Biography
While, he has a number of films that I would love to see, a favorite of mine has always been (and will always be) - Furious Slaughter (1972), with Jimmy Wang-Yu. It just felt like the kind of kung-fu movie, that you'd have no problem watching over & over again (without getting bored). The film's build-up, never really waivered from the plot and there were a numerous (well-crafted) fight-scenes. I think this was the 1st film that I ever saw, where "Lime" was thrown in the victim's eyes. This was director Ting's version of the "Ma Yung-Chan" character -- which (incidently) was released 12-days after director Chang Cheh's film - Boxer From Shantung (1972). He was like Taiwan's version of Chang (often) writing his own scripts -- except, he had an edge over Chang, where War films & Comedy, were concerned.
Films like The Ghost Hill and The Ammunition Hunters, got him noticed, as he began his foray into martial-arts films. I believe he was instrumental in helping Jimmy Wang-Yu, during his exile in Taiwan, directing the former Shaw-star, in a number of action films. This was the time that the industry was breaking new ground with "Kung Fu" films and he began working with a number of (soon-to-be) stars -- Chia Ling (Spy Ring), Nancy Yen (Ma Su-Chen), and Charles Heung (Black Alice) -- just to name a few. His work didn't go un-noticed a Shaw Brothers, as they quickly signed him to a multi-picture deal. His Well Of Doom (shot in Taiwan) starred (renegade Shaw actress) Wang Ping and Taiwanese actress, Sally Chen (who won a Golden Horse for the film).
A number of his films seemed to deal with War or where some type of war set the backdrop for all the fighting that was about to take place. It was (always) done in an interesting and intriguing way, where the viewer paid more attention to the fighting and not the War at hand. War-themed films made up almost half of the films that he shot -- some of these films were - Imperial Tomb Raiders, Flight Man, Everlasting Glory, 800 Heroes, The Magnificent 72, and Battle Of The Republic Of China (which was a major collaboration between Shaw Brothers and Taiwan's Central Motion Picture Corporation.
Films like The Ghost Hill and The Ammunition Hunters, got him noticed, as he began his foray into martial-arts films. I believe he was instrumental in helping Jimmy Wang-Yu, during his exile in Taiwan, directing the former Shaw-star, in a number of action films. This was the time that the industry was breaking new ground with "Kung Fu" films and he began working with a number of (soon-to-be) stars -- Chia Ling (Spy Ring), Nancy Yen (Ma Su-Chen), and Charles Heung (Black Alice) -- just to name a few. His work didn't go un-noticed a Shaw Brothers, as they quickly signed him to a multi-picture deal. His Well Of Doom (shot in Taiwan) starred (renegade Shaw actress) Wang Ping and Taiwanese actress, Sally Chen (who won a Golden Horse for the film).
A number of his films seemed to deal with War or where some type of war set the backdrop for all the fighting that was about to take place. It was (always) done in an interesting and intriguing way, where the viewer paid more attention to the fighting and not the War at hand. War-themed films made up almost half of the films that he shot -- some of these films were - Imperial Tomb Raiders, Flight Man, Everlasting Glory, 800 Heroes, The Magnificent 72, and Battle Of The Republic Of China (which was a major collaboration between Shaw Brothers and Taiwan's Central Motion Picture Corporation.
Taiwanese Director and Film Writer Ting Shan-hsi Dies at 74 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
November 23, 2009
Ting Shan-hsi was born in Chinese city of Qingdao (Tsingtao) in 1936. He started his career as a screen writer and later made himself a director. Have been worked for studios in Taiwan and Hong Kong from the 1960s to the 1990s, he is better known for three Taiwan-made historical drama: The Everlasting Glory (1975), a biopic of general Cheng Tsu-chung who died during a battle against the Japanese invaders in 1940, 800 Heroes (1976), about a few hundreds Chinese soldiers defending a Shanghai warehouse against Japanese troops in 1937, and The Battle for the Republic of China (1981), retelling the story of Wuchang Revolt in November 11 of 1911, which triggered the total collapse of Chinese Qing Empire and the founding of the Chinese republic.
November 23, 2009
Ting Shan-hsi was born in Chinese city of Qingdao (Tsingtao) in 1936. He started his career as a screen writer and later made himself a director. Have been worked for studios in Taiwan and Hong Kong from the 1960s to the 1990s, he is better known for three Taiwan-made historical drama: The Everlasting Glory (1975), a biopic of general Cheng Tsu-chung who died during a battle against the Japanese invaders in 1940, 800 Heroes (1976), about a few hundreds Chinese soldiers defending a Shanghai warehouse against Japanese troops in 1937, and The Battle for the Republic of China (1981), retelling the story of Wuchang Revolt in November 11 of 1911, which triggered the total collapse of Chinese Qing Empire and the founding of the Chinese republic.
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