Jeong Chang-hwa
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, also known as Five Fingers of Death). He moved to Golden Harvest in 1973, where he directed numerous productions until he returned to South Korea in 1977 to continue his career.
Chang-Wha Chung | |
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| Born | November 1, 1928 Jincheon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea |
| Other names | Cheng Cheng-Ho Chung Chang-Wha Chang Chang-Ho Cheng Chang-Wha Jeong Chang-Hwa Chung Chang-Haw Tsang Chung-Woo Walter Chung Chang-Hwa |
| Alma mater | Seoul National University |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1951– |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 정창화 |
| Hanja | 鄭 昌和 |
| Revised Romanization | Chang-Wha Chung |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Ch'ang-hwa |
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