that are invulnerable to western bullets. When one of the leaders of these groups disbands his forces, assassins from the remaining factions are sent out to kill him for his apparent treason. As the title of the film suggests, a great variety of fights take place involving the " legendary weapons." Although Liu Chia-liang is known for showing "real Kung-Fu" in his films, he does take some artistic license by incorporating elements of Taoist Maoshan folk magic with hand-to-hand combat. This is similar to what he did in another of film of his, Heroes of the East (or "Challenge of the Ninja"). Plot Ti Hau is a pupil of Master Ti, a high-ranking member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lau Kar-leung
Lau Kar-leung (; born 28 July 1934 – 25 June 2013) was a Hongkongers, Hong Kong Martial art, martial artist, filmmaker, Stage combat, fight choreographer and actor. He is best known for the films he made in the 1970s and 1980s for the Shaw Brothers Studio, notably those starring Gordon Liu. He is considered one of the most influential figures in the history of Martial arts film, martial arts cinema. In many of his best-known films, Lau was credited as Liu Chia-liang, the Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin spelling of his name. He was part of a lineage of Hung Ga practitioners originating from Wong Fei-hung. Early life Lau was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, Guangdong Province in 1934. He had a younger brother, Lau Kar-wing, Kar-wing, also a prominent martial arts actor and filmmaker. Lau began learning kung fu when he was nine years old, under strict tutelage from his father, Lau Cham. The elder Lau was a well-known practitioner of the Wong Fei-hung lineage of Hung Ga, as a discipl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ninja In The Dragon's Den
''Ninja in the Dragon's Den'' () is a 1982 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Corey Yuen in his feature film directorial debut, and written by Yuen and Ng See-yuen. It stars Conan Lee, Hiroyuki Sanada and Hwang Jang-lee. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 24 June 1982. Plot In Japan of the Tokugawa Ieyasu period, a young ninja named Genbu wantonly kills samurai and other government officials, leaving his clan to face the blame. When they hunt him down, Genbu and his wife Akane sail to China both to escape their wrathful kinsmen and for Genbu to complete his revenge by finding the last man he holds responsible for his father's death. That man, Fukusa, leads a peaceful life as a mirror maker under the name of Uncle Fu. He has a young protégé, Sun Jing, a smug martial artist who constantly tries to prove himself by taking up every opportunity to fight. Jing also constantly teases his lecherous servant Chee and takes few things very seriously. When he sees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |