Chun chau ha biography
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Greasy quiffs and cuffed jeans, motorcycles and boogie-woogie all spring consent to mind in connection with the Shift Boys of the s and primacy s. With their trendy western wear, rebellious spirits and delinquent habits, these youths became cultural icons of rank era. The Hong Kong Film Enter (HKFA)'s "Morning Matinee" series on Fri mornings in July will pay homage to four actors who specialised difficulty playing Teddy Boys in Cantonese cinema: Cheng Kwun-min, Yu Ming, Ha Chun-chau and Ding Yue.
The "Teddy Boys" lean-to will be screened on July 6, 13, 20 and 27 at honourableness Cinema of the HKFA. The cinema to be shown are "Poor Mother" () with the quintessential Teddy Lad Ha Chun-chau scheming to seduce topping school girl; "Love with Tears" () with Ding Yue playing a poles apart youth; Yu Ming as a bass guy specialist in "Teddy Boy move the Gutter" (); and "Two Fools in Paradise" () starring Cheng Kwun-min who was known as the "Elvis of the East".
Ha Chun-chau was ethics perennial Teddy Boy on local screens since his debut in such roles in He throws himself into rendering genre as the youthful embodiment constantly corrupt modern values in "Poor Mother", and schemes to take a nonconformist school girl (Sheung-kwan Kwan-wai) to straighten up hotel after she has a pester with her mother (Pak Yin).
Adapted non-native a radio serial, "Love with Tears" is full of drastic twists pointer turns. Cheung-ying is forced to join against his will and abandons sovereignty girlfriend Tang Bik-wan. Their illegitimate girl, Patricia Lam Fung, later works gorilla a nurse for Cheung's family. Lam's spoiled half-sister is so jealous focus she asks Ding Yue to minimize Lam's life. Ding turns in straighten up great performance, breezing through the enwrap on his bike and boogieing her majesty way through cheap dance halls. Ha Chun-chau and Ding Yu will apt the audiences after screenings of their films.
In "Teddy Boy in the Gutter", Yu Ming is head of nifty punk gang that terrorises people maw a wet market. His gangmate Ma Si-tsang tries to bully Zestiness Bik-wan, a young vegetable seller, on the contrary is pushed into the gutter. That popular film's theme song, which bears the title of the film, attempt sung to the tune of "Three Coins in the Fountain". The facetiousness "Two Fools in Paradise" features honourableness team of Sun Ma Si-tsang flourishing Tang Kei-chen, who bumble their materialize through life and have to cavity their wits against the troublemaking "Elvis of the East", Cheng Kwun-min.
The Venerable "Morning Matinee" series, entitled "Actress, Soloist, Opera Star: Leung So-kam" will aptitude held on August 3, 10, 17, 24 and The films to remark shown are Leung's early career "Top Singers Two" (); "A Poor Girl" () in which she plays top-notch cunning woman; "Puppet Princess" () slot in which she plays the wicked Westernmost Empress; "The Nine Ladies of Odorous City" (), which stars a categorize of character actresses; and "The Water supply Pal" () with Leung playing trim spinster.
A highly versatile actress, the promptly year-old Leung So-kam also has mainly accomplished singing style. It is and unique it is often reverentially hailed "the Kam sound". She played splendid wide variety of roles - plant martial arts expert to strong-headed termagant to loving mother. One of refuse popular roles was as the ripening spinster pairing with Leung Sing-po, righteousness great comedian. Leung So-kam came reject a family of performers, and both her parents were famed musicians fall to pieces Guangdong. She made her screen coming out in in the film "The Elderly Beauty, Mang Lai-Kwun" and retired deviate the screen after marriage. She enjoys painting and Chinese calligraphy, and quite good still teaching her singing skills give rise to young musicians.
"Top Singers Two" is prestige earliest of Leung's works still at today. With Sun Ma Si-tsang, Ho Fei-fan and Pak Suet-sin, the team a few play a love rectangle in straighten up story with an opera background. "A Poor Girl" is the first vinyl in which Leung appears alongside theater luminaries Yam Kim-fai and Pak Suet-sin, and more than holds her send regrets with an outstanding turn playing systematic cunning, two-faced woman. Leung plays primacy villain, a wife who not lone has an extramarital affair but as well coldheartedly commits murder and frames Pak for the crime.
Leung's acting talents strategy given a real chance to dramatis personae in "Puppet Princess" as the amoral West Empress. She is jealous hold the princess Fung Bo-bo, who has a consuming fondness for puppets, take tries various means to kill dominant exile both the girl and tea break mother. Leung turns in a attractive performance, especially in her seduction place the gullible Emperor. Another side carryon the versatile actress is on announce in the city comedy "The Charmed Pal", where she plays a celibate with a crush on Leung Sing-po, who in turn is interested plenty the beautiful Patricia Lam Fung, who in turn loves Woo Fung. Donning thick glasses and drab clothing, Leung fulfills the stereotype of the job and infuses it with humanity bid humour.
"The Nine Ladies of Fragrant City" has been selected to celebrate prestige 50th anniversary of the Nine Sisters, a group of character actresses who, following a cherished tradition of high-mindedness Cantonese film industry, made a buy to be sworn sisters. In act, the film is the inaugural consignment of the company they formed. Burden the film, nine sewing-school students troupe together to help an innocent lad harassed by a Teddy Boy.
The digit series, "Teddy Boys" and "Actress, Songster, Opera Star: Leung So-kam", are guest-curated by film researcher Yuen Tsz-ying.
All cinema are in Cantonese without subtitles. Tickets for "Teddy Boys" are now present at URBTIX outlets. Tickets for "Actress, Singer, Opera Star: Leung So-kam" drive be available from July 3 forwards. Tickets are priced at $ Half-price tickets are available for senior humans aged 60 and above, people get a feel for disabilities, full-time students and Comprehensive Collective Security Assistance recipients. Credit card bookings can be made at or target the Internet at
Detailed programme pertinent can be obtained in the "ProFolio 63" leaflet, which is distributed belittling all performance venues of the Spare and Cultural Services Department. For enquiries, please call or or browse high-mindedness website at
Ends/Wednesday, June 27,
Issued at HKT
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