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Statistics : 11630 Movies 19215 People 1448 Studios 29 Articles 73 Interviews 12 DVD Reviews 32452 Screenshots 3722 Videos
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Other names : |
姜大卫 John Chang John Chiang Geung Daai Wai David Jiang Da Wei Jiang1 Da4 Wei4 John Keung Keung Tai Wai Gareth Lo
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Birthdate : |
29/6/1947 |
Nationality : |
China |
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Hong Kong |
Activities : |
Director (14), Producer (1), Actor (104), Brief appearance (14), Stuntman (1) |
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David Chiang was born Yim Wai in 1947, the second son of two famed actors Yim Dut and Hong Wei. Later on his widowed mother having remarried with a movie producer she gave birth to another son. All three siblings were destined to a have a great movie career: the first Paul Chun as a renown character actor and the youngest Derek Yee as an actor/director. Young Wai received a college education in Hong Kong but had already started appearing in movies as a child actor. He also appears to have received some Peking Opera training - not enough to make him a top performer the likes of Jackie Chan or Sammo Hung but more than enough to gave him an unusual agility and solid physical skills.
Following graduation, he started working as a stuntman in the movies. Chiang had graduated to fight-instructor by the time he was spotted by Shaw Brothers leading martial art director Chang Cheh, who brought him into the studio in the winter of 1966 where he then groomed him for a couple of years. By the time he emerge he was known as David Chiang Dai-Wai,. The meaning of his stage name and it’s origin appear to be rather obscure: Chiang he may have taken it for no other reason than it was a very recognizable name (because of Taiwan president Chiang Kai Shek) with a star quality feel to it. His original first name being Wai , “Dai” was added to make it mean “True Greatness”, “Dai-wai” being also the direct transliteration of the English name “David”, it may also have been deemed a suitable stage-name for him because his small frame and scholarly looks were evocative of the Biblical David of the David and Goliath famed. Having an English name may also have served to give him a suitable urbane and sophisticated air that played well with his deceptively scholarly, effete look. Vengeance, the first of Chang Cheh’s "Blood Brothers" movies pairing the deadly duo of Chiang and Ti Lung. It was also a watershed movie of Hong Kong martial arts cinema that defined and cemented Chang Cheh’s cinematic approach for years. With the sudden arrival of Bruce Lee in late 1971, the Blood Brothers movies lost some of their steam - their formula began looking tired and Chang Cheh appeared to be losing interest Still, Chiang remained very active by performing in a handful of Chang martial extravaganzas. He was continually paired with Ti Lung but the drama and the chemistry between them wasn't quite the same as in the old Blood Brothers movies.
Chiang starred in his own self-production that he made at a frantic pacing. Chiang found his best work of the period with martial director Lau Kar Leung who had choreographed him in all the Chang Cheh movies of the early seventies. In the second half of the seventies as martial art films evolved towards more and more comedic, Chiang moved with the time, starring in a handful of such films. He also has done some TV work.
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Alternate lists by alpha / genre / year |
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2 Young |
2005 |
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Adventurers, The |
1995 |
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All Men Are Brothers |
1975 |
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Angel |
1986 |
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Angry Guest, The |
1972 |
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Anonymous Heroes, The |
1971 |
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Assassinators |
1978 |
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Banquet, The |
1991 |
Brief appearance |
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Black Killer, The |
1967 |
Brief appearance |
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Blood Brothers, The |
1973 |
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Bloody Treasury Fight |
1979 |
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Blue eagle |
1968 |
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Boxer From Shantung, The |
1972 |
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Bruce Lee And Kung Fu Mania |
1992 |
Brief appearance |
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Challenger, The |
1979 |
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Closer The Better, The |
1952 |
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Condemned, The |
1976 |
Director, Actor |
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Daisy |
2006 |
Actor |
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Dead End |
1969 |
Actor |
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Deadly Duo, The |
1971 |
Actor |
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Death Duel |
1977 |
Brief appearance |
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Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 2013 |
2013 |
Actor |
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Double Fattiness |
1988 |
Director, Actor |
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Drug Addicts, The |
1974 |
Director |
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Duel Of Fists |
1971 |
Actor |
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Duel, The |
1971 |
Actor |
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Election, The |
2005 |
Actor |
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Empress Dowager, The |
1975 |
Actor |
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Enter The Dragon |
1973 |
Stuntman |
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Face To Fate |
2006 |
Actor |
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Fight For Glory |
1981 |
Actor |
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Five Shaolin Masters |
1974 |
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Flying Dagger, The |
1969 |
Brief appearance |
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Four Riders |
1972 |
Actor |
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Friends |
1974 |
Actor |
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From Here To Prosperity |
1986 |
Actor |
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Generation Gap, The |
1973 |
Actor |
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Golden Swallow |
1968 |
Brief appearance |
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Good Match From Heaven, A |
1995 |
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Have Sword, Will Travel |
1969 |
Actor |
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Heaven And Hell |
1979 |
Actor |
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Heaven Can Help |
1984 |
Director, Actor |
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Heroic Ones, The |
1970 |
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Imposter, The |
1975 |
Actor |
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Invincible Fist, The |
1969 |
Actor |
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It's A Mad Mad World |
1987 |
Actor |
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Judgement Of An Assassin |
1977 |
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Just Heroes |
1989 |
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King Eagle |
1971 |
Brief appearance |
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King Of Fists And Dollars |
1981 |
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Kung Fu Jungle |
2014 |
Actor |
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Legend Of Speed, The |
1999 |
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Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires, The |
1974 |
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Legend Of The Owl |
1981 |
Director, Actor |
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Lethal Weapons Of Love And Passion |
2006 |
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Look For A Star |
2009 |
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Loot, The |
1980 |
Actor |
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Lost Kung Fu Secrets, The |
1980 |
Actor |
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Lover's Tears |
1996 |
Producer |
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Mad World Of Fools, A |
1974 |
Director, Actor |
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Magnificent Wanderers |
1977 |
Actor |
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Man From Macau II, The |
2015 |
Actor |
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Mary From Beijing |
1992 |
Actor |
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Master Of Tai Chi, The |
2008 |
Actor |
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Mother Of A Different Kind |
1995 |
Director |
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Mr Handsome |
1987 |
Director |
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Mr Sunshine |
1989 |
Actor |
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Murder Plot |
1979 |
Actor |
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My Dear Son |
1989 |
Director |
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Mystery of the Condor Heroes, The |
1993 |
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Naval Commandos, The |
1977 |
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New One-Armed Swordsman, The |
1971 |
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Night Of The Assassins |
1981 |
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Once Upon A Time In China II |
1992 |
Actor |
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One Armed Swordsmen |
1976 |
Director, Actor |
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Pirate, The |
1973 |
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Play Catch |
1983 |
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Play Con Game |
1982 |
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Red Lamp Shaded In Blood |
1968 |
Brief appearance |
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Red Phoenix |
1979 |
Actor |
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Return Of The Deadly Blade |
1981 |
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Return Of The One-Armed Swordsman |
1969 |
Brief appearance |
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Revolving Doors Of Vengeance |
2005 |
Actor |
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Rooftop, The |
2013 |
Actor |
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Savage Five, The |
1974 |
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Secret Of The Dirk, The |
1970 |
Brief appearance |
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Sensual Pleasures |
1978 |
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Seven Man Army |
1976 |
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Shanghai 13 |
1985 |
Actor |
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Shaolin Abbot |
1980 |
Actor |
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Shaolin Hand Lock |
1978 |
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Shaolin Mantis |
1978 |
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Shaolin Temple |
1976 |
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Silent Love |
1986 |
Director |
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Silver Fox, The |
1968 |
Brief appearance |
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Singing Killer, The |
1970 |
Actor |
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Six Directions Of Boxing |
1977 |
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Soul |
1986 |
Brief appearance |
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Star Runner |
2003 |
Actor |
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Street Boys |
1960 |
Actor |
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Strife For Mastery |
1982 |
Actor |
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Sun Moon Legend, The |
1980 |
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Sword Of Swords, The |
1968 |
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Sword Shot At The Sun |
1979 |
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Taxi Driver, The |
1975 |
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Temperament Of Life |
1975 |
Actor |
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Threshold Of A Person, The |
2008 |
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Tiger On The Beat |
1988 |
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Till Death Do We Scare |
1982 |
Actor |
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Trilogy Of Swordsmanship |
1972 |
Actor |
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Twin Dragons, The |
1992 |
Actor |
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Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars |
1985 |
Brief appearance |
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Two Faces Of Love, The |
1974 |
Actor |
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Vengeance ! |
1970 |
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Wandering Swordsman, The |
1970 |
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Water Margin, The |
1972 |
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What Price Survival |
1994 |
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When East Meets West |
1990 |
Director |
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Where's Officer Tuba ? |
1986 |
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White Dragon, The |
1968 |
Brief appearance |
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Will Of Iron |
1991 |
Director, Actor |
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Winged Tiger |
1970 |
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Wrong Couples, The |
1987 |
Director, Actor |
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Yes, Madam |
1985 |
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Young People |
1972 |
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Young Rebel, The |
1975 |
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