Lo Wei

Lo Wei
Lo Wei
Born	12 December 1918 ; Jiangsu Province, China
Died	20 January 1996 (aged 77); British Hong Kong
Other names	Law Wai, Lo Wai, Loh Wei, Luo Wei, William Lowe
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active	1929–1993
Awards	Golden Horse Awards – Lifetime Achievement Award; 1997; ;
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	羅維
Simplified Chinese	罗維
Transcriptions
Transcriptions

Lo Wei (^[2] 12 December 1918 – 20 January 1996) was a Hong Kong film director and actor best known for launching the martial arts film careers of both Bruce Lee, in The Big Boss^[3] and Fist of Fury,^[4] and Jackie Chan, in New Fist of Fury.^[3]

Career

Lo began his entertainment career as an actor in the Second World War. He moved to Hong Kong in 1948. During the 1950s, Lo became a popular matinee idol.^[5]

After Lee's death it was Lo who gave Jackie Chan his first shot at the big time as part of the wave of Bruceploitation. Lo is said to have been linked with Chinese organized crime, the Triads.^[6]^[7]

Lo ran the production company "Lo Wei Motion Picture Company", which operated until 1977–78 due to heavy cost-cutting measures as a result of Jackie Chan signing a deal with Golden Harvest.

Lo is credited with over 135 films as an actor, over 60 films as a director, over 30 films as a writer, and over 45 films as a producer.^[8]

Personal life

Lo died of heart failure in Hong Kong on 20 January 1996.

Filmography

Films

This is a partial list of films.

Chun lei (1949)
Chun cheng hua luo (1949)
Da liang shan en chou ji (1949)
Hai shi (1949) – Ku San
Wang Kui yu Gui Ying (1952) – Wang Kuei
Wu shan meng (1953) – Mingde
Nie hai qing tian (1953) – Song Siqing
Ge nu Gong Lingyan (1953)
Ming nu ren bie zhuan (1953)
Xiao feng xian (1953)
Dang fu qing chi (1953) – Wen Lung
Yuan yang jie (1953)
Mei gui mei gui wo ai ni (1954)
Bi xue huang hua (1954)
Yang e (1955)
Xiao bai cai (1955)
Xiao feng xian xu ji (1955)
Jin sang zi (1955)
Cha hua nu (1955)
Ying du yan ji (1955)
Ju zi gu niang (1955)
Tao hua jiang (1956) – Li Ming
Hong chen (1956) – Hong Dalong
Xue li hong (1956)
Lian zhi huo (1956)
Jing hun ji (1956) – Ma Churen
Mang lian (1956) – Lung Meng-tang
Shui xian (1956) – Kuang Yung-Li
Wo xin chang dan (1956)
Hu die fu ren (1956) – Wu Chiao
Xian mu dan (1956)
Duo qing he (1957) – Ah-Ching
Jiu se cai qi (1957)
Ai yu zui (1957) – Zhang Long
Chun guang wu xian hao (1957)
Ankoru watto monogatari utsukushiki aishu (1957) – King of Cambodia
Diao Chan (1958) – Tung Chuo
Xiao qing ren (1958)
Shan hu (1958) – Chang Da Shun
Hai wang zi (1958)
Xiang ru fei fei (1958)
Jin feng huang (1958)
Long xiang feng wu (1959)
Man tang hong (1959)
Sha ren de qing shu (1959)
Gui wu ge sheng (1959) – Kuan Li-Chi
Jia you xi shi (1959) – Feng Gengtang
Tao wang 48 xiao shi (1959)
Ye hua xiang (1959) – Shang Ching Cheng
Er nu ying xiong chuan (1959)
Kuer liulang ji (1960)
Gong lou dian ying (1960)
Tao hua lei (1960) – Hua Mingchun
Zhi fen jian die wang (1960)
Hei hu die (1960)
Mi yue feng bo (1960) – Chang Ying-Wei
Ti yu huang hou (1961) – Guo Sue's Father
Yuan nu Meng Li Si (1961)
Wu yu wen can tian (1961) – Ho Ji-Ching
Zei mei ren (1961)
Shou qiang (1961)
Zao sheng gui zi (1962)
Yi duan qing (1962)
Jin jian meng (1963)
Wu Ze Tian (1963)
He hua (1963)
Die hai si zhuang shi (1963)
Bao lian deng (1964) – Prime Minister Qin
Luan feng he ming (1964) – Juying's Father
Shen gong yuan (1964) – Dorgan
Sheng si guan tou (1964)
E yu he (1965)
Nu hai qing chou (1965) – Master Ting
Qi qi gan si dui (1965)
Jin pu sa (1966)
1967 Angel With The Iron Fists – Chief Inspector. Also as director.^[9]^[10]
1967 Madame Slender Plum – Wang Xue Bin. Also as Director.^[11]
1967 Summons to Death – Gin Te-Biu. Also as screenwriter and director.
1967 Cui ming fu
Jin shi qing (1968) – Liu Yi-Jen
Nu xia hei hu die (1968) – Chief Gai Tian Lui
Tie guan yin yong po bao zha dang (1968) – Professor Hsiung
Duan hun gu (1968) – Chao Yun Yang
Jurang bahaya (1968) – Mr. King
Bayangan ajal (1968) – Mr. King
Du long tan (1969)
Hu dan (1969)
Long men jin jian (1969) – Pai Chen-Tung
Brothers Five (1970, Director)
Gui tai jian (1971) – The King
Ying zi shen bian (1971) – Chief Yang
Gui liu xing (1971)
The Big Boss (1971, Director)
Vengeance of a Snow Girl [fr] (1971, Director) – Shen Dun
Jin Xuan Feng (1972)
Fist of Fury (1972) – Inspector
The Black Tavern (1972)
A Man Called Tiger (1973, Director) Also as Nakatami / Moriyuki.^[12]
Ma lu xiao ying xiong (1973) – Tram passenger victim
Hai yuan chi hao (1973) – Noodle shop boss
Kung Fu Girl (1973, Director) – Commissioner Wu
Yellow Faced Tiger (1974, Director)
Naughty, Naughty (1974, Director)
Chuo tou zhuang yuan (1974)
Jin fen shen xian shou (1975)
Shaolin Wooden Men (1976, Director, producer)
New Fist of Fury (1976) – Inspector (cameo). Also as Director, screenwriter, and producer.
The Killer Meteors (1976, Director)
Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin (1977, Producer)
To Kill with Intrigue (1977, Director)
Spiritual Kung Fu (1978, Director)
Dragon Fist (1979, Director)
Fearless Hyena Part II (1983, Writer)
Long hu zhi duo xing (1988)
Haam ging bin yuen (1988)
Shen xing tai bao (1989)
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989) – The Boss
Gong woo jui hau yat goh dai lo (1990) – (final film role)

References

^ "Lo Wei". Hong Kong Movie DataBase.
^ Avenue of Stars Archived 5 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Sandra Brennan (2009). "Lo Wei". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009.
^ Weiler, A. H. (8 November 1972). "The Chinese Connection (1972) The Screen: A Chinese 'Fist of Fury':Stark Tale of Revenge Opens at Pagoda Shanghai Is Setting for Kung-Fu Combats". The New York Times.
^ "Wei Lo | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos".
^ AllMovie
^ Chan, Jackie, and Jeff Yang. I Am Jackie Chan. New York: Ballantine, 1998. Print.
^ "Lo Wei". hkmdb.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ McClennan, Jim (3 July 2017). "Angel With the Iron Fists". girlswithguns.org. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ "Angel With The Iron Fists". grindhouaedatabase.com. 1967. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ "Madam Slender Plum". telescopefilm.com. 1967. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "A Man Called Tiger". hkmdb.com. 1 February 1973. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

External links

[1] "Lo Wei". Hong Kong Movie DataBase.

[2] Avenue of Stars Archived 5 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[NYT-3] Sandra Brennan (2009). "Lo Wei". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009.

[4] Weiler, A. H. (8 November 1972). "The Chinese Connection (1972) The Screen: A Chinese 'Fist of Fury':Stark Tale of Revenge Opens at Pagoda Shanghai Is Setting for Kung-Fu Combats". The New York Times.

[5] "Wei Lo | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos".

[6] AllMovie

[7] Chan, Jackie, and Jeff Yang. I Am Jackie Chan. New York: Ballantine, 1998. Print.

[8] "Lo Wei". hkmdb.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[9] McClennan, Jim (3 July 2017). "Angel With the Iron Fists". girlswithguns.org. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[10] "Angel With The Iron Fists". grindhouaedatabase.com. 1967. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[11] "Madam Slender Plum". telescopefilm.com. 1967. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[12] "A Man Called Tiger". hkmdb.com. 1 February 1973. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

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