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Lai Man-wai (Chinese: 黎民偉; pinyin: Li Minwei; 1893 – October 26, 1953), also romanised as Lay Min-wei or M.W. Ray, considered the "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.

Lai Man-wai
Lai in 1913 in Zhuangzi Tests His Wife
Born	1893 Yokohama, Japan
Died	October 26, 1953 (aged 60) Hong Kong
Occupation	Film director
Known for	Father of Hong Kong Cinema
Spouses	Yan Xianxian Lim Cho-cho
Children	Lai Hang (1928-1965) Lai Suen (b.1931)
Relatives	Lai Cheuk-cheuk (niece) Gigi Lai (grand-daughter)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	黎民偉
Simplified Chinese	黎民伟
Transcriptions

Biography

Born in Yokohama, Japan, of Xinhui, Guangdong origin and raised in Hong Kong, he joined Sun Yat-sen's Kuomintang party in 1911 and helped make anti-warlord movies. He was an active director during the golden years of the Shanghai movie industry from 1921 to 1928. In 1923, he founded the China Sun Motion Picture Company with his brother, Lai Pak-hoi, in Hong Kong which later relocated to Shanghai. In 1930, he co-founded one of the "Big Three" studios of the 1930s, Lianhua Film Company, with Lo Ming-yau. Lianhua, together with other leading Shanghai studios, was destroyed when the Empire of Japan attacked Shanghai in 1937. Lai returned to Hong Kong in 1938 and retired.

He was married to Lim Cho-cho, a Vancouver-born actress. His daughter Lai Suen and granddaughter Gigi Lai are both actresses.

Memory

His story was documented in Lai Man-wai: Father of Hong Kong Cinema by Choi Kai-kwong in 2001.

Lai Man-wai is portrayed in Stanley Kwan's 1991 biopic of actress Ruan Lingyu, Center Stage by Hong Kong actor, Waise Lee.

Partial filmography

• Zhuangzi Tests His Wife (1913)
• Romance of the Western Chamber (1927) directed with Hou Yao
• The Battle of Shanghai (1937)[1]
• A Page of History (1941). Documentary. Lai Man-wai followed Sun Yat-sen during the 1920s.[2][3]

References

Further reading

• Ho, Sam (2004). Hong Kong Cinema: A Cross-cultural View. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810849860.

External links

• His Origins in Xinhui - http://www.southcn.com/news/gdnews/sh/hrjnh/fyrw/200409020627.htm
• Lai Man-wai at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Lai Man-Wai

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[ru] Ли Миньвэй

Ли Миньвэй (1893, Япония — 1953, Гонконг) — так же известный, как Отец гонконгского кино, был кинорежиссёром первого гонконгского фильма «Чжуанцзы Ши Ци» (莊子試妻), снятого в 1913 году. В этом фильме Ли сыграл роль жены Чжуанцзы, отчасти из-за нежелания участия женщин в шоу-бизнесе в те времена.

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