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Ronald Bi Jen-hsu (born 4 December 1938), known by his stage name Chin Han, is a retired Hong Kong actor, director, screenwriter and producer born in mainland China. He has appeared in over 50 Mandarin-language films in Hong Kong and Taiwan, many of them produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio in the 1960s and the 1970s.

Personal life

Born in Weihai, Republic of China, Pi Jen-hsu moved to Hong Kong as a small child during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. After finishing from New Method College, his first career was in a hong. In 1961, he entered Shaw Brothers Studio, working as a script supervisor for director Yueh Feng. In 1964, he rose to fame when Yueh Feng cast him in a major Huangmei opera film Lady General Hua Mu-lan, opposite superstar Ivy Ling Po.

In 1966, Chin Han married Ivy Ling Po. They moved to Taiwan in 1973 where they continued to work in the film industry until immigrating to Canada in the late 1980s. After retirement, they made guest appearances in their son Kenneth Bi's directorial debut Rice Rhapsody (2004).

Filmography

Film

As actor

As director

• 1965: Three Beautiful Blind Female Spies (艷諜三盲女)
• 1966: Three Beautiful Blind Female Spies 2 (盲女地下司令)
• 1966: Three Beautiful Blind Female Spies 3 (盲女大逃亡)
• 1966: The In-law Marriage (親姆娶親家)
• 1967: The Other Day's Typhoon (颱風雨彼日)
• 1976: Crossroad (十字路口) – also actor, writer and producer
• 1978: Dream of the Red Chamber (新紅樓夢) – also writer (opera film)
• 1980: The Imperious Princess (金枝玉葉) – also co-producer (opera film)

As writer

• 1967: The Three Desperate Drunks (賭命三醉客)
• 1976: Crossroad (十字路口) – also actor, director and producer
• 1978: Dream of the Red Chamber (新紅樓夢) – also writer (opera film)

As producer

• 1976: Crossroad (十字路口) – also actor, director and writer
• 1980: The Imperious Princess (金枝玉葉) – also director (opera film)

Television series

References

1. Wang Tsu-shou (5 December 2002). 迎凌波 大哥大超大排場 [To Welcome Ivy Ling Po, Variety Big Brother Had Huge Show]. Min Sheng Bao (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
2. ^ 我愛梁兄哥-凌波的魅力 [I Love "Big Brother Liang": Ivy Ling Po's Charisma] (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Film Archive.
3. ^ Nien Chang-yu; Liang Yu-fang (29 March 2005). 深情梁兄哥 40年只愛金大聲 [Devoted "Big Brother Liang" Only Loved "Loud-Voiced Chin" in 40 Years]. United Daily News (in Chinese).
4. Lawrence Cheng (9 May 2009). Home Sweet Home (talk show) (in Chinese). now Hong Kong.
5. "Song of Tomorrow". hkmdb.com. 12 October 1967. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

External links

• Han Chin at IMDb
• Chin Han at the Hong Kong Movie Database

• 1938 births
• Hong Kong male film actors
• Hong Kong film directors
• Living people
• Writers from Weihai
• Hong Kong male television actors
• Hong Kong screenwriters
• Hong Kong film producers
• Hong Kong people of Shandong descent
• 20th-century Hong Kong male actors
• 21st-century Hong Kong male actors
• Male actors from Shandong
• Chinese male film actors
• Chinese male television actors
• 20th-century Chinese male actors
• 21st-century Chinese male actors
• Screenwriters from Shandong