Li Kun

Acting

Li Kun

Born 1930-02-18 · Tianjin, China

Lee Kwan or Li Kun (Chinese: 李昆, 18 February 1930 – 12 March 2008) was a Taiwanese actor. He joined Shaw Brothers in 1957 and acted in Mandarin films. He later played supporting roles in Bruce Lee's The Big Boss and Fist of Fury. Later he became a film and television actor in Taiwan. He won the 2001 Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for his role in Forbidden Love. Filmography (1956-2005) Actor (197 films) Assistant Director (3 films) Cinematographer (1 film)

Acting credits

Fist of Fury poster
7.2

During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, Chen Zhen, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his fighting school.

Fist of Fury

1972

The Big Boss poster
7.1

Cheng is a young Chinese mainlander who moves in with his expatriate cousins to work at an ice factory in Thailand. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fights. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.

The Big Boss

1971

The Amorous Lotus Pan poster
6.7

A woman in an arranged marriage falls in love with her husband's brother.

The Amorous Lotus Pan

1964

Death Comes in Three poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Death Comes in Three

1973

Fearless Hyena poster
6.7

Lung is a talented fighter but prefers to spend his time loafing around and picking fights, despite orders from his grandfather not to fight. Unknown to him, a brutal general has been slaughtering all the people from his grandfather’s clan. When the general recognizes Lung’s style of kung fu during one of his street fights, he hunts down Lung’s grandfather and kills him.

Fearless Hyena

1979

Spiritual Kung Fu poster
6.0

Jackie Chan plays the part of the class clown in a shaolin temple whose deadliest secret is stolen. All is lost until Jackie's character discovers dancing blue ghosts with bright red hair who haunt the library.

Spiritual Kung Fu

1978

The Ghost Story poster
8.1

An old man of the village tells kinky ghost stories to a few of it's inhabitants after all the kids have gone to bed. What follows are stories that have horror elements and some soft-core nudity thrown in.

The Ghost Story

1979

The Golden Sword poster
6.2

Bai Yu Lung's father mysteriously disappears one night, and for 10 years Bai searches for him in vain. Finally, he decides to head to the far northern part of the country with the hope that he can find a clue in that region. There, he falls in love with a beggar (Cheng Pei-pei) and they continue the search together.

The Golden Sword

1969

Mambo Girl poster
6.0

A young woman in search of a lost identity, her long lost mother who abandoned her soon after her birth.

Mambo Girl

1957

The Crimson Palm poster
8.0

Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his beloved fiancee before he heads towards the imperial city to participate in the civil service examination, only to find her maid lying dead in blood. Lin is then accused of murder. How can Judge Bao prove his innocence?

The Crimson Palm

1964

Empress Wu poster
6.4

The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history.

Empress Wu

1963

We Love Millionaires poster
10.0

This is a film about three pretty young ladies from Hong Kong who work as sales agents who travel to a resort in Japan for the sole purpose of meeting and wooing millionaires.

We Love Millionaires

1971

Big Rascal poster
10.0

Shaw Brothers superstar Chi Kuan Chun (Drunk Monkey, Men from the Monastery) wrote, directed and stars in the remake of the Shaw epic Disciple Of Shaolin. In this version he plays the part originally taken by Alexander Fu Sheng, wherein his kung fu skills take him to the heights of the gangster world. Following him is his buddy Jimmy Lee (Hot, Cool, Vicious, Eagles Claw) who fights alongside the man known as The Big Rascal!

Big Rascal

1979

The Venus Tear Diamond poster
10.0

Legendary jewel thieves "Nocturnal Earl" (Ling Yun) and "Fragrant Night" (Lily Ho) are set on a collision course for destiny when both arrive in Japan to get their hands on the famous "Venus Tear Diamond." But sparks fly between the jewel thieves and the two fall instantly in love, without knowing that their beloved is after the very jewel each is seeking! To make matters worse, the diamond is in the possession of a randy widow who has her eye on the debonair male thief, and there's even a mystery man interested in the widow, too. Who's going to get the Venus Tear Diamond, and will it mean the end to a perfect love?

The Venus Tear Diamond

1971

Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend poster
8.2

This documentary tells the story of Bruce Lee and his unsuccessful efforts to start a acting career in the U.S., he returned to Hong Kong where he became an international star, and his death at age 32.

Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend

1973

Banana Paradise poster
8.0

A young man and his friend move to Taiwan, believing it to be a land of possibilities, but it's not long before they're accused of being spies.

Banana Paradise

1989

Butterfly Lovers 40 poster
5.0

Ivy Ling Po reprising her role as Liang Shanbo to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Love Eterne (1963).

Butterfly Lovers 40

2003

Cheat to Cheat poster
7.0

Hong Kong comedy directed by Li Han-Hsiang.

Cheat to Cheat

1973

Fantasy Mission Force poster
4.8

A force of loners and fighters is put together to try and rescue the generals and save the war effort with the promise of gold and pardons of past crimes.

Fantasy Mission Force

1983

The Monkey Goes West poster
8.0

THE MONKEY GOES WEST is the first entry in the studio’s epic, four-part screen adaptation of “Journey to the West,” a 16th-century novel recounting the efforts of a Buddhist monk and his magical companions to travel to India and bring back Buddhist sutras.

The Monkey Goes West

1966

All the King's Men poster
7.3

It's the 10th century BC, the emperor is not well, and the medicines he is receiving from con artist "Immortal Li" are in reality only making him worse.

All the King's Men

1983

Lady General Hua Mulan poster
6.1

About a woman who disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army.

Lady General Hua Mulan

1964

My Darling Gals poster
8.0

My Darling Gals aka Kung Fu Stars is a Hong Kong Action movie starring Sammo Hung

My Darling Gals

1978

The Tournament poster
6.6

After an unsanctioned match between a Chinese martial arts student and a Thai boxer results in disgrace for the Chinese, they determine to train and salvage their master’s reputation.

The Tournament

1974