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Yuen Wah

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Yuen Wah (born 2 September 1950) is a Hong Kong action film actor, action choreographer, stuntman and martial artist who has appeared in over 160 films and over 20 television series. [1]

45 relations: A Chinese Ghost Story, Australia (2008 film), Baz Luhrmann, Bruce Lee, Cantonese, Chinese Television System, Cinema of Hong Kong, Corey Yuen, Dragons Forever, Eastern Condors, Enter the Dragon, Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story, Fist of Fury, Historical period drama, Hong Kong, Hong Kong action cinema, Hong Kong Film Award, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, Hugh Jackman, Jackie Chan, Jiangshi, Kung Fu Hustle, Martial arts, Millionaires Express, Mr. Vampire, My Lucky Stars, Nicole Kidman, Peking Opera School, PopMatters, Sammo Hung, Shaw Brothers Studio, Shifu, Stage combat, Stage name, Standard Chinese, Stephen Chow, Stunt double, Taiwan, Taoism, Traditional Chinese characters, TVB, Yu Jim-yuen, Yuen, Yuen Biao, Yuen Qiu.

A Chinese Ghost Story

A Chinese Ghost Story is a 1987 Hong Kong romantic comedy horror film starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong and Wu Ma, directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark.

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Australia (2008 film)

Australia is a 2008 Australian-British-American romantic historical adventure drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.

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Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann (born Mark Anthony Luhrmann, 17 September 1962) is an Australian writer, director, and producer with projects spanning film, television, opera, theatre, music, and recording industries.

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Bruce Lee

Lee Jun-fan (November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee, was a Hong Kong and American actor, film director, martial artist, martial arts instructor, philosopher, and founder of the martial art Jeet Kune Do, one of the wushu or kungfu styles.

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Cantonese

The Cantonese language is a variety of Chinese spoken in the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding area in southeastern China.

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Chinese Television System

The Chinese Television System Inc. is a broadcast television station in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and was founded in 1971.

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Cinema of Hong Kong

The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan.

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Corey Yuen

Corey Yuen (born Ying Gang-ming (殷元奎) 15 February 1951; also credited as Corey Yuen Kwai and Yuen Kwai) is a Hong Kong action director, film director, producer and action choreographer.

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Dragons Forever

Dragons Forever is a 1988 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film directed by Sammo Hung, who also co-stars in the film.

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Eastern Condors

Eastern Condors is a 1987 Hong Kong action film directed by Sammo Hung, who also starred in the lead role.

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Enter the Dragon

Enter the Dragon is a 1973 Hong Kong-American martial arts action film, directed by Robert Clouse, and starring Bruce Lee, John Saxon, and Jim Kelly.

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Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story

Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story (倩女幽魂) is a Chinese period drama series produced by Taiwanese station CTS in collaboration with several other countries and is loosely based several famous folktales such as the love story of Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caicheng from Pu Songling's novel Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (聊斋志异), the legend of Gan Jiang and Mo Ye and others.

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Fist of Fury

Fist of Fury (also known as “The Chinese Connection”) is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lo Wei, starring Bruce Lee in his second major role after The Big Boss (1971).

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Historical period drama

The term historical period drama (also historical drama, period drama, costume drama, and period piece) refers to a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Hong Kong action cinema

Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame.

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Hong Kong Film Award

The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA), founded in 1982, is an annual film awards ceremony in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to an actor for the best performance by an actor in a supporting role.

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Hugh Jackman

Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor, singer, and producer.

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Jackie Chan

Chan Kong-sang, SBS, MBE, PMW (生; born 7 April 1954), known professionally as Jackie Chan, is a Hong Kong martial artist, actor, film director, producer, stuntman, and singer.

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Jiangshi

A jiangshi, also known as a Chinese "hopping" vampire, is a type of reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore.

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Kung Fu Hustle

Kung Fu Hustle is a 2004 Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts gangster comedy film, directed, co-produced and co-written by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the lead role.

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Martial arts

Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices, which are practiced for a number of reasons: as self-defense, military and law enforcement applications, mental and spiritual development; as well as entertainment and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage.

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Millionaires Express

Millionaires Express, aka Shanghai Express, is a 1986 Hong Kong martial arts action western film written and directed by Sammo Hung.

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Mr. Vampire

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My Lucky Stars

My Lucky Stars is a 1985 Hong Kong action film directed by Sammo Hung, who also starred in the film.

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Nicole Kidman

Nicole Mary Kidman, (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian actress and producer.

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Peking Opera School

The Peking Opera Schools were boarding schools located throughout Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, specialising in teaching Peking opera.

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PopMatters

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture.

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Sammo Hung

Sammo Hung (born 7 January 1952), also known as Hung Kam-bo (洪金寶), is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema.

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Shaw Brothers Studio

Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. was the largest film production company of Hong Kong.

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Shifu

Shifu, or sifu in Cantonese (sư phụ in Vietnamese) is a title for and role of a skillful person or a master.

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Stage combat

Stage combat or Fight choreography is a specialised technique in theatre designed to create the illusion of physical combat without causing harm to the performers.

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Stage name

A stage name is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers, such as actors, comedians, singers and musicians.

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Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese, also known as Modern Standard Mandarin, Standard Mandarin, or simply Mandarin, is a standard variety of Chinese that is the sole official language of both China and Taiwan (de facto), and also one of the four official languages of Singapore.

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Stephen Chow

Stephen Chow Sing-chi (born 22 June 1962) is a Chinese film director, actor, producer, political adviser of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and martial artist.

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Stunt double

A stunt double is a type of body double, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous film or video sequences, in movies and television (such as jumping out of a building, jumping from vehicle to vehicle, or other similar actions), and for other sophisticated stunts (especially fight scenes).

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Taoism

Taoism, also known as Daoism, is a religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao (also romanized as ''Dao'').

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Traditional Chinese characters

Traditional Chinese characters (Pinyin) are Chinese characters in any character set that does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946.

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TVB

Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, was the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong and commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967.

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Yu Jim-yuen

Yu Jim-yuen (September 5, 1905 – September 8, 1997) was the master of the China Drama Academy, one of the main Peking Opera Schools in Hong Kong from which Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Yuen Qiu, Yuen Wah, and Corey Yuen received their training.

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Yuen

Yuen is a Cantonese transliteration, which can refer to.

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Yuen Biao

Yuen Biao (born 26 July 1957) is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist.

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Yuen Qiu

Yuen Qiu (Chinese: 元秋) (born Cheung Cheun-Nam, 1948) is a Chinese actress and martial artist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuen_Wah

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