黃鶴聲

简介

Wong Hok Sing (also known as Wong Kam Yin) was a Cantonese opera actor, film actor, and director from Hong Kong, born in 1915 in Foshan, Guangdong Province, and raised in Hong Kong. He was married to Hong Kong film actress Leung Bik Yuk. He was one of the "Ten Great Directors" group, being the eighth among the sworn brothers. His Hong Kong film debut was in 1939's "The Breaking of the Copper Net Formation" where he played the lead role. He moved to the United States in 1968 to study film and television, then settled permanently and co-managed a cinema with Wong Chek Kong. He directed his first American film in 1947, "Torrential Rain and Pear Blossoms," and his first Hong Kong film in 1948, "Five Rats Cause Havoc in Tokyo (Part 1)." He participated in approximately 280 films throughout his career. He returned to Hong Kong in 1983 for a family visit after his long stay in America. He passed away in 1993.