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The New Adventures Of Wisely
''The New Adventures of Wisely'' is a Singaporean adventure-science fiction television series adapted from the novel series ''Wisely Series'' by Ni Kuang. It was directed by Daisy Chan and starred Hong Kong actor Michael Tao as Wisely (or Wei Si Li), the main character. The series was first aired on Television Corporation of Singapore Channel 8 (now MediaCorp Channel 8) in Singapore in 1998. Plot The 30 episodes long series is divided into six segments, each involving a mystery case that Wisely has to solve. ;''Shadow'' (影子) Uncle Cai is accused of murdering a man who claimed that his shadow was after his life. Wisely investigates the mystery and learns that the shadow is the ghost of a man who committed suicide by throwing himself into a charcoal kiln. Once the shadow attaches himself to someone, he can control the person's movements and make him/her do things against his/her will. Wisely helps the shadow find a new "home", a rare piece of charcoal, and in return, the shadow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Fiction
Adventure fiction is a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement. Some adventure fiction also satisfies the literary definition of Romance (prose fiction)#Definition, romance fiction. History In the introduction to the ''Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction'', Critic Don D'Ammassa defines the genre as follows: D'Ammassa argues that adventure stories make the element of danger the focus; hence he argues that Charles Dickens's novel ''A Tale of Two Cities'' is an adventure novel because the protagonists are in constant danger of being imprisoned or killed, whereas Dickens's ''Great Expectations'' is not because "Pip's encounter with the convict is an adventure, but that scene is only a device to advance the main plot, which is not truly an adventure." Adventure has been a common theme (literature), theme since the earliest days of written fiction. Indeed, the standard plot of Heliodorus, and so durable as to be still alive in Adventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Tan (actor)
Bernard Tan Thuan Tjer (born in 1962 or 1963) is a Singaporean actor and insurance dealer. He has starred in the television series ''Bond of Love'' (1994), ''Silk and Romance'' (1995), '' A Romance in Shanghai'' (1996), ''The Other Parent'' (1997) and '' Point of Entry'' (2010−2014). Career Tan was one of the 12 finalists of the 2nd ''Star Search'' Singapore competition in 1990, but withdrew before the finals and was replaced by another contestant Liang Yayu. Three years later after meeting a SBC producer, Tan took a three-month sabbatical leave from his ad agency and modelling job and made his acting debut in ''Bond of Love'' (1994), appearing opposite Aileen Tan and Lin Meijiao. He became a full-time actor in November 1994. He has been a Great Eastern Life insurance dealer since 2009. Personal life Tan attended Catholic High School where he was primary and secondary school classmates with actor Edmund Chen. At a press conference for the Urofair 2012 Asia Pacific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waise Lee
Waise Lee Chi-hung (born 19 December 1959) is a Hong Kong film and television actor best known for playing the roles of villains and antagonists in various films. Biography Lee graduated from TVB's Artist Training Academy in 1982 and was from the same batch as Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Francis Ng. He started acting in Hong Kong films in the 1980s and became famous for his role as the antagonist Tam Shing in John Woo's 1986 film ''A Better Tomorrow''. Since then Lee has made appearances in several films, including '' A Chinese Ghost Story II'' (1990), '' To Be Number One'' (1991), ''Powerful Four'' (1992). He also played the leading roles in '' The Big Heat'' (1988), ''Bullet in the Head'' (1990) and ''The Cat''. Lee is best known on television for his roles in television series produced by TVB, such as ''Mind Our Own Business'' (1993), '' Cold Blood Warm Heart'' (1996), ''Burning Flame'' (1998) and '' A Step into the Past'' (2001). Starting around 2001, Lee made less appearances in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cat (1992 Film)
''The Cat'' (衛斯理之老貓 ''Wèisīlǐ Zhī Lǎomāo'', lit. "Wisely's Old Cat"), also known as ''The 1000 Years Cat'', is a 1992 Hong Kong science-fiction action film directed by Lam Ngai Kai, based on the novel ''Old Cat'', an installment of the ''Wisely Series'', by Ni Kuang. Produced by Golden Harvest and Paragon Films, the film stars Waise Lee, Christine Ng, and Gloria Yip. Its plot follows a trio of extraterrestrials, one of whom has the form of a cat, who team up with a novelist named Wisely to fight a malevolent alien that can possess humans. Plot Li Tung is awoken in the middle of the night by the sounds of his upstairs neighbor hammering something. He confronts his neighbor and sees a girl holding a cat inside his neighbor's apartment. The next day, Tung sees the neighbor, the girl, and the cat departing in a moving van. Tung enters the neighbor's now-empty apartment, where he sees piles of newspaper on the floor, some of them bloodied. He lifts the papers an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Hui
Samuel Hui Koon-kit (born 6 September 1948), is a Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He is credited with popularising Cantopop both via the infusion of Western-style music and his usage of vernacular Cantonese rather than written vernacular Chinese in biting lyrics that addressed contemporary problems and concerns. Hui is considered by some to be the first major superstar of Cantopop, known as the God of Song. As an actor, he is well-known for portraying the main character "King Kong" in five installments of the Aces Go Places film series. Early life Hui was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China in 1948. His parents were both musicians; his father was a traditional Chinese musician while his mother was a Chinese opera singer. In 1950, along with his three older brothers, Michael, Ricky, and Stanley, Hui and his parents arrived in Hong Kong as refugees in 1950, originally living in Diamond Hill. Hui graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chow Yun-fat
Chow Yun-fat (born 18 May 1955), previously known as Donald Chow, is a Hong Kong actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility, encompassing action to melodrama and comedy and historical drama, his accolades include three Hong Kong Film Awards for Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, Best Actor and two Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, Golden Horse Awards for Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor, Best Actor. In a Chow Yun-fat filmography, film career spanning more than forty years, Chow has appeared in over 100 television drama series and films. Chow was propelled to fame by TVB dramas such as ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (TV series), The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'' (1979) and ''The Bund (TV series), The Bund'' (1980). His first acclaimed film was the Hong Kong political drama ''The Story of Woo Viet'' (1981), in which he played a Vietnamese refugee struggling to reach the United States. He is known for his collaborations with filmmaker John Woo in five Hong Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seventh Curse
''The Seventh Curse'' is a 1986 Hong Kong action cinema, Hong Kong action horror film directed by Lam Ngai Kai. The film is based on Ni Kuang's novel series ''Dr. Yuen Series''. The film stars Chin Siu-ho as Dr. Yuen Chen-hsieh, and Chow Yun-fat as Wisely, the protagonist in Ni's ''Wisely Series'' who appears as a supporting character in the ''Dr Yuen Series'', while Ni serves as the film's narrator and making a brief appearance as himself. Plot Dr. Yuen attempts to rescue a beautiful girl from being sacrificed to the "Worm Tribe" she belongs to. Yuen is damned with seven "Blood Curses" which burst through his leg periodically. He will die when the seventh bursts, but Bachu, the girl he saved, stops the curse with an antidote. The antidote only lasts one year, so on the advice of Wisely he heads back to Thailand to find a permanent cure. Yuen and his allies battle the evil sorcerer of the Worm Tribe, a hideous bloodthirsty baby-like creature, and "Old Ancestor," a skeleton with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Bingliang
Yan Bingliang (born Giam Ping Leong) is a Singaporean actor best known for acting in many Chinese-language television series produced by Mediacorp Channel 8. A veteran actor, he entered the entertainment industry in 1984 after finishing Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is the state media, state-owned media conglomerate of Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the investment arm of the Government of Singapore—it owns and operates television channels, radio, and digital media properties. ...'s 5th drama training course. Yan is known by his own generation for his role in ''Neighbours'', the longest running drama in SBC / TCS / MediaCorp history, and for portraying antagonists or villains. He left Mediacorp in 2011 and is now working as a freelance artist, films director/producer, scriptwriter, acting course trainer and a real estate agent. Filmography Television series References External linksProfileon xin.msn.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Yan, Bing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mak Ho Wai
Mak Ho Wai (; 7 January 1946 – 14 April 2022) was a Singaporean television actor with TVB and then Mediacorp. Early life and education Mak studied at the National Taiwan Ocean University, receiving a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering. He later earned a master's degree in Chinese language studies at the Beijing Normal University at the age of 60. Career After graduating from National Taiwan Ocean University, Mak was a radio DJ in Taiwan a period of time. Having spent ten years in Taiwan, he was proficient in speaking standard Mandarin. Mak enrolled into the twelfth cohort of the TVB artiste training class in 1982 to fulfil the wishes of his younger brother, , who was also an actor with TVB. Mak Dai Shing died in the CAAC Flight 3303 accident in the same year. After completing the training course, he was retained by TVB as an actor, playing mostly a support role in numerous televised drama in the ensuing years. Notable roles during his time at TVB included the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aileen Tan
Aileen Tan Lay Ching (born 18 October 1966) is a Singaporean actress. Life and career Tan studied at Willow Secondary School. Tan worked in sales for more than a year before becoming an office administrator at an advertising agency. Tan participated in Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's inaugural Star Search in 1988 and was placed second behind Zoe Tay. She also won the award for Most Photogenic. Tan was often cast in leading roles in the first 15 years of her acting career, but has since played supporting roles in recent years. She has been nominated multiple times in the Best Actress category at the annual Star Awards. She was nominated for the award in 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, and 2003; she won the award once in 2001 for her role in '' Three Women and a Half'', playing a manager in an advertising company who would make use of her looks and charms to climb up the corporate ladder. Tan took a break from television in 2005. In 2006, she appeared in two Singapore dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Quek
Phyllis Quek (born 23 August 1972) is a Malaysian actress and singer but continues to film on an ad-hoc basis and is currently managed by Hype Records. Quek was a full-time Mediacorp artist from 1995 to 2001, and was ranked by local media as the 'Fourth Ah Jie' for being the fourth most prominent actress in Singapore's Chinese-language entertainment industry of that time after Zoe Tay, Fann Wong and Ann Kok. She is known for her lead roles in the film '' 2000AD'' co-starring Aaron Kwok, and as 'Bai Mudan' in the popular television series ''Legend of the Eight Immortals''. Early life Quek was born in Malaysia to a single–parent family and was raised by her grandmother. She moved to Singapore when she was seven to study. While studying, Quek stayed at her mother's relatives' homes, rotating among relatives every few months. Career Rise to Prominence In 1995, Quek participated in Mediacorp's Star Search and won third place in the talent show. She was subsequently cast in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
