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Cho Tat-wah
Walter Tso Tat-Wah (15 September 1915 – 10 January 2007) was a film actor of Hong Kong, most famous for the roles he played in a number of ''Wuxia'' films in the 1950s and 1960s. The names Cho Tat-wah and Shih Kien were synonymous to "good and evil" in the colloquial language of Hong Kong because of the roles the two actors played in those movies. Yu So-chow co-starred many of Cho's movies. The two names Cho Tat-wah and Yu So-chow symbolized a perfect couple. His well-known roles include Lung Kim-fei (), Leung Foon () and Inspector Wah (). A native of Taishan, Guangdong, (Spoke Chinese Cantonese, and Chinese Taishenese) Cho began his actor career at the age of 15, and eventually starred in more than 700 movies. He was a compulsive gambler. Legend has it that he lost the Wah-tat Studio, which produced most of his movies at the time, at the gambling table. However, it is not certain whether the studio was owned by him. Filmography Films This is a partial list of films. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taishan, Guangdong
Taishan (), alternately romanized in Cantonese as Toishan or Toisan, in local dialect as Hoisan, and formerly known as Xinning or Sunning (), is a county-level city in the southwest of Guangdong province, China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen. During the 2020 census, there were 907,354 inhabitants (941,095 in 2010), but only 433,266 were considered urban. Taishan calls itself the "First Home of the Overseas Chinese". An estimated half a million Chinese Americans are of Taishanese descent. Geography Taishan is located in the Pearl River Delta in southwestern Jiangmen Prefecture. It includes 95 islands and islets, including Shangchuan Island, the largest island in Guangdong now that Hainan has become a separate province. Taishan is one of Guangdong's " Four Counties" ('' Sze Yup''), which excluded Heshan and is now part of the Greater Taishan Region. Climate History During the Ming dynasty, the area of present-day Taishan was carved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duel Of The Century
''The Duel of the Century'' is a 1981 Hong Kong film adapted from ''Juezhan Qianhou'' of Gu Long's ''Lu Xiaofeng'' novel series. The film was directed by Chor Yuen, produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, and starred Tony Liu as the lead character. Synopsis The main character tries to discover why two famous people intend to have a duel. Cast *Tony Liu as Lu Xiaofeng *Elliot Ngok as Ximen Chuixue *Jason Pai as Ye Gucheng *Linda Chu as Ouyang Qing * Ching Li as Leng Qingqiu *Helen Poon as Sun Xiuqing *Sun Chien as Hua Manlou *Lung Tin-sang as Sikong Zhaixing *Cheung Ying as Zhenjia Niren Zhang *Cho Tat-wah as Monk Kugua *Ngai Fei as Gu Qingfeng *Cheng Miu as Li Yanbei *Ku Kuan-chung as Yan Renying *Kwan Fung as Emperor *Yeung Chi-hing as Du Tongxuan *Lam Fai-wong as Xuan'er Zhao *Chan Ka-kei as Tang Tianrong *Chan Kwok-kuen as Monk Shengtong *Kara Hui *Shum Fong *Wong Yung *Yuen Wah Yuen Wah (born Yung Kai-chi; 2 September 1952) is a Hong Kong action film actor, action choreograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Terracotta Hit
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Against The World
''Three Against the World'' is a 1988 Hong Kong action film directed by Brandy Yuen and starring Andy Lau as a bounty hunter entrusted by his godfather to protect the priceless Koran and outwit a master thief (Teddy Robin) and friendly rival (Norman Chui) who are looking to pinch the scroll. Plot Bounty hunter Charlie Chan (Andy Lau) is entrusted by his godfather, Boss Ng ( Cheng Gwan-min), to protect a priceless copy of the Koran while transporting it for display in an exhibit to save his godfather's insurance company when the latter agreed to protect it for unscrupulous businessman, Sung Kam-wing (Wong Chi-keung), who is actually scheming to consume Ng's insurance company by hiring master thief Cheuk Fei-fan (Teddy Robin) to steal the Koran. On the other hand, Charlie's friendly rival, sharp shooter Ma Wan-lung (Norman Chui) also wants to steal the Koran for his girlfriend (Charlene Tse), whose grandfather had died stealing it, and her father have also gone mad for it. Charli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Stars Go Places
''Lucky Stars Go Places'' (), also known as ''The Luckiest Stars'', is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Eric Tsang. It is the fourth film in the '' Lucky Stars'' series. It was an attempt to combine the original Lucky Stars troupe with the similar action comedy ensemble from the ''Aces Go Places'' series. The film stars original Lucky Stars member Sammo Hung along with new Lucky Stars members Andy Lau, Alan Tam, Kent Cheng, Anthony Chan and Billy Lau as well as ''Aces Go Places'' stars Karl Maka and Sylvia Chang, while other Lucky Star members Tsang, Richard Ng, Stanley Fung and Michael Miu make cameo appearances. Background The original trilogy of films, ''Winners and Sinners'', ''My Lucky Stars'' and ''Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars'' were directed by and starred Sammo Hung. They featured appearances from Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao and blended comedy with kung fu action. ''Lucky Stars Go Places'' was directed by Eric Tsang and produced by Hung, who did not dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Family Strikes Back
''The Family Strikes Back'' is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film produced, directed by and starring Dean Shek. Plot Professor Kiu (Roy Chiao) is a mad scientist who developed mental disorders from grieving the death of his son. Kiu orders his assistants to kidnap men to his lab, located in a private container on a vessel, for experiments. Police inspector Uncle Wah (Cho Tat-wah) had sent his subordinates to gather evidence in the vessel, but failed to find any. Shek La-mai ( Dean Shek), an acrobatic performer working in a nightclub, has practiced martial arts since childhood and was a former commander of the Special Duties Unit before he was dismissed by the police force due to accusations of sadism. Shek is currently a single father of three children living a happy life. One night during his performance, he and his protege, Lam Hong (Gary Lam), witnessed and intervened in a kidnapping incident by Kiu's henchmen, and the two became targets of Kiu. On the other hand, Uncle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Millionaire's Express
Millionaires Express (, also known as ''Shanghai Express''; released in the Philippines as ''China Warriors'') is a 1986 Hong Kong martial arts western comedy film written and directed by Sammo Hung. The film stars Hung, Yuen Biao, Rosamund Kwan, Mei-sheng Fan and Hwang Jang-lee. Plot Ching Fong-tin goes to Russia to steal goods from the Russian soldiers. Unfortunately he is caught and the soldiers make him strip his clothes down to his underwear. They force him to wear a brassiere and the head of a mop as a wig, and he is made to dance for their amusement. However, he makes his escape, grabbing his grenades as he goes, and throws one into the cabin. Fook Loi catches Ching and lectures him about his crimes. Ching tries to escape, but in the scuffle, he and Fook end up rolling into a snowball. In the final moments after they both got out of the snowball, Fook tries to look for Ching and is taken by surprise when he jumps down from a tree, grabs his clothes and rushes off back to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aces Go Places 4
''Aces Go Places IV'', also known in the United States as ''Mad Mission 4: You Never Die Twice'', is a 1986 Hong Kong action-comedy film directed by Ringo Lam and starring Samuel Hui, Karl Maka, Sylvia Chang and Sally Yeh. It is the fourth film in the ''Aces Go Places'' film series. Cast * Samuel Hui as King Kong * Karl Maka as Albert Au * Sylvia Chang as Supt. Nancy Ho * Sally Yeh as Sally Bright * Cyrus Wong as Baldy Jr. * Ronald Lacey as Leader of the villains * Kwan Tak-hing Kwan Tak-hing, MBE (27 June 1905 – 28 June 1996) was a Hong Kong martial artist and actor best known for his portrayal of martial artist folk hero Wong Fei-hung in at least 77 films, between the 1940s and the 1980s. No one else in cinema his ... as HK Police Ice hockey team coach * Roy Chiao as The Professor * Cho Tat-wah as Officer Wah * Shih Kien as Interpol Ice hockey team coach * Pomson Shi as Professor's assistant * Onno Boelee as Hornsby * Peter McCauley as Digger * Sandy Dexter as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
''Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars'' (, released in the Philippines as ''Dragon Mission'') is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy film starring and directed by Sammo Hung. The film co-stars Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao. It is the third installment in the ''Lucky Stars'' series, following ''Winners and Sinners'' (1983) and ''My Lucky Stars'' (1985). ''Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars'' was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 15 August 1985. Plot The Five Lucky Stars, one of them being replaced by a younger brother, are assigned by the police to allow an actress to live with them. The actress has information on a crime syndicate and assassins are sent after her. Ricky and Swordflower are to stay at the actress’s home undercover to capture the assassins. Throughout the course of the movie, the Stars chase the attractive woman around the house, though their efforts are largely unsuccessful. At the climax, the three assassins eventually end up at a recreation building to take down Swordflower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Lucky Stars
''My Lucky Stars'' () is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Sammo Hung, written by Barry Wong, and starring Hung, Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao. It was released as ''5 Lucky Stars'' in Japan and as ''Ninja Encounter'' in the Philippines. ''My Lucky Stars'' is the second film in the ''Lucky Stars'' series, and a semi-sequel to '' Winners and Sinners'', with many of the same actors returning as the "Five Lucky Stars" troupe, albeit with different character names and slightly different roles. Plot summary Undercover cop Muscles (Jackie Chan) enlists his childhood friends, the "Five Lucky Stars", to travel to Japan to help him catch a Yakuza group. A corrupt Hong Kong cop (Lam Ching Ying) flees to Tokyo to join his fellow mobsters, whose headquarters are secretly built under an amusement park (filmed in Fuji-Q Highland). Two loyal cops, Ricky (Yuen Biao) and Muscle (Jackie Chan), travel there to apprehend him and uncover the mobsters’ lair, but Ricky is kidnapped in a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Friend From Inner Space
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winners And Sinners
''Winners and 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 and Sinners'', whereas Hung's character takes the mantle in the latter films. Plot Five prisoners - Tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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