Forgotten films?

[ognyana]

At www.asiandb.com/browse/people_detail.php?code=280 there are two more films with TK mentioned - California (1997) directed by Johnny To and God of Gamblers II (1991) (Dou Hap www.imdb.com/title/tt0101763/) directed by Jing Wong.

The imdb page of Dou Hap has no mention of Takeshi, is he really there?

I can't find info about To's "California" either.

Help!!!! Who knows anything about these films and TK's participation in them?

And on TK's imdb page there's no mention of "Seiya no Kiseki (A Miracle on a Holy Night)" , though this TV special DOES exist, I saw it with my own eyes. Who can help update the info on TK's imdb page providing detail required?

[ognyana]

And one more puzzle - who happens to know anything about that - hkmdb.com/db....set=eng ??

Does Soak Woman (2005)

Country: People's Republic of China
Languages: Cantonese Mandarin
Genre: Comedy

Director
Chu Yen-Ping

Cast
Kaneshiro Takeshi
Yeung Si-Man
Wong Yat-Fei

[twitter]

'Does Soak Woman' is the mainland Chinese title of 'Feeling Of Love'.
Japanese title is "Pick Up Artist"

Please read description of this movie here
www.yesasia.com/us/does-soak-woman-dvd-china-version/1004152631-0-0-0-en/info.html

and compare is with this
www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/feeling_of_love.htm

California is the place the protagonists in 'The Odd One Dies' would like to go to. It's also the original title of that movie.

He is not in 'God of Gamblers'

There are a few movies of his that are not mentioned at ImdB, but they mention a series from 88 he is not in.
Missing are two early dramas, 'Color of Armour' and 'Grass Scholar', the Christmas special episode and the movie 'The Jail In Burning Island'

[ognyana]

Thank you, twitter

I got it. The series he's not in - at imdb. Tian xia - he is credited there not as an actor, but as "voice". Is the series animation?

Do you happen to know details about 'Color of Armour' and 'Grass Scholar'? I can't find any detailed info on the plot, cast, etc. Unfortunately, I can't read sources in Chinese, may be there's something in those languages?

[twitter]

I didn't see them myself. Only know that one of his co-stars in 'Color of amour' has been a former Miss HK.

tkaneshiro.net/site/?action-channel-name-drama
www.tkchannel-puyokichi.com/tv.html

And his co-star in 'Grass Scholar' was Sihung Lung. As you can see here:
www.youtube.com/user/taduncus

Color of amour
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN-x8ZA8Azw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMN3-RucI-I

'Fung Wa' is what ImdB actually means and there is a movie and a series of the same name. Both don't have TK.
IMDb totally mixed it up. Doesn't make any sense at all.
The same movie is filed under 'Tian Xia' and 'Fung Wang'
www.imdb.com/title/tt0165499/
and here
www.imdb.com/title/tt0404680/

The movie is from 1998.
Not too long after the movie came out, Taiwan produced an under budget television miniseries of it that lasted 40 episodes.

[ognyana]

Thank you, twitter ! You've been most helpful. Your links helped a lot. By the way, 'Colour of amour' or 'Colour of armour'? Different sources give the title both ways. Which is correct? The difference in meaning is obvious, I guess.
And if TK is in neither of the projects (I mean, neither in 'Fung Wa' nor in 'Tian Xia') why isn't that set straight at imdb, I wonder?

[twitter]

My guess is that IMDb took their information from a Chinese site that isn't valid anymore. But search engines still show some part of the content. Plus the fact that YesAsia lists another series he's not in. They don't take it off although I know that some people bought it and complained later.
IMBb allows members to suggest adding/deleting some from the list. They call it 'resume service'. But it may take several weeks before it takes effect. If it ever does. But that is how they usually become aware of some projects.
Unfortunately people take things from other sites who took it from somewhere else which leads to a domino effect where nobody really varifies the credibility.

The HK series deals with the love conflicts of young people. 'Colour Of Amour' is correct.

[ognyana]

Aha, I see... I quite agree with your idea of the 'domino effect', one mistake generating another. Let's hope someone WILL set the info at imdb straight, because it's a very important database. I believe it's one of the most popular and most important (if not THE most important) movie databases with thousands of users consulting it every day.
Thank you for your explanation of 'Colour of amour' problem.

[ognyana]

By the way. "Jail in the burning Island" appeared in imdb at Huo shao dao zhi heng hang Ba dao (1997).