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Toshiro Mifune achieved more worldwide fame than any other Japanese actor of his century. He was born in Tsingtao, China, to Japanese parents and grew up in Dalian. He did not set foot in Japan until he was 21. His father was an importer and a commercial photographer, and young Toshiro worked in his father's studio for a time after graduating from Dalian Middle School. He was automatically drafted into the Japanese army when he turned 20, and enlisted in the Air Force where he was attached to the Aerial Photography Unit for the duration of the World War II. In 1947 he took a test for Kajirô Yamamoto, who recommended him to director Senkichi Taniguchi, thus leading to Mifune's first film role in These Foolish Times II (1947). Mifune then met and bonded with director Akira Kurosawa, and the two joined to become the most prominent actor-director pairing in all Japanese cinema. Beginning with Drunken Angel (1948), Mifune appeared in 16 of Kurosawa's films, most of which have become world-renowned classics. In Kurosawa's pictures, especially Rashomon (1950), Mifune would become the most famous Japanese actor in the world. A dynamic and ferocious actor, he excelled in action roles, but also had the depth to plumb intricate and subtle dramatic parts. A personal rift during the filming of Red Beard (1965) ended the Mifune-Kurosawa collaboration, but Mifune continued to perform leading roles in major films both in Japan and in foreign countries. He was twice named Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival (for Yojimbo (1961) and Red Beard (1965)). In 1963 he formed his own production company, directing one film and producing several others. In his later years he gained new fame in the title role of the American TV miniseries Shogun (1980), and appeared infrequently in cameo roles after that. His last years were plagued with Alzheimer's Syndrome and he died of organ failure in 1997, a few months before the death of the director with whose name he will forever be linked, Akira Kurosawa.- Actress
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- Music Department
Bingbing Fan was born 16 September 1981. She is a Chinese actress, television producer and pop singer.
Fan rose to fame in Asia in 1998-1999 with the mega-hit TV series My Fair Princess. In 2003, she starred in Cell Phone, which became the highest-grossing Chinese film of the year, winning a Hundred Flowers Award. Since then she has received awards from the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, Eurasia International Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Beijing College Student Film Festival and Huading Awards for films like The Matrimony (2007), Lost in Beijing (2007), Buddha Mountain (2011) and Double Xposure (2012). Fan has participated in many foreign-language films, such as the French film Stretch (2011), the Korean film My Way (2011) and the Hollywood blockbuster X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). She has also been called a fashion icon due to frequent appearances on the red carpet, movie premieres, and fashion shows. She topped the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013 and 2014, after ranking in the top 10 every year since 2006.
In 2007 Fan left her management company Huayi Brothers to establish Fan Bingbing Studio. Since then she has produced TV series that she also starred in, and her TV show The Empress of China, believed to be the most expensive Chinese series in history.- Actress
Kara Hui Ying-Hung was born in Shandong, China; her family moved to Hong Kong in 1966 and at 14 she quit school and started working at nightclubs. Penniless after her family lost their savings from her father's business acquaintances, Hui and her mother and siblings resided in the poor shanty town of Rennie's Mill and were forced to peddle goods on the streets of Hong Kong. Hui was discovered by film director Chia-Liang Liu and cast in Challenge of the Masters (1976) in 1976. Soon after, she started in many films directed by Liu Chia-Liang. She signed with Shaw Brothers Studios in February of 1975 and made over 40 action movies. She won the very first Best Actress Award for her critically-acclaimed role as Jing Dai-Nan in the 1981 classic My Young Auntie (1981) at the first Hong Kong Film Awards in 1982. After Shaw Studios closed down in 1985, Kara's career transition was very smooth and she has since portrayed more serious roles with very great success, winning the Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards, Changchun Film Festival, Pacific Meridian, Asian Film Awards, and Golden Horse Awards for her portrayal of a mother in the 2009 film At the End of Daybreak and winning Best Supporting Actress for her role as Yeung Feng in Rigor Mortis in 2014 at the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards. Kara Hui is a legend. She has acted in over 138 films and is still active in the Hong Kong film industry today.- Actress
Yuqi Zhang was born on 8 August 1986 in Shandong Province, China. She is an actress, known for CJ7 (2008), Hsue-shen Tsien (2012) and White Deer Plain (2011). She was previously married to Bayuan Yuan and Quan'an Wang.- Actor
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Xiaoming Huang was born on 13 November 1977 in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. He is an actor and producer, known for The Message (2009), Xuan Zang (2016) and American Dreams in China (2013). He was previously married to Angelababy.- Born in Jinan, Shandong, China. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, French and English.
Ireine Song migrated to Canada with her parents when she was 8 years old, but the family decided to move back to China three years later. At the age of 16, Ireine went back for further studies in Canada. In 2012, she returned to China, enrolled and graduated from the Beijing Film Academy.
She landed her first major acting role playing the female lead Sang Sang in Ever Night. Since her rise to fame in Ever Night, Song has been given the title "The nations little sister". - Actor
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Shi, a Chinese martial arts actor and action director, is also the 32nd generation disciple of Shaolin Temple. He entered Shaolin at the age of 12 as a trainee and during the eleven years he was there, represented Shaolin in various cultural exchanges and visits, showcasing Chinese Kungfu around Europe and South East Asia. Shi was subsequently discovered by Stephen Chow who gave Shi his screen debut in Kung Fu Hustle , a film that grossed more than $100 million worldwide. Over the years, Shi has grown into one of the most recognizable and influential action director and actor in China via his realistic fighting style, working with top actors such as Donnie Yen (Ip Man) and Jackie Chan. He has starred in more than 35 films and TV series, including Ip Man, Flash Point, Line Walker and IP Man Side Story: Cheung Tin Chi.Tasked with the responsibility of spreading the culture of Chinese Kungfu, Shi hopes to share it with the rest of the world and break new boundaries in the world of action filmmaking.- Liu, Xueyi a Chinese actor who was graduated from The Central Academy of Drama(Beijing, China) and Major in acting. Before that, he studied dance from Beijing Dance Academy Affiliated Secondary Dance School (Beijing, China). He was born at July 6th 1990 in Qingdao, China. Besides acting he is good at playing the piano and guitar. He is a talent actor and build up so many characters in television program.
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Huang Bo was born on 26 August 1974 in Qingdao, Shandong, China. He is an actor and producer, known for The Island (2018), Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013) and Dou niu (2009).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Song Qian, better known as Victoria Song, first known as a k-pop group leader of f(x) and she is also a Chinese dancer, actress and model.
Victoria gained fame as part of a virtual couple with Nichkhun in We Got Married Season 2. She won the Popularity Award at the MBC Entertainment Awards. She also began to take up acting in China, playing lead roles in dramas such as When Love Walked In, Beautiful Secret, Ice Fantasy, Once Promised, My Best Friend's Wedding and My New Sassy Girl, and won the Best New Actress Award at the China National Drama Awards.
Victoria is very popular in China, with more than 20 million followers on Weibo, ranking fourth most followed K-pop celebrity as of April 2015. She was ranked #80 on The 2013 Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces and first on Sohu's 2011 Entertainment World's 50 Most Beautiful People. In 2014, she won the "2014 Goddess of Asia" poll with 579,298 votes.[5] She was also named one of the top ten most popular celebrities on Baidu, ranking at #7.- Actress
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Baihe Bai was born on 1 March 1984 in Qingdao, Shandong, China. She is an actress and producer, known for Monster Hunt (2015), Go Away Mr. Tumor (2015) and Love is Not Blind (2011). She has been married to SiLin Zhang since 1 January 2019. They have one child. She was previously married to Yufan Chen.- Actor
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Yu Xia was born on 6 October 1978 in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. He is an actor and director, known for The Painted Veil (2006), In the Heat of the Sun (1994) and Birth of the Dragon (2016). He has been married to Quan Yuan since 28 August 2009. They have one child.- Fei Meng was born in 1952 in Shandong, China. He is an actor, known for Chuan ji Fang Shi Yu (1976), Kung Fu: The Punch of Death (1972) and Xia ying Liu Xiang (1980).
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- Producer
Mei Sheng Fan was born on 13 September 1942 in Shandong, China. He is an actor and producer, known for Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991), Year of the Dragon (1985) and The Magnificent Butcher (1979).- Chen Jin was born on 5 September 1990 in Jinan, Shandong, China. She is an actress, known for Fearless Whispers (2020), No More Bets (2023) and Falling Into You (2022).
- Li Yi Tong is a Chinese actress and singer born in Jinan City, Shandong, China. She is a graduate of Beijing Dance Academy, where she majored in Chinese folk dance. In addition to dancing, she is also proficient in calligraphy. Prior to becoming an actress, Li was in the midst of opening a dance-inspired tea house until she participated in a short film by her friends at film school. This experience sparked her interest in acting and led her to pursue a career in it.
In 2015, Li auditioned and won the female leading role in Demon Girl, which was released the following year and marked her acting debut. In 2016, she was cast as the lead actress in the iconic role of Huang Rong in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", earning her critical acclaim. - Mars Gravity is a Chinese author, his most popular novel is Against the Gods.
Mars Gravity read his first book when he was 5 years old.
After graduation, he was engaged in laboratory management work, which was usually very busy, so most of the time spent on Internet novels, he began to write using his own ideas.
"Because of the game "Xuan-Yuan Sword," I feel that the top ten artifacts are very domineering, so I thought about writing a book around these ten artifacts." Mars said that when he issued the book, he had 600,000 words on hand.
"Although it was intended to send books at the beginning, I knew that I was writing in front of you. I thought about myself, and I wrote about 600,000 words without knowing it." . "Because I don't have an outline at the time of writing, I often write to the back, and I have to go back and change the plots and settings in the front. When I first wrote, I dug pits too much, and it was a pit. After a pit in the pit, mistakes in any one link will be a failure. So, fortunately, there are so many deposits, or else the book will fail." . With the improvement in the front, the plot behind him is becoming more and more smooth. Finally, he decided to send a book.
"When the book was issued with 100,000 words, there were no more than 10,000 clicks. It was always a little bit of a climb. During this time, I didn't have any recommendations, advertisements, or even clicks, recommendations, or favorites. No. Let it crawl slowly. As my writing matures, the plot begins to attract people, and its popularity rises. Gradually later, many places were called by the readers." . Here, Mars Gravity does not hide the proud expression on his face.
During the update period of his first book, Mars Gravity signed applications with the starting point editor twice. All of them were rejected with the criteria "Hello, your work did not meet the contracting standards; thank you for your support of the starting point."
The continuous refusal made Mars Gravity make a decision that nobody had thought of: "Legend of the Asura" is public and not on the shelves.
"Since then, I have started to update 6,000 words a day and have updated it to 1.4 million words. I just thought that it was the first book. It was purely a matter of practicing." . Didn't he think about not writing at that time?
Marcus Gravity shook his head.
"I just don't want to give up; I don't want to disappoint those classmates I've been following. So I never thought that... I'm going to blunder! I've laid a lot of foreshadowing in the previous article, and every one of them will be unveiled. The amazing plot-how would they be willing to let them be buried in it?These foreshadowing settings are painstaking efforts." . Fan vs. Customer Service, battle two days and nights.
If it is said that the refusal to return is not the heaviest blow that "Legend of the Asura" has suffered,
"The book was soon blocked once there were not many readers, so there wasn't much. Later, when I wrote 1.3 million words, it was blocked once again. This caused a great uproar in the audience. I don't know who mobilized; more than a dozen people rushed past the customer service at the beginning of the battle. I couldn't stop it. Two nights and nights, I was full of heads. As soon as things calmed down, I thought that the starting point would definitely not tolerate me. I would still come and go." . Fighting and fighting-actually, it is "love".
"The first time I opened the pages, I liked it very much. There was no pop-up advertising. It was clean and comfortable. It didn't give people negative emotions. It wasn't fancy. It didn't look uncomfortable. But there's actually more. The important reason is that no one should be said to be a more important person. " . The biggest problem facing Mars Gravity, when he has just become a civil servant, is getting up early. He reluctantly stated:
"Although it is officially after work in October, it is possible at any time in advance." . So when does he get up?
Like most of the writers, Mars Gravity also thinks that it is most suitable for code words in the dead of night, so he is almost no earlier than two o'clock in the morning. His habit is to read books during the day and increase his vocabulary while digging for inspiration. Therefore, the time to actually start code words is usually after four o'clock in the afternoon. Most of his code words will not be less than 8 hours per day, but he will give himself 4 days to rest in one month.
Mars Gravity said that his highest record is 15,000 words a day. - Director
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Tun-Fei Mou was born on 13 May 1941 in Shandong, China. He was a director and actor, known for The End of the Track (1970), Xiang Gang qi an 5: Jian mo (1977) and Trilogy of Lust (1995). He died on 25 May 2019 in Philadelphia, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Tianyu Ma was born on 12 July 1986 in Dezhou, Shandong, China. He is an actor, known for Swords of Legends (2014), Ice Fantasy (2016) and The Vigilantes in Masks (2010).- Actor
- Producer
Kai Tan was born on 13 January 1972 in Qingdao, Shandong, China. He is an actor and producer, known for Game of Wisdom (2022), The Forerunner (2023) and Drug War (2012).- Haiqiao Xu was born on 17 April 1983 in Jinan, Shandong, China. He is an actor, known for Lost Love in Times (2017), Dead Sign (2013) and The Immortal Ascension (2024).
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In 2011 Chinese-born businesswoman, Wendi Murdoch, made her debut as a producer with Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011). Based on the 2005 best-selling novel of the same name, this historical drama was set in nineteenth century China and won the Golden Angel Award at the Chinese American Film Festival.
In 2013 she started working as a producer of Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2016). The film follows Cai from childhood in Mao's China, to becoming one of the most influential Chinese contemporary artists, and his greatest challenge to date, attempting to execute Sky Ladder.
Ms Murdoch is a co-founder of Artsy, an online platform to discover and collect art. It is the largest startup in the fine art industry.
She is a passionate supporter of broadening global understanding of Chinese art and culture and is involved in a variety of business and cultural projects both in the US and China. She resides in New York City with her daughters, Chloe and Grace.- Actor
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When he was a teenager, 1993, Dong Jin played a supporting role in television series Oriental Bussinessmen (1995). In 2003, he graduated from Centeral Drama Academy musical institute. Then, Jin gain some critics' attention, as the lead actor of his film debut Autumn Rain (2005), for which he nominated Huabiao Film Award for Outstanding New Actor. The next year, he played a Japanese solider in Chuang Guan Dong (2006). On the stage, Dong Jin as "Fang Dasheng" in re-make play Sunrise (2008), as "Chairman Mao" in play Jing Tian Lei (2010). For his remarkable performance, Jin won China Golden Lion Award, which is one of the most prestige play award in mainland China. After several audience welcomed series, he won Asian Rainbow Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2012, for Wenzhou Family (2012). The critical acclaimed television series The Disguiser (2015) highlighted his career. Jin played Ming Lou, who is the double-agent in the WWII.- Mintao Liu was born on 10 January 1976 in Yantai, Shandong, China. She is an actress, known for The Disguiser (2015), Nirvana in Fire (2015) and The Rise of Phoenixes (2018).
- Li Ching was born on 29 October 1945 in Shandong Province, China. She was an actress, known for Dynasty of Blood (1973), Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978) and Mei shan shou qi guai (1973). She was married to Xie Hong. She died on 9 December 2017 in Hong Kong, China.
- Yongjian Lin was born on 14 February 1970 in Qingdao, Shandong, China. He is an actor, known for Three-Body (2023), Nie Rongzhen (2013) and Xi Gengtian de gu shi (2007). He has been married to Dongqi Zhou since 8 January 2003. They have one child.
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Sheng Ding was born in 1970 in Qingdao, Shandong, China. He is a director and writer, known for Saving Mr. Wu (2015), A Better Tomorrow 2018 (2018) and Nothing Can't Be Undone by a HotPot (2024).- Actor
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Guoqiang Tang was born on 4 May 1952 in Fushan, Shandong, China. He is an actor and director, known for Chang zheng (2001), Yong Zheng wang chao (1997) and Kai Guo Ling Xiu Mao Ze Dong (1999).- Mika Wang was born on 27 January 1985 in Shandong, China. She is an actress, known for Dragon Blade (2015), The Book of Mythical Beasts (2020) and The Galaxy on the Earth (2014).
- Xuejian Li was born in 1954 in Shandong, China. He is an actor, known for Hey, Daddy (2015), Yang Shan Zhou (2011) and Roaring Across the Horizon (1999).
- Yujian Zhang was born on 9 February 1990 in Binzhou, Shandong, China. He is an actor, known for Find Yourself (2020), Nirvana in Fire (2015) and Yu Jin Zhi Shang. He was previously married to Qian Wu.
- Yuanke Wang was born on 4 April 1984 in Yantai, Shandong, China. She is an actress, known for The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2009), The Colors of Love (2012) and Sword and Fairy 4 (2024). She has been married to Yu Wang since 2012. They have two children.
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Hua Tsung was born on 2 April 1944 in Shandong, China. He was an actor and director, known for Shi ye Yun ye Ming ye (1982), Sacred Knives of Vengeance (1972) and Gui tai jian (1971). He died on 26 April 2023 in Taiwan.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ming Fan was born on 12 October 1964 in Linyi, Shandong, China. He is an actor, known for Shou ji (2010), Wu lin wai zhuan (2006) and Jin tai lang de xing fu sheng huo (2012).- Actor
- Stunts
Hai Yu was born on 18 July 1942 in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China. He was an actor, known for Man of Tai Chi (2013), Tai Chi Master (1993) and Shaolin (2011). He died on 16 January 2023.- Actress
Junjie Mao was born on 21 November 1983 in Yantai, Shandong, China. She is an actress, known for Susu (2018), Mission Milano (2016) and Ex-Files (2014).- Director
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Yue Song was born on 6 February 1985 in Jinan, Shandong, China. He is a director and actor, known for Iron Protector (2016), The Outlaw Thunder (2020) and The King of the Streets (2012).- Actress
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Suxi Ren was born on 1 June 1988 in Laizhou City, Shandong Province, China. She is an actress, known for Mr. Donkey (2016), Almost a Comedy (2019) and A Cool Fish (2018). She was previously married to Yang Li.- Wenjie Wang was born on 15 November 1988 in Shandong, China. He is an actor, known for Seven Swords (2005), The Great Magician (2011) and Chen Zhen: The Tokyo Fight (2019).
- Jiang Du was born on 10 September 1985 in Jinan, Shandong, China. He is an actor, known for Operation Red Sea (2018), The Bravest (2019) and Last Letter (2018). He has been married to Siyan Huo since 2013. They have one child.
- Jia Xiao Chen is a Chinese actress and model based in Hong Kong. She is of Muslim Hui ancestry. In 2002, she participated in the first movie "Golden Scissors ". In 2003, she was introduced by a friend to enter the Hong Kong entertainment industry, filming film and television dramas and serving as an advertising model. In 2007, she participated in the movie "Life from Desperation ". In 2008, the first album "Today and the Future" was released; in the same year, she won the Xincheng Mandarin Power Singer Award at the Xincheng Mandarin Power Awards. In 2010, he starred in the movie Fighting Arena." In 2012, JJ began dating martial arts action star Louis Fan. The two married on January 1, 2016, in Hong Kong. In November 2017, they had a daughter nicknamed Little Rice Bowl.
- Kiwi Shang was born on 27 February 1989 in Qingdao, Shandong, China. She is an actress, known for Tiny Times (2013), Tiny Times 4.0 (2015) and Well-Intended Love (2019).
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- Music Department
Yuexi An was born on 10 June 1989 in Shandong, China. She is an actress, known for Rakshasa Street (2017), Let's Shake It! (2017) and Young Style (2013).- Shuguang Gao was born on 21 April 1964 in Shandong, China. He is an actor, known for Joy of Life (2019), Happy Noodle (2013) and Awakening of Insects (2019). He was previously married to Shan Jiang.
- Jess Zhang was born on 18 February 1974 in Qingdao, Shandong, China. She is an actress, known for Sai chiu (2006), Twins Mission (2007) and Chinese Paladin (2005). She has been married to Dicky Cheung since 2007.
- Austin Wai was born on 13 August 1957 in Shandong, China. He was an actor, known for The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978), Kill Zone (2005) and Yi dai xiao xiong cao cao (1999). He was married to Ban Ban. He died on 4 October 2012 in Beijing, China.
- Hang Qi was born on 17 June 1984 in Shandong, China. He is an actor, known for Perfect and Casual (2020), The Confidence (2020) and Winner (2015).
- Xiaoye Liu was born on 23 February 1982 in Qingdao, Shandong, China. She is an actress, known for Xue zhan Tong Luo Wan (2016), Bei jing shi jian (2015) and Eternal Love (2017).
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Chen Ruo Xuan, born Chen Shuang Qing in Zibo, Shandong Province, is a Chinese actor. He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama and first entered showbiz in 2013 through the movie "You Are Along the Way These Years". Chen Ruoxuan made his acting debut in the Shenmo television series The Investiture of the Gods 2. His popularity rose when his lead role in the 2015 crime suspense web drama "Psychological Crime" caught viewers' attention. Thereafter, he took on the lead role in the crime web series Evil Minds, based on the novel of the same name by Lei Mi. The series was a modest success, with 530 million views.
In 2016, Chen played one of the lead roles in the segment "Hu Si" of the shenmo drama Legend of Nine Tails Fox and played a supporting role in the fantasy drama Novoland: The Castle in the Sky. In particular, his role as Yu Huanzhen in Novoland: The Castle in the Sky was well received and led to increased recognition for him. He reprised his role as Fang Mu in the second season of the crime web series Evil Minds.
Branching out into different genres, Chen starred in the youth melodrama The Endless Love and the campus romance drama Beyond Light Years. He then starred in the fantasy epic drama Novoland: Eagle Flag. In December 2019, he won the Sina Fashion Style Awards Annual Fashion Potential Artist. He also won the "Leaping Actor of the Year" award at the 4th Jinguduo Online Film & Television Festival.- Fengyan Zong was born on 22 July 1978 in Shandong, China. He is an actor, known for The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2017), Swordsman (2013) and Psych Hunter (2020).