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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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冯峰 馮峰 Fang Fang Feng Fang Feng Feng Feng2 Feng1 Fung Fung (1)
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Birthdate : |
1/1/1916 |
Date of death : |
1/2/2000 |
Workplace : |
Hong Kong |
Activities : |
Director (53), Writer (16), Actor (78), Brief appearance (2) |
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With his small, gauntly appearance and his twisted mouth, Fung Fung is one of these memorable faces that filled kung fu comedy. He was no bit player though, but rather a famed character actor, a prolific writer-director of Cantonese cinema as well as the progenitor of film talent with four of his eleven children making names for themselves within the industry.
Born in 1916, Fung Fung started acting at seventeen in Cantonese Opera. Eventually at some point during the thirties he began doing movies. Quite handsome in his young days, Fung played leading man parts. He started writing movie scripts in 1949 and directing the following year. One of the first movies he directed, The Kid, had him co-star with a young child actor of some repute, named Siu-lung, "Little Dragon", better known later on in the western world as Bruce Lee.
Later that year Fung Fung suffered a terrible accident with a fitness machine, which distorted his face and damaged his eye nerves. Fung’s days as a leading man were over and he began his career as a character-actor playing freaks, but he continued on as a filmmaker, directing and writing more than fifty movies over the next twenty years during the golden age of Cantonese cinema. He also continued sprouting offspring, four of which as mentioned earlier became involved in the film industry - eldest daughter Fung Siu-bo becoming a famed actress and star, Fung Hark-on a movie stuntman, action director, and perpetual villain, Fung Kit-lung a screen writer and Petrina Fung Bo Bo a beloved child actress and star of Cantonese cinema. Both daughters were part of the so-called Seven Cantonese Princesses (that also included Josephine Siao, Connie Po Chu and Nancy Sit).
With the collapse of Cantonese cinema at the very dawn of the seventies, Fung Fung’s career as a film writer/director was effectively over, and he turned to working in TV. As Cantonese Cinema made a comeback in the second half of the seventies, Fung took small parts and guest starring short cameos in kung fu and comedy vehicles; a good deal of the films in which he was appearing had his son Fung Hark-on working in an acting, fight choreographer or director capacity and was done seemingly as a favor to him. Iron Fisted Monk (77), Enter The Dragon (78), Follow The Star (78), Young Master (80), and Legend Of A Fighter (82). Fung also made an appearance in Eighteen Jade Arhats (78), Tsui Hark’s We're Going To Eat You (80), Michael Hui’s Security Unlimited. (81).
Fung Fung passed away in February 2000.
Yves Gendron (based in part by info provided by Christopher Fu) |
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Young Master, The |
1980 |
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Young Couple, The |
1947 |
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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow |
1970 |
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Wonder Boy |
1961 |
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Winner Takes All, The |
1975 |
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Wife In The Morning, Sister-In-law At Night |
1947 |
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We're Going To Eat You |
1980 |
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Villain |
1948 |
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Valuable False Daughter |
1961 |
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Valiant Brothers, The |
1961 |
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Unfinished Story, The |
1947 |
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Uncompromising Fellow |
1948 |
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Uncle's Sacrifice, An |
1960 |
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Two Courageous Heroes |
1949 |
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star |
1983 |
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Trail, The |
1983 |
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Tough Brothers |
1949 |
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Three Encounters |
1969 |
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Those In Love |
1958 |
Actor |
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Temperamental Amazon (Part 2) |
1961 |
Director |
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Temperamental Amazon (Part 1) |
1961 |
Director |
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Tan-Ji's Death By Fire |
1958 |
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Tanji In The Meat Hill |
1958 |
Director |
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Strange Tale At Midnight |
1955 |
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Story Of A Discharged Prisoner |
1967 |
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Springtime Again |
1949 |
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Spanking The Princess |
1955 |
Director, Writer, Actor |
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Soul's Return In The Storm, The |
1948 |
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Sorrowful Orphans |
1961 |
Director |
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Sorrowful Journey In Autumn, A |
1949 |
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Sister's Heart, A |
1955 |
Actor |
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Shadow Of Rouge Tears |
1941 |
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Shadow Of A Doubt |
1961 |
Director |
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Seven Bodies, Eight Deaths And Nine Human Heads |
1955 |
Director, Writer |
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Security Unlimited |
1981 |
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Sad Tale Of Two Women |
1962 |
Director, Writer |
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Ridiculous Master, The |
1946 |
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Reunion, The |
1962 |
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Regretful Lovers |
1948 |
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Quarrelsome Couple, A |
1949 |
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Purple Cup, The |
1963 |
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Puppet Princess |
1962 |
Director |
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Prince's Romantic Affairs, The |
1958 |
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Outstanding One, The |
1948 |
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Outcry In Governor Mei's Office |
1949 |
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Orphan, The |
1960 |
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Orphan Saved Her Adoptive Mother, The |
1960 |
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One Who Saved All |
1961 |
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Ne Zha Is His Mother's Escort (Part 2) |
1958 |
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Ne Zha Is His Mother's Escort (Part 1) |
1958 |
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My Little Lucky Star |
1962 |
Director |
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My Darling Grandchild |
1964 |
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My Darling Children And Grandchildren |
1964 |
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Mother And Son |
1961 |
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Moonlight |
1965 |
Director |
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Monk, The |
1975 |
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Meeting A Fairy While Slaying The Dragon |
1956 |
Director |
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Magic Lamp |
1960 |
Director, Writer |
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Love And Hate On The Sea |
1949 |
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Love And Hate |
1948 |
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Lonely Rider, The |
1970 |
Director, Writer, Actor |
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Little White Golden Dragon |
1961 |
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Little Warrior In Red Butterfly (Part 2), The |
1961 |
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Little Warrior In Red Butterfly (Part 1), The |
1960 |
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Little Sweetheart |
1956 |
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Little Prime Minister |
1961 |
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Little Orphan |
1961 |
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Little Go-Between, The |
1961 |
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Little Go-Between |
1961 |
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Little Artists |
1962 |
Director, Actor |
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Legend Of A Fighter |
1982 |
Brief appearance |
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Laughter And Tears |
1950 |
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Laughter And Tears |
1950 |
Actor |
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Lady Liu And Snobbish Chao |
1950 |
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Kid, The |
1950 |
Director, Actor |
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Justice Wins |
1949 |
Actor |
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Jiang Ping, Zhan Chao Versus Bai Juhua |
1948 |
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Iron Fisted Monk, The |
1977 |
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Invincible Kid Fang Shiyu, The |
1965 |
Director, Writer |
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How Old Master Jiang Crossed The River |
1957 |
Director, Actor |
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Hong Kong 73 |
1974 |
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Herbal Beauty |
1947 |
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Hardworking Wife |
1949 |
Writer, Actor |
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Happy Trio, The |
1975 |
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Happenings, The |
1980 |
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Handsome Groom And His Double, The |
1957 |
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Great Devotion, The |
1960 |
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Great Chums |
1956 |
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Godfather's Daughter Mafia Blues, The |
1991 |
Brief appearance |
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Girls Without Tomorrow 2 |
1992 |
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Girlie Bar, The |
1976 |
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Girl And The Chivalrous Bandit, The |
1950 |
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General And The Tyrant, The |
1961 |
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From Riches To Rags |
1979 |
Actor |
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Four Phoenixes Take Flight |
1948 |
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Follow The Star |
1978 |
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Flag Which Conquered 7 Provinces, The |
1957 |
Director |
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Fan Lihua Bears A Son In The Golden-Light Militia |
1958 |
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Faithful Wife And Lascivious Woman, The |
1948 |
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Enter The Fat Dragon |
1978 |
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Energetic 21 |
1982 |
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Emperor Zhengde's Romantic Adventures |
1959 |
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Emperor Tang Ming's Nocturnal Trip |
1949 |
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Driver No. 7 |
1958 |
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Drifting Orphan, The |
1962 |
Director, Writer |
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Dreams For The Past Events |
1961 |
Director |
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Dragon Lord |
1982 |
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Dead End Case |
1949 |
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Dangerous Moves |
1962 |
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Crazy Bumpkins, The |
1974 |
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Chinese Tarzan, The |
1940 |
Actor |
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Cheng Yaojin Crowned The King |
1949 |
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Chase, The |
1962 |
Director |
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Cast Aside The Beloved One |
1949 |
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Case of 'Missing Corpse', The |
1960 |
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Buddha's Palm |
1982 |
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Blooming under a Cool Moon (Part 2) |
1960 |
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Blooming under a Cool Moon (Part 1) |
1960 |
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Blooming under a Cool Moon (Grand Finale) |
1960 |
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Blessings Come In Pairs |
1955 |
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Big Hold Up, The |
1975 |
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Beggar King Saves The Prince |
1961 |
Director |
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Beautiful Ghost's Grievance, The |
1959 |
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Beautiful Evening, A |
1948 |
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Bandits Of The Water Margin |
1950 |
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Back To The Motherland |
1937 |
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