Kwan Hoi-San
Birthday: 1925-10-24
Place of Birth: Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Biography: Herman Kwan Hoi-San (Chinese: 關海山) (October 23, 1925 in Guangzhou, Guangdong — September 11, 2006) was a Hong Kong actor. his English name was Herman Kwan. Kwan started off as a Cantonese opera actor in street theatre before joining New Voice Opera Troupe (新聲劇團). He also started singing for early Hong Kong film soundtracks and moved on to act in films, mostly adaption of opera in Cantonese. He became famous and acted in many lead roles. When Hong Kong films started to move towards Mandarin, Kwan's career faltered and joined TVB and acted in various roles. Directors and filmmakers rediscovered his talent and cast him in many supporting roles in films. In 2001, Kwan suffered apoplexy attack and was left mute and paralysed. He died in 2006.
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The Great Conqueror's Concubine
Insurrection deposes the tyrannical first emperor of China during the evil Qin Dynasty. Warrior/gene...
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Devil Sorcery
The student of a good wizard decides to get it on with his master's wife and all hell breaks loose a...
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Eight Diagram Cudgel
Fifth brother is separated from his kin whilst fighting the marauding Lao, and is nursed back to hea...
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Energetic-21
Chan Chuen directed this story about the many problems besetting Hong Kong youth when they reach tha...
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Behind Bars
A man serving a sentence for a white-collar crime navigates the thorny realities of prison life....
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Kid from Kwangtung
Novice director Hsu Hsia and three other kung-fu designers created this fight-filled tale of young r...
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My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
The fallout resulting from a botched Triad gang smuggling job forces a young couple to separate - sh...
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The Kung Fu Warrior
After a kung fu master takes on a pupil, he plans to rob his boss with the help of his new student....
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Ghost's Lover
The bored wife of a philandering doctor takes a pleasure trip with a lesbian friend the Seoul. There...
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Queen of Temple Street
Wah runs a brothel and has a daughter, Yan, on the loose, born and bred in the same underworld. The ...
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Project A Part II
Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangs...
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Hard Boiled
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In or...
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Heroes Among Heroes
Expert fighters must band together in an ultimate martial arts showdown when Southern China’s High O...
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Martial Arts Master Wong Fei Hung
Wong Fei Hung, as a young man, was impetuous and irresponsible. But the death of this father and the...
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A Touch of Evil
Narcotics officer Shaolun (Tony Leung Ka Fai), in order to bring down the local drug kingpin King (M...
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A Roof with a View
Hiu-tung (Veronica Yip) is a naïve young wife who is forced to raise her child alone after her gangs...
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Perfect Exchange
Mindy Chan (Andy Lau) is a top-notched gambler/swindler. His girlfriend Lily (Christy Chung) and fri...
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The Criminal Hunter
Chu Yu (Eric Tsang) is a homicide detective who accidently stabs his girlfriend while wrestling with...
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Portland Street Blues
This spin-off movie provides a different contrast to the familiar Young and Dangerous films with gre...
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Fury of the Heaven
One of the better possession movies filled with hexes, spells and exorcisms. It also contains crucif...
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A Moment of Romance II
A street racer encounters a mainland courtesan under an extraordinary circumstances. A moment of Rom...
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Brothers from the Walled City
When a gambling boss named ends up dead, he leaves his two sons, Chia Chin and Chia Kang in the cust...
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Devil Curse
A young man, Chan Che, takes a business trip to Bangkok, where he bumps into lovely Thai girl Chuma,...
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Buddha's Palm (Part 2)
Distressed by her sister Yuk-wah’s sacrifice for lover Lung Kim-fei, Kau Yuk-kuen pacifies their gra...
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Project A
In late 19th century Hong Kong, the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Coas...
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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All's Well, Ends Well
Three brothers living with their father fib and play pranks to win parental approval for themselves ...
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Lee Rock
Lee Rock starts his career in the Hong Kong police force as an incorruptible officer. However, he be...
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Crocodile Evil
Wo Tin travels from Hong Kong to Thailand for business, having been invited by his brother. A young ...
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The Siamese Twins
The spirit of a deceased conjoined twin haunts her unknowing sister....
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Mahjong Heroes
When gambling champ Yau retires, his heir is forced to enlist the help of legendary gambler Patrick ...
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Kung Fu Kid
This classical tale of Shaolin Temple disciples versus the Manchurian Ching government displays Shao...
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The Tale Of A Heroine
A group of characters pursue a sacred martial arts text known as the Virgin Sword Book so they can m...
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Working Class
Yam, Sunny and Ah Hing are buddies and all dismissed creating havoc in their jobs. The trio is emplo...
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House of the Lute
A young man takes a job as a house servant for a rich old man with an attractive younger wife and tr...
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The Dragon, The Odds
Mo is a gifted student in one of the village's dozens upon dozens of kung-fu schools. But when the m...
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Mission of Condor
A beautiful detective is assigned to bring down a gang of drug traffickers....
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Casino Tycoon
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Deadly Dream Woman
Nightingale Wong is a super heroine who looses her memory when her triad boss father is murdered. Sh...
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Queen of Kowloon
Ah Sei is the second wife of poverty-stricken apothecary, and deals quietly with the hand that fate ...
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The Transmigration Romance
A make-it-up-as-you-go supernatural thriller about a guy in love with a ghost...
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Famous Swordsman Tin Kiu
A young woman who believes her new husband to be a notorious masked bandit flees before her marriage...
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Buddha's Palm Part 1
Lung Kim-fei is disfigured and abandoned by his female junior disciple before running into an ambush...
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The Tough Kung Fu Kid
Shao Chan has the worst luck. It's so bad, he ends up in jail by accident. He escapes after learning...
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Hong Kong Butcher
Based on the life of Hong Kong serial killer Lam Kor-wan. He was arrested in 1982 after murdering fo...
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Curse
A young woman named Tu married to a repulsively disgusting, wheel chair confined, old man. There is ...
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Dead Curse
When Inspector Ma and his team raid an occult ceremony and successfully thwart a child sacrifice, th...
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Roving Swordsman
Traveling swordsman Shen Sheng-yi (Ti Lung) and his lady friend match wits and swords with the last ...
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Legend of Wong Tai Sin
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Devil of Rape
A rich, but bored man is possessed by an evil spirit that causes him to seduce and rape women....
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Bloody Sorcery
The flick revolves around a dude who's suffering from a curse. Happens to meet a doctor, whose Pops ...
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What Is A Good Teacher
Mr. Kong is not a typical Hong Kong teacher. He isn't happy just teaching his students in his class,...
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The Executor
Chow Yun-Fat and Danny Lee star in this police action film. Two cops are trying to capture a triad b...
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The Monkey Soldiers Come to the Rescue
The Monkey Soldiers Come to the Rescue is a Hong Kong Drama starring Sammo Hung in a child role...
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Sword of Swords
Sword of Swords is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Sammo Hung in a child role...
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The Rainbow Pass
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The Banquet
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Crazy Horse & Intelligent Monkey
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Reincarnation
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Marked for Murder
An innocent bank employee turns fugitive when he accidentally witnesses the murder of his boss. An e...
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Shaolin and Wu Tang
Master Liu and Master Law are rival masters of Shaolin style kung fu, and Wudang style sword fightin...
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The Unmatchable Match
Chow is an undercover cop who must befriend former triad kingpin Chan Wai-Man to investigate a bruta...
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Scarlet Boy
He is sent by the gods to do battle with the monkey King who is up to more magical mischief than is ...
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The Young Vagabond
A martial artist must train incessantly to defeat the brutally powerful thief called Centipede....
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One Way Ticket to Bangkok
One Way Ticket to Bangkok is a Hong Kong made-for-TV movie starring Francis Ng and Alex Man...
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The Lost Generation
The plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from ma...
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Illusions Come True
A simple story about an ordinary man trying to survive in our vicious world. All of us can relate to...
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O.C.T.B. Case - The Floating Body
An ex-con staying at the home of his brother gets into a fight with his sister-in-law. When the figh...
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Man of the Times
A look at the life and times of Chan Chi Chiu--an ambitious cop's journey to become the highest rank...
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The Furious Buddha's Palm
The movie is lead by martial arts film stars Cho Tat-Wah and Yu So-Chow, the new generation famous m...
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Coolie Killer
Ko leads a team of Hong Kong assassins that are taken out one by one. Ko manages to flee to the coun...
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Ghost's Hospital
Because of a hospital hex, whenever a certain patient sleeps he visits a supernatural world of hoppi...
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Yu Pui Tsuen
Adapted from the same infamous ancient text as the popular 1992 opus Sex and Zen, this film. Mei Yeu...
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Whore & Policewoman
An unexpected pairing for a Whore and a Policewoman pair up to solve some murders and get raped in t...
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Running Mate
Running Mate is a Hong Kong Comedy directed by Stanley Ko Moon-Kai and starring Alex Man....
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Dark Side of China Town
An HK police officer sends his son to America to protect him from the influence of the HK triads. Ho...
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Struggle for Leader
Struggle for Leader is a Hong Kong Crime movie starring Kent Cheng....
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Back To The Beyond
A healer, Lau Ching, falls in love with opera performer Fa Ying Hung, but their romance is shattered...
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A Man from Holland
A hit-man and his cop-brother gets involved with drug-dealing gangs in Hong Kong....
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Family Doctrine (Part 1) - An Old Family
Family Doctrine is a drama film directed by Chu Kei and stars Wu Fung, Man Lan, Pearl Au Ka-Wai, Ma ...
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Family Doctrine (Part 2) - A Setting Sun on the Green Hill
Family Doctrine is a drama film directed by Chu Kei and stars Wu Fung, Man Lan, Pearl Au Ka-Wai, Ma ...
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Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell
Ghost-faced To is murdered in a mortuary after paying a visit to Muk Lan-fa. A set of teeth is found...
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The Woman in Black and the Black Dragon
Celebrity Sadora is seriously wounded in an air crash. Police commissioner Suen and subordinate Ko C...
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Exodus from Afar
While on a leisure trip to Bangkok, Lui becomes intrigued by the various sorts or witchcrafts and bl...
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The Shaolin Disciple
Wu Chin (Ku Feng) is aided in a jail break by the alleged son of his dead partner. They work togethe...
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Brutal Sorcery
The story of demonic possession by black magic where the loyal and faithful taxi driver and husband ...
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Hero of Hong Kong 1949
In 1949, CCP domain the mainland China and many people moved to Hong Kong during this period, especi...
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Lee Rock III
The final part of the Lee Rock trilogy. Lee Rock's rise to power with the corruption of the Hong Kon...
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Happy Go Lucky
Tony Leung plays Wai, an apple polisher working in a finance company co-managed by Ma and Kang, both...
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Monkey Saint Versus Eight Fairies
A mysterious figure posing as Sun Wukong causes chaos in the Water Curtain Cave, humiliates He Xiang...
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