Kung Fu actor interviews

[Jimbo]

1. Billy Chong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bkamQWCm6o

2. Chi Kuan-Chun and Ching Kuo-Chung (Interview about Showdown at the Cotton Mill. Also includes an old Tan Tao-Liang demo, and a recent Chi Kuan-Chun forms demo)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wi2xukTLws

3. D!ck Wei

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQfHYikcr2M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8XKs...eature=related

[Jimbo]

4. Casanova Wong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stO8Q-b_Uns

5. Angela Mao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYTLVLGLuFQ

6. Ti Lung

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTmZjRR92fs

[Jimbo]

7. Ng See-Yuen (and Roy Horan)

NSY was a director/producer and head of Seasonal Films, and helped jump-start or accelerate the careers/widen the popularity of countless performers and directors, including Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang-Lee, John Liu, Wong Tao, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ho Chung-Tao (Bruce Li), Conan Lee, Cynthia Rothrock, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuen Woo-Ping, Corey Yuen, etc.

Here he discusses some of the people above and the Hong Kong/Taiwan martial arts film industry in general.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8SZkLOYhXg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_ZCA...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy-sm...eature=related

8. Roy Horan

Roy Horan worked with Ng See-Yuen and was also a student of Hwang Jang-Lee. Here he discusses some of Hwang's training methods. Roy also appeared in some movies, including Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, The Snuff Bottle Connection, and Game of Death II, a.k.a., Tower of Death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G0hX...eature=related


9. Moon Lee (Lee Choi-Fung)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ-MumHclP4

[Jimbo]

10. Yukari Oshima

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4m4oSOXxEM

11. Lau Kar-Wing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU-KLgfQ-VM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra-zE...eature=related

[Jimbo]

12. Lily Li

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onw0rgcF5HU


13. Nora Miao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWmNH5Owqkk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-6Y-...eature=related


14. Shek Kin (This clip is brief and is from Shek Kin's last known interview)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7AEE...eature=related

[Jimbo]

15 - Yuen Biao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwttR...eature=related


16 - Tan Tao-Liang

(Note: This clip is taken from Top Fighter, and begins with some footage that also includes Hwang Jang-Lee and Casanova Wong)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zLgIQj0jNI


17 - Cheng Pei-Pei

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfrXuJaabGI

[Jimbo]

18 - Kim Won-Jin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBUBHCeCjFs


19 - Lee Hoi-San

part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bG1Hyuiy_w

part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIehMjbL-Pk

part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7tZsP8u5-k

Note: When I posted the link to this last interview, an error had occurred on part 2, so maybe it will work later(?).

[Jimbo]

20 - Sammo Hung (interviewed by Toby Russell & Rick Baker)

**Starts at approx. 2:40**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjv02...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v46VP...eature=related

[Jimbo]

21 - Hong Kong Movies parts 4 & 5. I could not find any other parts of this on youtube. Featuring movie clips and interviews/commentary with:
Lau Kar-Leung
David Chiang
Gordon Liu
Sammo Hung
Leung Ting
Jackie Chan
Jet Li
Shek Kin
Kara Hui

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDYcWWpcUms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndgLw...eature=related

[Jimbo]

22 - Ho Chung-Tao (a.k.a., Bruce Li)

Of all the Bruce Lee imitators of the '70s, Ho Chung-Tao was the best...not because he looked or moved like BL (he didn't really), but because he was a good all-around performer who could not only screen fight, but could act. He didn't like the 'Bruce Li' gimmick, though, and to his credit, he was able to make some movies without the BL imitation stigma. The interview was conducted at the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall/Park in Taipei, Taiwan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6FiKMTSgyA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwtAGUqkHQk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWn1nPIR4UM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9rkTN16V3I

[Jimbo]

23 - Yasuaki Kurata

(On meeting Bruce Lee)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDTU1rg0pas

Yasuaki Kurata was the most prolific Japanese actor to appear in Chinese films; an excellent actor who was also one of the best screen fighters of all. He's still active in the business and can still move with the best of them.

[Jimbo]

24 - Sonny Chiba

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xev3_XjCK2M

[Jimbo]

25 - Lo Lieh

The late Lo Lieh was one of the most prolific actors in HK cinema, usually cast as villains, but played heroic characters as well. His roles have been too numerous, but some of his most famous films include: King Boxer (Five Fingers of Death), 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Executioner of Shaolin, and Clan of the White Lotus (Fist of the White Lotus). In both Executioner and Clan, Lo's portrayal of the Priest Pai Mei (Bak Mei) inspired Quentin Tarantino to include the character in Kill Bill 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7vaUE63yXo

[Jimbo]

26 - Jimmy Wang Yu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vacklJf53PI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qVK1...eature=related

27 - Hsiao Hou

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV-NpAonigY

[Jimbo]

28 - Moon Lee (II)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DgJQehmBW8