Member Killer Meteor Posted June 17, 2013 Member Share Posted June 17, 2013 Was he dismissed or was his move to Taiwan a sort of working retirement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 His films were no longer hits at the box office, his style deemed passé. Shaws ceasing production on Mandarin movies might not have helped. At least in Taiwan he could make Mandarin martial arts films, though he soon moved into Chinese productions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Asmo Posted June 18, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 18, 2013 Wasn't he first sent to Taiwan by Shaws (guess this doesn't count as him 'leaving') to make films there as a way of spending money they couldn't take out of Taiwan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Yes, but that was in 1973. He came back to HK in 1976, and stayed until 1983. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted June 18, 2013 Author Member Share Posted June 18, 2013 His films were no longer hits at the box office, his style deemed passé. Shaws ceasing production on Mandarin movies might not have helped. At least in Taiwan he could make Mandarin martial arts films, though he soon moved into Chinese productions. Sorry, I may be missing this, but was he dropped, or chose to leave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member teako170 Posted June 18, 2013 Member Share Posted June 18, 2013 Just off the top of my head ... when he returned from Taiwan he signed a 5yr contract for 25 films. While we highly regard these V-flix, it sounded like he was just going through the motions to complete his contract. Anyhow, after his contract with Run was done, he decided to move on and do his own thing. Can't recall the specifics of the whole Taiwan deal. He was using funds to create movies there because he/they couldn't take the $$ out of Taiwan but I forgot exactly who's money it was and why it had to spent in Taiwan and not HK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BaronK Posted June 18, 2013 Member Share Posted June 18, 2013 The early-mid 70s thing was about some situation where Shaw couldn't take the money from Taiwan back to HK as mentioned. That always made no sense because you would simply take that surplus money to budget more movies that, wait for it, make more money. It'd be a cycle of money that you can never get out. As far as the end, I heard this somewhere on the net. Weird Man came out in '83. Shaws pulled it after 2-4 days. After that, CC was gone. Cheng Tien Chi went with him. Chiu Kwok/Chao Kuo, Chu Ko and the many bit players stayed. Chiu Kwok did one more Shaw then I saw him again in Dancing Warrior. Chu Ko got a couple of super bit parts and worked with KC with Lu Chun Ku. CC hooked back up with LF and CS along with CTC until he closed up Taiwan shop and went to the mainland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted May 18, 2021 Member Share Posted May 18, 2021 On 6/18/2013 at 9:55 PM, BaronK said: The early-mid 70s thing was about some situation where Shaw couldn't take the money from Taiwan back to HK as mentioned. That always made no sense because you would simply take that surplus money to budget more movies that, wait for it, make more money. It'd be a cycle of money that you can never get out. It's like the deal that was made for Bruce Lee and James Coburn to film The Silent Flute in India. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted July 2 Member Share Posted July 2 On 6/18/2013 at 5:55 PM, BaronK said: As far as the end, I heard this somewhere on the net. Weird Man came out in '83. Shaws pulled it after 2-4 days. After that, CC was gone. So, was it such a massive flop that they couldn't justify funding his films and let him go? Or did he figure that staying onboard had no future for him, so he went to Taiwan where he'd have a bit more creative leeway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted July 2 Author Member Share Posted July 2 According to HKMDB Five Element Ninjas Box Office: HK $1,628,717 The Weird Man Box Office: HK $466,84 That's quite a drop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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