![]() ![]() It is here where Sammo began to truly come into his own, playing occasional villains but mainly acting as chief action director. Although never placed on a pedestal of the same height or as revered in popular culture as the likes of Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan, his influence and legacy tower at equal heights.īorn in Hong Kong to a theatrical family in 1952, from the age of 7 he studied at the gruelling Peking Opera School, alongside many of whom would become the main players in front of, and behind the camera in the heyday of the Hong Kong film industry one of which was Jackie Chan, who to this day refers to Sammo as “Dai Goh” (Big Brother).īoth Sammo and Jackie formed a highly competitive but deep brotherly bond from these formative years, that would last throughout their personal and professional lives, debuting on the Jade Screen as children, appearing together in ‘Big and Little Wong Tin Bar’ in 1962.Īfter scoring several gigs as assistant action director in such films as King Hu’s ‘Come Drink With Me’ and ‘The Fate of Lee Khan’, Hung became one of the main players at the Golden Harvest film studios in the 1970s. The living legend of martial arts cinema, Sammo Hung (Hung Kam Bo), should need no introduction.
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