Packet 3: Tossup 21

This surname is shared by a director who scrounged leftover stock to shoot the first film in his so-called “handover trilogy” and the Thai-born director of the Teresa Teng-inspired romcom Comrades: Almost (15[1])a Love Story. An actress tries to retain her beauty by eating food made from fetuses in Dumplings, a movie by a filmmaker with this surname (15[1])who directed (15[1])Made in Hong Kong (15[1])and is credited (15[1])in the Anglosphere via the translation of his first name, “Fruit.” (15[2])This (15[1])name appears (15[1])in the title (15[2])of a highly profitable 1982 indie film in which an uncle and nephew drive cabs around (*) San Francisco. 4000 dollars stolen by a character with this name who then goes missing is the MacGuffin of that (10[1])debut film by Wayne Wang. A scene in which lights (10[1])explode around an actor with this surname as he slides down a pole in a mall is praised by the Every (-5[1])Frame a Painting (10[1])video “How to Do Action Comedy.” For 10 points, give this surname of the star of Drunken Master and Police Story. ■END■ (10[1])

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