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How Sammo Hung came to direct his first film – then complete Bruce Lee’s Game of Death
Hung’s first film as director, The Iron-Fisted Monk, led to the daunting task of wrapping up the film Lee had left unfinished when he died
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Sammo Hung Kam-bo began his career as a child star before moving into stunt work and martial arts choreography, often taking supporting roles in the films he worked on.
But his ambition since the age of 14 was always to direct. He learned the craft by closely observing the filmmaking process on set.
“Whether it was martial arts or operating a camera dolly, I was always up for the challenge,” Hung told the Hong Kong Film Archive.
“Whenever the foreman asked me to do something, I showed myself to be multitalented … Slowly, I became the assistant martial arts choreographer, the martial arts choreographer and finally the director.”
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