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THE COMEDY GENIUS 喜劇之王 | AWARDS 得獎年表
Michael's movie career started out as an actor in the title role of Li Han-Hsiang's THE WARLORD (1972). The film was an immediate box-office hit. He continued to star in 3 more films by Li before he embarked on his own career as actor-writer-director with Games Gamblers Play (1974) which became the then-highest blockbuster movie ever in Hong Kong. His next projects such as The Last Message (1975), The Private Eyes (1976), The Contract (1978) and Security Unlimited (1981) firmly established Michael as the most popular comedian in Hong Kong and South East Asia cinema. In 1987, Michael became a producer of his own movies. He wrote and appeared as actor in a series of critically-acclaimed and box-office success films such as Chicken & Duck Talk (1988), Mr. Coconut (1989), Front Page (1990), and Always on My Mind (1993). In 1992's The Magic Touch, Michael returned to the director's slate after an interim of seven years. In 1996 and 1997 respectively, Hui returned to the screen by starring in Clifton Ko's Funny Business and Wayne Wang's Hollywood production, The Chinese Box.
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Michael's
films have never been conventional. They have each been carefully
made to amuse, to inspire and to delight the audience in Michael's
unique calculated way.
