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Demi-Gods And Semi-Devils (1982 TV Series)
''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'' is a 1982 Hong Kong's TVB television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same name. The 50-episode-long series is divided into two parts, with their Chinese titles as 天龍八部之六脈神劍 (''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: Divine Sword of Six Meridians'') for 30 episodes and 天龍八部之虛竹傳奇 (''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: The Legend of Hui-juk'') for 20 episodes respectively. Rating The series averaged a rating of 50 points Cast : ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' * Bryan Leung as Kiu Fung / Siu Fung * Kent Tong as Duen Yu * Felix Wong as Hui-juk * Idy Chan as Wong Yu-yin * Wong Hang-sau as Ah-chu / Chung Ling * Chan Fuk-sang as Ah-tsi * Sharon Yeung as Muk Yuen-ching * Shek Sau as Muk-yung Fuk * Patrick Tse as Duen Ching-sun * Leung Shan as Dou Bak-fung * Maggie Li as Mrs Wong * Lui Yau-wai as Kam Bo-bo * Yan Pak as Yuen Sing-chuk * Bonnie Wong as Chun Hung-min * Lam Kin-ming as Mrs Ma * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wuxia
( , literally "martial arts and chivalry") is a genre of Chinese literature, Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fantasy literature, its popularity has caused it to be adapted for such diverse art forms as Chinese opera, manhua, television dramas, films, and video games. It forms part of popular culture in many Chinese-speaking communities around the world. According to Hong Kong film director, producer, and movie writer Ronny Yu, wuxia movies are not to be confused with Martial arts film, martial arts movies. The word "" is a compound composed of the elements (, literally "martial", "military", or "armed") and (, literally "chivalrous", "vigilante" or "hero"). A martial artist who follows the code of is often referred to as a (, literally "follower of ") or (, literally "wandering "). In some translations, the martial artist is referred to as a () or (), either of which can be i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lau Siu Ming
Lau Siu Ming (, born 13 October 1931) is a Hong Kong dancer and actor. He started his acting career in TVB. He starred in the movie "The Butterfly Murders" for the first time in 1979. Though he is best known for his roles in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, the 1990 martial arts movie Swordsman, A Chinese Ghost Story, A Chinese Ghost Story II, and A Chinese Ghost Story III. In 2006, he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 11th Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Awards for playing Uncle Ghost in the movie Re-cycle. Early life Lau Siu-ming was born in 1931, and his ancestral home is Longkou Town, Heshan City, Jiangmen, Guangdong. When he was young, he traveled across the ocean alone and worked as a warehouse worker on a cruise ship. Later, he was awarded a scholarship to dance at the Classical Ballet Research Center in Cannes, France. Career Lau Siu-ming has profound attainments in dance. He is one of the pioneers of the Hong Kong dance industry and the first Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVB Dramas
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese service, and TVB Pearl as its main English service. TVB is headquartered at TVB City at the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate. TVB commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967. The company was incorporated on 26 July 1965 and was co-founded by Sir Run Run Shaw, who was chairman from 1980 to 2012, together with Sir Douglas Clague and Harold Lee Hsiao-wo of the Lee Hysan family. When TVB first began broadcasting it was commonly known and promoted as "Wireless Television" () in Chinese to distinguish it from the then cable television broadcaster, Rediffusion Television (), which later became ATV (). It is still usually referred to with that name, although ATV later switched to "wireless" (free-to-air) broadcasting as well. TVB is kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Hong Kong Television Series Endings
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 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 *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and regent * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Tsang
Kenneth Tsang Kong (; 5 October 1934 – 27 April 2022) was a Hongkongers, Hong Kong actor. Tsang's career spanned 50 years and included a variety of acting roles. Tsang won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor Award at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2015. Early life and education Tsang Koon-yat was born in Shanghai with family roots in , Zhuhai, Guangdong. Tsang attended high school in Wah Yan College, Hong Kong and then Wah Yan College, Kowloon. He attended McMurry College, Abilene, Texas for his freshman year and transferred to University of California, Berkeley, where he received a degree in architecture. Career Tsang returned to Hong Kong in the early 1960s as an architect but was unsatisfied by the work. His younger sister by 2 years, Jeanette Lin (), was a film star at the time and provided Tsang with several connections in the industry which boosted his acting career. Tsang's film debut was in the movie ''The Feud'' (1955) when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Lok
Felix Lok Ying-kwan is a Hong Kong actor. His television appearances include roles in '' Looking Back in Anger'', '' The Drive of Life'' and '' The Academy''. Filmography Television series Films *''Heroes of the Underground'' (1976) *''The Happenings'' (1979) *''Sexy Career Girls'' (1981) *'' Lady Cop and Papa Crook'' (2008) *'' Connected'' (2008) *'' Claustrophobia'' (2008) *'' Overheard'' (2009) *'' Overheard 2'' (2011) *'' Nightfall'' (2012) *''Tales from the Dark 1'' (2013) *''Young and Dangerous: Reloaded'' (2013) *''Overheard 3'' (2014) *'' Z Storm'' (2014) *'' From Vegas to Macau II'' (2015) *'' Cold War 2'' (2016) *''Shock Wave'' (2017) *''Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital li ...'' (2018) *''Integrity'' (2019) *''The Love of Immortal'' (2019) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Daozong Of Liao
Emperor Daozong of Liao (14 September 1032 – 12 February 1101), personal name Chala, sinicised name Yelü Hongji, was the eighth emperor The word ''emperor'' (from , via ) can mean the male ruler of an empire. ''Empress'', the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), mother/grandmother (empress dowager/grand empress dowager), or a woman who rules ... of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China. Life Emperor Daozong succeeded his father, Emperor Xingzong, in 1055. He was notable for reviving the official dynastic name "Great Liao" in 1066, a designation first given the empire by the Emperor Taizong in 947. Other noteworthy achievements made during his reign include the completion of a Liao edition of the Buddhist '' Tripitaka'' and the construction of the Sakyamuni Pagoda in 1056. Emperor Daozong faced a number of assassination attempts throughout his life. In 1063, a group of Khitans, angry that their system of tribal justice had been p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benz Hui
Benz Hui Shiu-hung (born 4 November 1948) is a Hong Kong film and TV actor. Hui is credited with over 165 films. Hui is a currently a TV actor with TVB. Early life and family Hui comes from an influential family in Canton. His great-grandfather was a godson of Empress Dowager Cixi and served as an imperial official during the late Qing dynasty. Hui's great-aunt, Xu Guangping (Cantonese: Hui Kwong-ping), was married to the writer Lu Xun. His granduncle Xu Chongzhi (Cantonese: Hui Chung-chi) was a founder of the Whampoa Military Academy, while his other granduncle Xu Chongqing (Cantonese: Hui Chung-ching) once served as an education minister of Canton. His name "Benz" was inspired by " Mercedes-Benz", as he was the first ATV actor to drive a Mercedes-Benz to work. Career In 1972, Hui started his acting career. Hui first appeared in Young People, a 1972 film directed by Chang Cheh. Hui started his acting career in supporting roles of various television series. He also joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kong Ngai
Kong Ngai (born Tang Siu Ji; October 1936 – 13 March 2013) was a Hong Kong actor with TVB and ATV. Early years Born in China in 1936 as Tang Siu Ji, Kong's affluent family fled to Macau during World War II and later migrated to Hong Kong. Before acting he was a stockbroker and a Cantonese opera singer. Acting career Kong was hired by TVB in 1974 and stayed with the station until 1996. He moved onto rival ATV in 1997 and remained there until 2008. Kong was known to play mainly father figures in his television career. Kong starred in one last TV series with RTHK in 2009. Kong's career spanned half a century with credits for 80 films and television series: * Overheard 2 (film, 2011) * Flaming Butterfly (ATV, 2008) * Cross Border Daddy (ATV, 2004) *The Condor Heroes 95 (TVB, 1995) *Instinct (TVB, 1994) * The Legend of the Condor Heroes (TVB, 1994) * Top Cop (TVB, 1993) *The Greed of Man (TVB, 1992) * Man from Guangdong (TVB, 1991) * The Smiling, Proud Wanderer (TVB, 1984) *T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bak Man-biu
Bak Man Biu（1921–2007) was a veteran Hong Kong actor best known for his role as the Patriatch Lok Fai in the TVB drama '' A House Is Not A Home'' (1977). Career Born as Chew Hong Fook in 1921, during the 1940s, Bak was involved in Cantonese Opera until the 1950s. During the 1950s, he joined the world of Chinese cinema, directing films and collaborating with the legendary director Li Han Hsiang. Bak has acted in many films ever since the 1950s till his retirement in 1996. Bak is considerably one of the best veteran actors in the industry, and is versatile in any roles he plays. He is perhaps best known as the Patriatch Lok Fai in A House Is Not a Home which became a TVB classic. Bak has also cooperated with many leading TVB actors and actresses then including Chow Yun-fat, Liza Wang Elizabeth "Liza" Wang Ming-chun Gold Bauhinia Star, GBS Silver Bauhinia Star, SBS (born 28 August 1947), is a Hong Kong diva, actress and Master of Ceremonies, MC. She is a personality in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Ko
Eddy Ko Hung (; born Ho Yiu-sum (); 13 December 1937) is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. He has appeared in over 150 film and television roles since his debut in 1969. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Chan Chung in the 1984 Hong Kong action war film '' Heroes Shed No Tears'', and Hong in the 1998 American buddy cop action film ''Lethal Weapon 4''. Most recently, he has made appearances in several international films including 2015's ''The Martian''. Early life Ko was born Ho Yiu-sim in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province in 1937, and moved to British Hong Kong with his family as a child. He trained in kung fu and judo, and was a lion dancer. Career Ko joined Shaw Brothers Studio in the late 1960s as a stuntman, and made his film acting debut in 1969, adopting the name Ko Hung as a stage name. He is also sometimes also credited as Ko Hung, Gao Xiong, Eddie Ko, Edward Ko, and Lin Sheng (). Throughout the 1970s and '80s, he appeared in numerous martial arts films. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
