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Sammo Hung Kam-bo

Sammo Hung Kam-bo
The latest news and updates on Sammo Hung Kam-bo, a highly influential Hong Kong filmmaker with a career spanning over six decades, renowned for his multifaceted contributions to martial arts cinema. As an actor, director, producer, and action choreographer, he has shaped the genre, often blending kung fu with comedy. Hung was a pivotal figure in the Hong Kong New Wave movement of the 1980s, reinventing martial arts films and popularising the "jiangshi" (hopping vampire) genre with works like *Encounters of the Spooky Kind*.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

With Blades of the Guardians, Yuen Woo-ping revives the wuxia blockbuster

Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and director Yuen Woo-ping returns with an epic wuxia, starring Wu Jing and Nicholas Tse.

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A beginner’s guide to watching Hong Kong martial arts movies

Hong Kong comedian Stanley Fung dies days after friend Benz Hui

The actor and filmmaker, aged around 80, died after hinting he might follow his late friend Benz Hui.

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