Personal Info
Known For Directing
Known Credits 10
Gender Male
Birthday September 25, 1893
Day of Death October 26, 1953 (60 years old)
Place of Birth Japon
Also Known As
- Lai Man-Wai
- 黎民偉
- 黎民伟
- Li Minwei
- Lay Min Wei
- Lay Min-Wei
- Li Min-wei
- Manwai Lai
- Minwei Lay
- Лай Ман-вай
- Манвай Лай
- Манвэй Лай
- Лай Ман-вэй
- Ли Мин-вэй
- Минвэй Ли
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Biography
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.
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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