文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

陳焯生

大字係領域(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

Chan Cheuk Sang

1922年–2017年

領域:藝術家

繁體中文

陳焯生(1922–2017)生於廣東新會,八歲隨家人移居香港。1941年香港淪陷後,他曾到越南教小學。1947年他返回香港,在兄長介紹下進入新世界戲院工作,並隨院主張民權參與攝製影片。其後他在灣仔天樂里經營大聯冰室,這成為他電影公司日後的名字與財政基礎。1950年他成立毅成影業公司,承包拍攝由院線出資的粵語片《從心所欲》(1952)、《飛來艷福》(1952)。其後他又成立大聯影業公司攝製電影,出品《花月爭輝》(1952)、《花月又重圓》(1952)、《萬里行屍》(1954)、《無頭東宮生太子》(上、下集,1957)等粵語片。1959年陳焯生開始擔任導演,首作為《紅孩兒水晶宮救母》,之後又拍姊妹作《鐵扇公主神火破天門》。大聯的出品以大鑼大鼓的粵劇戲曲片為主,他執導影片中最有名的是由司徒安編劇、新馬師曾主演的一系列小市民喜劇《撲水世界》(1963)、《通天師父》(1964)、《矇查查搵食》(1967)、《得咗》(1969)等。他又曾與楊工良聯合執導由于素秋主演、展示大量北派功架的《鍾無艷掛帥征西》(1962)。妻子黃美儀是多部大聯出品電影的製片與監製,與他並肩經營電影事業。1971年粵語片完全停產前,最後公映的一部粵語片《獅王之王》亦為大聯出品。除攝製影片外,他也經營粵語片的二輪發行生意。陳焯生畢生製作及發行二百多部電影,1974年結束香港所有生意,舉家移民美國,轉行任針灸師。2017年9月15日逝世。

English

Chan Cheuk-sang was born in Xinhui, Guangdong, in 1922 and moved to Hong Kong with his family at eight. After the fall of Hong Kong in 1941 he taught primary school in Vietnam, returning in 1947; through his elder brother he found work at the New World Theatre and began helping the cinema's proprietor Cheung Man-kuen make films. He then ran a café in Tin Lok Lane, Wan Chai, whose name, Tai Luen, became that of his film company and the basis of its finances. In 1950 he founded Ngai Shing Film Company, contracting to produce Cantonese pictures financed by cinema chains, and later set up Tai Luen Film Company, whose output included a run of Cantonese features in the 1950s. He began directing in 1959, and Tai Luen specialised in big-gong-and-drum Cantonese opera films; his best-known works were a series of ordinary-folk comedies written by Szeto On and starring Sun Ma Sze-tsang, made between 1963 and 1969. He also co-directed a Yu So-chau vehicle showcasing northern-style martial arts in 1962. His wife Wong Mei-yee produced and supervised many Tai Luen pictures, working alongside him. When Cantonese production finally halted in 1971, the last film released was a Tai Luen production. Besides making films he ran a second-run distribution business for Cantonese pictures, and over his lifetime produced and distributed more than two hundred films. In 1974 he wound up his Hong Kong interests, emigrated with his family to the United States and became an acupuncturist. He died on 15 September 2017.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

製片、監製、導演

年期Active period

1922年–2017年

代表作Notable works

《從心所欲》《花月爭輝》《萬里行屍》《無頭東宮生太子》《撲水世界》《得咗》

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1950

成立毅成影業公司,承包拍攝由院線出資的粵語片

Founded Ngai Shing Film Company, contracting to produce Cantonese pictures financed by cinema chains

1959

首次擔任導演,執導《紅孩兒水晶宮救母》

Made his directing debut with a Cantonese opera fantasy film

1963

執導新馬師曾主演的《撲水世界》等小市民喜劇系列

Directed the first of a series of ordinary-folk comedies starring Sun Ma Sze-tsang

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

陳焯生以戲院與冰室起家,創辦毅成與大聯影業,製作發行逾二百部粵語片,其大鑼大鼓戲曲片及新馬師曾的小市民喜劇成為1950至60年代粵語片的通俗代表,也是粵語片工業的重要推手。

English

Starting from a cinema and a café, Chan founded Ngai Shing and Tai Luen and produced or distributed more than two hundred Cantonese films; his opera pictures and Sun Ma Sze-tsang comedies typified the popular Cantonese cinema of the 1950s and 60s, and he was a key operator in that industry.

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