Alan Chui Chung-San
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Alan Chui Chung-San | |
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Born | Shu Zhong Xin 徐忠信 August 16, 1952 Hong Kong |
Other names | Alan Hsu John Chui Hsu Chung Sin Tsui Chung San Chui Jong-Shinn |
Occupation | actor |
Years active | 1960–present |
Chui Chung-San (often known as Shu Zhong Xin, Hsu Zhong-Xin or Alan Hsu; born 16 August 1952[1] is a Hong Kong actor, director, choreographer, martial artists and stuntman. He has been known with being highly solid action director and stuntman. Chui is well known for the movies such as The Rebellious Reign, Kung Fu Vs. Yoga, Two Fists Against the Law and 7 Grandmasters, as well various Television shows from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Chui is mostly in charge for directing various wireless television series.
He is also critically acclaimed for choreograph and co-directing Ching Siu-tung's A Chinese Ghost Story.
Background[]
While attending to school, he often would get expelled from fighting with other students. At the age of ten, he was sent to Peking Opera school for the acrobatic training and stunts. Soon after finishing his studies at Peking Opera, he soon joined Shaw Brothers to carrying on with his career as an action director.
Throughout his career he made over 130 films including with various stunt work and acting role (usually appear as a villain or old master role). Chui is known for working mostly for the Taiwanese movies as an action director and actor.
Beginning of career[]
Beginning of 1970, he became a stuntman for the companies such as Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers studios. As well being on screen stuntman, he also worked on various TVB productions of martial art and Chinese historical drama. He would appear as an extra role in the likes of movies such as Hapkido, Enter the Dragon, When Taekwondo Strikes and plenty more. Alongside with Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Ching Siu-tung and others, Chui worked on various extra role or minor roles throughout the 1970s.
He also worked in various independent movie studios and mostly the extra in Shaw Brothers pictures, mostly under Chor Yuen's direction and would frequently appear as a supporting actor or extras until 1978, such as (1977), The Sentimental Swordsman (1977), (1978), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) and others.
Action director and major role[]
Later around 1979 and 1980, Chui became known with for roles such as 7 Grandmasters (1978), Kung Fu Vs. Yoga (1979) and Two Fists Against the Law (1980), as well as being an action director for the first time in the movies such as in 1978.[2] and John Woo's Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1978).
Alan would also frequently can be seen in the Taiwanese productions through later 1970s to early 1980s, such as Born Invincible (1978), (1979), (1981), The Denouncement of Chu Liu Hsiang (1982), Dragon Lord (1983) and others.
He also helped his long-time friend Ching Siu-tung for the choreography for two films through 1986~1987. He first collaborated with Tung to choreograph the Witch from Nepal' starring Chow Yun-fat and Emily Chu. Along with the collaborations with Tung, Philip Kwok, and , he shared the award for the best action choreography. The second collaboration with Tung was A Chinese Ghost Story in 1987, mainly supervising on the wiring action sequence and the stunt double for the early Leslie Cheung. Along with the previous action choreographer crew members (Tung, Kwok, Ho and Bobby Wu), he was nominated for the best choreographer of 1987. Alan would later help Wilson Yip for the choreography for the same wiring stunt sequence technique on the 2011 remake of the A Chinese Ghost Story.
Alan would also direct his own low budget action movies such as Tough Beauty and the Sloppy Slop (1995) starring Yuen Biao and Cynthia Khan and (2000) starring Anthony Wong and Ray Lui.
Throughout the 2005 and 2011, Alan would reunite with the director Johnnie To (Who previously worked in two films starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, The Royal Scoundrel (1991) and (1995)) and would work on some of the critically acclaimed films such as Breaking News, Election 2 and Life Without Principle. After the release of Life Without Principle in 2011, he took a break from the film and focusing on the television series and more wired stunts. Until in 2016, he returned to the big screen in in 2016.
Present time[]
Alan is still working on a various Television shows in the recent years. Currently he has been appeared in 2017 Hong Kong drama series known as Line Walker: The Prelude as one of the villain role.
Chui also began to working on as a movie producer as well as working on the martial art movie campaign in 2015.[3]
He also runs his own stuntman association groups, training more than over 100 students with the essence of martial arts and stunts for the action movies.
Personal life[]
Chui has been married to Taiwanese wife. He has two children whose names are Chui Ea-Luen (son) and Chui Yik-Mei (daughter).
Filmography[]
Filmography as an actor[]
- Come Drink with Me (1966) – One of the Little Kids
- (1971) – extra
- Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972) – extra
- The Casino (1972) – Gambler (extra)
- Hapkido (1972) – Hapkido Student
- (1972) – Liu's Bandit
- (1972) – Shi's soldier fellow
- (1973) – extra
- (1973) – Japanese (extra)
- Iron Bull (1973) – extra
- The Awaken Punch – Thug (extra)
- Fist of Unicorn (1973) – Street troupe
- Enter the Dragon (1973) – Guard (extra)
- When Taekwondo Strikes (1973) – Japanese who gets beaten
- (1973)
- (1973) – Pickpocket
- (1973) – extra
- Little Tiger of Canton (1973) – extra
- (1973)
- (1973) – extra
- (1974) – Japanese student
- (1974) – Thug
- Naughty! Naughty! (1974) – Boss Feng's Thug
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
- (1975) – extra
- (1975) – Casino thug
- The Super Inframan (1975) – extra
- Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975) – thug
- The Golden Lion (1975) – extra
- Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1975) - Casino Police Informer (uncredited)
- Killer Clans (1976) – Chuan's Man
- (1976) – One of 3 Heroes of West Moon
- (1976) – Assassin Bum
- Bruce Lee and I (1976) – Thug at the bar
- (1976) – Killer with knife
- – extra
- (1976) – extra
- Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth (1976) – Bruce Lee's Student
- (1976) – Hsing's Gangster
- (1976) – Rascal
- (1977)
- (1977) – extra
- Last Strike (1977) – Piao's Thug
- The Sentimental Swordsman (1977) – Hei She
- (1977) – extra
- Death Duel (1977) – Yen's challenger at the woods
- (1977) – Mok Sai
- Broken Oath (1977) – One of Qi's men
- (1977) – Hero with 3 section staff
- (1977) – Thug (extra)
- (1977) – Devil's Sword/Imposter/Assassin
- (1978)
- (1978) – Tan Kwan Yung
- (1978) – Chih Kung
- 7 Grandmasters (1978) – Ku Yi Fung
- Born Invincible (1978) – Pa Chu (Senior)
- The Proud Youth (1978) – Four Friends from Plum Garden
- Clan of Amazons (1978) – Chongwei's Soldier
- (1978) – extra
- (1978) – Black Inn's Thug
- (1978) – Pai Kwa Hall's Swordsman
- Legend of the Bat (1978) – Gentleman Sword
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) – Soldier
- (1978) – Assassin with flying Guillotine
- Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog (1978) – gets pickpocketed at Casino
- Game of Death (1978) – extra
- Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) – extra
- Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1978) – Kuroi Ryu
- (1979) – Lo Tung
- (1979) – Ling's blade fighter
- (1979) – Chiu Chun's Thug
- Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979) – Oriental Fighter
- The Challenger (1979) – The Spear Fighter
- Kung Fu Vs. Yoga (1979) – Wu Shing
- Two Fists Against the Law (1980) – Fang Er
- (1980) – Liu Da Long
- (1980)
- (1980) – Cha Hsiu
- The Rebellious Reign (1980) – Pak Tai Hau
- The Loot (1980) – Thief Black Wolf
- (1980) – Wang Chen Pang
- (1981)
- (1981) – Ken Shiu (Liu's Friend)
- (1982) – Fang Zheng
- Night Orchid (1982)
- (1982)
- Dragon Lord (1983) – Lu Chen's Gang Member
- (1983)
- (1983) – Liu Ping
- The Denouncement of Chu Liu Hsiang (1983)
- (1983)
- (1984) – Fan Kuei
- (1984) – Kum Dat Jin
- (1986) – Opera Performer (Cameo)
- (1987) – Japanese Fighter
- Project A Part II (1987) – Policemen (Cameo)
- (1990)
- (1990) – Robber (Uncredited)
- (1990) – Suet's Father Killed by Ming
- (1990) – title char (cameo)
- (1990) – Policeman with debt
- (1991)
- (1991) – Hu Xiongdi
- The Fatal Mission (1991)
- Royal Scoundrel (1991) – Lo To Keung
- (1991)
- (1991) – Kitaro
- (1992)
- (1992) – Lai Jun Tao
- Girls Without Tomorrow (1992) – Brother Er
- (1992) – Suspect in Teahouse
- (1992)
- (1993) – Man bragging at bar
- (1993)
- (1993)
- Last Hero in China (1993) – Lui Yat Siu
- (1993)
- (1994) – Mao Ying
- (1995)
- (1995)
- (1995) – Main villain
- Tough Beauty and the Sloppy Slop (1995) – Peter Wu
- – Hu Shing
- (1996) – Kwong Yan Fai
- (1997) – Francis Chui
- Return of Dragon (1998) – Japanese boss
- (1999) – Tsui Bill
- (2000)
- (2000) – Brother Shark
- (2000) – Brother Wind
- Breaking News (2004) – Chun's Target
- Election 2 (2006) – Uncle Tank
- Hong Kong Bronx (2008) – Uncle Man
- I Corrupt All Cops (2009) – Bo Xing/Limp
- Turning Point (2009) – Master Da
- Vengeance (2009) – George Fung's Bodyguard
- Adventure of the King (2010) – Beggar
- A Chinese Ghost Story (2011) – Prisoner
- Life Without Principle (2011) – Sung's thug
- Punished (2011) – Yao's ex-triad boss
- (2016)
- (2017)- Luo Bo Tu
- (2020) - Himself
- (2020)
Filmography as an action director and assistant action director[]
- (1977) – (assistant action director) uncredited
- Snuff Bottle Connection (1977) – (assistant action director) uncredited
- (1978)
- (1978)
- Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin (1978) – (assistant action director) uncredited
- Iron Fisted Eagle's Claw (1979)
- Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979)
- Kung Fu Vs. Yoga (1979)
- The Incredible Kung Fu Mission (1979) – (assistant action director) uncredited
- (1979) – uncredited
- The Rebellious Reign (1980)
- (1980)
- (1980)
- Two Fists Against the Law (1980)
- (1981) – uncredited
- (1981)
- (1981)
- (1982)
- (1982)
- (1982)
- Night Orchid (1982)
- (1983)
- (1984)
- Witch from Nepal (1986)
- A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
- The Inspector Wears Skirts (1988)
- Midnight Angel (1990)
- Fatal Mission (1991)
- (1991)
- Direct Line (1992)
- (1992)
- Painted Skin (1992)
- (1992)
- (1992)
- The Wild Girls (1993)
- (1993)
- Hero – Beyond the Boundary of Time (1993)
- (1993)
- (1993)
- Tough Beauty and the Sloppy Slop (1995)
- (1995)
- Street of Fury (1996)
- (1997)
- (1998)
- (2000)
- (2000)
- (2003)
- (2003)
- A Chinese Ghost Story (2011 film) (2011)
- Nightmare (2011)
Filmography as director[]
- The Incredible Kung Fu Mission (1979) – (assistant director)
- Tough Beauty and the Sloppy Slop (1995)
- (2000)
Television series[]
Drama[]
- The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983)
- (1984)
- Genghis Khan (1987)
- Zheng Cheng Gong (1987)
- Wing Chun (1988)
- (1988)
- (1990)
- (1990)
- (1991)
- (1992)
- (1992)
- (1994)
- The Criminal Investigator II (1996)
- Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (1996)
- (1997)
- War and Remembrance (1998)
- (1998)
- Highs and Lows (2012)
- Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles (2012)
- Friendly Fire (2012)
- Highs and Lows (2012)
- (2012)
- Always and Ever (2013)
- Brother's Keeper (2013)
- ICAC Investigators 2014 (2014)
- Young Charioteers (2015)
- (2015)
- K9 Cop (2016)
- Come Home Love: Dinner at 8 (2016)
- Recipes to Live By (2017)
- Burning Hands (2017)
- Line Walker: The Prelude (2017)
- Heart and Greed (2017)
Variety show[]
- The Green Room (Issue 2013)
- (2015)
- (2016)
References[]
- ^ 徐忠信 Chui Jong Shinn – TVB藝人資料 – tvb.com
- ^ "Alan Hsu Filmography – hongkongmoviedatabase". hongkongmoviedatabase. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
- ^ "Alan Hsu Campaign work – youtube". youtube. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
External links[]
- 1954 births
- Hong Kong male film actors
- 20th-century Hong Kong male actors
- Living people
- Hong Kong stunt performers