This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. In the mid-1980s, Jackie Chan was one of the biggest stars in Asia. But while his films regularly topped the Hong Kong box office, he just could not crack America. After the disappointments … Read more
When she did begin acting in the early 1980s, at the age of 18, unlike many second-generation actresses she did it to support her family, she revealed in a 2016 interview with Phoenix TV. Kwan pictured in 1993. Her breakout role came in 1984 in the romantic comedy Challenge on Chasing Girls. Photo: SCMP “I … Read more
Today, after a lull that started in the 2000s, there is renewed global interest in Hong Kong films from both past and present. (From left) German Cheung, Terrance Lau and Tony Wu in a still from Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, by far the biggest Hong Kong blockbuster of 2024. Photo: Media Asia Films … Read more
In 2015, it was even proposed that Teng had been reincarnated as a Thai girl, Vanatsaya Viseskul, who, then 16, looked like the Teng of her 1960s album covers, and, while not knowing a word of Mandarin, was able to perform a much of the Taiwanese singer’s repertoire with miraculously high fidelity. Teresa Teng was … Read more
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Lee did not make an appearance until Way of The Dragon (1972) showed up in seventh place, behind foreign blockbusters like Jaws and The Towering Inferno, and Chor Yuen’s popular satire House of 72 Tenants (1973). How Stephen Chow’s Royal Tramp films updated an already popular story Hui’s films were hilarious, but they also connected … Read more
Chen, 78, has had a varied career, making his name in period films directed by the legendary Chang Cheh – his powerful debut in 1972’s Boxer from Shantung is particularly dynamic – and also playing dramatic roles across the full spectrum of martial arts films. He has starred in many classic films, including Chang’s The … Read more
