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Chang Cheh

Chinese film director, screenwriter and songwriter (1923-2002) · China · On the map · Directors · Died at 79

Chang Cheh was a Chinese filmmaker, screenwriter, lyricist and producer active in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Chang Cheh directed more than 90 films in Greater China, the majority of them with the Shaw Brothers Studio in Hong Kong.

Chang Cheh is read about 120 times a day, in 17 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 19 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2002Died22 June 2002Hong Kong Film Awards Lifetime Achievement AwardAward1989Just HeroesFilm, Producer1982Five Element NinjasFilm, Director, Writer1980Two Champions of ShaolinFilm, Director, Writer1979Kid with the Golden ArmFilm, Director, Writer1978Crippled AvengersFilm, Director, Writer19767-Man ArmyFilm, Director, Writer1975All Men Are BrothersFilm, Director, Writer1974Five Shaolin MastersFilm, Director1973Blood BrothersFilm, Director, Writer1971Duel of FistsFilm, Director1970The Heroic OnesFilm, Director, Writer1969Have Sword, Will TravelFilm, Director1967The One-Armed SwordsmanFilm, Director, Writer1966The Magnificent TrioFilm, Director, Writer1923Born10 February 1923

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Close ties

  • The Boxer from Shantung 1972
  • The New One-Armed Swordsman 1971
  • The One-Armed Swordsman 1967
  • Five Element Ninjas 1982
  • Crippled Avengers 1978

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Filmography 40

194 credits on file

Awards

Hong Kong Film Awards Lifetime Achievement Award2002

About this person

Most of his films are action films, especially wuxia and kung fu films filled with violence.

Country
China
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 2002 · aged 79

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