Thursday, June 04, 2009
Holy Shit! Shek Kin Is Dead, Too!
Kidney Failure at the age of 96.
Shek Kin is most known to westerners as the villian Mr. Han from Enter The Dragon. Older Chinese probably remember him as the antagonist (did he always play the same guy?) opposite Kwan Tak Hing in many Wong Fei Hong movies. I never saw any of those (from 1950s- early 70s). The Ain't It Cool article states that he appeared in later Wong Fei Hong movies like Drunken Master and Once Upon A Time In China. If so, I don't recall.
I used to think that Mr. Han was played by a white dude. He looked more like a made up (Dr. No) Chinese to me than actual Chinese. It was many years later when I found out who he was.
He was great in a couple of 80s TV dramas like Legend Of The Condor Heroes and Demi Gods And Semi Devils with Leung Kar Yan.
A Couple of demonstrations from 1984:
Shek Kin is most known to westerners as the villian Mr. Han from Enter The Dragon. Older Chinese probably remember him as the antagonist (did he always play the same guy?) opposite Kwan Tak Hing in many Wong Fei Hong movies. I never saw any of those (from 1950s- early 70s). The Ain't It Cool article states that he appeared in later Wong Fei Hong movies like Drunken Master and Once Upon A Time In China. If so, I don't recall.
I used to think that Mr. Han was played by a white dude. He looked more like a made up (Dr. No) Chinese to me than actual Chinese. It was many years later when I found out who he was.
He was great in a couple of 80s TV dramas like Legend Of The Condor Heroes and Demi Gods And Semi Devils with Leung Kar Yan.
A Couple of demonstrations from 1984:
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