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Lieh Lo(1939-2002)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Producer
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Lieh Lo in Five Fingers of Death (1972)
When his wife, also working for the the police, but in a different department, is being brutally murdered, a police officer begins to investigate the case on his own. Soon he has the hitwoman, who did it arrested, but must find out that things are not as easy as he thought. He has knocked at the wrong door and it turns out that the woman he has hold of may be his only ally.
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Born in Indonesia to Cantonese parents, Lo migrated to Hong Kong in his teens, where he attended acting school and in 1962 joined the Shaw Bros. film company. By 1969 he had become the first kungfu superstar, preceding the legendary Bruce Lee. He acted in more than 100 films, usually cast as villains, then turned to directing in the 1980s. For over a decade ending in 1999, Lo was involved in television work in Hong Kong, until failing health forced him into semi-retirement.
BornJune 29, 1939
DiedNovember 2, 2002(63)
BornJune 29, 1939
DiedNovember 2, 2002(63)
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Kam Cheung, Siu-Ho Chin, and Lieh Lo in Man tian shen fo (1983)
Lieh Lo in Five Fingers of Death (1972)
Ping Chen and Lieh Lo in Du nu (1973)
Lieh Lo in Five Fingers of Death (1972)
Lieh Lo and Ping Wang in Five Fingers of Death (1972)
Lieh Lo in Five Fingers of Death (1972)

Known for

Lieh Lo, Ping Wang, and Chin-Feng Wang in Five Fingers of Death (1972)
Five Fingers of Death
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  • Chao Chih-Hao
  • 1972
Shan zhong liu zhu (1987)
Shan zhong liu zhu
4.1
  • Director
  • 1987
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
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  • General Tien Ta
  • 1978
Mo gui tian shi (1973)
Mo gui tian shi
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  • Tong
  • 1973

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Actor

  • Valerie Chow in The Vampire Combat (2001)
    The Vampire Combat
  • Boli shaonu (2001)
    Boli shaonu
    • (as Lit Law)
  • The Untold Story III (1999)
    The Untold Story III
  • Wei xian ren wu (1996)
    Wei xian ren wu
  • Yukari Ôshima in Power Connection (1995)
    Power Connection
  • Donnie Yen in The Kung Fu Master (1994)
    The Kung Fu Master
  • Black Spot (1994)
    Black Spot
  • The Tragic Fantasy: Tiger of Wanchai (1994)
    The Tragic Fantasy: Tiger of Wanchai
  • On Parole (1993)
    On Parole
  • Sheng gang da zhui ji (1993)
    Sheng gang da zhui ji
  • Tian Can Bian II: Zai yu tian bi gao
  • Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Man Cheung, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Jimmy Lin, Man-Tat Ng, and Gloria Yip in Shen Jing Dao yu Fei Tian Mao (1993)
    Shen Jing Dao yu Fei Tian Mao
  • Ti dao qing ren (1993)
    Ti dao qing ren
  • Qi an shi lu bai se tong dao
  • Du wang zhi zun (1992)
    Du wang zhi zun

Director

  • Qi an shi lu bai se tong dao
  • Legend of the Nanling Mountain
  • Shan zhong liu zhu (1987)
    Shan zhong liu zhu
  • Mo deng shen tan (1985)
    Mo deng shen tan
  • Black Magic with Buddha (1983)
    Black Magic with Buddha
  • Who Is the Killer?
  • Fists of the White Lotus (1980)
    Fists of the White Lotus
  • Gugje gyeonchal (1976)
    Gugje gyeonchal
  • Mo gui tian shi (1973)
    Mo gui tian shi

Producer

  • Legend of the Nanling Mountain
  • Shan zhong liu zhu (1987)
    Shan zhong liu zhu
  • Mo gui tian shi (1973)
    Mo gui tian shi

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Personal details

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    • June 29, 1939
    • Pematang Siantar, Oostkust van Sumatra, Dutch East Indies [now Pematangsiantar, North Sumatra, Indonesia]
    • November 2, 2002
    • Shenzhen, Guangzhou, China(heart attack)
    • Grace Chia-li TangApril 15, 1976 - ? (divorced)

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    The second of Lo's four wives was the sister of director Stanley Tong.

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