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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, (he spoke Cantonese and Taishanese) 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. * 1936 ''Tears ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao (surname)
Cáo is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname (''Cáo''). It is listed 26th in the Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. Cao is romanized as "Tsao" in Wade-Giles (Ts'ao), which is widely adopted in Taiwan, although the apostrophe is often omitted in practice. It is romanized "Cho", "Tso", and "Chaw" in Cantonese; "Chou", "Chô", and "Chow" in Hokkien; and "Chau", "Chow" in Teochew. It is romanized "Zau" or "Dzau" in Shanghainese. Distribution Cao is the 30th-most-common surname in mainland China as of 2019 and the 58th-most-common surname on Taiwan. In the United States, the romanization Cao is a fairly common surname, ranked 7,425th during the 1990 census but 2,986th during the year 2000 census. It is one of the few Chinese surnames whose pinyin transcription is already more common than other variants. The Wade transcription Tsao was only ranked 16,306th during the 1990 census and 12,580th during the year 2000 one. The Cantonese transcription is actually b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Chi Master (RTV)
''Tai Chi Master'' (太極張三豐) is a classic Rediffusion Television series aired in Hong Kong in 1980. The series helped boost the popularity of Rediffusion TV right before the station was converting over to become ATV. Numerous sequels and spawns have followed since its release. (such as ''Tai Chi Master 2 遊俠張三豐''.) Summary The story revolves around Yuan-bo (Alex Man) who starts off as a young monk from Shaolin temple with some knowledge of tai chi. He soon meets general Chang Yuchun and become a student of To Cek-lun (陶石麟). Yuan-bo falls in love with his daughter To Choi-yi (陶綵衣). A number of adversaries later tried to kill Yuan-bo. He can only fight them off by becoming the supreme Taoist Tai chi master. Legacy The series being a classic helped Alex Man and Michelle Yim extend their popularity well into the 1980s era. Most memorable was the opening song composed by Michael Lai (黎小田), lyrics written by Lou Gwok-zim (盧國沾) and sung b ... [...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. Charlie ... [...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 direc ... [...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. The film focuses on a mad scientist who orders his assistants to kidnap victims for use in his experiments. When a martial artist and his assistant intervene in a kidnapping incident, a police inspector has the idea to employ the martial artist as an undercover agent for the police. The martial artist has to impersonate a Japanese ally of the villain. 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 Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Millionaire's Express
''Millionaires Express'' (, also known as ''The Millionaires' Express'' or ''Shanghai Express''; released in the Philippines as ''China Warriors'') is a 1986 Hong Kong western action comedy film starring, written and directed by Sammo Hung. The film co-stars Yuen Biao, Rosamund Kwan, Fan Mei-sheng, and Hwang Jang-lee. Plot In Russia, Ching Fong-tin attempts to steal goods from Russian soldiers. They catch him and force him to strip down to his underwear and dance for their amusement. He escapes by stealing the soldiers' grenades and blowing up the cabin with them inside. Ching is immediately caught by government agent Fook Loi, but escapes and retrieves his clothes. In Ching's home town, policeman Jook Bo and his allies set fire to a large building, as a diversion for a bank robbery. Tsao Cheuk-kin and his fire team race to the scene and save a fat lady and a blind woman. While the fire rages, the criminals rob the bank; two of them are caught and jailed. Mayor Yi gives a negati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aces Go Places 4
''Aces Go Places IV'' 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. Plot 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 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 Leader of the villains's henchmen * Gayle-Anne Jones as Leader of the villains's henchwoman * Fung Ging Man Fung Ging-man (), (22 January 1912 – 9 November 1997) sometimes credited as Ging-man Fung and Fung King-Man, was a Cantonese Hong Kong actor, script supervisor, production manager and director. He acted in over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
''Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars'' () 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 (mistaking her to be their target), but coinci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Lucky Stars
''My Lucky Stars'' () is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy film starring and directed by Sammo Hung. The film was written by Barry Wong, and produced by Leonard Ho. The film co-stars Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Sibelle Hu, Richard Ng, Charlie Chin, Eric Tsang, and Stanley Fung. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Friend From Inner Space
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, 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 is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . 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, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Aces Go Places 2
''Aces Go Places 2'' () is a 1983 Hong Kong action-comedy film directed by Eric Tsang and starring Sam Hui, Karl Maka, Sylvia Chang. The film has also been dubbed into English and re-edited and was released overseas as ''Mad Mission II''. The film is the second installment in the ''Aces Go Places'' film series. In the film, a burglar and a police detective join forces to locate stolen diamonds. Plot A James Bond-type burglar King Kong (Sam Hui) and his friend Albert "Baldy" Au ( Karl Maka), a bald police detective join forces to try to track down a rare set of stolen precious diamonds before it ends up in the hands of a notorious American mobster named "Black Gloves" (Filthy Harry in the dubbed version and during the English-speaking parts of the original film). The two unlikely duo are supervised by Baldy's wife, Supt. Nancy Ho (Sylvia Chang), a masculine, fiery-tempered policewoman as they are chased by many mafia members throughout the film in crazy chase sequences involvin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
