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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 : |
刘家勇 Ho Chi Hung Lau Ga Yung Sammy Lau Liu Chia Jung Jimmy Liu
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Nationality : |
Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong, Taiwan |
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Director (3), Producer (2), Action Director (6), Assistant Action Director (1), Writer (2), Editor (1), Actor (25), Brief appearance (1), Stuntman (2), Planning (1) |
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Biography |
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One of the Lau family.
Born in 1955, Lau Kar Yung began to learn Kung Fu under the tutelage of his mother (at eight years old) and initially found work under his uncle Lau Kar Leung at Shaw Brothers Studios, as a stuntman (notably in The 36th Chamber of Shaolin). By the mid 1970s he had taken lead roles in such movies as Shaolin Disciples and Dragon's Claws (capitalizing on the wave of kung fu comedies led by Jackie Chan, and adapting them to the Lau style). In the early 1980s he acted in such movies as The Tigress Of Shaolin (with his mother, Lau Sui Yee) and in 1980 he choreographed Jackie Chan’s The Young Master (and memorably performed the lion dance at the beginning of the film).
Lau Kar Yung disappeared from films for several years, devoting himself to TV series’. He had returned to the cinema in the late 80's. This time he worked primarily behind the camera as a choreographer (He Who Chases After The Wind is one of his notable works). It must be noted that he has experienced work in this position earlier in his career. He also turned his hand to directing (New Kids In Town and The Black Wall are examples).
He enjoyed a brief return to the theatre of film in 1994 (Drunken Master II and Drunken Master III and Crystal Fortune Run) and 2002 (Drunken Monkey, alongside his uncles and cousin Lau Wing Kin). Now he helps spread the name of what made him famous. He (along with Mark Houghton) as a teacher at the Lau Family Hung Fist School in Hong Kong, a venture created by his uncle Lau Kar Leung.
Recently he (again with Mark Houghton) authored and performed in a series of instructional kung fu DVD’s that highlight the styles of the Hung Gar form.
Scott Finch (January 2008) |
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Alternate lists by alpha / genre / year |
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Shang-Chi et la Légende des Dix Anneaux |
2021 |
Actor |
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Trivisa |
2016 |
Actor |
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Grandmaster, The |
2012 |
Actor |
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Drunken Monkey |
2002 |
Brief appearance |
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Crystal Fortune Run |
1994 |
Actor |
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Drunken Master II |
1994 |
Assistant Action Director, Actor |
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Drunken Master III |
1994 |
Action Director, Actor |
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Lantern |
1994 |
Director, Action Director |
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New Kids In Town |
1990 |
Director, Producer, Action Director, Writer |
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Black Wall, The |
1989 |
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Actor, Planning |
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He Who Chases After The Wind |
1988 |
Action Director |
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Kid From Kwangtung |
1982 |
Actor |
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Carry On Wise Guy |
1981 |
Actor |
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Crazy Nuts |
1981 |
Action Director, Actor |
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Gold Hunters, The |
1981 |
Actor |
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Young Master, The |
1980 |
Stuntman |
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Crazy Couple |
1979 |
Actor |
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Dragon's Claws |
1979 |
Actor |
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Tigress Of Shaolin, The |
1979 |
Actor |
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36th Chamber Of Shaolin, The |
1978 |
Stuntman |
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Bruce Lee - The Invincible |
1978 |
Actor |
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Bruce Li In New Guinea |
1978 |
Actor |
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Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog |
1978 |
Actor |
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Duel Of The Brave Ones |
1978 |
Actor |
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Fearless Duo |
1978 |
Actor |
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Incredible 3 |
1978 |
Actor |
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Shaolin Disciples |
1978 |
Action Director, Actor |
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36 Crazy Fists, The |
1977 |
Actor |
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Four Shaolin Challengers, The |
1977 |
Actor |
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Strike And Sword |
1977 |
Actor |
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Spiritual Boxer |
1975 |
Actor |
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