Painted Faces (1988)
七小福
The critically-acclaimed story of three young men growing from a traditional Chinese theatrical school to stardom in Hong Kong's thriving film industry.
This is a story about the Peking Opera School that Jackie Chan, Samo Hung and Yuen Biao attended as young men. The story is about their teacher Master Yu and his school.
- Date of release
- 1988-11-10
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (31)
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Alex Law Kai-yui
Casting
- Sammo Hung Kam-bo — Master Yu Jim-Yuen
- Lam Ching-ying — Uncle Hua
- Cheng Pei-pei — Master Cheng
- Lee Din-Hing — Cheng Lung's Mother
- Yeung Yam-Yin — Child Sammo
- Chung Gam-Yam — Teenage Sammo
- Siu Ming-Fui — Child Ah-Lung (Big Nose/Jackie Chan)
- Cheung Man-Lung — Teenage Ah-Lung (Big Nose/Jackie Chan)
- Goo Fai — Child Yuen Biao
- Wong Kim-Wai — Teenage Yuen Biao
- Winnie Lau Siu-Wai — Hsiao-hsien
- Jue Yam-Fai — Child Ming
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film
Painted Faces 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. 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.
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