Round 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 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 who directed Made in Hong Kong (15[1])and is credited in the Anglosphere via the translation of his first name, “Fruit.” This (15[1])name appears (15[1])in the title 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 debut film by Wayne Wang. A scene in which lights explode around an actor with this surname as he slides down a pole in a mall is praised by the Every Frame a Painting video “How to Do Action Comedy.” For 10 points, give this surname of the star of Drunken Master and Police Story. ■END■

ANSWER: Chan [or Chen; accept Peter Chan or Peter Ho-sun Chan; accept Fruit Chan or Fruit Chan Gor; accept Jackie Chan or Chan Kong-sang; accept Cheng Long; accept Chan Hung; or Chan is Missing; prompt on Hung by asking “what is the character’s first name?”; prompt on Fang Shilong by asking “what is that actor’s stage surname?”]
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= Average correct buzzpoint

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