Chia Liang Liu

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AKA: Lau Kar-leung, Lau Ga Leung, Liu Chia-Liang, Lau Ka-Leung
Nationality: Chinese
Birthdate: 00/00/1934
Birthplace: Canton, China

biography

Hailed as 'The Undisputed Martial Arts King' in Bey Logan's "Hong Kong Action Cinema", Lau Kar Leung is legendary among his filmmaking peers. Unfortunately, due to the Shaw Brothers' refusal to re-release their kung fu movies in Asia, his work is not very well-known to younger audiences. Over more than four decades, Lau has distinguished himself as, variously, an actor, martial arts choreographer and director. Contemporary HK audiences know him best for his work on "Drunken Master 2" (1994), in which he acted as well as directed. This film was Jackie Chan's first straight kung fu film in over Continued

milestones

Year
Milestone
1950 
Film debut, "The Brave Lad of Canton"
 
Played bit roles and worked as a stuntman in many Cantonese martial arts films throughout the 1950s
 
Worked as a martial arts choreographer at the Shaw Brothers studio
 
Colaborating with prolific Shaw Bros. helmer Chang Cheh, dominated the studio's kung fu film output from the mid-1970s onward
1975 
Parted with Chang during the filming of "Marco Polo" in Taiwan
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