Yuen Woo-Ping
Directing
Biography
Yuen Woo-ping (Chinese: 袁和平; pinyin: Yuán Hépíng; alias: Yuen Wo-ping; born 1945) is a Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and film director who worked in Hong Kong action cinema and later Hollywood films. He is one of the inductees on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong. Yuen is also a son of Yuen Siu-tien, a martial arts film actor.
Born: January 1, 1945
Place of Birth: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Known For
Madam White Snake
This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure down viewers' backs. The Lovely Linda Lin Dai (Les Belles, The Kingdom And The Beauty) and margaret Tu Chuan (The Dream of The Red Chamber) play the two sister serpents, Pak Su-cheng and Ching Ching. Su-cheng meets Hsu Hsien (Chao Lei) one day and recognizes him as her savior in another life 1,000 years ago. She marries him to reward him but the snake-human union brings about problems beyond imagination.
King Drummer
Ling Yun plays the replacement hired for a popular band whose egotistic drummer quit to join a rival group. When the new arrival becomes a hit, he earns the jealous wrath of the predecessor. Meanwhile, the young drummer's mother is fervently against his music career. With the gorgeous Lily Ho as the manageress of the band and some terrific drumming set pieces, the whole thing, needless to say, comes off with a bang.
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.
Shaolin Drunkard
This very strange movie shows the sort of thing Yuen Woo-ping will do when he is left to his own designs and imagination. Even strange for him, this movie involves vampires, huge monster toads, and drunk monks. For some of the effects puppets were used, including a very creepy/realistic dummy version of the Drunk Monk. The fight scenes are very creative and show off Yuen Woo-ping's weird sense of style and choreography.
The Singing Killer
David Chiang stars as a nightclub vocalist whose former criminal friends blackmail him into working with them again.
Drunken Master
After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.
The Imposter
With the cast list, you would almost expect this to be another Chang Cheh film. Two of Chang's proteges, David Chiang and Chen Kuan-tai go head-to-head in The Imposter which sees cinematographer Pao Hsueh-li back in the director's chair. Chiang plays Ko Liang, as master of disguise who puts his seven faces to good use when he goes to the aid of two young guardsmen Tseng Yung (Danny Lee) and Tseng Kan (Wang Chung) who have been framed by Captain Lo (Chen Kuan-tai) for murder.
Eastern Condors
A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.
Making 'The Matrix'
A promotional making-of documentary for the film Matrix, The (1999) that devotes its time to explaining the digital and practical effects contained in the film. This is very interesting, seeing as how they're giving away the cinematic secrets that they created solely for the this movie, that have now been spoofed and referenced in countless other films.
Kung Fu Stuntmen
A new documentary film revisits the golden age of kung fu stuntmen and action directors in Hong Kong during the 1960s-'80s, exploring their pain and struggles. The documentary is a tribute to kung fu stuntmen. “They risked their lives for stunts,” said kung fu choreographer Yuen Bin. In their heyday, these stuntmen and choreographers presented the best, most creative and most complicated kung fu fight sequences anywhere in the world, creating stunts that looked seemingly impossible.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as VIP audience (uncredited)
as Chan Wah-shun
as Self
as Self
as Self - Kung Fu Choreographer
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Sleeping Cop
as Sergeant Kayama
as Master Dragon
as Man at Dinner
as Yi
as Chia Yi Chen in Disguise
as Headmaster Lau
as Master Eight
as Yam Yan-Hei
as Mini
as Paula's Cousin
as Night watchman [cameo]
as Man with Bucket of Greens (uncredited)
as Thug
as Extra (uncredited)
as Tin Choi's Thug / Road Worker / Policeman
as Soldier (Extra)
as Science Research Center's Staff
as Feng's Comrade
as Mountain Bandit (uncredited)
as Gu's Thug
as Thug in Nightclub
as Soldier
as Casino Thug
as Yu Chow-Kai's Thug
as Thug
as Jin Long Student (uncredited)
as Yang's Thug (uncredited)
as Chiang Ren's Man (uncredited)
as Drunk Officer (uncredited)
as Gan's Man Turns on Lights (uncredited)
as (extra) (uncredited)
as Lo Brothers' Thug
as King Jin's Soldier / Bandit
as Mountain Slicing Squad
as Feng's Door Guard / Jin's Thug (uncredited)
as Extra
as (extra) (uncredited)
as (extra)
as Shang's thug [extra]
as Hulu Valley's bandit
as Golden Dragon Five Heroes
as (extra) (uncredited)
as Feng's Disciple
as (extra) (uncredited)
as Thug
as Soldier
as Chaoching monk
as Red Lotus member
as God of Thunder's Fellow
as Red Lotus member
as Celestial spirit