Kim Tai-chung (June 5, 1957 - August 27, 2011), also known as Kim Tai-jong or Tong Lung (唐龍; Chinese stage name), was a South Korean martial artist, actor and businessman. A Taekwondo practitioner, he is best known for his martial arts films. Kim Tai-Chung is one of the more qualified actors to have portrayed Bruce Lee, having served as a double to complete Bruce Lee's posthumous film, Game Of Death. 1985's No Retreat, No Surrender features Kim Tai-Chung as the ghost of Bruce Lee, marking another more fantastical entry into the Bruce Lee cinematic canon.
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Kim Tai-chung Sanya Sandyl 839 subscribers 1.2K 147K views 9 years ago In 1970s, Kim made his first Hong Kong movie debut in 1977 film Snuff Bottle Connection, along with Hwang Jang Lee and Roy. Lee died at the age of 32 on July 20, 1973, just one month before Enter the Dragon was set to hit theaters. Though his exact cause of death remains the subject of speculation, it's believed Lee. A practitioner of Taekwondo and a fan of Bruce Lee's since watching his idol on-screen in Fist of Fury, Kim Tai-Chung began his career in the film industry when the Golden Harvest studio's began a search to find a replacement for Bruce Lee to complete Game of Death, a film that he had began to film before his untimely death in 1973. In the climax of Game of Death II (1981), Bobby Lo (Kim Tai-chung) is perplexed when the real perpetrator in the Tower of Death unveils his identity to him a.
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Then there was filming the double, Kim Tai-chung, from behind (which saved on makeup costs), or shooting him from very wide angles, so the face couldn't been seen clearly. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar survived 'Game of Death' Rich Fury/Getty Images Korean martial arts movie star Kim Tai Chung, also known as Kim Tai-Jung or Tong Lung, has passed away. Kim Tai Chung was considered the only "mainstream" of the Bruce Lee copycats because of his work on Raymond Chow's Golden Harvest classics " Game of Death " (1978) and " Tower of Death " (1981). Kim Tai-chung , also known as Kim Tai-jong or Tong Lung , was a South Korean martial artist, actor and businessman known as taekwondo practitioner. Kim was one of two stand-ins for Bruce Lee used to complete Game of Death after Lee died during filming. Korean taekwondo stylist Kim Tae-Jeong was discovered by Raymond Chow, who was looking for a "double" to replace the late Bruce Lee when Golden Harvest opted to finish GAME OF DEATH (1978). Kim was a very nice kicking stylist who would later play Bruce's "brother" and play his double in a sequel entitled TOWER OF DEATH.
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Lee's double, Kim Tai-chung,. Chung starred in Game of Death II and later appeared alongside a Jackie Chan double in Jackie vs. Bruce to the Rescue. He also managed to take his Lee likeness overseas, appearing with Jean-Claude Van Damme in No Retreat, No Surrender. This time, he plays the ghost of Lee, who appears and trains the hero in. KIM TAI CHUNG. One of the three doubles used to complete Game of Death and the ghost of Bruce Lee in No Retreat, No Surrender.. Not to be mistaken for Kim Tai-Jung, Tong Lung is the brother of Alexander Lo-Rei. Starred in Growling Tiger, the Bruceploitation sequel to Way of the Dragon.
Kim Tai-Chung (aka "Tang Lung") is legitimately fast in this, and he shows off a level of martial arts skill that wasn't even hinted at in the 1978, Robert Clouse-directed Game of Death abortion. But for all I know it could just be Yuen Biao with the impressive moves; Biao acted as Kim's stunt double in both films. Miss, Please Be Patient ( 아가씨 참으세요) is a 1981 South Korean romantic comedy action film starring Kim Tai-chung and Jeong Yun-hui. The movie is also known as Super Lady Hopper as an alternate title. Outside of South Korea, the film is known for Kim Tai-chung's rarest South Korean film appearance.
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A costume test for a sword-fighting period piece ultimately led to Bruce Lee getting his chance to make his Game of Death movie. Known for featuring some of the most intense fights in Lee's career, Game of Death would have been his fifth kung fu movie and was never completed. After the actor's death, footage shot for the film was combined with new scenes so that the studio could finish the. And look, it's none other than Kim Tae-Chung (credited as Tong Lung), late of Game of Death and Tower of Death (and later of No Retreat, No Surrender ). It's just as well the title card was there, as he looks nothing like Bruce Lee at all except when he bugs his eyes in moments of stress.
