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Phantom Lover (Leslie Cheung)

By George Sidney

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Phantom Lover (Leslie Cheung)

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Leslie Cheung was born in Hong Kong in 1956. He went to school in England. On returning to Hong Kong, he entered into the Second Asian Song Contest and was first runner-up. He then began a career as what was then known as Rediffusion Television and is today called Asia Television as an actor. In 1981, Cheung released his solo album "The Wind Blows On", which launched Cheung's career as one of Hong Kong's most popular male singers. He soon became well known as a film actor as well, appearing in such acclaimed films as Patrick Tam's Nomad (1982), John Woo's A Better Tomorrow I & II (1986,1988). Tsui Hark and Ching Siu-tung's A Chinese Ghost Story I & II (1987,1988) , Stanley Kwan's Rouge (1988) and Wong Kar-wai's Days of Being Wild (1990). In 1990, Cheung had decided to wrap up his career as a recording artist and immigrate to Canada. The makers of FareWell to My Concubine, however, persuaded him to stay on a bit longer and take the role of Cheng Dieyi. To prepare for the role, he spent a long time training in the movements and gestures of the Peking Opera and learning to speak the Peking dialect, no easy task for one whose mother tongue is Cantonese. Since making Farewell, Cheung has acted in Ashes of Time, a martial arts constume drama directed by Wong Kar-wai.
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Release Date:
1952
Number of Discs:
1
Publisher:
Bo Ying
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
7884064332
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