''Cheating in Panorama'' () is a
1972
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Hong Kong
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comedy film
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directed by
Li Han-hsiang
Richard Li Han-hsiang (; 7 March 1926 in Jinxi, Liaoning – 17 December 1996 in Beijing) was a Chinese film director. Li directed more than 70 films in his career beginning in the 1950s and lasting till the 1990s. His ''The Enchanting Shadow'' ...
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The film has a theme of duplicity. Film critic Ain-ling Wong classified ''Cheating in Panorama'' as having what
Chan Koonchung
Chan Koonchung (born 1952) is a Chinese science-fiction writer who has previously lived in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States. He currently lives in Beijing. Chan also holds Canadian citizenship. He is the founder of Green Power (綠色� ...
would describe as "slovenly aesthetics" that is of "the crude and vulgar variety".
Cast
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Chen Chen
Chen Chen (born March 9, 1989) is a Chinese-American poet. His book, ''When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities'', has been longlisted for the 2017 National Book Awards. Chen has served as the Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence at ...
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Li Han-hsiang
Richard Li Han-hsiang (; 7 March 1926 in Jinxi, Liaoning – 17 December 1996 in Beijing) was a Chinese film director. Li directed more than 70 films in his career beginning in the 1950s and lasting till the 1990s. His ''The Enchanting Shadow'' ...
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Alan Tang
Alan Tang Kwong-Wing (20 September 194629 March 2011) was a Hong Kong film actor, producer and director.
Early life
Tang was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. He was the youngest of four children, having two older brothers and one older ...
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Zhao Lei
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Zhang Yang
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Lee Kwan
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Charlie Chin
Charlie Chin Hsiang-lin (; born May 19, 1948) is a Taiwanese actor.
Background
Born in Nanjing, China in 1948, he first had his break when he moved to Hong Kong with his family at an early age. At only 12 years of age Charlie moved to Taiwan to j ...
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Chiang Nan
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Roy Chiao Hung
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Jenny Hu
References
External links
''Cheating in Panorama''on
Hong Kong Cinemagic
Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual (French and English) website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people who created them. The webs ...
''Cheating in Panorama''on
Hong Kong Movie DataBase
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1972 films
1972 comedy films
1970s Mandarin-language films
Films directed by Li Han-hsiang
Hong Kong comedy films
1970s Hong Kong films
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