Birth place: Guangzhou of Meixian, Guangdong ancestry, China
Bio
Profession: Director, Assistant Director, Producer, Writer, Actor
Chu Yuan was born in 1934 in Guangzhou. He was the son of veteran actor Zhang Huo You. Altough inspired by his father, he studied chemistry at the Chung Shan University. Later on, his desire to make movies took over and he began his film career as a scriptwriter in 1956. He added directing to his resume in 1957. Upon being signed by the Shaw Brothers in 1971, his first project at Shaw's was Duel for Gold. Then he immediately made name for himself by directing the highly acclaimed Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan, then by writing and directing the hugely popular 1973 version of the landmark comedy The House of 72 Tenants. But it was with magnificent martial arts movies and with superlative swordplay films that he garnered fame, especially in his collaborations with the wu xia genre's most renowned fiction writers.
After the unique style of martial art movies created by the directors King Hu and Chang Cheh, Chu Yuan became famous for his own style of swordplay dramas usually starring Ti Lung and a cast of beautiful actresses.
Since the temporary easing down of the production of the Shaw film units, Chu managed to gain new fame as an actor, making memorable appearences in films, including Jackie Chan's Police Story and Wong Kar Wai's Those Were the Days. (IVL)
Trivia
Son of Wood Yau Cheung
Filmography
As an actor:
2001 Yuk lui tim ding
1997 Mei mei tin wong
1997 Jing zhuang nan xiong nan di
1996 Sai yau gei as Buddha
1995 Pik lik feng
1995 Heung Gong fa yuet ye
1994 Xin nan xiong nan di
1992 Shuang long hui
1992 Qian mian tian wang
1991 Haomen yeyan
1991 Guan ren gui shi
1990 Kei bing
1990 Xiao gui da ge da
1989 Xiao xiao xiao jing cha
1989 Ji ji
1989 Meng gui hu li jing
1988 Sha chu Xiang Gang
1988 Ging chaat goo si juk jaap as Mr. Chu
1988 Lie xue feng yun
1987 Lan du ying xiong
1986 Mao shan xiao tang
1986 Yuan Zhen-Xia yu Wei Si-Li
1985 Ging chat goo si as Mr. Chu
1985 Tin sai chut gang
1985 Hua xin hong xing
1985 Choh dim yuen yeung
1984 Xue er
1973 Chat sup yee ga fong hak
1973 Niu gui she shen
1965 Xiang si hu pan
1964 Feng fu
1960 Ke lian tian xia fu mu xin
As a director:
1993 Pu ti you gui
1990 Li Xiangjun
1990 Xue zai feng shang
1990 Xiao tou a xing
1988 Daai jeung foo yat gei
1987 Liang xiao hua nong yue
1986 Ou ran
1985 Tai cheung lo dau
1985 Hua xin hong xing
1984 Ai nu xin zhuan
1984 Moh din tiu lung
1983 Ri jie
1983 Shen Sheng Yi
1983 Feng kuang ba san
1983 Yao hun
1982 Chu Liu Xiang zhi you ling shan zhuang
1982 Huan hua xi jian
1981 Cha chi nan fei
1981 Mo jian xia qing
1981 Hei xi yi
1981 Liu Xiao Feng zhi jue zhan qian hou
1981 Shu Jian en chou lu
1980 Ying xiong wu lei
1980 Die xian
1980 Wu yi bian fu
1979 Xiao lou can meng
1979 Jue dai shuang jiao
1979 Kong que wang chao
1979 Yuan yue wan dao
1978 Yi tian tu long ji da jie ju
1978 Yi tian tu long ji
1978 Xiao shi yi lang
1978 Bian fu chuan qi
1978 Xiu hua da dao
1977 Ming yue dao xue ye jian chou
1977 To ching chien ko wu ching chien
1977 San shao ye de jian
1977 Pai yu lao hu
1977 Chu Liu Xiang
1976 Wu du tian luo
1976 Tien ya ming yue dao
1976 Ci lang zhou
1976 Liu xing hu die jian
1975 Xin ti xiao yin yuan
1975 Da jie an
1974 Zhu men yuan
1974 Heung gong chat sup sam
1974 Wu yi
1973 Ya yu xia yang
1973 Chat sup yee ga fong hak
1973 Tu fei
1973 Xiao za zhong
1972 Da sha shou
1972 Ai nu
1972 Bi hu
1971 Huo bing
1971 Yi jian gou han
1971 Yuan ye you long
1970 Long mu xiang
1970 Yu lou chun meng
1970 Wo bu yao li hun
1970 Lu yin ji qing sha an
1970 Huo niao di yi hao
1969 Lang zi
1969 Cong ming tai tai ben zhang fu
1969 Leng nuan qing chun
1968 Dong lian
1968 Yu nu chi qing
1968 Zise Fengyu Ye
1968 Yu nu tian ding
1968 Qing chun lian ge
1967 Jiao qi
1967 Zuan shi da jie an
1967 Si wang tong hang zheng
1967 Gong hua xia dao
1967 Lan se ye zong hui
1967 Yu nu shen tou
1967 Tie dan en chou
1967 Shao nu qing
1966 Shen mi de xue an
1966 Wen jun neng you ji dou chou
1966 Qin qing shen si hai
1966 Xiao kang zhi jia
1966 Wo ai zi luo lan
1966 Zei mei ren
1966 Hei mei gui yu hei mei gui
1966 Yi chan yi bai wan
1966 Can hua lei
1965 Qing hai mang mang
1965 Qing tian jie
1965 Hei mei gui
1965 Qing hai jin zhi
1965 Chun yuan
1965 Chun can hua wei luo
1965 Yuan lai wo fu qing
1965 Zhang fu de mi mi
1965 Mi yue
1965 Zui ren xia ji
1965 Zhui ren
1965 Hua shen qing ren
1965 Xiang si hu pan
1964 Feng fu
1964 Da zhang fu ri ji xia ji
1964 Hun duan nai he tian
1964 Hu tu tai tai
1964 Qing hai you lan
1964 Si wang jiao zhi ye
1964 Da zhang fu ri ji
1964 Gao chu bu sheng han
1963 Zuo ye meng hun zhong
1963 Han lei de mei gui
1963 Qing zhi suo zhong
1962 Qing ming shi jie
1962 Nie hai yi hen xia ji
1962 Huan nan zhen qing
1962 Nie hai yi hen
1961 Ye ban you ling
1961 Qing tian wei lao
1960 Qiu feng can ye
1960 Ke lian tian xia fu mu xin
1959 Feng yu you lan
1959 Hu pan cao
1957 999 Hai tan ming an
1957 Ye lin ye
1957 Xue ran xiang si gu
Self:
2003 Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003 Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
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