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Barry Chan name change

PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:13 am
by Michael Kistner
http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng

His main english name should be changed. I had always wondered about the Barry Chan name, that name rarely appears in credits/promotion material:

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

Main name should be Wei Tsu-Yun or Wei Tzu-Yun or Wei Tze-Yun or Wei Zi-Yun. In his Shaw Brothers days he was listed with another name, but the Wei name appears in his many Taiwan movies, only a few examples:

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng


Now the only question is which version of his Wei name we should use. 8)

Re: Barry Chan name change

PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:13 pm
by bkasten
I have reviewed the Chinese language sources and a few do indeed list his "English Name" as Barry Chan.

Since we have enough aliases to cover all of these, I guess I see changing this as somewhat arbitrary. However, I am ok with changing it to the most commonly credited.

We certainly had his date of birth wrong. I have corrected that.

Barry is an interesting guy. :-)

Re: Barry Chan name change

PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:40 pm
by Michael Kistner
Then I'll change soon the name to Wei Tzu-Yun if no one is against it.

Re: Barry Chan name change

PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2020 1:16 pm
by Michael Kistner
Changed.