Lý Huỳnh

Acting

Lý Huỳnh

Born 1942-02-24 · Vĩnh Long, Việt Nam

People's Artist Lý Kim Tuyền (24 February 1942 - 22 October 2020), better known as Lý Huỳnh (Chinese: 李黃), was a Vietnamese actor, director, producer and stunt choreographer. Formerly an accomplished boxer and accredited martial arts trainer for the South Vietnamese army, he transitioned into acting in the early 70s and achieved critical acclaim for his role as the repentant ARVN captain Long in "Whirlwind Season"(Mùa gió chướng)[1978] by Nguyễn Hồng Sến. In 1990s of the Southern Vietnamese instant noodle films industry, he inaugurated his own studio and produced a variety of action and crime thrillers, occasionally collaborating with Hong Kong studios; he was one of the era's highest-grossing filmmakers and the first to introduce martial arts choreography into commercial Vietnamese cinema.

Acting credits

Chasing the Killer in Vietnam poster
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Falsely accused of dubious connections to a notorious Hong Kong cartel, a Vietnamese police officer decides to clear his name by catching its drug lord.

Chasing the Killer in Vietnam

2000

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Hai Cũ, a notorious outlaw robbing from the rich to give to the poor, writes to Hồ Chí Minh hoping to secure pardon for his subordinates and is then sent to work as a foreman for a military company. The company's officer turns out to be the student who has accidentally helped him to escape the police many years ago.

Portrait of a Foreman

1986

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A Reluctant Fighter

1992

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Heroes of the Tay Son Dynasty

2010

The Phoenix Affair poster
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A special force group join hands to crack an intricate network of drug smuggling operations.

The Phoenix Affair

1997

Cold Forest poster
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A scientist dies while researching the toxins dropped by American bombers onto Southern Vietnam. His three students goes on a trip through the forest of Truong Son mountains to bring his remains and research documents back to the North, but soon find themselves developing the same symptoms like their professor.

Cold Forest

1982

A Club with No Name poster
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A Club with No Name

1977

Whirlwind Season poster
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Nguyễn Hồng Sến's debut feature, based on the novel of the same name by Nguyễn Quang Sáng. Members of the Viet Cong attempt to defend their fellow citizens from being forcefully relocated from their village by a South Vietnamese army officer while at the same time continue with their efforts to win the war in Vietnam.

Whirlwind Season

1978

Hòn Đất poster
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Hòn Đất

1983

Mission Roses poster
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Mission Roses

1988

Nơi Gặp Gỡ Của Tình Yêu poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Nơi Gặp Gỡ Của Tình Yêu

1980

Await poster
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As the new government takes over South Vietnam following the Fall of Saigon, civil engineer Dương Tấn is fearful of imminent repression. He and his colleagues are dispatched to fix a hydroelectric plant where they meet Đỗ Long, a bubbly engineer from the North.

Await

1980

One Drop of Blood Per Step poster
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No synopsis available yet.

One Drop of Blood Per Step

2000

Behind the camera