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Michael Lam
Michael Lam Wai-Leung () is a former Hong Kong film actor. He has appeared in numerous films, in several of which he has played the lead role. He first appeared in the film ''The Night Rider''. Lam took his first lead role in the Hong Kong-Singapore co-produced film '' Bugis Street'', made in 1995 and directed by award-winning director Yonfan, where he played the role of Meng. Lam ordained as a Buddhist monk in 2009, and currently a resident monk in Tsz Shan Monastery.。 Filmography * The Night Rider (1992) * From Zero to Hero (1994) * He & She (1994) ... Michael, one of Kai's boyfriends * In the Heat of Summer (1994) ... gangster * Crystal Fortune Run (1994) ... Hot Dog * Organized Crime & Triad Bureau (1994) ... OCTB member * Let's Go Slam Dunk (1994) ... King Kong * The Final Option (1994) ... Ching * Fait Accompli (1994) ... Chun Ming * Touches of Love (1994) * Ten Brothers (1995) ... Rubber Four / Snake Skinned Four * Bugis Street (1995) * Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin (surname)
Lin (; ) is the Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin romanization of the Chinese surname written wikt:林, 林, which has many variations depending on the language and is also used in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (as Im (surname), Im), Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia. Among Taiwanese and Chinese families from abroad, it is sometimes pronounced and spelled as Lim because many Chinese descendants are part of the Southern Min diaspora that speak Hokkien or Teochew dialect, Teochew. In Cantonese-speaking regions such as Hong Kong and Macau it is spelled as Lam or Lum. It is listed 147th on the ''Hundred Family Surnames''. Within mainland China, it is currently the 18th most common List of common Chinese surnames, surname. In Japan, the character 林 is also used but goes by the pronunciation Hayashi, which is the 19th most common surname in Japan. Name origin King Zhou of Shang (reigned 1154 to 1122 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty, had three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bugis Street (film)
''Bugis Street'' (妖街皇后) is a 1995 directed by Yonfan, about the lives of Singaporean transvestites in a bygone era. A Hong Kong-Singaporean co-production, it was a minor hit at the box office with a sexually-explicit R(A) (in short as Restricted (Artistic)) rating, male full-frontal nudity and its nostalgic evocation of a seedy but colourful aspect of Singaporean culture, prior to the redevelopment of Bugis Street into a modern shopping district and the eradication of transvestite activities in the area. In 2015, the restored version of the film was presented at the 26th Singapore International Film Festival as ''Bugis Street Redux''. Synopsis Sixteen-year-old Lien, portrayed by Vietnamese actress Hiep Thi Le, is the main protagonist. Despite having worked for a time as a servant in a household whose "young master" adored her in her hometown of Malacca in West Malaysia, the young girl comes across as having led a surprisingly sheltered life. She journeys to Singapo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonfan
Yonfan (born 14 October 1947) is a Hong Kong film director and photographer. Biography He was born in Wuhan, Hubei, Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China. As the Yang family emigrated from mainland China, they lived first in Hong Kong for 3 years, and then moved to Taiwan when Yonfan was 5 years old. He spent most of his childhood and adolescence in Taichung, Taiwan, and returned to Hong Kong in 1964 as a 17-year-old man to work as a photographer, but left for the United States in 1968 to study film. After a couple of years travelling through the United States, France and Britain, he returned to Hong Kong in 1973, and became a photographer noted for his celebrity portraits. In 1984, he made his box office debut as a director with ''A Certain Romance (film), A Certain Romance''. Two years later, Yonfan adapted the much-loved romantic novel ''The Story of Rose'' by Yi Shu. Starring an up-and-coming Maggie Cheung, the passionate ''Lost Romance (film), Lost Romance'' was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsz Shan Monastery
Tsz Shan Monastery (慈山寺) is a prominent Buddhist temple situated in Tung Tsz, Tai Po District, Hong Kong. The monastery is notable for its 76-meter tall bronze-cast statue of Cintāmaṇicakra, Ruyilun Guanyin, an esoteric manifestation of the Bodhisattva Guanyin. It is located in a scenic area, with Pat Sin Leng mountain range behind it and Plover Cove Reservoir in front. The monastery covers an area of approximately 500,000 square feet. The construction of Tsz Shan Monastery was completed in April 2015, and it was opened to the public in the same month. The project was initiated by Mr. Li Ka-shing, the founder of the Li Ka Shing Foundation. The Foundation has reportedly invested over HK$3.3 billion in the project, covering costs for land acquisition, construction, and ongoing operational expenses. In 2015, following the opening of the monastery, Mr. Li Ka-shing expressed his belief in the soothing and soul-nourishing qualities of Buddhist art. Motivated by this belief, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanks For Your Love
''Thanks for Your Love'' is a 1996 Hong Kong romantic comedy film produced and directed by David Yu and Norman Law and starring Andy Lau and Rosamund Kwan. Plot Wah (Andy Lau) has an uninhibited romantic nature and is very optimistic. He also loves motorcycles, but he gets into a traffic accident which damages a business of the company he works for and Wah is fired as a result. Lam-lam (Rosamund Kwan) is old-fashioned and conservative. She wants to get married with his boyfriend Michael (Michael Tao), but she overreacts and gets violent when she gets intimate with a man. Because of this, Michael broke up with her. One day, Wah met Lam-lam at a reception of her company. Having lost her love, Lam-lam was determined to make a breakthrough. Using alcohol to boost her courage, Lam-lam uses her tipsiness to seduce Wah. Wah sees his love fortune coming and the two of them hook up creating a seemingly imaginary and real bewildered night. Cast *Andy Lau as Wah *Rosamund Kwan as Lam-la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Those Were The Days (1996 Film)
''Those Were the Days'' (4 個 32A 和一個香蕉少年) is a 1996 Hong Kong comedy drama film directed by Eric Tsang. It is a coming-of-age story about four friends who went to an all-girls secondary school together. Cast * Loletta Lee - adult Minnie Liu * Jordan Chan - Super * Julian Cheung - Chan Yan Kin (teacher) * Josie Ho - Liu Man Sze (Minnie's oldest sister) * Annie Man - young Patricia * Kong Lai Na ( Leila Tong) - young Minnie Liu * Amanda Lee - Informant * Karen Mok - adult Patricia * Rick Tan - Stripper Roommate * Lillian Ho - Bamboo (student) * Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Chi-wai ( zh, t=曾志偉; born 14 April 1953) is a Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, and television host, best known for hosting the variety show ''Super Trio series'' on the Hong Kong television network Television Broadcasts ... - Mr. Liu (Minnie's Father) * Hilary Tsui - Liu Heung (Minnie's older sister) * Linda Wong - Bamboo * Chin Kar Lok External links * HK cinemagic entr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young And Dangerous 4
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A Hero Never Dies
''A Hero Never Dies'' ( zh, c=真心英雄, p=''Zhen xin ying xiong'', cy=''Chan sam ying hung''; literal title: ''True Heart Hero'') is a 1998 Hong Kong action crime drama, and the first Milkyway Image film to be directed by Johnnie To. Starring Leon Lai and Lau Ching-wan, ''A Hero Never Dies'' is a heroic bloodshed tale centering on the friendship and rivalry of two men in competing Triads in the midst of a gang war. The film has often been compared to the 1986 Hong Kong film ''A Better Tomorrow ''A Better Tomorrow'' () is a 1986 Hong Kong action film directed, co-written and co-produced by John Woo, co-produced by Tsui Hark, and starring Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun-fat. The film had a profound influence on Hong Kong action c ...'' as both films involve characters who wind up being betrayed by their bosses. Cast and roles * Leon Lai as Jack * Lau Ching-wan as Martin * Fiona Leung as Fiona, Martin's girlfriend * Yoyo Mung as Yoyo, Jack's girlfriend * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishonen (film)
''Bishonen...'' (; literally: ''Passion Between Beautiful Youths'') is a 1998 Hong Kong romantic drama film about an ill-fated gay romance. Written and directed by Yonfan, the film stars Stephen Fung, Daniel Wu and Shu Qi. In 2011, the film was screened at the 16th Busan International Film Festival as part of a retrospective of Yonfan's work, which featured seven of his restored and re-mastered films from the 1980s through the 2000s. Synopsis Jet (Stephen Fung) is a handsome gay hustler whose sex appeal seems to know no bounds. Everyone wants to make love to him, but he is in love with no one but himself and he is very picky about his clients. Things change drastically when he notices what seems like a young couple in a shop, Sam (Daniel Wu) and Kana (Shu Qi). At first sight, he falls in love with Sam and begins following the two around trying to get noticed by him. Jet's friend Ching, who is also a hustler, runs a personal ad in a gay magazine for Jet, imploring Sam to conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Male Film Actors
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