James Wong

James Wong

Born: March 18, 1941
Died: November 24, 2004
in Panyu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
James Wong Jim (Chinese: 黃霑; Jyutping: wong4 zim1; Cantonese Yale: wòhng jīm; 18 March 1941 – 24 November 2004, also known as "霑叔" or "Uncle Jim") was a Cantopop lyricist and songwriter based primarily in Hong Kong. Beginning from the 1960s, he was the lyricist for over 2,000 songs, collaborating with songwriter Joseph Koo (a.k.a. Koo Kar-Fai) on many popular television theme songs, many of which have become classics of the genre. His work propelled Cantopop to unprecedented popularity.

He was also well known in Asia as a columnist, actor, film director, screenwriter, and talk show host. He took part in creative directing positions within the entertainment industry in Hong Kong.

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Movies for James Wong...

In-Laws, Out-Laws
Title: In-Laws, Out-Laws
Released: January 8, 2004
Type: Movie
An ensemble comedy centering on a family's hijinks around Lunar New Year, based on a hit television show.
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Title: Hong Kong Memories (II)
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 2002
Type: TV
The late Hong Kong lyricist, James Wong, invited influential guests to discuss various themes, with rich content including related reports, to explore the changing social and lifestyle patterns in Hong Kong. The program aims to enrich the audience's knowledge and understanding of the local culture and bring them closer to this land.
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The Making of 'Youling renjian - Visible Secret'
Title: The Making of 'Youling renjian - Visible Secret'
Released: June 1, 2001
Type: Movie
2001 documentary
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Visible Secret
Title: Visible Secret
Character: Lo Kit
Released: June 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A man develops a relationship with a woman who has mysterious supernatural abilities.
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Title: Super Celebrity Talk Show
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: TV
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Funny Business
Title: Funny Business
Character: Conman in HK
Released: November 2, 2000
Type: Movie
Fuk Ching (Michael Hui) runs a farm in Mainland China. Persuaded by a Western businessman, the two put together a joint venture scheme to build a hotel.
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Love Paradox
Title: Love Paradox
Character: Romeo
Released: September 22, 2000
Type: Movie
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Bishonen
Title: Bishonen
Released: August 14, 1998
Type: Movie
Jet is a gay hustler who one night spots a young man walking with a woman, and falls for him instantly. He does some research, and discovers that the man is called Sam, and is an apparently straight policeman.
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A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation
Title: A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation
Character: Red Beard (voice) (Cantonese version)
Released: July 26, 1997
Type: Movie
A young man falls in love with a ghost and must avoid a variety of ghostbusters out to eliminate her and each other.
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The Mad Phoenix
Title: The Mad Phoenix
Released: May 15, 1997
Type: Movie
A Cantonese librettist enjoys immense popularity over the course of decades, followed by decline.
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Title: Unhappily Ever After
Character: Yahuda
Released: January 11, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: Class of Distinction
Released: October 24, 1994
Type: TV
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Awakening
Title: Awakening
Character: Junior
Released: September 24, 1994
Type: Movie
A famous "feng shui" master (fortune teller) gets a wake-up call when a distraught ex-customer threatens to expose him as a fraud.
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Return to a Better Tomorrow
Title: Return to a Better Tomorrow
Character: Barrister Wong Tai-Man
Released: July 14, 1994
Type: Movie
An adventure that delves into the dark caverns of the underworld and tells the tale of three chivalrous gangsters who attempt to escape the powerful clutch of their gang leader.
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Best of Best
Title: Best of Best
Released: May 5, 1994
Type: Movie
An eccentric tale of competition and corruption within a seemingly ordinary insurance company. When a young female insurance agent is found murdered, what was supposed to be a routine police investigation turns into front page news when the victim was alleged to have traded sex for insurance policies
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I Have a Date with Spring
Title: I Have a Date with Spring
Released: April 20, 1994
Type: Movie
On the eve of the Hong Kong 1967 social unrest triggered by the miss-management of the colonial government, Butterfly Yiu was given an accidental chance to perform the final show when the original and star performer, Pak Long, was stranded at another venue. This started a chain of events that will change the four character's lives forever.
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I Will Wait for You!
Title: I Will Wait for You!
Released: March 31, 1994
Type: Movie
A Hong Kong version of the 1978 American film Same Time, Next Year, I Will Wait For You stars the winning screen pair of Anita Yuen and Tony Leung Ka Fai. So Yau Shing (Tony Leung Ka Fai) is a married salesman who meets the spirited and lovely Cheung Wai Sum (Anita Yuen) two weeks before she's due to be married. But love can't be denied, no matter the circumstance. The two fall passionately into bed, but the reality of their lives won't allow for everlasting happiness. They agree to meet at the same place and at the same time every year to consummate their love...but can they - and their initially unaware spouses - handle the long term love affair?
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It's a Wonderful Life
Title: It's a Wonderful Life
Character: George
Released: February 6, 1994
Type: Movie
This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and Chinese New Year's eve. As It's a Wonderful Life's Chinese title specifies, its focus is on a "Big Rich Family". We are introduced to thirteen people, learn of their particular dispositions and dilemmas, are witness to the former either getting changed or developed and see the latter (re)solved. Teresa Mo as the daughter just returned from studying in France; Leslie Cheung as the friend who came in tow; Tony Leung Kar Fai as the cartoonist son who can only speak normally when he is anxious; Anita Yuen as the woman who Tony Leung's character falls in love with; Carol "Do Do" Cheng as her flat-chested, disciplinary teacher sister; Raymond Wong as the eldest son who cannot handle alcohol well; Petrina Fung Bo Bo as his estranged wife; Sean Lau as the marriage-minded cousin; and Kwan Tak Hing as the eccentric-but-definitely-not-senile grandfather.
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Screwball '94
Title: Screwball '94
Character: Tong Shi Yi
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A teenage boy awakens a ghost from an antique pot. To be reincarnated the ghost must help his present day counterpart by helping him find romance.
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Iron Monkey
Title: Iron Monkey
Character: Governor Cheng Pak Fong
Released: September 3, 1993
Type: Movie
Iron Monkey is a Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood. Corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.
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Flirting Scholar
Title: Flirting Scholar
Character: Master Wah
Released: July 1, 1993
Type: Movie
A scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant girl who has stolen his heart.
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Laughter Of Water Margins
Title: Laughter Of Water Margins
Character: Police Head
Released: June 30, 1993
Type: Movie
Tiger fighter Wu Sung was originally a coward. But when he was drunk, he was extremely courageous. One time at Jingyang Gang, Wu Sung got drunk and killed a tiger. His fearless fight impressed Sung Jiang and Lao Zhishen. Wu Sang's brother Wu Dalang seemed to be an enmity with Pan Jinlian, but in fact they were a pair of swindler. Pan used her beauty to seduce men into bed and then Wu Dalangn would come in and blackmail the victim, asking for huge sum of money. They were very successful.......
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All's Well End's Well, Too
Title: All's Well End's Well, Too
Released: January 20, 1993
Type: Movie
Chow Tung is a licentious man who was arranged to get married along with his ugly sister Gut to partners not of their choice. Chow, being a filial son, agrees to go along with his mother's plans. The plot thickens when Chow meets the beautiful Snow White and decides to marry her of which Matriarch Chow agrees whole-heartedly.
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Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
Title: Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
Character: [archive footage]
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
A German documentary on Hong Kong cinema.
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Key to Fortune
Title: Key to Fortune
Released: October 29, 1992
Type: Movie
A fake documentary that takes a hidden camera look at Hong Kong's sex industry.
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Rich Man
Title: Rich Man
Released: October 15, 1992
Type: Movie
A triad gangster is sent to prison and there he meets a millionaire who takes him under his wing. When back out he is showered with wealth. There is one problem--he doesn't fit in with his old friends nor his new rich acquaintances.
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Summer Lover
Title: Summer Lover
Character: Uncle Wah
Released: September 17, 1992
Type: Movie
Romantic comedy from Hong Kong.
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Once Upon a Time a Hero in China
Title: Once Upon a Time a Hero in China
Released: August 8, 1992
Type: Movie
The story of a cook who tries to stop an opium ring in ancient China.
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James Wong in Japan & Korea
Title: James Wong in Japan & Korea
Released: June 30, 1992
Type: Movie
James Wong narrates this lusty and rude sex travelogue, using himself and two friends as examples of what and what not to do. Much of the footage is recycled from "Stooges In Tokyo" and "The Wild Goose Chase".
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Under the Rose
Title: Under the Rose
Character: Himself
Released: June 17, 1992
Type: Movie
James Wong and his female assistant visited various kinds of pleasure-houses, including invisible dens, high-tech private dens, smuggling blackpoints and famouse tryst places, both large and small ones, throughout Hong Kong. They also looked back to the Scientific Beauty in Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park, striptease in the Kowloon Walled City and the old stories in fish-ball stalls. There are also interviews of call-girls and grooms.
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Fight Back to School 2
Title: Fight Back to School 2
Character: Minister Wong
Released: April 9, 1992
Type: Movie
Star Chow, an officer in the elite police unit, resigns when he is made a scapegoat for a botched investigation. He goes undercover at a school to complete the case and realizes a bumbling detective is also undercover as a student.
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Stooges in Hong Kong
Title: Stooges in Hong Kong
Released: March 21, 1992
Type: Movie
James Wong stars as a late night talk show host who tells some of the dirtiest jokes and is insanely popular. His show is the biggest rated late night show on television. But all of his credit should go to his mistreated joke writer (Tommy Wong). Instead of paying him the money he truly deserves, James Wong short changes him every chance he can get. His personal life is a mess as well. He has a hot wife whom he can't satisfy and no friends.
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Twin Dragons
Title: Twin Dragons
Character: Mr. Ma
Released: January 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.
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The Banquet
Title: The Banquet
Character: Hawker
Released: November 30, 1991
Type: Movie
Developer Tsang Siu-Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. Both aim to buy all four so they can knock them down and build hotels.
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Stooges in Tokyo
Title: Stooges in Tokyo
Character: Chung Kwok-Shing
Released: September 26, 1991
Type: Movie
Three perverted idiots go to Tokyo on a business trip.
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The Gambling Ghost
Title: The Gambling Ghost
Character: Rich Playboy
Released: March 2, 1991
Type: Movie
Sammo Hung plays three different characters: Fatty, Fatty's father and Fatty's grandfather, Hung Kau. Fatty is a hotel worker, yearning for sudden wealth. Therefore, he, and his co-worker, enter the gambling world, to the dismay of his father. When Fatty hits rock bottom, the ghost of his grandfather resurrects to help him. However, Fatty learns that his grandfather was murdered, therefore, he will stop at nothing to avenge his death.
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Doctor Vampire
Title: Doctor Vampire
Character: Hospital Director
Released: December 6, 1990
Type: Movie
Chinese doctor has his car break down in England. he wanders into a castle where vampires congregate. After having sex with a Chinese vampire he leaves, however his blood is so sweet the Chinese vampire is sent to Hong Kong bring him back. While in Hong Kong he begins to show signs of vampirism and his friends have to try to save him.
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The Wildgoose Chase
Title: The Wildgoose Chase
Character: Chung Kow-Shing
Released: October 12, 1990
Type: Movie
Chung, Yam and Koo work for the same advertising agency. Chung is a philanderer. Yam lives with his girlfriend who is a TV reporter, requiring irregular working hours. Koo's wife puts a tight leash on his social activities and this makes him feel bored. The trio are going on a business trip to Korea on the expenses of the company. Tasteless comedy ensues.
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Happy Ghost IV
Title: Happy Ghost IV
Released: June 30, 1990
Type: Movie
A group of college kids discovers the remains of an evil warlord from an old cave and brings it to their dormitory, which ultimately awakens the warlord's ghost. It is seeking to avenge his killer, who has since reincarnated as Mr. Hong's snobby girlfriend Annie. With Hong and Annie endangered, Hong's reincarnated spirit takes over to save him and Annie, and defeat the demon.
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Promising Miss Bowie
Title: Promising Miss Bowie
Character: JP Sze To
Released: June 14, 1990
Type: Movie
Miss Bowie is more or less happily raking in the cash until her life is complicated by the sudden reappearance, after 20 years, of her first (and presumably true) love. To this is added Miss Bowie's annoying teenage niece and a strange disease.
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Tiger on the Beat 2
Title: Tiger on the Beat 2
Character: Chief Insp Jim Wong
Released: February 10, 1990
Type: Movie
Lam, a cop approaching 40 but without much accomplishment, always wants to achieve something memorable before his retirement. He is obliged by his sister to find a decent Chinese girl for his nephew, Baffalo, who is an "American Born Chinese". But Baffalo has an eye for a sweetie, Ellen, who has accidentally witnessed a murder. The incident gets Lam, Baffalo and Ellen being involved in a ruthless underground arms smuggling ring, wich sends the killer to eliminate them.
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Spiritually a Cop
Title: Spiritually a Cop
Released: December 28, 1989
Type: Movie
A young man wants to be a Hong Kong police officer but is too short to qualify. However, he doesn't let that stop him: he goes around impersonating an officer, investigating crimes and busting criminals. One day, he interrupts a bank robbery (by three men in drag), gets shot in the process and dies. When the case is assigned to a female investigator, he returns as a ghost to lend a hand at solving the robbery.
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The Romancing Star III
Title: The Romancing Star III
Character: Bluffer Jim
Released: December 21, 1989
Type: Movie
This third franchise installment carries on the wacky romantic spirit of cheese auteur Wong Jing's earlier efforts, as four mismatched and contentious Hong Kong couples consider swapping partners but realize they're happier as they are.
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City Squeeze
Title: City Squeeze
Character: Mr. Yu
Released: December 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Wong is a supervisor at Yau's firm, he is often taken advantage of because of his integrity and timidity. Yau has struck rich because of his wife's wealth. One day on an inspection tour, he's stunned by a receptionist, Fung. He then begins to date her. Most of the male staff in the firm is interested in Fung, including Wong. But he hasn't the courage to approach her.
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Just Heroes
Title: Just Heroes
Character: Solicitor Wong
Released: September 14, 1989
Type: Movie
A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to take his place. One of them is the traitor.
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Mr. Sunshine
Title: Mr. Sunshine
Character: Docteur W.M.Wong
Released: July 13, 1989
Type: Movie
Shop assistant in the electronics store, May Bao (Kent Cheng) - good-natured fat man, always ready to help those who need it. Therefore, he decides to help the new store employee, a fat Shan (Maria Cordero), which the evil boss (Richard Ng) forced to jump on the trampoline to the delight of visitors. His plan fails miserably, and Mai Bao, along with Shan, is fired-but the cheerful Mai Bao is accustomed to seeing positive in absolutely any situation.
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Miracles
Title: Miracles
Character: Ku's Business Associate
Released: June 15, 1989
Type: Movie
A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.
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Burning Sensation
Title: Burning Sensation
Character: Blindman Chan
Released: May 6, 1989
Type: Movie
A firefighter salvages a spiritual shrine from an old burning building, which releases the gentle ghost of a Chinese opera singer, killed in a stage fire 30 years before. Grateful for saving her, the ghost falls for the firefighter and will stop at nothing to ensure his safety from the evils that lurk ahead. At the same time, the firefighter doesn't realize he is dating a ghost.
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Title: Celebrity Talk Show
Character: 黄霑
Released: March 10, 1989
Type: TV
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My Dream is Yours
Title: My Dream is Yours
Released: December 21, 1988
Type: Movie
Nightmares become reality for two people, and also bring them together. One is an office worker who also works at 7-11 at night, who also has a pretty fiancee who is being hassled by loan sharks. The other is a gorgeous interior designer. The nightmares happen to them in reality, and start small. The man is attacked by a hand jumping out of a computer keyboard, while videotape attacks the girl. But the nightmare isn't all bad. Two weird brothers, who only appear in these people's dreams, force lots of money into their pockets, which they can use in the real world. But the payback for this money is quite high
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The Diary of a Big Man
Title: The Diary of a Big Man
Released: July 21, 1988
Type: Movie
A two-timing bigamist finds himself concocting scheme after scheme with his best friend, Chi Hung, to prevent either of his wives from discovering his bigamy. The unwanted intervention of a police officer as well as a series of unfortunate events lead to the wives discovery of the whole plot. They team up with Chi Hung's exasperated fiancée, Ka Lai, to exact revenge upon the two men.
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Fractured Follies
Title: Fractured Follies
Character: Yau Kwong Nam/Gannon
Released: July 6, 1988
Type: Movie
Joe, a reckless cab driver, accidentally hits someone with his taxi. The person he hit is May, a sweet girl who walks with a limp due to one of her legs being longer than the other. Joe mistakenly thinks that he's paralyzed May for life; so in order to make it up to her, he works for her family, helping them run their grocery store. Soon, Joe falls in love with May, but she's slow to return his affection.
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Mother Vs Mother
Title: Mother Vs Mother
Character: Cui
Released: June 29, 1988
Type: Movie
"Romeo and Juliet" in Hong Kong, except the widow Capulet is father Montague's childhood sweetheart. The young lovers try to reconcile their mothers with the help of the father, who is left with a bad taste in his mouth.
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Double Fattiness
Title: Double Fattiness
Character: Professor Huang
Released: May 19, 1988
Type: Movie
Siu-Fung (Lydia Sum), an owner of a pizzeria, unexpectedly succumbs to a heart attack. However, her spirit was unable to cross over to the other side, thus, she resurrects into the body of a young woman (Maggie Cheung). Afterward, she reunites with her family and tries to convince them that she is alive. Yet, the plot thickens when a woman, unrelated to the family and is physically identical to Siu-Fung, appears, and Siu-Fung's husband (Bill Tung) thinks that that woman is his wife.
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Carry on Dancing
Title: Carry on Dancing
Character: Ma Shih Mei
Released: May 7, 1988
Type: Movie
Cheung Sheung and Tze Ngor are twin sisters. Tze Ngor is a lunatic and stays in a mental hospital. But out of a madcap incident, Cheung Sheung is "cheated" into the hospital, exchanging identity with her insane sister. The mad house is lived by all kinds of weirdos. The "game" is that Cheung Sheung will stay in the hospital only for a while. But strangely enough, she gradually becomes more and more ease with the way of life in the hospital until one day, she's forgotten what life is like...
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The Crazy Companies
Title: The Crazy Companies
Character: Priest
Released: March 27, 1988
Type: Movie
A rivalry between two brothers causes chaos through out the business world. Can the good brother defeat his greedy elder brother at his own game? Only Wong Jing and his usual cronies can sort out this mess with hysterical results and oddball humor
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Tiger on the Beat
Title: Tiger on the Beat
Character: Captain Pak Man Jim
Released: March 19, 1988
Type: Movie
A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of 'Lethal Weapon'. The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.
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Road Warriors
Title: Road Warriors
Character: Tony Wong
Released: September 9, 1987
Type: Movie
Traffic cops set out to take down a spoiled, rich, reckless driver responsible for a school bus accident, in writer/director Danny Lee's examination of Hong Kong's traffic police, their joys and hardships.
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Fascinating Affairs
Title: Fascinating Affairs
Released: June 22, 1985
Type: Movie
Fascinating Affairs - a Hong Kong Romance directed by Chor Yuen and starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai.
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The Musical Singer
Title: The Musical Singer
Character: James Wong Man Sze
Released: May 4, 1985
Type: Movie
Entertainment manager James Wong loses his lead singer Jannie Fong when she breaks her contract. Angered, he turns his efforts to making a young dancer named Russell, who has no singing experience, into an even more successful singer than Miss Fong. During his climb to success, Russell's girlfriend, Dionne, feels alienated from him.
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The Dancing Warrior
Title: The Dancing Warrior
Character: Show host
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
This flick is about this gung fu dancing, alcoholic beverage guzzler named Andy Ho (Cheng Tien Chi). The title of this flick sounds like this bad warrior who kills with ease, but its not. Actually, Andy is a nice guy who has a hard time keeping a job. He runs into some rich guy who convinces him to come to the United States to work for him. Andy agrees to come to the U.S. of A. but is in for a surprise, as Mr. Big Bucks wants Andy to participate in his slugfest tournaments that he uses to make money via gambling. Andy declines and the next you know, Mr. Big Bucks is devising a plan to get rid of him! (mpongpun, HKMDB)
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My Darling, My Goddess
Title: My Darling, My Goddess
Character: Randy Jim
Released: September 18, 1982
Type: Movie
Kok is a bored valet driver who spends most of his day dreaming about the beautiful bikini-clad woman whose picture he has taped up to his office wall. One day, a major crime boss keels over dead in the brothel run by his mother. Trying to keep the whole thing quiet before the guy's underling return to pick him up, Kok's mother stuffs the corpse into the box and stashes it in Kok's parking lot. When the thugs put the squeeze on mom, she claims that she dumped the corpse in the harbor, which inevitably leads to even more hilarious complications.
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Chinatown Kid
Title: Chinatown Kid
Character: Gambler
Released: December 2, 1977
Type: Movie
Struggling to survive the murderous gang wars of Hong Kong, Tan Tung, a young martial arts street fighter, successfully takes on all challengers—until he runs up against the savage underworld empire of Hong Kong's Triad mafia. Escaping to San Francisco, he again tangles with criminal gangs, but this time fights his way to the top of the city's most feared gangster organization led by the White Dragon boss.
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CID: Murder
Title: CID: Murder
Released: April 26, 1976
Type: Movie
One episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho’s “CID” series based on real murder incidents in Hong Kong
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Let's Rock
Title: Let's Rock
Released: December 24, 1975
Type: Movie
Drama by James Wong Jim
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My Wacky, Wacky World
Title: My Wacky, Wacky World
Character: Magistrate
Released: July 16, 1975
Type: Movie
My Wacky, Wacky World is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Sammo Hung
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Games Gamblers Play
Title: Games Gamblers Play
Character: Wong But-Man
Released: October 16, 1974
Type: Movie
Michael Hui stars as Wen, a convict who's always out to make a quick dollar through gambling. Being behind bars doesn't stop him from making something off of his gambling skills. Samuel Hui co-stars as Chieh,a novice gambler who gets into trouble one day when he tries to steal casino chips from a crooked card dealer Dean Shek). Whilst in jail, Chieh meets Wen and the latter agrees to become his mentor. Can Wen and Chieh make a fortune from their combined skills or will the duo wind up back in prison?
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Title: Golden Horse Awards
Character: Host
Released: October 31, 1962
Type: TV
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times