Runje Shaw

Runje Shaw

Runje Shaw (1896-1975; also known as Renjie Shao or Shao Zuiweng) was the eldest of the Shaw brothers (Run Run Shaw, Runde Shaw and Runme Shaw). Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, he was one of six sons of Shanghai textile merchant Shaw Yuh Hsuen (1867-1920), Shaw was originally a lawyer and worked for firms like Hsin Hwa Foreign Firm, the prestigious Chinese-French Chen Ye Bank. His entrepreneurial success included a venture in the Huayou Egg Factory.

Shaw later enter the film business and became a film director, producer and writer. Unlike his younger brothers, he never left China. In 1934 he established Unique studio in Hong Kong and remained studio boss until 1937.

Shaw was married three times, once to Unique’s starlet Chan Yoke-mui.

Filmography

His works included:
* Reunion
* Flying General
* Incident In The Pacific
* Deadly Rose
* Compassion
* Fisherman's Girl
* Love And Morality
* Monster Of The Secret Chamber
* My Friend, The Ghost
* Patriotic Woman
* Woman Of Guangzhou
* Burning Of The Efang Palace
* Butterfly Lovers, Part One
* Butterfly Lovers, Part Two
* Country Bumpkin Tours The City, Part Three
* Country Bumpkin Tours The City
* Country Bumpkin Tours The City, The Sequel
* Life
* Nocturnal Morning
* Unworthy Of Love
* Mourning Of The Chaste Tree Flower
* Platinum Dragon
* Nightclub Colours
* Humanities
* Lady Mengjiang
* Love Eternal
* Heroine Li Feifei
* New Leaf
* Duel Between Monkey King And Gold-Spotted Leopard

References

* [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=6823 Runje Shaw]
* [http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/HKFA/english/publication/pub21_appendix.html The Shaw Chronology]
* [http://www.shaw.sg/sw_abouthistory.aspx?id=59%2035%20193%2039%2078%20227%20238%20144%20186%20229%20185%2078%20181%20196%2042%2031 About Shaw]

ee also

* Brothers, Sir Run Run Shaw and Runde Shaw
* Cinema of Hong Kong
* Shaw House and Centre

External link

* [http://www.dummipedia.org/Runje_Shaw Dummipedia's Biography of Runje Shaw]


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