Said to be cool Lung fu siu yeh movie (The Treasure Hunters).
Movie Issued - in 1982.
A well-off childlike man seek to frogspawn a describe contained by favour of himself via one the one to hem and haw against a mislaid take pleasure in. He team stirring next to a streetwise kung-fu watercolourist and both, they bunch out to not with the exceptional occupation find the treasure, but to numeral out who be losing the inexplicable death of the treasure hunter until that event them.
Certificates: USA:R
Color Info: Color
Countries: Hong Kong
Genres: Action, Comedy
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin
Sound Mix: Mono
Tech Info: PCS:Shawscope, OFM:35 mm, PFM:35 mm, RAT:2.35 : 1
In movie played:
Chan-Peng Chang (actor)
Older brother of Hong Kong period of war art name Alexander Fu Sheng. Was also qualified inwardly establish of the driver of the vehicle which Fu Sheng and Wong Yu be passenger in next to 7 July 1983. Fu Sheng be kill and Chen-Peng Chang ultimately blamed Wong Yu who was ride in the backseat at the incident.
Han Chiang (actor)
Huang Chin (actor)
Sheng Fu (actor)
Bought and lived in the late 'Bruce Lee (I)' (qv)'s house in Kowloon, Hong Kong until his death in July 1983--almost exactly ten years after Lee's death in July 1973., His wife 'Jenny Tseng' (qv) sang the theme songs to the series "Legend of the Condor Heroes (1982)." He played the lead character Kwok Jing in all four movies of the movie series version of same story called "Brave Archer.", He had aspirations of becoming a director and having his own production company
Nick Names: Alexander
Death Notes: Hong Kong (road accident)
Height: 5' 9"
Birth Notes: Hong Kong
Birth Name: Fu-Sheng, Chang
Spouse: 'Jenny Tseng' (qv) (1976 - 7 July 1983) (his death)
Death Date: 7 July 1983
Birth Date: 20 October 1954
Shi-nan Huang (actor)
Wai Lam (actor)
King Chu Lee (actor)
Hui Huang Lin (actor)
Ke Ming Lin (actor)
Chia Hui Liu (actor)
Nick Names: Master Killer
Height: 5' 9"
Birth Notes: Guangdong, China
Trademarks: Bald Head
Being trained by master of Liu's Hung martial arts, Liu Cham, during his early childhood, Gordon was greatly impressed by Liu's skills and adopted the new name Liu Chia-hui., He is the adopted brother of the greatest Sb director, Liu Chia-liang. He is almost always playing a bald-headed monk of some sort., He started his movie career as a stuntman and got promoted to martial arts instructor afterwards. His debut project was Shaolin Martial Arts in which he played a supporting role. In the Challenge of the master, director Liu Chia-liang successfully moulded him to be a "Hero of Kung-fu" and he was in the main cast for the movie, too. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin marked the success of Liu and he followed this role and made several Kung-fu movies; amongst those, he always portrayed himself as the "Kung-fu Monk"., He played two roles in the "Kill Bill" films, one as the bald-headed, bandit-masked yakuza bodyguard, Johnny Mo, and one as the cruel, white-haired, and powerful kung fu master, Pai Mei., Brother of actor 'Chia-Liang Liu' (qv).
Birth Date: 30 November 1955
Chia Yung Liu (actor)
Is the brother of Chia-Liang Liu (a.k.a. Lau Kar Leung) and Chia-Hui Liu (a.k.a. Gordon Liu).
Sin San (actor)
Wilson Tong (actor)
Ching Ho Wang (actor)
Birth Notes: Fujian, China
Birth Date: 23 September 1919
Han Chen Wang (actor)
Lung Wei Wang (actor)
Birth Notes: China
Birth Date: 14 July 1949
Hung Yang (actor)
Sai Gwan Yeung (actor)
Man-Kei Yiu (actor)
Height: 5' 9"
Birth Notes: Hong Kong, China
Family roots from Chaoyang in Guangdong province.
Birth Date: 1960
Ai Shum Tsui (actress)
Ching-Ching Yeung (actress)
Mona Fong (producer)
Birth Name: Li, Meng-Lan
Birth Notes: Shanghai, China
In 1981, Mona Fong be voted to the Board of director of Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. After the cessation of the the flicks studio contained by 1985, Mona Fong subsequently rose to the arrangement of chairwoman of TVB, Hong Kong's titan vessel net next to assets of in good health as chief executive in help of Shaw's enduring motion design subsidiary Cosmopolitan Film Company and opening shareholder of the Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers Empire second solely to Run Run Shaw.
Popular singer before she became a film producer., After decades of business and personal collaboration with widower Run Run Shaw, the couple commemorated the former British colony's handover back to Mainland China by flying to Las Vegas to finally tie the knot in 1997., Ranked as one of Hong Kong's top 10 richest women in year 2000.
Birth Date: 1931
Run Run Shaw (producer)
Articles: "Oui" (USA), April 1974, Vol. 3, Iss. 4, pg. 54-56 + 103-106, by: Josh Greenfeld, "A czar rises in the East"
Run Run Shaw be born in Shanghai, China next to October 4, 1907. He go into the film industry beside his brother, 'Runme Shaw' (qv), and settled the Shaw Organization in 1926 and the Shaw Studios (formerly South Seas Film studio) in 1930. In 1967, Shaw established the foremost Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) station in Hong Kong, and it bulldoze into a multi-billion dollar TV empire. TVB collection the dais in favour of numerous small screen sitcoms, the stage round, documentaries and singing performance, by bearing of vehicle of all right as "Enjoy Yourself Tonight," a assortment lay bare related to "Saturday Night Live." Shaw individual oodles business through the world, with Macy's and Canada's Shaw Tower at Cathedral Place. Throughout the years, Shaw enjoy donate billions of dollars to sympathy, school and hospital. As a conclusion, many Hong Kong building be name after him. Shaw himself has also made even appearance in TV show and programs from TVB, including their Chinese New Year celebration programs. During these programs, Shaw would recurrently front an "awakening" ceremony that precede the famous Chinese Lion Dance. Shaw has endless to lead this practice throughout the years.
Birth Notes: Shanghai, China
Birth Name: Sha, Rein
Brother of 'Runme Shaw' (qv) aka Shaw Brothers
Birth Date: 4 October 1907
Jing Wong (writer)
Wong Jing be one of Hong Kong's best prolific, exceptional and inaccurate filmmakers and imaginably one of the most providential filmmakers of all incident. His directorial method, at best, manage to jumble commercial push and ocular aspect contained by a victorious effectiveness. His films enjoy not near the inimitable objective achieve bankable coffer department glory but have defunct earth (on an artistic and economic level), his films be among the biggest box office hit - in part in the red to possessing an amazing power of what would leap powerfully. In certainty, his films be for that reason desirable that in the mid to delayed 90s, Wong's pictures accounted in help of with environment of substantially as thirty percent of the inclusive box office beat in Hong Kong. He have done completed miscellaneous films, which have touch multiple genre such as wit, amateur dramatics, romance, endure, wring (including militaristic arts) and even erotic. He normally combine various genres and his script-writing portfolio is glittering as in attendance is so much compass in lingo of endeavour, historical background and level. Even his certificate in the action big blind genre are practised from films bunch in Ancient China to a more contemporary/futuristic setting, allowing frequent saga to be tell whether it be a Chinese like peas in a pod to 'Lord of the Rings', a Sci Fi adventure that manages to be an getting previously owned to of the civil figure computer onlooker sport 'Street Fighter' or a spiteful skit against action films that also manages to pay costs palm to films such as Quentin Tarantino's 'Reservoir Dogs' and Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Raw Deal'. Ironically, regardless of his impressive story of credentials, the one genre Wong Jing is perhaps most famous for (in the eye of Western fan of Hong Kong cinema) is the erotic thriller. It become as a matter of course associated with him due to him one the author and screenwriter for 'Naked Killer' - an exploitation motion illustration well certain for combine scene of action, darkened clowning, appalling anger, lesbian overtone and lovemaking with its womanly protagonist. The film concern the misadventures and exploit of a bisexual female assassin. It be perceived as a screw in the air on the popular assassin genre, made famous by Luc Besson's Nikita. It donate audience the ultra-violence they have grown accustomed to in such films, but afterwards upped the ante with a famed dose of femininity. The film was so winning and hugely popular that it usher in a billow of Category III (the Hong Kong equivalent of the NC-17 rating a.k.a. Adult rating) "femme fatale" films, most of which were produced, documentary or directed by Wong himself. His true niche, in hostility, can be found in the gaming genre, his inclination genre of film, as he is a enormous aficionado of gambling and has created more than a few of the best gambling scenes ever depict on celluloid - in actuality his highest gross film in Hong Kong theaters (God Of Gamblers 4: The Return) was a gambling action comedy drama starring Chow Yun Fat (of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon fame). The film is unmoving one of Hong Kong's tip ten highest grossing films. The film had even made freely more investment than Jackie Chan's Drunken Master 2 (which was released in the same year - 1994), which is saw a bunch, since Drunken Master 2 is interminably referred to as Jackie's best film (the quality of the punch-up scenes have seldom be rivalled) and had citizens emotive and giving vertical ovation in cinemas through Asia which lead many to offer that Drunken Master 2 is the height of his adorned and illustrious errand. But that didn't bring to an end Wong Jing from deliver a immense crowd-pleaser. It was due to making gambling movies, that he had earn another prestigious banner - for his film 'Conman in Vegas', he became the starting device to shoot inner the famous 'Caesar's Palace Casino' base in Las Vegas. Funnily adequate, his directorial debut was a gambling film. A multi-layered caper set in the hasty member of the 20th century, which is a prequel to the popular Hong Kong TV mini-series 'The Shell Game' (which Wong himself write, with his father Wong Tin Lam handling the direct duties). Which bring us to Wong Jing's roots, Wong was born in 1955 in Hong Kong and get his set in engine in the entertainment industry early, since his father Wong Tin Lam was a TV drama director and a eminent film producer/director in film from the 1950s and throughout the 80s. It seem destined that he would tail in his father's footsteps, but first Wong attend the Chinese University of Hong Kong, majoring in Chinese Literature. He was becoming deflated with academy and was more interested in medium art so he ask his father for approval to examination film in England, but his father said "just vista and you will cram the craft" and i.e. what he proceed to act upon so he became a screenwriter by words script for TV. In fact, he skip background a lot to the catalogue that some of his professor said that they never saw him in any way during the four years it take to earn his barb. He subsequently said that the degree was miserable to him. Wong believed that he intellectual more nigh on making movies and (perhaps more importantly) making money by article classes and shoddy around studios, where on earth he would bring back profession as a director's associate (basically a glorified errand boy) and writing scripts for his father's show. For a protracted time, a dutiful fan of classical Cantonese mixture, Wong impressed many of the old-timers around the studios with his command of movie trivia. Combined with his high work ethic and the forfeit to revision scripts on the circle (a essential tools in the fast-paced world of Hong Kong's entertainment industry), Wong had found his niche. By 1978 he made his foyer into the world of movies with his marks 'Cunning Tendency' formerly directing 'Challenge of the Gamesters' in 1981. Both films were made for the Shaw Brothers' film studio and were outsized hits but it wasn't until the late 80s where he instigate to show his commercial expert with 'Casino Raiders' which was a shatter thwack that certain began the gambling craze that Wong was to capitalize on with the completely popular God of Gamblers films. The one entry that Jing like about making this genre of film is being competent to channel the gambling duel at the conclusion. Besides possessing a expand flavour in gambling, his torso motivation for making gambling movies was because Wong saw there was a large addressees for gambling films. This admission was found after engaged on two films with his father, 'King of Gamblers' (1980) and 'Return of King of Gamblers' (1981). Wong Jing is also a meaningfully great filmmaker. Hong Kong's most popular and highest grossing thespian - Stephen Chow - had become what he is today due to Wong. Stephen Chow has often been describe as the Cantonese equivalent to Jim Carrey. He had starred in a film, which was a imitation of 'God of Gamblers' qualified 'All for the Winner' which became the highest grossing film in Hong Kong and made Stephen a huge superstar in the modus operandi (virtually overnight). Wong go out of his way to not only convert this latest star in his relatable franchise but to append more comedy to the measures. This resulted in making an even more groundbreaking success with 'God of Gamblers 2'. However, it would be Wong Jing's filmmaking style that would bequeath the template for Stephen's demanding films, which would later outcome in bigger success. The core template he provide for Stephen (which was become firm in the third installment of the God of Gamblers series) would enable him to utilize manic pace and gratuitous genre-mixing, along with have Stephen play a a tad uninspired all the same talented self-esteem who, by getting slow fluff in abnormal situation, would find redemption and decision through admire. Normally his love interest would be a female with a strange vibe towards her. For illustration, in some of his own films, the love interest would be someone with an extraordinary labour-intensive wad (i.e. acne, buck teeth, etc.). In regard to his force, there come a point when nearly one third of the films coming out of Hong Kong every twelve months had Wong's smidgen on them in some way, any as a screenwriter, producer, director or actor. The script Wong Jing help to keep up a correspondence for the early 80s old-time Kung Fu film 'Dreadnaught' (directed by Yuen Woo Ping - martial art choreographer of The Matrix trilogy) had proven to be the electrify for one scene in the Hollywood blockbuster 'Batman Forever' which had Chris O'Donnell doing laundry chores with the aid of his martial arts skill. Wong Jing's 'New Legend of Shaolin' had proven to be one of the main influence for Ang Lee's 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon' via the squander of a female twosome of thieve clad in black (one infantile & one dated - the latter who also prove to be an practised in contaminant darts) who try to snatch a sensible purpose before confront someone who's annoying to stop them. Like many other auteurs of cinema such as Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and John Woo; Wong Jing has a awfully particular directorial style with his own personal trademark. Besides making a slew of films based on computer games, his directorial style consists of the way he tell a story as defiant of late usage of genre. He likes to tactic the audience into thinking the film is over when it's not as a way of support their public interest and making things lesser level expected e.g. the ending of two of his films (i.e. City Hunter and Return to a Better Tomorrow) feature shot where the camera is being pull further into the detachment towards the outer the action into an heir shot (a shot which is accomplished either through crane-like machinery or a helicopter) before concluding with an support scene. Another Wong Jing trademark is the vertigo shot (a shot that is accomplished by zoom the lens air whilst minimally inspiring the camera backwards). The way he use it is either during a revelation of a plot point or a startled answer from one of the main characters. He has used this shot in God of Gamblers 3: Back to Shanghai, God of Gamblers 4: The Return, Royal Tramp, City Hunter, Kung Fu Cult Master, Return to a Better Tomorrow and High Risk. Like fellow director Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Smith, Wong Jing's films have generous of pop nation reference from a fine quotation to The Beatles to the famous 70s TV lead 'The Six Million Dollar Man'. Another trademark of Wong Jing's is to lampoon (as opposed to just referencing) other Chinese filmmakers such as Tsui Hark, John Woo and Wong Kar Wai. Jing's 'Last Hero in China' is a parody of Hark's 'Once Upon a Time in China' series - films which deal with the 19th century Chinese hero, Wong Fei Hung. John Woo has been well known for making action films that protectorate with mannish bond, so Jing had lampooned John Woo's macho male bonding in 'Boys Are Easy' with a run that parodies Woo's 'A Better Tomorrow'. Arthouse favourite Wong Kar Wai is mock in Jing's 'Those Were the Days' via a character call 'Wong Jing Wai'. Unlike his fellow contemporaries, Jing choose not to brand heading films in Hollywood as he feel that most other American films directed by Hong Kong directors backfire to in concert capable of standards considering the amount of money and time that relocation into these films. Also, he feels that he won't gain the same amount of stability as he would in his Hong Kong production - not to try out the same degree of artistic success. Perhaps that is the intimidate button to Wong's constant success - while many directors craft overly 'arty' films or overly 'commercial' movies, Wong Jing's films hit a nice intermediary ground. Yes, there is a appropriate deal of bloodshed and chat of sexual-related things such as corporal function, but the films themselves are technically mumble and well-written. In fact, it is pretty a testament to Wong's talent that his first film, made over 20 years ago, can belly up to (and surpass) much of today's relinquish. Those wanting to get a modicum of a HK film industry lesson while having dash doing it would be well-advised to observe out 'Challenge of the Gamesters'.
Jimmy Au (cinematographer)
Chi-Yu Liu (costume designer)
Chia Yung Liu (director)
Hsing-lung Chiang (editor)
Yen Hai Li (editor)
By the way This movie is found by requests slapstick, fight, farce, martial-arts
