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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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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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Closer The Better, The |
1952 |
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Street Boys |
1960 |
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Black Killer, The |
1967 |
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Blue eagle |
1968 |
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Golden Swallow |
1968 |
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Red Lamp Shaded In Blood |
1968 |
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Silver Fox, The |
1968 |
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Sword Of Swords, The |
1968 |
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White Dragon, The |
1968 |
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Dead End |
1969 |
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Flying Dagger, The |
1969 |
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Have Sword, Will Travel |
1969 |
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Invincible Fist, The |
1969 |
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Return Of The One-Armed Swordsman |
1969 |
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Heroic Ones, The |
1970 |
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Secret Of The Dirk, The |
1970 |
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Singing Killer, The |
1970 |
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Vengeance ! |
1970 |
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Wandering Swordsman, The |
1970 |
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Winged Tiger |
1970 |
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Anonymous Heroes, The |
1971 |
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Deadly Duo, The |
1971 |
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Duel Of Fists |
1971 |
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Duel, The |
1971 |
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King Eagle |
1971 |
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New One-Armed Swordsman, The |
1971 |
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Angry Guest, The |
1972 |
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Boxer From Shantung, The |
1972 |
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Four Riders |
1972 |
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Trilogy Of Swordsmanship |
1972 |
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Water Margin, The |
1972 |
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Young People |
1972 |
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Blood Brothers, The |
1973 |
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Enter The Dragon |
1973 |
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Generation Gap, The |
1973 |
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Pirate, The |
1973 |
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Drug Addicts, The |
1974 |
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Five Shaolin Masters |
1974 |
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Friends |
1974 |
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Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires, The |
1974 |
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Mad World Of Fools, A |
1974 |
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Savage Five, The |
1974 |
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Two Faces Of Love, The |
1974 |
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All Men Are Brothers |
1975 |
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Empress Dowager, The |
1975 |
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Imposter, The |
1975 |
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Taxi Driver, The |
1975 |
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Temperament Of Life |
1975 |
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Young Rebel, The |
1975 |
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Condemned, The |
1976 |
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One Armed Swordsmen |
1976 |
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Seven Man Army |
1976 |
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Shaolin Temple |
1976 |
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Death Duel |
1977 |
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Judgement Of An Assassin |
1977 |
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Magnificent Wanderers |
1977 |
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Naval Commandos, The |
1977 |
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Six Directions Of Boxing |
1977 |
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Assassinators |
1978 |
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Sensual Pleasures |
1978 |
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Shaolin Hand Lock |
1978 |
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Shaolin Mantis |
1978 |
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Bloody Treasury Fight |
1979 |
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Challenger, The |
1979 |
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Heaven And Hell |
1979 |
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Murder Plot |
1979 |
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Red Phoenix |
1979 |
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Sword Shot At The Sun |
1979 |
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Loot, The |
1980 |
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Lost Kung Fu Secrets, The |
1980 |
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Shaolin Abbot |
1980 |
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Sun Moon Legend, The |
1980 |
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Fight For Glory |
1981 |
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King Of Fists And Dollars |
1981 |
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Legend Of The Owl |
1981 |
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Night Of The Assassins |
1981 |
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Return Of The Deadly Blade |
1981 |
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Play Con Game |
1982 |
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Strife For Mastery |
1982 |
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Till Death Do We Scare |
1982 |
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Play Catch |
1983 |
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Heaven Can Help |
1984 |
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Shanghai 13 |
1985 |
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Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars |
1985 |
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Yes, Madam |
1985 |
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Angel |
1986 |
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From Here To Prosperity |
1986 |
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Silent Love |
1986 |
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Soul |
1986 |
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Where's Officer Tuba ? |
1986 |
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It's A Mad Mad World |
1987 |
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Mr Handsome |
1987 |
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Wrong Couples, The |
1987 |
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Double Fattiness |
1988 |
Director, Actor |
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Tiger On The Beat |
1988 |
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Just Heroes |
1989 |
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Mr Sunshine |
1989 |
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My Dear Son |
1989 |
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When East Meets West |
1990 |
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Banquet, The |
1991 |
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Will Of Iron |
1991 |
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Bruce Lee And Kung Fu Mania |
1992 |
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Mary From Beijing |
1992 |
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Once Upon A Time In China II |
1992 |
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Twin Dragons, The |
1992 |
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Mystery of the Condor Heroes, The |
1993 |
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What Price Survival |
1994 |
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Adventurers, The |
1995 |
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Good Match From Heaven, A |
1995 |
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Mother Of A Different Kind |
1995 |
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Lover's Tears |
1996 |
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Legend Of Speed, The |
1999 |
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Star Runner |
2003 |
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2 Young |
2005 |
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Election, The |
2005 |
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Revolving Doors Of Vengeance |
2005 |
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Daisy |
2006 |
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Face To Fate |
2006 |
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Lethal Weapons Of Love And Passion |
2006 |
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Master Of Tai Chi, The |
2008 |
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Threshold Of A Person, The |
2008 |
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Look For A Star |
2009 |
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Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 2013 |
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Rooftop, The |
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Kung Fu Jungle |
2014 |
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Man From Macau II, The |
2015 |
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