Lo Wei

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Lo Wei ( Chinese  羅維  /  罗維 , Pinyin Luó wéi , Jyutping Lo 4 Wai 4 , born December 12, 1918 in Jiangsu , China , † January 20, 1996 in Hong Kong ) was a Chinese director for Kung Fu and martial arts Arts films. His most famous films were those with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan . In addition to director and producer , Lo Wei also worked as an actor.

Life

Before Lo Wei started his career as a director, he worked in many films as an actor in the 1950s. Wei also appeared as an actor during his time as a director. After his last film as a director, Wei appeared in a few films as an actor. Most recently in 1990.

At the beginning of his directing career in the 1960s, Wei made films for the Shaw Brothers before moving to Golden Harvest in 1971 with the film The Death Fist of Cheng Li . The film was a great success and helped Bruce Lee achieve his breakthrough, but Lo Wei himself became better known through the film. A year later, Lo Wei directed Death Greetings from Shanghai . The film was his second collaboration with Bruce Lee. This film was also very successful. However, due to disputes between Wei and Lee, there was no third collaboration between the two.

After greetings from Shanghai , Wei directed the film The Boss of San Francisco with Chuck Norris in the lead role and several kung fu films before the first collaboration with Jackie Chan with Wooden Man . The film, which was one of Chan's first starring roles, was one of the Bruceploitation films . Wei wanted to make Chan the new Bruce Lee in this way, which did not change in his other films. After Wooden Man , Wei worked exclusively with Chan. He shot with him, among other things, New Fist of Fury (also known as master of all grades 3 and two fists stronger than Bruce Lee ), a kind of sequel to death greetings from Shanghai . Wei's last film was Superfighter 2 in 1983, also with Jackie Chan.

Wei has also served as producer and screenwriter on some of his films . He also appeared occasionally in small roles in his films. Wei also founded and ran the Lo Wei Motion Picture Company .

Wei was said to have had a connection with the Triads .

Lo Wei died of heart failure in Hong Kong on December 12, 1996, at the age of 77 .

Filmography

  • 1960: The Tender Trap of Espionage
  • 1961: Song Without Words
  • 1964: The Magic Lamp
  • 1964: The Better Halves
  • 1964: An Affair to Remember
  • 1965: Crocodile River
  • 1965: Call of the Sea
  • 1966: The Golden Buddha
  • 1967: Madame Slender Plum
  • 1967: Angel with the Iron Fists
  • 1967: Summons to Death
  • 1968: Death Valley
  • 1968: The Black Butterfly
  • 1968: The Angel Strikes Again
  • 1968: Forever and Ever
  • 1969: Raw Courage
  • 1969: Dragon Swamp
  • 1969: The Golden Sword
  • 1970: Brothers Five
  • 1971: Bruce Lee - The Death Fist of Cheng Li (Tang shan da xion)
  • 1971: In the Shadow of the Deadly Whip (Ying zi shen bian)
  • 1971: The Invincible Eight
  • 1971: Vengeance of a Snow Girl
  • 1971: The Comet Strikes
  • 1972: Bruce Lee - Death greetings from Shanghai (Jing wu men)
  • 1973: The Boss of San Francisco (Huang mian lao hu)
  • 1973: The Fighter - Escape into Chaos (Hai yuan qi hao)
  • 1973: None but the Brave
  • 1973: Back Alley Princess
  • 1973: A Man Called Tiger
  • 1973: The Tattoed Dragon
  • 1974: Naughty! Naughty!
  • 1974: Chinatown Capers
  • 1975: The Bedevilled
  • 1976: Wooden Man
  • 1976: Two fists stronger than Bruce Lee (San cheng miu moon)
  • 1976: Tiger of the Death Arena (Feng yu shuang liu xing)
  • 1977: Jackie Chan - The Challenger (Jian hua yan yu jiang nan)
  • 1977: The Kung Fu Kid
  • 1978: Master of all grades 2 (Quan jing)
  • 1978: The invincible of the Shaolin (She hao ba bu)
  • 1979: Dragon Hero (Long quan)
  • 1980: The Invincible Fighter
  • 1983: Superfighter 2 (Long ten hu yue)

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Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Lo is the family name here, Wei is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Lo, Wei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luo, Wei (pinyin); Lo, Wai (Jyutping); 羅維 (Chinese - traditional character); 罗維 (Chinese - abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese director
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Jiangsu , China
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1996
Place of death Hong Kong , China