To Be Number One (film)
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To Be Number One is a 1991 Hong Kong
gangster film directed by Poon Man-kit, and produced by Johnny Mak. The film is based on the rise and fall of a real life gangster (吳錫豪). The protagnist Ho begins the story as a poor Teochew refugee from Communist China, and leads his men to become paws of corrupted police Fat Kwan to control the drug trade. After Ho establishes himself, Fat Kwan turns against him, cripples him and kills many of his men, but Ho keeps rising and eliminates all his enemies. However Ho is blinded by his growing power, and his empire ends with the establishment of ICAC
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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...
gangster film directed by Poon Man-kit, and produced by Johnny Mak. The film is based on the rise and fall of a real life gangster (吳錫豪). The protagnist Ho begins the story as a poor Teochew refugee from Communist China, and leads his men to become paws of corrupted police Fat Kwan to control the drug trade. After Ho establishes himself, Fat Kwan turns against him, cripples him and kills many of his men, but Ho keeps rising and eliminates all his enemies. However Ho is blinded by his growing power, and his empire ends with the establishment of ICAC
ICAC
ICAC may refer to:*Independent Commission Against Corruption**Independent Commission Against Corruption **Independent Commission Against Corruption *Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference...
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Cast and roles
- Ray Lui - Crippled Ho
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- Fat Kwan - Cecilia YipCecilia YipCecilia Yip Tung is a Hong Kong actress. Cecilia Yip is a well-regarded actress from Hong Kong whose work is known throughout Asia, especially Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. She began her acting career in 1982 with "Nomad" in which she was nominated for The Best Newcomer of The Year Award...
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- May - Waise LeeWaise LeeWaise Lee Chi-hung is a Hong Kong film and television actor best known for playing the roles of villains and antagonists in various films.-Biography:...
- Man - Lawrence NgLawrence NgLawrence Ng Kai Wah is a popular TV actor in Hong Kong. His more famous works include the television series Healing Hands and the films Fate Twisters and Sex and Zen.-Career:...
- Ming - Wong Kwong Leung - Loud Hung
- Dickens Chan
- Frankie Chin - Little Hak
- Lo LiehLo LiehLo Lieh was a Hong Kong actor in martial arts films. His real name is Wang Lap Tat. After his parents sent him back to China he attended acting school in Hong Kong. He began his martial arts training in 1962 and joined the Shaw Brothers Studio in the same year and went on to become one of the...
- Tin - Ng Man-tat - Ping
- Lau Shun - Fung
- Lau KongLau KongLau Kong is a Hong Kong actor who works on the network TVB.-Biography:Little is known of Lau's private life, but he has been acting since 1976, when he first joined the now defunct network Commercial Television, he later joined RTV Lau Kong (劉江) is a Hong Kong actor who works on the network...
- Lung - Ng Lai-Chu
- Elvina KongElvina KongElvina Yan-Yin Kong is a Hong Kong television actress and presenter currently under contract to TVB. Currently she has been acting in the Cantonese sitcom of Off Pedder in 2008...
- Deranged Woman