[2023.10.15] SONG KANG-HO CALLS HONG KONG A "MOVIE CITY"

Jennifer Yu gets a photo with Song Kang-ho

Song Kang-ho shares his acting experience at the Baptist University
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Cannes Best Actor Song Kang-ho calls Hong Kong a movie city

Song Kang-ho is the guest at the Master Class and Karena Ng serves as the host

Jennifer Yu is already happy crying just over her Golden Horse Award Best Actress nomination

Chung Suet Ying tries to treat her Golden Horse Best Actress nomination normally

Song Kang-ho attends the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival opening

Ronald Cheng praises Sean Wong for his great acting
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Korean film COBWEB, TIME STILL TURNS THE PAGES (NIN SIU YUT GEI) and IN BROAD DAYLIGHT (BAK YUT JI HA) became the 20th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival opening films. The main cast from all three films including Korean Best Actor Song Kang-ho, Hong Kong actors Jennifer Yu Heung Ying, Rachel Leung Yung Ting, Wu Fung and others two nights ago attended the opening ceremony. Chung Suet Ying and Sabrina Ng Bing were the film festival ambassadors.

Song Kang-ho first greeted everyone in Cantonese. "How are you everyone, I am Song Kang-ho". He said that before the opening ceremony he has already met with the audience at the cinema, completely sensed their passion and made him feel that Hong Kong was a movie city. Speaking of Song Kang-ho and director Kim Jee-woon having already worked together for five times, he said that he and the director have known each other for 25 years. Each time they worked together he would have many new ideas, the feeling was like going on a movie journey. He humorously said, "Many directors like to work with me, because I am not handsome enough I have a lot of potential. Viewers also doesn't been distant with me, seeing me is like seeing a friend." Finally he said in Cantonese, "Thank you very much" to thank the event for inviting him to Hong Kong.

Yu Heung Ying and Leung Yung Ting with IN BROAD DAYLIGHT were nominated respectively for this year's Golden Horse Award Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Both said that they were excited and looking forward to it. Yu Heung Ying admitted that before hand she already thought that Leung Yung Ting would be nominated, instead she was not as confident about herself. Thus when she found out that she was the final nominee, she got so emotional she cried. Would they dress up for the occasion? Leung Yung Ting said that she would leave the arrangement for the company to make, and joked that she did not know whether anyone would want to see her in something sexy. In addition normally she had quite an appetite. She joked that she would not be able to withstand the Taiwan cuisine and afraid that she would eat too much for the clothes to fit. Yu Heung Ying said that the decision would depend on her physical condition. Because she just gave birth, for now she would choose clothing that accentuate her strong suit. Would her husband walk the red carpet with her? Yu Heung Ying said, "Because the children are still little, my husband and Mama would stay in Hong Kong to take care of the baby. They would not tag along." Has Yu Heung Ying's daughter inherited her performance gene? She said, "My daughter is great. Each time friends would come to see her little brother, she would perform in front of them once. If she would be interested in being a child star and the work would not be too tough, I would permit her to give it a try."

Fellow Golden Horse Best Actress nominee Chung Suet Ying was happy to represent Hong Kong with Yu Heung Ying. She has already begun choosing what she would wear, but said that she would not be sexy because the weather would be rather chilly during the award show.

In TIME STILL TURNS THE PAGES (NIN SIU YUT GEI) child star Sean Wong Tsz Lok played Ronald Cheng Chung Kei's son. Cheng Chung Kei said that this time he played a violent father and he hated this character very much inside. "I constantly had to hit my son in the the film. Every tine the director yelled cut, I had to say sorry to Tsz Lok." He revealed that he would not dare to show this movie to his children, as he was afraid that it would damage his kind father image. "I am afraid that my son after watching the movie would refuse to get near me, my daughter also is very afraid of watching violence. Once she saw me getting hit in a movie she was very afraid. The children like to watch my comedy films and animated films." He pointed out that his son inherited his acting genes, while his daughter loved singing she became shy as she grew older. She might not dare to become a singer. Wong Tsz Lok with the film was nominated for the Golden Horse Award Best Supporting Actor. He said that he was pleased with his performance. In the film almost every scene was crying scene. He thanked the director and Mommy for comforting him from the sidelines. Cheng Chung Kei praised that his acting was great despite his acting. "He can cry on cue, in one scene I had to cane him. On the first time the cane broke, on the second take he knew to stick out his rear to get hit and coordinated the visual results even better."