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Lai Man-wai, 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.…
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Lai Man-wai, 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.
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1941
A Page of History
Movie Director
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1936
Waves Wash the Sand
Movie Producer
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1935
National Customs
Movie Production Manager
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1931
A Spray of Plum Blossoms
Movie Production Manager
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1931
Love and Duty
Movie Production Manager
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1930
The Dream of the Ancient Capital
Movie Production Manager
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1927
Romance of the Western Chamber
Movie Producer
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1927
The Reviving Rose
Movie
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1913
Zhuangzi Tests His Wife
Movie Chuang Tsi's Wife
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