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Wu Ma (Simplified Chinese: 午马; Traditional Chinese: 午馬; Pinyin: Wǔ Mǎ; real name: 冯宏源; 馮宏源; Féng Hóngyuán; born: August 18, 1942, in Tianjin, China) is a Chinese actor, director, assistant director, producer and writer. Wu Ma made his screen debut in 1963, and with over 180 appearances to his name (plus 38 directorial credits within a twenty-five year period), Wu Ma is one of the most familiar faces in the history of Hong Kong Cinema. He is best known as the Taoist ghosthunter in A Chinese Ghost Story.

Wu was born Feng Hong Yuan in Tianjin. At 16 he moved to Guangzhou and became a machinist before migrating to Hong Kong in 1960. In 1962, Wu enrolled in the Shaw Brothers acting course. Graduating a year later, he became a contract player for the studio and made his first appearance in Lady General Hua Mu-Lan. He then appeared in such films as Temple Of The Red Lotus (1965), The Knight Of Knights (1966) and Trail Of The Broken Blade (1967). He took on the stage name 'Wu Ma' as it...

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• A Chinese Ghost Story
  Mar 22, 1987

  A Chinese Ghost Story (Chinese: 倩女幽魂; Pinyin: qiànnǚ yōuhún; Wade-Giles: Ch'ien-nü Yu-hun, literal meaning: "The Ethereal Spirit of a Beauty") is a 1987 Hong Kong movie starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong and Wu Ma, directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark. The story was loosely based on a short story in the Qing Dynasty literature Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio from writer Pu Songling. The movie was immensely popular in Hong Kong and several Asian countries, including South Korea and Japan when released. Most notably it boosted the stardom of Joey Wong and sparked a trend of folklore ghost films in the HK film industry . The film grossed $18,831,638 HKD in Hong Kong. Ning (Leslie Cheung) is a timid tax collector whose work requires him to travel to rural areas. At a town, the local townsmen are unwilling to pay their taxes. They force Ning into seeking shelter at an abandoned forest temple, claiming that their inns are full. Unbeknownst to Ning, many men have...,
  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093978

• Half a Loaf of Kung Fu
  1979

  Half a Loaf of Kung Fu or Dian zhi gong fu gan chian chan is a 1978 Hong Kong film starring Jackie Chan, who was also action choreographer and co-writer. It is notable as the first movie over which Chan had substantial creative control. At the time, Chan was under contract to director/producer Lo Wei, who had previously found great success working with Bruce Lee. He wanted to make Chan a star, but in his determination to reincarnate Lee in Chan's image, he wasted the young actor's talents for physical comedy and bold, creative stunts. After starring Chan in several flops, Lo finally let him make a film in his own way. Chan worked as co-writer and stunt co-ordinator on Half a Loaf of Kung Fu. In his earlier films, Chan played a typical Hong Kong film hero; a grim-faced warrior bent on vengeance, walking around a medieval Chinese landscape beating people up. Half a Loaf of Kung Fu was the first kung fu film to spoof the established order of Hong Kong cinema by making Chan an inept ...,
  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080623

• Wu Ma's Birthday
  1941

  Wu Ma was born