Lo Wei

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

1.1011

Gender

Male

Birthday

12-Dec-1918

Age

(108 years old)

Place of Birth

Jiangsu, China

Also Known As
  • Luo Wei
  • Law Wai
  • Lo Wai
  • Loh Wei
  • William Lowe
  • 羅維
  • Wai Lo
  • Wei Luo
  • Lo Wei
  • 罗维

Lo Wei

Biography

Lo Wei (Chinese: 羅維, sometimes spelled Lo Wai, 12 December 1918 – 20 January 1996) was a Hong Kong film director and film actor best known for launching the martial arts film careers of both Bruce Lee, in The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, and Jackie Chan, in New Fist of Fury.


Credits

龍虎智多星 龍虎智多星 (1988) Character: George's father at fashion show
Chu Yu (Eric Tsang) is a homicide detective who accidently stabs his girlfriend while wrestling with a murderer. The killer returns later and squeezes her wound until it ruptures, causing her death. But the wily Chu Yu photographs his girlfriend's corpse in a wedding dress, tricking the killer into believing she is not dead and causing him to return for a second try. When he does, Chu Yu is waiting, having rigged the corpse like a marionette and causing it to shoot its own murderer. Co-starring Danny Lee, as Officer Li Ta Hsiu, and Dick Wei in this decidedly offbeat attempt at gallows humor which works extremely well under the direction of action specialist Frankie Chan.
桃花江 桃花江 (1956) Character: N/A
Li Ming is collecting folk songs on the banks of the Taohua River and is deeply attracted by the voice of Jin Li Rong, a village girl nicknamed "Wild Cat". After the outbreak of war, Rong fled to Hong Kong, and was brought on stage by Ming to sing, a surprise.
小鳳仙續集 小鳳仙續集 (1955) Character: N/A
Lady Balsam's Conquest. A sequel of General Chai and Lady Balsam.
茶花女 茶花女 (1955) Character: N/A
A Mandarin adaption of Camille directed by Chang Shan-Kun and Evan Yang.
雪裡紅 雪裡紅 (1956) Character: Jin Hu
A behind the scenes story of a small time folk opera troupe and other performers in Northern China in the 1930s.
深宮怨 深宮怨 (1964) Character: Dorgan
Hong Kong drama directed by Wong Tin-Lam.
滿園春色 滿園春色 (1952) Character: N/A
This is a 1952 Hong Kong drama film directed by Bu Wancang, Kuang-Chi Tu, Wang Yin and Shankun Zhang. It stars Chou Man-Hua and Li Li-Hua.
水仙 水仙 (1956) Character: N/A
A Shaw and Sons production
春光無限好 春光無限好 (1957) Character: Feng JIn Cai
A Shaw Brothers production
荷花 荷花 (1963) Character: Chin San-Pao
Chou Tsai-ken, a young carpenter, falls in love with a country girl, Little Lotus Chin Ho-hua. Although he has her father's consent to marry her, he lacks means to support a wife. One day, Little Lotus' beauty catches the eye of Shen Tzu-Kuei, only son of the Governor and a good-for-nothing young man keen on sensual pleasures.
催命符 催命符 (1967) Character: Gin Te Biu
A suave swinger and a cool chick have one half of a treasure map, the bad guys have the other half. Who will get the goods?
鬼流星 鬼流星 (1971) Character: Big Boss
There was a civil strife in the court. In order to protect the king, some loyal ministers and the king hid in an old house. This old house was known as a haunted house; whoever lived in the house shall die for sure. Mr. and Mrs. Tse went to the haunted house but died in it. Their son Tse Tin Jun wanted to find out the truth of his parents’ death, so he went to the house. At the mean time, another minister knew the king's hiding in the house. He sent out a military force to kill the king. Actually Mr. and Mrs. Tse pretended to die to deceive the public. Tin Jun stood with his parents and the loyal ministers to fight against the rebels. After the blood battle, they eventually annihilated the rebels...
綽頭狀元 綽頭狀元 (1974) Character: Nancy's godfather
Wu Te-chuan is a young man trying to make a living in an easy way. But now he is penniless and will being thrown out of his Macau hotel. Kind- hearted hotel maid Hsiao Yen is the only one to help him in the world. One day, Wu plays a trick on the hotel owner. The scheme backfires and Wu has to flee to Hong Kong. Wu saves desperate painter Hsin. He convinces Hsin that his painting will sell if he is dead. After Hsin pretend to be dead, his paintings really can be sold well, but backfires finally. Then, Wu and Hsin team up and engage themselves full time in con games, gambling and sex inclusive. Finally, Wu is being chased by the ring enforcers but is saved. Finding himself in love with Hsiao Yen, Wu decides to turn a new leaf and live properly ever after.
铁观音勇破爆炸党 铁观音勇破爆炸党 (1968) Character: Doctor
Lily Ho, a secret agent out to thwart the sale of a powerful explosive to the wrong people. It’s a female, Chinese James bond.
Jurang Bahaya Jurang Bahaya (1968) Character: Mr. King
Jurang Bahaya film is a Malay film which was published in Malaysia in 1968. Jurang Bahaya issued in the form of black and white film without color .Jurang Bahaya film directed by director Low Wai in 1968 .
生死關頭 生死關頭 (1964) Character: N/A
The Crisis is a Hong Kong Action movie starring Sammo Hung in a child role
手鎗 手鎗 (1961) Character: Dai Heng
Long unemployed and stone-broke, Shen Jiaguang is dealt a further blow when his wife Lu Xiaoyin has fallen seriously ill and their son Xiaoguang has to quit school.
黑蝴蝶 黑蝴蝶 (1960) Character: Liang Futing
Lau Leung-wah plays the titled character, a Chinese Robin Hood who robs the rich to help the poor. She is an early Republican Era Mulan, who switches effortlessly between charming gentility and agile ferocity, and Lau personifies her character's duality with a balance of grace and vigour. Chang Cheh, on the verge of fostering seismic changes in cinema with his martial-arts machismo, pens a script that captures the spirit of changing Chinese womanhood, underscored by a conflict between Black Butterfly and her father, a veteran detective.
兒女英雄傳 兒女英雄傳 (1959) Character: N/A
A Shaw Brothers film from 1959
窈窕淑女 窈窕淑女 (1957) Character: Xue Yi Sheng
A Shaw and Sons production.
早生貴子 早生貴子 (1962) Character: Luo Guang-Zhong
A HK comedy film starring Jeanette Lin Tsui and Hung Yeung.
神行太保 神行太保 (1989) Character: N/A
News Attack is a 1989 Hong Kong action thriller drama film co-written and directed by Samson Chiu and starring Andy Lau, Michael Miu and Wilson Lam.
脂粉間諜網 脂粉間諜網 (1960) Character: N/A
Spy films had always been popular in Chinese-language cinema, with stories set mostly in WWII or the warlord era. The Tender Trap of Espionage, made two years before Dr. No (1962) which kickstarted the Bond film craze, is a story of intrigue between spies and counterspies within the Japanese Occupation force. The film was shot in Taiwan, offering unique visages, with cat-and-mouse mind games set in motion against trust, betrayal and seduction. Based on the British film The Two-Headed Spy (1958), future action maestro Chang Cheh wrote the script while husband-and-wife team Lo Wei and Lau Leung-wah star together as agents, with Lo doubling as director.
追 追 (1956) Character: Yu Pu Yuan
Private Investigator, Wu Feng, is tasked in tracking down his wife, Zhang Xiu Juan, and collecting evidence of her infidelity. He plans to blackmail her into divorcing him while also getting a share of her inheritance from her father.
Maria Yi: My Recollection Maria Yi: My Recollection (1979) Character: Self
Documentary about Maria Yi recalling her film work in the 1970s, particularly with Bruce Lee.
紅塵 紅塵 (1956) Character: N/A
Rich girl, Wu Qiu, is jealous of the relationship between journalist, Xu Shao Tang and singer, Chen Feng Juan. Wu Qiu hatches a plan to separate the couple with disastrous results.
龍翔鳳舞 龍翔鳳舞 (1959) Character: Sun Ping
Musician Sun Ping is estranged from his wife. Second daughter Yinzheng lives with Sun while eldest daughter Jinliu follows her mother. By coincidence, the sisters both enter the 'Calendar Girl' pageant but Jinliu deliberately lets her sister win the contest. Later, the sisters and Liu Bucheng perform in Sun's musical show. Though the show is a success, Yinzheng decides to quit in order to get married. Not wishing to disappoint their father, Jinliu devises a plan to make Yinzheng stay on, but the plan misfires. Yinzheng leaves angrily. She is at last brought back to the show due to Liu's mediation. The elders also reconcile as the sisters perform together on stage.
歌女紅菱艷 歌女紅菱艷 (1953) Character: N/A
A Songstress Called Hong Lingyan (歌女紅菱艷) aka Tears of Songstress is a 1953 Hong Kong musical drama film directed by Tu Kuang-Chi. The film was a co-production by Shaws Film Company and Far East Motion Picture Company, and is based on the screenplay by Pan Liu-Dai.
Jin Xuan Feng Jin Xuan Feng (1972) Character: Minister Chia Chi Tao
An action film directed by Wei Lo.
孽 海 情 天 孽 海 情 天 (1953) Character: Song Siqing
This is a historical drama that was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio.
陷阱邊沿 陷阱邊沿 (1988) Character: Uncle Chat
A Hong Kong cop's first undercover assignment sends him on a psychological downward spiral, unable to separate his two identities after unearthing a connection between his supervisor and the crime syndicate he's investigating.
怒海情仇 怒海情仇 (1965) Character: Qi Ding
The son of the town bully lusts after a local beauty in this action-filled thriller of the passions and violence to be found in a fishing village.
鱷魚河 鱷魚河 (1965) Character: Peng Hu
Crocodile River features Romeo And Juliet-flavored story. Families are against each other. Yodi is the Romeo and Lee Ting is his Juliet. The two students love each other from across a river that is filled with crocodiles.
アンコールワット物語 美しき哀愁 アンコールワット物語 美しき哀愁 (1958) Character: King of Cambodia
A Japanese artist (Ikebe), who had won the favor of the Cambodian royal family when he rescued their daughter during World War II, returns and falls for the now-grown princess, though neither realizes the other's identity.
虎膽 虎膽 (1969) Character: Shangguan Hou
After the Ming Emperor is overthrown and his infant son put in the care of the Black Dragon Society, a traitorous martial arts clan attacks the society and forces two inexperienced swordsmen to flee with the infant and begin a dangerous journey in search of allies.
殺人的情書 殺人的情書 (1959) Character: Liu Zong-Ming
Early Shaw Brothers crime film
金粉神仙手 金粉神仙手 (1975) Character: N/A
romantic comedy
苦兒流浪記 苦兒流浪記 (1960) Character: Birth father
Melodramatic film about a child prodigy.
諜海四壯士 諜海四壯士 (1963) Character: Nie Yuting
During the Japanese invasion of China, medical students Sun Yang (Chang Yang) and Xu Ruomei (Bai Luming) pretend to be a doctor and his wife to engage in intelligence work behind enemy lines.
寶蓮燈 寶蓮燈 (1964) Character: Prime Minister
Adapted from one of China's most well-known fairy tales, the Goddess of Mount Hua falls in love with a young mortal scholar Liu Yanchang and gives birth to a baby son, Chenxiang. When Chenxiang grows up, he seeks to unravel the mystery surrounding his mother whom he has never met.
紅樓魔影 紅樓魔影 (1960) Character: Secretary Wang
Hong Kong crime drama thriller film.
金石情 金石情 (1968) Character: Liu Yi-Ren
In 1966, like in The Love Eterne, Ling Bo took up the male lead in Forever and Ever, despite Shaw Brothers' earlier plan of having her as the female lead. Facing opposition from fans, they finally arranged for her to star as a male student named Xiaowen. Wicked rich man Liu, portrayed by Lo Wei, the director of this film, wants Xiaowen to marry his daughter (Lin Yu) who is suffering from leprosy, thinking that marriage will take away her disease. Although Xiaowen discovers Liu's plan, he is still in love with her and hopes that a miracle will cure her disease...
女俠黑蝴蝶 女俠黑蝴蝶 (1968) Character: Chief Gai Tian Lui
Black Butterfly, steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Trouble starts when a bandit gang, who the Black Butterfly has robbed, come to town looking for them. Eventually, the Black Butterfly and their new allies, will have to confront the bandit gang at their fortress.
鬼太監 鬼太監 (1971) Character: King
This rare release is set in the cloistered halls of the imperial palace, the home to many ghostly stories of wrongful deaths and lonely spirits, amidst the quiet shuffles of the eunuchs. Pai Ying stars as the titular eunuch, a powerhungry official who is willing to go to any extent to achieve his nefarious goals.
龍門金劍 龍門金劍 (1969) Character: Eight Arm Dragon Bai Chun-Tung
Bai Yu Lung's father mysteriously disappears one night, and for 10 years Bai searches for him in vain. Finally, he decides to head to the far northern part of the country with the hope that he can find a clue in that region. There, he falls in love with a beggar (Cheng Pei-pei) and they continue the search together.
Li Xiao Long di Sheng yu si Li Xiao Long di Sheng yu si (1973) Character: Self
This documentary tells the story of Bruce Lee and his unsuccessful efforts to start a acting career in the U.S., he returned to Hong Kong where he became an international star, and his death at age 32.
影子神鞭 影子神鞭 (1971) Character: Chief Yang of Xuan Wu Security
This top ten box office hit reunites the star duo from Come Drink With Me in another classic action adventure. Cheng Pei-pei radiates her trademark charm while wielding the deadly title weapon, which is implicated in multiple murders and a major heist. Whether single-handedly fighting sixteen bandits or avenging her father's brutal death, she demonstrates why she was Hong Kong's number one swordswoman and no slouch with the whip either!
冰天俠女 冰天俠女 (1971) Character: Master Shen
Sworn-brothers expert martial artists are the targets of a mysterious killer, which seems to bear a grudge against them for what happened several years ago.
武則天 武則天 (1963) Character: Minister Pei Yan
The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history.
七七敢死隊 七七敢死隊 (1965) Character: Sato
Spy thriller set in occupied Shanghai. Li Lihua stars as the woman who is thrust into the role of nationalist freedom fighter when she discovers that her husband is a collaborator with the Japanese.
金菩薩 金菩薩 (1966) Character: Chan Chung Tai
Paul (Zhang Chong) is a businessman who gets caught up in an international espionage plot when he accidentally switches briefcases with a friend aboard a Singapore-bound plane. The friend turns up dead, and Paul discovers a small Golden Buddha inside the briefcase that contains a set of instructions. The instructions are only one of three parts, the other two being held in similar Golden Buddhas by Lo Wei (doing double duty as actor and director) and Lin Cui. When combined, the three Buddhas will lead the bearers to a buried treasure. But the nefarious Skeleton Gang is after the Buddhas, along with a buxom femme fatale (Fannie Fan) who isn't above showing a little skin to get her way. Luckily, Paul knows kung-fu, so the bad guys had better watch out!
慾海情魔 慾海情魔 (1967) Character: Wang Xue Bin
Before director Lo Wei helped to discover Bruce Lee and the king of kung-fu comedy Jackie Chan, in Madam Slender Plum, Lo perpetuates the career of yet another Shaw's non-action, femme fatale starlet; the sleek and sexy, puppy-eyed Eurasian Jenny Hu. It's a melodrama with a touch of murder-mystery in the vein of an old Alfred Hitchcock movie where Diana Chang plays the mother with Jenny playing her oldest daughter.
Hai yuan chi hao Hai yuan chi hao (1973) Character: Noodle shop boss
When a sailor accidentally kills a Japanese man in a bar room brawl, he tries to escape the law by hiding himself in a freighter heading for Japan only to find himself in the middle of a massive drug war.
鐵觀音 鐵觀音 (1967) Character: Chief Inspector
A father whose daughter is killed by the Dark Angel's Gang, goes in search of justice.
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989) Character: Big Boss
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found. With no further instructions, he decides to take in the sights of Hong Kong, which consist of him taking part in a great deal of blood, sex and general weirdness, all while wearing a briefcase handcuffed to his arm.
新精武門 新精武門 (1976) Character: Inspector
A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with their grandfather who runs a Kung-Fu school there. However, the master of a Japanese Kung- Fu school in Taiwan has plans to bringing all other schools on the island under his domination, and part of his plan involves the murder of the grandfather.
貂蟬 貂蟬 (1958) Character: Prime Minister Dong Zhuo
Based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Diau Charn is a sublime retelling of a familiar tale with iconic actress Linda Lin Dai (Lam Doi) in the titular role of Diau Charn, one of the four storied beauties of ancient China.
精武門 精武門 (1972) Character: Inspector Lo
During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, Chen Zhen, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his fighting school.
斷魂谷 斷魂谷 (1968) Character: Master Chiu
A hired assassin unknowingly makes friends with the man he's been sent to murder.
毒龍潭 毒龍潭 (1969) Character: Master Fan Chung Yu
After being implicated in the theft of the Jade Dragon Sword, Fan Ying (Cheng Pei-pei) is banished to the Dragon Swamp for 20 years. Now, 20 years later, the sword has been stolen again, and the members of Lingshan Clan are sent out to find the culprit. Among those is Qing-Erh (Cheng Pei-pei again), who meets a wandering swordsman (Yueh Hua) searching for the long lost Fan Ying. Together they decide to enlist the help of the Dragon Swamp Master in their respective searches.
清宫秘史 清宫秘史 (1948) Character: Yuan Shikai
The film focused on a conflict between Empress Dowager Cixi, her son Guangxi (the nominal emperor) and his wife, Zhenfei.
冷面虎 冷面虎 (1973) Character: Miyamoto
A young man suspects his father's suicide was actually a murder committed by gangsters. Using his expertise in martial arts, he gets himself hired by the gangsters who he suspects are responsible for his father's death.
铁娃 铁娃 (1973) Character: Commissioner Wu
Story is about how a revolutionist, played by Cheng Pei Pei, taking on the identity of a Captain's (Ou Wei) long lost sister who is actually dead. Cheng manages to fool the Captain for a while, but little by little, the Captain catches on to her and the revolutionist's plan to stop Chinese-Japanese relations.
江湖最後一個大佬 江湖最後一個大佬 (1990) Character: Jason's Boss
An aging crime boss discovers his rebellious daughter is dating a punk. His former gang members try to bring her back using tricks and force, only to find out the punk is tied to the drug business in America, and is not to be messed with.



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