Member J.J. Hayden Posted May 15, 2023 Author Member Share Posted May 15, 2023 ...continued Elvis Tsui Kam-kong Yuen Bun Wong Wai-shun Yumiko Cheng Lit-king Choi Ho Tong Chuan Michael Lam Kong Chan Chi-fai That's it for now, hopefully with some help there'll be more to ad. Cheers 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted May 19, 2023 Author Member Share Posted May 19, 2023 Here's an interesting behind the scenes photo from Drunken Master II, here you can see JC with "official member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team" Tong Chuan, who doubled for the great Liu Chia-liang. It seems the photo was taken when they were working on the scene where JC and Liu fight underneath the steam train. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted May 22, 2023 Author Member Share Posted May 22, 2023 (edited) Here's an update that'd be of interest to @One Armed Boxer. It took quite a bit of sleuthing but eventually I tracked down a copy of Eleven Men Playing The Flute. As you can see below, Won Jin played least two different henchmen (one with a tash and then later no tash), although he's just a stuntman here, he does get to do a bit of one-to-one swordplay against Mang Fei. It's likely that he was also doing some stunt doubling too, but I've not had time to give that a focussed look yet. Won Jin getting his face sliced up by Mang Fei. Won Jin again of the left as a different character. EDIT: I had noted the image below before but wasn't 100%, so I left it. But after looking over the film again (for other research), I'm happy to say I'm convinced. Won Jin yet again, this time as one of the straw hats. Hopefully there's even more Won Jin films hiding out there. Cheers Edited May 29, 2023 by J.J. Hayden 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted May 30, 2023 Author Member Share Posted May 30, 2023 After following a couple of my hunches, I'm very happy to say that they both payed off, one big time. Two new undiscovered Won Jin films, one of them I'll post soon as not only is Won Jin playing at least 6 roles, but several other familiar faces are there in multiple roles too, so just need to organise it a bit. But here is the lesser of the two, where Won Jin (and a few other familiar faces to fans of Korean martial arts) has a small role as a brawler in a street fight between two rival companies in 1988's The Age Of Success. Won Jin at the very back of the truck-full of great Korean stuntmen. So many of his films are unlisted anywhere (except my filmography of course, which has now been added to the HKMDB along with my bio), just go to show you've gotta keep your eyes peeled. Cheers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 2, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 2, 2023 Yes, this one was quite a find. My hunches are usually correct, but it's not often they pay off this well. The Taiwanese/Korean cross-over movie Legend Of Peach Blossom is full of familiar Korean martial arts actors, many playing several roles (one I spotted playing at least 7!!!). But what's the best bit for me is that it has my main man Won Jin playing at least 6 roles!!!! There was possibly some more but I couldn't 100% them. Just goes to show how unappreciated the Korean martial arts guys were, when so much is missing from their filmographies. Please keep an eye out for Taiwanese films that feature some Koreans and let me know, you never know who might be hidden in the cast. #1 - He is one of the guys spinning around and using the wire from their hat to whip a people, anyone have a name for that? #2 - Showing up again as one of the many staff wielders. #3 - Doubling up as a woman, something that was quite common in his career due to his size. #4 - This time he's grown a beard, playing one of the black cultists in the dungeon. #5 - harder to get screenshots of these next two due to the quality of the film, but it's more obvious when in motion. Won Jin as one of the white cultists in the final battle. #6 - The final one I could confirm. Won Jin playing one of the cultist wearing a turban(?), also in the final battle. As you can tell, I was very pleased with this discovery, eternal vigilance, that's the ticket Special thanks to @bigrogie for helping me get access to a better quality version than what I had. Cheers 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 5, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 5, 2023 (edited) Just did a big update for The Secret Rivals on HKMDB, here's some of the pics I added too: Choe Jae-ho Don Wong Tao Jeong Jin-hwa (aka Elton Chong) plays 2 roles Gam Ming Hwang Jeong-ri Hon Kwok-choi Hwang Choon-soo (big update shortly) James Nam Seok-hoon (Co-Director of the Korean cut) Jeon Ho-jin to be continued... Edited June 5, 2023 by J.J. Hayden 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 5, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 5, 2023 ... continued John Liu Chung-liang Kim Jong-heon Kim Wang-guk Kwon Il-soo Lau Kwok-shing Lee Fat-yuen playing 2 roles Lee Kyung-woo Lee Ye-min to be continued... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 5, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 5, 2023 (edited) ...continued Ma Joo-haeng Nam Po-dong Park Dong-ryong Park Hui-jin (yes he's a familiar face on this thread and I've got a big update for him soon too) EDIT: actually Richard Cheung Kuen, he gets switched out during the fight for To Wai-wo. How annoying Richard Nam Choong-il Roman Lee Kang-ho ??? No idea what this guy's name is, couldn't find anything about him on Korean sites. To Wai-wo Tong Kam-tong playing 2 roles to be continued... Edited June 6, 2023 by J.J. Hayden 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 5, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 5, 2023 ...continued Yeo Soo-jin Yuen Biao Yuen Wah Richard Cheung Kuen + Gam Ming + Lee Fat-yuen + Lau Kwok-shing Yuen Biao + To Wai-wo + Tong Kam-tong + Yuen Wah It seems to suit me more updating by person rather than by film, the whole film takes me longer, especially when I keep getting distracted when seeing certain actors then going down some rabbit holes Cheers 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 7, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 7, 2023 Another "little side thing" that ended up taking a bite out of my timetable. Went over the Korean cut of Seven Men Of Kung-Fu, the problem with it you may notice yes the quality is sub-par throughout and downright horrendous in places. Still I managed to ID all the Koreans, though the quality of the pics....the less said the better. Then again it's better than nothing. Managed to ID quite a few of the Taiwanese guys too (though I did need some help to correct one or two), so happy with the results. The quality of the pics is not my usual standard but I did the best with what I had. Chan Sing Chang Fu-chien Chang Yi Chen Chin-hai Chi Fu-chiang Chiang Ching-feng Chin Lung Ching Kuo-chung Choe Bong Heo Seok-do - Yes, despite this apparently being a Korean cut, the Korean scenes look the worst, especially the other fight scene (as you'll see) which seems to have had Slimer wipe his arse on the screen. To be continued... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 7, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 7, 2023 ...continued Ho Hing-nam Jeong Joo-hyeon - told ya!!! Jeong Yeong-guk Kang Moon-ho - glad to get this one, as he's only in about 2 films, since I knew the rest, I used the process of elimination. Kang Yong-gyu Kim Yeong-in - this is more like it. I also updated his page by merging the credits from the Unknown Korean actor (1) page. Kwon Il-soo Lee Jin-yeong - big update coming soon Lo Lieh Ma Chiang to be continued... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 7, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 7, 2023 ...continued Oh Mi-sook Pang San Park Hui-jin - yes again Phillip Ko Fei Roman Lee Kang-jo Shih Ting-ken Su Chen-ping Tian Ming Tsai Hung Tsang Ming-cheong to be continued... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 7, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 7, 2023 ...continued Wang Tai-lang The rest are some I wasn't confident enough to ID, especially as Taiwanese actors are my area of least knowledge, and suggestions for IDs would be greatly appreciated. Cheers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 9, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 9, 2023 Did another update that was only meant to be a little thing but ended up much long this time for The Shaolin Plot, quite a few Korean vets in this one and they actually get to do a good little bit of action. I also spotted the Chinese actors who played monks also playing the white bearded Temple Guardians too. The first one I had assumed was Austin Wai Tin-chi as he has a look of young Austin and the other five guys matched up, but apparently it's not him, anyone have any ideas? maybe NOT Austin Wai Tin-chi? Best Kwon Yeong-moon in nice orange robes. Billy Chan Wui-ngai Wang Ho (aka Casanova Wong) in nice orange robes. Chung Fat Jeong Jin-hwa (aka Elton Chong) Hong Seong-joon Jeong Yeong-guk to be continued... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 9, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 9, 2023 ...continued Jo Choon Kei Ho-chiu Kim Baek-soo (looks like JC's "Miss Ho" in Drunken Master ) Kwon Il-soo Lam Hak-ming Mars Park Hui-jin (yes, he is one of the most prolific Korean martial arts actors) Seo Pyung-seok I keep coming across these films where I'm just like "ah, I'll just update one or two people." the end up spending hours on it. I've got a couple more coming, I can't help myself Cheers Cheers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 11, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) I made a mini bio for Mark Houghton Born in the small town of Neneaton, Bedworth, Northern Warwickshire, Engalnd in 1962. Mark began training in martial arts at age 14, beginning with Judo, switching to Karate at age 16. It was around this time that he saw Bruce Lee and was inspired to learn Chinese martial arts but struggled to find a teacher in England at that time. Eventually a friend suggested going to Hong Kong to find a master, but it wasn't quite suitable at that time, so his friend suggested going to Malaysia as there was a large Chinese population there. So at just age 18 he moved to Malaysia, staying with his friend's family and becoming like an adopted son. The first Kung Fu school he found in Malaysia was a White Crane school, which he trained at for about a month until a friend introduced him to the films of Liu Chia-liang and the style of Hung Gar. Mark asked his friend if he knew any Hung Gar masters in Malaysia and his friend introduced him to Ho Kam-wai, who was reluctant at first to take Mark as a student, but after a gruelling seven day probation period Mark was accepted as a student and remained so for three years. Mark became an unknowing participant in a gang fight between local triads, during which he was stabbed and suffered a punctured lung. During his recovery he was intimidated by the police and decided until things died down he'd return to England and open a martial arts school. At about age 22 he started teaching martial arts in Coventry, then later in Birmingham near to Chinatown. While in Birmingham he met a Hong Kong man whose children were Mark's students and while having a conversation about why Mark liked martial arts, Mark brought up Liu Chia-liang, to which the man revealed that his friend back in Hong Kong knew Liu Chia-liang very well. Mark asked if it could be arranged for him to meet his hero as a one off, which was done and soon after, he got his wish. In June 1988, Mark met his hero at Cinema City and Liu stated that he had a good horse stance for a foreigner. Liu then took him out for dinner, during which Liu asked if Mark wanted to be in his new movie, Aces Go Places 5 which was to begin filming in November, to which Mark agreed. During this time Mark returned to his school and informed them that he'll be off for a bit to do the one movie with his hero, but when Liu offered for Mark to stay and learn from him about martial arts and cinema, Mark quickly called back home to say to shut his school as he was staying in Hong Kong, and he's remained there ever since. Before the release of Aces Go Places 5, Mark worked on some films for Godrey Ho and it was through the stuntmen on these films that he met Phillip Ko, whom he would work with several times in the future. Mark became Liu's student in both martial arts and film-making, working on many of Liu's films both on and off camera, he was often given the role of assistant action director, though due to studio politics would not be credited for this on the films. The most notable instance being on Drunken Master II, where he had to pull out of the film after a falling out between his master and Jackie Chan. He worked on the films of many other directors too, becoming one of the most recognisable gwailos in Hong Kong cinema. Edited June 11, 2023 by J.J. Hayden 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 12, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 12, 2023 A couple more mini bios I made, though the second is really just a footnote. I would've used MPG pictures, but it seems it's happened again where my external hard-drive has just decided to delete hundreds of files Still not sure why. So I had to get Eddie from HKMDB and Vince from my MP4. Eddie Maher 馬愛迪 Born in Macau to a Portuguese father and Shanghainese mother, moving to Hong Kong at a young age. He ran away from home at 16 and joined the Portuguese army, spending some of his service in Africa. After returning to Hong Kong he went abroad again, learning Karate in Japan, Muay Thai in Thailand and then fighting for a Choy Li Fut school when he again returned to Hong Kong. Despite not knowing Choy Li Fut at the time, but just being a great fighter, he became the Hong Kong middleweight champion. He would go on to work on many Hong Kong action movies and train many stars of the time at his "Health Club" gym in Tsim Sha Tsui. A notable client was Sammo Hung, who made Eddie his personal trainer for his role in Easter Condors. Eddie went with them to Canada and even had to chain up the fridge to keep Sammo on his strict diet. After many years, Eddie closed his gym and he went on to run an electronics company. He passed away on the 19th of March 2019. Vincent Di Tuataane He was born in the French territory of Noumea, New Caledonia. In 1992 he became an Australian citizen. Before his film work in Hong Kong he was a bodyguard for French government officials. Cheers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 13, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) Some more cast pics I updated for A Blow Of Fury. There's a couple that were already ID'd but I like to have pictures of them in their various outfits to help people realise when it's that actor on screen and helping preventing miss-IDing with other actors. Choe Jae-ho Han Myung-hwan Heo Seok-do - posting mini bio soon Heo Seok-do in a 2nd role Hong Seong-yeong Im Seong-ho - he's not always crying in the film, there's a few shots where he looks happy, but the quality of the footage was unusable to be continued... I've no idea why this image keeps popping up again? I did go into editing and removed it, but it's popped up again. What gives? Edited June 13, 2023 by J.J. Hayden 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 13, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 13, 2023 ...continued Kim Baek-soo - posting mini bio soon Kim Hoe-moon - Ottugi team leader Kwon Il-soo in 2 roles Lee Jin-yeong - big update coming soon Park Hui-jin playing 2 roles - update ready to go at last!!! There were some other possible IDs (including some 2nd roles) but the quality of the footage is so poor I couldn't be sure, so have left them for now, hopefully all these films will see a remastered release some day. Cheers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 13, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 13, 2023 another mini bio Kim Baek-soo 김백수 Born Kim Keon-ha in South Korea in 1951. Kim Baek-soo's film career began in the mid 70's with 파라문 (aka Brahmana Gate) for South Korean director Richard Park Woo-sang, the two would work on several films together. He made several martial arts films during the mid to late 70's and was instrumental in the creation of the Ottugi Martial Arts Troupe, leading the team for their demo at the Jhoon Rhee Tae Kwon Do Ballet at the 2nd U.S. Infantry Division in November 1982. He eventually made the move from martial arts actor to focusing more on action directing, working on many projects over the next few decades. He would go on to become one of South Korea TV's most prolific action directors, working consistently for KBS, one of South Korea's top stations. Cheers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 14, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 14, 2023 Some more ID's, this time from Shaolin Water Seller. A tricky one to work with as even though most of the main cast are familiar, the only footage I could find is really poor quality, then when it comes to the stuntmen it was nearly impossible to confidently ID any of them If anyone knows where to find a decent copy, please let me know. Cheon Eun-gyung Heo Seok-do Hong Seong-chan - I also merged the Unknown Korean Actor (4) page Hwang Choon-soo Hyeon Kil-soo Kang Yong-gyu Kim Ki-joo Kim Kyung-ah Kook Jeong-sook Lee Hui-seong to be continued... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 14, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 14, 2023 ...continued Park Hui-jin - update is ready, just having to deal with a few tech issues at the moment though. Song In-hyeok Yoon Yeong-ae Wish I could add more, but until a better version is available I'm a bit stuck. Cheers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 15, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 15, 2023 (edited) another mini bio I created, it's quite tricky doing them when there's so little info to go on Heo Seok-do He was born on the 7th of May 1958 in South Korea. While in studying art in college, a senior who was already an actor encouraged him to also become an actor and helped him get his first gig. His acting career began in the late seventies, where his martial arts skills were put to good use in action films, particularly those of Lee Hyeok-soo and Richard Park Woo-sang. But his true passion was the art/make-up department and he felt that he needed more experience to really pursue this field. So at the end of the decade he decided to study art abroad including in: Japan; Germany; and the USA. He still made the odd film appearance now and then, but had settled into art/make-up full time. He worked on many films throughout the 80s and 90s in that capacity. Cheers Edited June 16, 2023 by J.J. Hayden 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 17, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 17, 2023 Here's the first of the "Big 4" as I call them, four Korean martial arts actors that seem to be in everything, yet hadn't been ID'd on HKMDB etc. This one will be familiar to anyone who follows this thread, it's been a long tie coming. Park Hui-jin Born in 1951 in South Korea, he began his martial arts film career alongside Hwang Jeong-ri in the films of director Lee Doo-yong. He had great kicking skills and was also adept with weapons, making him a popular choice for many of the directors of Korean action films including; Kim Seon-gyung; Lee Hyeok-soo ; Kim Shi-hyeon; and Richard Park Woo-sang. His acting skills were also noticed early in his career and he quickly moved from being a stuntman to playing supporting roles as both heroes and villains. His proven track record helped secure him the lead role in the Korean re-cut of Corey Yuen's action classic Ninja In The Dragon's Den. Park and several other local actors filmed new scenes in 1985, which replaced the original scenes featuring Japanese superstar Sanada Hiroyuki. He was groomed to be the next Hwang Jeong-ri, having a lot of the same skills and attributes and working several times on cross-over films with Hong Kong and Taiwan. The plan was for him to travel back and forth between Hong Kong and Korea, in the same manner as Hwang Jeong-ri, but due to an unforeseen accident these plans would never come to fruition and he would never quite recover. His career did continue locally though, with him still making appearances in several kids oriented martial arts films and the gangster movies that became popular in Korea during the late 80s and throughout the 90s. He also had a very steady work load in TV, being a common face in many of the period dramas of KBS, one of South Korea's top stations. Although his stardom never reached the heights it deserved to, he still had a long and colourful career. His face is one of the most familiar of the Korean martial arts actors for western fans, with many of his performances being available on DVD, and with more films being re-mastered, hopefully his name will become just as familiar, he certainly deserves it. For more pictures I've taken of one of martial arts cinema's unsung heroes, please check out the updated HKMDB page https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=54639&display_set=eng Cheers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member J.J. Hayden Posted June 21, 2023 Author Member Share Posted June 21, 2023 Well, couldn't retrieve my MPG files so I've got at least 200 DVDs to rip again Gotta take what you can from bad situations so at least it gave me an excuse to go over Mr. Nice Guy again (since my unedited pics collection got wiped). Doing so I've been able to concentrate on the JC team in the film rather than thinking about the Aussie guys too. It's been quite productive, not only did I work out pretty much every time they double some of the Aussie guys, but also spotted them playing small roles here and there, usually while in an action scene. But not only that, a few of the Aussies turn up again here and there too. I'll update the HKMDB again over the next few days but I'll put some of the original pics here. Andy Cheng Kai-chung In front of the car. Again at the bottom of the right escalator. Again on the right holding the box of fruit. Chan Man-ching At the very back by the metal pillar. 2nd on the right, in black with long hair, pretending to be a woman, something he he several times in this film. Playing a woman again, on the right. 2 similar pics of Habby Heske, I'm not sure which is better? This one his upper body is clearer and his leg blurred. This one is the opposite, body blurred, leg clear. Which is better? to be continued... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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