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Male
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Acting
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Also known as
金天柱
Richard Kim
Jin Tianzhu
Chin Tien-Chu
Kam Tin-Chu
Kam Tin-Ghu
Gam Tin-Chue
Biography
Shaw brothers actor - appeared in nearly 400 films for the studio, usually as a background character.
Filmography
Fist of Fury
7.246
Overview:
Chen Chen returns to his former school in Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While investigating the man's death, Chen discovers that a rival Japanese school is operating a drug smuggling ring. To avenge his master’s death, Chen takes on both Chinese and Japanese assassins… and even a towering Russian.Hong Kong Rhapsody
NYR
Overview:
There's nothing like a good, opulent, gaudy musical to lift the spirits, but when it's a 1960's Hong Kong musical orchestrated by a Japanese director and composer, it breaks through the ranks as a classic of campy kitsch. A follow-up to the previous year's megahit Hong Kong Nocturne, with the same Japanese creative team, Hong Kong Rhapsody follows the fortunes of an unemployed magician whose love life is so knotty it would take Houdini to unravel!The Kingdom and the Beauty
6.5
Overview:
This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. The empress mother has the tutor go to Kiang-Nan to bring him back.Madam White Snake
10
Overview:
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.The Three Smiles
7
Overview:
The film tells the story of Tang Bohu, a famous scholar who spends most of his time wandering around the countryside.The Enchanting Shadow
7.3
Overview:
A young scholar spends the night in a creepy temple that is said to be haunted. He doesn't believe in the rumors, but after running into a Taoist swordsman, he meets a beautiful lady ghost.The Crimson Palm
6
Overview:
Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his beloved fiancee before he heads towards the imperial city to participate in the civil service examination, only to find her maid lying dead in blood. Lin is then accused of murder. How can Judge Bao prove his innocence?The Mad Monk Strikes Again
NYR
Overview:
A series of madcap adventures between two deities, who must put down their differences and work together to help the people in need.The Treasure Hunters
6.813
Overview:
Fu Sheng and his real-life brother star as friends who are searching for a treasure that a Shaolin priest, a villainous traitor and his sister are also trying to find.Moonlight Serenade
NYR
Overview:
A sweet inn-keeper's daughter falls in love with a woodcutter, but witnesses the woodcutter's brother raping her sister. Tragically, the sister commits suicide in shame, and the rapists turn his attentions to the witness, leading to more danger than most romantic dramas can handle.The Human Goddess
6
Overview:
Li Ching is the Seventh Sister, an angel who comes down from heaven to see what life in Hong Kong is like. In Hong Kong, she runs into Zili(Chin Feng), a reincarnated version of her deceased lover, Dong Yong. Zili, with help from cook Uncle Bull(the warm, portly Peng Peng), do their best to watch over homeless kids in an run-down orphanage. However, a heartless tycoon named Xu Caifa wants the land where the orphanage is and he's willing to go to extremes to get it. Armed with omnipotent powers, spirit, and help from her "celestial sisters", Seventh Sister works to defend Zili, Uncle Bull, and the orphans from Xu Caifa.The Golden Key
5
Overview:
Various distinguished members of Hong Kong high society were being blackmailed by mysterious and attractive lady Chang Siu Juen, who seems to know the secrets of their past and present illegal activities. Millionaire Cheng Yung Seng knew that it would be his turn next. He thus planned to eliminate Chang first but the plan did not work out and Chang was saved by private detective Fang Dai Kuen...The Bod Squad
6.158
Overview:
Five Western girls are kidnapped by Chinese pirates and sold to a brothel. While they are being trained to become prostitutes, a couple of local citizens take mercy on them and plots their escape by teaching them kung-fu. The five scantily-clad girls, using their newfound martial arts skills then fight their way to freedom.Unfinished Melody
NYR
Overview:
A sensitive love triangle helmed by one of Shaw era's top directors, Chin Chien. A psychiatrist taking a room at an old friend's apartment soon discovers an insane woman living in a neighboring flat. As the doctor gradually heals the woman he also falls in love with her. The problem arises the friend's daughter confesses her love to him as well. Misunderstanding and mistaken passions soon lead to broken hearts and an emotional confrontation to the love triangle.The Bride Napping
6.5
Overview:
The romance of a squire's daughter and a poor but refined scholar is thwarted when a loutish bandit is mistaken for the scholar by a confused servant and is given the idea that the daughter's hand in marriage is his for the asking. Rich in cross-dressing, mistaken identities, and reversals of gender roles, the film playfully subverts traditional Confucian values.Inside the Forbidden City
NYR
Overview:
It seems that Li Zhenfei was once an imperial concubine, who often found herself competing with her rival Madame Liu for the emperor's sole, undivided attention. When Li gives birth to the Emperor's child, the jealous Liu switches the boy with a cat and commands a servant named Kou Zhu to kill the baby. However, Kou Zhu ignores the order and gives the prince-to-be to the emperor's brother, a decision which eventually leads to the boy being adopted by the emperor himself! But as fate would have it, to go along with his new son, the emperor has a new wife as well - Madame Liu! As this strange new family unit is being constructed, poor Li Zhenfei has been confined to the forbidden palace, condemned to never see or speak to her son, the prince. But destiny reunites her with her son, but will this family reunion be a happy one? And will Madame Liu finally be punished for her treachery?The Warlord
6
Overview:
No list of the screen's comic geniuses would be complete without Michael Hui Kwun-man. He created a hilarious and lovable comic persona that was both uniquely Asian but also universally beloved. This, his first film, not only showcased his incomparable sense of humor but revolutionized Hong Kong comedy. Evoking Chaplin, he plays a warlord in early 20th Century China, but makes the role his own with both laughs and some of the sexiest ladies on the Shaw Brothers lot.Hong Kong Godfather
6.7
Overview:
After receiving a life imprisonment sentence for a NY Chinatown massacre, Jia Shi Lan, alias Hei Lan, obtains a pardon through the Mafia's influence. Returning to Hong Kong, Hei Lan attempts to use the stature and fortitude of Brother Han, an elder, but good-natured underworld boss, to gain power and spread the Mafia's influence throughout Southeast Asia. After a deadly double cross leaves many of Han's society dead, two former members, one a cop, the other a florist, and the sole remaining loyalist join forces to bring down the criminal empire of Hei Lan.Scandal
7
Overview:
Director Li Han-hsiang teams up with Michael Hui in this tongue in cheek tale of extramarital affairs and corruption. Michael Hui and Wang Sheng are two loafers who prove they are good for something after all.Three Sinners
NYR
Overview:
Based on one particular storyline from The Water Margin, Three Sinners weaves an intriguing story of romance, treachery, and death, all within the context of the traditional Huangmei Opera. Yan Jun casts his real-life wife, the elegant Li Li Hua, star of such Shaw Brothers films as The Goddess of Mercy and Vermillion Door, as one of the title characters, a woman who finds herself in the middle of a stormy love triangle involving her controlling husband (director Yan Jun serving double duty in a starring role) and a passionate lover (Chen Yan Yan).Sensual Pleasures
5.4
Overview:
Sensual Pleasures features a collection of three, ghost story, sexual vignettes starring a viscerally sensual trio of hardcore experience with the well endowed Chen Ping, Chinese adult film legend Shirley Yu and the innocent doe-eyed Shaw Yin-yin.Hell Has No Boundary
5.5
Overview:
Story revolves around a possessed young police woman who seems to be out killing everyone who gets in her way. Her boyfriend, photographer and boss at work are all suspicious of her and are out to find out what's the problem. With a story focusing on possession, vengeful spirits and murder, you're steadily entertained with a flick that manages to keep it's head above water.Flower in the Rain
NYR
Overview:
Lily Ho and Ling Yun are star-crossed lovers who suffer untold agonies before finally being united forever.The Weird Man
4.5
Overview:
Chang is known for his lone swordsman and hero movies and strangely The Weird Man still reflects this. Cheng plays a righteous, beheaded priest with supernatural powers that returns from the dead to wreak havoc against one of the corrupt kingdoms, making Cheng a heroic swords-ghost.Tales of Larceny
8
Overview:
In “The Scholar and The Soldier”, Major Fang is obsessed with Yu Zhen by chance, knowing that she is the daughter of scholar Xu, he decided to enter their house in disguise with his page, and however, Yu Zhen's cousin comes back for the pre-arranged marriage at the same time. Li Han-hsiang both scripted and helmed “Tales of Larceny” about the scams cons worked and the games people played during the corrupt Chinese Warlord era, featuring a cast filled with the best of Shaw's exceptional character actors.My Rebellious Son
5.2
Overview:
Here Chang Siu Tai is the son of Master Chang, a renowned chiropractor bone-setter operating a clinic in a poor neighborhood in an unidentified city in early 20th century China. Siu Tai works for his father and studies bone-setting and kung fu under him, but gets into lots of trouble, especially after white foreigners and their westernized Chinese enablers descend on the town in hopes of acquiring a valuable statue of the Goddess of Mercy on display at a local Buddhist temple.Empress Wu
5.9
Overview:
The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history.The Merry Wife
NYR
Overview:
Under false pretenses, Zhenzhen marries Mr. Lin, who happens to be her teacher. She wants to still study and wants to enroll in his school in Hong Kong. The head of the school agrees to this under the condition that they conceal the fact that they are married. Zhenzhen finds out right away that her husband is fawned over by the girls, they all have a crush on him, as also does the spinster librarian. However, Mr. Lin finds that that the boys in the school (they are late teens, 17 or so) really like Zhenzhen. This leads to hurt feelings, questions about fidelity and even, in Zhenzhen's case, innocuous dates with one of the boys who rides a motorcycle.Acting
1986The Ghost Snatchers as Party Guest
1985Hong Kong Godfather as Uncle Te
1985Disciples of the 36th Chamber as Servant
1985My Mind, Your Body as Unknown
1985The Young Vagabond as Party Guest
1984Long Road to Gallantry as Woodcutter
1984Opium and the Kung Fu Master as Villager
1984Wits of the Brats as Stevedore/Waiter
1984Return of Bastard Swordsman as Town Folk
1983Seeding of a Ghost as Gambler
1983Little Dragon Maiden as Martial Artist
1983The Boxer's Omen as Judge (uncredited)
1983Bastard Swordsman as (Uncredited)
1983Demon of the Lute as Onlooker at Market
1983Winners & Sinners as Chiu's Party Guest
1983The Lady Is the Boss as (extra) (uncredited)
1983Tales of a Eunuch as Brothel Patron / Restaurant Customer
1983The Lady Assassin as Unknown
1983The Weird Man as Sun Ce's official
1982The Dead and the Deadly as Funeral Guest
1982My Rebellious Son as Chamber of commerce member
1982Curse of Evil as Birthday Guest
1982Buddha's Palm as Clan leader
1982Human Lanterns as Unknown
1982Godfather from Canton as Restaurant Boss
1982Hell Has No Boundary as Unknown
1982Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman as Ghostly Village's resident
1982Green Killer as Unknown
1982Kid from Kwangtung as Servant
1982Legendary Weapons of China as Gentry Watching Mo's Performance
1982House of Traps as Prince's Birthday Guest
1981What Price Honesty? as Shopkeeper
1981Mahjong Heroes as Mahjong competition spectator
1981Black Lizard as Banquet Guest
1981The Duel of the Century as Duel's Spectator
1981Martial Club as Watches the Lion Dance (uncredited)
1981The Emperor and His Brother as Unknown
1981The Treasure Hunters as Casino gambler
1981Corpse Mania as Brothel Patron
1981Masked Avengers as Inn guest
1981Challenge of the Gamesters as Casino gambler / Mahjong gambler
1981Bruce Vs. Bill as Unknown
1981The Sword Stained with Royal Blood as Spectator at Execution
1981Return of the Sentimental Swordsman as Jinhong's Guest
1981My Young Auntie as Shopper (uncredited)
1980The Rebel Intruders as Townfolk
1980Return to the 36th Chamber as Worker
1980Heroes Shed No Tears as Townsfolk
1980Hex as Villager Beside Pond
1980The Kid with a Tattoo as Restaurant customer
1980The Master as Master Shi's Student
1980Two Champions of Shaolin as Townsfolk (uncredited)
1980Absolute Monarch as Unknown
1980The Convict Killer as Inn Customer
1980The Young Master as VIP at Lion Dance (uncredited)
1979Ten Tigers of Kwangtung as Town Folk (uncredited)
1979The Deadly Breaking Sword as Brothel Guest (uncredited)
1979Mad Monkey Kung Fu as Peasant (uncredited)
1979The Magnificent Ruffians as Unknown
1979The Wickedness in Poverty as Opening Guest
1979Dirty Ho as Boss Li
1979The Proud Twins as Antique Shopkeeper / Martial Artist after Treasure
1979Shaolin Abbot as Rich Man
1979Monkey Kung Fu as Unknown
1979Shaolin Rescuers as Restaurant Owner
1979The Shadow Boxing as Casino Gambler (uncredited)
1979Full Moon Scimitar as Ding's Party Guest (uncredited)
1978Heroes of the East as Wedding Guest
1978Invincible Shaolin as Shopkeeper
1978Swordsman and Enchantress as Lian Chengbi's Guest (uncredited)
1978Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II as Wedding guest
1978Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre as 6 Mighty Clans' member
1978The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung as Unknown
1978The Avenging Eagle as Innkeeper
1978Sensual Pleasures as Unknown
1978The Five Venoms as Townsfolk
1978The Contract as MTV Board Member
1978The Cunning Hustler as Unknown
1978Enter the Fat Dragon as Unknown
1978Soul of the Sword as Innkeeper
1978The Proud Youth as Major clans member
1978The Mad Monk Strikes Again as Rich Man / Wedding Guest
1978The Vengeful Beauty as Witness at Execution
1978Clan of Amazons as Silk Shop Boss / Brothel Customer
1978The 36th Chamber of Shaolin as Magistrate / Townsfolk
1978Flying Guillotine II as Executed Jiang Nan Official
1978The Golden Key as Extortion victim
1977The Amsterdam Kill as Drug Boss At Meeting
1977Broken Oath as Gambler / Cashier (uncredited)
1977The Dream of the Red Chamber as Official Jia's Guest
1977Soul Brothers of Kung Fu as Wong's manager
1977The Mighty Peking Man as Man in His Kitchen Window
1977Death Duel as Waiter
1977The Jade Tiger as Unknown
1977The Naval Commandos as Japanese Navy officer
1977Clans of Intrigue as Gambler
1977Lady Exterminator as Drug dealer/Party Guest
1976Black Magic 2 as Unknown
1976The Web of Death as Major Clan Senior (uncredited)
1976Mr. Funny Bone as Manager Chiu's Friend
1976The Oily Maniac as Juror, (uncredited)
1976Million Dollars Snatch as Extra
1976The Magic Blade as Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
1976Challenge of the Masters as (extra) (uncredited)
1976Farewell to a Warrior as Unknown
1976Killer Clans as Uncle Sun's Birthday Party Guest
1976The Himalayan as Wedding Guest
1975The Spiritual Boxer as Chen's Clan (uncredited)
1975Black Magic as Wedding Guest
1975Anti-Corruption as Gambling house boss
1975The Super Inframan as Official at Meeting
1975Lady of the Law as Unknown
1975The Flying Guillotine as Unknown
1975All in the Family as Unknown
1974Ghost Eyes as Hairdresser
1974Games Gamblers Play as Gambler
1974Young Lovers on Flying Wheels as Tournament Referee
1974Shaolin Martial Arts as Speaker at Ceremony
1974Stoner as Extra
1974Sorrow of the Gentry as Wedding Guest
1974The Bod Squad as Luckless Bidder in Auction
1974Rivals of Kung Fu as Boss Chou's Wedding Guest
1974Gossip Street as Casino gambler
1974Hong Kong 73 as Hotel Customer
1974Scandal as District Official at Meeting
1973Honor and Love as Extra
1973The Bamboo House of Dolls as Japanese Cook
1973The Master of Kung Fu as Contest referee
1973The Pirate as (extra) (uncredited)
1973The Money-tree as Works for Mr. Pi
1973None But the Brave as Party Guest
1973River Of Fury as Duo-Bo's guest
1973The Generation Gap as Party guest
1973The Call Girls as Policeman
1973Facets of Love as Unknown
1973Blood Brothers as Court Official (uncredited)
1973The Delinquent as Store Clerk (uncredited)
1973Call to Arms as Genera Chung
1973Tales of Larceny as 1) Man at festival 2) Bank cashier
1972The Thunderbolt Fist as Gossiper at Teahouse
1972The Black Tavern as Restaurant Guest (uncredited)
1972The Fugitive as Bank customer
1972Legends of Lust as Wedding guest
1972Intrigue in Nylons as Executive of Rose Brand
1972The Lizard as Party guest
1972Stranger in Hong Kong as Tourist
1972Man of Iron as Gambler
1972Flower in the Rain as Shop owner
1972The Delightful Forest as Wine Shop Boss (uncredited)
1972The Warlord as Town mayor
1972The 14 Amazons as Court Official
1972The Merry Wife as Teacher
1972Five Fingers of Death as Spectator (uncredited)
1972The Young Avenger as Villager
1972The Casino as Gambler
1972Fist of Fury as Mourner (uncredited)
1972The Water Margin as Wrestling Spectator
1972The Boxer from Shantung as Brothel Boss (uncredited)
1972The Yellow Muffler as Studio executive
1972The Human Goddess as Bidder at auction
1971The Long Chase as Inn cashier Jin
1971The Chase as Unknown
1971The Shadow Whip as Extra (uncredited)
1971Duel for Gold as Unknown
1971The Angry River as Unknown
1971The New One-Armed Swordsman as Martial Artist at Meeting (extra) (uncredited)
1971The Lady Professional as Policeman
1970The Chinese Boxer as Unknown
1970A Time for Love as Shopper
1970Guess Who Killed My Twelve Lovers? as Coffee shop boss
1970The Heroic Ones as Town Leader at Feast
1970The Twelve Gold Medallions as Juxian Hall Member
1970Brothers Five as Extra (uncredited)
1970Lady of Steel as Unknown
1969Dark Rendezvous as Horse race visitor
1969River of Tears as Club waiter
1969Farewell, My Love as Ming's birthday guest
1969The Three Smiles as Pawn shop owner
1969Tropicana Interlude as Nightclub manager
1969The Millionaire Chase as Nightclub manager
1969Temptress of a Thousand Faces as Jewelry Company's Customer
1969Unfinished Melody as Gambler in flashback
1968Death Valley as Innkeeper
1968The Angel Strikes Again as Nightclub patron
1968Hong Kong Rhapsody as Manager of One of the Actress
1967The Assassin as (extra) (uncredited)
1967Summons to Death as Night club patron
1967Susanna as Mrs Yu's party guest
1967Song of Tomorrow as Drug rehab. hospital principal
1967My Dream Boat as Reporter
1967Inter-Pol as Casino Gambler
1967Kiss and Kill as Thug
1967The One-Armed Swordsman as (extra) (uncredited)
1967The Dragon Creek as Innkeeper
1967Asia-Pol as Yang
1967King Cat as Servant
1967The Thundering Sword as Yue's security escort member (uncredited)
1967Operation Lipstick as Nightclub guest
1967Moonlight Serenade as Villager
1967Too Late for Love as Guest at Liang's wedding
1967Auntie Lan as Office Worker
1967Madam Slender Plum as Party guest
1967That Man in Chang-An as Loyalist
1967Hong Kong Nocturne as Strip Show Customer
1967Angel with the Iron Fists as Nightclub patron
1967Sweet Is Revenge as Birthday guest
1966Rose, Be My Love as Engagement party guest
1966The Mating Season as Unknown
1966The Blue and the Black as Uncle Shen
1966The Knight of Knights as Inspector Lin's guard
1966The Golden Buddha as Unknown
1966Till the End of Time as I-Hua's father
1966The Black Musketeer 'F' as Unknown
1965Inside the Forbidden City as General
1965Vermilion Door as Unknown
1965The Lark as Restaurant Customer
1965Pink Tears as Minister He
1965Fairy, Ghost, Vixen as Unknown
1965Sons of the Good Earth as Unknown
1965A Beggar's Daughter as Unknown
1964The Warlord and the Actress as Party guest
1964Beyond the Great Wall as (uncredited)
1964The Crimson Palm as Constable
1964The Story of Sue San as Brothel Worker
1964The Dancing Millionairess as Mei's executive
1964Between Tears and Smiles as General's Guest
1963Three Sinners as Onlooker of Jiao's begging
1963The Adulteress as Constable
1963Empress Wu as Court military official
1963The Love Eterne as Part of Wedding Procession (uncredited)
1963Love Parade as Party guest
1962Madam White Snake as Celestial soldier
1962The Bride Napping as Wedding guest
1961Sun, Moon and Star: Part 2 as Unknown
1961Sun, Moon and Star: Part 1 as Teacher
1961Beauty Parade as Ai Chun's basketball coach #2
1960Between Tears and Laughter as Unknown
1960The Enchanting Shadow as Angry inn customer
1960Back Door as Party guest
1960The Wild, Wild Rose as Nightclub patron
1959The Kingdom and the Beauty as Royal guard
1959Air Hostess as Passenger
1959Spring Song as Teacher
1957Our Sister Hedy as Mr Sun's friend
1957Mambo Girl as Man Talking with Li Kai-Ling