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Yan Pak
Yan Pak () is a former Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Pak is credited with over 55 films and many TVB series. Early life On November 30, 1942, Pak was born as Wai-yin Chan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Career In 1959, Pak became a Hong Kong actress and debuted in The Fake Marriage (aka Great Pretender), a 1959 Comedy film directed by Lo Duen. Pak was a lead actress in many Drama and Comedy films including Affectionately Yours (1960), The Great Devotion (aka Love Cannot Read)(1960), So Siu Siu (1962), The Eternal Beauty of Hsi-Shih (aka Hsi Shih: The Beauty of Beauty)(1965), and Chicken and Duck Talk (1988). Pak's last film was Street Angels, a 1996 Triad film directed by Billy Tang Hin-Shing. In 1980s, Pak joined TVB and became active in television series including The Duke of Mount Deer (1984 TV series), The Return of Luk Siu Fung (1986 TV series), and All That is Bitter is Sweet (2014 TV Series). In 2012, Pak retired from acting. Pak's last television series was in 2014. Pak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuala Lumpur
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Drunken Master II
''Drunken Master II'' () is a 1994 Hong Kong action-comedy kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung and starring Jackie Chan as Chinese martial arts master and a Cantonese folk hero, Wong Fei-hung. It was Chan's first traditional style martial arts film since '' Fearless Hyena Part II'' (1983). The film was released in North America as ''The Legend of Drunken Master'' in 2000. The film is a sequel to Chan's 1978 film '' Drunken Master'', directed by Yuen Woo-ping. Another film, '' Drunken Master III'' (1994, directed by Lau Kar-Leung) features little in common with either this or its predecessor, and is not considered a sequel. In 2005, ''Drunken Master II'' was named one of the top 100 best films of all time by ''Time'' magazine. In 2015, the British Film Institute (BFI) selected ''Drunken Master II'' as one of the ten best action movies of all time. Plot The movie is set in early 20th century China. Wong Fei-hung, along with his father Wong Kei-ying and servant Tso, is on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duke Of Mount Deer (1984 Hong Kong TV Series)
''The Duke of Mount Deer'' is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel ''The Deer and the Cauldron'', produced by TVB and starring Andy Lau and Tony Leung. It was first aired on TVB Jade TVB Jade (), or simply Jade, is a Hong Kong Cantonese-language free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) as its flagship service, alongside its sister network, the English-language TVB Pearl. Br ... in from 9 July to 31 August 1984. Cast : ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duke Of Mount Deer, The 1984 Hong Kong television series debuts 1984 Hong Kong television series endings TVB dramas Works based on The Deer and the Cauldron Hong Kong wuxia television series Hong Kong comedy television series Martial arts television series Television series set in the Qing dynasty Cantonese-language television shows Television shows based on works by Ji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Heavenly Sword And Dragon Sabre
''New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre'' is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber''. The series was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1986. Plot Cast * Tony Leung as Cheung Mo-kei *Kitty Lai as Chiu Man * Sheren Tang as Chow Chi-yeuk * Ng Hin-wai as Yeung Bat-fui * Yung Wai-man as Kei Hiu-fu * Maggie Shiu as Siu-chiu * Simon Yam as Cheung Tsui-san * Carol Cheng as Yan So-so * Chan On-ying as Yan Lei * Kenneth Tsang as Tse Shun * Wong Sun as Yu-yeung Prince * Lau Kong as Sing Kwan * Liu Kai-chi as Yu Doi-ngam * Chun Hung as Sack Monk * Wilson Tsui as Cheung Chung-kai * Lee Shu-kah as Mok Sing-kuk * Toi Chi-wai as Yan Lei-ting * Bau Fong as Cheung Sam-fung * Lung Tin-sang as Yu Lin-chow * Tam Bing-man as Chu Cheung-ling * Lau Dan as Ho Tai-chung * Wong Man-yee as Ding Man-kwan * Lee Heung-kam as Mit-juet * Wong Wan-choi as Sung Yun-kiu * Ho Shu-wing as Sung Ching-shu * Chun Wong as Chow Din * Mak Tsi-wan as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles
''Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles'' is a 2012 Hong Kong television drama produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) under executive producer Chong Wai-kin. The drama follows the lives of a large, rich, and influential Chinese family living in 1920s and 1930s colonial Hong Kong. Cast and characters Chung family (鍾家) *Damian Lau portrays Sir Arthur Chung, JP (鍾卓萬; jyutping: ''Zung Ceokmaan'') the patriarch of the Chung family with four wives; the first ethnic Chinese barrister. *Mary Hon as Koo Sam-lan (顧心蘭; ''Gu Samlaan'') portrays the first wife of Sir Arthur Chung. She dies in episode 39. * Idy Chan portrays Aisin Gioro Yee-yin (愛新覺羅·爾嫣; ''Oisangoklo Jijin''), a Manchu ex-princess of the fallen Qing dynasty; the second wife of Sir Arthur. She is the oldest daughter of Pak's character, and sister of Aisin Gioro Yee-hei; also the love interest of Chai Yat-fai. She leaves Sir Arthur Chung for Chai Yat-Fai in episode 36." *Elena Kong portrays Yvo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All That Is Bitter Is Sweet
''All That Is Bitter Is Sweet'' (Traditional Chinese: 大藥坊; literally "The Great Apothecary") () is a 2014 Hong Kong period, medical, romance drama produced by TVB, starring Linda Chung, Ruco Chan and Raymond Wong Ho-yin as the main leads, with Natalie Tong, Pierre Ngo, Sammy Sum and Elliot Ngok as the major supporting roles. Filming took place from November 2013 to February 2014. The drama began broadcasting on September 8, 2014 on TVB Jade channel during its 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. timeslot, and will finish airing on October 17, 2014 with 30 episodes total. Synopsis Set during the Republic of China, when each region of China was ruled by local warlords. The Dou family of Foshan is an affluent family that owns and runs Sheung Chun Tong (), the largest traditional Chinese apothecary in town. Bad times, however, came during an epidemic. When the apothecary's product caused the death of the Mayor's eldest son (and owner Dou Sam's soon-to-be son in law), Dou Sam is imprisoned, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awarded the administration of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906, the city had no choice but to decline and pass the honour to London. The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals at the 1960 Games. Host city selection On 15 June 1955, at the 50th IOC Session in Paris, France, Rome won the rights to host the 1960 Games, having beaten Brussels, Mexico City, Tokyo, Detroit, Budapest and finally Lausanne. Tokyo and Mexico City would subsequently host the proceeding 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics respectively. Toronto was initially interested in the bidding, but appears to have dropped out during the final phase o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Film Actresses
Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese name) *Hong (Korean name) Organizations *Hong (business), general term for a 19th–20th century trading company based in Hong Kong, Macau or Canton *Hongmen (洪門), a Chinese fraternal organization Creatures *Hamsa (bird), a mythical bird also known was hong *Hong (rainbow-dragon) ''Hong'' or ''jiang'' () is a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology, comparable with rainbow serpent legends in various cultures and mythologies. Chinese "rainbow" names Chinese has three " rainbow" words, regular ''hong'' , literary ''didong ..., a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology * ''Hong'' (genus), a genus of ladybird {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
