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Wu Hsing-kuo is a Actor born on 12 april 1953
Wu Hsing-kuo (吳興國) is a Taiwanese actor of the silver screen and theater, known for both his performance of complex movie roles as much as for his innovative adaptations of Western classics into traditional Peking Opera.
Wu was trained in classical Peking Opera since the age of 11 in Taiwan's state-run Fu-Hsing Chinese Opera School, specializing in wu sheng (male martial) roles. He was admitted with honors into the Theatre Department of Chinese Culture University in Taipei, trained under master Chou Cheng-jung (Zhou Zheng-rong) and became leading dancer of Lin Hwai-min's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre. However, his teacher Chou Cheng-jung (Zhou Zheng-rong) considered him as a pretentious student who didn't focus on study and finally abandoned him in 1989. Since then, Chou Cheng-jung (died in 2000) never met him anymore. In addition, most of the traditional Chinese opera audiences do not recognize him as a qualified actor.
In 1986, he and a group of enthusiastic friends founded the Contemporary Legend Theatre (當代傳奇劇場) in Taipei, seeking to revitalize traditional Chinese theatre by adapting Western classical plays to the style and techniques of Peking Opera. He was the leading actor and director of four Shakespeare adaptations, including the critically acclaimed Kingdom of Desire (慾望城國), an adaptation of Macbeth, and King Lear (李爾在此), in which Wu plays all the parts.
In 1992, Wu was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in New York with Richard Schechner. That year, he also won the Hong Kong Film Award for best new actor.
Wu is currently artistic director of the Contemporary Legend Theatre, and continues to take on challenging roles in both the modern theatre and Chinese Opera. He crosses the fields of traditional opera, dance, modern theatre, cinema, and television.
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Wu Hsing-kuo
Birth 12 april 1953 (71 years)
Wu was trained in classical Peking Opera since the age of 11 in Taiwan's state-run Fu-Hsing Chinese Opera School, specializing in wu sheng (male martial) roles. He was admitted with honors into the Theatre Department of Chinese Culture University in Taipei, trained under master Chou Cheng-jung (Zhou Zheng-rong) and became leading dancer of Lin Hwai-min's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre. However, his teacher Chou Cheng-jung (Zhou Zheng-rong) considered him as a pretentious student who didn't focus on study and finally abandoned him in 1989. Since then, Chou Cheng-jung (died in 2000) never met him anymore. In addition, most of the traditional Chinese opera audiences do not recognize him as a qualified actor.
In 1986, he and a group of enthusiastic friends founded the Contemporary Legend Theatre (當代傳奇劇場) in Taipei, seeking to revitalize traditional Chinese theatre by adapting Western classical plays to the style and techniques of Peking Opera. He was the leading actor and director of four Shakespeare adaptations, including the critically acclaimed Kingdom of Desire (慾望城國), an adaptation of Macbeth, and King Lear (李爾在此), in which Wu plays all the parts.
In 1992, Wu was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in New York with Richard Schechner. That year, he also won the Hong Kong Film Award for best new actor.
Wu is currently artistic director of the Contemporary Legend Theatre, and continues to take on challenging roles in both the modern theatre and Chinese Opera. He crosses the fields of traditional opera, dance, modern theatre, cinema, and television.
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The Accidental Spy (2001)
, 1h48Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Spy films, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Jackie Chan, Eric Tsang, Wu Hsing-kuo, Vivian Hsu, Cheung Tat-ming, Alfred Cheung
Roles Lee Sang-zen (Mr Zen)
Rating58%
A news reporter covers a story in a village within Turkey where many people have mysteriously died, seemingly from pneumonia while a scientific team tries to find a cure. Unbeknownst to them, a terrorist group disguising as farmers in the area fire at the scientists and the news crew, killing them all. Shortly after the attack, members of the South Korean embassy in Istanbul discuss the attack before one of their longtime missing agents return.
The Soong Sisters (1997)
, 2h25Directed by Mabel Cheung
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Vivian Wu, Wu Hsing-kuo, Winston Chao, Jiang Wen
Roles Chiang Kai-shek
Rating69%
The film opens with a scene of the three Soong sisters in their childhood in the late Qing dynasty. Their father, Charlie Soong, demonstrates the wealth and prestige of his family by running one of the most successful printing businesses. The sisters later travel abroad to attend Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, United States.
Shanghai Grand (1996)
, 1h36Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Political films, Gangster films
Actors Andy Lau, Leslie Cheung, Wu Hsing-kuo, Jeong Woo-seong
Roles Fung King-yiu
Rating65%
Shanghai années 30. Hui Man-keung, membre du parti nationaliste capturé par les Japonais, s'échappe et s'échoue sur une plage de Shanghai, avec une seule idée en tête, se venger. Ding Lik travaille comme éboueur pour une mafia locale dont il rêve de prendre la tête. Il est amoureux de la fille d'un de ses patrons. Le destin des deux hommes va se croiser. D'abord oeuvrant ensemble et gravisant les échelons jusqu'au sommet de l'organisation, ils vont devenir ennemis pour l'amour d'une femme. Inspiré de la célèbre série "The Bund" des années 1980.
God of Gamblers' Return (1994)
, 2h6Directed by Wong Jing
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Chow Yun-fat, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Sharla Cheung, Charles Heung, Chingmy Yau, Mo Tse
Rating66%
Five years have passed since the events of the first God of Gamblers film. Ko Chun (Chow Yun-fat) is now living a peaceful retirement on his French estate with his pregnant wife Wan Yau (Sharla Cheung), while his disciples Knife and Sing (from the All For The Winner series) have become world-renowned in their own right. Chun declines repeated challenges from other top-ranked gamblers, having given up gambling in favor of the quiet life.
, 2h3Directed by Clara Law
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Ray Lui, Rosamund Kwan, Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Wu Hsing-kuo, Elvis Tsui
Roles Yu Ziqi
Rating66%
Rock n' Roll Cop (1994)
, 1h32Directed by Kirk Wong
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Anthony Wong, Wu Hsing-kuo, Yu Rongguang, Carrie Ng
Roles Captain Wong Kun
Rating63%
In a rainy night, Captain Wong Kun and his colleagues were celebrating as Captain Wong' gained the opportunity to receive training in Beijing. After dinner, when Captain Wong's mentor is walking back home, Shum Chi-Hung and his fellows, known as the 'Chun-Lei Red Scarf', seek revenge and killed him.
Green Snake (1993)
, 1h38Directed by Tsui Hark
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Romance
Actors Maggie Cheung, Joey Wong, Chiu Man-cheuk, Wu Hsing-kuo, Tien Feng, Nagma
Rating71%
Two snake spirits have been training for many centuries to take human form and experience the love, freedom and wisdom that is supposedly only available to humans. White Snake (Joey Wong) is the more experienced one and proceeds to get engaged to local scholar Hsui Xien (Wu Hsing-Kuo), with whom she plans to have a child which would complete her passage into the mortal realm. Green Snake (Maggie Cheung) is the younger and more impulsive of the two sisters, and she is not yet quite convinced of the benefits of the human world. The two snakes move into their magically created house and start a successful medical practice in the town.
Temptation of a Monk (1993)
Directed by Clara Law
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Joan Chen, Zhang Fengyi, Lisa Lu, Wu Hsing-kuo, Teddy Robin
Rating63%