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ID Me: Ebola Syndrome (1996)

PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:18 pm
by MrBooth
http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/images.mhtml?id=8175&display_set=eng

1. Shing Fui On's wife (hard to get a pic of her face - if anyone's an expert on IDing by breast or arse I have other pics that might help :p)

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2. Lo Meng's wife - Cheng Liu?
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3. Definitely Marianne Chan?
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4. Chinese Prostitute
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5. Western Prostitute - Lori Shannon?
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6. Hostess Bar Madam
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7. Shop Assistant inhaling Ebola
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8. Waitress with cut on her finger
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9. The two triads on the right
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10. Doctor in South Africa - looks a lot like Chu Chi Ling, but he's not in the cast list!
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11. Doctor/scientist in Hong Kong
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12. Blonde prostitute
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13. Fat cop and female cop
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14. Kai's friend
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15. Young Lily
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16. Ha's daughter
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17. Girl with dog (and dog, I guess!)
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:45 pm
by Knetan
hey,

my feeling is that it's Marianne Chan allright.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:24 am
by Brian Thibodeau
Seeing that prostitute in shot #4 reminds me of that throwaway gag where Anthony removes a banana from her crotch and flings it over his shoulder before he prepares for, uhh, entry.

Well, it was funny to me.

Anyways, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:37 pm
by Mike Thomason
2. Actually "Cheung Lau"...also in Ivan Lai's THE IMP
http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng
(this was also the lady you were trying to identify from SATAN RETURNS)

3. Yes, definitely Mariane Chan
http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng
Not seen on the big screen since TROUBLESOME NIGHT 4 (the one filmed in Manila); has since moved on television series.

:)
Mike

PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:17 pm
by MrBooth
Thanks Mike, glad to have those IDs - both actresses I would happily look out for in other productions :D I think we can safely conclude that the Cheung Lau/Liu who loses her heart in one film and an eyeball in another is not the same lady that was in various Shaw Brothers films in the 70's, or Zhang Yimou's TO LIVE in 1994 anyway!

PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:46 pm
by Mike Thomason
MrBooth wrote:Thanks Mike, glad to have those IDs - both actresses I would happily look out for in other productions :D I think we can safely conclude that the Cheung Lau/Liu who loses her heart in one film and an eyeball in another is not the same lady that was in various Shaw Brothers films in the 70's, or Zhang Yimou's TO LIVE in 1994 anyway!


Indeedy! I think the confusion lies in the fact that "Liu" is the common Mandarin variant of the Cantonese "Lau". If you've ever seen Ivan Lai's THE IMP, then I'm sure you've already seen quite a LOT of Ms Cheung! ;)

PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 4:30 pm
by MrBooth
I think I saw THE IMP back in the day but don't remember much of it - but Ebola Syndrome doesn't leave any part of Miss Lau unshown as it is :twisted: