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Li Minwei

Li Minwei

Born: 1893-09-25 • Japon

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.

Filmography
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The Reviving Rose
1927
Zhuangzi Tests His Wife poster
Zhuangzi Tests His Wife
1913 • Chuang Tsi's Wife