The House of the 72 Tenants Character Gallery


By Yves Gendron

Lead players


Yueh Hua as Fat Chai The Clobber
Shaw Brother’s martial art male lead. Active 65-83. TV actor from late seventies to early nineties.
Seen in: COME DRINK WITH ME (66), TWELVE GOLDEN MEDALLION (70), INTIMATE CONFESSION OF A CHINESE COURTESAN (72), IRON BODYGUARD (73) KILLER CLANS (76)



Hui Chin (Woo Gam) as landlady Pak Ku
Leading lady from 1970 to mid eighties. Speciality vixen/sex-kitten.
Seen in: FOUR MOODS (70), WARLORD (72), FATE OF LEE KHAN (73), GOLDEN LOTUS (74), SINFUL CONFESSION (74), KIDNAP (74), YOUNG DRAGONS (76) HE HAS NOTHING BUT KUNG-FU (77)


Tien Chien (Tin Ching) as Chow Bing Ken. Pak Fu’s husband
Character actor 56-95.  Speciality: villain and comic character.
Seen in: EMPRESS DOWAGER (75) KILLERS CLANS (76), PEKING OPERA BLUES (86).


Ching Li (Cheng Lee) as Ah Heung
Shaw leading lady 67-83 (not to be mixed up with her contemporary Li Cheng). Daughter of Shaw character actor Cheng Miao
Seen in: MY DREAM BOAT (67), WHEN CLOUDS ROLLS BY (68), ANONYMOUS HEROES (71), BLOOD BROTHERS (73), SORROW OF THE GENTRY (74), KILLER CLANS (76), MAGIC BLADE (76),


Liu Yi Fan (Lau Yat Fan) as Police Constable 369
Character actor  73-88.
BADGE 369 (74), LAST MESSAGE (75), CHALLENGE OF THE GAMESTER (81), TILL DEATH DO WE SCARE (82)

The Tenants
 


Hoh Sau San as Ah Fook the olive snack peddler
TV Host. Occasional actor
Seen in: BLOODY FIST (72), CARRY ON HOTEL (88).



Lydia Shum Tin-Ha as Shanghai Po the dress cleaner
Aka Fei Fei (Fatty).
Popular character actress: 60-to this day. Once married to Adam Cheng.
Seen in: INVINCIBLE EIGHT (71), THE LIZARD (72), TENANTS OF TALKATIVE STREET (74),  DRUNKEN TAI CHI (84), MILLIONNAIRE EXPRESS (87), IT’S A MAD MAD WORLD (87).LAUGHTER OF THE WATER MARGIN (93).


Cheng Miu as Doctor Kim
Shaw character actor. Speciality: Father figure, elder, warlord. Father of Shaw leading lady Ching Li.
VENGEANCE (70),TWELVE GOLDEN MEDALLION (70), ANONYMOUS HEROES (71), WARLORD (72), INVINCIBLE SHAOLIN (78), CRIPPLE AVENGERS (78).


Leung Tin ... as Mr. Han the consumptive university student
TVB actor.  Active: 73-95
Seen in: TWO CON MEN. CARRY ON CON MEN (both 75)


Karen Yip as Mr Han’s wife.
Shaw actress 72-78
FOURTEEN AMAZONS (72), TEA HOUSE (74), BIG BROTHER CHENG (75). BIG HOLD-UP (75), SHAOLIN HANDLOCK (78)


Nam Hung as Fook's Wife
Sixties Cantonese movie star. Active mostly 53-69. Became wife of director Chor Yuen. Holding her and Yuen’s real-life son.
Seen in BLACK ROSE (65).


Lee Sau Kei as Wo Kee the flour seller.
Shaw character actor since 66. According to HMDB writer/director 55-63
Seen in: TILL THE END OF TIME (66), THE TEAHOUSE (74), FLYING GUILLOTINE (74), ROYAL WARRIOR (86),


Chan Mei Hua ... 4th Sister, Wo Kee's daughter
Bit player 73-76. May have work more extensively on TV.
Seen-in: THE TEA-HOUSE (74), SHADOW BOXER (74), RAT CATCHER (75), BIG BROTHER CHENG (75).

Wang Ching Ho Wong Ching Ho as Uncle Yeung the cigarette vendor.
Ubiquitous Shaw character actor: 66-91. Speciality: Father, elder figure, inn-keeper, peddler, victimised old-man.
Seen in: TEMPLE OF RED LOTUS (65). NEW ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (71), THE TEA HOUSE (74),THE MAGIC BLADE (76),  CHINATOWN KID (77), 36 CHAMBERS OF SHAOLIN (78), HUMAN SKIN LANTERN (82)



Wong Hon as Uncle Chan the tailor
Sole recorded role in movies. Probably a TV actor.

Ouyang Shafei as Mrs. Chan
Shaw character actress. Active 51-90. Speciality: Mother, grand mother, old woman.
Seen in THE BLUE AND THE BLACK PART I (66), UNTIL THE END OF TIME (66), HONG-KING NOCTURNE (67), MAGIC BLADE (76), DEATH DUEL (77)



Cheng Hong Yip as Shanghai Man husband of Shanghai Po.
Character actor. Speciality sidekick.
Seen in: THE DUEL (71), BOXER FROM SHANTUNG (72), EXECUTIONER FROM SHAOLIN (77), HEROES OF THE EAST (78).

Guest stars, cameo and bit player
 


Ku Chiu Chin as second girl who buys olives from Ah Fook (left)
Extra. May have been a TV actress.
Seen in only one more movie; KIDNAP (74).

Shih Szu (Si Si) as girl who buys olives from Ah Fook (right)
Shaw martial art leading lady 71-83
Seen in; LADY HERMIT (71), THE RESCUE (72), YOUNG AVENGER (72), HEROES OF SUNG (72), DRACULA AGAINST THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES (74), SUPERMEN AGAINST THE ORIENT (75), JADE TIGER (77).



Chan Kang (Ching Gong) as Boss Ching
Shaw Brothers writer/director. Father of Ching Siu-tung. Active (as director: 51-84)
Seen in: KIDNAP (74). Directed: TWELVE GOLDEN MEDALLION (70), FOURTHEEN AMAZON (74), KIDNAP (74), KING GAMBLER (76).


Lily Ho Li Li as Boss Ching's "plaything"
Shaw leading lady. Specialty; Sex-kitten/Vixen, Active 66-74
Seen in: KNIGHT ERRANT (66), HONG KONG NOCTURNE (67), VENUS TEAR DIAMOND (71), LADY PROFESSIONAL (71), WARLORD (72), FOURTHEEN AMAZON (72), INTIMATE CONFESSION OF A CHINESE COURTESAN (72),


Lee Hoi ... holds Boss Ching's birdcage
Character actor .  Active (at movies 66-73). May have been a TV actor.
Seen in: GOLDEN BUDDHA (66), HON KONG NOCTURNE (67), OATH OF DEATH (71).


Liu Wu Qi (Lau Ng Kei) as 15 sister
Bit player 72-76
Seen in LEGEND OF LUST (72), GOLDEN LOTUS (73), THE TEAHOUSE (74).


Luk Chin as the money changer.
Sole recorded movie role. Probably was TV actor.


Chor Yuen ... [cameo] thief in the market
Leading Hong-Kong writer director: active 57-90.
(as director); BLACK CAT (65), JOY AND SORROW OF YOUTH (69), INTIMATE CONFESSION OF A CHINESE COURTESAN (72), KILLER CLANS (76), MAGIC BLADE (76) CLANS OF INTRIGUE.(77) (as actor): POLICE STORY (85),  HE AIN’T HEAVY HE’S MY FATHER (93).


Chen Kuan Tai as police constable
Shaw martial art star 72 to this day.
Seen in: BOXER FROM SHANTUNG (72), BLOOD BROTHERS (73)  HEROES TWO (74), TEA HOUSE (74), BIG BROTHER SHENG (75), KING GAMBLER (76), EXECUTIONNERS FROM SHAOLIN (77),  IRON MONKEY (77)  CRIPPLE AVENGER (78). JUST HEROES (89)


Danny Lee Sau-Yin as thief who robs Ah Fook's Wife
At the time bit player.  Later leading H-K star. Active 71 to this day. Speciality: Cops.
Seen in; INFRAMAN (75), BRUCE LEE AND I (76), KILLER CLANS (76), OILY MANIAC (76), MIGHTY PEKING MAN (77), CITY ON FIRE (87), THE KILLER (89), SWORD STAINED WITH ROYAL BLOOD (93), ORGANIZED CRIME  & TRIAD BUREAU (94).


Wong Kwong Yue as a thief who robs Ah Fook's Wife
Bit player and fight-extra Usually cast as Henchmen, secondary martial art disciple or soldier. Active: 67-82.
TRAIL OF THE BROKEN BLADE (67), TWELVE GOLDEN MEDALLION (70), HEROIC ONES (70), KNOCKABOUT (79), RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN (79), LAST HURRAH FOR CHIVALERY (79).


Sai Gwa Paau as Taoist priest
Character actor. Was bucktooth stuttering manservant Ah So in the old Wong Fei Hung series. Did countless cameos as what else a bucktooth stutterer.
Glimpsed in: HAPPIEST HOUR (74), MAGNIFICENT BUCTHER (79), WE’RE GOING TO EAT YOU (80),
DREADNOUGHT (80), WINNER AND SINNER (83).


Adam Cheng Siu-Chow as First  Fireman
Martial art male lead for both movie and specially TY. Active (in movies) 67-94 Married for a time to Lydia Shun.
Seen in: THE SWORD (80), CAT VS RAT (82), FANTASY MISSION FORCE (82), ZU WARRIOR (83),  SHAOLIN VS WUTANG (83). GUNMEN (88), FONG SAI YUK (93), DRUNKEN MASTER III (94),

Do Ping as Second Fireman
Actor. Active in movies 64-78. May have been a TV actor.



Ricky Hui Koon-Ying as a Fireman on the left
At the time extra.  Later comic superstar. Active  74-mid Ninties. In semi-retirement since. Brother of Michal and Sam Hui.
Seen in: PRIVATE EYES (76), MONEY CRAZY (77), THE CONTRACT (78), FROM RAGS TO RICHES (80), SECURITY UNLIMITED (81), MR VAMPIRE (85), HAUNTED COP SHOP (87), HAUNTED COP SHOP II
(88), LAUGHTER OF THE WATER MAGIN (93).

Yeung Chak Lam as fireman on the right
Bit player, fight extra ?. 70-99.
Seen in: VENGEANCE (70), TEA HOUSE (74), BIG BROTHER CHENG (75), 36 DEADLY STYLES (79),



Paang Paang (Peng Peng) as older game dealer (left)
Character actor. Active 59-75). Played Pigsy in Shaw Monkey movie of the sixties.
Seen in; MONKEY GOES WEST (66), LADY IRON FAN (66) CAVE OF THE SILKEN WEB (67) LAND OF MANY PARFUME (68), INTIMATE CONFESSION OF A CHINESE COURTESAN (72), THE WATER MARGIN (72), THE TEAHOUSE (74)

Wang Chung (Wong Chun) as Young gambling dealer Chung.
Shaw Character actor/Occasional lead actor. Active: 69-92.  Director in the Eighties.
Seen in: HEROIC ONES (70), DUEL OF IRON FIST (71), DELINQUENT (74), POLICE FORCE (74), KILLER CLANS (76).


Chan Shen as Brother Shum game dealer
Shaw character actor. Active; 71-89, Specialty: creep, villain, monk, all three together.
Seen in:  INTIMATE CONFESSION OF A CHINESE COURTESAN (72), KISS OF DEATH (73), DRACULA AND THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRE (74), THE BRAVE ARCHER (77), 36 CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (78), VOYAGE OF EMPEROR CHIEN LUNG (78).



Lau Wai Ling as the Boss Lady on casino street
Shaw Character actress/bit player. Active 72-84.
Seen in : GOLDEN LOTUS (74), MAGIC BLADE (76), CLANS OF INTRIGUE (77),SOUL OF THE SWORD (78).

Helena Law Lan as Brothel’s boss lady
Character actress. Active 47 to this day.. Listed in 150+ movies
Has been in movies since a baby but has gained much recognition playing both granny and scary old-lady in comedic horror movies.
Seen in: WOMAN OF MANY HUSBAND (39), GAMES GAMBLER PLAY (74), PILFERER’S PROGRESS (77), ROYAL WARRIOR (86), HAUNTED COP SHOP II (88), ROYAL TRAMP (92), THOU SHALL NOT SWEAR (93), JULY 13 (96), TROUBLESOME NIGHT series (16 out of 19 made so far), YOUNG AND DANGEROUS 5 (98), BULLET OVER SUMMER (99), KUNG-FU MASTER IS MY GRANDMA (2003).



Got Dik Wa as brothel hostess
Shaw bit player. Specialty: eye candy.  Active 73-76.
Seen in; POLICE FORCE (73), KILLER SNAKES (73), SEX FOR SALE (74), KIDNAP (74), BLACK MAGIC (75),


Kong Ling brothel hostess
Shaw bit player. Specialty: eye candy.  Active 70-81
Seen in: CHINESE BOXER (70), INTIMATE CONFESSION OF A CHINESE COURTESAN (72), LEGEND OF LUST (72), GENERATION GAP (73), ILLICIT DESIRE (74), FLYING GUILLOTINE (75


Ku Feng (Guk Fung) as Brother Fung fay brothel owner
Ubiquitous and versatile Shaw character actor: Later TV actor; 65-to this day)
Seen in; VENGEANCE (70) HEROIC ONES (70) NEW ONE ARMED SWORDSMAN(71), MASTER OF KUNG FU (74), KILLER CLANS (76), TEN TIGERS OF KWANGTUNG (78), MARTIAL CLUB (80), PEKING OPERA BLUED (86)


Betty Tei-pei (Booi Dai) as Brothel lady interested in buying property
Shaw’s leading lady. Specialty: vixen and courtesan.
Seen in: INTIMATE CONFESSIONS OF A CHINESE COURTESAN (72), LEGEND OF LUST (72), CLANS OF INTRIGUE (77).


Lau Dan (Liu Dan, Danny Lau) as the  Police Chief's assistant
Character actor. Active 69-95
Seen in: THE WARLORD (72(, LEGEND OF LUST (72), ILLICIT DESIRE (73), POLICE STORY (86).

Yue Ming as the old Police Chief
Character actor. Active 55-79. May have been a TV actor.



Yu Tzu Yun ... Ah Yin the Matchmaker.
Character actress. No other credited movie. May have been a TV actress.


Law Hon as Police Constable 258
Character actor/ bit player. Active 69-80
Seen in: SWORD MATES (69), TWELVE GOLDEN MEDALLION (70), GOLDEN LOTUS (73), SLEEPING FIST (80).

Lam Fung (2) ... Police Constable 147
Bit player. Active 70-78.
Seen in: KILLER SNAKES (74), FLYING GUILLOTINE (75), KING GAMBLER (76), BATTLE WIZARD (77).



Chung Wa (Tsung Hua) as Rickshaw puller
Shaw’s leading man. Active: 69-82. Also TV actor.
Seen in: DUEL FOR GOLD (71), THE WARLORD (72), THE BASTARD (73), KILLERS CLANS (76), TO KILL A JAGUAR (76), KING GAMBLER (76)

Listed in credits but not spotted in movie

Yuen Man Tzu
Bit player. 72-79.
Seen in: SHAOLIN MARTIAL ARTS (76), SUPER INFRAMAN (75).



Cheung Chok Chow
Extras, bit player. 67-87
Seen in: TRAIL OF THE BROKEN BLADE (67), BOXER FROM SHANTUNG (72), SUOERINFRAMAN (75), LADY IN BLACK (87).