Chen Wo-Fu
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Biography
Whether, it was just hype (to raise the status of the film) but [supposedly] no blows aimed at him were pulled and the scene where the villain jumps down into his stomach was real. His death was listed in the newspaper as a Suicide, saying that he died from Gas Emissions. Yet, if the stories of him take full-impact blows during filming were true, they may have caused injuries to his internal organs. Most of these guys only weighed around (120 - 145lbs.), imagine dropping (145lbs.) of weight into your abdomen from a height of (15) feet. What's even more frightening, is the fact that, it's still unclear, if they shot more than one take of that scene.
After incidents like this, companies didn't care how good you were (or said you were), they tried to use the utmost caution on their sets. And, though people still got injured while filming (Fu Sheng on the set of Deadly Breaking Sword (1979), Angela Mao on the set of Legendary Strike (1978), Jackie Chan's near fatal fall while filming Armor of God (1986), and others), given what these guys usually had to work with as far as Safety was concerned, many are lucky to still be alive.
In the obscure-classic - The Shadow Boxer (1974), it was said that he was an expert in the art of "Chi Kung" (where a person can withstand, heavy blows to various parts of their body) like Wang Jang-Li, in Invincible Armor (1977). The film gained a cult status, because of Chen Fu-Woo. Though, he completed the film, he could have [later] died from his injuries. There's just a possibility that this had a "small" part in the actor's death and may have affected him in ways, no one could have ever imagined.
Biography
+++ Originating from Kaiping, Guangdong, Chen grew up in Hong Kong, where he trained in Tai Chi. As a middle-weight boxer, he was once famous for challenging a heavyweight in a Southeast Asia teenage martial arts contest in 1971. He joined Shaw Brothers the following year as an actor and debuted in "All Men Are Brothers", co-directed by Chang Cheh and Wu Ma. It was followed by "Friends", "Two Faces of Love", "The Bloody Escape" and "The Shadow Boxer", which was to be marked as Chen's final act as tragically, he commited suicide by gas poisoning in 1974, before the film was released. Chen was only 24 when he died. From the Celestial DVD release of "The Bloody Escape".
After incidents like this, companies didn't care how good you were (or said you were), they tried to use the utmost caution on their sets. And, though people still got injured while filming (Fu Sheng on the set of Deadly Breaking Sword (1979), Angela Mao on the set of Legendary Strike (1978), Jackie Chan's near fatal fall while filming Armor of God (1986), and others), given what these guys usually had to work with as far as Safety was concerned, many are lucky to still be alive.
In the obscure-classic - The Shadow Boxer (1974), it was said that he was an expert in the art of "Chi Kung" (where a person can withstand, heavy blows to various parts of their body) like Wang Jang-Li, in Invincible Armor (1977). The film gained a cult status, because of Chen Fu-Woo. Though, he completed the film, he could have [later] died from his injuries. There's just a possibility that this had a "small" part in the actor's death and may have affected him in ways, no one could have ever imagined.
Biography
+++ Originating from Kaiping, Guangdong, Chen grew up in Hong Kong, where he trained in Tai Chi. As a middle-weight boxer, he was once famous for challenging a heavyweight in a Southeast Asia teenage martial arts contest in 1971. He joined Shaw Brothers the following year as an actor and debuted in "All Men Are Brothers", co-directed by Chang Cheh and Wu Ma. It was followed by "Friends", "Two Faces of Love", "The Bloody Escape" and "The Shadow Boxer", which was to be marked as Chen's final act as tragically, he commited suicide by gas poisoning in 1974, before the film was released. Chen was only 24 when he died. From the Celestial DVD release of "The Bloody Escape".