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Yuen Biao

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Yuen Biao (born 26 July 1957) is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. [1]

67 relations: A Kid from Tibet, A Man Called Hero, Acrobatics, Actor, Beijing, Beijing Media Network, Body double, British Hong Kong, Bruce Lee, Bryan Leung, Castle Peak Road, Chinese martial arts, Corey Yuen, Dragons Forever, Dreadnaught (film), Ekin Cheng, Enter the Dragon, Extra (acting), Fist of Fury, Game of Death, Hero (1997 film), Hong Kong action cinema, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography, Hong Kong people, Jack Wu, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Ji Chunhua, Jyutping, Kim Tai-chung, Knockabout (film), Lam Ngai Kai, Leung Jan, Lucky Stars, Maggie Shiu, Mainland China, Martial arts, Max Mok, Nicholas Tse, Once Upon a Time in China, Once Upon a Time in China II, Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Peking Opera School, Pinyin, Project A, Real Kung Fu, Reality television, Rob-B-Hood, Sammo Hung, Shanghai Noon, ..., Stage combat, Stunt performer, Taekwondo, Takeshi Kaneshiro, The Prodigal Son (1981 film), Timmy Hung, Traditional Chinese characters, TVB, United States, Way of the Dragon, Wheels on Meals, Wing Chun (film), Wing Chun (TV series), Winners and Sinners, Yu Jim-yuen, Yuen Wah, Yuen Woo-ping. Expand index (17 more) »

A Kid from Tibet

A Kid from Tibet is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts-action film directed by and starring Yuen Biao.

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A Man Called Hero

A Man Called Hero is a 1999 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Andrew Lau.

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Acrobatics

Acrobatics (from Greek ἀκροβατέω akrobateō, "walk on tiptoe, strut") is the performance of extraordinary human feats of balance, agility, and motor coordination.

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Actor

An actor (often actress for women; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance.

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Beijing

Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's second most populous city proper, and most populous capital city.

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Beijing Media Network

Beijing Media Network (BMN) is a government-owned television network in the People's Republic of China.

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Body double

In filmmaking, a body double is a person who substitutes in a scene for another actor such that the person's face is not shown.

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British Hong Kong

British Hong Kong was the period during which Hong Kong was under British Crown rule, from 1841 to 1997 (excluding the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945).

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Bruce Lee

Lee Jun-fan (November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee, was a Hong Kong and American actor, film director, martial artist, martial arts instructor, philosopher, and founder of the martial art Jeet Kune Do, one of the wushu or kungfu styles.

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Bryan Leung

Bryan Leung Kar-yan (born 20 January 1949) is a Hong Kong film and television actor and film director who has played roles in numerous acclaimed martial arts films.

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Castle Peak Road

Castle Peak Road is the longest road in Hong Kong.

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Chinese martial arts

Chinese martial arts, often named under the umbrella terms kung fu and wushu, are the several hundred fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in China.

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Corey Yuen

Corey Yuen (born Ying Gang-ming (殷元奎) 15 February 1951; also credited as Corey Yuen Kwai and Yuen Kwai) is a Hong Kong action director, film director, producer and action choreographer.

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Dragons Forever

Dragons Forever is a 1988 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film directed by Sammo Hung, who also co-stars in the film.

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Dreadnaught (film)

Dreadnaught is a 1981 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo-ping and starring Yuen Biao, Bryan Leung and Kwan Tak-hing.

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Ekin Cheng

Ekin Cheng (born 4 October 1967) is a Hong Kong actor and singer.

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Enter the Dragon

Enter the Dragon is a 1973 Hong Kong-American martial arts action film, directed by Robert Clouse, and starring Bruce Lee, John Saxon, and Jim Kelly.

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Extra (acting)

A background actor or extra is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera or ballet production, who appears in a nonspeaking or nonsinging (silent) capacity, usually in the background (for example, in an audience or busy street scene).

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Fist of Fury

Fist of Fury (also known as “The Chinese Connection”) is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lo Wei, starring Bruce Lee in his second major role after The Big Boss (1971).

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Game of Death

The Game of Death is an incomplete 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film directed, written, produced by and starring Bruce Lee, in his final film attempt.

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Hero (1997 film)

Hero is a 1997 Hong Kong martial arts film written and directed by Corey Yuen.

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Hong Kong action cinema

Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame.

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Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography

The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to a choreographer or a group of choreographers for the best achievement in action choreography.

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Hong Kong people

Hong Kong people, also known as Hongkongers and sometimes Hong Kongese, are people who originate from or live in Hong Kong.

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Jack Wu

Jack Wu (born 23 August 1977) is a television actor and host from Hong Kong, working for TVB.

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Jackie Chan

Chan Kong-sang, SBS, MBE, PMW (生; born 7 April 1954), known professionally as Jackie Chan, is a Hong Kong martial artist, actor, film director, producer, stuntman, and singer.

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Jet Li

Li Lianjie (born 26 April 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese film actor, film producer, martial artist, and retired Wushu champion who was born in Beijing.

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Ji Chunhua

Ji Chunhua (born 1961 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang), sometimes romanized as Gai Chun Wa, is a Chinese actor and action choreographer.

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Jyutping

Jyutping is a romanisation system for Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK), an academic group, in 1993.

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Kim Tai-chung

Kim Tai-chung (June 5, 1957 – August 27, 2011), also known as Kim Tai-jong or Tong Lung (唐龍; Chinese stage name), was a Korean born taekwondo practitioner martial artist actor and businessman.

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Knockabout (film)

Knockabout (Chinese:雜家小子; Za jia xiao zi) is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film starring Yuen Biao and directed by Sammo Hung, who also co-stars in the film.

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Lam Ngai Kai

Lam Ngai Kai (藍乃才), a.k.a. Nam Lai Choi, Nam Nai Choi, Simon Nam (born 1953), is a Hong Kong-based cinematographer and film director.

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Leung Jan

Leung Jan (梁贊, aka Leung Tsan; Mandarin Chinese: Liang Zan) (1826—1901) was a Wing Chun practitioner.

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Lucky Stars

Lucky Stars (or Five Lucky Stars; was a Hong Kong action comedy film series in the 1980s and 1990s, blending Chinese martial arts with bawdy comedy. The films featured an ensemble cast, with many of the actors appearing in successive films. The characters of the Five Lucky Stars were originally petty criminals recently out of prison, who started their own cleaning company. By the second film, the cleaning company idea was discarded, and the bumbling gang were instead employed to assist the police.

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Maggie Shiu

Maggie Shiu Mei-kei (born 1965), sometimes credited as Maggie Siu or Maggie Shaw, is a prominent Hong Kong actress.

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Mainland China

Mainland China, also known as the Chinese mainland, is the geopolitical as well as geographical area under the direct jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Martial arts

Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices, which are practiced for a number of reasons: as self-defense, military and law enforcement applications, mental and spiritual development; as well as entertainment and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage.

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Max Mok

Max Mok (born 2 December 1960 in Hong Kong) (also credited as Benny Mok, Benny Mok Siu-chung and Max Mok Siu-chung) is a Hong Kong actor and singer, Mok was recruited by the Shaw Brothers Studio and has been a major film star since the 1980s.

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Nicholas Tse

Nicholas Tse Ting-fung (born 29 August 1980) is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, actor and entrepreneur.

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Once Upon a Time in China

Once Upon a Time in China is a 1991 Hong Kong martial arts film written and directed by Tsui Hark, starring Jet Li as Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung.

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Once Upon a Time in China II

Once Upon a Time in China II is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts film written and directed by Tsui Hark, and starring Jet Li as Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung.

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Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Orange Sky Golden Harvest (OSGH), previously known as Golden Harvest from 1970 to 2009, is a film production, distribution, and exhibition company based in Hong Kong.

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Peking Opera School

The Peking Opera Schools were boarding schools located throughout Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, specialising in teaching Peking opera.

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Pinyin

Hanyu Pinyin Romanization, often abbreviated to pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland China and to some extent in Taiwan.

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Project A

Project A (also known as Pirate Patrol and Jackie Chan's Project A) is a 1983 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film written and directed by Jackie Chan, who also starred in the film.

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Real Kung Fu

Real Kung Fu is a Hong Kong television series first broadcast on TVB in October 2005.

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Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents supposedly unscripted real-life situations, and often features an otherwise unknown cast of individuals who are typically not professional actors, although in some shows celebrities may participate.

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Rob-B-Hood

Rob-B-Hood (also known as Robin-B-Hood, literally: Baby Project) is a 2006 Hong Kong action comedy film written, produced and directed by Benny Chan, and starring Jackie Chan, Louis Koo, Yuen Biao and Michael Hui.

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Sammo Hung

Sammo Hung (born 7 January 1952), also known as Hung Kam-bo (洪金寶), is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema.

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Shanghai Noon

Shanghai Noon is a 2000 American-Hong Kong martial arts western comedy film starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson and Lucy Liu.

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Stage combat

Stage combat or Fight choreography is a specialised technique in theatre designed to create the illusion of physical combat without causing harm to the performers.

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Stunt performer

A stunt performer, often referred to as a stuntman, stuntwoman, or daredevil, is a trained professional who performs stunts, often as a career.

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Taekwondo

Taekwondo (from Korean 태권도, 跆拳道) is a Korean martial art, characterised by its emphasis on head-height kicks, jumping and spinning kicks, and fast kicking techniques.

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Takeshi Kaneshiro

Takeshi Kaneshiro (金城武; born October 11, 1973) is a Taiwanese-Japanese actor and singer.

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The Prodigal Son (1981 film)

The Prodigal Son is a 1981 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film starring Yuen Biao, and also written and directed by Sammo Hung, who also co-stars in the film.

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Timmy Hung

Timmy Hung or Hung Tin-ming (born 1 July 1974) is a Hong Kong actor and the eldest son of martial arts superstar Sammo Hung and Sammo's Korean first wife Jo Eun-ok.

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Traditional Chinese characters

Traditional Chinese characters (Pinyin) are Chinese characters in any character set that does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946.

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TVB

Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, was the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong and commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Way of the Dragon

The Way of the Dragon (released in the United States as Return of the Dragon) is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film written, produced and directed by Bruce Lee, who also stars in the lead role.

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Wheels on Meals

Wheels on Meals is a 1984 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film written and directed by Sammo Hung, who also starred in the film.

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Wing Chun (film)

Wing Chun is a 1994 Hong Kong martial arts action drama film produced and directed by Yuen Woo-ping, starring Michelle Yeoh and Yen Chi-tan.

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Wing Chun (TV series)

Wing Chun is the English language title of two Chinese martial arts TV series: one produced in 1994 and one produced from 2004-2007.

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Winners and Sinners

Winners and Sinners (also known as 5 Lucky Stars) is a 1983 Hong Kong action comedy film written and directed by Sammo Hung, who also starred in the film.

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Yu Jim-yuen

Yu Jim-yuen (September 5, 1905 – September 8, 1997) was the master of the China Drama Academy, one of the main Peking Opera Schools in Hong Kong from which Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Yuen Qiu, Yuen Wah, and Corey Yuen received their training.

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Yuen Wah

Yuen Wah (born 2 September 1950) is a Hong Kong action film actor, action choreographer, stuntman and martial artist who has appeared in over 160 films and over 20 television series.

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Yuen Woo-ping

Yuen Woo-ping (born 1945) is a Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and film director, renowned as one of the most successful and influential figures in the world of Hong Kong action cinema.

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Biao Yuen, Bill Yuen, Hsia Ling Jun, Hsia Ling-Jun, Hsia Ling-jun, Hsia Lingjun, Jimmy Yuen, Yuan Biao.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuen_Biao

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