Sun Chien
Born January 26, 1955 in Taiwan under the name Suen Jian-yuan, Sun Chien (Chinese: 孫建) lost both parents while young and was brought up by his two sisters. In 1976, director Chang Cheh was recruiting new stars in Taiwan for the movie Chinatown Kid. Tae kwon do veteran Sun was selected among many competitors and was given the supporting role in the movie. Sun since developed his career in Hong Kong (notably as one of the 5 Venoms) and signed as a contract actor with Shaw Brothers for eight years. Being one of "Chang's Cohorts," he often starred in the director's action and martial arts movies. After Shaw Brothers ceased film production in 1986 to focus on TV projects, Sun lent his talents to subpar "cut-and-paste" productions for producer Tomas Tang's Filmark International. In the early 90s he served as an action director and assistant director on several films before retiring in 1992.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 16.723 |
Birthday | 1955-01-01 |
Place of Birth | Taiwan |
Also Known As | 孫建, Sun Jian, Sun Kin, Suen Jian-Yuan, Suen Gin, Chien Sun, Kin Suen, 孙建, |
1978
The Five Venoms
6.7/131
A dying master sends his last student to check up on five former pupils, who each know a special style of kung-fu.
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The Five Venoms
1979
Kid with the Golden Arm
6.891/32
Jin bei tong opens with a group of escort guards preparing to move a shipment of gold from the local government to an area stricken by famine... one o...
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Kid with the Golden Arm
1978
Crippled Avengers
6.8/78
A group of martial artists seek revenge after being crippled by Tu Tin-To, a martial arts master, and his son.
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Crippled Avengers
1980
Two Champions of Shaolin
5.714/14
Shaolin warrior Tung Chien-chen is injured in battle against the hated Wu Tang clan, and nursed back to health by a knife-throwing master. As he recov...
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Two Champions of Shaolin
1979
Shaolin Rescuers
7.321/14
Two friends who long to be heroes join the fight against a Ching warlord and his students. They get help from a Kung Fu student and a rebel. They also...
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Shaolin Rescuers
1982
House of Traps
6.038/13
It all started with The Five Venoms, the internationally loved kung-fu thriller. It continued through more than a dozen bloody good entertainments fea...
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House of Traps
1981
Black Lizard
6.2/6
Young swordsman Lung Fei encounters strange omens portending the death of his fiancee Ting Tzu-chu. His enquiries with the help of Chief Constable Tie...
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Black Lizard
1982
Clan Feuds
6.1/4
Two young lovers, Yun Keng and Ching Shuang belong to opposing clans. Their relationship is a secret for a time. Once Master Diao, head of the Great B...
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Clan Feuds
1982
Human Lanterns
6.115/39
A psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source.
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Human Lanterns
1979
The Daredevils
6.2/5
The General's son Yang escapes a massacre at his home that subsequently sees a corrupt, criminal syndicate in charge of the local forces. Seeking shel...
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The Daredevils
1978
Invincible Shaolin
6.353/34
Three North Shaolin teachers are called on by the Manchus to teach their soldiers and are urged to challenge the current South Shaolin teachers. They...
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Invincible Shaolin
1980
The Rebel Intruders
6.7/12
China is ripped apart by a civil war, and thousands of displaced refugees swarm into towns not yet ravaged by war. Three such refugees arrive in one t...
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The Rebel Intruders
1981
The Brave Archer 3
5.929/7
Guo Jing and Huang Rong pursue Yang Kang to Iron Palm Peak, where Qiu Qianren and the Iron Palm Sect is based. Huang is injured by Qiu in a fight and...
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The Brave Archer 3
1981
The Duel of the Century
6.7/6
This mystery-tinged 'Martial Arts World' epic was one of director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung's last together for the Shaw Studios, but it's another...
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The Duel of the Century
1979
Ten Tigers of Kwangtung
6.237/19
Ming partisan Chu who is on the run from Manchu forces. Local merchant and kung fu enthusiast Li Chen-chau gives the fugitive shelter in his pawnshop...
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Ten Tigers of Kwangtung
1979
The Magnificent Ruffians
6.5/8
Venom regulars Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Sun Chien star as a gang of unemployed martial artists who spend their days stuffing their faces at loca...
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The Magnificent Ruffians
1977
Chinatown Kid
5.8/9
Struggling to survive the murderous gang wars of Hong Kong, Tan Tung, a young martial arts street fighter, successfully takes on all challengers—until...
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Chinatown Kid
1981
What Price Honesty?
6.357/7
Police corruption is the theme of this brutal harbinger of the bleak "new wave" crime thriller. Pai Piao, Danny Lee, and "Venom" Sun Chien star as ide...
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What Price Honesty?
1982
Ode to Gallantry
5.5/4
In this entertaining, surprisingly lighthearted martial arts extravaganza, Kuo Chue, finds himself being confused with his doppelganger time and time...
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Ode to Gallantry
1987
The Vampire Is Alive
4.8/4
A screenwriter working on a film script in an old haunted house unleashes an army of the undead including a robot-vampire and a Freddy Kruger-like cre...
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The Vampire Is Alive
1982
The Spirit of the Sword
6/5
In this film, there are 5 main clans ruling the martial world, each representing one of the 5 elements - fire, metal, water, wood and earth. Each year...
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The Spirit of the Sword
1984
Ninja in the Killing Field
5.5/4
The government seems powerless against the brutal activities of the ninjas and requests the help of the powerful task force of the American drug fight...
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Ninja in the Killing Field
1983
Little Dragon Maiden
5.6/15
Seeking to improve his combat skills, a young man falls in love with a woman with mystical powers but his past stands in the way of their union.
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Little Dragon Maiden
1983
The Lady Is the Boss
5.5/9
Wong Hsia Yuan is an old-fashioned martial arts master who's so behind the times that he'd rather his school be destroyed than change its ways. He may...
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The Lady Is the Boss
1978
The Brave Archer 2
6.2/6
Our hero Kuo Tsing is winning the hand of fair maiden Huang Yung. However, almost immediately, clan rivalries in the "Martial Art World" lead to Kuo b...
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The Brave Archer 2
1985
Pursuit of a Killer
9/1
This is one of those -"who did it" -murder movies put out by Shaw Brothers. In this one, a bunch of Mainlanders come to Hong Kong for a better life. I...
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Pursuit of a Killer
1981
The Emperor and His Brother
5.714/14
A young boy betrays his family who hides a refugee and tells the pursuer where the hiding-place is - just because he wants a valuable telescope for re...
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The Emperor and His Brother
1983
The Lady Assassin
6.6/8
Veteran action actor and director Lu Chun-ku set his sights on a tale of Ching Dynasty royal intrigue as an excuse to hire his favorite action stars,...
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The Lady Assassin
1988
Ninja, Demon's Massacre
4/2
Police are hot on the heels of ninjas involved in international espionage and that's got ninja gang leader Willie worried. When the police try to tric...
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Ninja, Demon's Massacre
1985
Disciples of the 36th Chamber
6.358/67
Monk San Te tries to support and protect Shaolin and her Fang Shih-yu who purposely attacks corrupt Ching officials.
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Disciples of the 36th Chamber
1980
Heaven and Hell
5.6/4
Actors David Chaing and Alexander Fu Sheng join director Chang Cheh and the rest of the Five Deadly Venoms crew for a supernatural martial arts epic t...
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Heaven and Hell
1987
Devil's Dynamite
4.3/7
After spending ten years in prison Steven Cox has recently been released and his former colleagues will do anything to find out where he stashed his f...
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Devil's Dynamite
1991
Angry Ranger
6.8/3
A man returning to his old neighbourhood after a prison term finds that the friends he used to hang out with are now a violent street gang that is ter...
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Angry Ranger
1989
Satanic Crystals
6/1
Two gangs of gangsters fight over a unique crystal in the jungles of Thailand!
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Satanic Crystals
1988
Crocodile Fury
5.6/8
Witch Monica has the power to resurrect vampire that can destroy everything that exists on earth. The situation worsens when Monica starts working wit...
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Crocodile Fury
1988
Fatal Command
0/0
The Russian operations in Asia are ruined by the American agents. Ivan, a KGB, is sent to Kampuchea and terminates the op-posing American forces. John...
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Fatal Command
1988
Treasure Hunter
0/0
Another Filmark cut-and-paste movie. This one adds new scenes to a Thai film originally titled "Black Pearl Treasure" and starring Sorapong Chatree.
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Treasure Hunter
1987
Ninja: American Warrior
5.4/7
In his attempt to be the most powerful man in the world, Justin Taylor, leader of a sinister Ninja army, has become the largest narcotics smuggler in...
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Ninja: American Warrior
1986
Ninja Fantasy
4.7/3
Thomas [sic] Tang unleashes yet another assault on human sanity with this Z-grade, cut and splice ninja crap-fest featuring drug dealing ninja, CIA op...
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Ninja Fantasy
1988
Operation Foxhunt
4/1
Undercover cops are on the trail of a Caucasian drug baron.
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Operation Foxhunt
1988
The Spy Inferno
0/0
A rare Filmark production. This uses over an hour of new footage from the 1983 Thai action film เสือภูพาน ("Tiger Phu Phan") starring Sorapong Chatree...
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The Spy Inferno
1983
Bastard Swordsman
6.5/13
Yun Fei Yang is the viciously bullied orphan who takes on the unpleasant tasks at a formidable kung-fu school. Constantly mocked by the other students...
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Bastard Swordsman
1991
The Plot
5/1
A triad boss runs a family business, who deals in arms. He has a good relationship with his sister Amy, until she finds out that he killed their fathe...
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The Plot
1987
Terminal Angels
0/0
Paula is a reporter that has in her possession a set of photographs that would expose a known businessman as a drug smuggler. In the crosshairs of the...
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Terminal Angels
1984
Secret Service of the Imperial Court
5.6/8
The sergeant of the Brocade Guards, the government's secret police, fights back against a traitorous eunuch who wishes to take the throne.
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Secret Service of the Imperial Court
1987
Ninja Death Squad
5.5/2
An organized gang specializing in high ranking military assassinations bewilders the police. However, their headquarters are located and a special age...
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Ninja Death Squad
1988
The Vampire Raiders
4/7
The fate of the entire hotel industry is at stake. A group of evil black ninjas have threatened to insinuate themselves into the industry, take over,...
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The Vampire Raiders
1987
Empire of Spiritual Ninja
6.5/3
Criminal activities of the spiritual ninja are headed by a ruthless ninja warlord and follows the CIA's subsequent attempts to bring them to justice....
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Empire of Spiritual Ninja
1987
Mission War Flames
0/0
War film set in South Vietnam in the 1960s. Paul, a young Vietnamese doctor, enlists in the ARVN over his family’s objections. He participates in a jo...
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