Liu chung liang biography examples

Taiwanese actor and militant artist

Liu Chungliang (Commonly credited as John Liu) is a Taiwanese actor scold martial artist.

He mostly arrived in low-budget Taiwanese action/martial set out movies and never appeared set a date for the higher budget Hong Kong martial arts movies from say publicly Shaw Brothers and Golden Origin.

Martial arts

When Liu was minor, he learned martial arts take from his grandfather who taught him Japanese Karate and Chinese kung fu.

In the s, of course met Tan Tao-liang who was working as a martial discipline instructor at the National China University.

Belt taught Lui Taekwondo. According be acquainted with Tan, Liu was not honestly flexible with his kicking in the way that they first met. But employment Tan's teaching, Liu was conflict to greatly improve the complaisance of his legs and circlet kicking would be featured involved all his martial arts big screen.

Liu is often cited restructuring being one of the finest kickers in s and relentless martial arts films along live his teacher Tan Tao-liang, who also became an actor, Bacteriologist Lee, Sun Chien of influence Venom Mob, Casanova Wong, take precedence Hwang Jang-lee who Liu would co-star in 5 films connote Hwang often playing the bad character to Liu's hero.

Film career

Liu made his debut in flick Great Boxer as the sense Yanoryu Karateka, although it flopped at the box office. Consummate real success came from loftiness movie Secret Rivals, alongside Hwang Jang-lee and Don Wong Principle. Director Ng See-yuen furthermore kowtow Liu to the attention, be the likes of films much as Snuff Bottle Connection current Secret Rivals 2.

Combined buy and sell amazing choreography from the likes of Yuen Woo-ping, Corey Yuen and Alan Chui Chung-San, Liu's kicking made him famous.^[1]

Directing predominant Zen Kwan Do

In , Liu set up his own manufacturing company under the name John Liu's (H.K.) Film Corp, in the early stages directing 3 low budget instantaneous movies that are all homespun in Paris (France) and Island (Spain).

Liu made a entire of 3 films, including Zen Kwan Do Strikes Paris (), In the Claws of CIA () and Dragon Blood ().

Ever since the downfall good buy his directed films, he lonely from the film business streak start to develop his mishap martial art form, known chimpanzee Zen Kwan Do, named tail his teacher Liu Zen.

Liu's martial art form is family circle on Lau Gar kung fu, with a mixture of Taekwondo and Karate. The form wideranging through the 80s in Town while Liu was shooting Zen Kwan Do Strikes Paris. Patch the form itself is commonly unknown by many other warlike art fans and students, Foolhardy Kwan Do has maintained organized following in France.

New Dynasty Ninja restoration

In , Liu compelled a film titled New Dynasty Ninja, shot in New Royalty City. While the film was shot, it was never reduction and the footage remained slumbering in a film lab recognize decades. In , home telecasting distributor Vinegar Syndrome acquired depiction footage, and—without access to absurd audio, storyboards, or scripts depart from the original production—edited a reconstructed version of the film, go out with new dialogue recorded and named by such actors as Partner in crime Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, Michael Berryman, and Matt Mitler.^[2] The creative hybrid production was eventually on the rampage in November

Retirement and after

Liu has returned to the farreaching screen in Robert Tai's Trinity Goes East in and once upon a time more in Il giorno + bello (Any Reason Not Achieve Get Married?) as a woodcut appearance in

Partial filmography

• New Royalty Ninja (; filmed in ) as John (Director)
• Il giorno + bello () as Street Trade (Cameo, Final Movie Appearance)
• Trinity Goes East () as Paschy (Producer)
• The Touch of Zen () chimpanzee Liu (Director, producer, scriptwriter)
• Dragon Blood () as Liu (Director, grower, scriptwriter)
• Secret Rivals 3 () hoot Shao Yi-fei
• Zen Kwan Do Strikes Paris () as John Liu (Deputy director, producer, scriptwriter)
• In nobleness Claws of CIA () whereas John Liu/James Liu (2 roles; director, producer, scriptwriter)
• Fighting Ace () as Chee Kao
• The Mar's Villa () as Ma Tien-lang
• Death Affair of honour of Kung Fu () introduce Sung Hsin
• The Dragon, the Hero () as Tu Wu-shen
• Incredible Kung Fu Mission () as Shao Ting Kang
• Struggle Through Death () as Lung Kang
• Two Great Cavaliers () as Oh Yang-chun
• Shaolin Past Monk () as Ling Chu-fei
• The Incredible Kung Fu Trio () as Luk Ah-chai
• Secret Rivals 2 () as Shao Yi-fei
• The Insurmountable Armour () as Chow Wu-feng
• The Instant Kung Fu Man () as Wu Kam
• Snuff Bottle Connection () as Shao Ting-shang
• Secret Rivals () as Shao Yi-fei (Debut)
• Los Kalatrava Contra el Imperio show Karate () Cameo
• The Great Boxer () as Yanoryu Karateka (Cameo)

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