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Kenneth Tsang

Date of birth: 1934-09-02

Place of birth: Hong Kong

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Kenneth Tsang Kong, 曾江, 曾貴一, 증강, کنت تسانگ

Biography

Kenneth Tsang Kong (5 October 1935 – 27 April 2022) was a Hong Kong actor. Tsang's career spanned 50 years and included a variety of acting roles. Tsang won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2015. Tsang was born in Hong Kong with family roots in Zhongshan, Guangdong. He attended high school in Texas, U.S. and received a degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. He returned to Hong Kong in the early 1960s but was bored by the work. His older sister, Jeanette Lin Tsui was a film star at the time and provided Tsang with several connections in the industry which boosted his acting career. In the media, Lin Tsui was always presented as Tsang's younger sister instead as it was moreover uncommon for female stars to reveal their age. Tsang's film debut was in the movie The Feud (1955), when he was just 16, which was followed by a role in Who Isn't Romantic? (1956). In the mid 1960s, Tsang starred in detective films and classic kung fu movies with (at the time) Hong Kong teen idols Connie Chan Po-chu and Josephine Siao. Tsang also appeared in a few Wong Fei-Hung movies in the late 1960s. In the 1986, Tsang worked as taxi cab owner, Ken, in John Woo's A Better Tomorrow. Subsequent collaborations with Woo included the role of Ken in A Better Tomorrow 2 in 1987, police officer Danny Lee's murdered partner in The Killer in 1989, and the strict adoptive father of Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung and Cherie Chung in Once a Thief in 1991. Tsang also filmed several Singaporean Chinese dramas during the 1990s, one of his most notable works there was the 1995 epic The Teochew Family and The Unbeatables II. Up to this point, Tsang had played roles in mainly Hong Kong movies. His first Hollywood film was The Replacement Killers (1998), also the Hollywood debut of co-star Chow Yun-fat. Tsang appeared alongside Chow once again in Anna and the King as well as Jackie Chan in Rush Hour 2. Tsang played General Moon in the James Bond film Die Another Day (2002), and he continued to appear in films from his native Hong Kong. In 1994 Tsang married Chiao Chiao (焦姣), a Chinese-born Taiwanese actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Tsang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

2.5

Special Roles

2019-11-08

3.8

The Killer

1989-03-24

Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profess

3.4

Police Story 3: Super Cop

1992-07-04

A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.

2.5

For a Few Bullets

2016-07-15

When a professional thief sees his lifetime goal of being the best potentially realized in stealing

3.4

Rush Hour 2

2001-08-03

It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excite

Drugs Area

1991-01-01

Action flick about illegal drug dealing in Hong Kong and the undercover cops who risk their lives an

3.5

The Attorney

2021-10-08

A young man is accused of killing the daughter of Hong Kong’s richest tycoon after a drunken tryst.

3.1

The Replacement Killers

1998-02-06

Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of poli

2.5

The Touch

2002-08-01

A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sec

The Summer of Our Graduation

2014-08-29

Talented performer Zhang Chong has been secretly in love with the school beauty Xiaoxia for more tha

3.2

Bishonen

1998-08-14

A hustler and a model policeman who is uneasy with his own secret homosexuality begin a secret relat

My Beloved

1971-04-16

A romantic melodrama from Lung Kong that is more commercially minded than his earlier films, starrin

Die Another Day

2002-11-17

James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogu

3.5

Legend of the Brothers

1991-11-20

Chronicles the rise of two brothers from their start in the 1940'sas illegal immigrants from China t

1.7

The Treasure Hunter

2009-12-09

In the northwest desert where countless prosperous dynasties have flourished and fallen, there is ru

2.5

Dead End

1995-01-01

Wong Tat Lung was hunted down by the triads in Hong Kong twenty years ago and became a resident of t

The Blacksheep Affair

1998-10-31

A patriotic Chinese cop is reposted to fictional East European country Lavernia as punishment for ig

2.5

Angel Terminators

1992-10-10

Two Hong Kong policewomen (Ida and Hon) take on a Japanese boss who has returned from a seven-year e

3.4

Royal Warriors

1986-06-26

When a tough policewoman learns about a group of violent terrorists, she, along with her partner and

2.1

Fortune King Is Coming to Town!

2010-02-09

"Here Comes Fortune" is about the God of Fortune coming down from heaven to spread some love and wea

2.3

The Prince of Temple Street

1992-08-20

Andy Lau stars in The Prince of Temple Street, a classic triad story of honor and righteousness. And

2.5

I Am Your Mom

2018-05-10

When Zhao Xiaoyi passes the entrance exam to enroll as an art student, it’s more to her than a chanc

3.4

To Be Number One

1991-04-15

The story of Ho, a Chinese peasant/slave worker who escapes to Hong Kong and becomes one of the most

3.4

Once a Thief

1991-02-02

Three orphans grow up to become art thieves under the tutelage of a crime boss. Romance complicates

A Romantic Thief

1968-05-01

Hong Kong comedy starring Connie Chan Po-chu

Blood Ties

2009-09-10

Many people believe when a person dies, his soul returns on the 7th night. After Shun was brutally m

37

2012-06-01

An uptight business woman and her young daughter learn a lot about life and themselves when they tra

2.5

Second to None

1992-10-08

Businessman marries his company's mainland representative. Trouble is, he already has a wife and fam

3.3

Overheard 2

2011-08-18

Manson Law, a celebrated stockbroker in Hong Kong, is injured in a car accident. The police, led by

Man's Creed

2022-02-16

This is a tough-guy drama focusing on the drug trade. It tells the thrilling story of a father who h

3.2

Starry Starry Night

2011-11-03

There was once a young girl named May who felt alienated from everyone around her. May is worried ab

Up for the Rising Sun

1997-06-04

2.2

Colour Blossoms

2004-10-28

A real estate agent is drawn into a torrid - and sadomasochistic - relationship with a morose, stunn

Good Night

2016-12-09

Insomiac hotel examiner has a love hate relationship with rich hotel owner.

2.6

Man on the Edge

2022-04-15

On the eve of the 1997 handover, violence is rampant as the British Hong Kong government has joined

The Chivalrous Whip

1968-08-13

Doctor and whip-wielding Hero Chai Tin-sum travels to an isolated village where he finds the populat

2.4

Joyful Reunion

2012-03-23

Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, the present day. Master chef Tang Shizhe (Kenneth Tsang) tells h

The Thief of Time

1992-01-01

A dimwitted thief, mistakes for a spy, in order to free himself he holds the honest driver, as a hos

The Story of Taipei Women

1992-01-01

1.5

Remains of a Woman

1993-10-14

A powerful and unpredictable suspense drama about three ordinary people thrown together on a collisi

Zhuibu

2007-01-01

Rude Husband

2001-01-01

Hong Kong movie

3.7

Super Me

2021-04-09

Sang Yu is so exhausted from trying to stay awake. Every time he closes his eyes, a demon chases and

The Story of Hay Bo

1988-08-11

The story of Hay Bo, a young woman whose decision to be in a relationship with an older wealthy man

2.5

Trap

1982-04-30

2.5

Funeral March

2001-09-25

Yee, a beautiful young girl from an affluent family, finds out that she has suffers from cancer, so

Supercapitalist

2012-08-10

A maverick New York hedge fund trader with uncanny analytic abilities moves to Hong Kong and orchest

2.5

Sleazy Dizzy

1990-06-15

A common thief and an employee of a Hong Kong stock company try to help an amnesia-plagued undercove

2.9

I Am Sorry

1989-05-10

Carole and Mandy have just become neighbors in a luxury apartment complex. Mandy is a successful car

Return of the Heroes

2016-01-01

Times turned, Qin Feng was determined to live in seclusion, but fell into the beauty trap. In the fa

ICAC: A Man

1978-03-01

In “A Man”, Police Inspector Shek reports his corrupt colleagues, but it is his own integrity which

ICAC: Section Nine

1978-03-01

The fourth episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho’s “ICAC” Series (1978), with three short stories combined

My Mother

1983-01-01

Hong Kong movie

Big City Little Romance

2009-01-01

恐怖快递

2018-11-23

2.5

Prince of Tears

2009-06-25

A shameful period in Taiwanese history provides the backdrop for this emotional drama from writer an

1.8

Deliverance

2024-01-18

A fractured family of four brothers and one sister confront haunting memories of their mother’s pass

Demonstrator

1971-04-05

The story of a university student who leads a protest against an Asian security conference in Canber

3.1

The Bare-Footed Kid

1993-04-03

A poor barefoot young man from the country arrives in the city to start work with the friend of his

Fight Up

2015-11-06

Chinese movie

Taste of Happiness

2020-01-01

After graduating from graduate school, Meng Hai failed in his entrepreneurial venture and returned t

Three Men and Half Back in the Field

2016-01-01

Super Time and Space Rescue

2018-09-13

2.4

No. 7 Cherry Lane

2019-09-02

Set in Hong Kong in 1967 — a time of complex politics when it was still a British colony — No. 7 Che

3.4

Point of No Return

1990-10-25

Min is an assassin. His adopted son Eagle and his son KK kill another assassin, Michael, because he

2.9

Overheard 3

2014-05-30

Law was a chauffeur for the rural tycoon Luk, and he was jailed for killing a major land owner in a

Tragedy of Vendetta

1955-12-31

The Feud 同林鳥 (1955) aka Tragedy of Vendetta is a Mandarin-language Hong Kong film of the drama gen

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

1970-12-10

From a rat infestation in the slums, a fast-spreading virus grips Hong Kong, inducing panic when the

Romance of a Teenage Girl

1967-08-02

Hong Kong movie

The Eternal Obsession

1976-12-11

Hong Kong movie

To Crack the Dragon Gate

1970-05-06

Hong Kong movie

Sup Sap Bup Dap

1975-09-18

A social satire on Hong Kong people’s obsession with gambling, told in 13 vignettes of various style

3.7

A Better Tomorrow

1986-08-02

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his

3.5

A Better Tomorrow II

1987-12-17

A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a frien

2.9

Bury Me High

1991-01-10

In a mountainous region in an Asian backwater banana republic, it is said that the descendents of al

That Frightening Sword

1968-07-03

Two martial artists (the striking Suet Nei and the handsome Kenneth Tsang Kong) team up in an attemp

2.9

Long and Winding Road

1994-08-04

Two different men each find their true meanings in life. Leslie and Tony, two lower middle-class bac

3.5

The Extras

1978-12-14

Hakky Ho (James Yi Lui) holds on to his love of acting and dreams of being a star despite the chaoti

2.5

Return to Action

1990-03-29

HK action movie directed by Chen Kuan Tai, starring himself with Alex Man, who both want to seek rev

Promising Miss Bowie

1990-06-14

Miss Bowie is more or less happily raking in the cash until her life is complicated by the sudden re

2.7

The Body Is Willing

1983-11-19

A wealthy playboy sets out to sleep with Japan's foremost recording artist, Mari Yamasaki, despite h

2.5

Inspector Pink Dragon

1991-11-07

A blundering Hong Kong police inspector, Ma Yu Long, goes under cover to investigate a high-class bu

Lover of the Swindler

1993-07-15

A con artist falls in love with a respectable nightclub girl but romance is overshadowed by deceptio

3.2

Return of the Lucky Stars

1989-04-28

Hong Kong Police Supt. Walter Tso arrests Big Dai, the reformed leader of a criminal corporation. Wh

Silver Dragon Ninja

1986-01-01

Roger Kimsky runs a huge arms-dealing organisation, the Black Ninja Empire - a ruthless band trying

The Hooker and the Hustler

1975-03-08

A Shaw Brothers production.

2.9

Triads: The Inside Story

1989-08-03

Li Man-Ho comes to Hong Kong after his father's death following a double crossed peace meeting at th

Wonder Mama

2015-05-29

About to turn 50, a librarian's world is shattered when she learns that her 70-year-old father may h

2.5

The Plot

1991-05-11

A triad boss runs a family business, who deals in arms. He has a good relationship with his sister A

1.5

A Sealed Book

2022-11-12

A story of the world accidentally falling into endless darkness. People found out that there is an a

The Revenge

2023-10-27

In the suburban lake villa which was being taken care by a painter who hides secrets, three deeply t

Suz Impression

2005-07-21

Suz Hwang - a very familiar name. She represents all unique cultures that appeared in the previous c

Huang Feihong: The Invincible Lion Dancer

1968-04-02

2.8

Song of the Assassins

2022-05-13

After completing his training, an elite young assassin embarks on his first mission and is quickly e

Motherland

2011-03-18

After a long absence abroad, young Asian American woman Raffi Tang is called home when her estranged

2.4

The Modelizer

2023-07-14

A Hong Kong tycoon bachelor who only dates models meets his match when he stumbles across a Brazilia

2.8

Thank You Sir

1989-08-19

Lee Ying, who is the chief inspector of Regional Crime Unit, is newly promoted to Royal Hong Kong Po

The Vengeful Spirit

1968-12-11

Hong Kong horror movie from 1968.

3.5

Peking Opera Blues

1986-09-06

In 1913 Beijing, three fierce women—disguised rebel Tsao Wan, jewel-seeking Sheung Hung, and opera h

You Are My Sassy Girl

2014-08-15

3.1

The Tokyo Trial

2006-09-01

This film was directed by Gao Qunshu and is about the International Military Tribunal for the Far Ea

The Brave and the Evil

1971-02-01

Wang Yu stars as the charismatic martial arts master Iron Palm who crosses paths on the road with an

Kung Fu Dunk

2008-02-07

Shi-Jie is a brilliant martial artist from the Kung Fu School. One day, he encounters a group of you

My Will, I Will

1986-11-20

After almost dying in a freakish accident, wealthy widow Wang Kam decides she needs a will. But unfo

Brief Encounter In Shinjuku

1990-02-16

The hilarious sequel to the 1989 hit The Yuppie Fantasia, Brief Encounter in Shinjuku brings back La

Queen's High

1990-09-08

A Hong Kong mob boss is killed by a rival gang, leaving the business in the hands of his daughter, a

3.3

Killer

2000-02-24

When friends and partners-in-crime decide to leave the dangerous crime world in hopes of securing a

3.4

Anna and the King

1999-12-16

The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teac

Famous Swordsman Tin Kiu

1969-12-04

A young woman who believes her new husband to be a notorious masked bandit flees before her marriage

Happy Wedlock

1969-07-17

A light romantic-comedy about mothers who want their daughters to settle down and marry. So they try

The Gilded Cage

1968-01-10

Hong Kong horror movie from 1968.

The Call Girls

1973-04-19

A story of female sex workers across all social strata.

Hotel Lavender

1968-05-22

Hong Kong drama film.

Teddy Girls

1969-04-03

A revenge thriller unlike any other, Lung Kong confronts themes of reform and revenge by turning his

The Secret

1979-10-31

A tangled murder mystery unfolds amid a complex love triangle. As conflicting witness accounts emerg

2.8

Last Romance

1988-12-08

Best friends So-so and Nancy fall in love with the same handsome Japanese boy, who cannot fulfill bo

The Money-tree

1973-06-16

Hong Kong comedy film.

1.8

Wild Cherry

1982-03-18

Hong Kong drama film.

Purple Night

1968-04-10

One stormy night, a poor music student (Patrick Tse) meets a famous dancer (Josephine Siao). In one

The Trail

1993-12-09

Officer Lei tracks down embezzler Chen Ziliang in Mongolia. Although Chen insists he was innocent, L

The Eyes of Dawn

2014-09-18

A remake in part of his earlier "comfort women" film (Comfort Women, 1994), which explored the explo

I'll Get You One Day

1970-05-12

I'll Get You One Day is a Hong Kong Action movie starring Stanley Fung.

Choi Lee Fat

1970-11-04

Choi Lee Fat is a Hong Kong Action movie starring Stanley Fung.

The Youth

1969-02-23

Rich heir Tommy Wu has a circle of friends at university: Chow Hoi-kit and Kong Fan who both come fr

The Prodigal

1969-09-23

Sky Dragon Castle

1969-04-23

Sky Dragon Castle is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Stanley Fung.

Lovely Husbands

1969-03-26

Wise Wives and Foolish Husbands

2.9

Blood Reincarnation

1974-10-03

A horror anthology. In the first, a man and his pregnant wife help an old woman bury a covered pot i

3.3

Butterfly

2004-12-02

Flavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian

Goodbye My Friend

1988-10-05

Goodbye My Friend is a Hong Kong Crime-Drama starring Chow Yun-Fat.

Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves

1969-05-20

Wong Fei-Hung takes on the the five wolves gang.

Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship

1968-11-15

An adventurous tale featuring Wong Fei-Hung

2.8

The Awaken Punch

1973-05-23

A man takes on a gang that has been terrorizing a small village.

Paragon of Sword and Knife

1967-12-20

Paragon of Sword and Knife is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Sammo Hung

2.6

The Banquet

1991-11-30

Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer

2.9

Something Good

2013-11-07

In a small Chinese village in Yunnan, a young woman named Xiwen sees her little son Shitou die of po

The Sword and Knife (Conclusion)

1968-09-06

Hong Kong martial arts movie.

Sword of Emei

1969-09-10

Sword of Emei is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Sammo Hung

Dark Side of China Town

1989-01-14

An HK police officer sends his son to America to protect him from the influence of the HK triads. Ho

The Witch

1967-04-11

Hong Kong martial arts / horror.

The Top Lady of Sword

1993-05-12

Two top swordswomen practice the rare art of Chrysanthemum Sword to rid the country of a ruthless sw

3.5

Amnesty Decree

1987-11-12

Amnesty Decree is a Hong Kong Drama starring Nina Li Chi

The Immigrant Policeman

1989-01-19

An intricate mystery unravels when immigrant policeman (ANTHONY TANG) uncovers a cache of counterfei

Master Cute

1965-08-04

The first appearance of the comic character Old Master Q and friends.

3.1

Detective Chinatown 2

2018-02-16

Driven by the desire for the huge reward, Tang Ren tricked Qin Feng to New York, to attend the World

Inseparable

2012-05-04

A troubled engineer faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. American expat

We Visited Southeast Asia

1973-08-02

Follow the paths of a couple of money swindling playboys as they travel around Southeast Asia for so

The Big Circus

1964-03-26

A melodrama from director Kim Chun that revolves around a circus troupe.

2.6

Napping Kid

2018-11-08

The financial analysis of a Chinese IT firm has been stolen, and a senior executive at the investmen

3.1

The Drummer

2007-10-11

When Sid insults a powerful triad boss, his father sends him to Taiwan for safety. Bored and restles

Dearest Anita

2019-01-03

In the wake of her passing, fans of the late Hong Kong icon Anita Mui strive to save and return a co

Love Is Smoke

1972-06-14

Chiu Ling introduces his girlfriend Ma San to work for his uncle Chiu Chi. Ma San and Chiu Chi gradu

Misunderstood

1970-04-25

Two schoolgirls become bar girls at night to earn money.

Divorce Hong Kong Style

1976-07-15

Typical Hong Kong drama film: Affairs, betrayal, and divorce.

Baby Task Group

2017-11-03

There's a special treasure in the desert called "Heart of Desert," some of the bad buys puts their e

2.8

Princess Madam

1989-11-23

Fung and Pan, two policewomen, are assigned to protect a gangster's mistress turned police informant

2.3

The Night Rider

1992-12-17

Simon Yam is the greatest and craziest illegal road racer in Hong Kong.

The Little Warrior

1969-03-10

The legendary swords-girl Little White Dragon, helps protect a crown prince on his journey to a far

3.5

Chasing the Dragon

2017-09-28

An illegal immigrant from Mainland China sneaks into the corrupt British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963

2.8

The First Time is the Last Time

1989-04-15

A very dark, realistic women-in-prison film from Angel director, Raymond Leung. Carrie Ng plays Winn

2.5

East Wind Rain

2010-04-22

Year 1941, a roll of film is delivered to Shanghai and a Chinese spy named Gong An Ming (Liu Yun Lon

2.9

Au Revoir, Mon Amour

1991-03-28

A tragic love story set against the always volatile and oftenviolent backdrop of Shanghai during the

Combat at Heaven Gate

1993-01-07

During the Anti-Japanese War, the young female archaeologist Fang Zhizhen and her father Professor F

Megaforce from Highland

1992-03-04

The legendary Tamo Monk roams the globe seeking and giving enlightenment. Along the way he encounter

The Black Musketeer 'F'

1966-03-09

Police Commissioner Fong (Roy Chiao) enlists the chivalrous female bandit Muk Lan-fa (Suet Nei) to r

3.8

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005-12-06

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a ma

Shadow Cop

1993-01-08

Hsiong, a young narcotics officer, hooks up through comic accidents with a party girl named Witty. S

The Playful Girl

1971-09-15

1971 movie by Yang Su staring Chen Chen

The Paradise

1974-07-19

1974 Drama by James Wong Jim

2.1

No Regret, No Return

1993-10-20

In a plot of pre-adolescent scope, investigative reporter Sylvia Cheng (Vivian Chow) jumps on the tr

Legend of Poker King

2016-03-01

In this film, the status of the jianghu no longer depends on whether you are strong in martial arts,

Triple Identity

2020-11-21

3.5

The Tin Long Gang

1968-11-24

A Hong Kong sword fighting film starring four Cantonese stars.

2.4

Six Strong Guys

2004-09-02

Four men meet up on the rooftop of an office block for an unusual suicide plan. Driven to the edge b

2.4

My Wedding and Other Secrets

2011-03-17

A journey through a cultural minefield, navigating the divide between the traditional values of immi

Book Without Words

1965-12-29

Book Without Words is a 1965 Cantonese martial arts film directed by Chan Lit-Ban and starring Cheun

Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell

1967-03-29

Ghost-faced To is murdered in a mortuary after paying a visit to Muk Lan-fa. A set of teeth is found

Mimi-Private Eye

1965-07-22

Detective novel fan Mimi Zhang has her photos taken at the peak by her brother Benda, an amateur pho

The Woman in Black and the Black Dragon

1966-06-11

Celebrity Sadora is seriously wounded in an air crash. Police commissioner Suen and subordinate Ko C

3.5

Daily Fantasy

2021-09-19

When he was a child, A Zhen was thought to be a thief by his whole school after a classmate framed h

叠恋

1989-01-21

2.5

Changing Partner

1992-01-23

Two mismatched Hong Kong police detectives, Yau and Yue, were assigned to work undercover as a live-

Buddhist Spiritual Palm Returned

1968-03-20

Buddhist Spiritual Palm Returned

Buddhist Spiritual Palm

1968-03-27

Buddhist Spiritual Palm

3.5

Shadow of China

1990-05-12

A Chinese immigrant tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong while his former

The Lady with a Cat's Eyes

1967-08-23

Secret Agents (Connie Chan and Kenneth Tsang) go undercover at a disco club trying to prevent two sc

美少女战队

2017-05-29

chinese film

扯淡侠

2015-12-28

chinese film

你是我兄弟巅峰决战

2018-02-25

大明诡事录

回家看看

2005-01-01

chinese film

失恋狂想曲

2013-01-01

films short

你是我兄弟之牌王

2017-09-29

chinese film

盗爱空间之私人电影

2016-05-10

chinese film

蓬门淑女

1967-07-06

hong kong film

Let's Build a Family

1969-10-17

1969-01-01

hong kong film