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Post by MYR Admin on Oct 22, 2006 18:07:03 GMT 7
Summary@ michelle-ye.com, Michelle Ye's RealmAboutProduction: Media Asia First Release: 2005 Duration: 94 minutes Genre: Modern Comedy Role: Ah Luk Casts: Leon Lai, Chapman To, Michelle Ye Appearance: 0:22:48, 0:38:58, 0:49.:37, 1:13:03 Screen Captures: 50 items Wong Hoi (Chapman To) came to owe Japanese black society a large sum of money after being betrayed by his partner in business. Coincidently, he met with a mentally retarded man, Li Ji Jun (Leon Lai). As Ah Jun was lost from his family in an outing, he decided to tag along the drunken Ah Hoi. Ah Hoi asked Ah Jun to send him home... Due to his large debt with the dark society, Ah Hoi persuaded Ah Jun who has magical charm over women, to 'work' for their living as a drinking companion for ladies. Ah Jun agreed to it and their service soon became popular, giving them a good living thereafter. However, the dark society got to know of Ah Hoi's lucartive income and came to ask to divide his income. Meanwhile, Ah Jun realized Ah Hoi never fail to bring him to a shop where he always stares at a lady at the corner. "I'm only retarded, not stupid!" Ah Jun always claims and he certainly is right. Ah Jun senses something going on between the Ah Hoi and the quiet lady and thus secretly arranged for them to meet at the park... Once, Ah Jun was framed for a murder case, and ran into hiding with Ah Hoi. He strongly refused to go to police station despite being innocent. It was then Ah Jun revealed to Ah Hoi that they were once classmate. He had been sent to police station when he covered for Ah Hoi's wrong deed, and was then being certified as mentally retarded. Feeling that he owed Ah Jun, Ah Hoi left Ah Jun in the hands of Ah Luk... When the real murderer confessed his crime, Ah Hoi and Ah Luk were too happy for words, but the happy moment shattered when a bullet blew their joy away. A year later, Ah Jun returned to Hong Kong and reunited with his wife and son. He searched the records of all the schools he attended but never found one with Ah Jun. He doubted his memories but at the same time wondered if Ah Jun had been mistaken all the time. However, he will never forget he had once asked a good friend to send him home, and he is now finally home...
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Post by MYR Admin on Oct 22, 2006 18:08:32 GMT 7
Character Introduction@michelle-ye.com, Michelle Ye's Realm Name: Ah Luk / Ah Lu Personality: Passionate mother and wife. Ah Luk is Ah Hoi's ex-wife who came to Japan with him. They both have a son and separated due to their disagreements and principles of earning a living in Japan. However, she actually still cares and loves Ah Hoi, but disagrees to him stooping low for a living. She doesn't want her son to be ashamed of his father. Ah Hoi too still loves Ah Luk, but never expressed it out until the day he decided to surrender to the police on behalf of Ah Jun. He doesn't know when he'll meet her again, and apologized sincerely for all his wrong deeds that hurt her. Ah Hoi and Ah Luk finally reunited and returned to Hong Kong, where they both will always remember how Ah Jun had brought them home...
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Post by MYR Admin on Oct 22, 2006 18:09:35 GMT 7
Songs Lyrics @ michelle-ye.com, Michelle Ye's Realm
It's All You - Michael Wong
Who has changed my world? No directions; no day and night, I stare at the sky; this moment thinking of you, Will you miss me like I do?
Chorus: You ever said we have a dream, Wait till the day; we will make a reality, I stare at the sky, in my heart I silently pray, The next second; Please appear before me.
This heart that misses, is fully filled by you, My piano only sings of you, My diary is fully written of your name, Then I realize it's another dawn.
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This heart that misses, is fully filled by you, My piano only sings of you, My diary is fully written of your name, Then I realize there's another dawn, My diary is fully written of your name, Then I realize it's again another dawn, This is the collection of my love for you. 【都是你】 - 王光良 谁改变了我的世界 没有方向 没有日夜 我看着天 这一刻在想你 是否会对我一样思念
Chorus: 你曾说我们有一个梦 等到那天 我们来实现 我望着天 在心中默默念 下一秒 你出现在眼前
想念的心 装满的都是你 我的钢琴弹奏的都是你 我的日记写满的都是你的名 再发现有另一个黎明
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想念的心 装满的都是你 我的钢琴弹奏的都是你 我的日记写满的都是你的名 再发现有另一个黎明 我的日记写满的都是你的名 才发现又是一个黎明 这是我对你爱的累计 Dou Shi Ni - Wang Guang Liang
shui gai bian le wo de shi jie mei you fang xiang mei you ri yue wo kan zhe tian zhe yi ke zai xiang ni shi fou hui dui wo yi yang sze nian
Chorus: ni cheng shuo wo men you yi ge meng deng dao na tian wo men lai shi xian wo wang zhe tian zai xin zhong mo mo nian xia yi miao ni chu xian zai yan qian
xiang nian de xin zhuang man de dou shi ni wo de gang qin tan zhou de dou shi ni wo de ri ji xie man de dou shi ni de ming zai fa xian you ling yi ge li ming
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xiang nian de xin zhuang man de dou shi ni wo de gang qin tan zhou de dou shi ni wo de ri ji xie man de dou shi ni de ming zai fa xian you ling yi ge li ming wo de ri ji xie man de dou shi ni de ming zai fa xian you shi yi ge li ming zhe shi wo dui ni ai de lei ji
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Post by MYR Admin on Oct 22, 2006 18:10:06 GMT 7
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Post by MYR Admin on Oct 22, 2006 18:11:18 GMT 7
Originally posted by: sour lemong Re: Moonlight in Tokyo « Reply #1 on Sept 30, 2006, 11:11am »----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michelle was so good in this movie! But its sad how she only talks for like one minute I was watching it for her! Ah well....support Michelle in whatever she does
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Post by MYR Admin on Oct 22, 2006 18:12:22 GMT 7
Originally psoted by: Yuki Re: Moonlight in Tokyo « Reply #2 on Oct 1, 2006, 12:05am »
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hehe...you said it right but i do think in the movie..erm it was her 1st movie so the chance to shw her talent not so much..
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Post by MYR Admin on Oct 22, 2006 18:13:38 GMT 7
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Post by MYR Admin on Oct 22, 2006 18:14:48 GMT 7
Originally posted by: mjl Re: Moonlight in Tokyo « Reply #4 on Today at 2:08pm »----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mich look pale in here....maybe cuz without makeup i think but still cute thou.....but i don't hope Mich act in movie forever cuz that mean i can't watch it....i can't find movies at my place, only get to watch parts of it on youtube
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Post by MYR Admin on Oct 22, 2006 18:16:26 GMT 7
Originally posted by: Yuki Moonlight in Tokyo « Thread Started on Sept 30, 2006, 2:31am »----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credit to www.lovehkfilm.com Thanks to its "two dopey guys and a few ducks" poster image, Moonlight in Tokyo looks to be a fun buddy comedy. The half-dazed grin on Leon Lai's face lends credence to that notion, and the presence of serial wacky sidekick Chapman To all but seals the deal. Except there's one hitch: this is not a fun buddy comedy. It's got fun and comedy, and does resemble a buddy film, but Moonlight in Tokyo is much more. It's a surprisingly dark, oddly existential, and thoroughly bizarre motion picture that takes a loaded plot and does the unexpected with it. The sight of Leon Lai as a Chinese half-wit pretending to be a Korean gigolo in Japan is unexpected enough, but Moonlight in Tokyo manages a few more surprises. The biggest surprise of all: this is actually a decent movie. Leon Lai is Jun, a borderline retarded fellow stranded in Tokyo after his brother's family abandoned him there. Luckily, Jun runs into Hoi (Chapman To), who he recognizes as a former classmate. Unluckily, Hoi is a right bastard, who's on the hook for a sizable amount of dough lent to him by an unsavory yakuza. Hoi used the money to import foreign prostitutes, but the girls ran, leaving him without any means of paying back his loan. However, once Hoi discovers Jun's hidden talents, he has the start of a new business. Jun has the power to comfort others through his manly embrace, and provided that he keeps his mouth shut, he's a shoo-in for Shinjuku's next top gigolo. Hoi's mamasan pal Yan (Taiwanese actress Yang Kuei-Mei) recommends that Jun pretend to be a Korean, which will only drive the Japanese female clientele wild with desire. Hoi gives Jun lessons in manliness, and the money starts rolling in. But with their success comes a growing friendship. Before long, Hoi begins questioning the ethics of pimping out a friend (short answer: it's a crappy thing to do to a buddy). And is Jun really as dumb as he appears to be? That's the simple skinny of Moonlight in Tokyo, but much, much more goes on. That is, when there aren't jokes being made. Directors/writers Alan Mak and Felix Chong (two-thirds of the Infernal Affairs braintrust) get plenty of gags out of their mismatched buddies. In addition to some hilarious "learn to be suave" lessons that Hoi gives Jun - which include sex lessons on an inflatable woman - there are also numerous gags involving slapstick violence and the sordid realities of their biz. Jun gets introduced to a variety of wacky customers, including the requisite S&M loving female and even a shifty male customer (Roy Cheung in a cameo). It's dirty, funny, and sometimes disturbing stuff. It's hard to get too chummy with a movie about a guy pimping out an almost-retarded dope; after a while, the comedy seems more disgusting than just harmlessly dirty. This is especially true since the film is not an all-out farce. Mak and Chong take pains to develop both Jun and Hoi, and though each becomes a well-rounded character, the film eventually ceases to be funny. But that's fine, because these guys do drama too. As Jun, Leon Lai cuts an exceptionally sympathetic figure, appearing both lovably dopey and deceptively clever - even when his character loses control of his emotions and does something that he shouldn't. This is departure for Lai, as Jun is neither cool nor romantic, and is instead untidy and given to disturbing and sometimes pathetic emotional instabilities. Ten or fifteen years ago, this would have been a role owned by Chow Yun-Fat, but Lai makes it work for him. Chapman To is convincingly sleazy as Hoi, managing to give his difficult character the required duality. Hoi is both morally bankrupt and innately decent, and though To overacts at times, he still manages to convince. Each eventually becomes a character worth caring about, and the bond between the two takes on surprising emotional weight. But the filmmakers change things up - again. Slapstick violence again shows up, along with a wacky subplot involving a deranged mob boss, and a darker one involving a murdered client. There's also a woefully underdeveloped subplot involving Hoi's estranged wife (TVB star Michelle Ye), plus numerous sightings of Leon Lai and Chapman To locked in heterosexual male clinches. And there's ballet (?). Given all the varying subplots - some given serious weight and others not - Moonlight in Tokyo ultimately becomes disjointed and even needless. But it's all good; Alan Mak and Felix Chong convey all of this with a hip soundtrack, cool cinematography, and whiplash-inducing shifts in tone. Moonlight in Tokyo goes from raunchy comedy to sentimental overdone sap to dangerous, sudden violence - sometimes within a second. The effect can be labored; at times, the shifts in tone are tough to take. Watching Moonlight in Tokyo is sometimes like getting blindsided by a bus: you didn't see it coming, and yes, it was painful. The fact that the film is not happy-happy for its entire running time may turn off those looking for crowd-pleasing cinematic junk. Moonlight in Tokyo is a difficult film to really grasp, as its verbalized lessons seem more arbitrary than fitting. But the film does manage to involve and strangely entertain in a way Hong Kong movies seldom do anymore - which may be the key to why it works. Moonlight in Tokyo is seemingly an old-new HK combo. The style and professional look of the film is more current, but the wild emotional shifts, exaggerated characters, and mixture of comedy and drama recall an older Hong Kong movie. Back then, movies could feature family drama, slow-motion romance, slapstick comedy, bawdy sex humor, undue existentialism, and sudden tragedy all in the span of ninety minutes. Moonlight in Tokyo mirrors that, except with jazzed-up production design, cooler style, and maybe a bit more intelligence. Given 2005's terrible Hong Kong Cinema output (a Top 10 might have to be truncated to a Top 6 to insure some level of quality), Moonlight in Tokyo is easily one of the year's better films, and a movie that absolutely surpasses its immediate expectations. Hell, we'll even say it's good. more in www.moonlightintokyo.com/
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Post by MYR Admin on Oct 22, 2006 18:19:48 GMT 7
I agree with SL, Michelle's acting in movies really amazed me, it's like shes a veteran movie actress o wat.. hehe... even in UHD, her n her wig, sumhow her acting reminded me of Anita Mui haha.... She definitely doesn't look new. In this, she is good as well... pand its owes a plus wen u act alongside Leon / Chapman.. hehe luv the part Chapman sudenly hugs her.... and before watching i was like.. huh? Chapman & Michelle, its like so not compatible... but tho the chemistry wasnt sizzling it sure turned out fine!
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Post by sour_lemong on Oct 23, 2006 20:38:19 GMT 7
ahhaa although its not sizzling, it was cute tho it was so funny when Chapman and Leon do the swanlake duck dance on the streets in Tokyo. I was laughing so hard. My friend and I tried to do it the other day....and failed miserably haha Chapman and Leon have skill man. you know when chapman helps Leon do the highlights and 'transforms' Leon? I was like OMG.....wahhhhh so much hotter!! haahah
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Post by Yuki on Nov 4, 2006 9:44:39 GMT 7
ahhaa although its not sizzling, it was cute tho it was so funny when Chapman and Leon do the swanlake duck dance on the streets in Tokyo. I was laughing so hard. My friend and I tried to do it the other day....and failed miserably haha Chapman and Leon have skill man. you know when chapman helps Leon do the highlights and 'transforms' Leon? I was like OMG.....wahhhhh so much hotter!! haahah ;D you and your fren really do the dancing thing.. hehe yeah after chapman 'transforms' Leon..really hot..hehe
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Post by sour_lemong on Nov 4, 2006 14:47:17 GMT 7
Originally posted by: mjl Re: Moonlight in Tokyo « Reply #4 on Today at 2:08pm »----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mich look pale in here....maybe cuz without makeup i think but still cute thou.....but i don't hope Mich act in movie forever cuz that mean i can't watch it....i can't find movies at my place, only get to watch parts of it on youtube I think she is supposed to look pale here. ;D you and your fren really do the dancing thing.. hehe yeah after chapman 'transforms' Leon..really hot..hehe lol ya, we tried to........but we were laughing so much, and can you believe another friend filmed it on her phone?? lol haha so embarassing.
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Post by stars on Mar 9, 2007 3:53:20 GMT 7
Yeah people said that she was good in this movie and she was about to get best new actress in the movie industry?
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Post by MYR Admin on Mar 12, 2007 1:45:44 GMT 7
Yeap, she was nominated for Golden Horse award as Best Newcomer tho her screentime for this movie is barely notable thus we know that Michelle is more of quality rather than quantity,
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Post by Katniss on Sept 18, 2008 2:01:33 GMT 7
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Post by Dots on Sept 18, 2008 16:26:36 GMT 7
It seems u can become more popular in making movies!LOL! i liked the old Michelle. The old Michelle who first starred in EH and TIS and stuff. She was very cutish back then but now!!Maybe i just miss her at TVB but u can just ignore my comment!LOL!I like M without make up coz she's got natural beauty!!!!
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Post by trish on Sept 30, 2008 11:24:17 GMT 7
sad that when theres a good movie, i am unable to see it on singapore big screen!
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Post by stars on Oct 24, 2008 23:37:41 GMT 7
I've still got to watch this film but I don't know if I will. I know there is Michelle but this movie seems to focus more on the actors.........hmmmmmmm I hope Michelle will become a lead one day in a comedy/romance/action movie
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