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Painted Faces
1988 Hong Kong film by Alex Law From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Painted Faces (Chinese: 七小福) is a 1988 Hong Kong biographical drama film co-written and directed by Alex Law and starring Sammo Hung as his mentor, Master Yu Jim-yuen of the China Drama Academy.[1] For his portrayal as Master Yu, Hung won his second Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor at the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]
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The Chinese title refers to the Seven Little Fortunes, which includes Hung, Yuen Biao, Jackie Chan and their fellow opera-mates, who later became popular in the Hong Kong film industry. The film focuses on Master Yu and his methods on bringing up his protégés.
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Cast
- Sammo Hung as Master Yu
- Lam Ching-ying as Wah
- Cheng Pei-pei as Ching
- John Shum as Stagehand (guest appearance)
- Wu Ma as Film Director (guest appearance)
- Mary Li as Cheng Lung's mother (guest appearance)
- Chung Kam-yuen as Teenage Samo
- Yeung Yam-yin as Child Samo
- Cheung Man-lung as Teenage Cheng Lung
- Siu Ming-fui as Child Cheng Long
- Joseph Koo as Child Yuen Biao
- Wong Kim-wai as Teenage Yuen Biao
Reception
Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle gave the film 3½ stars out of 5 and said that: "Despite the fact that the film lags a bit in its second half [...], Painted Faces remains a charming, gorgeously lensed slice of Hong Kong history, and certainly one that no Jackie Chan/Samo Hung/Yuen Biao fan should pass up."[3]
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