Chen Wo-Fu

Chen Wo-Fu

Originating from Kaiping, Guangdong, Chen grew up in Hong Kong, where he trained in Tai Chi. As a middle-weight boxer, he was once famous for challenging a heavyweight in a Southeast Asia teenage martial arts contest in 1971. He joined Shaw Brothers the following year as an actor and debuted in "All Men Are Brothers", co-directed by Chang Cheh and Wu Ma. It was followed by "Friends", "Two Faces of Love", "The Bloody Escape" and "The Shadow Boxer", which was to be marked as Chen's final act as tragically, he commited suicide by gas poisoning in 1974, before the film was released. Chen was only 24 when he died.

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Chen Wo-Fu Movies

  • 1974
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    The Shadow Boxer
    The Shadow Boxer

    5.1 1974 HD

    Chen Wo-Fu plays construction worker Ku Ting, whose skill at "tai chi" (shadow boxing) is as great as his pacifism. But when his girlfriend is raped...

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  • 1974
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    Friends
    Friends

    6.5 1974 HD

    Hua Heng is a poverty-stricken aspiring painter whose day job involves painting the ads that go up on the sides of buildings. He and his buddies hang...

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