Chor Yuen

Chor Yuen
Chinese name	楚原
Pinyin	Chǔ Yuán (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Co2 Jyun4 (Cantonese)
Birth name	Zhang Baojian (張寶堅)
Born	(1934-09-16) 16 September 1934 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active	1956–2004
Spouse(s)	Nan Hong (1967–present)
Ancestry	Meixian, Guangdong
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Professional Spirit Award (1998)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Baojian (September 16, 1934 – ), better known as Chor Yuen, is a Hong Kong-based Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor.

Filmography

As director

• Cold Blade (1970)
• The Killer (1972)
• The House of 72 Tenants (1973)
• Killer Clans (1976)
• The Web of Death (1976)
• The Jade Tiger (1977)
• Sentimental Swordsman (1977)
• Clans of Intrigue (1977)
• Death Duel (1977)
• Swordsman and Enchantress (1978)
• Legend of the Bat (1978)
• Clan of Amazons (1978)
• Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978)
• The Proud Twins (1979)
• Bat without Wings (1980)
• Heroes Shed No Tears (1980)
• Return of the Sentimental Swordsman (1981)
• Emperor and His Brother (1981)
• The Duel of the Century (1981)
• Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman (1982)
• Mad, Mad 83 (1983)
• The Hidden Power of the Dragon Sabre (1984)

As actor

• Police Story (1985)
• The Seventh Curse (1986)
• Police Story 2 (1988)
• Miracles (1989)
• The Banquet (1991)
• Twin Dragons (1992)
• He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father (1993)
• Thunderbolt (1995)
• Those Were the Days (1997)

Television series

• A Kindred Spirit (1995)
• Journey to the West (1996)
• Journey to the West II (1998)
• Armed Reaction (1998)
• War of the Genders (2000)
• Armed Reaction II (2000)
• The Legendary Four Aces (2000)
• Armed Reaction III (2001)
• A Step into the Past (2003)
• Armed Reaction IV (2004)

External links

• Chor Yuen at the Internet Movie Database
• HK Cinemagic