Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan

Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan

Born: January 1, 1955
in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Originally from Hong Kong, Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan began his career as an actor with the 1970 Hong Kong action film "Kung Fu Vengeance". He then teamed up with Jackie Chan, acting as his personal stunt man and action director in the films The "Young Master" (1980), "Dragon Strike "(1982), and Jackie Chan's "Project A" (1983). More recently, he decided to come to Los Angeles to pursue Hollywood filmmaking. He has attended the UCLA Extension Entertainment Studies program in order to do this, as well as becoming 2nd Unit Director in 2004 on Russ Emanuel's GWG: Girl With Gun, a Russem Productions film.

Movies for Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan...

Project A
Title: Project A
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1983
Type: Movie
In late 19th Century Hong Kong the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. One Coast Guard officer is Dragon Ma, who is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made a fool of.
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Dragon Lord
Title: Dragon Lord
Character: Smuggler
Released: January 21, 1982
Type: Movie
Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's national treasures overseas, the pair leap into action. Also, Cowboy's wealthy father is kidnapped by the villainous and lethal Big Boss, and the scene is set for a furious martial arts showdown.
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Swift Sword
Title: Swift Sword
Character: Leng family/Cold-Blooded Five
Released: July 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Starring a menagerie of established Shaw Brothers' talent like kung-fu comedienne, Wang Yu, female kung-fu fighter Hui Ying-hung (the lady Michelle Yeoh tries to emulate) and perennial bad guy Lo Lieh, it's a movie about cross people and crossed swords where our heroes discover that gold is not as precious as friendship.
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The Young Master
Title: The Young Master
Character: Ah Chan
Released: February 9, 1980
Type: Movie
Youthful martial arts master Lung is searching for his missing brother, when he is mistaken for a criminal on the run. He must prove his innocence by solving the case himself, while local lawmen and merciless mercenaries are hot on his trail.
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The Kung Fu Cook
Title: The Kung Fu Cook
Released: January 29, 1980
Type: Movie
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Blind Fist of Bruce
Title: Blind Fist of Bruce
Character: Sheriff
Released: July 13, 1979
Type: Movie
The incomparable martial arts expert, Bruce Li, stars as a wealthy hero who defends his village from the assaults of ill-wishers.
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A Slice of Death
Title: A Slice of Death
Character: Shaolin recruit Hong Xi-Guan
Released: July 11, 1979
Type: Movie
While international favorite David Chiang was best known for his roles as a grinning, streetwise, fighter in many Chang Cheh-directed classics, he rarely played a noble warrior monk. But here he portrays the great Chih Shim, the monk who saved the Southern Shaolin Temple. Making this production all the more notable is Lo Lieh, Shaws' first international star, who returns to a role he also made famous - that of Shaolin renegade Pai Mei. This, and even more, makes for a true martial arts epic of the first order.
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The Kung Fu Instructor
Title: The Kung Fu Instructor
Character: Zhou Clan's fighter
Released: June 16, 1979
Type: Movie
Two rival clans have unsuccessfully tried to hire the master of the good clan to teach his clan. Not willing to take no for an answer, they frame the master for a dirty deed that he didn't commit, which forces him to kill a man in battle. The townspeople attempt to kill him and he is forced to flee to the evil clan.
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Snake Shadow, Lama Fist
Title: Snake Shadow, Lama Fist
Character: Captain Lau Tung
Released: May 18, 1979
Type: Movie
Chi Kuan Chun's family is murdered by three crooks and he sets out to get revenge first by killing one and then attempting to frame the leader for sleeping with the local governor's wife. When that fails he challenges the remaining two in a fight to the death.
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Fist of Fury 3
Title: Fist of Fury 3
Character: Martial arts student
Released: May 4, 1979
Type: Movie
After avenging the death of his brother, Chen Shen (Bruce Li) returns home from Shanghai. He tells his mother (who went blind from crying over her son's death) that he will no longer fight. However, being a movie with the words "fist" and "fury" in the title, Chen doesn't keep his promise for very long. Japanese occupiers who are aware of Chen's history terrorize his family by, among other things, vandalizing his mother's store and beating up his brother. Later, they frame Chen for a murder. After the Japanese boss arrives in town and causes a ruckus, Chen breaks out of jail for a final confrontation.
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The Reckless Cricket
Title: The Reckless Cricket
Character: Dragon Style [w. bird cage]
Released: March 16, 1979
Type: Movie
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Bruce Le's Greatest Revenge
Title: Bruce Le's Greatest Revenge
Character: Ah Chai
Released: October 25, 1978
Type: Movie
A classic tribute to a legendary Kung-Fu master. The high-powered action and deadly fistfights don’t let up for a moment. When all the chips are down, the Dragon Master will prevail!
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The Avenging Eagle
Title: The Avenging Eagle
Character: Eagle
Released: September 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Eagle Chief Yoh Xi-hung raises orphans to be his personal killers. One such is Chik Ming-sing who now wants to put his killer life behind him. When the Eagle Clan come after him, a stranger called Cheuk comes to his assistance It turns out that Cheuk is the son of a family who were robbed and murdered by the Eagles. Now they will team up to destroy the evil clan.
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The Brave Archer 2
Title: The Brave Archer 2
Character: Tsuen Jen Taoist Tam Chue Duen
Released: May 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Our hero Kuo Tsing is winning the hand of fair maiden Huang Yung. However, almost immediately, clan rivalries in the "Martial Art World" lead to Kuo being wounded by Ouyang Feng and Huang being named the new leader of the Beggar Clan. All this is mounted with sparkling energy by three kung-fu choreographers and a star-packed cast.
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Life Gamble
Title: Life Gamble
Character: Wu Hao
Released: April 26, 1978
Type: Movie
Legendary director Chang Cheh teamed his latest big star, Alexander Fu Sheng, with future Venoms Lo Meng and Kuo Chue to create another winner in his vaunted filmography. Joining them were the top supporting actors and the prettiest starlets, for an entertaining, exciting tale of a kung-fu blacksmith taking on four famous robbers while a villainous gambling boss plots to destroy them.
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Pursuit of Vengeance
Title: Pursuit of Vengeance
Character: Guo Wei's son
Released: December 22, 1977
Type: Movie
Master of the "swordplay thriller" genre, Chor Yuen and renowned kung-fu choreographer Tang Chia tell the fabulous tale of the "Fastest Swordsman in the World" facing the "1000 Face Devil" and no less than seven murderers.
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Judgement of an Assassin
Title: Judgement of an Assassin
Character: Chen Sai Chang
Released: August 20, 1977
Type: Movie
Sun Chung was already a valued comedy, romance, and modern crime filmmaker, when, through this tale of the 100 Poison Clique's obsessive ambition to destroy all rivals, he started bringing morality and motivation to martial arts movies like never before. Kung-fu superstar David Chiang and prominent choreographer Tang Chia lead the cast in a bloody clan clash centered on the trial of an admitted mass murderer and serial rapist. It was just the beginning of Sun Chung's exploration in emotion.
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The Brave Archer
Title: The Brave Archer
Character: Kuo Sau-Tien
Released: July 30, 1977
Type: Movie
Guo Jing and Yang Kang are the sons of two rebels. The rebels are killed by imperial soldiers and the boys are rescued by six pugilists later. The pugilists agree to separate the two boys, tutor them separately in martial arts, and let them meet again when they have grown up, to determine whose abilities are better. Guo becomes the student of the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan" while Yang Kang becomes the foster son of a Jurchen prince inadvertently.
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The Naval Commandos
Title: The Naval Commandos
Character: Sgt. Shao Kang Fa
Released: April 10, 1977
Type: Movie
The "Godfather Of The Kung-Fu Film" created this rousing epic of a seemingly suicidal mission to destroy the Japanese Navy's flagship in 1937, featuring many great actors he had worked with over the years. Their courageous and desperate attempts to do just that comprise the remarkable action in this rousing epic, featuring some of the greatest actors Chang had ever made, was making, and would ever make famous. (IVL)
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Shaolin Temple
Title: Shaolin Temple
Character: Zhu Dao
Released: December 22, 1976
Type: Movie
There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between a brave brand of Chinese boxers and literally thousands of Qing troops - complete with betrayals, intrigues, and such novel fighting machines as 108 wooden robots. The conflicts grow in complexity, intensity and even suspense as monks struggle to stay alive in the face of overwhelming odds.
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The Shaolin Avengers
Title: The Shaolin Avengers
Character: Fang Xiaoyu
Released: June 18, 1976
Type: Movie
Heroism and romance combine in an action-packed martial arts story. When the Shaolin are betrayed by White-Browed Hermit, hotheaded warrior-hero Fong Sai Yuk vows revenge.
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Boxer Rebellion
Title: Boxer Rebellion
Character: Chang Chun Jiang
Released: January 29, 1976
Type: Movie
Three young martial arts brothers, played by Chi Kuan-chun, Alexander Fu Sheng and Leung Kar-yan, go in search of fellow patriots dissatisfied with Imperialist foreigners and wind up joining a rising sect of the Boxers, led by an opportunistic conman. Named as such for their use of martial arts, these boxers are revolutionaries who believe that spirits protect their bodies from foreign guns. They even dupe the Empress Dowager, who gives them her royal blessing to fight the foreigners.
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The Four Assassins
Title: The Four Assassins
Character: Huang Zonghan
Released: December 25, 1975
Type: Movie
Set at the time of Italian explorer Marco Polo's historic expedition to China ,during the reign of Monogol ruler Kublai Khan, it stars American actor Richard Harrison as Polo. Taking considerable liberties with the historic record, the film has Polo turning up as an Imperial Inspector assigned to root out Chinese rebles in the south, but eventually being won over to their cause.
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All Men Are Brothers
Title: All Men Are Brothers
Character: Ruan Xiao Wu
Released: May 10, 1975
Type: Movie
Based on one of China's enduring epic novels, written in the 14th century, "All Men Are Brothers" continues the patriotic story of righteous warriors battling despotic leaders, featuring mythic characters familiar to every Chinese, and with a cast that has achieved an equally celebrated status among Shaw Brothers devotees.
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Five Shaolin Masters
Title: Five Shaolin Masters
Character: Patriot Killed by Chang Chin Chiu
Released: December 25, 1974
Type: Movie
Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the south away from the Qings, and also identify the traitor who sold out Shaolin temple. Ma Fu Yi, joins the Qing top fighters to eliminate the rebels but is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing who gets captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu meets up with a group of Shaolin men secretly posing as bandits to rescue Ma as their leader is killed in the process, thus the bandits join the rest of the Shaolin patriots.
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Shaolin Martial Arts
Title: Shaolin Martial Arts
Character: Mai Han
Released: August 3, 1974
Type: Movie
After the destruction of the Shaolin Temple, the Chings are in control and send their best students to wipe out all of the remaining Shaolin practioners. They almost succeed, but two students escape. They learn various Kung Fu styles from different teachers to combat the Ching's two kung fu fighters.
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Friends
Title: Friends
Character: Chen Xing
Released: June 29, 1974
Type: Movie
Hua Heng is a poverty-stricken aspiring painter whose day job involves painting the ads that go up on the sides of buildings. He and his buddies hang out in a makeshift gym set up in an abandoned building where they train and practice kung fu. His girlfriend is Gao Xin, a bar maid who is in debt to loan sharks. Into their lives comes Jiaji, who happens upon Hua Heng in a street fight with local thugs who'd made fun of the painting he's carrying and decides to help him out.
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Men from the Monastery
Title: Men from the Monastery
Character: Nian Rui Qing
Released: April 3, 1974
Type: Movie
The majestic Ming dynasty is invaded by the Manchu troops, its upto the Shaolin monastery to fight them and save the fate of the nation.
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Heroes Two
Title: Heroes Two
Character: Nien Shui Ching
Released: January 19, 1974
Type: Movie
A band of fighting Ming Dynasty loyalists branded as enemies of the state are driven underground following the burning of the Shaolin Temple by Qing Dynasty officials. Due to a misunderstanding, Shaolin kung fu prodigy Fong Sai-yuk is duped into helping Qing agents to capture leading Shaolin rebel Hung Hei-gun. Upon discovering his mistake, Sai-yuk teams up with the remaining rebels to free Hei-gun before his planned execution. Plotting to stop them is General Che Kang, a formidable Tibetan kung fu master who commands an army of fighters including four deadly Tibetan llamas.
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The Pirate
Title: The Pirate
Character: Ma Ping
Released: July 27, 1973
Type: Movie
Pirate Chang Pao-Chai springs a leak after an otherwise successful raid on a foreign ship. He goes ashore to get materials to patch his ship up, where he encounters corrupt Qing officials and poor, oppressed peasants. Being a good man at heart, he decides to help out and becomes an even bigger outlaw in the process.
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Trilogy of Swordsmanship
Title: Trilogy of Swordsmanship
Character: Tiger
Released: November 5, 1972
Type: Movie
Three martial arts directors united for this unique anthology film. Yueh Feng writes and directs a clever love-and-kung-fu triangle, Cheng Kang both writes and directs kung-fu courtesans battling brigands, and the "godfather of the kung-fu film," Chang Cheh, creates a cliff-hanging, swashbuckling mini-movie with maxi-action.
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The Water Margin
Title: The Water Margin
Character: Tseng Sheng
Released: March 17, 1972
Type: Movie
The corruption in the Sung Dynasty of 11th century China is so rampant that it inspires a band of Oriental Robin Hoods - the Honorable 108. Mountain bandits who nevertheless live by a scrupulous code of conduct, the Honorable 108 pledge to end the repression of the brutal overlords.
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The Angry Guest
Title: The Angry Guest
Character: Murdered on street with knife
Released: February 29, 1972
Type: Movie
The Angry Guest is a direct sequel to Duel of Fists which had two long-separated brothers, Ti Lung and David Chiang, reuniting in Bangkok and running afoul of the local mob after Ti Lung, a boxer, beats the local favorite in the ring. In this film, the action shifts from Bangkok to Hong Kong to Japan and then back to HK as the brothers contend with a Japanese mob led by crime boss Yamaguchi, who is played by the film's director, Chang Cheh, in a rare screen appearance.
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The Boxer from Shantung
Title: The Boxer from Shantung
Character: One of Ma's Men
Released: February 11, 1972
Type: Movie
Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.
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The Deadly Duo
Title: The Deadly Duo
Character: Hero Yung Yi
Released: December 22, 1971
Type: Movie
The plot involves patriots during the Sung Dynasty and their attempts to rescue a kidnapped prince from Ching troops who have invaded the north of China. The patriots are led by Ti Lung who recruits a mysterious but seemingly superhuman fighter played by David Chiang to find a way to cross a perilous bridge to enter an impregnable fortress to locate and rescue the imprisoned prince.
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The Duel
Title: The Duel
Character: Ah San
Released: April 21, 1971
Type: Movie
Tan Jen-chieh's life spins out of control when he’s forced into exile to clear his name following the murder of his adopted father. He's hunted in the streets. His lover, Butterfly, turns to prostitution. And his father's likely killer – a smooth operator known as the Rambler – is always lingering nearby. But before Tan and the Rambler can slit each other's throats, they learn they've been double-crossed and go two against everyone in a rage of double-edged vengeance.
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The New One-Armed Swordsman
Title: The New One-Armed Swordsman
Character: Lung's Disciple (uncredited)
Released: February 7, 1971
Type: Movie
Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his left arm, and kung fu techniques. That he proves with just the help of his friend Chung-Chieng, when he crosses his path with a beautiful girl in need, Pao Chiao. Even against impossible odds, he will prove a great warrior.
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The Lady Hermit
Title: The Lady Hermit
Character: Black Demon's Thug
Released: January 22, 1971
Type: Movie
A young Kung Fu student seeks a reclusive teacher so that she may learn to defeat the evil Black Demon. She doesn't realize that the servant woman she befriends is actually the kung fu master she seeks. After Black Demons henchmen attack, the master reveals herself and eventually takes on the student to train her so that they may both defeat the villian. A love triangle complicates things when another student asks for training as well.
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Vengeance!
Title: Vengeance!
Character: Jin's thug [extra]
Released: May 14, 1970
Type: Movie
A violent martial artist is bent on avenging his older brother, who was killed by a cabal of four wicked businessmen and a cheating wife.