John Law Ma
Born 1938 (age 87)
Appears in 35 titles

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 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. 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. [Wikipedia]

Filmography

Monkey Kung Fu
7.0
Monkey Kung Fu
1979
Director
Bruce Lee and I
4.5
Bruce Lee and I
1976
Director
Five Superfighters
6.8
Five Superfighters
1979
Director
Black List
5.4
Black List
1972
Director
The Boxer from the Temple
6.7
The Boxer from the Temple
1980
Director
The Girlie Bar
4.0
The Girlie Bar
1976
Director
The Happy Trio
7.5
The Happy Trio
1975
Director
Crazy Bumpkins in Singapore
9.0
Crazy Bumpkins in Singapore
1976
Director
Orchid in the Rain
9.0
Orchid in the Rain
1977
Director
Bus Stop
8.0
Bus Stop
1971
Director
The Crazy Bumpkins
7.0
The Crazy Bumpkins
1974
Director
Salina
8.0
Salina
1975
Director
Thief of Thieves
6.0
Thief of Thieves
1975
Director
The Chase
The Chase
1978
Director
Impetuous Fire
Impetuous Fire
1972
Director
Money and I
Money and I
1971
Director
Miss Not Home
Miss Not Home
1970
Director
A Time for Reunion
A Time for Reunion
1968
Director
Sweeping Call Girls
Sweeping Call Girls
1979
Director
Young Outcasts
1980
Director