
Directing
Wong Toi
Directed nearly 100 films, including many early horror efforts like The Body Snatchers (1934), The Ghost Catcher, Spirit of the Ancient Grave and The Walking Corpse (all 1939).
Acting credits
Behind the camera
7.0Hong Kong horror comedy from 1957.
The Dunce Bumps into a Ghost
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The House of Hatred
1963
NREarly ghost film.
The Supernatural Go-Between
1954
NREarly ghost film.
The Supernatural Go-Between
1954
NRThe movie is a horror movie with a deep moral. A number of ghosts appear in the movie, including a ghost that escaped from the Ghost Gate, an unjust ghost released from the City of Wasted Death, a sleazy ghost trapped in the Beauty Gate and a living hangman's neck.
Spirit of the Ancient Grave
1939
NRA boy is obsessed with the comic book hero Zhong Kui, an eccentric ghost catcher armed with a magic sword and sack. When his mother and younger sister are abducted by demons, the boy decides to seek help from Zhong to fight against vampires and revenants, zombies and goblins. Taking advantage of such special effects as freeze-frame and step-printing, The Ghost Catcher is a spectacular visual adventure.
The Ghost Catcher
1939
Drama from Hong Kong directed by Wong Toi.
Monk in Love
1950
Precious Daughter follows the couple's story even after their marriage. With the help of her caring mother, rich girl who is mute manages to marry the man of her dreams. However, their marriage soon runs into difficulties because of her inability to please her demanding sister-in-law. While the heroine regaining her voice leads to catastrophe for the hero in the original play, the two films celebrate the return of their heroines' voices with song and dance – thanks to the popularity of musicals at the time.
Precious Daughter
1956
A corpse that goes out late at night to pick flowers. When a woman meets him, she falls ill; when a young girl meets him, she lies down and dies. Luckily, the corpse is eventually eliminated.
The Walking Corpse
1939
Cantonese adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca.
The Face of Fear
1963
Cantonese adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca.
The Face of Fear
1963
Two young men who try to steal the body of a rich man, who has no respect for others, with the intention of flogging the corpse for public consumption. Later, they realize that the coffin contains a large amount of treasure and decide to distribute it to the poor.
The Body Snatchers
1934
The Head of Southern Stone Village, Lee Ba-hung bullies others with his power. Yet he has no knowledge that his niece Lee Chun-hong is actually the Black Heroine who confronts him. It turns out that Chun-hong's father is fearful that Ba-hung would bully the mother and daughter of Chun-hong, hence he has disguised Chun-hong with woman attires. Chun-hong's identity is unveiled when she devotes herself to helping the refugees of a disaster by distributing food and emergency supplies. Ba-hung would like to murder Chung-hong by hanging, yet it ends in him being killed by his followers.
Heroine in Black
1955
