Jimmy L. Pascual timeline and filmography

JIMMY L. PASCUAL BIOGRAPHY: A Work In Progress by Andrew Leavold

- Chinese-Filipino, also known as Chu Won Yin and Zhu Huan Ran

- Born in the Philippines. Born into the Pascual family, a Chinese-Filipino film dynasty in production, distribution, and exhibition (the Pascual family owned several theaters including the Ocean in Quezon City). 

- Asia Films - a distribution company owned by Jimmy's father Tommy Pascual. Imported kung fu films from Hong Kong in the early 70s, including his son's Emperor productions. 

- Ambassador Pictures or Ambassador Productions - Juanito Pascual (father of producers Baby and William Pascual) and brothers Prisco and Jacinto. Primarily a distributor of Japanese action films (Zatoichi, Yojimbo, Watari) and spaghetti westerns in the Sixties; also produced a series of Joseph Estrada and Zaldy Zshornack action films, Agent 009 spy films starring Charlie Davao, and Dolphy and Chiquito comedies, between 1962 and 1965.

- Brother George owned GP Films; his cousins Mely “Baby” Pascual and her brother William at first operated Melros Productions (1978-), and later Baby Pascual & Associates.

- Married to Anita Pascual

- relocated to Hong Kong in the Sixties. Initially worked for Shaw Brothers. The market was starting to change – end of 1971, Fist Of Fury was a massive success and opened doors to the global film market.

- Jimmy was an original shareholder and president of Fu Kok Film Co (c.1971) with future producer and director Ng See Yuen, who soon split over creative differences; Jimmy then registered his new company, Empire Cinema Centre, in Hong Kong on 8th February 1972, and later Emperor Films International (and, according to an online article, Wells Fargo Pictures). An essential face in the new ventures was fellow Chinese-Filipino producer and presenter Filipino-born Cornelio “Cony” or “Cory” B. Sarangaya – Chinese names Hong Lik, Kang Li, Hong Li. Jimmy and Cony formed part of Hong Kong's Filipino Film Mafia which included fellow producer and distributor Bobby A. Suarez (Intercontinental), writer/director Joseph Velasco, and actors Trovador Ramos and Rey Sagum.

- Empire initially claimed to have signed Alain Delon to an Empire contract; it was later revealed Delon's asking price was $500,000 US. 

1972 – The Bloody Fists/Death Beach/Deadly Buddhist Raiders/The Bloody Fist/Bloody Fist/Dragon Showdown (Empire Film Centre/Goldig Films) [Hong Kong release date 17th May 1972] A significant film in a number of ways - the first production for Pascual’s Empire Cinema Center, and one of the First Wave of kung fu films to penetrate the international market. Jimmy is beaten by Bobby A. Suarez, who releases The King Boxer in March 1972 and creates a superstar out of Meng Fei. As an independent producer, Jimmy was creating opportunities for individuals outside the rigid Shaw studio system, all the while forming a repertory company for his series of productions

1972 – Tough Guy/Kung Fu The Head Crusher/Revenge Of The Dragon/Kung Fu Master – Bruce Lee Style (Empire Film Centre) [Hong Kong release date 19th October 1972]

1972 – The Good And The Bad/Kung Fu The Invisible Fist/Tiger vs Dragon/Death Rivals Of Kung Fu (Empire Film Centre) [Hong Kong release date 6th December 1972]

1973 – The Awaken Punch/Village On Fire/Buddhist Shaolin Avengers/The Fury Of The Black Belt/Black Belt Fury (Empire Cinema Centre) [Hong Kong release date 23rd May 1973]

1973 – The Black Friday (Empire Cinema Centre) [Hong Kong release date 11th August 1973]

1973 – The Magnificent Boxer/Shadow Of The Dragon (Emperor Films International [HK]) [Hong Kong release date August 1973]

1973 - Death Blow/Thunderfist (Emperor Films International [HK]) [Hong Kong release date 22nd September 1973]

1973 – He Walks Like A Tiger/King Of Kung Fu (Emperor Films International [HK]) [Hong Kong release date 29th November 1973

1973 – The Devils (Empire Cinema Centre) [Hong Kong release date unknown]

1973 – Duel Of The Dragons (Emperor Films International [HK]) [Hong Kong release date unknown]

1973 – Fist To Fist/Fists Of The Double K/Dragons Of Death (Emperor Films International [HK]) [Hong Kong release date unknown]

1974 – The Big Showdown/Kung Fu Massacre/Fatal Strike/Taekwondo Tiger Fight (Empire Cinema Centre) [Hong Kong release date 3rd January 1974]

1974 – Wits To Wits/Con Man And The Kung Fu Kid/From China With Death/Dirty Partners/Duel Of Dragons (Empire Cinema Centre???) [Hong Kong release date 22nd May 1974]

1974 – April Fool (Empire Cinema Centre) [Hong Kong release date unknown]

1975 – The Playboy (Empire Cinema Centre) [Hong Kong release date unknown]

THE EMPEROR RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES

In 1973, Jimmy begins his transition back to the Philippines. Siblings Prima and Fely also worked for the company as producers and in post-production. 

1973 - Beba The Mermaid (Emperor Films International/Asia Films) [A Hong Kong/Filipino co-production filmed in the Philippines in 1973 and released via Hong Kong soon afterwards; Philippines release date 24th October 1975]

1974 – Dragons Never Die/Kung Fu 10th Dan/Kung Fu Of 10th Dan/King Of Kung Fu/The Wander Man (Emperor Productions; production company listed on the Hong Kong Movie Database as Dai Gwok) [Hong Kong/Filipino co-production filmed partly or entirely in the Philippines, and released in the US on a double bill with producer Jimmy L. Pascual’s “Devil Woman” (1974).]

1974 – Devil Woman/Manda (Snakewoman) vs Kung Fu/Manda vs Kung Fu (Emperor Films International [Phils.]/Asia Films) [Hong Kong-Filipino co-production, Philippines release date 26th April 1974. Working title “Kung Fu vs Manda (Snake Woman)”]

1975 – Sleeping Dragon (Sultan Films/Emperor Films International) [A Filipino-Hong Kong co-production filmed in the Philippines, Philippines release date 24th April 1975]

1975 – Bruka/Bruka Queen Of Evil (Emperor Films) [Release date 18th July 1975; a Hong Kong-Filipino co-production]

EMPEROR FILMS PHILIPPINES

By 1975, it appears Jimmy had relocated to the Philippines permanently. Most of his subsequent productions, aside for a few action films in the early Eighties, were for the Tagalog-language market only.

1975 – Isinumpa (Emperor Films International) [Release date 15th August 1975]

1975 – Pag-Sapit Ng Dilim (Emperor Films International) [Release date 3rd October 1975]

1975 – Pandemonium (Lupa, Langit At Impiyerno) (Emperor Films International) [Release date 21st November 1975]

1976 - Hugasaan Mo Ang Aking Kasalanan/“Wash Out My Faults” (Emperor Films International) [Release date 23rd April 1976]

1976 - Putik Ka Man... Sa Alabok Magbalik (Emperor Films International) [Release date 30th July 1976]

1976 - Hinog Sa Pilit (Emperor Films International) [Release date 23rd September 1976]

1977 – Liwanag Sa Kabila Ng Dilim: Janet Clemente Story (Emperor Films International) [Release date 28th January 1977]

1977 – Bawa't Himaymay Ng Aking Laman (Emperor Films International) [Release date 6th May 1977]

1978 - Maiinit Na Labi… Nag-aapoy Na Dibdib (Emperor Films International) [Release date 24th February 1978]

1978 - Mananayaw/"The Dancer" (Emperor Films International) [Release date 14th May 1978]

1978 - Babaeng Makasalanan… Lalaking Salawahan (Emperor Films International) [Release date 16th June 1978]

1978 - Lalaki, Ikaw Ang Dahilan (Emperor Films International) [Release date 6th October 1978]

1979 - Hoodlum Killer (Emperor Films International) [Release date 19th January 1979]

1979 – Sugpuin: Holduppers (Emperor Films) [Release date 4th May 1979]

1979 - Terror Ng Tundo (Emperor Films International) [Release date 16th August 1979; also listed as "Terror Ng Tondo "]

1980 - Pangkat Do Or Die/“The Do Or Die Gang” (Emperor Films International) [Release date 4th January 1980]

1980 - Lasing Master/“Drunken Master” (Emperor Films) [Release date 16th May 1980]

1980 - Puwede Ba Utol, Akin Siya? (Emperor Films) [Release date 18th July 1980]

1980 – Rocky Tu-Log (Emperor Films International) [Release date 3rd October 1980]

1980 - Anak Ng Maton (Emperor Films) [Release date 19th December 1980]

1981 – Tartan (Emperor Films) [Release date 20th January 1981]

1981 – Milyonaryong Gipit (Emperor Films International) [Release date 26th March 1981]

1981- Palpak Connection (Emperor Films) [Release date 3rd April 1981]

1981 – Kumander Surot (Emperor Films International) [Release date 24th April 1981]

1981 - Wanted: Sabas Ang Kilabot (Emperor Films) [Release date 22nd May 1981]

1981 – Deadly Commandos (Emperor Films International) [Release date 4th September 1981]

1981 – Kami’y Ifugao (Emperor Films International) [Release date 20th November 1981; listed incorrectly on IMDB as “Kaming Ifugao”]

1981 – Kami’y Ifugao (Emperor Films International) [Release date 20th November 1981; listed incorrectly on IMDB as “Kaming Ifugao”]

1982 - Encuentro (Emperor Films) Release date 14th January 1982]

1982 - Suicide Force (Emperor Films International) [Release date 29th April 1982]

1982 – Akin Ang Paghihiganti (Emperor Films) [Release date 6th August 1982]

1982 - Pretty Boy Charlie (Emperor Films) [Release date 15th October 1982]

1982 - Liquidate: Sex Gang (Emperor Films) [Release date 3rd December 1982]

1983 - Presidential Pardon (Emperor Films) [Release date 5th February 1983]

1983 – Mga Pusang Bundok (Emperor Films International) [Release date 9th September 1983; export version "Death Raiders" distributed by Atlas International]

1984 - Ang Pagbabalik Ni Dimasalang/"The Return Of Dimasalang" (Emperor Films) [Release date 6th August 1984; sequel to "Dimasalang" (1970), also starring Jun and Robin Aristorenas]

1984 - Harot (Emperor Films) [Release date 3rd September 1984]

1984 - Bedtime Story (Emperor Films) [Release date 1st November 1984]

1984 - Padre Hudas (Emperor Films) [Release date 29th November 1984]

1984 - Dagta (Emperor Films) [Release date 13th December 1984]

1985 - Erotika (Emperor Films) [Release date 10th April 1985]

1985 - Unang Karanasan (Emperor Films) [Release date 22nd May 1985]

1985 - Mga Alipin Ng Buwan (Emperor Films) [Release date 5th June 1985]

1985 - Mga Kalapating Musmos (Emperor Films International) [Release date 19th September 1985]

1986 - Isusumpa Mo Ang Araw Nang Isilang Ka (Emperor Films) [Release date February 1986]

1986 - Hayok (Emperor Films International) [Release date 12th March 1986]

1986 - Unang Gabi/"One Night" (Emperor Films International) [Release date 29th May 1986]

1986 - Huwag Pamarisan: Kulasisi (VS/Emperor Films) [Release date 26th June 1986]

1986 - Bawal: Malaswa (Emperor Films) [Release date 30th October 1986]

1987 - Lala (Emperor Films) [Release date 1st July 1987]

1987 – Pulis Iskwad Kuno!/“Fake Police Squad!” (Emperor Films) [Release date 14th August 1987]

1988 - Batang Matadero (Emperor Films) [Release date 9th April 1988]

1990 - Anak Sa Una (Emperor Films) [Release date 14th April 1990]

1990 – Enkuwentro (Emperor Films) [Release date 26th July 1990]

1992 - Nympa Sa Putikan (Emperor Films) [Release date 18th April 1992]

1993 - Maj. Napoleon Velasco: Kumander Kalbo (Emperor Films) [Release date 24th February 1993]

1993 - Sgt. Alvarez: Ex-Marine (Emperor Films) [Release date 7th October 1993]

1993 - Itumba Si Angel Delgado (Emperor Films) [Release date 9th December 1993]

1994 - Da Young Asyong Aksaya (Emperor Films) [Release date 27th July 1994]

Jimmy kept a close eye on trends - horror films in the mid-Seventies, goon action films, bold films from the mid-Eighties. Emperor's final production is in 1994.

- Jimmy also owned a famous chicken restaurant

- Passed away died 28th March 2005. Erap attended the funeral.

Joseph Velasco timeline and filmography

Joseph Kong/Velasco (middle) in The Clones Of Bruce Lee (1980)

JOSEPH KONG/VELASCO: A Detective Story by Andrew Leavold

All known aliases: 江揚, Patrick Kong Yeung, Kong Yeung, Chiang Yang, Kenneth Kong, Kung Yeung, 江洪, Joseph Kong Hung, Kong Hung, Joseph Velasco, Chiang Sung, Joseph Velaco, Joseph Kong, Kong Yeung, Kiang Hung

One of the most elusive figures in the story of Filipino cinema, very few facts are known about writer, director and occasional producer Joseph Kong/Velasco/etc etc. Some sources say he was born in Taiwan; others claim him to be Chinese from Hong Kong, or Filipino. What IS known about Mr Kong is that he is of Chinese-Filipino heritage. His official filmography begins in Hong Kong in 1972; a recently-unearthed Mandarin-language newspaper article, however, dates his filmmaking career as "Patrick Kong Yeung" back to the mid-Fifties, during which his elder sister Kong Duen-Yee, known as Mui Yee (1923-1966) was a famous Cantonese actress. After a decade writing screenplays and directing for independent Hong Kong companies, he graduated to Chang Cheh's assistant director on The Knight Of Knights (1966) for Shaw Brothers. His daughter - believed to be Queenie Kong - was part of the very first class of the Shaw Brothers Actors Training Program; future Japanese screen villain Yukio Someno was one of her teachers. He continued to write scripts for the Shaw Brothers and even directed a feature, The Naughty Beauty (1972), with his protégée Chang Lee/Nick Cheung Lik in a minor role. 

He then broke with the Shaws and directed a kung fu feature for fellow Chinese-Filipino producer (and Shaw alumnus) Jimmy L. Pascual; Tough Guy aka Kung Fu The Head Crusher (1972) featured Chang Lee/Nick Cheung Lik in a leading actor alongside Chen Sing, and was one of Pascual's early international successes for his Empire Cinema Center company. For his new role outside the Shaws' protective umbrella, Patrick Kong adopted a new alias: Joseph Kong, sometimes listed as Kong Hung, Chiang Hung, Kong Hung and Joseph Velasco. With Chang Lee, Chen Sing, Lo Lieh, Bolo Yeung and later Bruce Lee-alike Bruce Le (who reportedly called Kong "sifu") as his stars, Kong/Velasco would become one of the major exponents of "Bruceploitation", an entire sub-industry capitalizing on the success and early demise of Bruce Lee, along with notorious figures such as Dick Randall (The Clones Of Bruce Lee), Joseph Lai and Tomas Tang (Bruce And The Shaolin Bronzemen). At the height of Kung Fu Mania (1974-1978), Kong/Velasco was writing and directing up to five films per year while working all over Asia - South Korea, Indonesia, New Guinea, Thailand, and of course the Philippines - for various pan-Asian companies, often in loose and shady co-production deals. He continued to work with Bruce Le into the early Nineties, when his career began to slow until his final credit in 2001. 

It's possible that Mr Kong/Velasco was born in Beijing along with his older sister - if anyone has any further biographical details, PLEASE message me. In the meantime, I'm still reeling over the fact that the writer of King Boxer/The Five Fingers Of Death and the director of The Clones Of Bruce Lee are one and the same (many thanks to Ryo Sato for the article) 

1955 - Love Trilogy (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung")    

1956 - Fire (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung")    

1956 - The King And The Beauty (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung")    

1957 - Return On A Snowy Night (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung")    

1959 - The Golden Beauty (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for Great Wall Movie Enterprise Limited)  

1962 - Matrimonial Storm (co-writer/co-director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for the Lui Daat company)  

1962 - Story Of The Sword/The Mysterious Sword (writer/director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for Wang Lee Film Enterprises Co)  

1962 - Or Gratitude And Revenge (director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung")  

1963 - The Sword Couple (writer/director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung")

1964 - A Deadly Night (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung") 

1964 - Man Bites Dog (writer/director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung")

1964 - The Prince Of The Magic Sword (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung")  

1965 - I Am Just Twenty (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung")    

1965 - The Six-Fingered Lord Of The Lute Part 1 (co-writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for the Sin Hok Gong Luen company)  

1965 - The Six-Fingered Lord Of The Lute Part 3 (co-writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for the Sin Hok Gong Luen company)  

1966 - Master Cute And Da Fanshu (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for the Sin Hok Gong Luen company)    

1966 - How Master Cute Thrice Saved The Idiot Ming (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for the Sin Hok Gong Luen company)    

1966 - The Knight Of Knights (assistant director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for Shaw Brothers)

1968 - Hotel Blues (co-writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for the Sin Hok Gong Luen company)    

1968 - The Magnificent Gunfighter (co-writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for Cathay)

1968 - Da Ci Ke Zhi Zi (writer/director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung")  

1968 - Jin Long Jian (writer/director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung")  

1969 - Bloody Mask (writer/director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Taiwanese production for the Asian Motion Picture Co)  

1971 - Ambush (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for Shaw Brothers)    

1971 - The Golden Lion (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for Shaw Brothers)    

1972 - King Boxer/The Five Fingers Of Death (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for Shaw Brothers)    

1972 - The Devil's Mirror (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for Shaw Brothers)    

1972 - The Gourd Fairy (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for Shaw Brothers)    

1972 - The Naughty Beauty (director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; final Hong Kong production for Shaw Brothers. Kong's protégée Chang Lee/Nick Cheung Lik has a bit role)

1972 - Tough Guy/Kung Fu The Head Crusher/Kung Fu Master - Bruce Lee Style/Tough Guys/Revenge Of The Dragon (first film as writer and director after leaving Shaw Brothers, credited as "Chiang Hung"; Hong Kong production for Jimmy L. Pascual's Empire Cinema Center. Chang Lee/Nick Cheung Lik makes his debut as a leading actor alongside Chan Sing)

1973 - A Tooth For A Tooth/Japanese Connection (writer/director, as "Kong Hung", and starring Chang Lee/Nick Cheung Lik; Hong Kong production for Alex Gouw's HK/Indonesian company Goldig Films [H.K.]) 

1973 - Superior Youngster/Karado The Hand Of Death/Hong Kong Cat Named Karado/Super Kung Fu Kid/Karado: The Kung Ku Flash/The Hong Kong Cat (writer/director, as "Kiang Hung", and starring Chang Lee/Nick Cheung Lik; Taiwanese production for Wu Chi-Ying's Hong Kong Alpha Motion Picture Co and You Li Film Co)

1973 - Kung Fu's Hero/Angry Dragon (writer/director, as "Kong Hung", and starring Chang Lee/Nick Cheung Lik; Hong Kong production for Chang Shu-Chin's Orient Film Productions, distributed by Goldig Films)

1973 - Kung-Fu King (co-writer/director, as "Chiang Hung"; Hong Kong production for Wu Chi-Ying's Filmline Enterprises)

1974 - The Big Risk/When Tough Guys Meet/Kung Fu Conspiracy (writer/director, as "Kong Hung", and starring Chang Lee/Nick Cheung Lik; Hong Kong production filmed in HK and Macau for Pau Ming's The Eternal Film Co) 

1975 - Tiger Force/Kill The Tiger (writer/co-director, as "Joseph Kong Hong", and starring Chen Sing and Chang Lee/Nick Cheung Lik; a Taiwanese/Filipino co-production filmed in the Philippines for Wong Cheuk-Hon's First Films and Kim Yong Lim's Kinavesa Enterprises)

1976 - Bruce's Fingers/Bruce's Deadly Fingers (co-producer/co-writer/director, as "Joseph Kong", and starring Bruce Le and Lo Lieh; Taiwanese production for Liu En-Ze's United Cine-Production Enterprises Hong Kong)

1976 - The Ming Patriots (co-writer, as "Kung Yeung"; Taiwanese production for First Films)  

1977 – Bruce And The Shaolin Bronzemen/King Boxer II/Enter The Game Of Shaolin Bronzemen/Kung Fu Streetfighter (director and possible writer, as "Joseph Kong"; Hong Kong/Filipino co-production filmed in the Philippines for Elite Productions and Joseph Lai's and Tomas Tang's Asso Asia Films) 

1977 - Cobra [possibly also known as Superfist] (director, as "Joseph Velasco", starring Steve Lee/Bruce Lei; Indonesian production for Robert Jeffrey's P.T. Insantra Films)

1977 - The White Stork Boxer/White Crane Fist/The Fierce Boxer/The Fierce Boxer And Bruce/The White Crane Fighter (co-director, and starring "George Rudy"; Indonesian production for Robert Jeffery's P.T. Isantra Films and P.T. Cinerama)

1977 - Bruce And Shaolin Kung Fu/Fist Of Fury Part 2/Ching Wa And Shaolin Kung Fu/Shadow Of The Snake Wizard/Bruce vs Black Dragon (co-writer, and starring Bruce Le and Chen Sing; filmed in South Korea for Robert Jeffrey's P.T. Insantra Film and Lee Jeon-Cheol's Nama-Jinheung Co)

1977 - Return Of Bruce/Return Of Fist Of Fury/Bruce's Return/Ninja vs Bruce Lee/The Dragon Returns/Return Of Fists Of Fury/Return Of Bruce Lee/Bruce's Revenge (writer/director as "Joseph Velaco", and starring Bruce Le and Meng Fei; shot in the Philippines for Robert Jeffery's P.T. Insantra Films and RJT)

1978 - Return Of Red Tiger/Fist Of Fury Part 3/Red Tiger Return (co-writer, as "Joseph Velasco";filmed in South Korea for Robert Jeffrey's P.T. Insantra Film and Lee Jeon-Cheol's Nama-Jinheung Co)

1978 - Bruce Lee In New Guinea/Bruce Li In Snake Island/Bruce Lee In Snake Island/Bruce Li In New Guinea/Big Boss In Borneo (executive director, and starring Bruce Li; filmed in New Guinea for Hon Wa and Keung Chung-Ping's Hai Hua Cinema Co)

1978 - Enter The Game Of Death/The King Of Kung Fu (uncredited co-director, and starring Bruce Le; South Korean production for Tai-Soo Kim's Taichang Entertainment and Robert Jeffery's P.T. Insantra Films)

1978 - My Name Called Bruce/The Dragon's Twin Brother (director, as "Joseph Velasco", and starring Bruce Le; South Korean production for Tai-Soo Kim's Taichang Entertainment and Robert Jeffery's P.T. Insantra Films)

1978 - The Dragon On Fire/Enter Three Dragons/Dragon The Hero/Dragon And The Hero (co-director as "Joseph Kong" with Godfrey Ho, and starring Dragon Lee, Bruce Li and Chang Lee/Nick Cheung Lik; Hong Kong production for Joseph Lai's and Tomas Tang's Asso Asia Films) 

1978 - Manhunt (director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; a Taiwanese/South Korean production for First Films and Gap Chun Film Co filmed in South Korea)

1979 - Suspect No. 1 (director, as "Joseph Velasco"; Filipino production for RTJ - possibly Robert Jeffery's spin-off company)  

1979 - Treasure Of Bruce Lee/Treasure Of Bruce Le (writer/director as "Chiang Sung" and starring Bruce Le and Chen Sing; South Korean production for Robert Jeffery's "Insan Film"/P.T. Insantra Films)

1980 - The Clones Of Bruce Lee/Cobra Warriors (co-director and actor, and starring Bruce Le and Dragon Lee; filmed in Hong Kong and Thailand for Chang Tsung Lung's and Han Sang-Hoon's Filmline Enterprises and Filmark International, and Dick Randall's Spectacular Films)

1981 - The Furious Killer/The Furious/Golden Killer (director, as "Joseph Velasco", and starring Lo Lieh; produced by Robert Jeffery's P.T. Insantra Films and China Films [HK])

1982 - Bruce Strikes Back/Eye Of The Dragon/Bruce Le Fights Back/The Ninja Strikes Back (co-director with Bruce Le and actor, as "Joseph Kong"; filmed in France, Italy, Macau and Hong Kong and co-produced by Dick Randall and Andre Koob for Bruce Le's Dragon Films Co)

1982 - Concorde Of Bruce/Ninja vs Bruce Lee (director, as "Joseph Velasco"; a cut-and-paste of two of Velasco's films, Return Of Bruce [1977] and My Name Called Bruce [1978], with a fight scene from a third, Enter The Game Of Death [1978], released by Robert Jeffrey's P.T. Insantra Film)

1982 - Unreal Dream (co-producer/writer/director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung")  

1984 - The Man From Holland/A Man From Holland/Magnum Thunderbolt/Bloody Triad (director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for the Wing Fat Film Production Co)

1986 - Bruce Secret Kung Fu/Bruce's Secret Kung Fu/Bruce's Ninja Secret (director, as "Joseph Kong"; a cut-and-paste of two of Velasco's films, Bruce's Fingers [1976] and Bruce And The Shaolin Bronzemen [1977], released by Joseph Lai's IFD)

1987 - The Thundering Ninja/Ninja Invasion (director, as "Joseph Kong"; Hong Kong cut-andpaste film using parts of Taiwanese flm The Criminal [1977] for Tomas Tang's Filmark International)

1987 - Jokers Playing Games (writer/director, as "Kong Yeung"; Hong Kong production for Taylor Film and Video Production Centre)

1988 - Curse/Cannibal Curse (director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung"; filmed in the Philippines)  

1990 - Fire On The Great Wall (planning director, and starring Bruce Le; filmed in China for Kim Ma Film Co)

1990 - Black Spot/Earth And Fire/Vicious Passageway (producer and planner, starring Bruce Le; filmed in China for Beijing Film Studio)  

1990 - Ghost Of The Fox/Way Of The Fox/Way Of Fox (planning, and starring Bruce Le; Taiwanese production for Bruce Le's Dragon Film Studio and Guangxi Film Studio)

1992 - Comfort Women (planning, and starring Bruce Le; filmed in China for ABC Production Ltd)

1993 - Sex For Sale (writer/director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung")  

1994 - Net Of Heaven Action (director, as "Patrick Kong Yeung") 

2001 - Heroes In Love (writer, as "Patrick Kong Yeung")  

 

   

 

Jennings Sturgeon

JENNINGS STURGEON biography (from askART): Born May 10, 1918 in Youngstown, Ohio, Jennings Woodrow Sturgeon spent his youth in Cranesville and Albion, Pennsylvania. He painted and displayed his mother's portrait in Northwestern High School.

He married his high school sweetheart, and they had one child.

The divorced and recruited for the army, he served in the Philippines as part of the Corps of Engineers to thwart the Japanese's last-ditch effort to expel the American invading forces. As a result Sturgeon suffered PTSD (Post Traumatic Syndrome) as we call it today.

He had a live-in partner until she left him with two daughters. He re-married with a widow, who has two children and together they had six more children.

Copper Sturgeon (son): "He was introduced to Philippine films by an uncle, Johnny Monteiro, sometimes using Juan Montero, actually John Montgomery. Moses Montgomery married my grandmother's sister and had children, one of them was Uncle John, Moses, Virginia, Richard etc...

Anyways, my father decided not go back to the USA, he thinks US is too much and stifles his creativity.

All of my father's children were trained as actors first, problem is that we are not all attractive to the camera, me for instance have a small face, making me look small and in the big screen, that would not do.

Then we are all trained as painters, because this was our world.

Our father would be too drunk to finish a painting, and the buyer is on the way, so we finish it, sign it and everything. Anyways, it was fun growing up. Growing up and knew no other way."

Jennings Sturgeon took his own life at his Quezon City home on 27th June 1966.

FILMOGRAPHY (in progress)

1962 - as Major Emmett Wilson in The Raiders Of Leyte Gulf (dir. Eddie Romero)

1964 - as the drunk and doomed painter Carlos in Ethan (dir. Michael duPont)

1964 - as "Bearded Man on Boat" in Flight To Fury (dir. Monte Hellman)

1965 - as the East German agent Alfred Kohner in Contra Senas (dir. Eddie Garcia)

GALLERY

The Secret Of The Sacred Forest (1970)

1970 - The Secret Of The Sacred Forest (William Copeland Productions/[uncredited] Sark-Marok Productions/Shermart Distribution/AFTRS)  

[US production filmed in the Philippines around October 1967, eventually released in Biloxi on 26th June 1970. Also known as “Sacred Forest”]  

Director Michael DuPont Writer/Producer William Copeland Cinematography Vincente Sempio Music Herschel Burke Gilbert Orchestration/Arranger Ernest Hughes Songs "Has Any One Seen Chris" by William Copeland & Herschel Burke Gilbert, "Filipina Filipina" by William Copeland & Angel Pena Singer Maurice Santa Lucia Editor Tony DiMarco [as Anthony DiMarco] Sound Demetrio Carrianga  

Cast Gary Merrill (Mike Parks), Jon Provost (Jimmy Carpenter), Vic Silayan (Commander Ramos), Leo Martinez (Bayani de la Cruz), Henry Duval (Garcia), Michael J. Parsons [as Mike Parsons] (Chris Carpenter), Laurie Agudo (Annie), Dave Harvey (Brownie), Rolf Bayer (Captain Kram), Mona Morena (Mother), Lola Boy (Grandmother), Luis Florentino (Sergeant), Joseph de Cordova (Police Chief), Carol Varga (Rosa), Bruno Punzalan (Colonel Romero), Poch Apostol (Priest), Fred Viray (Dispatcher), Don Smith (2nd Mate), Zenaida Amador (Nun), Gami Virray (Pirate), Vicente Sempio (Hotel Manager), Cristina Ponce Enrile [as Christina Ponce-Enrile] (Fely)

ADVENTURE  

COMING SOON!

Gary Merrill (Mike Parks)

Jon Provost (Jimmy Carpenter)

Vic Silayan (Commander Ramos)

Leo Martinez (Bayani de la Cruz)

Henry Duval (Garcia)

Michael J. Parsons [as Mike Parsons] (Chris Carpenter)

Laurie Agudo (Annie)

Dave Harvey (Brownie)

Rolf Bayer (Captain Kram)

Mona Morena (Mother)

Lola Boy (Grandmother)

Luis Florentino (Sergeant)

Joseph de Cordova (right - Police Chief)

Carol Varga (Rosa)

Bruno Punzalan (Colonel Romero)

Poch Apostol (Priest)

Fred Viray (Dispatcher)

Don Smith (2nd Mate)

Zenaida Amador (Nun)

Vicente Sempio (Hotel Manager)

Cristina Ponce Enrile [as Christina Ponce-Enrile] (Fely)

THEATRICAL

USA - screened around the US from its premiere screening in Biloxi on 26th June 1970 to 1975

AUSTRALIA - a 16mm print was submitted for a G rating in February 1975 but there is no evidence so far of a commercial release

VIDEO

UK - released on VHS in 1987 via the Network Channel as "The Sacred Forest" 

- UK VHS, mp4 file