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      Sammo Hung

      Sammo Hung

      Still: Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
      One of the most productive people in the film industry, martial arts legend Sammo HUNG (1952, Hong Kong) has worked on well over 200 films as a director, producer, actor and stunt choreographer, among other roles. He enrolled in a Peking Opera School at the age of ten, where he developed skills in martial arts alongside Jackie Chan, with whom Hung would star in many of his films. During his school years, Hung featured as a child actor in some 1960s Hong Kong films and when he left school he worked as an extra and stuntman before taking up other roles. He helped reinvent the martial arts genre during the Hong Kong New Wave, making action sequences more realistic and frenetic.

      Filmography

      San De huo shang yu Chong Mi Liu/The Iron-Fisted Monk (1977), Fei Lung gwoh gong/Enter the Fat Dragon (1978), Zan xian sheng yu zhao qian Hua/Warriors Two (1978), Za jia xiao zi/Knockabout (1979), Shen bu you ji/The Victim (1980), Sei mong tap/Game of Death II (1980), Gui da gui/Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980), Baai ga jai/The Prodigal Son (1981), Tai fong siu sau/Carry on, Pickpocket (1982), Qi mou miao ji: Wu fu xing/Winners & Sinners (1983), Kuai can che/Wheels on Meals (1984), Mao tou ying yu xiao fei xiang/The Owl vs. Bumbo (1984), Fuk sing go jiu/My Lucky Stars (1985), Xia ri fu xing/Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars (1985), Long de xin/Heart of Dragon (1985, co-dir), Foo gwai lip che/The Millionaires' Express (1986), Dung fong tuk ying/Eastern Condors (1987), Fei lung mang jeung/Dragons Forever (1988, co-dir), Gui meng jiao/Spooky, Spooky (1988, co-dir), Qun long xi feng/Pedicab Driver (1989), Zhong yi qun ying/Seven Warriors (1989, co-dir), Zhi fen shuang xiong/Pantyhose Hero (1990), Mi zong wei long/The Tantana (1991, co-dir), Chi xian zhen bian ren/Slickers vs. Killers (1991), Ng fuk sing chong gwai/Ghost Punting (1992, co-dir), Chin san chuen suet/Moon Warriors (1992), Yat do king sing/Blade of Fury (1993), Shen zhou di yi dao/China's First Swordsman (1994), Mou mian bei/Don't Give a Damn (1995), Yat goh ho yan/Mr. Nice Guy (1997), Wong fei hung VI: Sai wik hung see/Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997), Wo de te gong ye ye/The Bodyguard (2016), Baat Bou Bun/Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020, omnibus film)

      More info: Wikipedia, Sammo Hung

      Sammo Hung at IFFR