The Bund (上海灘) was a classic 1979 TVB action series broadcast in Hong Kong, starring Chow Yun-Fat and Ray Lui Leung-Wai as triad members in prewar Shanghai and their struggle for power and survival. The pair were caught in a love triangle with the female lead Angie Chiu. This page refers to the year 1979. ... REDIRECT Television Broadcasts Limited ... Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat (Chinese: 周潤發; Hanyu Pinyin: ) (born May 18, 1955 on Lamma Island, Hong Kong) is among a handful of internationally recognized screen actors that Hong Kong has produced, along with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. ... Ray Lui Leung-Wai, also called Ray Liu, (December 22, 1956) is a Hong Kong actor and came to fame with the aclaimed TV series The Bund. ... Triad (Simplified Chinese: 三合会; Traditional Chinese: 三合會; Hanyu Pinyin: ; literally Triad Society) is a collective term that describes many branches of an underground society and organizations based in Hong Kong and also operating in Mainland China, Macao, and Chinatowns in Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海 pinyin: (help· info); Shanghainese: Zanhe ) , situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is Chinas largest city. ...

The entire first installment of the series took place as a unitary flashback, with the main character pondering about the past right before he was to be assassinated by the triads.

Memorable scenes from the series include the wedding of Lui and Chiu's characters, and the death of Chow's character. These two scenes have subsequently been replicated and parodied in many movies and TV shows in Hong Kong. Also widely remembered is the show's theme song, a karaoke favourite among many in Hong Kong. Performed by Frances Yip, it was an early offering from the Gu Gaa-fai and Wong Jim collaboration. The theme music of a radio or television program is a melody closely associated with the show, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits. ... A Karaoke machine Karaoke (Japanese: カラオケ, from 空 kara, empty, and オーケストラ ōkesutora, orchestra) is a form of entertainment in which an amateur singer or singers sing along with recorded music on microphone. ... Gu Gaa-fai (顧嘉煇; Yale: Gu Gà Faì), or Joseph Koo (born 1933) is one of the most repected composers in Hong Kong. ... James Wong Jim (黃霑) (February 21, 1940 - November 24, 2004), whose real name was Wong Jum-sum (黃湛森), was best known as a master of Cantopop lyrics in Hong Kong, but was also well known as a talented columnist, song composer, actor, movie director, scriptwriter, talk show hosts and various...

His character having been killed off, Chow Yun-Fat did not return for the sequels The Bund II and III, however Lui Leung-Wai continued to play his signature role of Ding Lik, a role he later returned to in unrelated movies. Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat (Chinese: 周潤發; Hanyu Pinyin: ) (born May 18, 1955 on Lamma Island, Hong Kong) is among a handful of internationally recognized screen actors that Hong Kong has produced, along with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. ...

The original series was remade in the late 1990s with Sunny Chan Kam Hung (capitalising on a passing resemblence to Chow Yun-Fat) in Chow's role of Hui Man Kueng and with Nnadia Chan in Chiu's role of Feng Ting Ting. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ... Nnadia Chan Chung Ling (Chinese: 陳松齡 / 陳松玲; pinyin: ) is a Hong Kong (HK) actress. ...

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