According to media reports, Hong Kong director Chen Musheng died of illness on the morning of August 23 at the age of 58.
Chen Musheng
Chen Musheng's last work was "Fury", starring Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse, which was completed at the end of last year and is awaiting release. It is known that he was unwell during the filming of the film, and then went for a physical examination and unfortunately found that he had terminal nasopharyngeal cancer.
Fury poster
It is reported that Chen Musheng has been seeking medical treatment in a hospital in Sha Tin, Hong Kong in recent months, and was transferred to Sanatorium and Hospital due to the deterioration of his condition, but unfortunately died two days after his transfer.
Chen Musheng joined Li's TELEVISION after graduating from high school in 1981, and the following year he jumped to Wireless as an assistant choreographer for Du Qifeng, and then promoted to choreographer, and has participated in the filming of classic TV series such as "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" and "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon". After 5 years, he left WIRELESS to work as an executive director for Huang Baiming's "Vinegar Husband" and Liang Puzhi's "Killing Love", and then filmed "Royal Archives" and "Chinese Heroes" for ATV.
Stormtrooper Streets of Rage poster
Mainland audiences familiar with Chen Musheng mostly started with the movie "Heavenly Love" starring Andy Lau and Wu Qianlian. Chen Musheng is good at shooting police action films, and has been nominated for the Best Director Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards five times for "Stormtrooper Angry Street", "Double Males", "New Police Story", "Keep Talk" and "Sweeping Drugs".
During the release of "Sweeping Drugs", Chen Musheng and the main actors did roadshows in many theaters in the mainland