He also found the time to appear in several of his brother, Lau Kar-leung's films.ĭuring the late 1980s and early 90s, Lau's output slowed down.
He moved with the times, in the 1980s he alternated between his own work, and that of Sammo Hung.
During this period, Lau continued to make films for Shaw Brothers Studio. Both films starred Lau, Hung and Maka, Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog (1978) and Odd Couple (1979). They made just two films, before Maka left to start Cinema City. The trio started their own film production company in 1978, Gar Bo Motion Picture Company. In the 1970s, Lau formed a partnership with Sammo Hung and Karl Maka. By this time he was already an accomplished actor and action choreographer outside of Shaw Brothers. Lau evolved to become a director in the late 1970s. In the 1960s he became one of the Shaw Brothers Studio's main action choreographers, working with many directors on films such as King Boxer (1972). Lau was given his start working under his father and brother in these films, and followed his brother to become a stuntman and assistant choreographer. When his older brother, Lau Kar-leung, discovered this, he began teaching Kar-wing himself.īefore becoming famous, Lau worked as an extra and choreographer on the black & white Wong Fei-hung films, which starred Kwan Tak-hing as the titular hero. Lau began learning kung fu in his early teens, learning in secret at his father's school. Born in the Xinhui District of Jiangmen in Guangdong, China, Lau Kar-wing was the fourth child of Lau Cham ( 劉湛), a martial arts master who studied under Lam Sai-wing, pupil of the legendary Chinese folk hero, Wong Fei-hung.