Abstract
Starting with a review of people residing in Hong Kong after the Second World War and linking the lives of these residents to comics-movie examples from the 1950s until 2014, this chapter reveals five traversing self-identity making stages of Hong Kong that comics-adapted movies mediated and represented. It is based on a study by the cultural sociologist Agnes Ku (Modern China 30(3): 326–360, 2004) on immigration policies and local belonging in Hong Kong between 1950 and 1980, in which she draws attention to immigration categories that British government officials used during this period: “problem of people” (p. 329), “persons of Chinese race” (p. 334), “settled residence” (p. 329) and “Hong Kong belongers” (p. 327). In borrowing these four categories as well as “Hongkonger,” a word added to The Oxford English Dictionary in 2014, this chapter conducts a contextual reading of the texts in comics-movie history in relation to the embodiment process of the self-identity of Hong Kong.
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Year | Original manhua title | Art/Script | Adapted film title | Theatrical run (year/month/day) | Director | Cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | Sailou Cheung (細路祥Kiddy Cheung) | Yuan Bou-wan (1922–95) | The Kid 細路祥 | 1950/05/31 | Feng Feng | Bruce Lee |
1946 | Wu Long Wong 烏龍王 | Lui Yu-tin (1927–2008) | King of Blunders 烏龍王 | 1951/09/27 | Cheung Oi-ma | Lau Kwai-hong, Yee Chau-sui |
Much Ado About Nothing 烏龍王飛來艷福 | 1960/06/15 | Chu Kei | Leung Sing-bo, Law Yim-hing | |||
Silly Wong Growing Rich 烏龍王發達記 | 1960/07/20 | Chu Kei | Leung Sing-bo, Tam Lan-hing | |||
Siu Po-po Pokes Fun at the King of Blunders 小寶寶七戲烏龍王 | 1960/12/15 | Chu Kei | Leung Sing-bo, Feng Bo-bo | |||
1962 | Loufuzhi (老夫子 or Old Master Q) | Wong Chak (1924–2017) | Master Q and Da Fanshu 老夫子與大蕃薯 | 1965/05/10 | Chan Lit-ban | Ko Lo-cheun, Aai Dung-gwa Cheung Ching |
How Master Q Thrice Saved the Idiot Ming 老夫子三救傻仔明 | 1966/07/13 | Chan Lit-ban | Same as above | |||
Master Q 老夫子 | 1966/08/03 | Chan Lit-ban | Same as above | |||
Old Master Q 老夫子 | 1975/03/08 | Lee Tit, King Weng | Leung Tin, Betty Ting Pei | |||
Mr. Funny Bone 老夫子 | 1976/10/02 | Kuei Chih-hung | Wang Sha, Li Ching | |||
Mr. Funny Bone Strikes Again 老夫子奇趣錄 | 1978/11/18 | Wong Fung | Wang Sha, Aai Dung-gwa | |||
Old Master Cute 老夫子 | 1981/07/16 | Woo Shu-yue | Animation | |||
Old Master Cute Part II 老夫子水虎傳 | 1982/07/10 | Woo Shu-yue, Wong Chak | Animation | |||
Old Master Cute Part III 山.T.老夫子 | 1983/08/04 | Toshiyuki Honda, Choi Ming-yum | Animation | |||
Old Master Q 2001 老夫子 2001 | 2001/04/05 | Yau Lai-to | Nicholas Tse, Cecilia Cheung | |||
Master Q: Incredible Pet Detective 老夫子動畫大電影: 反斗偵探 | 2003/12/20 | To Kwok-wai | Animation | |||
1958 | Choi Suk (財叔 Uncle Choi) | Hu Guan-man (1930–2007) | How Cai Shu Subdued the Tyrant 財叔殲霸戰 | 1962/06/15 | Wong Fung | Tso Tat-wah |
The Raid 財叔之橫掃千軍 | 1991/03/28 | Ching Siu-tung, Tsui Hark | Dean Shek Tin, Tony Leung Ka-fai | |||
1970 | Siulauman (小流氓 Little Rascal); renamed as Lungfumun (龍虎門) in 1975) | Wong Yuk-long (b. 1950) | The Dragon and the Tiger Kids 龍虎門 | 1979/07/05 | Wong Yuk-long, Liu Jun-guk | Meng Yuen-man, Mang Hoi, Pai Piao |
Dragon Tiger Gate 龍虎門 | 2006/07/27 | Yip Wai-shun | Nicholas Tse, Donnie Yen, Shawn Yu Man-lok | |||
1980 | Chungwah Yinghung (中華英雄 Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword) | Ma Wing-shing (b. 1961) | A Man Called Hero 中華英雄 | 1999/07/17 | Andrew Lau Wai-keung | Ekin Cheng Yee-kin, Nicholas Tse, Shu Qi |
1988 | Dougimsiu (刀劍笑 Dagger, Sword, Laugh) | Art: Feng Chi-ming (b. 1957)/Script: Lau Din-kin | The Three Swordsmen 刀劍笑 | 1994/08/25 | Taylor Wong Tai-loi | Andy Lau Tak-wah, Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia |
1989 | Fung Wan (風雲/天下畫册 Wind and Cloud) later Tin Ha Pictoria | Ma Wing-shing (b. 1961) | The Storm Riders 風雲之雄霸天下 | 1998/07/18 | Andrew Lau Wai-keung | Ekin Cheng Yee-kin, Aaron Kwok Fu-sing |
The Storm Warriors 風雲 2 | 2009/12/10 | Danny Pang-phat, Oxide Pang-chun | Ekin Cheng Yee-kin, Aaron Kwok Fu-sing, Nicholas Tse | |||
1992 | Black Mask 黑俠 | Lee Chi-tat (b. 1965) | Black Mask 黑俠 | 1996/11/09 | Lee Yan-gong | Jet Li Lian-jie, Lau Ching-wan |
Black Mask II: City of Masks 黑俠 II | 2003/01/09 | Tsui Hark | Andy On Chi-kit, Tobin Bell | |||
1992 | Guwaak Chai (古惑仔Teddy Boy) | Producer: Ow Man (b. 1961) | Young and Dangerous 古惑仔之人在江湖 | 1995/01/25 | Andrew Lau Wai-keung | Ekin Cheng Yee-kin, Jordan Chan Siu-chun |
Young and Dangerous 2 古惑仔 II 之猛龍過江 | 1996/03/30 | Andrew Lau Wai-keung | Ekin Cheng Yee-kin, Jordan Chan Siu-chun | |||
Young and Dangerous 3 古惑仔 III 之只手遮天 | 1996/06/29 | Andrew Lau Wai-keung | Ekin Cheng Yee-kin, Jordan Chan Siu-chun | |||
Young and Dangerous 4 97 古惑仔戰無不勝 | 1997/03/28 | Andrew Lau Wai-keung | Ekin Cheng Yee-kin, Jordan Chan Siu-chun | |||
Young and Dangerous 5 98 古惑仔龍爭虎鬥 | 1998/01/24 | Andrew Lau Wai-keung | Ekin Cheng Yee-kin, Shu Qi | |||
Portland Street Blues 古惑仔情義篇之洪興十三妹 | 1998/02/21 | Raymond Yip Wai-man | Sandra Ng Kwun-yu, Kristy Yeung Kung-yu | |||
Young and Dangerous: The Prequel 新古惑仔之少年激斗篇 | 1998/06/05 | Andrew Lau Wai-keung | Nicholas Tse, Sam Lee Chan-sam | |||
Born to be King 勝者為王 | 2000/07/21 | Andrew Lau Wai-keung | Ekin Cheng Yee-kin, Jordan Chan Siu-chun, Shu Qi | |||
Young and Dangerous: Reload 古惑仔:江湖新秩序 | 2013/01/30 | Daniel Chan Yee-heng | Law Chung-him, Oscar Leung | |||
1996 | Feel 100% 百分百感覺 | Lau Wan-kit (b. 1966) | Feel 100% 百分百感覺 | 1996/02/20 | Joe Ma Wai-ho | Ekin Cheng Yee-kin, Eric Kot Man-fai |
Feel 100%, Once More 百分百啱 Feel | 1996/12/21 | Joe Ma Wai-ho | Ekin Cheng Yee-kin, Sammi Cheng Sau-man | |||
Feel 100% II 百分百感覺 2 | 2001/03/17 | Joe Ma Wai-ho | Eason Chan Yik-sun, Joey Yung Tso-yi | |||
Feel 100% 2003 百分百感覺 2003 | 2003/05/15 | Chung Shu-kai | Shawn Yu Man-lok, Cyrus Wong Ka-ming | |||
1988 | McMug Comics 麥嘜漫畫 | Art: Alice Mak; Script: Brian Tse | My Life as McDull 麥兜故事 | 2001/12/15 | Toe Yuen Kin-to | Animation |
McDull, Price de la Bun 麥兜·菠蘿油王子 | 2004/06/24 | Toe Yuen Kin-to | Animation | |||
McDull, the Alumni 春田花花同學會 | 2006/01/26 | Samson Chiu Leung-chun | Ronald Cheng Chung-kei, Anthony Wong Chau-sang | |||
McDull Kung Fu Kindergarten 麥兜·響噹噹 | 2009/07/24 | Brian Tse Lap-man | Animation | |||
McDull, Pork of Music 麥兜·噹噹伴我心 | 2012/07/10 | Brian Tse Lap-man | Animation | |||
McDull: Me and My Mum 麥兜·我和我媽媽 | 2014/10/01 | Brian Tse Lap-man | Animation | |||
McDull: Rise of the Rice Cooker 麥兜·飯寶奇兵 | 2016/09/15 | Brian Tse Lap-man | Animation |
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Wong, W.S. (2018). A History of Hong Kong Comics in Film Adaptations: The Appearance of Self-Identities. In: The Disappearance of Hong Kong in Comics, Advertising and Graphic Design. East Asian Popular Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92096-2_4
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