Lo Wei

Known for: Directing
Born: December 12, 1918, Jiangsu, China
Died: January 20, 1996
Movies: 138

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.2

Fist of Fury

1972

7.1

The Big Boss

1971

6.7

Fearless Hyena

1979

6.0

Spiritual Kung Fu

1978

6.0

New Fist of Fury

1976

6.2

Half a Loaf of Kung Fu

1978

6.3

Dragon Fist

1979

5.8

Fearless Hyena 2

1983

5.6

To Kill with Intrigue

1977

4.8

Killer Meteors

1976

Filmography

1990	Triad Story	Jason's Boss
1989	Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive	Big Boss
1989	News Attack
1988	Edge of Darkness	Uncle Chat
1988	The Criminal Hunter	George's father at fashion show
1979	Maria Yi: My Recollection	Self
1976	New Fist of Fury	Inspector
1975	The Girl with the Dexterous Touch
1974	Naughty! Naughty!	Nancy's godfather
1973	Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend	Self
1973	None But the Brave	Commissioner Wu
1973	Seaman No. 7	Noodle shop boss
1973	A Man Called Tiger	Miyamoto
1972	The Hurricane	Minister Chia Chi Tao
1972	Fist of Fury	Inspector Lo
1971	Vengeance of a Snowgirl	Master Shen
1971	The Comet Strikes	Big Boss
1971	The Shadow Whip	Chief Yang of Xuan Wu Security
1971	The Eunuch	Emperor
1969	The Golden Sword	Eight Arm Dragon Bai Chun-Tung
1969	Raw Courage	Shangguan Hou
1969	Dragon Swamp	Master Fan Chung Yu
1968	Death Valley	Master Chiu
1968	The Angel Strikes Again	Doctor
1968	Black Butterfly	Chief Gai Tian Lui
1968	Forever and Ever	Liu Yi-Ren
1968	Jurang Bahaya	Mr. King
1967	Summons to Death	Gin Te Biu
1967	Madam Slender Plum	Wang Xue Bin
1967	Angel with the Iron Fists	Chief Inspector
1966	The Golden Buddha	Chan Chung Tai
1965	Squadron 77	Sato
1965	Call of the Sea	Qi Ding
1965	Crocodile River	Peng Hu
1964	The Crisis
1964	Romance of the Forbidden City	Dorgan
1964	The Magic Lamp	Prime Minister
1963	Four Brave Ones	Nie Yuting
1963	Little Lotus	Chin San-Pao
1963	Empress Wu	Minister Pei Yan
1962	Crusade Against Daddy	Luo Guang-Zhong
1961	The Pistol	Dai Heng
1960	Black Butterfly	Liang Futing
1960	The Tender Trap of Espionage
1960	A Shadow over the Chateau	Secretary Wang
1960	Nobody's Child	Birth father
1959	The Adventure of the 13th Sister
1959	Calendar Girl	Sun Ping
1959	Love Letter Murder	Liu Zong-Ming
1958	Diau Charn	Prime Minister Dong Zhuo
1958	Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness	King of Cambodia
1957	A Mellow Spring	Feng JIn Cai
1957	A Mating Story	Xue Yi Sheng
1956	The Chase	Yu Pu Yuan
1956	Beyond the Blue Horizon
1956	The Error
1956	Songs of the Peach Blossom River
1956	Blood in Snow	Jin Hu
1955	Camille
1955	Lady Balsam's Conquest
1955	The Little Girl Named Cabbage
1953	Tears of Songstress
1953	Sorrowful Glory	Song Siqing
1952	Sweet Memories
1948	Sorrows of the Forbidden City	Yuan Shikai

Directing, Writing & Producing

1993	Blade of Fury	Producer
1993	Her Judgement Day	Producer
1991	A Chinese Legend	Producer
1988	Death Cage	Producer
1988	The Criminal Hunter	Producer
1987	Split of the Spirit	Producer
1986	Walking Beside Me	Producer
1986	The Young Taoism Fighter	Producer
1986	Dark Night	Producer
1985	Modern Detective	Producer
1984	The Ghost Informer	Producer
1983	Devil Fetus	Producer
1983	Fearless Hyena 2	Producer, Writer
1982	Energetic-21	Producer
1981	Dangerous Person	Producer
1980	Rebellious Reign	Producer
1980	The Loot	Producer
1980	A Wily Match	Producer
1979	Big Boss of Shanghai	Producer
1979	The Challenger	Producer
1979	Dragon Fist	Director
1979	Fearless Hyena	Screenplay
1978	Spiritual Kung Fu	Director
1978	Immortal Warriors	Director
1978	Half a Loaf of Kung Fu	Producer
1978	Magnificent Bodyguards	Director, Producer
1978	The Golden Key	Producer
1977	To Kill with Intrigue	Director, Producer
1977	The Kung Fu Kid	Writer, Producer, Director
1976	Killer Meteors	Director
1976	New Fist of Fury	Writer, Director
1976	Body for Sale	Producer
1975	Shantung Man in Hong Kong	Director
1975	The Girl with the Dexterous Touch	Director, Writer, Producer
1975	Little Sister-in-law	Producer
1975	The Bedevilled	Director, Writer
1974	Slaughter in San Francisco	Director, Producer, Writer
1974	Naughty! Naughty!	Director, Screenplay
1974	Chinatown Capers	Director, Writer
1973	The Tattooed Dragon	Director, Screenplay
1973	None But the Brave	Writer, Director
1973	Seaman No. 7	Director, Screenplay
1973	Back Alley Princess	Screenplay, Director
1973	A Man Called Tiger	Director, Screenplay, Producer
1972	The Hurricane	Screenplay, Director
1972	Fist of Fury	Screenplay, Director
1971	Vengeance of a Snowgirl	Director, Writer
1971	The Big Boss	Director, Screenplay
1971	The Comet Strikes	Director, Screenplay
1971	The Shadow Whip	Writer, Director
1971	The Eunuch	Screenplay
1971	The Invincible Eight	Director, Writer
1970	Brothers Five	Director, Writer
1969	The Golden Sword	Writer, Director
1969	Raw Courage	Director, Writer
1969	Dragon Swamp	Director, Writer
1968	Death Valley	Writer, Director
1968	The Angel Strikes Again	Director, Writer
1968	Black Butterfly	Director, Writer
1968	Forever and Ever	Director
1968	Jurang Bahaya	Director, Screenplay
1967	Summons to Death	Writer, Director
1967	Madam Slender Plum	Director
1967	Angel with the Iron Fists	Director
1967	Nora Zain Ajen Wanita 001	Director
1966	The Golden Buddha	Director
1965	Call of the Sea	Director
1965	Crocodile River	Director
1964	The Magic Lamp	Director
1960	Black Butterfly	Director
1960	The Tender Trap of Espionage	Director
1959	Song from a Haunted House	Director
1954	The 72 Martyrs of Canton	Director

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