Lung Chien | |||||||||
Birth Date: | 1916 | ||||||||
Death Place: | Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||
Other Names: | Kim Lung Long Jian Long Quan Hong Chian Long | ||||||||
Occupation: | Film director, screen writer, actor | ||||||||
Years Active: | 1950s-1970s | ||||||||
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Lung Chien (1916 – May 28, 1975), also known by the name Kim Lung, was a prolific Chinese film director and screenwriter active between the 1950s and the 1970s.[1]
Born in 1916, Lung Chien explores common themes in Hong Kong cinema such as mixed martial arts or violence in everyday life. He directed more than 30 films mostly in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He died in Taipei in 1975 at the age of 59.[2]