Lo Wei (sometimes spelled Lo Wai, 12 December 1918 – 20 January 1996) was a famous 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.
After Lee's death it was Lo who gave Jackie Chan his first shot at the big time as part of the wave of Bruceploitation. Lo is said to have been linked with Chinese organized crime, the Triads.
Lo ran the production company "Lo Wei Motion Picture Company".
Lo died of heart failure on 20 January 1996.
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... Willie Chan offered him an acting role in a film directed by Lo Wei ... Lo had seen Chan's performance in the John Woo film Hand of Death (1976) and planned to model him after Bruce Lee with the film New Fist of Fury ... Despite the film's failure, Lo Wei continued producing films with similar themes, resulting in little improvement at the box office ...
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... (Quan Jing) is a 1978 Hong Kong action film directed by Lo Wei and starring Jackie Chan ... As Lo Wei's studio was running out of money, they shelved both films and Chan was loaned out to Seasonal Films for a 2 picture deal ... The success of these two films at the domestic box office prompted Lo to give belated releases to Spiritual Kung Fu (late 1978) and Dragon Fist (1979) ...
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