Lee Kwan

Lee Kwan

Nascimento : 1930-02-18,

Morte : 2008-03-12

História

Lee Kwan or Li Kun (Chinese: 李昆, 18 February 1930 – 12 March 2008) was a Taiwanese actor. He joined Shaw Brothers in 1957 and acted in Mandarin films. He later played supporting roles in Bruce Lee's The Big Boss and Fist of Fury. Later he became a film and television actor in Taiwan. He won the 2001 Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for his role in Forbidden Love. Filmography (1956-2005) Actor (197 films) Assistant Director (3 films) Cinematographer (1 film)

Perfil

Lee Kwan

Filmes

End of the Road
Translator
The Direct Line
King of Spies
Yukari Oshima plays a detective who is kidnapped and held hostage by a team of Mainland agents led by Waise Lee. Called The Golden Corps, they are chasing a traitor who is attempting to sell stolen gold in HK.
Spring Daddy
Zang Guang-xing is a veteran soldier from Mainland China who married a young Taiwanese woman. He has been working as a supervisor in a construction company for seven years. Everyday he rides the same motorbike to work. He suffers enough misery from riding that motorbike, and dreams of buying a car. So he asks around for decent second-hand cars. His son doesn't like any car he chooses. His wife, a typical Taiwanese woman who lives frugally, shaves any penny she can. She is the one who pays for the family's new car. They go out on trips happily, and become the envy of the neighborhood. Zhang thus gets the new car he's always dreamed of, but he starts to worry about it getting dirty, because it's simply too new, too nice for him. The car thus becomes his son's vehicle. He rides the old bike to work again, just like he has during all these years.
The Barren Virgin
Kwai-Len is a Hong Kong divorcee who flees an abusive husband in Hong Kong to live in Japan.
Mob Busters
An American in Hong Kong battles mobsters.
Drunken Tai Chi
Chin Do's father (uncredited)
Donnie Yen é Ching Tao, um rapaz com grande talento pra artes marciais que resolve dar uma lição num folgado filhinho-de-papai que anda aprontando pela cidade. Por vingança junta uns amigos e tenta pregar uma peça em Ching Tao com fogos de artifício, mas ele se dá mal e cai na própria armadilha, ficando louco por causa desse acidente. Pra se vingar, seu pai (Don Wong Tao) contrata então um assassino (Yuen Shun Yi) pra matar Ching Tao e sua família. Depois de ter o irmão (Yuen Yat Chor) e o pai (Lee Kwan) assassinados, Ching Tao anda sem rumo até conhecer um artista de rua (Yuen Cheung Yan) que o treina na arte do Tai Chi para se vingar.
A Fist Full of Talons
Qing I-ming springs into action to help his friend, who runs into danger while trying to deliver important government documents.
Confronto com o Dragão
General
O Ocidente encontra o Oriente. Nesta combinação de alta tecnologia militar e antigos ensinamentos de artes marciais, um ninja do serviço secreto prepara uma vingança contra perigosos espiões infiltrados. Um jogo mortal em que a mais alta tecnologia se confronta com os milenares segredos do Oriente, explodindo numa guerra sem tréguas!
All the King's Men
It's the 10th century BC, the emperor (Tien Feng) is not well, and the medicines he is receiving from con artist "Immortal Li" are in reality only making him worse. There is a man in a nearby kingdom, "Divine Physician" Chang Po-chao, whom it's said could cure his epilepsy, but the only way to bribe the head of the border guard is with a new work by painter Wei Yu-pi. He, meanwhile, wishes to be paid in jade, in fact with a specific piece, which requires a thief. But Ting Yu-yu, the best in the area, claims to be retired, though his daughter Li-ting (Cheng Pei-pei) seems enthusiastic. And for the sake of secrecy, the archivists originally sent to recruit Chang don't even know it's on behalf of the emperor!
The Emperor and the Minister
Treasurer Liu Yung
The story about royal intrigue with the ingenious Lord Liu, whose intelligence was envied by the Emperor himself.
Big Boss
Conflicts between power-hungry triad gangsters in Macao leads to bloody battles.
The Angry Young Man
University students in Taipei come under pressure when they are bullied by thugs and forced to enter a fight to the death karate tournament, where super kicker Hwang Jang Lee is the final opponent.
The Rebellious Reign
Rudolph
Ambientado na Dinastia Qing, Ming Kang Yau, um especialista em artes marciais, torna-se aliado do 4º príncipe que busca se tornar o sucessor do imperador moribundo. Ming ajuda o 4º príncipe a roubar o trono de direito do 14º príncipe e as coisas ficam complicadas entre os aliados próximos...
Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty
Treasurer Liu Yung
The year is 1756 and the Emperor journeys to Soochow, where he encounters a famous courtesan and gets involved with in all sorts of un-emperor-like activities.
The Thundering Mantis
Fish shop owner
Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. Ending up facing Hsia (Eddie Ko) of the notorious Jade Brotherhood is inevitable. As a result, Hsia forces Chi's martial arts master to expel him. Masterless and working for a fish vendor, Chi meets a crafty kid (Yat Lung Wong), whose uncle Chow Tung (Chin Yuet Sang) is a master of the Insane Mantis style. The Jade Brotherhood aims for control of the small town but Chi is training with a new Master and will not accept bullies in the neighbourhood.
The Ghost Story
An old man of the village tells kinky ghost stories to a few of it's inhabitants after all the kids have gone to bed. What follows are stories that have horror elements and some soft-core nudity thrown in.
A Vingança do Dragão
Tee Cha (uncredited)
Shing Lung, um jovem rapaz do interior treina com seu avô, um grande mestre, o segredo do tradicional Kung Fu. Contra a vontade de seu avô passa a lutar por dinheiro, para ajudar no sustento de seu mestre que encontra-se doente. Até que seu avô encontra um velho inimigo, líder de uma facção criminosa que o mata covardemente. Desesperado e com sede de vingança, não mede conseqüências para tentar vingar a morte do seu grande mestre.
Of Cooks and Kung Fu
Supt. Woo / Mr. Hu
Efforts of a grandfather teaching his grandson a style of fighting called "Cooking kung-fu"
O Templo do Dragão
(uncredited)
Um meteoro cai na Terra libertando cinco espíritos, que ensinam a Jackie o 'Kung Fu Espiritual', também conhecido como 'Estilo dos Cinco Punhos'. Jackie é um órfão criado por um grande mestre das artes marciais, que recebe sua prova de fogo quando o Templo Shaolin é atacado e roubado. Chan usa então essa 'técnica do outro mundo' para recuperar o manual sobre o 'Estilo dos Sete Punhos' um dos mais mortais, que desapareceu misteriosamente. Caso consiga pôr em prática tudo o que aprendeu, Jackie se tornaria assim um grande mestre.
The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung
Treasurer Liu Yung
In the 18th century, Emperor Chien Lung makes a journey into Southern China.
Snake In The Eagles Shadow 2
Li Chi
Ah Fu (Wong Tao) and Chen Ting Kuan (Carter Wong) are a couple of kung fu men in the escort service business with top notch kung fu. Ah Fu gets tired of the escort service and quits to take up the life of a normal man. In his new “life”, Ah Fu runs into a thief named Li Chi (Li Kun), and the two become the best of friends. Life is great! Ah Fu gets married to a pretty girl, Yu Lan (Ha Ling Ling). He has money, servants, and foot massages. What else could you want? Ah Fu’s life gets turned upside down when a mantis fist expert named Nan Kung Ping (Lung Fei) shows up at Ah Fu’s doorsteps seeking to avenge the death of his brother.
Five Kung Fu Daredevil Heroes
Singing waiter
The heroes pose as gun dealers and acrobats in order to get close to the bad guys so they can avenge the death of one of their brothers.
Warlock of the Battlefield
Liu De
A wizard vampire haunts a number of warriors. He has several zombie servants. The warriors must defeat both threats.
O Desafio de Bruce Lee
Lee Shun (as Lee Quinn)
Após a execução de Chen Zhen em Xangai, os japoneses temiam que sua morte unisse todas as escolas chinesas de kung fu contra eles. Temendo isso, os japoneses deram ordens ao diretor da Escola Hong Ku, Miyamoto (Lo Lieh), para superar todas as escolas chinesas, incluindo a Escola Ching Wu. Miyamoto envia os japoneses junto com seu intérprete para a escola Ching Wu, ordenando que o líder e os alunos deixem a escola. Quando eles se recusam, os japoneses espancam os alunos e destroem a escola. Enquanto isso, Chen Shen (Bruce Li), que é irmão de Chen Zhen vai a Xangai visitar o tumulo do irmão e fica sabendo da destruição da Escola Ching Wu, da matança e opressão que os japoneses estão realizando contra as outras escolas chinesas. Ele é o único que tem coragem de lutar contra os japoneses, e jura vingar a morte de seu irmão e acabar com o terror dos japoneses de uma vez por toda.
Shantung Man in Hong Kong
When Shan Tung comes to Hong Kong for the first time, wanting to seek help from his countryman Lo San, however, Lo San refuses to give him a hand. Shan Tung has no choice but to sell amphetamine in the street for living. A honest guy like him with pronunciation problem often causes embarrassing situations. He is laughed at by others because of his queer ideas. In later days, he makes a lot of friends because he never hesitate to do what is righteous. Therefore he has a better life than before.....
The Girl with the Dexterous Touch
romantic comedy
The Seven Coffins
Hsiao Tsui is the most beautiful girl in a prosperous prostitution house in a North China town. But every client of hers is chased and scared by ghosts. She is thus very poorly treated by the owner. House madame Chiao takes pity in Tsui and hides her in an abandoned inn. There are seven coffins in the inn, all results of unnatural deaths...
A Haunted House
The Bedevilled
Gao Hu (uncredited)
In a small town found the only son of possession, the local, most influential family, dead and naked in vinbutiks hostess, Cheng Niang. His father insists that there is a murder committed by Chai-Tseng Chu, Cheng Niang husband. Tseng claims he is innocent. However, Cheng Niang has disappeared. Old Lin then tries to bribe Magistrate Tang judging Tseng to death and execute him immediately. Cheng Niang learns about her husband's death and freezing. Judge Tang is guilty and begins to see ghosts every night
Seductive Ghost
A ghost teaches a poor shopkeeper medicine, leading to tragedy.
Naughty! Naughty!
Hsin Zhi Gui
Wu Te-chuan is a young man trying to make a living in an easy way. But now he is penniless and will being thrown out of his Macau hotel. Kind- hearted hotel maid Hsiao Yen is the only one to help him in the world. One day, Wu plays a trick on the hotel owner. The scheme backfires and Wu has to flee to Hong Kong. Wu saves desperate painter Hsin. He convinces Hsin that his painting will sell if he is dead. After Hsin pretend to be dead, his paintings really can be sold well, but backfires finally. Then, Wu and Hsin team up and engage themselves full time in con games, gambling and sex inclusive. Finally, Wu is being chased by the ring enforcers but is saved. Finding himself in love with Hsiao Yen, Wu decides to turn a new leaf and live properly ever after.
Garras de Falcão
Wei Min
Huang Fei Hung, o Skyhawk um boxeador de Guangdong e seu aluno vão para Tailândia visitar um velho amigo, Chu Kwai. Logo ele se ver envolvido em problemas com outro comerciante local Ku Chung que é um concorrente desleal do seu amigo Chu e tenta monopolizar os serviços de transporte no cais pela força, aliciamentos, e assassinatos, também realizando negócios ilícitos na região. Após vários conflitos entre as partes o Sr. Chu e o seu fiel aluno são assassinados pela gangue. Agora Huang Fei Hung não tem outra alternativa senão realizar sua vingança enfrentando Ku e seus capangas.
Bloody Ring
Mr. Chi goes to Thailand to assist a close friend, Nai Sin, in preparing his Muay Thai boxers for a battle with Japanese boxers who have arrived in Bangkok to get even for a past loss. Instead of training Nai Sin’s students to take on the Japanese, Mr. Chi finds himself having to take on the Japanese himself, as he has to help one of Nai Sin’s top students fend off the Japanese due to the student not coming through on throwing a boxing match.
Mystery in Hong Kong
In order the get her greedy hands on some money, an evil stepmother uses black magic to destroy her stepson's relationship.
Bruce Lee: O Homem e a Lenda
Self
Este documentário conta a história de Bruce Lee e seus esforços malsucedidos para iniciar uma carreira de ator nos Estados Unidos. Ele retornou a Hong Kong, onde se tornou uma estrela internacional, e morreu aos 32
Seaman No. 7
When a sailor accidentally kills a Japanese man in a bar room brawl, he tries to escape the law by hiding himself in a freighter heading for Japan only to find himself in the middle of a massive drug war.
Back Alley Princess
Uncle Kun
Polly Shang Kwan and Sam Hui are con artists who befriend a family of street venders and entertainers. The group constantly faces financial problems as they are ripped off by thugs, their rent is raised and car breaks down. Polly Kuan (who portrays a man for the entire film) lies, cheats, and steals to come up with the cash that everyone needs. Things get more serious when triad thugs kidnap the daughter of the family, and sell her to a triad boss, killing Carter Wong in the process.
A Man Called Tiger
Siu Lee (as Quin Lee)
A young man suspects his father's suicide was actually a murder committed by gangsters. Using his expertise in martial arts, he gets himself hired by the gangsters who he suspects are responsible for his father's death.
A Fúria do Dragão
Hsu
Quando Chen Zhen descobre que seu venerado mestre foi morto em circunstâncias misteriosas, decide viajar para Xangai para participar do funeral. Em seguida, ele começa a investigar as causas da morte e se depara com uma intriga envolvendo escolas de artes marciais. Exposta a conspiração, Chen precisa lutar violentamente para vingar-se dos assassinos.
Vengeance of a Snowgirl
Master Xiamen Chong
Sworn-brothers expert martial artists are the targets of a mysterious killer, which seems to bear a grudge against them for what happened several years ago.
O Dragão Chinês
Ah Kun
Levado por seu tio a Bancoc para viver com os primos, o jovem Cheng passa a trabalhar na fábrica de gelo local, cujo proprietário está envolvido com tráfico de drogas e prostituição. Com a escalada da violência, Cheng revela-se profundo conhecedor das artes marciais e enfrenta a quadrilha inteira.
We Love Millionaires
Sun Pei Shan
This is a film about three pretty young ladies from Hong Kong who work as sales agents who travel to a resort in Japan for the sole purpose of meeting and wooing millionaires.
The Comet Strikes
There was a civil strife in the court. In order to protect the king, some loyal ministers and the king hid in an old house. This old house was known as a haunted house; whoever lived in the house shall die for sure. Mr. and Mrs. Tse went to the haunted house but died in it. Their son Tse Tin Jun wanted to find out the truth of his parents’ death, so he went to the house. At the mean time, another minister knew the king's hiding in the house. He sent out a military force to kill the king. Actually Mr. and Mrs. Tse pretended to die to deceive the public. Tin Jun stood with his parents and the loyal ministers to fight against the rebels. After the blood battle, they eventually annihilated the rebels...
The Shadow Whip
Er Sha Zi
Cheng Pei-Pei é Yang Kai-yun, uma jovem que vive com seu tio numa estalagem nas geladas montanhas do Pinheiro Vermelho. Comprando suprimentos em Defang, um funcionário da estalagem arruma confusão com 3 valentões chamados de Trio Serial. Um jovem espadachim, Wang Jian-xin, o ajuda. Mas Wang e os outros notam a incrível habilidade de Yang com o chicote. Por coincidência, ele estava a procura de Fang Chen-tian, o lendário Chicote das Sombras, a quem Wang culpa pela morte de seu tio. Yang nega que seu tio recluso possa ser o famoso mestre do chicote, mas nem Wang ou o Trio Serial acreditam nela.
The Venus Tear Diamond
Wong Wai San
Legendary jewel thieves "Nocturnal Earl" (Ling Yun) and "Fragrant Night" (Lily Ho) are set on a collision course for destiny when both arrive in Japan to get their hands on the famous "Venus Tear Diamond." But sparks fly between the jewel thieves and the two fall instantly in love, without knowing that their beloved is after the very jewel each is seeking! To make matters worse, the diamond is in the possession of a randy widow who has her eye on the debonair male thief, and there's even a mystery man interested in the widow, too. Who's going to get the Venus Tear Diamond, and will it mean the end to a perfect love?
The Invincible Eight
Chu Fu
No passado, oito jovens tiveram suas famílias mortas pelo General Hsiao e três deles se encontram anos depois. Na busca por vingança, dois deles são presos, e o único que escapa, é salvo por um cozinheiro, que se revela ser mais um daqueles jovens, além de uma garota disfaçada de homem que aparece e se junta aos outros. Dentro dos domínios de Hsiao, mais dois jovens também foram vítimas de Hsiao e agora que os grupo está completo, se juntam para acabar com a tirania do General e seus homans, principalmente o grupo conhecido por "Nove Chicotes".
A Time for Love
Kwan Ting
A Time For Love features Shaw Brothers' darling Lily Ho in a Romeo and Juliet stylized love story that breaks the tradition of Hong Kong's "class distinction" love stories. It is a film ending with a Cinderella-esque love saving happiness happy ever other ending.
A Taste of Cold Steel
Ah Niu
Três irmãs se unem a uma prima para vingar seu pai, morto por um grupo de nobres ligados a uma gangue criminosa.
The Three Smiles
Boatman
The film tells the story of Tang Bohu, a famous scholar who spends most of his time wandering around the countryside.
Divorce, Hong Kong Style
Wang An-Pang
Shaw Bros. romantic comedy.
Double Trouble
Li Hsiao Kun
Shaw Brothers double trouble comedy
The Midnight Murder
Wang Xiao Er
Inter-Pol
Huang Mao
Agent 009 has to break up a ring of Hong Kong counterfeiters who are shipping forged US dollars all over Asia.
Sing High, Sing Low
Little Chen
A Shaw Brothers Musical Comedy.
Moonlight Serenade
Zhang San
A sweet inn-keeper's daughter falls in love with a woodcutter, but witnesses the woodcutter's brother raping her sister. Tragically, the sister commits suicide in shame, and the rapists turn his attentions to the witness, leading to more danger than most romantic dramas can handle.
Sweet and Wild
Sea Monster
Young love and its comedy of errors. Hsiao Fang, played by Li Ching, is a spunky young girl not afraid to fight back against hooligans. Unfortunately, she mistakes the handsome Ma Ta-hai, for one such hoodlum. The two are immediately attracted but refuse to admit their true feelings. The real hooligans are from a rich family led by a devious Madam who devise a revenge plot. With plot twists, mistaken identities, along with some terrific musical numbers, romance has never been this much fun.
The Blue and the Black 2
Xing Ya's schoolmate
Part two of the wartime love story
The Blue and the Black
Xing Ya's schoolmate
It's a powerful melodrama about a thwarted romance in 1930s Tientsin, China, during the Japanese occupation, and it stars Linda Lin Dai, one of the era's most popular stars. It was part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.
Till the End of Time
Chou Kuo-Wei
Jenny Wu is a singer who charms the well-to-do Peter Chen, but his parents object to a union between their only son and a lowly cabaret singer. He ignores their advice and marries her anyway, and for a time, they find some manner of wedded bliss. But the years are not entirely kind. He works hard to make ends meet, but his health pays the price.
The Monkey Goes West
THE MONKEY GOES WEST is the first entry in the studio’s epic, four-part screen adaptation of “Journey to the West,” a 16th-century novel recounting the efforts of a Buddhist monk and his magical companions to travel to India and bring back Buddhist sutras.
The West Chamber
Monk Facong
A scholar woos the daughter of an important family, while outwitting rebels who try to capture her.
Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore
Shirley's uncle
Shaw Brothers comedy.
Vermilion Door
Doggy
The tragic love triangle of early 20th century Peking Opera star Chiu Hai-tang, his beautiful stage partner, and the warlord who forces himself between them, has been a favorite with Chinese audiences for decades.
The Lark
Xiao Zhu, reporter
A musical staring Carrie Ku Mei as a singer named Xiaoyun Shi, who comes to Hong Kong after a tour of other Asian countries, hoping to develop her career.
The Lotus Lamp
Sky Dog
The Goddess of Hua Mountain is imprisoned for falling in love with a mortal, meanwhile her son is raised in secret until he can attempt to free her.
Sons of the Good Earth
Lao San/Kuan San Sheng
War film set during the second Sino-Japanese war.
The Crimson Palm
Beggar
Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his beloved fiancee before he heads towards the imperial city to participate in the civil service examination, only to find her maid lying dead in blood. Lin is then accused of murder. How can Judge Bao prove his innocence?
The Story of Sue San
Brother Chin
This gripping story centers on the romance between Wang Chin Lung and Sue San. Although they may be perfectly matched when it comes to their love for one other, the two come from remarkably different social ranks. While Chin Lung is the son of a respected government official, Su San is a prostitute, albeit a famous one.
Lady General Hua Mulan
Brother Wu Xin Cheng
About a woman who disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army.
The Amorous Lotus Pan
Yun Ge (Yun Kuh)
A woman in an arranged marriage falls in love with her husband's brother.
Between Tears and Smiles
Singing beggar
Fan Chia-soo is a kind-hearted student whose heart is captured by the sweet song of Shen Feng-hsien. However, he is not the only one who has eyes for Shen. The General's henchmen are also determined to present the songstress to their superior as a gift. Fan received help from an unexpected quarter to save the woman he loves.
Three Sinners
Tang Niu
Based on one particular storyline from The Water Margin, Three Sinners weaves an intriguing story of romance, treachery, and death, all within the context of the traditional Huangmei Opera. Yan Jun casts his real-life wife, the elegant Li Li Hua, star of such Shaw Brothers films as The Goddess of Mercy and Vermillion Door, as one of the title characters, a woman who finds herself in the middle of a stormy love triangle involving her controlling husband (director Yan Jun serving double duty in a starring role) and a passionate lover (Chen Yan Yan).
The Adulteress
Hsiao Hu-Tse
The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the waning days of the Ching Dynasty. To make matters worse, she’s soon framed for her husband’s murder by her rapist - the son of the local magistrate! And even that isn’t the end of her woes. It’s best to have a box of tissues nearby as two expert directors ratchet up the emotional suspense in this consummate tearjerker.
Empress Wu
Empress Wu's eunuch
The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history.
The Love Eterne
Si Chiu
In this dreamy romance set in China during the fourth-century, a young woman convinces her parents to allow her to dress as a boy and attend university.
The Enchanting Shadow
Servant of scholar #2
A young scholar spends the night in a creepy temple that is said to be haunted. He doesn't believe in the rumors, but after running into a Taoist swordsman, he meets a beautiful lady ghost.
The Magic Touch
Xiao Chen
Early Shaw Brothers comedy
Mambo Girl
Student
A young woman in search of a lost identity, her long lost mother who abandoned her soon after her birth.