Wong Jing

Hong Kong filmmaker and actor

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In this Chinese name, the family name is  Wong.

Wong Jing

Wong Jing in 2020

Born|

Wong Yat Cheong (王日祥)

(1955-05-03) 3 May 1955 (age 69)

British Hong Kong

Occupations|

* Film director
* actor
* screenwriter
* film producer

Parent| Wong Tin-Lam (1928–2010)
Awards| Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best Screenplay
2006 Colour of the Loyalty
2007 Crouching Tiger

Chinese name
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Wáng Jīng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping| Wong4 Zing1

Wong Yat-cheong, known professionally as Wong Jing (Chinese: 王晶; pinyin: Wáng Jīng, born 3 May 1955),[1] is a Hong Kong filmmaker and actor. A prolific filmmaker with strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, he played a prominent role in Hong Kong cinema during the 1990s.

## Biography

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Wong was born in Hong Kong, the son of noted film director Wong Tin-Lam. He graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a degree in Chinese literature which he describes as "useless" (Yang, 2003).

Like many Hong Kong film figures of his time, Wong began his career in television – in his case, scriptwriting for local juggernaut TVB beginning in 1975 (Teo, 1997). He moved on to writing for the Shaw Brothers studio. There, he made his directing debut with Challenge of the Gamesters (千王鬥千霸) in 1981. This start foreshadowed his later successes with movies about gambling, such as God of Gamblers, starring Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau, which broke Hong Kong's all-time box office record upon its release in 1989, and started a fad for the genre.

Wong has directed, produced or written over 175 films (Yang, 2003), occasionally acting in them as well. He works with an efficient mass production method making heavy use of directing assistants and allowing him to work on several movies at once. He works under the umbrellas of two production companies he launched, Wong Jing's Workshop Ltd. and BoB and Partners Co. Ltd. (Best of the Best), the latter in partnership with director Andrew Lau and writer-producer Manfred Wong (Bordwell, 2000).

He once commented that his movies were hits because he gave the people what they wanted, and not what he thought they should want. A typical Wong production might be a broad comedy (Boys Are Easy, 1993) or an entry in a currently popular genre, such as martial arts (Holy Weapon, 1993), erotic thriller (Naked Killer, 1992) or gangster film (Young and Dangerous, 1996). It will imbue its model with lightning pacing and frequent shifts in tone to accommodate slapstick and toilet humor, sentimental heart-tugging, cartoonish violence, sexual titillation, and parodic references to well-known Hong Kong and Hollywood films.

Wong also directed or produced several of the films of comic actor Stephen Chow, who has been Hong Kong's most popular performer since the early 1990s. Examples of their collaborations include God of Gamblers II (1991), Tricky Brains (1991), Royal Tramp I and II (1992) and Sixty Million Dollar Man (1995).

Wong's commercial skills are not limited to the content of his movies or his casting. He was using Hollywood-style cross-media promotional tactics – such as tie-in novels, comic books and other products, and magazine interviews – long before they became common in Hong Kong (Bordwell, 2000).

Wong's style, often seen as loud, crass and philistine, may be another factor in his low stock among critics. According to director Ann Hui, he remarked of Hui's acclaimed 1990 drama Song of the Exile, "Who wants to watch the autobiography of a fat woman?" In 1994, unidentified assailants attacked him outside his offices and knocked out his teeth; this was widely believed to have been retaliation for injudicious remarks, ordered by Triads or Chinese organized crime figures, whose involvement in the industry is notorious,[2] although Wong himself is rumored to be involved with the Triads.[3]

In the late 1990s and 2000s, Wong's films fared much worse in the box office compared to his earlier output due to the sluggish recession which had enveloped Hong Kong cinema in the new millennium. However a number of his films released in the 2010s, such as From Vegas to Macau, saw renewed success for the director, particularly in mainland China.

## Filmography

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Main article: Wong Jing filmography

## References

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1. ^ "Wong Jing - HKMDB". Hong Kong Movie DataBase. 5 January 2023.
2. ^ Dannen, Fredric (28 November 1997). Hong Kong Babylon: An Insider's Guide to the Hollywood of the East. Miamax. ISBN 0-7868-6267-X.
3. ^ 王晶曾收小弟 "黑社会头领"长沙现身

* Bordwell, David. Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-674-00214-8
* Dannen, Fredric, and Barry Long. Hong Kong Babylon: The Insider's Guide to the Hollywood of the East. New York: Miramax, 1997. ISBN 0-7868-6267-X
* Teo, Stephen. Hong Kong Cinema: The Extra Dimensions. London: British Film Institute, 1997. ISBN 0-85170-514-6
* Yang, Jeff. Once Upon a Time in China: A Guide to Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and Mainland Chinese Cinema. New York: Atria, 2003. ISBN 0-7434-4817-0

## External links

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* Wong Jing at IMDb
* Wong Jing at the Hong Kong Movie Database
* Wong Jing profile page at Hong Kong Cinemagic
* Long interview with Wong Jing at Hong Kong Cinemagic

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Films by Wong Jing

Filmography

Films directed|

* Wits of the Brats (1984, also writer)
* The Magic Crystal (1986, also writer)
* The Romancing Star (1987, also writer)
* The Romancing Star II (1988, also writer)
* The Crazy Companies (1988, also writer)
* How to Pick Girls Up! (1988, also writer)
* The Crazy Companies II (1988, also writer)
* Casino Raiders (1989, also writer)
* Crocodile Hunter (1989, aslo writer and produced)
* God of Gamblers (1989, also writer)
* God of Gamblers II (1990, also writer)
* God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai (1991, also writer)
* Dances with Dragon (1991, also writer)
* The Last Blood (1991)
* Tricky Brains (1991, also writer)
* Casino Tycoon (1992, also writer and produced)
* Casino Tycoon 2 (1992, also writer and produced)
* Royal Tramp (1992, also writer)
* Royal Tramp II (1992, also writer)
* City Hunter (1993, also writer)
* Fight Back to School III (1993, also writer)
* Future Cops (1993, also writer)
* Holy Weapon (1993)
* Last Hero in China (1993, also writer)
* Legend of the Liquid Sword (1993)
* Perfect Exchange (1993, also writer)
* Kung Fu Cult Master (1993, also writer)
* The New Legend of Shaolin (1994, also writer)
* Hail the Judge (1994, also writer)
* Return to a Better Tomorrow (1994, also writer and produced)
* God of Gamblers Returns (1994, also writer)
* High Risk (1995, also writer and produced)
* The Saint of Gamblers (1995, also writer and produced)
* God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage (1997, also writer and produced)
* We're No Bad Guys (1997, also writer)
* A True Mob Story (1998, also writer and produced)
* The Conman (1998, also writer and produced)
* The Conmen in Vegas (1999, also writer and producer)
* The Tricky Master (1999, also writer and produced)
* Prince Charming (1999, also writer and producer)
* Love Me, Love My Money (2001, also writer and produced)
* The Spy Dad (2003, also writer and produced)
* Moving Targets (2004, also writer and produced)
* Love Is a Many Stupid Thing (2004, also writer and produced)
* Kung Fu Mahjong (2005, also writer and produced)
* Kung Fu Mahjong 2 (2005, also writer and produced)
* My Kung-Fu Sweetheart (2006, also writer and produced)
* My Wife Is a Gambling Maestro (2008, also producer)
* I Corrupt All Cops (2009, also writer and produced)
* On His Majesty's Secret Service (2009, also writer and produced)
* To Live and Die in Mongkok (2009, also writer and produced)
* Black Ransom (2010, also writer and produced)
* Future X-Cops (2010, also writer)
* Men Suddenly in Love (2011, also writer and produced)
* Treasure Inn (2011, also writer)
* Hong Kong Ghost Stories (2011, also produced)
* Mr. and Mrs. Gambler (2012)
* Marrying Mr. Perfect (2012)
* The Last Tycoon (2012, also writer)
* Princess and the Seven Kung Fu Masters (2013, also writer and produced)
* From Vegas to Macau (2014, also writer)
* From Vegas to Macau II (2015)
* From Vegas to Macau III (2016)
* Mission Milano (2016)
* Chasing the Dragon (2017, also writer and produced)
* Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch (2019, also writer and produced)
* Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong (2021, also writer and produced)
* New Kung Fu Cult Master 1 (2022, also writer and producer)
* New Kung Fu Cult Master 2 (2022, also writer and producer)

Films written|

* Dreadnaught (1981)
* Treasure Hunters (1981)
* Legend of a Fighter (1982)
* Shaolin Prince (1983)
* New Tales of the Flying Fox (1984)
* The Seventh Curse (1986, also produced)
* Evil Cat (1987)
* The Dragon Family (1988)
* Perfect Match (1989, also produced)
* The Romancing Star III (1989, also produced)
* The Fortune Code (1990)
* No Risk, No Gain (1990, also produced)
* The Banquet (1991)
* Naked Killer (1992, also produced)
* Raped by an Angel (1993)
* Flying Dagger (1993)
* My Father Is a Hero (1995)
* Satan Returns (1996)
* Raped by an Angel 2: The Uniform Fan (1998)
* Century of the Dragon (1999, also produced)
* The Duel (2000, also produced)
* The Wesley's Mysterious File (2001, also produced)
* Naked Weapon (2002, also produced)
* Slim till Dead (2005, also produced)
* Set Up (2005, also produced)
* Wo Hu (2006, also produced)
* The Lady Iron Chef (2007, also produced)
* The Vampire Who Admires Me (2008, also produced)
* Naked Soldier (2012, also produced)
* Enter the Fat Dragon (2020, also produced)

Films produced only|

* 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife (1986)
* Lee Rock (1991)
* Lee Rock II (1991)
* Fight Back to School (1991)
* Millionaire Cop (1993)
* A Chinese Torture Chamber Story (1994)
* Young and Dangerous (1996)
* Forbidden City Cop (1996)
* Sex and Zen II (1996)
* Ebola Syndrome (1996)
* Sex and Zen III (1998)
* Haunted Mansion (1998)
* Your Place or Mine! (1999)
* Fist Power (2000)
* Conman in Tokyo (2000)
* Hong Kong Bronx (2008)
* The Underdog Knight (2008)
* Sakra (2023)

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* WorldCat

National|

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* France
* BnF data
* Spain
* Netherlands
* Korea
* Poland
* Israel

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