HONG KONG MOVIES
YUEN WOO-PING
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Personal Facts
  • aka Yuan He-Ping
  • born in Guangzhou (Canton) in 1945
  • as part of a family of Peking Opera artists he learned martial arts from his father Yuen Hsiao-Tien aka Yuen Siu-Tin (Northern style Kung Fu)
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    Movie Facts
  • first movie experience in the Wong Fei Hung series with Kwan Tak-Hing
  • first official job as fight choreographer from Ng See-Yuen on Mad Killer (1971)
  • Ng See Yuen gives him with Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) his first chance to direct
  • he directs his father who plays Jackie Chan's Sifu in Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master
  • he discovers the talents of Jackie Chan (Snake in the Eagle's Shadow) and Donnie Yen (Drunken Tai Chi)
  • if you want the best in martial artistry - whether comical (Drunken Master), street fighting style (In the Line of Duty 4, Tiger Cage series), more visually stunning than realistic (Tai Chi Master) or simply some of the best fights (Fist of Legend) - get a Yuen Woo-Ping movie!
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    FILMOGRAPHY
    (DIRECTOR unless noted otherwise)
     
     
     Mad Killer (1971) - action
    The Bloody Fists (1972) - action, actor
    Wits to Wits (1974) action
    Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) - also action
    aka The Eagle's Shadow
    Dance of the Drunken Mantis (1979)
    Drunken Master (1979) - also action
    aka Drunken Monkey in the Tiger's Eyes
    Magnificent Butcher (1979)
    Dreadnaught (1981)
    Exciting Dragon (1981)
    Legend of a Fighter (1982)
    The Miracle Fighters (1982) - also actor
    Shaolin Drunkard (1983)
    aka Taoism Drunkard (?)
    Drunken Tai Chi (1984) - also action
    aka Laughing Tai Chi
    Merry Christmas (1984) - cameo
    aka Merry X-Mas
    Mismatched Couples (1985) - also actor
    Eastern Condors (1986) - actor
    Tiger Cage (1988)
    In the Line of Duty 4: Witness (1989)
    aka Witness
    Tiger Cage 2 (1990) - also action
    Once Upon a Time in China 2 (1991) - action
    Tiger Cage 3 (1991)
    Game Kids (1992) - actor
    aka Gameboy Kids
    Kick Boxer (1992)
    aka Ghost Foot 7
    Madame City Hunter (1992) - producer
    Wicked City (1992) - actor
    Hero Among Heroes (1993) - also producer
    Iron Monkey (1993)
    aka Iron Monkey: The Young Wong Fei Hong
    King of Beggars (1993) - actor
    Last Hero in China (1993) - action
    Tai Chi Master (1993)
    Fire Dragon (1994)
    aka A Fiery Romance
    aka The Fiery Dragon Kid
    Fist of Legend (1994) - action
    Wing Chun (1994) - also action, producer
     
    Wong Fei Hung series