Zong Hua

Biography

Zong Hua, born Zou Zhongzhi in Hong Kong in 1944, lost his father to illness at the age of two. He moved to Taiwan for his studies, where he became a star of school theater, and during his military service he performed plays and operas with the army, winning the Best Actor award at the National Army Literary Arts Awards in 1966. This award led to his role in the color war film *The High Ambition*, produced by Taiwan's Central Motion Picture Corporation. In 1968, he moved to Hong Kong and joined Shaw Brothers as a contract actor, appearing in a series of notable films including *The One-Armed Swordsman* and *Killer Clans*, the latter regarded as a masterpiece by the renowned martial arts director Chor Yuen. In the late 1970s, Zong Hua returned to Taiwan, and by the early 1980s he gradually stepped away from acting to work as a director and producer in television, producing historical drama series. After the mid-1990s, he retired from the entertainment industry and lived in the United States for over a decade before returning to acting in 2011 with the series *Father and Son*. He passed away in his sleep in Taiwan in April 2023 at the age of 79.