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Sylvia Chang’s career has spanned over many decades. She has been an actress, starting in the 70s when she was only 16, moving up to writing, directing and producing. Many of the films she has directed try to defy the normal gender roles. As a well-known Taiwanese female director, she helped defy normal gender roles in the film industry.
Chang is known for trying out different types of roles. She first began performing in theatre productions more than 30 years ago but then took a break to pursue other career options.
In addition to acting, Chang is also a proficient singer. With many popular songs, her music has also become hits for Karaoke. In particular, her song “The Cost of Love” is most commonly sung. She is also known for her song "Childhood".
In her mid-thirties, Chang decided to venture out into a new profession. With her acting experience at her side, Chang took a chance at directing. In 1986, only her second film to direct, “Passion” which she also starred in and wrote, won her the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress.
Between, now, acting, directing, and singing, she also began a television channel called Go Go TV in 1996. At one point, she was even the head producer of New Cinema City in Taiwan, but discovered she was not happy there and left a few years after joining.
(Source: Wikipedia; edited by MyDramaList)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/BdBApb_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kaneshiro Takeshi", "alternateName": "金城武", "birthDate": "October 11, 1973", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Kaneshiro Takeshi is a Japanese-Taiwanese actor and singer. Kaneshiro's mother is Taiwanese and his father is Ryukyuan from Okinawa, Japan. He was born and raised in Taipei but holds Japanese citizenship as well. After graduating from Taipei Japanese Junior High School, he enrolled at English-based Taipei American School, which enabled him to converse in English. While he was studying there, he began doing television commercials and decided to quit school to pursue a singing and acting career. He is multilingual, fluent in Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese, and to lesser degrees in English and Cantonese.
In 1992, Kaneshiro made his singing debut, entering the business with the nickname Aniki, meaning 'older brother' in Japanese. His debut album was "Heartbreaking Night". Contracted to EMI, he wrote many of his own Mandarin and Cantonese songs. The following year, his popularity propelled him into acting and he no longer produces any commercial music.
Kaneshiro's work, however, is more heavily concentrated in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/j6XLw_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jo Koo", "alternateName": "谷祖琳", "birthDate": "May 16, 1977", "nationality": "Hong Konger", "description": "She is an actress, singer, radio host and model, discovered by director Fruit Chan.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/Egjdz_5c.jpg" } ], "director": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sylvia Chang", "alternateName": "張艾嘉", "birthDate": "July 22, 1953", "nationality": "Taiwanese", "description": "Sylvia Chang is a Taiwanese actress, singer, writer, director and producer born in Chiayi, Taiwan. She dropped out of school at 16 and started her career as a radio DJ. Soon, she made the move into television when she was only 17. When she was 18 years old, she starred in her first film
Sylvia Chang’s career has spanned over many decades. She has been an actress, starting in the 70s when she was only 16, moving up to writing, directing and producing. Many of the films she has directed try to defy the normal gender roles. As a well-known Taiwanese female director, she helped defy normal gender roles in the film industry.
Chang is known for trying out different types of roles. She first began performing in theatre productions more than 30 years ago but then took a break to pursue other career options.
In addition to acting, Chang is also a proficient singer. With many popular songs, her music has also become hits for Karaoke. In particular, her song “The Cost of Love” is most commonly sung. She is also known for her song "Childhood".
In her mid-thirties, Chang decided to venture out into a new profession. With her acting experience at her side, Chang took a chance at directing. In 1986, only her second film to direct, “Passion” which she also starred in and wrote, won her the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress.
Between, now, acting, directing, and singing, she also began a television channel called Go Go TV in 1996. At one point, she was even the head producer of New Cinema City in Taiwan, but discovered she was not happy there and left a few years after joining.
(Source: Wikipedia; edited by MyDramaList)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/BdBApb_5c.jpg" } ]
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