Leads the ratings - Choi wan kuk movie (Cai yun qu).
Movie Is being made - in 1982.
Countries: Hong Kong
In movie played:
Wai Ai (actor)
Andy Lau (actor)
Nick Names: Wah Jai
Interviews: "HK Magazine" (Hong Kong), 6 May 2005, Iss. 573, pg. 8-17, by: Scott Murphy and Yvonne Young, "HK's Top 10 Movies"
Height: 5' 9"
Quotes: "I think 'Fruit Chan' (qv) is an interesting director because he could offer a purely commercial attraction with artistic subjects and personalities." (on director, 'Fruit Chan' (qv))., "Wong Kar Wai is a very intense character, very personable, and I believe in general he does not like and he would not want his actors to show their true looks and their true personality on screen." (on working with 'Kar Wai Wong' (qv))., "I want to have a form that fits the times, so I just keep on changing - and that makes people feel I'm a hardworking guy trying to do my best." (on his new approach to acting), "In Hong Kong the camera is always moving. 'Yimou Zhang' (qv) will put the camera on you and leave it there. And if you're good, you're good. And if you're not, well ..." [on the difference between working on Hong Kong productions and a Zhang Yimou production], "Sing more and you get better, Fight more and you get better ... But acting is hard.", "In any movie you showed your handsome face, maybe stood there in a smart pose, and that's it, that was enough. The hard part was already done." (on his previous acting roles), "The first time I met him, he just showed me his Rolex. He says 'Look at it' then I look at it. Then he told me 'Work hard, and you are going to have it!" (on meeting his idol, 'Chow Yun-Fat', for the first time)
Birth Notes: Tai Po, Hong Kong
Trademarks: Frequently cast in films directed by 'Johnnie To' (qv)., Frequently cast in films directed by 'Ka-Fai Wai' (qv)., Frequently uses his Chinese name, "Wah," in his films., Frequently cast in films directed by 'Jing Wong' (qv).
Birth Name: Wing, Lau Fok
Started career as a TV actor., Once a side kick of 'Yun-Fat Chow' (qv). They made 4 movies together: _Ying hung ho hon (1987)_ (qv), _Gong woo ching (1987)_ (qv), _Du shen (1989)_ (qv) and _Dou hap (1991)_ (qv). They also made two TV series together: _"Yang ka cheung" (1986)_ (qv) and _"Sou hat yi" (1982)_ (qv)., Named as "Four Kings" of Hong Kong pop-music industry with 'Jacky Cheung (I)' (qv), 'Leon Lai (I)' (qv) and 'Aaron Kwok' (qv) in the early 90s., He was one of the "5 Tigers" in TVB with 'Tony Leung Chiu Wai' (qv), 'Felix Wong (I)' (qv), 'Kiu Wai Miu' (qv), and 'Ken Tong' (qv) in the 1980s., Has the most awards won by a male Cantonese pop artist, as of April 2000 he had 292 awards., (As of 2003) Since 1992 he has appeared in concert 179 times., Awarded "No. 1 Box-office Actor 1985-2005" of Hong Kong, yielding a total box office of HKD 1,733,275,816 for shooting 108 films in the past 20 years., Awarded honorary fellow member by the Hongkong Academy of Performing Arts (HKAPA). Past recipients of the honor include 'Yun-Fat Chow' (qv), 'John Woo (I)' (qv) and 'Anthony Wong (IX)'., Is skilled in the Chinese calligraphy., Lau was awarded the Asian Filmmaker of the Year in the 2006 Pusan International Film Festival in Busan (formerly Pusan), Korea. He received the award after initiating a project Focus First Cuts to finance films from fledging Asian directors. One of the 6 films, the black comedy _Fengkuang de shitou (2006)_ (qv) (aka Crazy Stone), has gone on to become to date the second top-grossing film in China this year.
Birth Date: 27 September 1961
Ken Tong (actor)
Height: 177 cm
Birth Notes: Hong Kong
He was one of the "5 Tigers" in TVB with 'Tony Leung Chiu Wai' (qv), 'Felix Wong (I)' (qv), 'Kiu Wai Miu' (qv), and 'Andy Lau' (qv) in the 1980s.
Spouse: 'Kun Jiang' (? - ?) (divorced); 3 children
Birth Date: 29 September 1958
Ching Yee Chong (actress)
Birth Notes: Hong Kong
Birth Date: 1959
Jade Hsu (actress)
Younger sister of 'Feng Hsu' (qv)
Annabelle Louie (actress)
Marilyn Wong Cho-See (actress)
Teddy Robin Kwan (producer)
Birth Name: Kwan, Wei Pang
Height: 4' 10"
Kar Wai Wong (writer)
Articles: "The Wall Street Journal" (USA), 4 October 2008, pg. W2, by: Michelle Kung, "Up From the 'Ashes:' Director Wong Kar Wai revisits a bootlegged cult film"
Spouse: 'Esther' (? - present); 1 child
Trademarks: Often casts Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Maggie Cheung in his films., Wear sunglasses.
Birth Notes: Shanghai, China
Other Works: TV commercial: Directed a commercial starring 'Eva Green' (qv) for Dior's Midnight Poison perfume (2007).
Where Now: (May 2008) 61st Cannes Film Festival
Left Shanghai with his mother at the age of 5, when they emigrated to Hongkong, leaving his father, a hotel director, his brother and his sister behind., Did not speak Cantonese--the local dialect of Hong Kong--until the age of 13., Dropped out of an art school and joined a screenwriter's program in 1980., Does not use detailed scripts for his films., Never went to a film school., He claims that his non-linear style of story-telling is inspired by the late Argentinian writer 'Manuel Puig (II)' (qv)'s novel titled "The Buenos Aires Affair"., His son Qing, born 1994, along with his wife live in Hong Kong., Director with the most films (6, all directed between 1989 to 2000) among the Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures, selected by Hong Kong Film Awards in celebration of 100 years of movies., 1st Chinese to win the Best Director Award at Cannes film Festival (1997), [January 5, 2006] It was announced that he has been selected President of the Jury for the 2006 Cannes Film Festival., Has directed several commercials and music videos., Graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic College in graphic design (1980)., Considers _Zui hou sheng li (1987)_ (qv) his best script., Profiled in "Films and Dreams: Tarkovsky, Bergman, Sokurov, Kubrick and Wong Kar-Wei" by Thurston Botz-Borsnstein. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008.
Birth Date: 17 July 1956
Agnes Ng (director)
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