Kuei Chih-Hung | |||||||
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 Kuei on the Hong Kong set of Killer Constable in 1979 | |||||||
| Born | 20 December 1937 Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China | ||||||
| Died | 1 October 1999 (aged 61) | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter | ||||||
| Children | Ming Beaver Kwei | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 桂治洪 | ||||||
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Kuei Chih-Hung (桂治洪, aka Kwei Chi Hung, Gui Zhi-Hong, Gwai Chi-hung)[1] (20 December 1937 – 1 October 1999) was a filmmaker who worked for the Hong Kong-based Shaw Brothers Studios, directing more than 40 films throughout the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s.[2] Kuei found critical and commercial success working in a variety of genres, including the hard-boiled crime drama of The Teahouse (1974) and its sequel, Big Brother Cheng (1975), wuxia film Killer Constable (1981), The Killer Snakes (1975) and Hex (1980). Kuei often depicted the poverty of the public housing system, police corruption and colonial government rule.[3]
- ^ "Kuei Chih Hung". Hong Kong Cinemagic. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "Chih-Hung Kuei (1937–1999)". IMDb.
- ^ Kuei Chih-hung, the Rebel in the System. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Film Archive. 2011. p. 12. ISBN 978-962-8050-59-8.