Sun Chien In The Vampire Is Alive/Counter Destroyer

Sun Chien in The Vampire is Alive/Counter Destroyer

I JUST THINK THAT HE-

I had to edit Chin Siu-Ho because he always makes me smile. He gets best boy award 🥺 This is my second AE edit! I’m still trying to get the hang of it

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David Chiang Da-Wei in The Naval Commandos (1977)

I thought I would provide some insight into how things worked behind the scenes on Venoms films when it came to action sequences. All of the following information was taken from interviews.

Kuo Chui, Chiang Sheng, and Lu Feng would typically meet with Chang Cheh on set to discuss things before shooting. Then, they would get to plan out the action sequences and shoot the move sets of three people together (as the interview put it). The three of them decided how many people were in the move set since there could be anywhere from 2 to 3 people or more in a sequence. Having more than 3 people was the hardest thing to complete since you had to have more maneuvers. Chang Cheh left it entirely up to them when it came to making decisions like that.

Before shooting sessions, they would meet to talk about the general direction of a sequence. Lu Feng gave these examples: how many people hit him; who was the last to get killed; or how his character died. He said the length of time given to the middle portion of the fights all takes a lot of time. Kuo Chui estimated that a large-scale fight could take 7 days minimum. When it came to final fight scenes, they could take up to 10 to 14 days total!

The pictures above are from a video that showed them filming behind the scenes of Masked Avengers (1981).

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I have to talk about how much I love Sun Chien’s character in The Brave Archer 3 (1981). When you first see him, he’s so gentle and pleasant. He is clearly enjoying what he’s reading while he sings such a lovely song. There is certainly a reason why he’s named the Scholar, as he doesn’t break away from what he’s reading until Huang Yung (played by Niu Niu) starts a discussion about the Analects of Confucius. I feel like it’s lovely to see Sun Chien have such an intelligent, sweet role since he shows off his variety of acting skills since this is not a villain or your typical hero. He plays it so well since he is a lot friendly than the other characters you initially see (played by Chiang Sheng, Lu Feng, and Wong Lik), so it does seem much easier to approach him.

He is serious though since he won’t let Huang Yung or Kuo Tsing (played by Fu Sheng) get to their destination without passing his test first, but I think it’s part of his charm. Mainly because it’s his job to make sure no one gets through unless they permit it so he can’t play around about that. What I really fell in love with is how humble the Scholar was. He openly accepts that Huang Yung and Kuo Tsing were skilled after they passed, instead of acting like he was the most intelligent. Aside from that, the character’s fighting skills are phenomenal. He may be caring, wise, and rather calm but he is ready to protect people when it comes down to it. His fight scene against Hsiao Yu in this film is so entertaining. Sun Chien is armed with both his fan, as you see in this gif, and another weapon which he uses in addition to his kicks. In my opinion, it makes for a very well rounded character! I like that they flash back to when the Scholar was younger too. It gives a feel of him as a whole.