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Chin Han (actor, born 1938)

Ronald Bi Jen-hsu (born 4 December 1938), known by his stage name Chin Han, is a retired Hong Kong actor, director, screenwriter and producer born in mainland China. He has appeared in over 50 Mandarin-language films in Hong Kong and Taiwan, many of them produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio in the 1960s and the 1970s.

Personal life

Born in Weihai, Republic of China, Pi Jen-hsu moved to Hong Kong as a small child during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. After finishing from New Method College, his first career was in a hong. In 1961, he entered Shaw Brothers Studio, working as a script supervisor for director Yueh Feng. In 1964, he rose to fame when Yueh Feng cast him in a major Huangmei opera film Lady General Hua Mu-lan, opposite superstar Ivy Ling Po.

In 1966, Chin Han married Ivy Ling Po. They moved to Taiwan in 1973 where they continued to work in the film industry until immigrating to Canada in the late 1980s. After retirement, they made guest appearances in their son Kenneth Bi's directorial debut Rice Rhapsody (2004).

Filmography

Film

As actor
As director
  • 1965: Three Beautiful Blind Female Spies ()
  • 1966: Three Beautiful Blind Female Spies 2 ()
  • 1966: Three Beautiful Blind Female Spies 3 ()
  • 1966: The In-law Marriage ()
  • 1967: The Other Day's Typhoon ()
  • 1976: Crossroad () – also actor, writer and producer
  • 1978: Dream of the Red Chamber () – also writer (opera film)
  • 1980: The Imperious Princess () – also co-producer (opera film)
As writer
  • 1967: The Three Desperate Drunks ()
  • 1976: Crossroad () – also actor, director and producer
  • 1978: Dream of the Red Chamber () – also writer (opera film)
As producer
  • 1976: Crossroad () – also actor, director and writer
  • 1980: The Imperious Princess () – also director (opera film)

Television series

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