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Dean Shek

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A Better Tomorrow II (John Woo, 1987)
John Woo

A Better Tomorrow II (John Woo, 1987)

After its formation in 1980 by actors Dean Shek, Karl Maka, and Raymond Wong, the first film released by Hong Kong studio Cinema City & Films Co. was 1981’s Laughing Times, a comedy starring Shek as “the Chinese Charlie Chaplin” that is a kind of mashup of The Kid
21 Nov 2013 6 min read
Warriors Two (Sammo Hung, 1978)
Sammo Hung

Warriors Two (Sammo Hung, 1978)

One of Sammo Hung’s first films as a director, this period kung fu film is very much in the Shaw Brothers mold. It most resembles Lau Kar-leung’s masterpiece The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, also released in 1978, both in its plot and its middle section, an extended series
30 May 2013 3 min read
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