Wong Hang (1911–1974) was a Cantonese film director, set designer and actor from Panyu, Guangdong. He started out as a set designer at Grandview Studio, working on films released between 1949 and 1951 such as 'Spring Wind to My Love' (1949), 'The Vixen' (1949) and the two-part 'Blood-stained Begonia' (1951), and served as assistant director on 'New White Gold Dragon' (1947) and screenwriter on 'The Crazy Matchmaker' (1948). He made his directorial debut in 1949, later co-directing 'Lonely Moon on a Lonely Bed' (1952) with Lee Tit from a Tong Tik-sang original and taking both director and set-designer credits on 'Four Sirens' (1952). When the Union Film Enterprise was founded in 1952 he became one of its shareholders, directing 'The Wall' (1956), 'Adultery' (1958), 'The Cruel Hand' (1960) and 'The House of Murders' (1963) for the company, as well as 'An Unforgettable Song' (1954), 'Madam Mei' (1956) and 'The Beauty in the Mist' (1956). He directed over twenty films, the last being 'When Girls are in Love' (1965). As an actor he appeared in more than forty films, among them a timid young master in 'The House of Sorrows' (1956), a stern sheriff in 'Money' (1959), a snobbish brother in 'The Lucky Man' (1956) and a grasping employer in 'Sworn Sisters' (1954). His final screen role was in the Mandarin film 'Four Girls from Hong Kong' (1972), directed by Lee Siu-hung. He died in Macao in 1974.
A director, set designer and actor in one, Wong Hang was a mainstay of Hong Kong's Cantonese film industry in the 1950s. He directed such films as The Wall (1956) and Adultery (1958) for the Union Film Enterprise and handled both directing and set design on Four Sirens, showing a multi-skilled production capacity and linking Cantonese opera and cinema through works such as Lonely Moon on a Lonely Bed.
Achievements
- 1949 · Made his directorial debut with A Devil Woman's Uproar in Hell.
- 1952 · Became a shareholder when the Union Film Enterprise was founded.
- 1956 · Directed The Wall for the Union Film Enterprise.