Chun Kim

Biography

Chun Kim was a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter, born in 1925 or 1926 under the original name Chen Jian, also known as Chen Ziyi. He grew up in a family that lost his father early, who was a rice shop merchant who drowned in a shipwreck while returning to his hometown, and his sister worked in the film industry. He graduated from Fanglin Secondary School. In 1959, he married actress Lin Cui (real name Tseng Chi-chen), and they had a son named Chen Shanhe. He was known for his gambling habit, which led to their separation in 1967. He directed nearly 70 films during the 1950s and 1960s. He was a mentor to many filmmakers, with Xie Xian, Jia Ling, Nan Hong, Jiang Xue, Jiang Zhongping, Chu Yuan, and Long Gang among his disciples. He committed suicide on June 15, 1969, at the Shaw Brothers studio dormitory in Clear Water Bay.