''The Ultimate Winner'' ( zh, 赢家) is a 2011 Singaporean
Christian
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drama
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film directed by and starring
Li Nanxing
Li Nanxing (born Jonathan Lee Nam Heng on 7 November 1964) is a Singaporean actor who has been referred to as "Ah-Ge" (阿哥, "big brother") of Caldecott Hill. He is also a businessman and filmmaker.
Li has acted in many Chinese-language te ...
in his directorial debut. The film also stars
Constance Song
Constance Song (born Song Qing Qing on 18 May 1975) is a Singaporean actress and entrepreneur.
Career
Song was a model before joining Star Search Singapore in 1997 and was subsequently offered a contract by TCS (predecessor of MediaCorp). Sh ...
,
Rebecca Lim
Rebecca Lim Hui Ling (born 26 September 1986) is a Singaporean actress and host. Lim has won Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Asian Television Awards and two Best Actress in a Leading Role awards, a Best Supporting Actress award. Lim als ...
,
Chen Chao-jung
Chen Chao-jung, also known as Aaron Chen, is a Taiwanese actor and businessman.
He is known for starring in several of Tsai Ming-liang's films, including ''Rebels of the Neon God'' and '' Vive L'Amour''. He is also considered a household nam ...
and
Dai Xiangyu
Dai Xiangyu (born Dai Yangtian on 27 December 1984) is a Chinese actor and model formerly based in Singapore. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2007 to 2013.
Career
Dai was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province in 1984. He did some model ...
. The film revolves around the struggles of a habitual gambler who is drawn into a life of pain by his gambling addiction. However, he is brought to a realisation through his religious wife and turns over a new leaf.
Cast
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Li Nanxing
Li Nanxing (born Jonathan Lee Nam Heng on 7 November 1964) is a Singaporean actor who has been referred to as "Ah-Ge" (阿哥, "big brother") of Caldecott Hill. He is also a businessman and filmmaker.
Li has acted in many Chinese-language te ...
as Shi Tiancai
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Constance Song
Constance Song (born Song Qing Qing on 18 May 1975) is a Singaporean actress and entrepreneur.
Career
Song was a model before joining Star Search Singapore in 1997 and was subsequently offered a contract by TCS (predecessor of MediaCorp). Sh ...
as Honey Ma
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Rebecca Lim
Rebecca Lim Hui Ling (born 26 September 1986) is a Singaporean actress and host. Lim has won Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Asian Television Awards and two Best Actress in a Leading Role awards, a Best Supporting Actress award. Lim als ...
as Zhang Zhihui
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Chen Chao-jung
Chen Chao-jung, also known as Aaron Chen, is a Taiwanese actor and businessman.
He is known for starring in several of Tsai Ming-liang's films, including ''Rebels of the Neon God'' and '' Vive L'Amour''. He is also considered a household nam ...
as Li Guanjun
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Dai Xiangyu
Dai Xiangyu (born Dai Yangtian on 27 December 1984) is a Chinese actor and model formerly based in Singapore. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2007 to 2013.
Career
Dai was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province in 1984. He did some model ...
as Sky
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Zheng Geping
Zheng Geping (born Edmund Tay Kok Peng on 27 May 1964), formerly known as Zheng Guoping, is a Singaporean actor, executive producer and businessman. He has appeared in several MediaCorp Channel 8 television series. He left MediaCorp in 2023.
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as Datuk Ong
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Rayson Tan
Rayson Tan Tai Ming (born 12 January 1965) is a Singaporean actor.
Career
Before joining MediaCorp, Tan worked as a flight attendant with Singapore Airlines. In 1990, he emerged as the 2nd Runner-Up in Singapore's Star Search Singapore ta ...
as Zheng Youyi
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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 ...
as Zhang Zhifang
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Huang Shinan
Huang Shi Nan (born 23 May 1961) is a Singaporean actor, host, amateur singer, entrepreneur. Huang is a former Mediacorp
Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is the state media, state-owned media conglomerate of Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the ...
as Tiancai's father
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Chen Shucheng
Chen Shucheng (born Tan Soo Seng on 21 October 1949) is a Singaporean actor and television host. He is one of Mediacorp's few artistes still active from the " black and white TV" era.
Career
Acting
Chen joined Mediacorp
Mediacorp Pte. L ...
as Uncle Lim
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Chen Liping
Chen Liping (born Tan Lee Peng on 22 August 1965) is a Singaporean actress. Formerly with Mediacorp and Hype Records, Chen won three Best Actress Awards in the Star Awards awarded by Mediacorp.
Career
Chen began her acting career in 1985 ...
as Staff Sergeant
* Jiang Jiaxi as Manager
References
External links
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2011 films
2011 directorial debut films
2010s Mandarin-language films
Singaporean drama films
Singaporean films about gambling
Films about evangelicalism
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