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The Mad Monk Arrogant god Dragon Fighter Lo Han, who is changed into 'Monk Chai' and ordered to alter the fates of three bad people. Internationally proclaimed comic genius Stephen Chow plays petty, arrogant god Dragon Fighter Lo Han, who is changed into 'Monk Chai' and ordered to alter the fates of three bad people on earth, lest he be.

Stephen Chow Sing Chi (Chinese: , born June 22, 1962) is a Chinese film director,^[1] actor,^[2][3] producer, political adviser of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference^[4][5] and martial artist.

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Early life and education[edit]

Chow was born in Hong Kong on 22 June 1962 to Ling Po Yee (凌寶兒), an alumnus of Guangzhou Normal University, and Chow Yik Sheung (周驛尚), an immigrant from Ningbo, Zhejiang.^[6] Chow has an elder sister named Chow Man Kei (周文姬) and a younger sister named Chow Sing Ha (周星霞).^[7] Chow's given name 'Sing-chi' (星馳) derives from Tang dynasty (618–907) Chinese poet Wang Bo's essay Preface to the Prince of Teng's Pavilion.^[8] After his parents divorced when he was seven, Chow was raised by his mother.^[8] Chow attended Xiehe School, a missionary school attached to the Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China in Prince Edward Road, Kowloon Peninsula.^[9] When he was nine, he saw Bruce Lee's film The Big Boss, which inspired him to become a martial arts star.^[10] Chow entered San Marino Secondary School, where he studied alongside Lee Kin-yan.^[10] After graduation, he was accepted to TVB's acting classes.^[11]

Career[edit]

Chow began his career as a temporary actor on television.^[12] He graduated from TVB's acting classes in 1982. Chow began to find some success with the children's programme 430 Space Shuttle. In 1988, Chow entered the movie industry through the film Final Justice, which won him the Taiwan Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[13]

Chow shot to stardom in The Final Combat (1989).^[14]Fight Back to School (1991) became Hong Kong's top-grossing film of all time. In 1994, he began directing films, starting with From Beijing with Love. In the latter half of the 1990s, China began to warm to his films and he became Stephen Chow Phenomenon (周星驰现象).^[15][16][17]

In 2001, his film Shaolin Soccer grossed over US$50 million worldwide.^{[18][19][20][21]} Chow won Best Director and Best Actor at the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards, and the film went on to garner additional awards including a Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and the Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Picture and Best Director.^[22]

In 2004, his film Kung Fu Hustle grossed over US$106 million worldwide. Chow also won Best Director at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and Best Picture of Imagine Film Festival as well as twenty international awards.^[23]

His film CJ7 began filming in July 2006 in the eastern Chinese port of Ningbo.^[24] In August 2007 the film was given the title CJ7, a play on China's successful Shenzhou manned space missions—Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6.^[25]CJ7 became the highest-grossing film of all time in Malaysia.^[26]

In 2013, his film Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons became the highest-grossing Chinese film of all time.^[27]

In 2016, his new film The Mermaid broke numerous box office records: Biggest opening day, biggest single-day gross after its seventh day of release, biggest opening week of all time in China.^[28] On 19 February, it became the highest-grossing film of all time in China.^[29]

The Mermaid was released in Vietnam on 10 February 2016. On 14 March, it became the third-highest-grossing film of all time in Vietnam. It has now grossed over US$553.81 million worldwide^[30] and is the highest-grossing movie of all time in Asia.^[31]

Stephen Chow became the ninth-top-grossing Hollywood Director of 2016.^[32]

Filmography[edit]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Stephen Chow the NO.1 star of China, PEOPLE; accessed 10 October 2018.
2. ^Stephen Chow earn US$420 million, PEOPLE
3. ^Stephen Chow earn US$420 million, CCTV
4. ^''跟周星驰不熟'的丑陋娱乐圈'. opinion.people.com.cn.
5. ^Why Stephen Chow be different to all Hong Kong star
6. ^Hua (2016), p. 4-5.
7. ^Hua (2016), p. 5-6.
8. ^ ^abHua (2016), p. 5.
9. ^Hua (2016), p. 11.
10. ^ ^abHua (2016), p. 15-19.
11. ^Hua (2016), p. 69-73.
12. ^'Stephen Chow — The star of Shaolin Soccer doesn't mind if the joke is on him'. TIME. 23 April 2003.
13. ^'Stephen Chow'. Time. 28 April 2003.
14. ^Over 2 million people watched The Final Combat and Hong Kong only 5.18 million people in that time
15. ^Chinese watched Stephen Chow's films and grew up. So they knew Stephen Chow's words and use them customarily., PEOPLE
16. ^'What is Stephen Chow Phenomenon'.
17. ^Tencent： WeChat's icon is made of Stephen Chow's action, xinhua
18. ^'《少林足球》风靡意大利 意甲球星为电影配音_2006德国世界杯'. 2006.163.com.
19. ^2006 FIFA World Cup
20. ^'奥地利热播 周星驰粤语小调德语配音-搜狐体育'. sports.sohu.com.
21. ^'Shaolin soccer kicks an international goal'. asiaarts.ucla.edu. 1 August 2003. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.Cite uses deprecated parameter deadurl= (help)
22. ^'Siu lam juk kau awards (2001)'. imdb.com. 1 January 2009.
23. ^'Kung Fu (2004) - Awards'. imdb.com. 1 January 2009.
24. ^'Stephen Chow's Sci-fi/Comedy will give 'A Hope' to audiences'. twitchfilm.net. 29 September 2006. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2008.Cite uses deprecated parameter deadurl= (help)
25. ^'Stephen Chow's Movie 'A Hope' Changes Title'. Asian Popcorn. 17 August 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
26. ^box office mojo: CJ7 $3,695,033 > Titanic $2,764,733 in Malaysia
27. ^The Hollywood Reporter (7 December 2016). 'Stephen Chow's last two films set all-time China box-office records at the time of their release'. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
28. ^'Stephen Chow in China=Star War in American'. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
29. ^'NO.1 star in China -- Stephen Chow'. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
30. ^'Stephen Chow Movie: The Mermaid Worldwide Box Office: US$553.81 million'. Forbes.
31. ^'『少林サッカー』チャウ・シンチー最新作は『人魚姫』！ 新春に日本上陸決定'. cinemacafe.net.
32. ^Forbes (31 December 2016). 'Top-Grossing Hollywood Directors'. Forbes. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
33. ^'Shaolin Soccer the NO.1 DVD Sale of 2002 in JAPAN'. watch.impress.co.jp. 11 July 2019.
34. ^'Shaolin Soccer grossed over 3.5 Billion in JAPAN'. watch.impress.co.jp. 11 July 2019.
35. ^'Stephen Chow casting his new Mermaid movie with a public talent search'. Filmdivider.com. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
36. ^'HUAWEI Honor CEO will be technical adviser of Stephen Chow Movie'.
37. ^'What is the Project D'.
38. ^'掘金星爷：爱奇艺为剧版《美人鱼》和《西游降魔篇》花了7.08亿'.

Bibliography[edit]

• Hua, Cheng (2016). 《周星驰：做人如果没有梦想，跟咸鱼有什么分别》 [Stephen Chow: Without Dream, What's the Difference between Men And Salted Fish] (in Chinese). Xicheng District, Beijing: Sino-Culture Press. ISBN978-7-5075-4635-4.

External links[edit]

Cosmopolitan Film Productions

• Stephen Chow on IMDb
• Stephen Chow at AllMovie