Shih Chun
Also Known As: Chun Shih, 石雋, Shih Jun, Sek Jun, Shi Jun, C. Shih, Shih Chien, 石隽
Biography: Shih Chun (Chinese: 石雋, born 22 August 1935) is a Taiwanese actor starred in several King Hu films.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tianjin, China
Birthday: August 22, 1935
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Overview: On a dark and rainy night, a historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial arts feature "Dragon Inn". As the film plays, the lives of the theater's various employees and patrons intersect, and two ghostly actors arrive to mourn the passing of an era.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2003-12-12
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Fury of Shaolin Fist
Overview: Four top kung fu stars join forces in this brilliant adaption of the Chivalrous Robber. Lee San the Swallow, a Chinese Robin Hood, who stole from the corrupt official to help the down trodden. Fantastic fist to face action in this action packed golden oldie.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-01
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First Date
Overview: Four high school students, Yang Jialuo, You Fusheng, Gu Caizi, Guo Hao, and Liu Guobao narrate and reflect on growing up in 1950s Taiwan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1989-06-02
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Legend of the Mountain
Overview: A traveling scholar, intent on translating a Buddhist sutra that is said to have power over the creatures of the afterlife. He slowly finds himself entangled in a mysterious plot involving witchcraft, demons, and a battle to preserve his own soul from the attacks of the supernatural underworld.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-10-04
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A Touch of Zen
Overview: Ku Shen Chai, an artist in his early 30s, still lives with his mother, but he is suddenly shaken by the arrival of Yang Hui-ching, a mysterious princess on the run. Yang brings Ku into her circle of protectors, including a nameless monk whose spiritual guidance transforms him into a valiant fighter.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-07-10
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Red Persimmon
Overview: In 1949, the Communists take over mainland. The refugees and the military arrive in the Keelung Harbor in Taiwan. A father holds secret meetings with other generals in attempt to recover the lost land, his kids still play games with their grandma who enjoys the harmony in hardship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1996-04-13
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A Man of Immortality
Overview: After the cession of Taiwan to Japan in 1895 by the Manchu government, people on the island staged a series of anti-Japanese revolts to oppose the tyrannical rule of the Japanese militarists.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1981-08-28
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The Sojourn
Overview: Directed by artist and filmmaker Tiffany Sia, The Sojourn (2023) imagines a restless landscape film in Taiwan. Visiting scenic locations shot by King Hu, the short experiments with the road movie genre and its intersection with the martial arts epic. Sia meets actor Shih Chun, who played the protagonist in Hu’s Dragon Inn, Touch of Zen and other wuxia films, as he guides the quest to re-encounter the iconic landscapes where Dragon Inn was shot. He advises on the perfect conditions of mist and weather. Yet, in the journey through the mountains of Hehuanshan, the sublime landscape of King Hu remains ever elusive. She later visits the elementary school of Indigenous filmmaker and principal Pilin Yapu of the Atayal tribe. Absent of conventional subtitles, the essay film employs text burned into the center of the frame as a mode of translation, sometimes refusing total disclosure. – tiffanysia.com/glossary/the-sojourn
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2024-03-05
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The King of Wuxia Part 1
Overview: The life of the epoch-making master of martial arts cinema, King Hu.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2022-10-24
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Ghost of the Mirror
Overview: Adapted from a Tang Dynasty fantasy tale, Sung Chuen-sau used the story of a scholar meeting a female ghost at night, but emphasised neither the killing nor horror but the literary and romantic elements. Scholar Chan (Shih Chun) stays in a remote mansion outside the city. People often fall into the mansion’s well for no apparent reason. Chan looks into it. Later, he sees the girl from the well, Susu (Brigitte Lin), waving to him. She begins to wait on him nightly. Susu was from a wealthy family, but was running away from bandits during wartime, and committed suicide by jumping into the well rather than be caught. After her death, her spirit was controlled by Du Long (Pai Lin). Du Long has forced her many times to harm Chan, but she never has the heart to carry it through. Chan’s pity for her soon becomes love. He goes into the well to retrieve an old bronze mirror, and eventually succeeds in freeing Susu. In the end, to rescue Chan, Susu fights with Du Long and they destroy each other.
Genres: Horror Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-10-04
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Dragon Inn
Overview: China, year 1457. The Minister of Defense is executed, and his children are sentenced to exile by order of the tyrannical Tsao. Fearful of future revenge from the young people, Tsao sends cruel soldiers to murder them, but a brave group of swordsmen can change the course of the battle at the Dragon Inn.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-10-21
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The Assassin
Overview: 9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-08-27
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The Wheel of Life
Overview: Jointly and respectively directed by King Hu, Lee Hsing, and Pai Ching-Jui, three major Taiwan directors of the 1970s, this film consist of three shorts with the same cast of two actors and one actress, who through reincarnation meet in three different times.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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A City Called Dragon
Overview: During the Sung dynasty with Emperor Hsiao Hsia in power and freedom fighters, who are based in the Tai-hun Mountains. Miss Shang is on her way to Dragon City to receive secret plans to take to the rebel stronghold. But the Mayor kills her contact and takes the plans. She must now find the plans and exact revenge upon the murderous Mayor.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-11-20
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Devil Design
Overview: After retreating from battle, a band of Mongolian soldiers take refuge in a cemetery where they are slaughtered by reanimated zombies from the netherworld. But the leader is possessed by the Devil and he levels an assault against a nearby Chinese village. Local monks cover themselves with writings from the sacred scriptures in an attempt to stop the marauding warlord and his ddemon army.
Genres: Action Fantasy Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Road to Hell
Overview: Taiwanese horror.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1990-09-08
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Keep Out of Danger
Overview: Taiwanese horror film.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-03-13
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The Fast Sword
Overview: Shaw Legend Chang Yi takes on the Wild Vile West. It's Kung vs. Gun! "A man's knowledge puts him above animals" says the Shaolin scriptures. Chang Yi must prove this- or die! A rare and fantastic film!
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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A Sword for a Killer
Overview: All-star cast in this rare sword film from Taiwan. Top masters battle it out for supremacy and calmness in the martial world.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1968-10-05
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Raining in the Mountain
Overview: In Ming Dynasty China, the abbot of the San Pao Buddhist monastery must choose a successor. Among the high dignitaries invited, there are some who are after the priceless parchment kept in the temple: the Mahayana Sutras.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-07-11
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The King of Wuxia Part 2
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2022-10-28
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