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Painted Faces Traditional 七小福 Simplified 七小福 Mandarin Qī xiǎo fú Cantonese Cat1 siu2 fuk1 Directed by Alex Law Produced by Leonard Ho
Mona FongWritten by Alex Law
Mabel CheungStarring Sammo Hung
Lam Ching Ying
Cheng Pei-pei
Wu Ma
John ShumMusic by Lowell Lo Cinematography David Chung Editing by Kwong Chi Leung
Yu TunStudio Golden Harvest
Shaw Brothers StudioDistributed by Golden Harvest Release date(s) Hong Kong:
10 November 1988Running time 100 min. Country Hong Kong Language Cantonese Gross revenue HK$14,730,964 Painted Faces (pinyin: Qī xiǎo fú, Cantonese: Cat1 siu2 fuk1), is a Hong Kong film directed by Alex Law. The movie was first released in 1988. The language spoken in this movie is Cantonese.
The Chinese title refers to the Seven Little Fortunes - Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and his fellow opera-mates, who later made it big in the Hong Kong film industry. The film focuses on Master Yu Ho, their teacher, and his methods on bringing up his protéges.
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Plot
The movie is about the Peking Opera School that Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao (the Lucky Stars) attended as young men. The movie is about their teacher Master Yu Ho and his school.
Cast
- Chang Wen-lung - Cheng Lung as teenager
- Cheng Pei-pei - Ching
- Hsiao Ming-kuei - Cheng Lung as child
- Huang Chien-wei - Yuan Biao as teenager
- Chung Chin-jen - Samo as teenager
- Sammo Hung - Master Yu
- Lam Ching Ying - Wah
Awards and nominations
8th Hong Kong Film Awards
- Won: Best Actor (Sammo Hung)
- Won: Best Cinematography (David Chung)
- Nominated: Best Film
- Nominated: Best Director (Alex Law)
- Nominated: Best Screenplay (Alex Law, Mabel Cheung)
- Nominated: Best Film Editing (Kwong Chi Leung, Yu Tun)
25th Golden Horse Awards
- Won: Best Film
External links
Golden Horse Award for Best Film Sun, Moon and Star (1962) · The Love Eterne (1963) · Beautiful Duckling (1965) · Hsi-shih, Beauty of Beauties (1966) · Orchids and My Love (1967) · The Road (1968) · Spring in a Small Town (1969) · Home Sweet Home (1970 · The Story of Ti-Ying (1971) · Execution in Autumn (1972) · The Escape (1973) · Land of the Undaunted (1975) · The Victory (1976) · Heroes of the Eastern Skies (1977) · He Never Gives Up (1978) · Story of a Small Town (1979) · Good Morning, Taipei (1980) · If I Were for Real (1981) · The Battle for the Republic of China (1982) · Growing Up (1983) · Old Mao's Second Spring (1984) · Kuei-Mei, a Woman (1985) · The Terrorizers (1986) · Straw Man (1987) · Painted Faces (1988) · Full Moon in New York (1989) · Red Dust (1990) · A Brighter Summer Day (1991) · Hill of No Return (1992) · The Wedding Banquet (1993) · Vive L'Amour (1994) · Summer Snow (1995) · In the Heat of the Sun (1996) · Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1997) · Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (1998) · Ordinary Heroes (1999) · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) · Durian Durian (2001) · The Best of Times (2002) · Infernal Affairs (2003) · Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (2004) · Kung Fu Hustle (2005) · After This Our Exile (2006) · Lust, Caution (2007) · The Warlords (2008) · No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (2009) · When Love Comes (2010)
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