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Fans of Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung might remember veteran actor Paul Chang Chung for his small distinguish roles in such movies as Wheels on Meals (Yuen Biao’s lunatic father), My Lucky Stars (the dapper-suited crime boss), Millionaire's Express (one of the mountain bandit chiefs ) and Police Story (the judge). In the sixties, though, he had being one of Hong Kong’s Mandarin Cinema leading male star during it’s great golden age.
Born Chang Chung Tien in 1931, Paul Chang Chung’s earliest reported movie appearance was as a child actor in the Cantonese production; Three Provocations Against the Emperor. He reappeared twenty years later as a contract actor for the Shaw’s movie moguls; first for their Shaw And Sons, Ltd studio and then the newly establish Shaw Brothers. Tall and handsome he was set-up into a leading man/matinee idol player. While in their early days Shaw Brothers mostly used already establish stars like Linda Lin Dai or Peter Chen Ho, Paul Chang Chang was one of the very fist to be “made” and totally contract own by the studio.
Over his decade-long stay at Shaw, Paul Chang made more than three dozen movies in a wide variety of genres including drama (Golden Trumpet, Auntie Lan), romance (Song of Orchid Island) period piece (Empress Wu, Amorous Lotus Pan) and thrillers (The Mid-Nightmare, To Catch a Murderer). However as Hong Kong’s Mandarin star system was overwhelmingly female dominated; Paul Chang’s stardom was never a match to most of his female co-stars. He also didn’t seem to have the same clout as Shaw’s others top male stars of the period, such as Peter Chen , Guan Shan or Zhao Lei. Paul Chang Chung was perhaps just too manly looking for his own good at a time where a somewhat effete screen quality was very much look for in the lead male actors at the time. As a result, despite his output, Paul Chang was mostly cast as leads in minor genre pieces (like romances or thrillers), or minor productions of major genres. He was never cast as the lead in Shaw Brothers’ prestige productions, instead appearing in only secondary leading male roles.
It was not until the mid Sixties that Shaw Brothers began making films in the genre that truly suited Paul Chang’s manly look and suave disposition; the spy caper. With such films as Golden Buddha>, Operation Lipstick, Black Falcon and Kiss and Kill, Chang became Shaw’s own asian James Bond. At the same time, however, the growing success of wuxia movies was launching a new generation of upstart leading men (Jimmy Wang Yu, Yueh Hua, Lo Lieh) which likely explains Paul Chang’s abrupt departure from Shaw Brothers, to their rival Cathay in 1968.
Unfortunately, Paul Chang’s move didn’t do his career any favours. Cathay was already in steady decline in their competitive struggle against Shaw, and would close down at the turn of the Seventies. Still, Chang did manage to make as many as fifteen movies for Cathay. It was during this time that he was able to get on the wuxia pian bandwagon, but none of the swordplay movies he made were ever able to match the success of those made by Shaw Brothers.
Upon Cathay’s closure, Paul Chang became a free agent. While past his prime as a leading star he was still a very famous name. Through the years he worked with Golden Harvest, as well as several other smaller independent production houses in Hong-Kong and Taiwan, mostly in the genre du jour, martial-arts movies. He made up to seven sword/k-f movie movies with Jimmy Wang Yu alone (including; The Brave and the Evil, The Gallant) although usually in villainous roles and even returned occasionally to his old studio Shaw Brothers (Vengeance Of A Snowgirl, Sinful Confession)
Starting in 1974, like many stars at the time (Lui Kei, David Chiang, Patrick Tse), Chang tried his hand as a director. Over the following ten years, he went on to make six movies of his own, in a variety of genres, from thrillers (Death Comes in Three) to wuxia pian (Super Dragon) and even established his own small production companies; Cheung Jeung (Chang Brothers) followed later by Chang’s. It’s around the same period that he finally tied the knot. Having dated Linda Lin Dai and Ivy Ling Po back in his Shaw Brothers days, he married sexy movie siren Hu Chin in 1975, though their marriage lasted only until 1979.
In the eighties, Paul Chung was among the many veteran stars who redirected their careers towards television. He became a regular for both TVB in H-K and TTV in Taiwan. His film output diminished accordingly, limited mostly to small parts in Sammo Hung or Jackie Chan movies. With his second wife, he attempted to establish himself in the restaurant business but ended up bankrupt. His last movie role was in 1992 with Center Stage. Paul Chang Chung’s twilight years were spent in Singapore, where he died early in 2010 from colon and lung cancer. At the request of his family, his passing went unheeded for months. While Chang Chung’s movies with Cathay, those he made in Taiwan, and all of his directorial efforts are out of circulation nowadays, the bulk of his Shaw Brothers output has been made available through Celestal/IVY DVD releases.
Paul Chang was younger brother to writer director Cheung Sam with who he establish Chang's Brothers back in the seventies. Yves Gendron (December 2010) |
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Death Comes In Three |
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Little Ancestors, The |
1976 |
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Lucky, Lucky |
1974 |
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Silver Band, The |
1974 |
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Super Dragon |
1982 |
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Wild As The Waves |
1974 |
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Death Comes In Three |
1973 |
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Lucky, Lucky |
1974 |
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800 Heroes |
1976 |
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Adventure, The |
1972 |
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Alliance Of Hung Sect, The |
1982 |
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Amorous Lotus Pan, The |
1964 |
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Auntie Lan |
1967 |
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Belles, Les |
1961 |
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Between Tears And Laughter |
1964 |
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Big Land, Flying Eagles |
1978 |
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Bitter Sweet |
1963 |
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Black Alice |
1975 |
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Black Falcon |
1967 |
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Black Gold |
1959 |
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Black Panther, The |
1969 |
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Blade Spares None, The |
1971 |
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Born Rich |
1976 |
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Brave And The Evil, The |
1971 |
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Center Stage |
1992 |
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Challenge, The |
1969 |
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Coin, The |
1964 |
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Crocodile River |
1965 |
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Daring Sword, The |
1969 |
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Darling Daughter |
1959 |
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Death Comes In Three |
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Death On The Docks |
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Desire |
1959 |
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Dial For Murder |
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Discharged, The |
1977 |
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Downhill They Ride |
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Dragon Lord |
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Duel To The Death |
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Eagle's Claw, The |
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Eight For The Border |
1969 |
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Eight Hundred Heroes |
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Empress Wu Tse-Tien, The |
1963 |
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Enchanted Melody |
1959 |
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Fantasy Mission Force |
1982 |
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Fatest Fists |
1972 |
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Fight For The Agreement |
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Filial Girl At The Icy Valley, The |
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Flames Of Passion |
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Gallant, The |
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Golden Buddha, The |
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Golden Trumpet, The |
1961 |
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Her Vengeance |
1971 |
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Hong Kong Nocturne |
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I Don't Want To Divorce |
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I Want To Sing |
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Invincible Eight, The |
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Invincible Sword |
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Invincible, The |
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Jenny And Her Sexy Mother |
1972 |
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Kiss And Kill |
1967 |
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Kung Fu Vs Yoga |
1979 |
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Lark, The |
1971 |
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Legends Of Cheating |
1971 |
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Lily Under The Gun |
1982 |
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Lion's Heart |
1972 |
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Little Ancestors, The |
1976 |
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Lost Generation |
1983 |
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Lost Love, The |
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Love In The Twilight Zone |
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Love Is A Four Letter Word |
1973 |
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Love Thy Neighbour |
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Lovers In A Sea Of Desire |
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Mad, Mad Sword |
1969 |
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Madam Slender Plum |
1967 |
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Malayan Affair |
1960 |
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Mallow Forest |
1969 |
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Many Faces Of A Diamond |
1972 |
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Mid-Nightmare |
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Mid-Nightmare (Part 2) |
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Million Eyes Of Su-Muru, The |
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Millionaire's Express, The |
1986 |
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Money and I |
1971 |
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My Cape Of Many Dreams |
1981 |
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My Father In Law |
1969 |
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My Lucky Stars |
1985 |
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Naughty Boys |
1986 |
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Night Is Not Made For Stealing |
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Oh Boys ! Oh Girls ! |
1961 |
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Operation Lipstick |
1967 |
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Pearl In Command, A |
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Peeper, The Model And The Hypnotist, The |
1972 |
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Private Eye, The |
1973 |
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Promising Young Boy |
1987 |
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Pursuit Of Vengeance |
1977 |
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Raining In The Mountain |
1979 |
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Rendezvous In The South Sea |
1960 |
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Rivals, The |
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Secret Of My Millionaire Sister |
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Silver Band, The |
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Sinful Confession |
1974 |
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Song Of Orchid Island |
1965 |
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Sons Of Good Earth |
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Story Of Sue San, The |
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Stunning Gambling, The |
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Sup Sap Bup Dup |
1975 |
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Super Dragon |
1982 |
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Sword With The Windbell |
1983 |
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Three Dolls In Hong Kong |
1961 |
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Three Provocations Against The Emperor |
1939 |
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Till The End Of Time |
1966 |
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To Catch A Murderer |
1963 |
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To Kill A Rover |
1968 |
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Vengeance Of A Snowgirl |
1971 |
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Violet Clove And Firebird |
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Wells Up In My Heart |
1981 |
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When Fortune Smiles |
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Where Is My Bride ? |
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Where's Officer Tuba ? |
1986 |
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Wild As The Waves |
1974 |
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Winners And Sinners |
1983 |
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Wolf And The Angel, The |
1968 |
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Women Soldiers |
1981 |
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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow |
1970 |
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You Are My Soul |
1958 |
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Young Dragons - Kung Fu Kids 3 |
1987 |
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Young Dragons - Kung Fu Kids 4 |
1987 |
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Police Story |
1985 |
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Righting Wrongs |
1986 |
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Wheels On Meals |
1984 |
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