Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Lam Fai-Wong


AKA Lin Huei Huang.
Perhaps the greatest of the Shaw Brothers’ comedic actors. Rubber-faced, gawky, thin and clumsy-looking as a stork, lightened a lot of otherwise heavy stories.

Life Gamble (1979):
Plays Cui, the master thief who has stolen Mo Jun-Feng’s (Lo Meng’s) daggers and later steals the He Huan Jade from Peng Shuang Shuang (Shirley Yu) before handing it over to Qiu Zi-Yu (Philip Kwok). Also, he discovers Master Nan’s (Li Yi-Min’s) treachery and alerts Yun Xiang (Fu Sheng), too late to save Qiu but at least in time to allow him to avenge Qiu’s murder. 

Clan of the White Lotus (1980):
Plays Nai-Cheng, cousin to Mei-Hsiao (Kara Hui), who takes her and Hung Wei-Ting (Gordon Liu) in after their home is destroyed and her husband and his fiancee are murdered. Assists, rather ineptly, in Wei-Ting’s training, and saves his life by carrying him home after a brutal beatdown from the White Lotus (Lo Lieh).
The Flag Of Iron (1980):
Plays Liang, the dirty old man who runs the local brothel. Gets captured, beaten, and used as a literal bargaining chip early in the film, but never does much else.
Shaolin Prince (1982):
Plays Wu Ming, one of the three Holy Fools (along with Ma Chao and Alan Chan) who adopt and raise Dao Xing (Ti Lung) and train him in kung fu. Sentenced to house arrest for fighting, and unable to leave his homestead until the film’s final battle.

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