Hong Kong novelist and screenwriter Ni Kuang, who penned some 300 screenplays together with The One-Armed Swordsman and The thirty sixth Chamber Of Shaolin, has died. Based on native media, he handed away on Sunday at age 87.
Tenky Tin Kai-man, actor and spokesman of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, confirmed Ni’s passing to the South China Morning Submit. The reason for demise was reportedly pores and skin most cancers.
Hailed as an enormous within the Chinese language literary world, Ni rose to fame with the New Adventures Of Properly collection which was first revealed in Chinese language every day Ming Pao in 1963. He specialised in martial arts, wuxia and science fiction.
Starting in 1965, Ni branched out into screenwriting, typically working for the Shaw Brothers. His credit embody 1967’s The One-Armed Swordsman; 1975 superhero film Infra-Man; and 1978’s The thirty sixth Chamber Of Shaolin and Enter The Fats Dragon (the latter directed by and starring Sammo Hung); together with tons of of others.
He’s additionally extensively related to Bruce Lee-starrers The Huge Boss and Fist Of Fury. Though the eventual writing credit score on 1971’s The Huge Boss went to director Lo Wei, Ni created the character of Cheng Chao-an portrayed by Lee in his first main position. Equally, Lo is credited with 1972’s Fist Of Fury which additionally starred Lee as Ni creation Chen Zhen, a personality who would go on to be performed by such actors as Jet Li and Donnie Yen.
Ni wrote some 140 Properly novels a few man who encounters unknown creatures and aliens on futuristic adventures all over the world. The tales have been tailored into motion pictures, TV collection, radio dramas and comics.
Ni received the Lifetime Achievement Award on the Hong Kong Movie Awards in 2012 and the Jubilee Honour Award from the Hong Kong Screenwriters’ Guild in 2018.
Ni was born in Shanghai in 1935 and smuggled himself into Hong Kong in 1957; he by no means returned to the mainland.
