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  "description": "Chan Shen (Chinese: 詹森, 11 March 1940 - 26 April 1984) was a Taiwanese-born Hong Kong film actor. He is best known for his roles as gangsters or villains in Hong Kong action cinema in the 1970s.\n\nAlready an established film actor in Taiwan, he entered the Hong Kong film industry in 1971. He was a particularly prolific actor and would often appear in as many as ten films a year. In his fourteen-year film career in Hong Kong, he appeared in 160 action films.\n\nMuch of his career was spent at Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers Studio. He died because of a brain hemorrhage 26th of April 1984.",
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  "deathDate": "1984-04-26",
  "birthPlace": "Taiwan",
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    "Chan Cheng",
    "Chan Sheng",
    "Chan Yi-Cheng",
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    "Jim Yau",
    "Zhan Sen"
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