Now, before we get into the full breakdown of how you can watch 'Lai Man-wai: Father of Hong Kong Cinema' right now, here are some helpful info about the Dragon Ray Motion Pictures Ltd. documentary flick. Lai Man-wai: Father of Hong Kong Cinema starring has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 20 min.
Thinking about what happens in this film? Here's the plot: "In the life of Mr. Lai Man-wai, he had seen the most turbulent times of recent Chinese history. From the fall of the Qing Dynasty to the founding of the Republic, from the Sino-Japanese War to the founding of the People’s Republic. With a patriotic spirit, he joined the revolution and used the theatre to promote the revolutionary course. For a ‘stronger China’, and ‘education for all’, he chose film as his life long goal and career. Lai was more than the father of Hong Kong cinema was; he was also one of the pioneers of the Chinese cinema. He made Hong Kong’s first short fiction film ‘Zhuangzi Tests His Wife’. He opened the first Chinese owned cinema, the New World Cinema, in Hong Kong…. In the several decades, Lai had devoted his life and fortune in writing this glorious inaugural chapter in early Chinese film history. The technical enhancement, the introduction of foreign techniques and equipment were all part of his contribution to the Chinese cinema."
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