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Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai was born in Shanghai and moved with his family to Hong Kong at the age of five. His father was a sailor who later managed a nightclub, informing some of the subject matter in Wong's future films. His mother was a housewife. Wong's family was part of a wave of Shanghai residents who moved to Hong Kong after the communist takeover of their home province, bringing a unique culture and very specific dialect to Hong Kong with them. Hence, Wong grew up as part of something of a...

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