DB Title Update: KUNG FU CHEFS (2009)

[Brian Thibodeau]

A few problems with our DB entry for this one.

1) Main title is wrong. Should be plural. See title card below. (surprising that LoveHKFilm has it wrong as well)

2) director is wrong (not Patrick Yau; which means he still hasn't directed a movie in eight years)

3) two writers are missing (they're in the closing credits, but not the opening credits)

4) one of the writers, Simon Lu, was also a planner alongside Yukio Someno (I wonder what he was up to the last decade or so?).

5) I'm not sure our composers are the real composers. Tough to tell who actually scored this, according to the credits below. Opening credits don't list composers. Closing credits don't either, at least not in English (perhaps the Chinese job titles will yield the info). Our "Lee Kwan-tin" doesn't seem to be in the credits at all. Our "Leung Wing-tai" appears in the credits as Terry Tye Lee, but the Chinese characters match. There's also a "score conducted by" credit for two other people, but the music in this sounds very much like it was done on a computer or synth. (not bad, but it's not an orchestra, either)

6) The DB lists Taiwanese actress/singer Barbie Hsu among the cast, but I don't see her in the credits below, nor do I remember her in the movie. Might be good to move her further down the list for now, until we can get some portraits from the film.

7) Xing Yu plays one of Louis Fan's henchman in the film, and gets a couple of great fights. His character is "Brother Choi" or "Ah Choi" which means we have a new alias for him according to the credits below: Monk King Kong (Kong Mong-king?). (his alternate Chinese name is already part of his DB entry on the Big5 version)




















Five writers start above, continue below.

[Magic Wong]

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1) Main title is wrong. Should be plural. See title card below. (surprising that LoveHKFilm has it wrong as well)

changed

2) director is wrong (not Patrick Yau; which means he still hasn't directed a movie in eight years)

changed

3) two writers are missing (they're in the closing credits, but not the opening credits)

added

4) one of the writers, Simon Lu, was also a planner alongside Yukio Someno (I wonder what he was up to the last decade or so?).

added 2nd planner

[Magic Wong]

5) I'm not sure our composers are the real composers. Tough to tell who actually scored this, according to the credits below. Opening credits don't list composers. Closing credits don't either, at least not in English (perhaps the Chinese job titles will yield the info). Our "Lee Kwan-tin" doesn't seem to be in the credits at all. Our "Leung Wing-tai" appears in the credits as Terry Tye Lee, but the Chinese characters match. There's also a "score conducted by" credit for two other people, but the music in this sounds very much like it was done on a computer or synth. (not bad, but it's not an orchestra, either)

3 composers deleted

6) The DB lists Taiwanese actress/singer Barbie Hsu among the cast, but I don't see her in the credits below, nor do I remember her in the movie. Might be good to move her further down the list for now, until we can get some portraits from the film.

removed from the cast list

7) Xing Yu plays one of Louis Fan's henchman in the film, and gets a couple of great fights. His character is "Brother Choi" or "Ah Choi" which means we have a new alias for him according to the credits below: Monk King Kong (Kong Mong-king?). (his alternate Chinese name is already part of his DB entry on the Big5 version)

added alias

added:
2nd planner, 2 writers, 2 script supervisors, assistant action director, makeup, hair stylist, production manager, assistant director, props, special effects, sound editor, 6 actors and 10 stuntmen

[calros]

Polished a few new names, added rating, 1 prod. co., 1 F/X, 1 costume supervisor, 1 assist. action dir. and 4 aliases. This is the first time I see the dubbing cast in the credits.

[Brian Thibodeau]

This is the first time I see the dubbing cast in the credits.

I thought that was interesting, too. It's about time they gave such people credit for their work, especially those who've toiled in obscurity over the decades (Chinese and English alike).

If only we could add them to the database. (well, beyond my screen shots, of course!)

[calros]

voices can be added to our DB. Added

[Brian Thibodeau]

Excellent! Thanks!