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The core of the HKMDB editorial team consists primarily of the "Eight Immortals of HKMDB" - content editors, all of whom have been working on updating and maintaining the site's information for nearly 20 years. The HKMDB editorial team has also included many others and the site encourages interested
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was initially populated with data on over 6000 films, and reviews from the defunct database hosted at egret0.stanford.edu. In subsequent years it has expanded to contain information on more than 20,000 films and nearly 100,000 people, and includes films from
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The database is bilingual, so movies, people and companies are required to have both Chinese and English information. Additional information about individual films such as
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There are more than 340,000 images in the database. Images can be associated with movies, companies, or people. The images serve primarily as an aid in identification.
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HKMDB contains information about films, people, and companies associated with Hong Kong cinema. This includes detailed film
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Starting in 2014, the HKMDB became a completely non-remunerative site. It is open and free from ads.
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members as well as image and portrait galleries. The site also includes user-submitted film reviews.
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started in 1995 by Ryan Law. It provides a repository for information about
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Database information can only be modified by an HKMDB editor.
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