Chang Cheh

Chang Cheh was born in 1923, in Hangzhou according to the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong. He studied politics at the Central University, relocated to Chongqing. In 1949, he co-directed in Taiwan the first Mandarin-language film shot entirely on the island. A film critic in Hong Kong, he joined the Shaw Brothers in 1962, as a screenwriter according to the Caen film club, and became a director there. He made nearly a hundred films and launched actors such as Ti Lung and David Chiang; John Woo was his assistant. He died in Hong Kong in 2002.

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• CinemaThe One-Armed Swordsman獨臂刀Chang Cheh · 1967Cinema