Biography
Frequently Chinese militants stripped by hand-to-hand special effects in the style of Kung Fu, Sammo Hung - a favorite hero of many fans of adventure cinema. Films with his participation are full of witty conflicts, spectacular combat scenes and good portions of sparkling humor. But this is just one hyposta of the famous person - acting. As director Hung created dozens of films, the most famous of which "Project A" (1983), "Snack on wheels" (1984), "Mr. Cool" (1997), etc.Childhood and youth
Sammo Hung (real Hung Kam Bo) was born on January 7, 1952 in Hong Kong. In the family of a boy about the movies did not know the first. Grandfather Hung Chun Ho - director and screenwriter. Grandmother Chin Ang-Ji is the first woman's film star in China, played in dozens of paintings, debuting in 1925.
Parents of the future star worked as costume artists on one of the local film studios. Excessive employment adults led to the fact that the child was often granted to himself. The boy skipped lessons at school, got involved in street fights and, quite likely, would have become a complete hooligan, if it were not for the wise decision of his grandparents - to give the grandson to his studies at the Hong Kong branch of the famous Beijing Opera School.
So since 1961, a new page began in Sammo Hongga's biography. At school, a 9-year-old boy came under the beginning of Master Yu Jim Yuean, known to the tough methods of upbringing. He saw the ability in a boy and included in a special group, which "seven lucky ones" called. Did he know then that he grows the Pleiad of the future movie stars? You also included the Chen Moon, the future famous Jackie Chan, Yuene Biao, Corey Yuene and others.
Dedicated studies on tradition took a new name, which includes the name of the teacher. So, samlu began to call Yen Lung, Jackie Chan - Yuen Lo. The boys became friends immediately, and Jackie respectfully called the older Hunga in Hunga.
"The lucky" meaning at all did not feel as such. The conditions at school were harsh. The boys got darkened, worked in the sweat of the face: they mastered the gymnastics, acrobatics, acting skills, and in the evening of students waiting for work on the housework. For healing, the guys punished beatings.
The first acquaintance with the world of the movie took place when Sammo was still a child. The acting debut of the boy took place in the 1961 film "Education of Love".
When the boy was 14 years old, Teacher Yuen, who had strong connections in the world of Hong Kong film industry, began to attract it to help on the set, performing tricks in films. The experience in the movie was interested in a teenager. He gladly worked in front of the chambers, and the money earned was divided between the younger fellow schools.
However, the opposite side of the pleasure of the young man found out quite soon: at the age of 16 he received a serious trauma of the leg, which for a long time chained him to bed. I studied at school for 7 years, Sammo Hung comes out of its walls, the complete determination to conquer the Chinese cinema.
Films
In the period between 1966 and 1974, the guy worked on more than 30 films. He was taken for any work - he was a cascadener, a dubler, director of tricks, assistant director. Cases went uphill after 1970, when the hung - by that time he had already pseudonym samo (the name of a funny animation hero) - began to cooperate with the Hong Kong producer Raymond Chow and Golden Harvest Film Company as a staged of combat scenes.
In 1973, samluously returns to acting experience, filmed in the film "Dragon Exit". Hung played a Shaolin monk and joined the on-screen duel with Bruce Lee. In 1975, he was filmed in the film "Man from Hong Kong", in 1976 - in the militant "Hand of Death".
By this time, Hong Kong cinema was already separated from the genre of epic films about martial arts. And the hung suggested directories an idea - why not shoot comedy films with the presence of spectacular combat scenes. In the proof in 1977, he produces a film "Monk with an iron fist", which, in fact, laid the beginning of a new genre and a series of films, each of whom brings Honggu's success - as an actor and as director.
By 1978, the hung becomes also a businessman. Opens three own producers and becomes an influential person in the Hong Kong film industry. Being able to help the younger to take on the school of the Peking Opera, he finds Jackie Chan and Yuene Biao, offering to work in joint projects.
In 1983, the film A "Project A" film on the screens, in which the major roles played "Three Dragon" - so called the Star Union of Chan, Hunga and Biao. This creative alliance will last until 1988, when the Trinity last starred together in the film "Dragons forever".
Up to 1990, Hung works a lot and fruitfully, replenishing the filmography. In 1986, the film "Express millionaires" comes to the screens, where the actor is removed from the popular at the time at a time athlete and actress Sintia Rotok.
In 1988, the hung appears in the film "Collected Persons", which became biographical for him. The picture tells about the heavy weekdays of the students famous for the whole world of the institution, describes the stories of three friends - Honggu himself, Jackie Chana and Yuene Biao. In 1991, Sammo Hung interrupts many years of cooperation with Raymond Chow Film Company due to commercial differences.
In 1998, the actor moves to the United States, where he was filmed in the TV series "Chinese city". Teleproject unexpectedly gained recognition by making Hunga by the only Asian actor who managed to conquer American Prime Time.
In 2000, Hung again on top of success in Hong Kong Cinema. In 2005, he has the main role in the film "Legend of the Dragon", in 2008 - in the tape "Wushu" directed by Anthony Seto and Producer Jackie Chan. The film, whose premiere took place in Beijing, was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008.
In 2010, the master received a lifetime award for achievements on the New York Festival of Asian Cinema. In 2014, Mr. Hung played the role of master in the film "Once in Shanghai." And then completed work on a large historical project "God of War" (2017).
Personal life
The first wife of the actor was Joe Yun Ok, which he knew on the school of martial arts. Four children were born in marriage - three sons and daughter.
In 1994, the hung was divorced with his wife and in 1995 married actress and Joyce Godenzi models.
Sammo Hung now
In 2009, the actor suffered a heart surgery. The cause of the disease was overweight - almost 100 kg with an increase of 170 cm, as well as a tense schedule. Now Mr. Hung dropped the weight, having urged the love of cigar. The actor still works, but optimized the schedule so to maintain normal well-being.
Free time dedicates to communicate with friends and loved ones, loves to fish and play golf. In "Instagram" there is a unbelievable actor account, where you can see his rare photos.
In June 2018, on the Fan Club page of the actor in Vkontakte, information appeared with reference to the Martial Arts Action Cinema site that the legendary Sammo Hung returns as an actor and director with a continuation of the classic film 1985 "My Happy Stars".
Filmography
- 1973 - "Dragon Output"
- 1977 - "Monk with Iron Fist"
- 1978 - "The game of death"
- 1978 - "Tolstoy Dragon's yield"
- 1979 - "Incredible Master Kung Fu"
- 1979 - "Magnificent Butcher"
- 1983 - "Winners and sinners"
- 1983 - "Project A"
- 1983 - "Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain"
- 1984 - "Snacking on wheels"
- 1985 - "My happy stars"
- 1985 - "My happy stars-2"
- 1985 - "Dragon Heart"
- 1986 - Express Millionaires
- 1988 - "Dragons forever"
- 1988 - "Collected Persons"
- 1990 - "Island of Fire"
- 1993 - "Colored leather"
- 1997 - "Mr. Cool"
- 1998-2000 - "Chinese city"
- 1999 - "Cool Walker" (Season 8, 17 series)
- 2004 - "Around the World for 80 days"
- 2007 - "Mission of Gemini"
- 2009 - "Povar Kung Fu"
- 2009 - "Trozenia: Revival of the Dragon"
- 2010 - "IP man-2"
- 2010 - "IP Man: The Birth of Legends"
- 2012 - "Naked Soldier"
- 2014 - "Once in Shanghai"
- 2017 - "God of war"