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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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楊斯 Yáng Sī Yang Sze Yang Szu Yang1 Si1 Bolo Yeung Yeung See Yeung Shut Yeung Tze
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Birthdate : |
3/7/1938 |
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China |
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Hong Kong, USA |
Activities : |
Director (2), Action Director (1), Actor (80), Brief appearance (9) |
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Even though Bolo Yeung’s career is intimately related to baddies characters, whose intelligence often equals one of an oyster, he is an actor that managed to create charismatic roles, being often able to wake up the spectator from its deep lethargy.
Born in Guangzhou suburbia, Bolo Yeung studies martial arts since his youngest age from local great masters. But, contrarily to many others, he is also interested in developing his physical strength through intensive muscular training. During the 60s, he is forced to run away from communism, and leaves to take refuge in Hong Kong, where he first becomes a body-building teacher. In 1970, he is even consecrated as Mister Hong Kong.
His strong corpulence, his brute face and his obvious martial skills quickly attracted the attention of the big studios, particularly the Shaw Brothers that offer him in 1969 to act in Chang Cheh’s The Heroic Ones as the brutal and robust general Meng Chieh Hui. Once his career is really started, Bolo Yeung does some more movies with Chang Cheh (Deadly Duo, Angry Guest) before leaving the Shaw studios in 1971. Concurrently to his cinematographic adventures, he acts in a few TV ads, including one for the Winston cigarettes brand. It is this occasion that will lead him to meet with Bruce Lee. Struck by the monstrous corpulence of Bolo, he offers him to hold a fighter role in his new film, Enter The Dragon. Unfortunately, Bolo Yeung is once more reduced to a brainless character, whose only goal seems to be the most brutal possible destruction of his opponent. Worse, the movie does not propose any direct confrontation between Bruce Lee and Bolo Yeung. Even if this would have been planned for Game Of Death, the death of the little dragon puts a definite end to the hopes of Bolo Yeung.
During the 70s and 80s, Bolo Yeung is going to play in about a hundred of movies, most of the time in the role of a monstrous stranger, whose presence mainly serves to put the main character (usually a Bruce Lee clone) in a heroic position. He can be seen being put into pieces, but not without resistance, in such forgotten movies as Hong Kong Superman, The Fighting Dragon, Bruce's Deadly Fingers, Big Boss 2, The Clones Of Bruce Lee, Bruce Li In New Guinea (!), Bruce The Super Hero and many others.
Even though he has played in countless movies, often of a doubtful quality, we have to wait until the end of the 80s to see Bolo Yeung making a name amongst action movies fans. It is in 1988 that he gets the Chong Li role, in Bloodsport, along with a beginner, Jean-Claude Van Damme. For many, the true attraction of the movie is Bolo Yeung. And we will see him crossing path with the Belgian again in Double Impact, in 1991. At last, in 1993, Bolo Yeung acts in Shootfighter: Fight To Death where he gets one of his rare good guy roles. He returns in 1996 in a sequel : Shootfighter 2 : Kill Or Be Killed
Stéphane Jaunin (October 2003)
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Heroic Ones, The |
1970 |
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Wandering Swordsman, The |
1970 |
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Deadly Duo, The |
1971 |
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Lady Professional, The |
1971 |
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Oath Of Death, The |
1971 |
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Rescue, The |
1971 |
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Angry Guest, The |
1972 |
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Fourteen Amazons, The |
1972 |
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Fugitive, The |
1972 |
Brief appearance |
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Gourd Fairy, The |
1972 |
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Intrigue In Nylons |
1972 |
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King Boxer |
1972 |
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Man Of Iron |
1972 |
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Trilogy Of Swordsmanship |
1972 |
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Young People |
1972 |
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Black Guide |
1973 |
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Bodyguard, The |
1973 |
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Call To Arms |
1973 |
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Chinese Hercules |
1973 |
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Enter The Dragon |
1973 |
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Greatest Thai Boxing |
1973 |
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Killer In The Dark |
1973 |
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Kung Fu's Hero |
1973 |
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Soul of Chiba, The |
1973 |
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Tiger |
1973 |
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Kung Fu on the Bosporus |
1974 |
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Super Kung Fu Kid |
1974 |
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Thunder Kick |
1974 |
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All Men Are Brothers |
1975 |
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Debt Of Crime, A |
1975 |
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Fighting Dragon, The |
1975 |
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Hong Kong Superman |
1975 |
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Big Family |
1976 |
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Bruce's Deadly Fingers |
1976 |
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Queen's Ransom, A |
1976 |
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Clones Of Bruce Lee, The |
1977 |
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Ten Magnificent Killers |
1977 |
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Amsterdam Connection |
1978 |
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Bruce And Shaolin Kung Fu |
1978 |
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Bruce Lee - The Invincible |
1978 |
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Bruce Le's Greatest Revenge |
1978 |
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Bruce Li In New Guinea |
1978 |
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Enter The Game Of Death |
1978 |
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Mr Big |
1978 |
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Storming Attacks |
1978 |
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Tattoo Connection, The |
1978 |
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36 Deadly Styles, The |
1979 |
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Big Boss 2 |
1979 |
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Bruce The Super Hero |
1979 |
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Dragon, The Hero, The |
1979 |
Brief appearance |
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Fists, Kicks, And The Evils |
1979 |
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Ruthless Revenge |
1979 |
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Treasure Of Bruce Le |
1979 |
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Writing Kung Fu |
1979 |
Director, Actor |
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Bolo |
1980 |
Director, Action Director, Actor |
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Bruce - King Of Kung Fu |
1980 |
Brief appearance |
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Challenge Of The Tiger |
1980 |
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Master Killers |
1980 |
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Snake Deadly Act |
1980 |
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All The Wrong Clues For The Right Solution |
1981 |
Brief appearance |
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Cold Blooded Murder, The |
1981 |
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Enter Three Dragons |
1981 |
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Ninja Killer |
1981 |
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Bruce Strikes Back |
1982 |
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Kung Fu Cook |
1982 |
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Boxer's Omen, The |
1983 |
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Fearless Hyena 3 |
1983 |
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Just For Fun |
1983 |
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Play Catch |
1983 |
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Silent Romance |
1984 |
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Lucky Diamond |
1985 |
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My Lucky Stars |
1985 |
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Seven Angels, The |
1985 |
Brief appearance |
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Working Class |
1985 |
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Legacy Of Rage |
1986 |
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Lucky Stars Go Places |
1986 |
Brief appearance |
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Millionaire's Express, The |
1986 |
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Where's Officer Tuba ? |
1986 |
Brief appearance |
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Killer's Nocturne |
1987 |
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To Err Is Humane |
1987 |
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Bloodsport |
1988 |
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One Husband Too Many |
1988 |
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Bloodfight |
1989 |
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Double Impact |
1991 |
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Bruce Lee And Kung Fu Mania |
1992 |
Brief appearance |
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Megaforce From Highland |
1992 |
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Life Of Bruce Lee, The |
1993 |
Brief appearance |
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Top Fighter |
1993 |
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Fist Of Legends 2 |
1996 |
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