[2024.09.03] DAYO WONG ENTERS THE MORTUARY PASSAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME

The director of THE LAST DANCE said that it was only because of Dayo Wong that the funeral home agreed to lend the venue for filming.
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It was Dayo Wong's first time filming in a funeral parlor, and it was an eye-opener for him to go in and out of places he would not normally go.
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Two generations of comedians, Michael Hui Koon Man and Dayo Wong Tze Wah, collaborated again after 32 years in the film THE LAST DANCE (POR. DEI YUK). The November 14th film release is based on the funeral industry, and International Funeral Parlor lent the venue for filming for the first time. In one scene Wong Tze Wah delivered paper dolls from the underground garage of the funeral home to the mortuary for preparation late at night. Director Anselm Chan Mou Yin praised Wong Tze Wah's calm and smooth performance in the gloomy environment, easy yet matching the atmosphere of the scene.

Setting out to film in a funeral parlor for the first time, Wong Tze Wah admitted that the experience was unforgettable and eye-opening for him. "If it wasn't for the filming of THE LAST DANCE, I would never have gone in and out of places like coffin home and the funeral parlor. Especially in the coffin home, you will feel wave after wave of cool and chill. Although it was not as scenic as the mountains and rivers, nor would you be able to see the mountains and the water, you would feel the aura and the chill, and the atmosphere of a resting place. Being at the funeral parlor was even more unforgettable, because the place you frequented was not the hall everyone was used to seeing; but the entrance to the mortuary. At completion, I could describe it in three words, 'color, fragrance, flavor'." The director revealed that the reason why the funeral home agreed to lent the venue this time was more or less because of Wong Tze Wah. Tze Wah smiled and said nothing, clasping his hands to thank heaven and earth.

Wong Tze Wah said that this was the first time that the funeral home unconditionally lent the actual location for filming. He believed that this was because they felt the attitude and sincerity in taking the funeral industry seriously in this film, and he was very grateful for their help. He made full preparations in advance and was familiar with all funeral etiquette, including carrying out the bones of the ancestors, putting on makeup, chanting scriptures, etc., and performed them all personally.