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Nov 25, 2021 · Wei Junzi’s documentary Kung Fu Stuntmen is about exactly what it says it is: the people who made Hong Kong action cinema the most breath-taking in the world for the past 60 years.
Aug 28, 2021 · Kung Fu Stuntmen: Directed by Junzi Wei. With Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Donnie Yen, Hark Tsui, Andrew Lau. The documentary highlights renowned Chinese Kung Fu masters in the film industry, showcasing Hong Kong's Kung Fu legacy over sixty years and capturing their daring lives.
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Apr 18, 2019 · ‘Kung Fu Stuntmen: Never Say No!’ is an upcoming documentary directed by Wei Junzi, who aims to pay tribute to Hong Kong action cinema. Wei spent two years interviewing and filming nearly a hundred Hong Kong stunt performers including Yuen Woo-Ping , Sammo Hung , Jackie Chan , Donnie Yen , Ching Siu-Tung and many other veterans as well as a ...
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- The Golden Era of Hong Kong Film
- The Emergence of Bruce Lee
- Jackie Chan & Sammo Hung’s Stunt Teams Reminisce
- Yuen Woo Ping Describes His Perfectionist Attitude
- The Hong Kong Stuntman Association Trains A New Generation
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Okay, so this isn’t a “movie” as such, but this documentary features possibly the most impressive cast list of action legends to ever appear in the same project! The main contributors include Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen, Yuen Woo Ping, Tsui Hark, Stanley Tong, Yuen Wah, Mars Cheung, Chin Ka Lok, Chin Siu Ho, Eric Tsang, Xiong Xinxin, Ching Siu Tung, Hsi...
Produced by members of the Hong Kong Stuntman Association, this documentary gathers together some of the greatest action performers of the last sixty years. Packed with footage of some of the most entertaining, dangerous and mind-blowing stunt sequences ever committed to film, the performers themselves discuss their careers, the history, the highs ...
“Long Fu Mou Si”, roughly translated as “Dragon Tiger Masters”, is a term derived from the days of traditional Chinese opera, that came to be used to describe the elite stunt performers of Hong Kong cinema. Many of them were trained in the opera schools and Chinese martial arts, transitioning their skills into television and movies as the old forms...
This documentary bombards us from the opening frames by having many of those elite describing the growth and golden era of the Hong Kong film industry. The featured speakers all played key roles in the explosion of the unique martial arts and action that could only be found in the movies pouring out of studios such as Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothe...
When Bruce Lee entered the scene in 1970 with a more raw style of screen action, he changed the Hong Kong film industry forever. The stuntmen who worked with Lee all pay tribute to how his revolutionary methods of rehearsal and performance, created a new “language” for screen fighting choreography. There is an entertaining section dedicated to Lau ...
The unique advantage of this documentary is that you get to hear members of Jackie’s and Sammo’s stunt teamsreminisce first hand about some of the most incredible and dangerous action sequences ever captured on film. A slow motion replay of Yuen Mo almost snapping his neck after landing on his head in “My Lucky Stars” serves as a graphic reminder o...
A section devoted to Yuen Woo Ping describes the complexities and demands of his perfectionist attitude to choreography. The ladder fight in “Once Upon a Time in China” is used as an example of his dedication to the art. It required three different stunt doubles for star Jet Li, who was injured at the time, filming 16 hours a day for 31 days to com...
The ultimate conclusion is that the accomplishments of these legends of Hong Kong action are likely never to be bettered. However the Hong Kong Stuntman Association is doing it’s best to train a new generation of stunt performers, learning from luminaries of the previous generation. Meanwhile in mainland China, the Hong Kong action men of old are b...
Although similar ground might have been covered in documentaries such as Robin Shou’s “Red Trousers” or Jackie Chan’s “My Story/My Stunts”, no one has ever put toge ther so many of Hong Kong’s leading action performers in one project. It makes for a totally engrossing history of the industry and their careers. Hearing their first hand accounts of s...
“Back then I would work full time for a month, no breaks. Those were the days.”– Mars Cheung“Gambling was my favourite (pastime).” – Eric Tsang“Stuntmen never say no.”– Xiong Xinxin2020 ‘龍虎武師’ Directed by Wei Junzi. 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.
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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 ...
Junzi Wei is known for Ever Since We Love (2015), The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2020) and The Rookies (2019).
