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Chinese director Wong Kar-Wai wearing sunglasses and a collared shirt, seated at a microphone with a colorful, blurred background, 2013. Faye Wong stands behind a counter in a food shop, looking down, in a publicity still from the film Chungking Express directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung stand close together in a dimly lit alley with old posters on the wall in a scene from the film In the Mood for Love. Zhang Ziyi and Tony Leung embrace closely in a dimly lit scene from the film 2046, with Tony Leung looking over Zhang Ziyi's shoulder. Tony Leung, at right, faces an opponent in a martial arts stance in a dimly lit, ornate room filled with mist in a scene from the film The Grandmaster.
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Wong Kar-Wai

Chinese director
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Wong Kar-Wai (born July 17, 1958, Shanghai, China) is a Chinese film director noted for his atmospheric films about memory, longing, and the passage of time. He gained international recognition for his wistful meditations on love in such films as Chunghing Samlam (1994; Chungking Express) and Fayeung ninwa (2000; In the Mood for Love). Wong’s family emigrated from Shanghai to Hong Kong in 1963. For many Shanghainese people, assimilating into Hong Kong’s different dialect and...

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