Chan Chung-Kin

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-01-14

Deathday 2015-04-21 (89 years old)

Place of Birth Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China

Also Known As Chung-Kin Chan, Chan Chung-Gin , Chen Zhong-Jian

Chan Chung-Kin

Biography

Chan Chung-Kin (陳中堅) was a Hong Kong actor and director born in Dongguan, China. In 1947, he acted and worked as an assistant director on The Aged Lovers (白頭情侶), co-directed by his father, Cantonese opera and film director Chan Tin-Chung (陳天縱). In 1954, he teamed up with Tam Pak-Yip (譚伯葉) to co-direct Eighteen Marriages of a Smart Girl (好女十八嫁 ), followed by Chen Shimei, the Unfaithful Husband and Qin Xianglian (陳世美與秦香蓮). In 1956, he directed his first solo film, I'm in Love with an Unfaithful Man (莪愛薄情郎). After the decline of the Hong Kong film industry, he moved to television. His sister Chen Xiaocha (陳小茶) and older brother Chen Xiaofeng (陳笑風) are both famous Cantonese opera singers.

Known For

Director

2013
Pupil

as Director

1964
The Rainbow Pass

as Director

1961
Forsaken Daughter

as Assistant Director

1951
Blood-Stained Azaleas

as Assistant Director

1950
The Misarranged Love Trap

as Assistant Director

Editor

1951