Ho Meng Hua
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Ho Meng Hua, also He Meng Hua and Hoh Mung Wa (1 January 1923 - 19 May 2009) was a Chinese film director from Shanghai
, working in the Cinema of Hong Kong
and the Cinema of Taiwan
. After joining the famous Shaw Brothers studio in 1955, he eventually became one the studios' most prolific directors, directing about fifty films between then and 1980.
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, working in the Cinema of Hong Kong
Cinema of Hong Kong
The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...
and the Cinema of Taiwan
Cinema of Taiwan
The history of Chinese-language cinema has three separate threads of development: Cinema of Hong Kong, Cinema of Mainland China and Cinema of Taiwan . Taiwanese cinema grew up outside of the Hong Kong mainstream and the censorship of the People's Republic of China.Taiwanese cinema is deeply rooted...
. After joining the famous Shaw Brothers studio in 1955, he eventually became one the studios' most prolific directors, directing about fifty films between then and 1980.