Need Eastern Condors actress ID

[mistervampire]

Hello.It's been a long time since I visited HKMDB.

Please exscuse me but I'm having a very difficult time finding this certain actress.I've been searching all over and she isn't referenced as often as others are.

I thought perhaps her name was Choi Man Yan,maybe not.She was very petite.The only 2 films I have seen her in are Eastern Condors(the guerilla with flower in her hair,gets shot in the back in the bunker)and The Raid(I believe she was the niece of Dean Shek?She did a little acrobatics and work with a spear or staff).

Anyway,if it was easily found I apologize,I've just never found any credits for her.Even when I find the cast list for those two films they always stop short of listing her!Now if anyone ID's her I would of course like to know if she did any other films.

Thanks!

[sentinal]

hey im just guessing but is it joyce cordinzi
because i,ve heard her name connected with this
movie

[calros]

Apart from Joyce Godenzi, there is another actress who appears in "Eastern Condors" and "The Raid":

Chiu Man Yan
招文茵
Cantonese: Chiu Man Yan
Mandarin: Zhao1 Wen2 Yin1

This may be your "Choi Man Yan".

According to WebPAC, she only appeared in these 2 films.

There is another actress with the same name, Elsa Chiu, but I think there are not the same person:

http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng

[mistervampire]

Thank you,that appears to be the right name-Chiu Man Yan. Although I haven't seen it,I did find her name listed for a comedy called Family Light Affair.

[mistervampire]

Well,even after searching numerous message boards and the very much appreciated View From the Brooklyn Bridge HK actor's page,I still haven't found much on this lady.

I did however get a copy of Family Light Affair,I don't know if there is a review of it here but I won't get into that now.

Chiu Man Yan plays the eldest daughter of a family that goes to the city to meet with an uncle(I..think).Anyway,she doesn't do much but look adorable for most of the film.But even though it's a lighthearted drama,being an HK production of course they have to throw in a little action.Chiu throws a very quick wushu sequence against a city cop.

Her moves lead me to believe she was indeed trained in wushu,and unless there are some tv appearances I guess she didn't have much of a career.

[Gaijin84]

I believe we also found that she was in a few more movies. Here is her filmography:

Fast Fingers (1983) ... female assassin:


The Enchantress (1983)
Family Light Affair (1984) ... Xiao Mei (Pai's daughter)
New Tales of the Flying Fox (1984)
An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty (1984)
Sweet Sixteen (1986)
Eastern Condors (1987) ... woman Cambodian guerrilla:


The Raid (1991)

If you can find out her missing roles in these movies it would be greatly appreciated!

[mistervampire]

Hey thanks for the update!If I see any of those films I will be sure to report back.