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Yuen Cheung-Yan is a Actor, Director, Action Director and Martial Arts Choreographer born on 1 january 1957
Yuen Cheung-Yan is an actor, director, stuntman, and fight choreographer who has worked for many years in the Hong Kong film industry. During the 1970s and early 1980s, he worked with Yuen Woo-Ping (Yuen Cheung-Yan's brother) and other members of the Yuen family on several films, some of them kung fu comedies such as Shaolin Drunkard (1982) and The Miracle Fighters (1983).
(2003)
(Stunts)
(2003)
(Fight Choreographer)
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Birth 1 january 1957 (67 years)
Yuen Cheung-Yan is an actor, director, stuntman, and fight choreographer who has worked for many years in the Hong Kong film industry. During the 1970s and early 1980s, he worked with Yuen Woo-Ping (Yuen Cheung-Yan's brother) and other members of the Yuen family on several films, some of them kung fu comedies such as Shaolin Drunkard (1982) and The Miracle Fighters (1983).
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Soccer Killer (2017)
Directed by Jeffrey Lau
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Gillian Chung, Charlene Choi, Patrick Tam, Stephy Tang, Lam Chi Chung, Li Jing
Roles Guo Hua Qiang
Rating33%
Dans la dynastie Song, un groupe de patriotes joue au football contre le traître avec une équipe d'ennemis étrangers, de pro-nobles royaux, de bandits, de maîtres en arts martiaux et embrasse la haine du pays pour concourir pour la première fois dans l'histoire du match international de football de la Chine.
Kung Fu Jungle (2014)
, 1h40Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung, Michelle Bai, Louis Fan, Alex Fong, Xing Yu
Roles Lui Ching-yuen
Rating64%
Hahou Mo, a martial arts expert and police self-defense instructor (Donnie Yen) is incarcerated for involuntary manslaughter during a fight with an opponent. Three years later, a vicious killer (Wang Baoqiang) emerges and starts killing retired martial arts masters that Hahou knows. With his own personal agenda, Hahou reveals he knows the killer's next intended victims and offers to aid Inspector Luk Yuen-Sum (Charlie Young) in capturing the killer with his martial arts skills and knowledge in exchange for his freedom.
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (2014)
, 1h35Directed by Wong Ching-po
Origin Hong kong
Genres Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Gangster films
Actors Sammo Hung, Philip Wan-Lung Ng, Andy On, Philip Ng, Chen Kuan-tai, Yuen Cheung-Yan
Roles Laughing Buddha
Rating67%
Possessing unique super strength and martial arts skills since childhood, Ma Yongzhen (Philip Ng) travels from his hometown to Shanghai to seek a livelihood. There he meets rising gang boss Long Qi (Andy On), whose ruthlessness and powerful martial arts skills have put the four gang leaders of Shanghai’s reigning Axe fraternity on notice and pushed their territory from four even parts of Shanghai to just only half of it under the Axe fraternity and half under his own reign. Both youths possess insanely good martial arts skills. Ma righteously challenges Long Qi over his criminal activities at the pier with a duration of a cigarette in which if Ma won, he could have the entire truckloads of Opium for himself. Ma won the fight but instead of taking it and selling it out, he burnt the Opium right in front of Long Qi and Long Qi is impressed by Ma’s stalwart character and awesome martial arts skills. Soon, Long Qi offers to be Ma’s benefactor.
Black Comedy (2014)
, 1h30Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Chapman To, Jim Chim, Hui Shiu-hung, Siu Yam-yam, Shirley Yeung, Elvina Kong
Rating40%
Johnny Du Kei-Fung (Wong Cho-Lam) is a Hong Kong detective who dreams of becoming a member of the exclusive G4 Team that protects the city's Chief Executive (Patrick Dunn). Johnny is deemed too short for the team and his application is denied. At home, Johnny is bullied by his girlfriend Angel (Kimmy Tong) as weak and unsuccessful.
The House That Never Dies (2014)
, 1h30Directed by Raymond Yip Wai-man
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Actors Francis Ng, Qin Hailu, Li Jing, Elaine Jin, Yuen Cheung-Yan
Rating45%
The 3D thriller is based on the legendary mansion at No. 81 on Chaoyangmennei Street in Beijing, follows Xu Ruoqing (Ruby Lin), a woman whose presence in the notorious mansion draws up the spirits that have taken residence there.
The Grandmaster (2013)
, 2h10Directed by Wong Kar-wai
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Historical, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Zhao Benshan, Song Hye-kyo, Yuen Woo-ping
Roles Gold Pavilion Client
Rating65%
The film narrates the life of the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man from the 1930s in Foshan, his flight to Hong Kong after the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the events leading up to his death.
Mr. & Mrs. Gambler (2012)
, 1h50Directed by Wong Jing
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Chapman To, Fiona Sit, Philip Wan-Lung Ng, Zuki Lee, Elena Kong, Yuen Cheung-Yan
Rating52%
Manfred and Flora are compulsive gamblers who can gamble on anything 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They meet at a casino in Macau, where they both suffer heavy losses and are held hostage by loan sharks. During their hostage ordeal, they start to have passion for each other. When they meet in Hong Kong again, they finally fall in love and decided to get married. After they married, their luck turned, making great progress in both their career and relationship. They soon gave birth to their daughter. With assistance of a charming producer, Michelle, Manfred got the chance to take a leading role in a new movie. The Casino Boss, Sam, invited Flora to work for him to chase away the con men. In fact, Michelle and Sam are ex-lovers. Both of them are now attracted by Manfred and Flora’s unique characters and go for them in full strength. Manfred and Flora cannot resist the temptation and decided to get divorced. However, both of them would like to obtain their daughter’s custody rights.
Kung Fu Man (2012)
, 1h30Directed by Ning Ying (宁瀛), Yuen Cheung-Yan
Genres Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Tiger Chen, Vanessa Branch, Yuen Cheung-Yan
Rating49%
It tells the story of the Chinese Kung Fu Man Chen Ping who protects a young boy named "Christophe" from his kidnappers.
Just Another Pandora's Box (2010)
, 1h32Directed by Jeffrey Lau
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Gigi Leung, Betty Sun, Eric Tsang, Gillian Chung, Athena Chu, Patrick Tam
Rating46%
Rose Fairy is sailing along the river when she suddenly trips on a rope and falls into the water. The trap is set by the bandit Qingyise, who wants to rob her. He steals the Purple Sword from her and plans to sell it. Just then, Joker (the protagonist in A Chinese Odyssey) appears and makes Qingyise unsheathe the sword by pulling away its scabbard. Rose Fairy regains consciousness and mistakenly thinks it was Qingyise who unsheathed the sword. Since she has made a promise to marry the person who unsheathes the sword, she follows Qingyise wherever he goes, leading to a cat-and-mouse chase between the two of them.
Jump (2009)
, 1h27Directed by Stephen Fung
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Dance films
Actors Kitty Zhang Yuqi, Leon Jay Williams, Daniel Wu, Yuen Cheung-Yan, Lee Sheung-Ching
Rating55%
Phoenix is a peasant girl who dreams of becoming a dance star in the big city. One day, a previous resident of the town comes and offer ten slots at his factory to those interested in the town. Phoenix wins one, but she gives it to her best friend Snow instead. They both leave their town and travel to Shanghai. Snow takes a job in garment factory. Phoenix accidentally gets a job there too. She sneaks out at night and takes another as a janitor in a dance studio so she can learn enough to be in a hip hop street dance competition. After running into her several times, the owner of the studio helps her take dance classes. Eventually, he (Ron Chan), begins to drop his playboy exterior and takes her out to dinner. One day though, Phoenix catches him saying cruel things about her on the phone, although he tells her its just publicity. Suspicious, she follows him to the airport and sees him meeting another girl there. Phoenix flees back to her home, leaving Ron and Snow confused about where she went.
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
, 1h39Directed by Stephen Chow, Sammo Hung
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Gangster films
Actors Yuen Qiu, Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Danny Chan Kwok Kwan, Xing Yu, Chiu Chi Ling
Roles Beggar
Rating76%
In Shanghai during the 1930s, Sing and his friend Bone attempt to join the Deadly Axe Gang which ruthlessly control the city under leadership of Brother Sum. Sing seeks to restore his confidence after being humiliated as a young boy while trying to protect a mute girl from bullies, due to the failure of the Buddhist Palm method he had learned from a pamphlet he bought from beggar. Sing and Bone attempt to intimidate the residents of Pig Sty Alley but are chased off by its Landlady. Hearing of this, Sum orders Sing and Bone captured, while sending the Gang to reassert its authority from the humiliation. Three of the tenants, Coolie, Fairy, and Donut, are revealed as martial arts masters and defeat more than fifty of the Gang. Fearing retribution, the Landlady evicts the three, but they meet a pair of hired assassins using a magical guqin to launch invisible blades. Coolie is beheaded, and Fairy and Donut are mortally wounded before the Landlady and her husband the Landlord reveal that they too are martial arts masters, having gone into self-exile after the death of their son. The two defeat the assassins but Fairy and Donut die from their wounds. The Landlords temporarily evacuate the other tenants for their safety.
, 1h46Directed by McG
Origin USA
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Feminist films, Sports films, Martial arts films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Crispin Glover, Bernie Mac, Justin Theroux
Roles Deranged Mongol
Rating49%
After rescuing U.S. Marshal Ray Carter (Robert Patrick) in Mongolia, the Angels, Dylan (Drew Barrymore), Natalie (Cameron Diaz), and Alex (Lucy Liu) are hired to locate a set of titanium rings called H.A.L.O. (Hidden Alias List Operation) stolen from the Department of Justice that, when put together in a machine, will display a list of all individuals in the witness protection program. Many people, including Justice Department official William Rose Bailey (Bruce Willis), who possessed one of the rings, were murdered in the process. Having discovered that one of the protected witnesses, Alan Caulfield (Eric Bogosian), was murdered in his house in San Bernardino, the Angels investigate the scene and discover evidence suggesting that Caulfield was smothered with a bag and the killer is a surfer with a scar on his left leg. Meanwhile, Natalie and her now boyfriend Peter Kominsky (Luke Wilson) are moving in together, with some help from Alex's boyfriend Jason Gibbons (Matt LeBlanc), whose relationship with Alex is on a "time out".
Charlie's Angels (2000)
, 1h38Directed by McG
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Feminist films, Sports films, Transport films, Aviation films, Martial arts films, Political films, Dans un avion, Buddy films
Actors Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Sam Rockwell, Kelly Lynch
Roles Chinese Man on Plane (uncredited)
Rating56%
Dylan Sanders (Drew Barrymore), Natalie Cook (Cameron Diaz), and Alex Munday (Lucy Liu) are the "Angels," three talented, tough, attractive women who work as private investigators for an unseen millionaire named Charlie (voiced by Forsythe). Charlie uses a speaker in his offices to communicate with the Angels, and his assistant Bosley (Bill Murray) works with them directly when needed.
Forbidden City Cop (1996)
, 1h29Directed by Stephen Chow, Vincent Kok
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Stephen Chow, Carina Lau, Cheung Tat-ming, Tats Lau Yee-Tat, Yuen Cheung-Yan, Lee Lik-chi
Roles Evil Mother
Rating68%
Ling Ling Fat is a Cantonese wordplay on the code number "008", a reference to James Bond, whose number was 007 (see From Beijing with Love), as well as part of a Cantonese Chinese New Year's Greeting: "Kung hei fat choy" (恭喜發財).
How to Meet the Lucky Stars (1996)
, 1h52Directed by Frankie Chan
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Sammo Hung, Eric Tsang, Cheng Pei-pei, Chen Kuan-tai, Stanley Fung, Michael Miu
Rating52%
During an International Gambling Competition, "The King of Gamblers" Lui Tin (Chen Kuan Tai) lost to the lacivious, psychotic lesbian queen of gamblers Sheung Kung Fei Fa aka "The Gambling Flower" (Kung Suet Fa) which caused him to commit suicide. His daughter Wai Lam (Fung Sau Yin) vows to avenge her father's death and get help from her late father's good friend. Uncle Wah (Cho Tat Wah), who is a police inspector. Wah also enlists the "Lucky Stars" to assist him.