Member J.J. Hayden Posted September 17, 2022 Author Member Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=20220&display_set=eng HK stuntman Derek Cheung Chi-chuen was the unfortunate man who doubled Won Jin for one particularly nasty stunt on Operation Scorpio. Although WJ did most of his own stunts, but luckily (for him at least) Derek did the stunt in his place and burst his kidney, forcing him to be hospitalised and refraining from stuntwork for about 9 months. https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7614&display_set=eng I couldn't make a clip from the "Heromakers" interview with the subs for some reason, so I took some screenshots of some important text. Edited October 5 by J.J. Hayden 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DREAN Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 je recherche le film coréen : Palamun 1976 ( Woo Sang Park ) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301698/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Merci pour ton aide 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted October 9, 2022 Author Member Share Posted October 9, 2022 2 hours ago, DREAN said: je recherche le film coréen : Palamun 1976 ( Woo Sang Park ) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301698/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Merci pour ton aide Voici la page KMDB : https://www.kmdb.or.kr/db/kor/detail/movie/K/02948 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Super Ninja Posted October 11, 2022 Member Share Posted October 11, 2022 Just stumbled upon this thread.. click, follow! Great work @J.J. Hayden, thanks for sharing this priceless discoveries! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted October 21, 2022 Author Member Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) I've been taking it a bit easy after burning out earlier in the year, too much Korean stuff, LOL. But I'm back at it but pacing myself a bit more. So while I'm working on some stuff, here's an interesting subject I'd noted: People being mistaken for Won Jin "The Scorpion King". So many sites, especially KMDB have mixed up Won Jin's credits. Here I'll list the usual suspects of FAKE Won Jin's, LOL. #1 is the one that throws a lot of people off (including but not limited to HKMDB). Kim Won-jin 김원진 (aka Jin Yuan-zhen 金元珍) https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=129682&display_set=eng https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=10920&display_set=eng https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=14023&display_set=eng Her only known credit is as the love interest of Jeong Jin-hwa (aka Elton Chong) in The Undertaker Of Sohwa Province 1983. Due to the style of film and the date it's not too hard to see why there's been a mix up with WJ. Edited October 5 by J.J. Hayden 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted October 21, 2022 Author Member Share Posted October 21, 2022 #2 is another one which is more understandable when it comes to mix up's with Won Jin, that are actually still happening to this day with this guy. Kim Won-jin 김원진 He is a martial artist. action director and a regular member of the highly successful Korean stunt team BEST Stunt Team. They have even worked on some projects together which can cause even more confusion. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted October 21, 2022 Author Member Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) #3 is down to the fact that they now share the stage name Won Jin 원진 which is both men's given name(s) rather than involving family names. Won Jin 원진 (aka Ham Won-jin 함원진) Starting out as a child actor under the name Ham Won-jin, he is better known as Won Jin as a member of the K-pop group Cravity. Edited October 21, 2022 by J.J. Hayden 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted October 21, 2022 Author Member Share Posted October 21, 2022 #4 is similar but the stage name is the 1st and 3rd name particles of the real name and the English style of name arrangement is in play here too. Jin Won 진원 (aka Jin Dae-won 진대원) Similar to Ham Won-jin, he started his acting career as a child and seemingly left the industry after only a few films, he has however returned in the last few years. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted October 21, 2022 Author Member Share Posted October 21, 2022 #5 is another with the same full name as Won Jin, but WJ pretty much always uses his stage name, out of all of his works I've only seen his full name on two films. Kim Won-jin 김원진 Another regular actor that has had steady film work in Korea. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted October 21, 2022 Author Member Share Posted October 21, 2022 #6 lastly is a rare one, but I've seen it happen on some sites. Won Jin-ah 원진아 Yes, I saw Won Jin mixed up with beautiful Korean starlet Won Jin-ah. There are other people with the same or similar names, as Kim, Won and Jin are all very common Korean names but I've not noticed any more mix ups....yet!!! That's the lot, hope some find this informative. Cheers 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted October 21, 2022 Author Member Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) I have a few Korean news articles that feature some stills and behind the scenes pics from Operation Scorpio, but I still haven't found a way to translate them yet. I may have to bite the bullet and do it myself, but that's gonna take forever and a lot could be lost in translation, rather than having a native Korean speaker read it. But I do have this interesting publicity still: https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7614&display_set=eng https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=9642&display_set=eng https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=7860&display_set=eng As you can see it is a scene that never happens in the actual movie, but is taken at the same location as the opening dream sequence. Won Jin never fought Frankie Chan Chi-leung, while wearing his gold shirt and Frankie in his shorts. Also note in the to right corner Korean title Gasa Wang = Scorpion King. Edited October 5 by J.J. Hayden 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted November 4, 2022 Author Member Share Posted November 4, 2022 (edited) https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=82108&display_set=eng Couldn't really find much on this guy, probably due to the fact that (as suspected) he is not Korean, but is instead from Taiwan. His name is David Wang Da-wei, whereas Wang Dae-wi is the Hangul translation. He's also credited as Johnny Chan to play into the Jackie Chan clone schtick they were going for with him. This is pretty clear in his (seemingly) only two films, Golden Dragon, Silver Snake in which he co-stars with fellow clone (Bruce Lee this time) Keo Ryong (aka Dragon Lee) and the more blatant Revenge Of The Drunken Master. Golden Dragon, Silver Snake (1980) https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=9229&display_set=eng Revenge Of The Drunken Master (1981) https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=15586&display_set=eng He's no Jackie Chan, that's for sure, but he's not terrible either, I wonder if he made more films in Taiwan? But Taiwan isn't my specialty and I couldn't find anything more on this. I anymore knows more on David Wang Da-wei I'd love to hear from you. Edited October 5 by J.J. Hayden 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted November 5, 2022 Author Member Share Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=82106&display_set=eng Another Korean who was on course to being a martial arts star was Choe Soon-seok. He was a founding member of the Ottugi martial arts team and had some decent kicking and acrobatic skills. Unlike many other worthy martial artists, he was given a shot at becoming a star, playing the lead role in both Dreadnaught Rivals and Duel Of Ultimate Weapons. They are not on the same level as HK action, but well worth a watch if like me, you love great kicks. But this dream died along with classic Korean martial arts films during the mid 80s. He did make some more films in the 90s, but these were mostly aimed at children and focused more on his comedic side. Edited October 5 by J.J. Hayden 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted November 5, 2022 Author Member Share Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=19075&display_set=eng I suppose I can clear up some name confusion as well when it comes to HKMDBs Dreadnaught Rivals page where they've listed some people twice, by having their Korean name and the Chinese translation of the Hanja: Liu Hsiao-tien is the same as Yoo So-jeon (which was Choe Soon-seok's stage name at the time) Siu Wo-chi is the same as So Hwa-ja Yuan Zhen is the same as Won Jin Xian Jin-er is the same as Ham Keum-hwa Edited October 5 by J.J. Hayden 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted November 9, 2022 Author Member Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) Thought I'd post the mini bio's I made for IMDB here too, hopefully some will find them useful, or at least interesting. Starting with a good one: Park Hyeon-jin 박현진 朴賢鎮 https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=30515&display_set=eng Born in South Korea on 3rd November 1975, Park Hyeon-jin spent his youth in Buan County (Buan-gun), North Jeolla Province, South Korea and learned Taekwondo at an early age from his father, who ran a martial arts studio. Park was a fan of martial arts cinema and dreamed of one day joining a stunt team, to the further his goal he studied various martial arts styles, gymnastics and also Chinese language. Immediately after graduating from high school, he left for Seoul at age 19 under the cover of darkness to voluntarily serve in the Marine Corps, leaving a note to his parents saying he'll come visit them when on leave. After completing his service he continued to pursue his dream of a career in action and found action director Kim Baek-soo who found him work on TV shows at the newly formed Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) network, getting his first onscreen role was as a biker, when he was 21 years old. While at SBS he was able to observe one of his heroes making TV shows, Korean action legend Hwang Jeong-ri, though they didn't have the chance to work together. Park did anything that would help him in his mission of becoming a stunt man in Hong Kong, including getting a: bodyguard license; scuba diving license; car racer license etc. but it was his friend and senior Jang Dong-oh (aka Raven Chang) who got him the gig. Raven had a similar dream and career history to Park and had formed the Magpie Stunt team whose members also included two other Koreans that would travel to Hong Kong to become stuntmen; Bruce Khan who joined the Sammo Hung Stunt Team and Lee In-seop who would become Jackie Chan Stunt Team member alongside Park. Raven managed to secure an audition for him with Jackie Chan himself, so in 2000 Park travelled to Hong Kong. During the audition, Jackie spoke to Park in Korean to ease the tension and watched Park's demonstration which imitated Jackie's moves and some creative movements of his own. Jackie's expression seemed to be vague with little sign of excitement or disappointment, but then after a few weeks Park was called to work on Gen-Y Cops (2000) and began fulfilling his dream of joining the JC Stunt Team. Park would go on to become one of the team's most important members and was often employed as a stunt double for leading actors, including Jackie himself. Between filming with the JC Stunt Team he would often return to Korea and work on films there including with Magpie Stunt Team and even with another Korean action legends: Won Jin, who had also travelled to Hong Kong to make martial arts movies during the early 90s; and Jeong Doo-hong who (like Won Jin) has become one of South Korea's top action directors. After working on The Spy Next Door (2010) Park decided to not return to the JC Stunt Team and instead focus on his career in his home country, where he has joined his seniors as one of the top action directors working on many movies and TV series there. Mostly working behind the scenes, he's not had many opportunities to be seen onscreen, but he can be seen playing Eagle in the Jackie Chan movie The Myth (2005). Edited October 5 by J.J. Hayden 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted November 12, 2022 Author Member Share Posted November 12, 2022 (edited) Lee In-seop 이인섭 李英勇 https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=30516&display_set=eng Lee In-seop was born in South Korea on 15th April 1969. He has had a love of Taekwondo since he was 6 years old and used to watch and imitate Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. He was good at sports, doing mechanical gymnastics in elementary school and was on the Aikido demonstration team in middle school. At first, he dreamed of becoming an actor, but since he was good at sports he entered the physical education department at university, while taking a theatre and film class to pursue his dream. When he was in my first year of college, his friend recommended he do an action role as a part-time job, so he became a stunt man. His first credited film role was in the 9th instalment of the popular "Thunderhawk" series Invincible Fighter Thunderhawk (1993), under the action direction of famed Korean super-kicker Won Jin. He would work on several of Korea's top action films of the 90s, including playing the role of "Dog" in 98's "Gosu" which was a passion project of several of Korea's top stuntmen. He then had a leading role alongside Jeon Jin-tae (aka Ricky Jun) in Jang Dong-oh (aka Raven Chang)'s "Dok Chong", a TV martial arts movie that featured Jang's Magpie stunt team, of which Lee became a member and would later feature Lee's future Jackie Chan Stunt Team teammate Park Hyeon-jin. He would receive praise for his work on Kim Jee-woon's The Foul King (2000) where he would share action director credit with fellow Korean action icon Jeong Doo-hong. It had been noted by colleagues that he had a strong resemblance to Jackie Chan, a feature he would put to good use as he joined fellow Korean Park on the JC Stunt Team. With his Taekwondo kicking-skills and similar look, he made a great stunt double for the martial arts icon, and would perform this role on many occasion during his time with the team. Between filming with the JC Stunt Team, he would return home to South Korea and work in the local film industry, involving himself in stunt work, action direction and giving lectures and seminars at universities. In the mid 2000's would form the South Korean stunt team Triple A (All About Action)/(A.A.A), whose members would be become some of the country's top action directors, working on some of the industry's best action films, including: The Suspect (2013); War of the Arrows (2011); and Confidential Assignment (2017). One of the few times (if not the only time) Lee In-seop plays a character in a Jackie Chan film, seen here on the right in Around The World In 80 Days: Edited October 5 by J.J. Hayden 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted November 14, 2022 Author Member Share Posted November 14, 2022 (edited) Jang Dong-oh 장동오 雪治局 (aka Raven Chang) https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=129078&display_set=eng Born Jang Dong-oh in Korea in 1964, Raven Chang (aka Seol Chi-guk) is a martial arts director/actor who has made films and TV shows mostly in South Korea, but has also worked in Hong Kong, including with action legends Jackie Chan Kong-sang and Sammo Hung Kam-bo. He is the founder of the South Korean martial arts/stunt team Magpie Stunt Team (Kachi-ban), who have worked on many projects in South Korea, mainly TV shows and commercials. Raven's team was the starting point for many of South Korea's top action director's and stuntmen, including Lee In-seop and Park Hyeon-jin who went on to become prominent members of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team and Bruce Khan, super-kicking star of the Netflix martial arts action movie, Revenger (2018). Raven seen here with: fellow Korean martial arts master Won Jin, stunt king Chin Ka-lok and Hong Kong cinema legend Sammo Hung Kam-bo. Edited October 5 by J.J. Hayden 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted November 18, 2022 Author Member Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) Another ID correction for HKMDB, again it is Park Hui-jin, they must have something against him because poor guy can't catch a break LOL. But it's not just them, he really is one of the unsung heroes of the classic Korean martial arts films. Here in Black Dragon River (1976) he has been misidentified as Park Boo-yang. https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=54639&display_set=eng https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=14882&display_set=eng Edited October 5 by J.J. Hayden 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted November 20, 2022 Author Member Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) I've made pages for each of these talented little dudes over in the Actors & Actress' section but here's the main info and pics together. I know Chaney Lin Qiu-nan and Wen Zhi have went on to make more films beyond Kungfu Boys, hopefully the rest of the boys will be back on the big screen showing off those awesome kicks again soon. Chaney Lin Qiu-nan was a member of Chinese Taekwondo performance team known as "Dragon Fist Boys". Every member of the team (who appeared on the stage of CCTV's "The Brilliant Chinese") was a national Taekwondo champion. Wen Zhi was the oldest and had the best results, including winning the junior championship at the 9th World Taekwondo Championships held in Mexico in November 2014. Lin Qiu-nan (who was two years younger) was the captain of the team and the son of coach, Lin Zhen-hua. The original 6 members were: Lin Qiu-nan; Wen Zhi; Sun Che; Feng Jun-yi; Wu You-fan; and Huang Yu-kun. https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=19057&display_set=eng Chaney Lin Qiu-nan 林秋楠 https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=81290&display_set=eng Edited October 5 by J.J. Hayden 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted November 20, 2022 Author Member Share Posted November 20, 2022 Wen Zhi 文志 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member J.J. Hayden Posted December 2, 2022 Author Member Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) I've been very busy for the last two weeks (and have made a pleasing amount of progress) with research, but for a break I thought I'd check again on the new Won Jin projects that were in the works. It's not been easy, as it seems info is still sparse, but this seems to be where things stand: https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=18207&display_set=eng I can also confirm that the Kwon Seong-yeong project called "Companion" (which Won Jin worked on and was supposed to make a special appearance in) was apparently finished and released in 2021 and he is now has another project called October 2nd, which covers similar material to the previous film, focussing on the lives of people dealing with the aging process and all the highs and lows that come with it. Although it's the same team, I've seen no indication that Won Jin will be involved this time. Filming began on 3rd July 2021 and was scheduled to take about 3 months, but I've not seen anything about a release date. Edited October 5 by J.J. Hayden 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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