Ko Chun-hsiung explained

Ko Chun-hsiung
Native Name:	柯俊雄
Native Name Lang:	zh-hant
Birth Name:	Ko Chun-liang (Chinese: 柯俊良)
Birth Date:	1945 1, df=y
Birth Place:	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Death Place:	Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality:	Taiwanese
Alma Mater:	National Taiwan University of Arts
Occupation:	Actor, director, politician
Years Active:	1965—2015
Party:	Kuomintang Taiwan Farmers' Party (2007—2008)
Spouse:

Ko Chun-hsiung (; 15 January 1945 – 6 December 2015) was a Taiwanese actor, director and politician.^{[1] [2] [3]} He had been acting since the 1960s and had appeared in more than 200 films.

His career accolades included three Golden Horse Awards, two Asia Pacific Film Festival Awards for Best Actor, a Panama International Film Festival Award for Best Actor. In 2005, Chinese Film Association of Performance Art named Ko on the list of 100 Outstanding Artists in Chinese Film (1905 - 2004).

Life

Early life

Ko was born in Kaohsiung. During Taiwan under Japanese rule, he attended Kaohsiung No.2 School and graduated from National Taiwan University of Arts, he also studied at Tokyo University and Saint John's College.

Acting career

Ko began his career by appearing in small roles before 1965. He appeared in The Silent Wife later that year. In 1967, Ko starred as Feng Ze in Ching-Zue Bai's Lonely Seventeen, for which he won his first Best Actor Award at the Asia Pacific Film Festival. In 1974, Ko starred as Zhang Zizhong in the historical film The Everlasting Glory, which earned Ko his second Best Actor Award at the Asia Pacific Film Festival. In 1976, Ko acted in the historical film Eight Hundred Heroes directed by Ting Shan-hsi, playing the role of Xie Jinyuan, he won a Golden Horse Award.^[4]

Ko won the Best Actor Award at the 1979 Golden Horse Awards for his performance in A Teacher of Great Soldiers.^{[5] [6]}

In 1981, Ko self-directed and performed in My Grandfather, which earned him a Best Actor Award at the Panama International Film Festival. In 1989, Ko starred as Duan Yihu, reuniting him with co-star Jackie Chan, who played Guo Zhenhua, in the romantic comedy film Miracles, which were highly praised by audience. In 1999, Ko filmed in Cao Cao, he received the Best Actor Award at the 36th Golden Horse Awards. In 2012, Ko participated in the Taiwanese-language television drama Feng Shui Family.^[4]

Political career

Ko became involved in politics in 1990.

In 1996, Ko stood unsuccessfully in the Provisional Legislative Council Election in British Hong Kong.^[7]

Ko defeated incumbent legislator Chang Tsai Mei in a July 2004 Kuomintang party primary,^[8] and represented Hsinchu City Constituency in the Legislative Yuan from 1 February 2005 to 31 January 2008.

In 2007, Ko joined the Taiwan Farmers' Party, but was not reelected in the 2008 legislative elections.^[9]

Personal life

Ko was twice married. Originally wed to actress Chang Mei-yao in 1970, he became the father of two children, Ko Yishan (Chinese: 柯懿珊) and Ko Pinyin (Chinese: 柯品吟). They divorced in 2004, as Ko was involved in an affair with Tsai Qinghua (Chinese: 蔡清樺), who Ko married the next year. Ko's second marriage also produced two children, Ko Jianyu (Chinese: 柯鑒育) and Ko Zier (Chinese: 柯姿而). Chang, Ko's first wife, died in 2012.^[10]

Death

Ko died on 6 December 2015 at Tri-Service General Hospital in Taipei, a year after being diagnosed with lung cancer.^[11] He was 70.

Works

Film

Year	English Title	Chinese Title	Role	Notes
1963		Chinese: 《義犬救主》
		Chinese: 《流浪賣花姑娘》
1964		Chinese: 《天字第一號》
1965		Chinese: 《一江春水向東流》
	The Silent Wife	Chinese: 《啞女情深》
1966		Chinese: 《橋》
		Chinese: 《貞節牌坊》
1967		Chinese: 《壯志淩雲》
		Chinese: 《第六個夢》
		Chinese: 《春歸何處》
		Chinese: 《梨山春曉》
	Lonely Seventeen	Chinese: 《寂寞的十七歲》	Feng Ze
	I Hate You Deeply	Chinese: 《恨你入骨》
1968	Fallen Petals	Chinese: 《落花時節》
1969	Storm over the Yang-tse River	Chinese: 《揚子江風雲》
1970	Bye, My Lover	Chinese: 《再見阿郎》
	Home Sweet Home	Chinese: 《家在台北》
	I Want You	Chinese: 《我要你》
1971		Chinese: 《愛你一萬倍》
	Life and Mother	Chinese: 《母與女》
		Chinese: 《說謊的丈夫》
	Happiness and Joy	Chinese: 《歡天喜地》
		Chinese: 《真假太太》
	Five Plus Five	Chinese: 《五對佳偶》
	Splendid Love Affairs	Chinese: 《難忘負心人》
1972		Chinese: 《東南西北風》
	Pei Shih	Chinese: 《佩詩》
	Love is Smoke	Chinese: 《輕煙》
	The Perfect Match	Chinese: 《門當戶對》
	Crimes Are To Be Paid	Chinese: 《五虎摧花》
1973		Chinese: 《天使之吻》
		Chinese: 《大三元》
	My Father, my husband and my son	Chinese: 《我父、我夫、我子》
		Chinese: 《大阿哥》
		Chinese: 《心蘭的故事》
	The Devils Treasure	Chinese: 《黑夜怪客》
	Haze in the Sunset	Chinese: 《煙雨斜陽》
	The Jilte	Chinese: 《負心的人續集》
1974		Chinese: 《彩雲片片》
	The Everlasting Glory	Chinese: 《英烈千秋》
	Spring Comes Not Again	Chinese: 《不再有春天》
	The Looks of Hong Kong	Chinese: 《香港屋簷下》
1975	The Bedeviled	Chinese: 《心魔》
	Devil Crows	Chinese: 《邪魔》
	Victory	Chinese: 《梅花》
1976	Painted Waves of Love	Chinese: 《浪花》
	The Star	Chinese: 《星語》
		Chinese: 《台北66》
	Rhythm of the Wave	Chinese: 《海韻》
	The Trap	Chinese: 《陷阱》
	Eight Hundred Heroes	Chinese: 《八百壯士》
1977		Chinese: 《愛有明天》
		Chinese: 《綠色山莊》
		Chinese: 《秋詩篇篇》
		Chinese: 《人在天涯》
		Chinese: 《風雨朝陽》
1978	A Teacher of Great Soldiers	Chinese: 《黃埔軍魂》
1979	Gone With Honor	Chinese: 《香火》
	The Brave Ones	Chinese: 《強渡關山》
	Qi Jiguang	Chinese: 《戚繼光》
	Qiu Lian	Chinese: 《秋蓮》
1980	The Coldest Winter in Peking	Chinese: 《皇天後土》
	Mission over the Eagle Castle	Chinese: 《血濺冷鷹堡》
1981	The Frogman	Chinese: 《大地勇士》
	The Battle for the Republic of China	Chinese: 《辛亥雙十》
		Chinese: 《上海大亨》
		Chinese: 《大爺》
		Chinese: 《黑色大亨》
	The Professional Killer	Chinese: 《職業兇手》
	Offend the Law of God	Chinese: 《怒犯天條》
1982		Chinese: 《黑色婚禮》
	Steamrolling	Chinese: 《人肉戰車》
	Days In the Army	Chinese: 《動員令》
		Chinese: 《血濺歸鄉路》
	The Head Hunter	Chinese: 《獵頭》
		Chinese: 《慧眼識英雄》
	Attack Force Z	Chinese: 《Z字特工隊》
	My Grandfather	Chinese: 《我的爺爺》
	1983		Chinese: 《甲子玄機》
		Chinese: 《破網補情天》
		Chinese: 《亡命黑名單》
My Mother		Chinese: 《我的媽媽》
		Chinese: 《風水二十年》
1984		Chinese: 《不歸路》
		Chinese: 《圣戰千秋》
		Chinese: 《天天天亮》
1985		Chinese: 《孤戀花》
1986		Chinese: 《愛是做鬼也愛》
	From Here to Prosperity	Chinese: 《奪寶計上計》
	I am a Chinese	Chinese: 《我是中國人》
	The Heroic Pioneers	Chinese: 《唐山過台灣》
	The Kinmen Bombs	Chinese: 《金門炮戰》
1987		Chinese: 《起床號》
		Chinese: 《魔鬼戰士》
		Chinese: 《旗正飄飄》
	Tragic Hero	Chinese: 《英雄好漢》
	Somewhere My Love	Chinese: 《不歸路》
	Brotherhood	Chinese: 《義本無言》
	Rich and Famous	Chinese: 《江湖情》
	The Kinmen Bombs	Chinese: 《八二三炮戰》
	Yes, Sir	Chinese: 《報告班長》
	Strawman	Chinese: 《稻草人》
1988		Chinese: 《殺出銅鑼灣》
		Chinese: 《笑聲淚影大陸行》
	Yes, Sir 2	Chinese: 《報告班長2》
	The Story of Haybo	Chinese: 《喜寶》
	The Dragon Family	Chinese: 《龍之家族》
1989	Fight to Survive	Chinese: 《我在江湖》
	Miracles	Chinese: 《奇跡》	Duan Yihu
	Burning Ambition	Chinese: 《龍之爭霸》
1990	Triad Story	Chinese: 《江湖最後一個大佬》
	A Home Too Far	Chinese: 《異域》
1991	Island of Fire	Chinese: 《火燒島》	Prison Chief
	Retreat of the Godfather	Chinese: 《大哥讓位》
1992	Requital	Chinese: 《五湖四海》
1993	End of The Road	Chinese: 《異域之末路英雄》
1994	Amassing Stories	Chinese: 《野店》
1995	Remember M Remember E	Chinese: 《哪有一天不想你》
1998	Cao Cao	Chinese: 《一代梟雄曹操》
		Chinese: 《闖將》
1998	Unexpected Challenges	Chinese: 《靈與慾》
2001	The Last Salute	Chinese: 《報告總司令》

Television

Year	English Title	Chinese Title	Role	Notes
1983	Days in Xiang River	Chinese: 《香江歲月》
1998		Chinese: 《舉頭三尺有神明》
2003	Crystal Boys	Chinese: 《孽子》	A Qing's father
2004	My Boyfriend Is A Superstar	Chinese: 《我的明星男友》	Guan Zixiong
2011	Independent Heroes	Chinese: 《廉政英雄》	Biao Su/ Zhang Guohao
	Father and Son	Chinese: 《父與子》	Wang Dazhu
2012	Feng Shui Family	Chinese: 《風水世家》	Gao Shenhuang

Awards

Year	Work	Award	Result	Notes
1968	Lonely Seventeen	Asia Pacific Film Festival for Best Actor Award
1975	The Everlasting Glory	Asia Pacific Film Festival for Best Actor Award
1976	800 Heroes
1979	A Teacher of Great Soldiers
1981	My Grandfather	Panama International Film Festival for Best Actor
1999	Cao Cao	Golden Horse Award for Best Actor
2005		100 Outstanding Artists in Chinese Film (1905 - 2004)

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://news.zynews.com/2012-01/05/content_1700183.htm . zh:舒淇柯俊雄拍三级片假戏真做 王力宏作何感想(组图) . 2012 . ZYnews . zh . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140223090437/http://news.zynews.com/2012-01/05/content_1700183.htm . 2014-02-23 .
2. Web site: http://eladies.sina.com.cn/news/p/2010/0515/0948991477_2.shtml . zh:舒淇曾被迫和有"黑社会"背景的柯俊雄拍激情戏 . 2010 . Sina . zh.
3. Web site: http://www.chinanews.com/yl/2013/10-02/5343364.shtml . zh:影帝柯俊雄客串《最佳嫌疑人》 自曝偶像是英若诚 . 2013 . Chinanews . zh.
4. News: Ko Chun-hsiung, a leading man of the 1970s. 9 March 2018. Straits Times. 8 December 2015.
5. Web site: http://ent.163.com/13/0812/08/962ICVO1000300B1.html . zh:《黄埔军魂》风靡小金门 影帝柯俊雄演技精湛 . 2013 . 163.COM. zh.
6. Web site: http://twent.chinayes.com/Content/20130811/kh9ngnz2ugk00.shtml . zh:金马影帝柯俊雄演技精湛观众飙泪 《黄埔军魂》风靡小金门 . 2013 . chinayes.com . zh . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221256/http://twent.chinayes.com/Content/20130811/kh9ngnz2ugk00.shtml . 2016-03-03 .
7. http://www.tvbs.com.tw/news/news_list.asp?no=vestashi20040719183903 在港參選　中共要求退KMT　柯俊雄拒絕
8. News: Huang . Tai-lin . 'War hero' takes aim at politics . 5 September 2020 . Taipei Times . 25 July 2004.
9. http://www.worldjournal.com/view/full_entertainment/7797100/article-%E8%97%9D%E4%BA%BA%E5%BE%9E%E6%94%BF-%E6%88%90%E7%B8%BE%E6%AF%94%E4%B8%80%E6%AF%94?instance=en_bull_tw 藝人從政 成績比一比
10. News: Tsao. Yu-fan. Wang. Ching-yi. Chen. Christie. Film industry, lawmakers mourn death of actor Ko Chun-hsiung. 7 December 2015. Central News Agency. 7 December 2015.
11. News: Golden Horse Best Actor Ko Chun-hsiung dies. 7 December 2015. The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. 7 December 2015.