Lai Man-Wai
Film writer
1892 – 1953
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Who was Lai Man-Wai?
Lai Man-Wai, now known as Father of Hong Kong Cinema, was the director of the first Hong Kong film Zhuangzi Tests His Wife in 1913. In the film, Lai played the role of the wife, partly due to the reluctance of women to participate in show business at the time.
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- Born
- 1892
Yokohama - Also known as
- Li Min-Wei
- Lay Min-Wei
- Li Minwei
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Shanshan Yan
(1913 - 1920) - Cho-cho Lam
(1923 - 1953/10/26)
- Shanshan Yan
- Children
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Education
- St. Paul's College, Hong Kong
- Lived in
- Xinhui District
- Died
- Oct 26, 1953
Hong Kong
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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