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Biography

John Law (born Nov 4, 1938) i a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter best known for his films of the 1970s. Law is credited with 10 films as an actor, 35 films as a director, 15 films as a writer and 7 films as a producer. In 1957, Law started his acting career in Hong Kong. Law first appeared in He Has Taken Him for Another, a 1957 Mandarin Comedy film directed by Li Han-Hsiang. Law also appeared in The Lady of Mystery, a 1957 Mandarin thriller film directed by Wa Hak-Ngai. Law wrote the script for the 1961 film The Search Of Loved One but by 1968 he had moved into directing and writing, directing his first film in this year entitled A Time for Reunion , a film which starred Alan Tang who would feature in many of his later films in the 1970s. In the 1970s, John began working under the renowned Hong Kong film studios, Shaw Studio, responsible for producing many of Hong Kong's classic martial arts film during this period. In 1976 John directed and wrote the script for The Girlie Bar, an adult film oriented drama featuring Chan Ping, Yau Fung, Lin Chen Chi and James Nam and Tony Liu. Similarly his film later that year Bruce Lee and I starred Betty Ting, Danny Lee, Yuen Cheung a…

Directed

1. Monkey Kung Fu (1979) — Director
2. Bruce Lee and I (1976) — Director
3. Five Superfighters (1979) — Director
4. Black List (1972) — Director
5. The Boxer from the Temple (1980) — Director
6. The Girlie Bar (1976) — Director
7. The Happy Trio (1975) — Director
8. Crazy Bumpkins in Singapore (1976) — Director
9. Orchid in the Rain (1977) — Director
10. Bus Stop (1971) — Director
11. Thief of Thieves (1975) — Director
12. Salina (1975) — Director
13. The Crazy Bumpkins (1974) — Director
14. The Chase (1978) — Director
15. Impetuous Fire (1972) — Director
16. Money and I (1971) — Director
17. Miss Not Home (1970) — Director
18. A Time for Reunion (1968) — Director
19. Sweeping Call Girls (1979) — Director
20. Young Outcasts (1980) — Director
21. Big Times for the Crazy Bumpkins (1976) — Director
22. Maria (1971) — Director
23. Magnificent Spearman (1978) — Director
24. Return of the Crazy Bumpkins (1975) — Director
25. Gi Gi (1979) — Director
26. Back Street (1973) — Director
27. Red Light, Green Light (1969) — Director
28. 姐姐的情人 (1967) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Love Eterne (1963) — Student
2. Empress Wu (1963) — Prince Chieh/Prince Ying
3. The Black Fox (1962)
4. The Adulteress (1963) — Wu's Friend
5. The Magic Touch (1958)
6. The Lady of Mystery (1957)
7. He Has Taken Him for Another (1957)