Director

Jeong Chang-hwa

Directing

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Strong directing catalog.

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Directed movies: 19Directed series: 0All crew credits: 31

TMDB ID: 240189

IMDb ID: nm0155548

Known for: Directing

Born: November 2, 1928

Age: 97

Place of birth: Jincheon-gun, South Korea

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1948 - 1986

Years active: 39

Average TMDB rating: 6.69

Wikidata: Q12616071

Also known as

Jeong Chang-Hwa • Cheng Chang Ho • Jeng Cheong-Woh • 鄭昌和 • Jeong Chang-hwa • Chang-ho Cheng • Chang Haw Chung • Chang-wha Chung • Chung Chang Haw • Walter Chung Chang-Hwa • +16 more

Frequent jobs

Director (18)Assistant Director (1)Producer (5)Screenplay (3)Editor (2)Writer (2)

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Biography

Chang-Wha Chung (born November 1, 1928) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. Chung made his directorial debut with The Final Temptation (1953) and gained attention only when he released A Sunny Field in 1960. During the 1960s he started collaborating with the Hong Kong film industry. In 1968, he joined Shaw Brothers and directed martial arts classics such as King Boxer (1972) (the first Hong Kong movie to reach No. 1 on the U.S. box office in 1973). He moved to Golden Harvest in 1973, where he directed numerous productions until he returned to South Korea in 1977 to continue his career. Wikipedia contributors. "Jeong Chang-hwa." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 13 Mar. 2021. Web. 26 May. 2021.

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