Chow Yun-Fat

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  • Birth Place: Lamma Island, Hong Kong
  • Profession: Actor
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I have a question about the ...

Question: I have a question about the beautiful actress Zhang Ziyi, who was in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. But in Memoirs of a Geisha, she was called Ziyi Zhang. What gives, and what’s her first name?


Answer: Zhang Ziyi’s first name is Ziyi, but in many Asian cultures it’s traditional to give the surname first. Given that for the bulk of human history, the most important thing you could know about a person — in both the East and the West — was who his or her family was, I’m surprised that this order isn’t the norm everywhere. But in the West, the standard name format is surname last (generally a patronymic — the father’s name) and given name first. Miss Zhang appears to have adopted the Western order as part of her bid for international stardom; Americans especially have a problem with “weird” names. That read more

It seems like every other ...

Question: It seems like every other movie I see advertised is based on a TV show, like The Dukes of Hazzard. But what about the other way around? I know there was a series based on My Big Fat Greek Wedding, but what other TV series have been based on a movie, and were any of them good?


Answer: There have been a handful of top-notch TV shows based on movies. The flop Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) was revived as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003); Robert Altman's acerbic M*A*S*H* (1970) became the long-running M*A*S*H (1972-1983); Neil Simonread more

Chow Yun-Fat: Videos

Red Band Teaser Trailer
Killer
Let The Bullets Fly
The Killer

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Dragonball: Evolution
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Curse Of The Golden Flower
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Dragonball: Evolution
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The Children of Huang Shi

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Year Title Description
2009 Dragonball Movie, Actor - Master Roshi
2008 The Children Of Huang Shi Movie, Actor - "Jack" Chen Hansheng
2007 Pirates Of The Caribbean Movie, Actor - Captain Sao Feng
2006 Curse Of The Golden Flower Movie, Actor - The Emperor
2003 Bulletproof Monk Movie, Actor - Monk With No Name

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