Chin Han
Born
Sun Siang-chong

(1946-04-24) 24 April 1946
OccupationActor
Years active1966–present
Spouse
Shao Chiao-ying
(m. 1971; div. 1984)
PartnerBrigitte Lin (1972–1991)
Children
  • Sun Shi Wen (daughter)
  • Richard Sun (son)
Parent
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Sun Siang-chong
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

Chin Han (秦漢; born 24 April 1946), is a Taiwanese actor whose birth name is Sun Siang-chong (孫祥鐘), and got his first stage name Kang Kai (康凱) from Li Han-Hsiang (李翰祥) at the beginning of his acting career. He changed his stage name to Sun Ge (孫戈) during the shooting of Five Brothers from Tangshan (唐山五兄弟; 1972). It was director Yao Feng-Pan (姚鳳磐) who gave him the stage name Chin Han, which he kept ever since.[1] In Chin’s long acting career, he is best known for starring in literary romantic (愛情文藝) films and TV series, adaptations from novels by Qiong Yao (瓊瑤) and other writers in the 1970s and 1980s. With Charlie Chin(秦祥林), Brigitte Lin and Joan Lin (林鳳嬌), the four eventually became known as the "Two Chins, Two Lins" (二秦二林) for their extensive roles in the genre of literary romantic film.

Life and career

Chin’s father is Sun Yuan-liang (孫元良), a general who fought against the Japanese in WWII. Chin completed the training program of CMPC Film Academy (中影訓練班) in 1966 and joined Grand Motion Pictures Co., Ltd. (國聯) as a basic actor.[1] He had to serve in the army after making his first film, Smiles from the Distant Mountains. After he completed his military service three years later, Grand Motion Pictures Co., Ltd. was already closed for business. He turned to TTV (台視) to act in a TV drama.[2][3]

Chin's gentle and elegant appearance with a scholarly temperament has always been the best interpretation of the leading actor in literary films.[1] After he role in Sung Tsun-Shou's (宋存壽) Story of a Mother (母親三十歲) and Outside the Window (窗外), both released in 1973, Chin was acclaimed as a promising star. When director Li Hsing (李行) was casting for his adaptation of Qiong Yao’s novel The Heart with a Million Knots (心有千千結), he approached Chin for the lead role. Due to his contract to star in Sung Tsun-Shou’s Where Have the Lovers (晨星) Chin had to turn down Li’s invitation and work in Hong Kong.[3] Li Hsing instead cast Charlie Chin (秦祥林) for his film, which made Charlie Chin an overnight star. Chin Han and Charlie Chin became the two household names for the extremely popular genre of Literary Romantic Film (愛情文藝片) , which mainly are adaptations of Qiong Yao’s novels. Together with two other female stars of the genre, Brigitte Lin (林青霞) and Joan Lin (林鳳嬌), they are called “Two Chins and Two Lins” (二秦二林). Li Hsing once jokingly said, "If Chin Han had come to play The Heart with a Million Knots, there would not have been ‘Two Chins and Two Lins’ later.”[1]

Chin Han later starred in quite a few films directed by Li Hsing, among them the biographical film adapted from the best-selling autobiography of Zheng Fengxi (鄭豐喜), He Never Gives Up (汪洋中的一條船; 1978), which won Chin the Best Actor award at the 15th Golden Horse Awards.

After Literary Romantic Film lost its audience In the early 80's, Qiong Yao turned to the small screen of TV to produce popular dramas adapted from her films and novels. In the TV series You Can’t Tell Him (庭院深深), originally a film directed by Sung Tsun-shou in 1971, Chin Han was paired with Leanne Liu (劉雪華). The series was an instant hit.

Chin Han has continued to act in the 1990s and afterwards both in films and on TV.

Personal life

Sun married Shao Chiao-ying in 1971 and has a daughter Sun Shi-wen (孫詩雯) and a son Richard Sun (孫國豪). The marriage ended in 1984.

The triangle relationships in life among Chin Han, Brigitte Lin, and Charlie Chin is similar to their relationship in the literary romantic films based on Qiong Yao's novels, such as Cloud of Romance (我是一片雲; 1976). Chin Han and Brigitte Lin were close when making Outside the Window, but due his marriage Chin kept a distance with Lin. After working Lin on Cloud of Romance, Charlie Chin began to passionately pursue Brigitte Lin, who eventually accepted his proposal and was engaged to him in San Francisco in 1980. However, after Chin Han's divorce, Brigitte Lin found that she was still deeply in  loved with Chin and chose to break off her engagement with Charlie Chin in 1984, which caused a scandal. They were romantically related again through the help of Qiong Yao, but eventually broke up because Chin Han was unwilling to marry her.[4]

Filmography

Film

As actor
Year English Title Chinese Title Role Notes
1966Smiles from the Distant Mountains遠山含笑Zong Qi
How Many Sunsets幾度夕陽紅
1967Sister's Lover姐姐的情人Wah
1968A Time for Reunion春曉人歸時
1969Betrayer殺氣嚴霜also screenwriter
1971The Mad Killer瘋狂殺手
1972Everybody Is Laughing天下一大笑
Dangerous Game慾火焚身
Five Brothers from Tangshan唐山五兄弟
Heart Wish心願
1973Outside the Window窗外Li Liwei
Story of Mother母親三十歲Zhu Qingmao
Gui Fen桂芬
1974The House of Love愛的小屋Luo Wen
First Come, First Love近水樓台Cai Dawei
Where the Seagull Flies海鷗飛處Ou Shihao
Spring Comes Not Again不再有春天Zhi Cheng
Sex For Sale面具Lin Weibin
News Hen女記者Xue Xiaonan
Rhythm of the Wave海韻Jiang Tao
Love Camp愛情集中營
1975Girl School春滿女學府Lei Guangming
Hot Wave熱浪Ho Ta-fung
He Loved Once Too Many水雲Kiu Yee
The Unforgettable Character在水一方Lu Yu-wen
Eight Hundred Heroes八百壯士Jin Jian
Land of the Undaunted吾土吾民Li Yueh-ting
Where Have the Lovers Gone晨星
A Chilled Spring春天裡的秋天Xu Weiming
Dream Lake夢之湖
Posterity and Perplexity碧雲天Gao Haotian
1976Coffee, Wine, Lemonade咖啡,美酒,檸檬汁Lin Fan
Love Forever海誓山盟Xu Changwen
A Misty Love小雨絲絲Pan Jiawang
Deep Autumn Love落葉飄飄Di Chao
Love in the Twilight Zone陰陽有情天
Erotic Nights色香味
Painted Waves of Love浪花He Zijian
The Sang Sisters桑園Mo Dika
The Valley of Butterfly蝴蝶谷Liu Wenbin
The Spring Lake翠湖寒Hu Weikang
Wild Pigeons in the Evening野鴿子的黃昏Meng Wei
1977My Sweet Love霧濛濛情濛濛Xiao Zhangyun
The Love Offensive愛情大進擊
My Beloved雲愛,雲愛Du Dazhong
Love in the Shadow愛有明天Yi Siyin
True Love真真的愛Xu Dawei
The Smiling Face微笑Chen Yunyang
The Glory of the Sunset煙水寒Ye Yicheng
Cloud of Romance我是一片雲Gu Youlan
Confused Love變色的太陽Hou Shiwen
Love Rings a Bell風鈴,風鈴Wei Dekai
We Are the Youth我們是年輕的
The Lost Dream荒園草夢Jiang Xinhan
Melody from Heaven白花飄雪花飄Shao Yulin
The Love Corridor愛情走廊Chu Yun
We Feel the Wind Again又是起風時Xu Kewei
1978Morning Fog晨霧Tai Yalun
Wild Flower in the Storm花非花
Sea-Wave in Sunset and Love夕陽浪花愛Meng Nan
Love is Burning愛情火辣辣Du Ping (Du Ziping)
Hi, Honey嗨親愛的Hao Keai
The Diary of Di-Di蒂蒂日記Fan Xijun
Love on a Foggy River煙波江上Du Xihao
Lover on the Wave我踏浪而來Zhao Darong
A Journey of Love無情荒地有情天Lin Lei
Ask My Love from God此情可問天Chen Yuncheng
He Never Gives Up汪洋中的一條船Zheng Fengxi
The Story of Green House綠色山莊Lei Wen
Mountains Under the Setting Sun夕陽山外山Huang Shaokui
Love in the Blossoming Mountain Flowers滿山花開一片情Xu Guowei
1979A Sorrowful Wedding悲之秋Du Jiawen
Love Under a Rosy Sky彩霞滿天Chiao Shu-pei
The Wild Goose on the Wing雁兒在林梢Jiang Huai
Love Seed一顆紅豆Liang Zhiwen
By Love Obsessed情奔Zhi Gang
Dash衝刺
1980My Native Land原鄉人Chûng Lî-fò
Another Spring又見春天Yang Wei-han
Flying Home雁兒歸Li Junping
Poor Chasers一對傻鳥Chen Cheng-hsiung
Lotus Triangle情網
Reunion in the Rain蘭花草Liang Hanzhong
The Marigolds金盞花Lawyer Zhou
Flying Rainbow飛躍的彩虹Lu Changfeng
A Girl Who Comes from the Country我從山中來Lu Jun
Love in a Big Land大地親情
The Lotus Triangle荷葉、蓮花、藕Ye Yi
Twin Troubles愛情躲避球Long Kedong & Long Youdong
1981My Cape of Many Dreams夢的衣裳Sang Erxuan
The Land of the Brave龍的傳人Lin Chao-hsing
Love You Till I Die愛你入骨
Once Again With Love又見春天Yang Weihan
Coming with a Gun帶槍過境Ban Jie
Clouds, Please Stay雲且留住Li Jianwen
1982Girls' School女子學校Mei Yixin
The Girl Robber and I小妞.大盜.我Fei Shaohua
Marianna賓妹
Pigeons in the Evening鴿子的黃昏
The Drug Busters鐵血勇探Tang Keyuanalso director
1983The Lost Generation風水二十年Mr. Tsun
1984Holy War聖戰千秋
Impending War戰爭前夕
1985Last Breath血染風采
1986 Loves of a Small Town Doctor小鎮醫生的愛情Wang Liyi
1990Promising Miss Bowie祝福Ko Man-kit
Red Dust滾滾紅塵Chang Neng-tsai
1991 Center Stage阮玲玉Tong Gwai-saan
1992Requital五湖四海Fan Dai-kuay
1994Treasure Hunt花旗少林Tong Ling
1995Don't Cry, Nanking南京1937Shing Yin
2000Feeling by Night夜奔De shun
2006The Knot雲水謠Wang Ting-wu
2012Threads of Time柳如是Qian Qianyi
As director
  • The Drug Busters (鐵血勇探) – also actor
As writer
  • Betrayer (殺氣嚴霜) – also actor

Television series

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
1971Rainbow Bridge七色橋Mu Yuande
1985How Many Sunsets幾度夕陽紅Ho Mu-tien
1986Lovers Under the Rain煙雨濛濛Ho Shu-huan
I Am a Chinese 我是中國人
1987Deep Garden庭院深深Po Pei-wen
1988One Side of the Water在水一方Chu Shih-yaoremake of The Unforgettable Character
1989Seagulls Soaring In Iridescent Clouds海鷗飛處彩雲飛Yu Muhuai
1991 Love in Venice 情定威尼斯
1995Secular Romance情愛紅塵Geng Haoran
1996Flowers Gone, Flowers Bloom花落花開Xia Haimo
1997Flying with the Iridescent Clouds我伴彩雲飛
2000Give Daddy A Kiss親親老爸Fang Nien-tsu
2002Cash Is King勝券在握Qi Ren
2004Son From the Past子是故人來Seng Ming
Wealthy Family's Shocking Dream豪門驚夢Chiao Cheng-tien
2005Purple Jade, Golden Clay紫玉金砂Pan Tianci
2007Niu Lang and Zhi Nu牛郎織女Jade Emperor
2009Dragon-Phoenix Luck龍鳳呈祥Long Jiandong
2014Moment in Peking新京華煙雲Yao Siyuan
2017The Glory of Tang Dynasty大唐榮耀Emperor Xuanzong
Cambrian Period 寒武紀 Zhan Shili
Dear My Friends 親愛的她們 Song Shuhao
2018 Flesh And Spirit 靈與肉 Xu ingyou
Twenties Once Again 重返20歲 Xiang Dahai
2020 New World 新世界 Shen Shichang

Awards and honors

Year Awards Category Work
1976 22nd Asia Pacific Film Festival Most Popular Actor
1978 15th Golden Horse Awards Best Leading Actor He Never Gives Up
1979 25th Asia Pacific Film Festival Best Actor For Tragic Films

References

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  3. 1 2 林, 黛嫚 (2009-02-08). "話說電影人》李行和他的男演員們(下)". 聯合報.
  4. NOWnews今日新聞 (2021-02-02). "情纏秦漢20年後閃嫁富商 林青霞認了孤獨「渴望有個家」 | 娛樂". NOWnews今日新聞 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-05-19.

Further reading

  • Daw-Ming Lee. "Chin, Han". Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema. (2013) ISBN 978-0-8108-6792-5. pp. 118–120.
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