Chor Yuen

Directing

Chor Yuen

Born October 8, 1934 · Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Died February 21, 2022 · aged 87

Cheung Po-kin (Chinese: 楚原, 9/16/1934 - 2/21/2022), better known by his stage name Chor Yuen, was a Hong Kong-Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor.

Known For

Police StoryPolice Story · 1985
Police Story
7.61985
MovieActionCrime
Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.
Twin DragonsTwin Dragons · 1992
Twin Dragons
6.91992
MovieActionComedy
Identical twins are separated at birth, one becoming a streetwise mechanic, and the other an acclaimed classical concert conductor. Finally meeting in adulthood, they're mistaken for the other and entangled in each other's worlds.
Police Story 2Police Story 2 · 1988
Police Story 2
7.11988
MovieActionCrime
The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.
ThunderboltThunderbolt · 1995
Thunderbolt
6.51995
MovieActionThriller
In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic, Chan Foh To, has to defeat a super-criminal street racer.
Miracles: The Canton GodfatherMiracles: The Canton Godfather · 1989
Miracles: The Canton Godfather
7.11989
MovieCrimeAction
A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.
Mad, Mad 83Mad, Mad 83 · 1983
Mad, Mad 83
1983
MovieComedy
This is a star-studded comedy film, with the funny point being that Chan Ji is muddled into the feud between two major gangs. In addition, Barbara Yung made a guest appearance in "Crazy 83", in which she played the role of a detective.
The Seventh CurseThe Seventh Curse · 1986
The Seventh Curse
6.71986
MovieActionAdventure
When Dr. Yuen attempts to rescue a girl about to be sacrificed by the Worm Tribe in the middle of a jungle in Thailand, he is damned with seven deadly "blood curses" and must return there to find a permanent cure.
The BanquetThe Banquet · 1991
The Banquet
5.81991
MovieComedy
Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer Boss Hung has secured the other two. Both aim to buy all four so they can knock them down and build hotels.

Filmography

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The Hidden Power of the Dragon SabreThe Hidden Power of the Dragon Sabre · 1984
The Hidden Power of the Dragon Sabre
6.71984
MovieActionDrama
The story concerns the efforts of the emperor to obtain the Dragon Sabre and it's companion magic sword so the "martial world" will be forced to respect him. He enlists a bad guy who plots a massacre of the Mongolians to blamed on the "Ming cult" so that the Mongolian hero played by Ti Lung will attack and steal the sabre from the cult and then give it to the bad guy who has in the meantime stolen a powerful magic sutra from Budhhist nuns, kidnapped a Mongolian Princess and is trying to become a Yin/Yang fighter which looks like ... wait, none of this makes much sense, but that's the film. Derek Yee plays the hero of the Ming cult who is trying to find out who is framing the cult for the massacre.

Director

Family SquadFamily Squad · 1991
Family Squad
10.01991
SeriesComedyFamily
The Huang family has served in the police force for generations. The patriarch, Huang Jiajing, is modest and talkative, but lacking in confidence and self-esteem. After making mistakes in his job as a police officer, he was transferred and then resigned. His wife, Liao Zhonghao, is a contented housewife devoted to her children. Their eldest daughter, Huang Di, is a senior police inspector who is authoritative and diligent. Their second daughter, Huang Fei is impulsive, lazy, and gluttonous, but unexpectedly clever. Their son, Huang Fa, is a university student who is playful and vain, but spoiled by his family. Jiajing's godson, Liao Tong-tai, is Huang family's mischievous relative who loves to prank, and Huang family's sworn enemy...

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Crimes of PassionCrimes of Passion · 1998
Crimes of Passion
7.01998
SeriesDrama
Fan (Bobby Au Yeung) heads a team of detectives in the “Special Duty Squad” responsible for investigating various prostitution practices. Fan and his subordinate Sergeant Tit (Wan Yeung Ming) have solved many cases and are well-experienced, they have dealt with cases under cover of an exclusive association; model agencies seducing innocent girls to work as prostitutes; loan sharks forcing women to pay debts by working as prostitutes. Although Fan has excellent performance at work, his family life is not happy. His wife May divorces him. He is then accused of rape by a prostitute. Detective Fung (Kennix Kwok), who is in charge of the investigation, is discontented with his behavior. When she realizes that she has misunderstood him, she gradually falls in love with him! Then, Fan and his colleagues are assigned to smash the gang led by Lung (Ngai Chun Kit). When Tit discovers that Lung is competing with him for her girlfriend Kwan (Jan Lau), she swears to put Lung behind bars.
Legal EntanglementLegal Entanglement · 2002
Legal Entanglement
2002
SeriesDrama
Sammi Shum (Kenix Kwok) quits her studies and marries a tycoon's son, Raymond Lam (Lee Wai-kei), despite her father's (Chor Yuen) objection. At first, she feels like a princess living in a fairy tale, until she discovers her husband is having an affair. She wakes up from her dream and finds that the reality is that she is suffering from post-natal depression She loses the custody of her son, QQ, after divorcing her husband. Luckily, her friend Yip Heung-fai (Stephen Au) finds her an assistant job in a law firm. She works hard and resumes her unfinished law degree hoping that she will get her son back. When everything settles down, she meets Mark Ko (Hacken Lee) who represented her husband for her son's case and is now her boss. He does not remember her. She is aggressive towards him and that confuses him. Eventually, they understand each other more and love sparks between them. Meanwhile, her son reappears.