HONG KONG MOVIES
SAMO HUNG
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Personal Facts
  • full name: Samo Hung Kam-Bo, aka Sammo Hung, aka Hung Chin-Pao, aka Chu Yuan-Lung
  • his Opera stage name was Yuen Chu
  • Samo (Sammo) is nicknamed after a comic character by artist Zhang Le-Ping (the meaning is "three hairs" (Sam-Mo))
  • born in Hong Kong in 1950
  • foremost member of the "Seven Little Fortunes" Peking Opera troupe
  • martial arts choreographer with Golden Harvest in the seventies


    • Movie Facts
  • first movie experience in Education of Love in 1961
  • first movie direction in 1977 with The Iron-Fisted Monk
  • he plays his own sifu in Painted Faces




    • FILMOGRAPHY
    (actor unless noted otherwise)

    Education of Love (1961)
    Big and Little Wong Tian Bar (1962)
    Father and Son (1963)
    A Touch of Zen (1969)
    The Fast Sword (1971)
    Bandits From Shantung (1972)
    Hapkido (1972)
    Lady Whirlwind (1972)
    Enter the Dragon (1973)
    A Life for Sale (1973)
    aka That Man From Singapore
    When Taekwondo Strikes (1973)
    The Manchu Boxer (1974)
    The Skyhawk (1974)
    Stoner (1974)
    The Tournament (1974)
    Valiant Ones (1974)
    The Association (1975)
    Hong Kong Superman (1975)
    The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
    aka The Dragon Flies
    The Double-Crossers (1976)
    The Himalayan (1976)
    Hand of Death (1976) - also action
    aka Countdown in Kung Fu
    aka Shaolin Men
    Broken Oath (1977)
    The Iron-Fisted Monk (1977) - also director
    The Shaolin Plot (1977)
    Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog (1978)
    Enter the Fat Dragon (1978) - also director
    The Incredible Kung-Fu Master (1978)
    Warriors Two (1978) - also director
    Filthy Guy (1979)
    aka Return of the Secret Rivals
    Game of Death (1979)
    Knockabout (1979) - also director
    Magnificent Butcher (1979)
    Odd Couple (1979)
    By Hook or by Crook (1980)
    Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980) - also director
    aka Spooky Encounters
    aka Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind
    aka Dangerous Encounters of the Spooky Kind
    The Victim (1980) - also director
    Dreadnought (1981)
    The Prodigal Son (1981) - also director
    aka Pull No Punches
    Carry on Pickpocket (1982) - also director
    The Dead and the Deadly (1982)
    Project A (1983)
    Winners and Sinners (1983) - also director
    Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
    Hocus Pocus (1984)
    The Owl Vs. Bumbo (1984) - also director
    Pom Pom (1984)
    aka Boom Boom
    Wheels on Meals (1984) - also director
    First Mission (1985) - also director
    aka Heart of the Dragon
    It's a Drink, It's a Bomb - only producer
    aka Christmas Romance
    My Lucky Stars (1985) - also director
    Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars (1985) - also director
    aka The Target Yes Madam! (1985) - also producer
    Shanghai Express (1986) - also director
    aka Millionaire's Express
    Where's Officer Tuba? (1986) - also producer
    Dragons Forever (1987) - also director
    aka Cyclone Z
    Eastern Condors (1987) - also director
    Righting Wrongs 2: Blonde Fury (1987) - only co-producer
    aka Righting Wrongs 2: Lady Reporter
    aka Above the Law 2
    To Err Is Human (1987)
    Eight Taels of Gold (1988)
    In the Blood (1988)
    Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch (1988)
    aka Last Eunuch in China
    Painted Faces (1988)
    Paper Marriage (1988)
    Spooky (1988) - also director
    aka Spooky, Spooky
    aka Spooky, Spooky, Spooky
    Pedicab Driver (1989) - also director, producer
    Encounters of the Spooky Kind 2 (1990) - also co-director (?)
    aka Spooky Encounters
    aka Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind 2
    Fortune Code (1990)
    Pantyhose Hero (1990) - also director
    Shanghai, Shanghai (1990)
    aka Shanghai Encounter
    She Shoots Straight (1990) - also producer
    aka Lethal Lady
    Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon (1990)
    The Banquet (1991)
    Daddy, Father and Papa (1991)
    Gambling Ghost (1991)
    Island on Fire (1991)
    aka The Prisoner
    aka Island on Fire
    My Flying Wife (1991)
    Operation Scorpio (1991) - only producer
    aka Scorpion King
    Slickers Vs. Killers (1991) - also director, producer
    The Tantana (1991)
    Touch and Go (1991)
    Ghost Punting (1992) - also co-director
    Lover's Tear (1992) - also producer
    Moon Warriors (1992) - director
    Blade of Fury (1993) - also director
    The Eagle Shooting Heroes - action
    Kung Fu Cult Master (1993) - also action
    aka Kung Fu Master
    Painted Skin (1993)
    Ashes of Time (1994) - action
    Don't Give a Damn (1995) - also director, producer
    Thunderbolt (1995) - co-action
    Ah Kam - Story of a Stunt Woman (1996) - ?
    Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996)
    Mr. Nice Guy (1997) - only director
    Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) - director

    The Dragon, the Odds (?) - cameo
    Lucky Stars (?)
    Lucky Stars Go Places (?)
    Mr. Vampire 3 (?) - only producer, cameo
    Winner Take All (?)