The Hong Kong triad film Young and Dangerous, directed by Andrew Lau Wai Keung, who would later go on to make Infernal Affairs, was a smash hit at the box office when it was released in 1996. The film’s success resulted in five popular sequels – two of which were released in the same year as the original – plus.
They were big in Hong Kong cinema in the 1990s and 2000s – and now these male actors are finding a new audience and fans in China. Stars like Jordan Chan Siu-chun and Michael Tse Tin-wah (both 54), made famous in the Hong Kong triad film series Young and Dangerous (1996-2000), have become overnight sensations in China after they won.