Lo Wei
Date of birth: 1918-12-12
Place of birth: 中国, 江苏
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Luo Wei, Law Wai, Lo Wai, Loh Wei, William Lowe, 羅維, Wai Lo, Wei Luo, Lo Wei, 罗维
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.
Movie Credits
Calendar Girl
1959-03-04
Musician Sun Ping is estranged from his wife. Second daughter Yinzheng lives with Sun while eldest d
Naughty! Naughty!
1974-07-18
Wu Te-chuan is a young man trying to make a living in an easy way. But now he is penniless and will
The Girl with the Dexterous Touch
1975-07-30
romantic comedy
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
1973-10-14
This documentary tells the story of Bruce Lee and his unsuccessful efforts to start a acting career
Dragon Swamp
1969-03-27
After being implicated in the theft of the Jade Dragon Sword, Fan Ying (Cheng Pei-pei) is banished t
Lady Balsam's Conquest
1955-04-01
Lady Balsam's Conquest. A sequel of General Chai and Lady Balsam.
Camille
1955-06-03
A Mandarin adaption of Camille directed by Chang Shan-Kun and Evan Yang.
Death Valley
1968-10-11
A hired assassin unknowingly makes friends with the man he's been sent to murder.
The Golden Sword
1969-10-15
Bai Yu Lung's father mysteriously disappears one night, and for 10 years Bai searches for him in vai
A Man Called Tiger
1973-02-01
A young man suspects his father's suicide was actually a murder committed by gangsters. Using his ex
Sorrowful Glory
1953-01-09
This is a historical drama that was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio.
Black Butterfly
1968-03-06
Black Butterfly, steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Trouble starts when a bandit gang, who
A Shadow over the Chateau
1960-03-10
Hong Kong crime drama thriller film.
Raw Courage
1969-08-13
After the Ming Emperor is overthrown and his infant son put in the care of the Black Dragon Society,
Songs of the Peach Blossom River
1956-02-21
Li Ming is collecting folk songs on the banks of the Taohua River and is deeply attracted by the voi
The Little Girl Named Cabbage
1955-02-26
The Pistol
1961-11-01
Long unemployed and stone-broke, Shen Jiaguang is dealt a further blow when his wife Lu Xiaoyin has
Tears of Songstress
1953-01-22
A Songstress Called Hong Lingyan (歌女紅菱艷) aka Tears of Songstress is a 1953 Hong Kong musical drama f
Diau Charn
1958-05-28
Based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Diau Charn is a sublime retelling of a familiar tale with ic
Triad Story
1990-10-11
An aging crime boss discovers his rebellious daughter is dating a punk. His former gang members try
News Attack
1989-05-25
News Attack is a 1989 Hong Kong action thriller drama film co-written and directed by Samson Chiu an
Love Letter Murder
1959-02-26
Early Shaw Brothers crime film
A Mating Story
1957-01-30
A Shaw and Sons production.
A Mellow Spring
1957-08-15
A Shaw Brothers production
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1956-09-07
A Shaw and Sons production
The Error
1956-02-26
Rich girl, Wu Qiu, is jealous of the relationship between journalist, Xu Shao Tang and singer, Chen
The Chase
1956-12-19
Private Investigator, Wu Feng, is tasked in tracking down his wife, Zhang Xiu Juan, and collecting e
The Comet Strikes
1971-08-11
There was a civil strife in the court. In order to protect the king, some loyal ministers and the ki
The Criminal Hunter
1988-05-19
Chu Yu (Eric Tsang) is a homicide detective who accidently stabs his girlfriend while wrestling with
Crusade Against Daddy
1962-02-03
A HK comedy film starring Jeanette Lin Tsui and Hung Yeung.
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
1958-03-25
A Japanese artist (Ikebe), who had won the favor of the Cambodian royal family when he rescued their
The Angel Strikes Again
1968-05-29
Lily Ho, a secret agent out to thwart the sale of a powerful explosive to the wrong people. It’s a f
Crocodile River
1965-06-22
Crocodile River features Romeo And Juliet-flavored story. Families are against each other. Yodi is t
Empress Wu
1963-06-23
The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history
Nobody's Child
1960-02-17
Melodramatic film about a child prodigy.
Vengeance of a Snowgirl
1971-10-29
Sworn-brothers expert martial artists are the targets of a mysterious killer, which seems to bear a
Forever and Ever
1968-01-20
In 1966, like in The Love Eterne, Ling Bo took up the male lead in Forever and Ever, despite Shaw Br
Madam Slender Plum
1967-02-23
Before director Lo Wei helped to discover Bruce Lee and the king of kung-fu comedy Jackie Chan, in M
Summons to Death
1967-11-23
A suave swinger and a cool chick have one half of a treasure map, the bad guys have the other half.
Angel with the Iron Fists
1967-01-11
A father whose daughter is killed by the Dark Angel's Gang, goes in search of justice.
The Golden Buddha
1966-04-27
Paul (Zhang Chong) is a businessman who gets caught up in an international espionage plot when he ac
Squadron 77
1965-12-02
Spy thriller set in occupied Shanghai. Li Lihua stars as the woman who is thrust into the role of na
New Fist of Fury
1976-07-08
A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay wit
Edge of Darkness
1988-11-17
A Hong Kong cop's first undercover assignment sends him on a psychological downward spiral, unable t
Call of the Sea
1965-10-30
The son of the town bully lusts after a local beauty in this action-filled thriller of the passions
Blood in Snow
1956-01-24
A behind the scenes story of a small time folk opera troupe and other performers in Northern China i
None But the Brave
1973-05-09
Story is about how a revolutionist, played by Cheng Pei Pei, taking on the identity of a Captain's (
The Crisis
1964-10-29
The Crisis is a Hong Kong Action movie starring Sammo Hung in a child role
Seaman No. 7
1973-04-20
When a sailor accidentally kills a Japanese man in a bar room brawl, he tries to escape the law by h
The Eunuch
1971-05-12
This rare release is set in the cloistered halls of the imperial palace, the home to many ghostly st
The Shadow Whip
1971-08-06
This top ten box office hit reunites the star duo from Come Drink With Me in another classic action
Jurang Bahaya
1968-01-01
Jurang Bahaya film is a Malay film which was published in Malaysia in 1968. Jurang Bahaya issued in
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
1989-09-15
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America t
Fist of Fury
1972-03-22
During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, Chen Zhen, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial
The Magic Lamp
1964-01-23
Adapted from one of China's most well-known fairy tales, the Goddess of Mount Hua falls in love with
Romance of the Forbidden City
1964-10-08
Hong Kong drama directed by Wong Tin-Lam.
The Tender Trap of Espionage
1960-05-10
Spy films had always been popular in Chinese-language cinema, with stories set mostly in WWII or the
Maria Yi: My Recollection
1979-01-01
Documentary about Maria Yi recalling her film work in the 1970s, particularly with Bruce Lee.
Black Butterfly
1960-12-15
Lau Leung-wah plays the titled character, a Chinese Robin Hood who robs the rich to help the poor. S
Sweet Memories
1952-11-29
This is a 1952 Hong Kong drama film directed by Bu Wancang, Kuang-Chi Tu, Wang Yin and Shankun Zhang
Little Lotus
1963-07-26
Chou Tsai-ken, a young carpenter, falls in love with a country girl, Little Lotus Chin Ho-hua. Altho
Four Brave Ones
1963-10-18
During the Japanese invasion of China, medical students Sun Yang (Chang Yang) and Xu Ruomei (Bai Lum
Sorrows of the Forbidden City
1948-11-10
The film focused on a conflict between Empress Dowager Cixi, her son Guangxi (the nominal emperor) a
The Hurricane
1972-07-12
An action film directed by Wei Lo.