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Idy Chan

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Birth name Chan Yuk-lin陳玉蓮
Nationality Taiwan
Birth 25 march 1960 (64 years)

Idy Chan Yuk Lin (born 25 March 1960) is a popular Hong Kong TV actress, especially during the 1980s.

Biography

Ayant rejoint l'industrie du divertissement en 1977, elle est surtout connue pour son interprétation de trois des personnages des Chants du chasseur d'aigles, celui de Xiaolongnü aux côtés d'Andy Lau dans le rôle de Yang Guo dans l'adaptation de TVB de 1983 du roman wuxia de Louis Cha, Le Justicier et l'Aigle mythique, celui de Huang Rong dans l'adaptation de China Television de 1988 aux côtés de Howie Wong dans le rôle de Guo Jing et celui de Xiaozhao avec Adam Cheng dans le rôle de Zhang Wuji dans The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber de 1978.

En 1982, elle joue également Wang Yuyan dans les adaptations télévisuelles et cinématographiques de Demi-dieux et Semi-démons. Surtout populaire à la télévision, elle apparaît cependant dans de nombreux films du début des années 1980 au début des années 1990, comme Casino Raiders.

Hors de l'écran, sa longue romance de 5 ans (1978-1983) avec Chow Yun-fat fait également les gros titres dans les premiers jours de leur carrière à la télévision. Le tournage de la série The Return of the Condor Heroes abouti à l'amour non réciproque d'Andy Lau pour elle. Idy s'installe à New York pendant son court mariage avec l'homme d'affaires Peter Chan Siu-moo.

Idy Chan est moins active depuis 1993. En 2007, elle revient pour tourner la série Catch Me Now , qui marque également son retour sur l'écran. Depuis, elle apparaît parfois dans des émissions de télévision en Chine continentale et à Hong Kong. En plus de gérer sa propre entreprise et celle de sa famille dans la publicité et la restauration, elle est également une bénévole active de nombreuses œuvres de bienfaisance.

Usually with

Wong Jing
Wong Jing
(2 films)
Andy Lau
Andy Lau
(3 films)
Chen Kuan-tai
Chen Kuan-tai
(2 films)
Chu Yuan
Chu Yuan
(1 films)
Lo Lieh
Lo Lieh
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Idy Chan (9 films)

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Actress

The Way We Are, 1h30
Directed by Ann Hui
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama
Actors Paw Hee-ching, Idy Chan, Clifton Ko
Roles Ms. Tsui
Rating74% 3.733363.733363.733363.733363.73336
Paw Hee-Ching and Leung Chun-lung play a mother and son who live in Tin Shui Wai New Town. Paw works in the local supermarket while Leung is a Form 5 student who is waiting for his HKCEE results during summer holiday.
Blood Stained Tradewind, 1h38
Directed by Chu Yuan
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Idy Chan, Chen Kuan-tai, Alex Fong, Carrie Ng, Chu Yuan, Ng Man-tat
Roles Sophia
Rating57% 2.85552.85552.85552.85552.8555
Sing (Alex Fong) and Hung (Waise Lee) grew up in a triad gang where they developed a great relationship with Uncle Lung's (Pau Fong) daughter Sophia (Idy Chan). Due to his old age and sickness, Lung decides to choose Sing as his successor. However, Sing refuses the offer and is kicked out of the gang. In his place, Lung chooses Hung as his successor and also arranges his marriage to Sophia.
Kawashima Yoshiko, 1h45
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Biography, Action, Historical, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Anita Mui, Andy Lau, Patrick Tse, Derek Yee, Ken Lo, Idy Chan
Roles Empress Wan Jung
Rating64% 3.240973.240973.240973.240973.24097
Yoshiko Kawashima is the 14th princess of Prince Su of the Qing Dynasty. In order to revive the Qing culture, Su sent Yoshiko to Japan to be trained as a spy by Naniwa Kawashima, who also deprived Yoshiko of her virginity. Yoshiko was ordered to marry a Mongolian prince, although the marriage was a failure. After breaking with Naniwa, Yoshiko went to Shanghai and, with her beauty and leverage, she attaches herself to Japanese general Tanaka Takayoshi and helps Emperor Puyi establish Manchukuo in Changchun. She becomes a commander of a Manchukuo Army unit and a Japanese spy, seeking revenge on revolutionaries. But upon seeing her former lover Cloud, who became a revolutionary, being arrested for assassinating Takayoshi, Yoshiko has a change of mind. But a crisis will ensue.
Casino Raiders, 2h7
Directed by Corey Yuen, Wong Jing
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Andy Lau, Idy Chan, Alan Tam, Rosamund Kwan, Charles Heung, Eddy Ko
Roles Tong Ko-Yan
Rating66% 3.33323.33323.33323.33323.3332
Crab Chan (Andy Lau) and Sam Law (Alan Tam) are a pair of renowned professional gamblers who are best friends. One day, tycoon Lung (Charles Heung) hires the two of them to his casino in Las Vegas to crack a scam led by a pair of Japanese gamblers, Kung (Hagiwara Kenzo) and his son Taro (Lung Fong). There, Crab and Sam also meets Koyan Tong (Idy Chan), a rich heiress from Hong Kong who was on vacation in the United States. Koyan and Sam also develop a relationship.
On the Run
On the Run (1988)
, 1h28
Directed by Carlo Chin, Alfred Cheung
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Yuen Biao, Charlie Chin, Idy Chan, Lee Heung-kam, Lo Lieh, Yuen Wah
Roles Insp. Lo Huan
Rating70% 3.5305453.5305453.5305453.5305453.530545
Chui Pai (Pat Ha) is a dangerous killer who shot a woman during the night and lives with her daughter. She has been hunted for many years and cannot stop hiding. Hsiang Ming (Yuen Biao) is a police officer has been doing his job poorly. His wife was killed in a restaurant and the police accuse him of his wife's murder. Things become even more complicated for Hsiang as he discovers that she and he are now targeted by detectives led by Superintendent Lui (Charlie Chin), seeking to cover evidence of their own drug crimes. Framed for murder, Hsiang rapidly runs out of options as the killers target his elderly mother and young daughter. Wounded, Hsiang is forced to rely on the assassin Pai, who slowly warms up to him while caring for him and his young daughter. They have to stick together as long as they can until they die or are taken under custody.
The Crazy Companies, 1h39
Directed by Wong Jing
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy
Actors Idy Chan, Natalis Chan, Charlie Cho, Stanley Fung, Andy Lau, Sandra Ng
Roles JoAnne
Rating60% 3.00053.00053.00053.00053.0005
Tsui Tung Kwai (Andy Lau) est un jeune hongkongais qui tente d'émigrer aux États-Unis lorsqu'il apprend que son père est décédé et lui a laissé la moitié de sa fortune. De retour à Hong Kong, il découvre qu'il y a cependant une condition dans le testament, il doit travailler dans l'entreprise familiale pendant 6 mois sans avoir de problèmes. À son insu, son demi-frère a embauché les 3 plus mauvais gestionnaires de la société pour tenter de le faire échouer.
Shaolin & Wu Tang, 1h27
Directed by Liu Chia-liang, Gordon Liu
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Gordon Liu, Adam Cheng, Chan Shen, Idy Chan, Elvis Tsui, Ching Li
Roles Yan-ling
Rating70% 3.53963.53963.53963.53963.5396
Master Liu and Master Law are rival masters of Shaolin style kung fu and Wu-Tang style sword fighting, running schools in the same city. Their top students, Chao Fung-wu (Adam Cheng) and Hung Jun-kit (Gordon Liu), are actually close friends, with Jun-kit's sister, Yan-ling, having a crush on Fung-wu. After observing the two students fighting at a brothel, two of the local Qing Lord's (Wang Lung Wei) soldiers report the power of the styles to him. The Lord determines that the two styles are dangerous and that he must learn both.