Koreans Update Project - Yoo Seong

[J.J.Hayden]

https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=55512&complete_credits=1&display_set=eng

I've had this one nearly ready for a long time, but various things held me back, especially getting decent pics from my Dreadnaught Rivals DVD, it doesn't work properly on MPG and the VLC is a bit of a nightmare But here we go at last. As usual I've updated all his basic info on his main page and have added the following credits and IDs:

Other editors had already added his credit to the following films:

Special Mission [1976]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=10746&display_set=eng


Enter The Game Of Death [1978]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=6233&display_set=eng


Shaolin Drunken Monkey [1981]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=10343&display_set=eng


10 Shaolin Disciples [1981]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=9096&display_set=eng



Deadly Shaolin Longfist [1982]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=19173&display_set=eng


Invincible Obsessed Fighter [1982]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=10341&display_set=eng



Dreadnaught Rivals [1982]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=19075&display_set=eng


Adorable Treasure Hunt [1983]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=22706&display_set=eng



So we've got 6 new ones to add (though TNK is just cut&paste footage):

Bruce And Shaolin Kung Fu 2 [1977]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=10183&display_set=eng


Four Iron Men [1977]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=23189&display_set=eng


Dragon From Shaolin [1978]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=15597&display_set=eng










Monkey War [1982]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=12297&display_set=eng


Ling Tong Qian Nu [1989]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=15852&display_set=eng


Thunder Kids 3: Hunt For Devil Boxer [1991]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=15907&display_set=eng


As for ID's, he'd already ID'd on one pic by Michael Kistner for Enter The Game Of Death and by myself on a pic (also by Michael) for Adorable Treasure Hunt a little while back when I was looking into that film, but I couldn't find a copy of the film so couldn't add any new ones. But apart from those two, the rest are all new IDs.

Note that he plays double roles in both 10 Shaolin Disciples and Invincible Obsessed Fight. But they got their money's worth out of him on Dragon From Shaolin where not only did he play multiple roles, he even acted as a stand-in for another actor in an early scene though some of the roles in the black outfit might be down to poor editing, as he dies two or three times

He's quite an interesting guy, not only because he worked on several Taiwan films, but he's one of the few Korean martial arts actors that managed to get some decent roles as a regular actor and kept working throughout the 90s. I will complete a bio for him at some point too.

Note: I also added ID to Gaijin's pic on Deadly Shaolin Longfist too.


Cheers

[J.J.Hayden]

Seems I missed one Well it's one of those films I hadn't watched in a long time and it's been a tricky one for ID's. That's because it has several familiar faces in it (updates coming soon ) playing several roles each (as you see Yoo Seong is playing 4 roles here), and when they're wearing outfits that hide their features or cover them in paint, it can make positive ID's even more difficult than usual. But as if that wasn't enough, it's also a crossover film, so there's the chance that some people could just be lookalikes from HK or Taiwan, so you've gotta be careful. This film was a great example of this as it came up several times, but especially in one case, where there's a guy who looks oh so similar to a guy that is in it already but it's just not clicking, I've learned to trust that feeling as it's often been proven correct in the end

Rivals Of The Silver Fox [1979] https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=9257&display_set=eng --- 4 roles






I was planning to do a bigger update for someone else, but similar to this film I watched one I've not seen in years and suddenly spotted a whole bunch of IDs, so as always I stopped what I was doing and spent an age on that.

Cheers