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Lai Man-Wai

Director
Lai Man-wai, also romanised as Lay Min-wei or M.W. Ray, considered the "Father of Hong Kong Cinema", was the director of the first Hong Kong film Zhuangzi Tests His Wife in 1913. In the film, Lai played the role of the wife, partly due to the... Wikipedia
Born: September 25, 1893, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Died: October 26, 1953 (age 60 years), British Hong Kong
Spouse: Lim Cho-cho (m. 1923–1953) and Shanshan Yan (m. 1913–1920)
Children: Keng Li and Lai Suen
Nationality: Japanese
Production companies: United Photoplay Service and Minxin