Sammo is one of the pivotal figures who spearheaded the Hong Kong New Wave movement of the s. He helped reinvent the martial arts genre and started the vampire-like jiangishi genre.
Sammo is widely credited with assisting many of his compatriots. Sammo is 68 years old as of He celebrates his birthday on January 7 every year and his birth sign is Capricorn. His grandma was an archetypal martial art actress while his grandfather a film director. He joined the school when he was 8 and enrolled for seven years. The school was run by Master Yu Jim Yuen. As it was customary for all students, Sammo adopted the given name of his sifu as his family name whilst attending.
He went by the name Yuen Lung and became the foremost member of the Seven Little Fortunes performing the group. He established a friendly rivalry with one of the younger students, Yuen Lo.
Yuen Lo went on to become international superstar Jackie Chan. Sammo, at the age of 14, was selected to perform stunts on a movie by a teacher who had connections to the Hong Kong film industry.
This brief foray into the industry piqued his interest in film and Sammo took particular interest in the operation of film cameras. He was the eldest of the troupe and therefore gave his opera brothers pocket money from his earnings. See full bio ». Filmography by Job Trailers and Videos. Share this page:. The Rise of Will Smith. Around The Web Provided by Taboola. Projects In Development Mission Now. Details only on IMDbPro ». Create a list ».
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Although Yuen continued to appear in the films of Hung and Chan, the final film to date starring all three was 's Dragons Forever. The company operated until and produced a total of 77 Hong Kong films:. Hung is one of the pivotal figures who spearheaded the Hong Kong New Wave movement of the s, helped reinvent the martial arts genre and started the vampire-like jiangshi genre. He is widely credited with assisting many of his compatriots, giving them their starts in the Hong Kong film industry, by casting them in the films he produced, or giving them roles in the production crew.
Hung's martial arts films of the s helped reconfigure how martial arts were presented on screen. While the martial arts films of the s generally featured highly stylised fighting sequences in period or fantasy settings, Hung's choreography, set in modern urban areas, was more realistic and frenetic - featuring long one-on-one fight scenes.
The fight sequences from several of these films, such as those in Winners and Sinners and Wheels on Meals came to define s martial arts movies. Hung was also responsible for the Lucky Stars comedy film series in the s. These first three films featured Chan and Biao in supporting roles.
Hung also produced and played a supporting role in the fourth film, Lucky Stars Go Places , and made a cameo appearance in the sixth and final film, How to Meet the Lucky Stars During the s, Hung was instrumental in the creating the jiangshi genre—a "jiangshi" being hopping re-animated corpses - a Chinese equivalent to Western vampires.
Two landmark films, Encounters of the Spooky Kind and The Dead and the Deadly featured jiangshi who move in standing jumps towards their victims, as well as Taoist priests with the ability to quell these vampires and at times, each other through magical spells and charms. Hung's jiangshi films would pave the way for films such as the popular Mr.
Vampire , which he also produced, and its sequels. He revitalised the subgenre of female-led martial art films, producing cop films such as Yes, Madam a. Hung responded by starting his own production company, Bo Ho Film Company Ltd, allowing him to have greater control to produce Hong Kong films.
While Bo Ho produced, Golden Harvest still operated as distributors. In all, 40 films were released by Bo Ho, several of which starred Hung:. In , Raymond Chow gave Hung the task of completing the fight co-ordination for the re-shoot of Game of Death, the film Bruce Lee was unable to complete before his death in As his elder, Sammo's films were expected to surpass Chan's in popularity.
However, during filming Yuen Siu Tien died of a heart attack. He was replaced by Fan Mei Sheng and Yuen's absence may have led to low ticket sales. In and , Hung made two films that contain fine examples of the Wing Chun style. The first, Warriors Two was the most significant role to date for South Korean super kicker Casanova Wong , who teamed up with Hung in the final fight.
The release of The Prodigal Son, along with another film directed by and co-starring Hung, Knockabout also shot his fellow Opera schoolmate Yuen Biao to stardom. Yu Jim Yuen. Martial arts, karate, Hapkido, Wing Chun, golf. She was one among the earliest martial-arts actors of the Chinese film industry, and the first female star. He was a well-known film director and writer, who directed over 40 films between and Looking for a job? Back to Profile. Photos Works.
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