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	Yun-Fat Chow
		Daai jeung foo yat gei (1988) (as Chow Yun Fat)....
		Xue han jin qian (1983) (as Chow Yun-Fat)....
		Chou tin dik tong wah (1987) (as Chow Yun Fat)....
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0000334 (1199 words)

	Chow Yun-Fat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chow Yun-Fat (Chinese:周潤發; Pinyin: Zhōu Rùnfā) (born May 18, 1955 on Lamma Island, Hong Kong) is an ethnic Chinese actor.
		HKcinema.net - News on Chow Yun-Fat's and other asian actors film projects
		Chow may be best known, especially in the West, for playing honorable tough guys, whether cops or criminals, but he is a versatile performer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chow_Yun-Fat (620 words)

	AsiaFinest Chow Yun Fat Bio and Photo Gallery
		Chow Yun Fat was born in Lama Island in 1955.
		Although not first choise for the role of Mark, Tsui and Woo insisted,and Chow Yun Fat took the lead in what was to become one of the biggest box office hit in Hong Kong film history.
		It was intended to relaunch the career of Chow brother´s veteran actor Ti Lung as well as to introduce pop idol Leslie Cheung to Hong Kong´s cinema audiences.
	www.asiafinest.com /chinese/chowyunfat.htm (667 words)

	Chow Yun-Fat Biography
		Chow's family moved to Hong Kong itself in 1965, and it was there the young boy began indulging in two of his major influences: Chinese opera and American movies.
		The acting bug bit Chow as a teenager, and in 1973 he attended a casting call for TVB (the Shaw Bros. studio's TV division), where he was accepted for their acting school, along with future director Ringo Lam.
		Chow's good looks and natural acting ability made him a hit with audiences, and he became a star of several soap operas.
	www.hkfilm.net /cyf.htm (580 words)

	Bad Subjects: A Pair of Blood-Spattering Essays on Hong Kong Action Movies
		Chow Yun-Fat is probably most famous for his roles in Woo's A Better Tomorrow (1986), The Killer (1989) and Hard-boiled (1991), all of which deal explicitly with the theme of the individual fighting for loyalty and honor within corrupt institutions.
		Chow kills the bad guy, telling him in the wonderfully bizarre phrasing so common to HK English subtitles, 'Masturbate in Hell!,' condemning the villain to death, to hell, but also to an eternity of fantasizing about Chow Yun-Fat.
		The characters portrayed by Chow Yun-Fat are explicitly offered up for identification but to identify with him is to identify with a character whose sense of individuality is always premised upon subjecting his body to excessive pain and violence; in other words, identifying with a masochist.
	bad.eserver.org /issues/1994/13/rubio-sandell.html (6617 words)

	Chow Yun-Fat
		Chow felt he had accomplished every thing he could in Hong Kong cinema, and that his roles were becoming limited to those in which he played the suited cop/killer.
		Chow made his first movie in 1976—a Category III flick titled Massage Girls—but his film career got off to a shaky start as it was difficult to find roles which suited him.
		Chow's character Mark Gor was an action role, but Chow managed through his "acting" to infuse each action and gesture with raw emotion.
	www.lovehkfilm.com /people/chow_yun_fat.htm (573 words)

	CFW Enterprises - CHOW YUN-FAT
		Chow Yun-fat didn't really know kung-fu when he took over the role of a master martial artist in Ang Lee's new film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon from Jet Li, who was occupied by the filming of Romeo Must Die.
		Chow has scant memories of that 1982 flick, but according to him, it was his Tiger/Dragon co-stars who were the real martial arts masters, while he was a mere sword and dance man.
		But Chow, to his fans' delight and amazement, was not a one-shot pony, even in the rigid stereotypical typecasting for which the Hong Kong films were famous.
	www.cfwenterprises.com /article.asp?s=cfw&mimid=5HSLEBT5H7698MS34KKX5CLQ1G9H9EP0&content_id=28 (1659 words)

	INT: Chow Yun-Fat
		CHOW: Not really, but when you have the wire on and they fly you in the air, it can be a lot of fun.
		CHOW: She is not that much related to the Monk, but personally I really, really like her.
		CHOW: Seann and Jaime have different ideas how to create a role, which is very interesting.
	www.joblo.com /index.php?id=1511 (1609 words)

	Chow Yun-fat
		So Chow is left on his own resources, which include his sterling Hong Kong reputation and iconic image and a small managerial team that includes his pretty and resolute wife, Jasmine.
		In other words, you can be cool or you can act, a choice Chow seems to be facing as he attempts to make his transition from a Hong Kong soon to be incorporated by the Communist mainland to a Hollywood not known for its flexibility or Asian superstars.
		Chow has a couple of projects in development.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /alt1/archive/specials/cool/CHOW.html (1568 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Biography - Chow Yun-Fat
		Chow earned a Hong Kong Film Award nomination for his work in the film, and that same year he won the same award for his portrayal of an undercover cop in Lam's City on Fire.
		Chow's luck began to change in the mid-'80s, when he won a Best Actor award from the Asian Pacific Film Festival and Taiwan's prestigious Golden Horse for his performance in Leung Po-Chi's Hong Kong 1941 (1984), a romantic drama set against the backdrop of World War II.
		Chow would star in the two Better Tomorrow sequels, which followed in 1988 and 1989, but in the meantime he continued to prove his dramatic and comedic abilities in a number of other films.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /search/Biography.asp?ctr=596442 (1177 words)

	Chow Yun-Fat: God of Actors
		Chow Yun-Fat was born on the 18th of May in 1955, on the small island of Lamma off of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour.
		Chow Yun-Fat identifies two childhood influences on his dramatic life: the Cantonese Opera, at yearly festivals in honour of the Goddess of the Sea, and American movies, under the patronage of one of his mother's employers.
		Gen 13's Chow Yun-Fat fan page (not responding as of 8/7/99).
	www.geocities.com /Athens/8907/factor.html (6322 words)

	Is Hollywood Undermining Chow Yun-Fat? Asian American Issues GoldSea
		chow yun fat in asia is pronounced jew- yoon- baol.
		Anybody that thinks Chow Yun Fat is washed up is washed up themselves and I wish people would stop bringing up the Bruce Lee angle, as if he was the only promiment Asian superstar that ever exsisted.
		What is ahead for CYF in U.S. films is still in transition, but whatever I expect Chow Yun-Fat to be around and working for a long time to come.
	goldsea.com /Air/Issues/Chow/chow.html (2356 words)

	Chow Yun Fat on DVD
		Chow is surrounded by a large and very capable supporting cast, none of whom I can name because I don't recognize them and no English names are given (Chow Yun Fat is included here but I recognized him, of course).
		Chow Yun Fat plays what amounts to a supporting role, but what a cool supporting role it is. Throughout the film Chow does next to nothing.
		Chow Yun Fat plays a gambling virtuoso who suffers a head injury that leaves him on the level of a four or five year old child.
	webpages.marshall.edu /~styer1/dvd/cyf-dvd.html (4941 words)

	Chow Yun-Fat pictures, posters, photos, interviews and wallpapers.
		Chow Yun-Fat has won several awards in Hong Kong, including 6 "Best Actor" awards.
		A fan site for Chow Yun-Fat with a biography, picture galleries, movie reviews, and news of personal appearances.
		Chow often is seen with a trademark toothpick in his mouth, particularly in his films with John Woo.
	www.perfectpeople.net /biopage.php3/cid=1201 (249 words)

	Meg's Boyfriend: Chow Yun-Fat
		Chow is this hit man, and boy, when Chow Yun-Fat comes at you with a gun, you better run.
		Anyway, Chow Yun Fat will play one of the brothers and the object of the brothers' affections will be played by.
		When Chow was 10, he and his family packed up their stuff and moved to Hong Kong, where Chow spent most of his formative years.
	home.comcast.net /~mjbrunner1/archive/chowyunfat.html (1693 words)

	Bad Subjects: Bad Shorts: Chow Yun-Fat in America
		In Chow Yun-Fat's Hong Kong films, such strong partnerships typically develop between men, and are "consummated" by the men either symbolizing their bond by sacrificing life or limb for one another, or cementing their bond with soul-baring musings on friendship and devotion.
		Chow Yun-Fat is new to the U.S. mainstream movie audience, and so for them one can assume he carries no movie past with him.
		He didn't ask Chow to eat sand; instead, he asked Chow for advice on how to be Chow, putting on shades, pulling out a gun for each hand, and chomping on a matchstick (the meaning is in his mouth).
	bad.eserver.org /issues/1998/37/shorts.html (2393 words)

	Chow Yun-Fat
		Chow began his acting career at the age of 18, working for a television studio in Hong Kong.
		By the age of 21, Chow was already a major presence on Chinese TV and had started to segue into a movie career.
		Born on Lamma Island to migrant workers, Chow opened his eyes to acting when his family moved from a small farming community to the bustle of Kowloon City, Hong Kong.
	www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=2892 (397 words)

	NASIOC - Chow Yun-Fat>*
		I worked with Chow Yun Fat once (I am not an actor), and would like to add that, without a doubt, he is one of the nicest guys I have ever met; humble, self-deprecating, and funny.
		Chow Yun Fat is the only man my better half has admitted she'd leave me for without so much as a "goodbye".
		Chow Yun Fat is the asian Dirty Harry, only underrated and relatively obscure.
	forums.nasioc.com /forums/showthread.php?t=608917 (579 words)

	Chow Yun-Fat @ Filmbug
		Chow went on to star in the Academy Award-winning film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with director Ang Lee and co-star Michelle Yeoh.
		Another key Chow collaborator was Ringo Lam, whose first film with Chow, City On Fire, won Chow his second Best Actor award at the Hong Kong Oscars, inspired Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, and led to three subsequent Chow-Lam collaborations: Wild Search, Prison On Fire, and Full Contact.
		Chow and Woo continued their collaboration with The Killer, Once A Thief, and Woo's phenomenal farewell to Hong Kong, Hard Boiled.
	www.filmbug.com /db/372 (618 words)

	TIMEasia.com 'Speaking Mandarin Was Like Speaking Shakespeare' 7/25/2000
		When Hong Kong's Chow Yun-fat split for Los Angeles in 1995 and co-starred alongside Jodie Foster in Anna and the King, he became Hollywood's first successful Asian leading man in 80 years.
		Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star Chow Yun-fat at Hong Kong's Felix restaurant.
		Chow: This is a new kind of movie, and for me it was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to star in it.
	www.time.com /time/asia/features/interviews/2000/07/25/int.chowyunfat0725.html (930 words)

	Chow Yun-Fat > Index
		Chow Yun Fat and Gong Li have signed to star in "Autumn Remembrance," a drama that will be shot in China next February by director Zhang Yimou.
		Chinese veteran star Chow Yun-Fat is in talk to star in director Zhang Yimou's untitled third martial-art film, which is rumored to be set in Tang Dynasty, same as House of Flying Daggers.
		Chow plays Cheung in the upcoming "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" the sequel to the 2003 hit, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." Chow also celebrated his 50th birthday early, which falls on Wednesday, with banquet guests singing "Happy Birthday" in Japanese, English and Chinese, Apple Daily reported.
	www.templeofchow.com /index2.html (1872 words)

	Chow Yun-Fat
		Chow Yun-Fat is one of the biggest stars in Hong Kong, with his sheer look and intensity to burn up the screen.
		For the next few years, Chow Yun Fat was to John Woo what Riki Takeuchi would be to Takeshi Miike.
		Beginning in TV series, Chow starred in mostly low budget productions where he used one of two rare English names, "Donald Chow" and "Aman Chow".
	megspace.com /entertainment/highimpact/stars/male/chowyunfat.html (276 words)

	DYSKE - Chow Yun-Fat
		Now, he has been supplanted by Chow Yun-Fat, and that’s not a bad image, to be held in his strong arms with a powerful gun or sword.
		Chow Yun-Fat was the first to break those barriers.
		I have a theory: It’s all because of Chow Yun-Fat, or at least it started with him.
	www.dyske.com /?view_id=344 (344 words)

	Yun-Fat in Pirates of the Caribbean Sequels? - ComingSoon.net
		Hong Kong's Chow Yun-fat is set to star in the upcoming sequels of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, says Chinese-language newspaper Apple Daily.
		Chow's wife, Jasmin Chan Wui-nin, said the actor will play the famous 19th century Chinese pirate Cheung Po Tsai for the second and third installments of the film.
		Chan said both the movie's producer and director contacted Chow's management company in the U.S. two months ago and director Gore Verbinski flew to Hong Kong last week to discuss the screenplay with Chow.
	comingsoon.net /news/topnews.php?id=7631 (402 words)

	Treasure Hunt (1994)
		Plot: Chow Yun-Fat is Chang Ching, a CIA operative sent to China to find a mysterious “treasure.” For some reason he shacks up at a local Shaolin temple where the gags pile on, especially in the form of an overweight Shaolin kid who either charms or annoys depending on your taste.
		Chow Yun Fat’s triumphant return to HK film after a two year lay-off finds him in a true Hong Kong film.
		A typical Hong Kong mishmash of multiple genres, except this one is buoyed by the lovely chemistry between Chow Yun-Fat and Wu Chien-Lien.
	www.lovehkfilm.com /reviews/treasure_hunt.htm (306 words)

	Chow Yun-Fat Forum @ Filmbug
		I also think Chow Yun- Fat could have won the best actor award at America's oscars.
		I wish they'd show more of Chow yun- Fat's earlier work on cable.
		Chow youn is on of the more popular asia hong kong style action heros in his contry but hasn't ever cought on like jet li or chan (jackie chan).
	www.filmbug.com /db/372-8 (308 words)

	Chow Yun Fat
		Chow Yun Fat, with his wife Jasmine, makes his entrance....Chow with organisor/'Eastern Heroes' founder Rick Baker.
		Chow starts the QandA and discussion on his career and his (then) upcoming move to Hollywood.
		Chow calls to the audience for even more welcoming cheers and shouts how much he loves it!
	www.beardyfreak.com /photoschow.htm (98 words)

	Chow Yun-fat's new pirate style revealed
		Hong Kong action hero Chow Yun-fat has been hiding from the media for some time in an attempt to keep his image for his role in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean sequel a secret.
		Hong Kong movie star Chow Yun-fat raises mustache preparing for his new role in the the next two sequels of the box office smash Pirates of the Caribbean.
		According to Chinese newspapers, Chow is preparing for the next two sequels of the box office smash Pirates of the Caribbean, which he is set to star in next month.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-01/19/content_410288.htm (293 words)

	Darkknight9:CHOW YUN-FAT
		Or, "The story of Wu Viet" (translation) is a very good early Chow Yun Fat movie in which Chow plays a war refugee who is trying to survive and make it to America.
		Chow Yun Fat's acting is powerful and emotional.
		Chow stars as a killer with a guilty conscience over accidently burning a young lounge singers cornias (eyes) off.
	members.tripod.com /~Darkknight9/chow.html (998 words)

	A Free Man in Hong Kong - Chow Yun-Fat
		There is another side to the repertoire of Chow Yun-Fat however, as important as his action films- that of his sensitive performances in melodramas and romances, as well as his exquisitely timed comedic performances.
		Across two thirds of the globe, Chow Yun-Fat is literally a man who needs no introduction.
		As King Mongkut of Siam, Chow Yun-Fat showed us the bravery and power of this great leader...
	nbi.com /hk/cyf (197 words)

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