Years active 1957-1983 | Name John Law | |
Occupation Film director, screenwriter and actor | ||
John Lo Mar, also known as Lo Mar, was a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter best known for his films of the 1970s.
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Film career
He began as an actor in the late 1950s, appearing in films such as The Lady Of Mystery (1957), The Black Fox (1962), The Love Eterne (1963) and The Empress Wu Tse-Tien (1963). His debut film, The Lady of Mystery was produced by Runde Shaw, and Law was cast alongside actors such as Lee Tiu, Li Xianglan and Zhao Lei.
He 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 and Tony Liu. His 1977 romance film Orchid In The Rain, which also starred frequent star in his films, Alan Tang, Brigitte Lin also pushed boundaries in terms of intimacy on screen. He would however, direct several kung fu films, notably in 1979 the films Monkey Kung Fu and Five Super Fighters, and Boxer From The Temple in 1981. Boxer From The Temple was to be his last film as a director and under Shaw Studios and his career would come to an end in the film industry.