Won Jin

[J.J. Hayden]

This pic is slightly better quality than the one I gave IMDB.

Again it show Won Jin with Shu Qi, who admirably did a lot of work herself, though more complex and dangerous moves were handled by Won Jin and one of his many protégés who went on to do great things, Oh Se-yeong.

After leaving Won Jin's stunt team, Oh went on to form another great team, founded by himself and Jackie Chan Stunt Team member Lee In-seop. You may have heard of them, Triple A (All About Action).

 

Edited April 4, 2022 by J.J. Hayden

[J.J. Hayden]

Here is a behind the scenes shot of Won Jin and The Suspect star Gong Yoo. It had been ten years since Won Jin had been given an onscreen fighting role and he was fantastic. The whacky camerawork didn't do it any favours though.

 

[J.J. Hayden]

Won Jin and Gong Yoo behind the scenes, doing some martial arts training for their brief but astonishing fight scene in the subway.

I'll upload the fight at some point since @AlbertV's YT links are no longer available. The problem is that the action's already blurry because of the camerawork and then cutting it out tends to reduce the quality too, but it's better than nothing.

 

Edited April 5, 2022 by J.J. Hayden

[J.J. Hayden]

I must've got distracted when working on this, as I forgot to move it here after getting help with identifying of one of the guys, I can't remember exactly who helped, I think it was @Mike Leeder, cheers to whoever it was.

The Korean site stated that this was taken in 1992, however, I believe it is actually 1993 during the filming of Hero From Beyond The Boundary Of Time, due to the hair length of both Won Jin and Gary, also the presence of Sophia as she and Won Jin worked on the film together.

From left: Gary Daniels; Ron Hall; Won Jin; Sophia Crawford; Mark Houghton.

What a dream team, wish they'd have made a movie with them all together.

I wonder if Ron Hall was just visiting Hong Kong as I don't recall seeing him in any films made there?

Cheers

[One Armed Boxer]

A shot of Won Jin training Lee Joon-gi for SBS drama 'Again My Life', of which he's the lead (and started airing a couple of weeks ago) - 

[J.J. Hayden]

3 hours ago, One Armed Boxer said:

A shot of Won Jin training Lee Joon-gi for SBS drama 'Again My Life', of which he's the lead (and started airing a couple of weeks ago) - 

 

Cheers for the update, I'll have to see if I can check it out, hopefully he'll get to come in and do some fighting like in My Name.

[J.J. Hayden]

Although I've not managed to access the full footage, I managed to find some stuff and I'm happy to announce yet again, a return to the front of the cam for super-kicker Won Jin!!!

It seems like just the one fight with the star Lee Joon-gi, but it looks good and another sign that at least some in the biz are taking notice of his still formidable talents, hopefully there'll be more.

As I haven't had access to the credits I can't tell how much credit he gets for the action scenes, I know there's another action coach but couldn't see his face, so it could be Won Jin shared action director duties.

EDIT: I managed to track down the credits and the action directors are Kim Min-soo and Lee Soo-min (two of the SAS guys), though I'm sure Won Jin will of had some uncredited (as usual) input when it comes to the action.

Cheers

Edited May 1, 2022 by J.J. Hayden

[One Armed Boxer]

After appearing onscreen together in the (as yet unreleased) 'Tiger's Trigger' that was filmed in late 2019, Won Jin and Casanova Wong are reuniting for 'Senior Bodyguard/시니어 보디가드', only this time Won Jin is action directing Casanova behind the camera. Some shots of filming below - 

[J.J. Hayden]

1 hour ago, One Armed Boxer said:

Won Jin and Casanova Wong are reuniting for 'Senior Bodyguard/시니어 보디가드'

Yes I did see something on this, it's very exciting. It's great that so many of the early Korean action stars are still good friends and working together on projects. Hopefully someday we'll get to see the results.

Cheers

[One Armed Boxer]

On 5/1/2022 at 7:14 PM, J.J. Hayden said:

I'll have to see if I can check it out, hopefully he'll get to come in and do some fighting like in My Name.

He does indeed....

 

[J.J. Hayden]

9 hours ago, One Armed Boxer said:

He does indeed....

 

This concerns me though, as it seems to confirm my suspicion, as I'd seen this fight scene with the codes and stuff on the scene (I can't remember what they call it) so I know it not footage taken directly from the aired show. But in episode one it had a truncated version of the fight with the girls and was the same location etc. but no Won Jin. I've seen 14 eps and he's not showed up.

Hopefully that was a flash forward or they're gonna do a flashback for the full fight. If not then once again Won Jin has gotten screwed. He seems to be the person with the most cut scenes in martial arts history. It's ridiculous.

[One Armed Boxer]

11 hours ago, J.J. Hayden said:

This concerns me though, as it seems to confirm my suspicion, as I'd seen this fight scene with the codes and stuff on the scene (I can't remember what they call it) so I know it not footage taken directly from the aired show.

Simple answer on this one, just need to read the accompanying YouTube clip description, which unfortunately confirms your fears.

[J.J. Hayden]

12 minutes ago, One Armed Boxer said:

Simple answer on this one, just need to read the accompanying YouTube clip description, which unfortunately confirms your fears.

 

God damn I hate being right about everything, lol. Stupid that I missed that, I've been researching too hard and turned my brain to mush, I should take a break really.

It's such a shame they cut the fights when there's plenty of fluff which could've been done away with instead. The guy has had so many misfortunes during his career, it makes me respect him more for carrying on, but boy does it make me mad. At least the fight has been released (thanks to the humble star) so fans of martial arts can enjoy it in full. Cheers for the update.

[J.J. Hayden]

Thanks to @Drunken Monk for the original post, I thought it prudent to put it here too.

Let's hope his scenes aren't cut out of this one too, lol.

 

[Fansfilms]

On 3/13/2022 at 5:48 PM, One Armed Boxer said:

This may be of interest to you @J.J. Hayden. Apparently in 1983 a co-production between Taiwan and Korea was shot on-location in Korea that Won Jin worked on both behind and in front of the camera.  The title is 'Eleven Men Playing the Flute', and it featured Meng Fei, Jack Long and Philip So Yuen-Fung (you can see Won Jin with all 3 below). I've barely been able to find any information on this one anywhere, and it doesn't show up on hkmdb or the kmdb, but it definitely exists!

Think I've seen that tape for sale in a shop in Seoul. Will double check next time.

[J.J. Hayden]

Here's some more Tiger's Triger pictures taken at the 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. I hope it brings Wang Ho (Casanova Wong) and Won Jin some more opportunities to show off some classic Korean martial arts action.

Won Jin showing off his iconic "Scorpion Stance".

 

Park Ji-hui, Won Jin and Wang Ho (Casanova Wong).

 

Rookie director Lee Kang-wook.

[DrNgor]

I finally watched Operation Scorpio this week. Great performance by Kim Won Jing.

See my review: https://abeautifulfilm.blogspot.com/2022/09/operation-scorpio-1992.html

[Super Ninja]

On 9/2/2022 at 2:45 AM, DrNgor said:

I finally watched Operation Scorpio this week. Great performance by Kim Won Jing.

See my review: https://abeautifulfilm.blogspot.com/2022/09/operation-scorpio-1992.html

Good review.

I wonder if it was really Jack Wong who doubled Won Jin for the staircase fall? The poor guy looks like Chin Kar-Lok to me.

Despite the poor box-office results and some fans talking about it in a negative way, I think it's one of the '90s best and absolutely love it.

[J.J. Hayden]

2 hours ago, Super Ninja said:

I wonder if it was really Jack Wong who doubled Won Jin for the staircase fall? The poor guy looks like Chin Kar-Lok to me.

It was actually Derek Cheung Chi-chuen, he was in a pretty bad way.

[One Armed Boxer]

On 4/5/2022 at 4:59 AM, J.J. Hayden said:

It wasn't the first time either as Shu Qi had also had a cameo at the end of My Wife Is A Gangster 2

Just a small correction, it was Zhang Ziyi who made a cameo at the end of 'My Wife Is a Gangster 2', not Shu Qi.

[ShawAngela]

11 hours ago, Super Ninja said:

Good review.

I wonder if it was really Jack Wong who doubled Won Jin for the staircase fall? The poor guy looks like Chin Kar-Lok to me.

Despite the poor box-office results and some fans talking about it in a negative way, I think it's one of the '90s best and absolutely love it.

I watched it only once in the 90's, on a bonus VHS in a magazine, and I remember that I was totally mesmerized by the scorpion style and that I loved the movie. I should revisit it when I'll have w while.

[Super Ninja]

16 hours ago, J.J. Hayden said:

It was actually Derek Cheung Chi-chuen, he was in a pretty bad way.

Thanks for hanging the right name on the guy, he deserved it. Bey Logan said it was presumably Jack Wong in his Operation Scorpio commentary, never found proof to believe otherwise. 

7 hours ago, ShawAngela said:

I watched it only once in the 90's, on a bonus VHS in a magazine, and I remember that I was totally mesmerized by the scorpion style and that I loved the movie. I should revisit it when I'll have w while.

Yeah, you should give it a rewatch. Hopefully, the good people from 88 or Eureka will remember this gem and we get an upgrade.

[J.J. Hayden]

8 hours ago, Super Ninja said:

Thanks for hanging the right name on the guy, he deserved it. Bey Logan said it was presumably Jack Wong in his Operation Scorpio commentary, never found proof to believe otherwise. 

Funny enough that I discovered it by chance while watching another HKL release, the Heromakers documentary. He doesn't name the film or the people involved but it's clear he's talking about that window/stair stunt for Won Jin in Operation Scorpio, and the 9 month break in his career due to the injury seems match up with his filmography on HKMDB.

[Super Ninja]

14 hours ago, J.J. Hayden said:

Funny enough that I discovered it by chance while watching another HKL release, the Heromakers documentary. He doesn't name the film or the people involved but it's clear he's talking about that window/stair stunt for Won Jin in Operation Scorpio, and the 9 month break in his career due to the injury seems match up with his filmography on HKMDB.

I checked yesterday and couldn't find Operation Scorpio in his filmography on hkmdb, have you shared your discovery with them? 

Didn't know it was 9 months as Bey only said he ended up in the hospital for few months, thanks for sharing that valuable piece of info!

[J.J. Hayden]

On 9/17/2022 at 6:45 PM, Super Ninja said:

I checked yesterday and couldn't find Operation Scorpio in his filmography on hkmdb, have you shared your discovery with them? 

Didn't know it was 9 months as Bey only said he ended up in the hospital for few months, thanks for sharing that valuable piece of info!

Cheers

I don't share info directly with HKMDB anymore, but I do have a section on here where I add things they don't have, so I guess I'll add this bit of trivia there.

 

Edited October 15, 2022 by J.J. Hayden