Chieh Yuan
Encyclopedia
Chieh Yuan was an actor
and martial artist. He was an actor for Shaw Brothers and in 1972, he was cast in Bruce Lee
's The Game of Death
. Chieh died in 1977 from cerebral edema
, the same cause to Bruce Lee's death, and at age 32, the same age at which Bruce Lee had died.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and martial artist. He was an actor for Shaw Brothers and in 1972, he was cast in Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...
's The Game of Death
Game of Death
The Game of Death is a 1972 film starring Bruce Lee. It was almost the last film Bruce Lee had planned to be the demonstration piece of his martial art Jeet Kune Do. Over 100 minutes of footage was shot before his death, some of which was later misplaced in the Golden Harvest archives...
. Chieh died in 1977 from cerebral edema
Cerebral edema
Cerebral edema or cerebral œdema is an excess accumulation of water in the intracellular or extracellular spaces of the brain.-Vasogenic:Due to a breakdown of tight endothelial junctions which make up the blood-brain barrier...
, the same cause to Bruce Lee's death, and at age 32, the same age at which Bruce Lee had died.
External links
- Gai Yuen at the Hong Kong Movie DatabaseHong Kong Movie DatabaseThe Hong Kong Movie DataBase is a bilingual website that was created in 1995 by Ryan Law to provide a repository for information about movies originating from Hong Kong and the people that created them....