Korean Update Project - Lee Jae-yeong #2 --- round 2
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=84917&display_set=engI'd already had enough experience with the miscrediting of actors due to Hanja to know that the credits weren't 100% trustworthy. But since I didn't have access to these Korean cuts there really wasn't much to go on.
I went with the LJY that seemed safer, as at that time the KMDB was attributing these credits to LJY#1 and he appeared in many Korea/Taiwan crossovers. There was also the fact that the Hanja in question "李在英" only appeared on one film I could be sure of an ID on, NSS. Although that films confusingly features both LJYs, that Hanja is definitely referring to LJY as the "special guest". But on the other films with the Hanja 李在英 I am sure it's LJY#2.
Lee Jae-yeong #1
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=18450&display_set=engBut after more experience, especially when it comes to the films of Nam Ki-nam, I determined that LJY#2 was a regular stuntman in his films. Although LJY#1 worked with Nam a few times, it was nowhere near as regular, and then there's the cast billing order. LJY#1 was always the star in his films, with a few exceptions where he was more of a "special guest", at least being the highest (give or take a couple) billed Korean actor on a co-production. Whereas LJY#2 was often playing henchman and would receive lower billing, which is reflected in the billing order of the Korean cuts in question.
I also checked the Hanja credits on all of the films of both actors and although most of their credits were consistent, there were a few where it changed, and both actors have had a credit using the same Hanja, which has led to much confusion. I am fully confident in these updates, starting with adding these Hanja to his aliases: 李在英 / 李在永 / 李載永
The following credits belong to LJY#2 rather than LJY#1 so I have merged them to his page.
3 Korean cut credits:
37 Plots Of Kung Fu [1982] [Korean cut] --- I'd forgot to upload this one to HKMDB for some reason, but I would've gave it to LJY#1 before anyway.
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=10566&display_set=engNinja In The Dragon's Den [1982] [Korean cut]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=6379&display_set=engShaolin Vs. Lama [1984] [Korean cut]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=9123&display_set=eng4 new roles in films I'd already ID'd him in at least once:
The Divine Martial Arts Of Dharma [1978] --- thought it was odd for him just to be a Bronzeman, I thought he and another stuntman were the same person playing a henchman at first, it's only on closer inspection I noticed it wasn't the same guy
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=9373&display_set=eng
Fury In Shaolin Temple [1982] --- hard to spot him in the background + the dark
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=9171&display_set=eng
The Leopard Fist Ninja [1982] --- some very strange editing going on the IFD version and some super dark sections too.
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=10940&display_set=eng
Sandong Chinese Restaurant [1983] as Zombie --- finally got the full film, so was able to get a good look at the zombie scene and confirm he was one of them.
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=16276&display_set=eng
4 NEW credits to add:
Four Infernos To Cross [1978] --- 2 roles
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=16877&display_set=eng
Hitman In The Hand Of Buddha [1981]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=8583&display_set=eng
Raiders Of Buddhist Kung Fu [1981]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=9253&display_set=eng
The Drunken Monk [1981]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=9065&display_set=eng
EDIT: I only spotted this one the other day after I'd done this write up
Killer Constable [1980] --- [Korean cut]
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=6090&complete_credits=1&display_set=eng
And finally, we have a merge: I believe it is LJY#2 that is miscreditted again (this time as Lee Je-yeong / 이제영 / 李堤榮) in Undefeatable Sword And Martial Arts [1980]. Unfortunately this is one of the rare films I lost during "The Purge" so I don't have enough footage to check, but I pretty sure it's him rather than LJY#1, so I have merged this credit.
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=81009&display_set=engCheers
