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	All biographical data quoted from: Culwig's Hong Kong Actors Manual, 4th printing, 1998. Used with friendly permission.

 
Age: 35

 
Film Credits: "1,000 Fists Against Manchu" (Siau played the villain)

 
GOOD THINGS:
-Strong-willed 
-Thinker
-Skillful and skinny martial artist
-Lighting-fast reflexes
-Egghead
-Signature Move: Stance Of The Cobra (Chi Move). Knees slightly bent, weight evenly distributed on both legs. Upper body is swaying slightly, as is his striking hand. The left hand clutches the right elbow. The right arm is slightly bent, and the wrist also. The fingers point towards the opponent. This hand position looks a lot like the head of a cobra. Whenever Siau strikes this pose, he is able to regain 2 lost Plot Points!

 
BAD THINGS:
-He is not cool [Strong]
 
 

ACTING PRIORITIES
Mental (roles that involve problem-solving)
Magical (Siau likes to play magicall gifted persons)
Physical (due to his physique, it's not the role Siau really prefers)
Social
 

WEAPONS
Gunplay:
Mid-calibre pistols
 
 

Martial Arts
Staff (doing not quite as much damage as a small-calibre pistol)
Throwing Knives (doing not quite as much damage as a small-calibre-pistol)
 

MARTIAL ARTS STYLE: She Shen (Spirit of the Snake)
Punch: Siau does not use his feet in combat. He concentrates on the sheer power of his snake strikes. These seem to be relatively effective (Damage slightly more than half that of a small-caliber pistol).
Kick: His  path does not consider kicks.
Nerve Strike: He knows very well what Dim Mak points to strike at.
Break: Well, breaking a wooden plate is no great thing. But most of the objects to be pulverized are studio props, right?
Dodge: as light as an origami crane, Siau dodges much better than his brawny collegues.
Feint: She-Shen has many techniques that irritate the opponent.
 

Plot Points: 7
 

BACKGROUND
Aged 7, Siau Tao Li-huai was introduced into one of many Hongkong acting schools. His father, also an actor, had recognized his son's potential. Siau's first major role was the villain in "One Thousand Fists Against Manchu". Over night, this role made him relatively famous among Hong Kong directors.
He got more and more offers, and Siau was working hard to stand up to the studio bosses' demands. But the demands seemed to be too much for him. Over and over, he was getting into trouble - he was starting to make too many mistakes on the set.
His bodily abilities suffered by the substances Siau was using to bear this enormous pressure. When he was caught by Hong Kong policemen carrying a medium amount of cocaine, his descent into crime seemed to be the only possible conclusion. However, his family, having considerable influence here in Hong Kong,  left no stone unturned to stave off a harsh punishment. They were successful. Siau's prison term lasted only one year, then he was released on probation.
This experience changed Siau profoundly. He swore off many a source of joy, and feverishly began to repair his family's and his own reputation. With the help of the old Chinese philisophical writings, he found the will to train hard, once again. A little later, he began studying traditional medicine and acupuncture.
Despite all his efforts, the bad reputation as being unreliable and drug-addicted took a long time to dissolve. Slowly but surely, Siau was casted in small extra roles, often because an actor didn't show up and the director had to cast someone new.
Siau Tao Lu-huai perfectly knows that it's a long way up to the top - the place he used to be a long time ago, before he stumbled. But he is not willing to give up.
 

Name: Siau Tao Li-huai

Name: Sha Li Ton

Description: His features tell that one of his ancestors must be European: the shape of his face is not as round as the usual Chinese face. This makes him fascinatingly exotic. His body is typically Chinese: small and thin (though "slender" would be the better word for Sha li Ton).
 
 

Age: 26
 
 

Film Credits:
"Killing Lotos" (a 30-minute-role as a lover with some text)
"Devil Of The Yellow Sea" (a HK variant of the Red Corsair movies. Sha was playing an extra onboard the Corsair's ship)
 
 

GOOD THINGS
-"Toughness Impersonated"
-Handsome guy
-A very good and stylish fighter
-Power through speed
-Loves to have chicks around, really loves it.
-Has extremely good self-esteem
-One Cool sonofabeeep!
-Signature Move: Drunk. Well, this man has an alcohol problem. He's drunk on the set. Not always, but most of the time. This makes him extra-flexible, and sometimes extra-bold. When he is "loaded" enough, he is able to perform really cool stunts (and survive them).
 

BAD THINGS
-"Brains? Well, you can't have everything, right? Persistent exercise and posing in front of the mirror takes a lot of time, so reading a book is really a moot point. Text, after all, is filling material between the action scenes."
-Xtremely Narcistic 
 
 

ACTING PRIORITIES
Physical
Social
Mental
Magical
 

WEAPONS
Gunplay:
Mid-Caliber pistols (preferrably 0.38er Auto)
Shotguns (preferrably sawed-off shotguns)
 
 

Martial Arts: .
Sword or Foil (doing damage like a large-caliber gun)
 

MARTIAL ARTS STYLE: Biting Dog (something like sophisticated street fighting, only with more spectacular moves)
Punch: is not flashy enough. Sha usually avoids punching (Damage like 50% of a large-caliber pistol)
Kick:  can be pretty cool (especially when it smashes into doors and faces). Sha likes kicking.
Head Butt: cool thang, Sha is good at it. (Damage slightly more than a small caliber pistol)
Block: yes, Sha blocks most attacks with his nose.
Dodge: is one of Sha's really good techniques (his Signature Move is Drunk)
Feint: can be kicking, especially if Sha can clobber the opponent to pieces after a successful feint.
Disarm: one of Sha's special techniques. He's exercising it every day, like drawing the guns.
 

Plot Points: 7
 

BACKGROUND
To be true, if he didn't look this good, Sha wouldn't stand a chance  in the film biz. He was a  professional cook, but some day he got fired. His parents worried more about his brother and how to pay his university and abandoned Sha, saying he would find a new job. No money from them. Sha had to pay the rent and he didn't know how to pay it. He began looking for work.

Some time later, Sha was casted as an extra in the Flying Dragon Studios.  They paid him for being "killed". Somehow, one of the studio bosses' wifes had a crush on him. Nothing sexual, no casting couch-type of relationship (Mrs. Chien was 60 years old). Somehow, Sha had aroused her motherly instincts. Sha's roles gradually got better, his on-screen time was steadily getting longer.

On top of his young career, he played Shi Tien Dy's lover in "Killing Lotos". He had some lines to speak, and after the first half hour, Sha's role was killed by the villain (a shot in the back - really impressive scene). Suddenly, Sha Li Ton was prominent; fan mail began pouring in. Still, he's waiting for the real big role.
 

 

Bao Lu Pan

Description: Bao Lu Pan is about 5' 6" tall. He's become a bit fat, not as slender as one would (stereotypically) think of a chinese - but cooking and eating have alwys been his greatest passions. Surely, Pan's love handles have gotten bigger since he's quit working out ...
He has short black hair, and a scar across the left chin, making him look ... interesting.
 

Age: 45
 

Film Credits: His most successful film is "The Old Master: The Hong Kong Panthers". Not that this movie was a blockbuster, but Pan was honored with the Lei Gon, a prize for the best stunt of the year (hanging onto a rope that was tied to a car which was going around 70 miles per hour. In the other hand, Pan was holding a pumpgun. By the way: Pan was standing on a skateboard!)
Other films include "Triad Tiger", "Lee Long The Supercop", and the successful cop-socky film "Lok Hsiao: In The Rice Fields". Other films Pan was starring in: "Spirit Of The Millenia" and the SF-Thriller "Dance Of The Cranes".
 
 
GOOD THINGS
-Coolness Impersonated
-"Old, but still skilled martial artist"
-Pan's toughness once was legendary. Nowadays, it's still remarkable
-Signature Move: Blood Rage. When Pan is accidently (really) hit  during the shooting of the film, he can get very angry. This makes him faster and more powerful in his actions. Some directors don't like this much, but most of them like the maniacal look in his eyes when he's "on fire".
 

BAD THINGS
-Very Impatient
-Sometimes, he's not a quick thinker
-"Not very fast"
 

ACTING PRIORITIES
Physical
Social
Mental
 

WEAPONS
Gunplay:
Pumpgun
 

Martial Arts: .
Improvisational weapons (mostly medium blunt; damage slightly more than small caliber pistol)
Staff (damage slightly more than small caliber pistol)
 

MARTIAL ARTS STYLE: unnamed, personal style
Punch: the best way to tell someone to better shut up (damage like a hit with a club)
Nerve Strike: the one who's been hit so often, knows where the really painful spots are.
Break: fist smashing through walls - who else is as good as Bao Lu Pan here? (damage more than a large-calibre pistol)
Block: Pan likes Doding more, but sometimes he even blocks incoming attacks
Dodge: know your enemy, then you know his intentions. Knowing his intentions is a decisive moment.
Sweep: his favorite tactic against large opponents.
Feint: someone who is a good at doging as Pan knows every trick in the book. And Pan surely uses them.
Disarm: Pretty cool. One slight movement, barely visible to the eye, and the opponent is disarmed.
 

Plot Points: 7
 

BACKGROUND
Bao Lu Pan is not really an actor. Oh yes, he's been in front of the camera for long years, but he's no star. Being a stuntman, Pan never received the credits he wanted. Now, in his mid-40's, Pan notices he's is getting older.
Pan will try to act rather than showing stunts. Hey, the young tigers want to show what their stuff - so let 'em!