
Acting
Kwan Tak-Hing
Born — Died
1905-06-27 — 1996-06-28
Place of birth
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Known for
Acting
Credits
62 titles
Kwan Tak-hing MBE (27 June 1905 – 28 June 1996) was a Hong Kong martial artist and actor best known for his portrayal of martial artist folk hero Wong Fei-hung in at least 77 films, between the 1940s and the 1980s. No one else in cinema history has portrayed the same person as many times. In total he made over 130 films. He was elected in 1955 as the chairman of the Chinese Artist Association of Hong Kong. He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 1982.
Known for
9.5No synopsis available yet.
Celebrity Talk Show
1989
7.2A plump butcher student of Wong Fei Hung, Lam Sai-Wing gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as Five Dragons. He is accused of raping the Head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now Ko, the Head of Five Dragons, wants revenge.
The Magnificent Butcher
1979
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Wong Fay Hung
1976
5.6Baldy and King Kong shuttle between New Zealand and Hong Kong to recover a hi-tech prism that can impart superhuman powers.
Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice
1986
7.1Mousy, a timid laundryman, crosses paths with a violent criminal known only as White Tiger, who hides amongst a theatre troupe, murdering anyone who discovers his identity.
Dreadnaught
1981
8.1Master Wong Fei-hung takes a new student under his wing after the young man is soundly beaten by a mercenary master skilled in hapkido. Meanwhile, Master Wong’s friend is being threatened by a local crime boss who wants to use his factory for opium-related shenanigans, and has hired the renegade hapkido master as his enforcer.
The Skyhawk
1974
Film credits
1990s · 3 titles
8.8The most explosive barehanded combat sequences ever filmed. An electrifying video of martial arts mastery and mayhem. This program takes a behind-the-scenes look at the weapons, the mystical eastern philosophy, and the incredible skills that have made martial arts films one of the most popular genres in the world today.
The Best of the Martial Arts Films
1990
6.4This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and Chinese New Year's eve. We are introduced to thirteen "Big Rich" people, learn of their particular dispositions and dilemmas, are witness to the former either getting changed or developed and see the latter (re)solved. Teresa Mo as the daughter just returned from studying in France; Leslie Cheung as the friend who came in tow; Tony Leung Kar Fai as the cartoonist son who can only speak normally when he is anxious; Anita Yuen as the woman who Tony Leung's character falls in love with; Carol "Do Do" Cheng as her flat-chested, disciplinary-cum-art teacher sister; Raymond Wong as the eldest son who cannot handle alcohol well; Petrina Fung Bo Bo as his estranged wife; Sean Lau as the marriage-minded cousin; and Kwan Tak Hing as the eccentric-but-definitely-not-senile grandfather.
It's a Wonderful Life
1994
6.2A documentary study of martial arts films and their leading protagonists. Included are profiles of such artists as Bruce Lee, Cynthia Rothrock, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme and John Woo favorite Chow Yun-Fat.
Cinema of Vengeance
1994
1980s · 4 titles
5.6Baldy and King Kong shuttle between New Zealand and Hong Kong to recover a hi-tech prism that can impart superhuman powers.
Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice
1986
7.1Mousy, a timid laundryman, crosses paths with a violent criminal known only as White Tiger, who hides amongst a theatre troupe, murdering anyone who discovers his identity.
Dreadnaught
1981
NRProfessor Kiu is a mad scientist who developed mental disorders from grieving the death of his son. Kiu orders his assistants to kidnap men to his lab, located in a private container on a vessel, for experiments. Police inspector Uncle Wah had sent his subordinates to gather evidence in the vessel, but failed to find any. Shek La-mai, an acrobatic performer and a former commander of the Special Duties Unit is a single father of three children. One night during a performance with his protege, Lam Hong, witnessed and intervened in a kidnapping incident by Kiu's henchmen, and the two became targets of Kiu. On the other hand, Uncle Wah discovers Shek's resemblance to a Japanese scientist named Toyota, who colluded with Kiu. Wah formulates a plan for Shek to act undercover as Toyota in order to gather evidence from Kiu's lab.
The Family Strikes Back
1986
7.0Veteran actor Kwan Tak Hing plays the legendary Hung Kuen master Wong Fei Hong in this story of the legendary ‘Shadow Kick’.
The Magnificent Kick
1980
1970s · 4 titles
7.2A plump butcher student of Wong Fei Hung, Lam Sai-Wing gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as Five Dragons. He is accused of raping the Head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now Ko, the Head of Five Dragons, wants revenge.
The Magnificent Butcher
1979
8.1Master Wong Fei-hung takes a new student under his wing after the young man is soundly beaten by a mercenary master skilled in hapkido. Meanwhile, Master Wong’s friend is being threatened by a local crime boss who wants to use his factory for opium-related shenanigans, and has hired the renegade hapkido master as his enforcer.
The Skyhawk
1974
10.0Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation is the last film of the long running Huang Fei-hong series starring Tak-Hing Kwan
Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation
1970
NRThe bodies of young girls are repeatedly found in the city, leading Detective Li to suspect a psychopath as the killer. Li's sister, believing the nightclub manager, Mr. Kim, to be suspicious, launches an investigation, but she and Li's girlfriend, Bixi, disappear one after the other. Following Mr. Kim's trail, Li discovers that he is using women's fighting as a lure to sell hallucinogenic drugs. Li rescues Bixi and her sister, and brings the criminals to justice.
Secret agent no. 1
1970
1960s · 13 titles
NRDoctor and whip-wielding Hero Chai Tin-sum travels to an isolated village where he finds the population dying of the plague while being oppressed by the Ku family and their fortress. The family has cutoff the supply of fresh water to the village causing calamity. Chai must find a way to defeat the Ku family and restore water or the village will die.
The Chivalrous Whip
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Huang Feihong: The Invincible Lion Dancer
1968
10.0An adventurous tale featuring Wong Fei-Hung
Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship
1968
7.0Wong Fei-Hung takes on the the five wolves gang.
Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves
1969
hong kong film
香江花月夜
1961
hong kong film
黄飞鸿肉搏黑霸王
1968
10.0Wong Fei-hung and his disciples hear that a small village is being terrorised by a ferocious gorilla. It turns out that the beast is actually a small-time crook in a gorilla suit under the orders of a precious metal smuggler who wants to intimidate the villagers. The crook takes advantage of his disguise to abduct a beautiful girl and escape to the mountains, but has a surprise in store for him. Just how many gorillas are loose in them there hills?
Wong Fei Hung's Battle with the Gorilla
1960
hong kong film
黄飞鸿威震五羊城
1968
hong kong film
黄飞鸿醉打八金刚
1968
hong kong film
天山双孤斗屠龙(上集)
1960
hong kong film
黄飞鸿虎爪会群英
1967
hong kong film
黄飞鸿巧夺鲨鱼青
1969
hong kong film
黄飞鸿神威伏三煞
1969
1950s · 32 titles
7.0Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan is a Wong Fei-Hung movie starring Kwan Tak-Hing.
Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan
1956
7.0Hung Gar Champion Wong Fei Hung The most prolific hero of kungfu movies wasn’t Bruce Lee. It was a founding father of Hung Gar kungfu and a real folk hero named Wong Fei Hung.
How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated the Tiger on the Opera Stage
1959
6.0King Kong escapes from Heaven and wreaks havok on the human world with his insatiable desire for women, until at last the Gods must beg the Monkey King for help to subdue the rampaging Gorilla.
King Kong's Adventures in the Heavenly Palace
1959
8.0Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival Disturbance is a 1956 Wong Fei-Hung movie directed by Wu Pang.
Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival Disturbance
1956
9.0Wong Fei-hung goes up against members of the underworld
Wong Fei Hung Trapped in Hell
1959
hong kong film
風火鬼頭刀
1957
hong kong film
黃飛鴻三戲女鏢師
1956
Battle at Mount Goddess of Mercy
Wong Fei-hung's Battle at Mount Goddess of Mercy
1956
hong kong film
黃飛鴻鐵雞鬥蜈蚣
1956
hong kong film
胭脂馬三鬥黃飛鴻
1957
hong kong film
黃飛鴻水底三擒蘇鼠廉
1956
hong kong film
黃飛鴻龍舟奪錦
1956
NRA fantasy film with an appearance from Huang Fei-hong
Madam White Snake's Reincarnation
1959
9.0Further adventures of Wong Fei Hung
Huang Fei-hong on Rainbow Bridge
1959
hong kong film
黃飛鴻大鬧佛山
1956
How Wong Fei-Hung Set Fire to Dashatou
羊城殲霸戰
1956
The Story of Wong Fei Hung, Chapter 5
The Story of Wong Fei Hung, Grand Conclusion
1951
No synopsis available yet.
The White Crane Hero
1956
hong kong film
黃飛鴻大戰雙門底
1956
Battle at Liu-hua Bridge
Huang Fei-hong's Battle at Liu-hua Bridge
1950
9.0Master Wong Fei-hung and disciple Ling Wan-kai take refuge at Golden Cock Township in Guangxi.They befriend the Mok sisters being forced to marry a local tyrant. Master Wong and Ling intervene to help the sisters to uproot the evil tyrant.
How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated Three Bullies with a Rod
1953
hong kong film
黃飛鴻沙面伏神犬
1956
8.0Wong Fei Hung must stands up for people who are unable to stand up for themselves.
Wong Fei-Hung's Fierce Battle
1958
hong kong film
黃飛鴻義救龍母廟
1956
hong kong film
黃飛鴻擂台比武
1956
NRThe Story of Wong Fei-Hung, Part 4: The Death of Liang Huan is the fourth movie in Kwan Tak-Hing's Wong Fei-Hung series.
The Story of Wong Fei-Hung, Part 4: The Death of Liang Huan
1950
hong kong film
黃飛鴻威震四牌樓
1955
hong kong film
黃飛鴻怒吞十二獅
1956
No synopsis available yet.
Wong Fei-hung: King of Lion Dance
1957
hong kong film
楚漢爭(霸王別虞姬)
1957
Wong Fei-Hung Seizes the Bride at Xiguan
Wong Fei-Hung Seizes the Bride at Xiguan
1958
hong kong film
大破銅網陣
1959
1940s · 4 titles
7.0Shot at the same time as the inaugural chapter, The Story of Wong Fei-hung, Part Two is a continuation of the story. Solving the cliffhanger at the end of Part One and carrying on with a series of fights against a lineup of martial artists recruited by Master Wong's nemesis, Part Two culminates in a showdown with Grey Hair Fu, played by the great character actor Sek Kin, who is to appear as the archvillain in most of the following chapters, each time in a different guise.
Wong Fei-Hung Burn the Tyrant's Lair
1949
Martial artist Wong is confronted by other masters. After he returns to his disciples, he vents his anger during a fierce fight.
Wong Fei-hung: The Whip That Smacks the Candle
1949
本來寧靜的漁村, 被一惡霸入侵. 漁民飽受欺凌, 終於起來反抗, 打倒惡霸, 漁村重拾平靜. Famed for the "Wong Fei-hung" series, director Wu Pang was also good at melodramas. A native of Guangdong, he grew up in Shanghai and only came to Hong Kong in 1936. He was heavily influenced by Shanghainese films. Fishing Village in the War was inspired by Song of the Fishermen made by Cai Chusheng in 1934, but Wu Pang managed to impart a strong Hong Kong flavor to it. Shot on location in Cheung Chau, the film documented the lives of fishermen during that era. It portrays two fisherman families and contains fully fleshed-out characters. Stubborn and upright by nature, Kwan Tak-hing is dispirited by the hardships of life. While Pak Yin seems worldly and timid at first sight, she shows strength in adversity. Even the portrayal of supporting characters such as Wong Cho-shan is lifelike.
Fishing Village in the War
1948
NRAn early Romantic Comedy featuring Tak-Hing Kwan and Kien Shih.
One-Eye Dragon, the Strange Hero
1947
