Directing

Chang Cheh

17.01.1924 – 22.06.2002 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China 118 credits

Biography

Chang Cheh (Chinese: 張徹, January 17, 1924 – June 22, 2002) was Shaw Brothers Studio's best known and most prolific film director, with such films as The Five Venoms, The Brave Archer (based on the works of Jin Yong), The One-Armed Swordsman, and other classics of wuxia and kung fu film.

Career

1950 2001

2 Acting 96 Directing 118 Movies 0 Series

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Filmography

Iron Fist Pillage

Archival Footage Coordinator

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

Ninja in Ancient China

Director, Producer, Writer

Journey to the West

Director, Screenplay

Director, Writer

Slaughter in Xian

Director, Producer, Writer

Executive Producer

Cross the River

Director, Writer

Great Shanghai 1937

Director, Writer

The Dancing Warrior

Director, Producer

Director, Writer

The Nine Demons

Attack of the Joyful Goddess

Director, Screenplay

Director, Writer

Ode to Gallantry

Five Element Ninjas

Director, Screenplay

Brave Archer and His Mate

Director, Screenplay

Director, Writer

The Brave Archer 3

Director, Writer

Masked Avengers

Director, Writer

The Sword Stained with Royal Blood

Legend of the Fox

Director, Screenplay

The Rebel Intruders

Director, Screenplay

Two Champions of Shaolin

Director, Screenplay

The Flag of Iron

Director, Writer

Heaven and Hell

Director, Writer

Ten Tigers of Kwangtung

Director, Screenplay

Kid with the Golden Arm

Director, Writer

The Magnificent Ruffians

Director, Writer

Director, Writer

Shaolin Rescuers

Crippled Avengers

Director, Writer

Invincible Shaolin

Director, Writer

The Five Venoms

Director, Writer

Showdown at the Cotton Mill

The Brave Archer 2

Director, Screenplay

Director, Writer

The Brave Archer

Magnificent Wanderers

Director, Writer

The Naval Commandos

Director, Writer

The New Shaolin Boxers

Director, Writer

The Shaolin Avengers

Director, Screenplay

Director, Writer

Boxer Rebellion

Director, Writer

The Four Assassins

Director, Screenplay

The Bloody Escape

The Fantastic Magic Baby

Director, Writer

The Iron Superman

Producer, Lyricist

Disciples of Shaolin

Director, Writer

All Men Are Brothers

Director, Writer

The Young Rebel

Five Shaolin Masters

Na Cha the Great

Director, Writer

Young Lovers on Flying Wheels

A Mad World of Fools

Shaolin Martial Arts

Director, Writer

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

Director, Original Music Composer, Writer

Men from the Monastery

Director, Writer

The Savage Five

Director, Writer

Director, Screenplay

Three Styles of Hung School's Kung Fu

Director, Screenplay

The Generation Gap

Director, Writer

Director, Screenplay

Director, Writer

Director, Screenplay

The Delightful Forest

Director, Screenplay

Director, Writer

Trilogy of Swordsmanship

The Water Margin

The Angry Guest

Acting: Boss Yamaguchi (uncredited), Director

The Boxer from Shantung

Director, Writer

The Anonymous Heroes

The New One-Armed Swordsman

The Singing Killer

The Heroic Ones

Director, Writer

Director, Writer

The Wandering Swordsman

Have Sword, Will Travel

The Invincible Fist

The Flying Dagger

Director, Lyricist, Screenplay

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

Director, Writer

The Singing Thief

Director, Lyricist, Writer

Director, Lyricist, Writer

The One-Armed Swordsman

Director, Screenplay

The Trail of the Broken Blade

Director, Lyricist, Writer

The Perfumed Arrow

The Magnificent Trio

Director, Writer

The Knight of Knights

Director, Writer

Call of the Sea

Inside the Forbidden City

Crocodile River

The Butterfly Chalice

Director, Writer

The Warlord and the Actress

The Female Prince

The Amorous Lotus Pan

Her Pearly Tears

It's Always Spring

You Were Meant for Me

Black Butterfly

The Tender Trap of Espionage

The Alishan Uprising

Director, Writer