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Hong Kong martial arts films owe much of their success to martial arts choreographers. But their history is mainly undocumented.
A brief 1999 essay by the Hong Kong Film Archive’s Yu Mo Wan, called Martial Arts Directors in Hong Kong Cinema, set out the historical framework of the craft and provided some of the material for this story.
The first wuxia films were made in Shanghai, then known as “the Hollywood of the East”, in the 1920s. According to Stephen Teo’s all-encompassing book Chinese Martial Arts Cinema, 1922’s Vampire’s Prey is the earliest example of a film with wuxia characteristics, and The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple, released in Shanghai 1928 and directed by Zhang Shichuan, is generally considered to be the first of the genre as we would recognise it.
Popular Hong Kong character actor
Ng Man-Tat, best known as Stephen Chow s sidekick in his hit comedies, passed away on Saturday from liver cancer. He was 70 years old, surrounded by his wife and children.
Stephen Chow with Ng Man-Tat in Shaolin Soccer, Miramax
Ng Mat-Tat was born in Xiamen, Fujian province, in China before his family moved to Hong Kong when he was 5 years old. In the 1970s, he took part in acting classes organized by Television Broadcasts, which was a training ground for many actors who would enter the industry. Many actors from impoverished families got their start at these workshops, including
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Hoi (Ben Yuen, left) and Pak (Tai-Bo) are two older gay men who find each other in Ray Yeung’s Hong Kong film “Twilight’s Kiss.” Photo: Strand Releasing
Hong Kong is not known for its vibrant LGBTQ cinema, and for good reason: It wasn’t until recent generations that it was OK to come out of the closet, and even now, there’s not quite the same level of acceptance as there is in much of the Western world.
So, men like 65-year-old retiree Hoi and 70-year-old taxi driver Pak wonder if it’s time, near the end of their lives, to finally live as their true selves.
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