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Born in 1937 as Wong Tong and also known as Wong Lung-kei, Tong Kai — nicknamed 'Kai Gor' — was a Hong Kong action choreographer, actor and director and the husband of actress Suet Nei. Trained under Yuen Siu-tien, in the 1960s he and Lau Kar-leung served as Chang Cheh's regular choreographers, designing set pieces that laid the foundations of the Hong Kong kung fu film. After Lau turned director in the mid-1970s, Tong continued with other Shaw directors, most famously on Chor Yuen's Gu Long adaptations, designing a blade that spun through 360 degrees for The Magic Blade to the author's own admiration. He began directing in the 1980s, with credits including Shaolin Prince and The Master of Hung Fist, and died in June 2025 aged 88.