IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

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      Lau Kar-leung

      LAU Kar-leung (1936, China) (also known as Liu Chia-liang) grew up with the martial arts. His father trained with Lam Sai-wing, who was in turn a pupil of the famous | Wong Fei-hung. As a teenager, Lau was a stuntman in wuxia films and later became martial arts director for many films. In the 1960s he started as a director with the Shaw Brothers. In 2010, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award during the Hong Kong Film Awards.

      Filmography

      The Spiritual Boxer (1975), Challenge Of The Masters (1976), Executioners From Shaolin (1976), The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin (1977), Shaolin Mantis (1978), Heroes Of The East (1978), Dirty Ho (1979), Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979), The Shadow Boxing (1979), Return To The 36th Chamber (1980), My Young Auntie (1980), Martial Club (1981), Legendary Weapons Of China (1982), Cat VS Rat (1982), The Lady Is The Boss (1983), Heroic Family (1983), The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984), The 36th Chamber (1985), Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986), Tiger on the Beat (1988), Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit (1989), Tiger on the Beat II (1990), The Legend of the Drunken Master II (1994), The Legend of the Drunken Master III (1994), Drunken Monkey (2002)

      Lau Kar-leung at IFFR