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Chieh Yuan (15 March 1945 – 16 November 1977) was an
actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
and
martial artist Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; and the preserv ...
. He was an actor for
Shaw Brothers Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and operated from 1925 to 2011. In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shangh ...
and in 1972, he was cast in
Bruce Lee Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that ...
's ''
The Game of Death ''The Game of Death'' (Chinese: 死亡的遊戲) is an incomplete Hong Kong martial arts film, filmed between August and October 1972, directed, written, produced by and starring Bruce Lee, in his final film project. Lee died during the making ...
''. Chieh died in 1977 from
cerebral edema Cerebral edema is excess accumulation of fluid (edema) in the intracellular or extracellular spaces of the brain. This typically causes impaired nerve function, increased pressure within the skull, and can eventually lead to direct compressio ...
, the same cause to Bruce Lee's death, and at age 32, the same age at which Bruce Lee had died.


See also

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Cinema of Hong Kong The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former British colony, Hong Kong had a greater degree of ...
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Game of Death ''The Game of Death'' (Chinese: 死亡的遊戲) is an incomplete Hong Kong martial arts film, filmed between August and October 1972, directed, written, produced by and starring Bruce Lee, in his final film project. Lee died during the making ...
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Shaw Bros. Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. () was the largest film production company in Cinema of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, and operated from 1925 to 2011. In 1925, three Shaw brothers—Runje Shaw, Runje, Runme Shaw, Runme, and Runde Shaw, Runde—founde ...


External links

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Gai Yuen
at the
Hong Kong Movie Database The Hong Kong Movie Database (HKMDB) is a bilingual (English and Chinese) website started in 1995 by Hong Kong resident Ryan Law to provide a repository for information about movies originating from Hong Kong and the people who created them. Th ...
1945 births 1977 deaths Hong Kong male film actors Malaysian male film actors Malaysian martial artists People from Kluang 20th-century Hong Kong male actors Neurological disease deaths in Hong Kong Deaths from cerebral edema Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian emigrants to Hong Kong Malaysian born Hong Kong artists {{Malaysia-actor-stub