The Heavenly Kings [SEP] director
The Heavenly Kings
The Heavenly Kings (四大天王) is a 2006 Hong Kong film directed by Daniel Wu.
Background.
In 2005, Chinese media began to report that Daniel Wu had formed a boyband, Alive, with Terence Yin, Andrew Lin, and Conroy Chan. Wu and his band mates posted information, updates, personal thoughts (including slamming Hong Kong Disneyland, for which they were spokespersons), and the band's music, at their official website. In 2006, Wu made his writing and directorial
The film also won awards for Best Director (Yūji Tajiri), Best Screenplay (Kōsuke Takeda) and Best Actor (Mikio Satō). The film became something of a symbol of the rift between the older "pinku shitenno" ("Four Heavenly Kings" or "Four Devils") and the "shichifukujin" ("Seven Lucky Gods") groups of directors when it beat Takahisa Zeze's "Anarchy in Japansuke: The Woman Who Comes When Watched" for the top spot. The older Zeze had been a