Chor Yuen

Chor Yuen
Chinese name	楚原
Pinyin	Chǔ Yuán (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Co2 Jyun4 (Cantonese)
Birth name	Zhang Baojian (張寶堅)
Ancestry	Meixian, Guangdong
Born	16 September 1934 (1934-09-16) Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active	1956 - 2004
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Professional Spirit Award (1998)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Baojian (born September 16, 1934), better known as Chor Yuen, is a Hong Kong-based Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor.

Filmography

As director

• Cold Blade (1970)
• The House of 72 Tenants (1973)
• The Jade Tiger (1977)
• Sentimental Swordsman (1977)
• Clans of Intrigue (1977)
• Legend of the Bat (1978)
• Clan of Amazons (1978)
• Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978)
• The Proud Twins (1979)
• Heroes Shed No Tears (1980)
• Emperor and His Brother (1981)
• The Duel of the Century (1981)
• Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman (1982)
• The Hidden Power of the Dragon Sabre (1984)

As actor

• Police Story (1985)
• The Seventh Curse (1986)
• Police Story 2 (1988)
• Miracles (1989)
• The Banquet (1991)
• Twin Dragons (1992)
• He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father (1993)
• Thunderbolt (1995)
• Those Were the Days (1997)

Television series

• A Kindred Spirit (1995)
• Journey to the West (1996)
• Journey to the West II (1998)
• Armed Reaction (1998)
• Armed Reaction II (2000)
• Armed Reaction III (2001)
• A Step into the Past (2003)
• Armed Reaction IV (2004)

External links

• Chor Yuen at the Internet Movie Database
• HK Cinemagic