Shao Lo-Hui

Acting

October 15, 1919 — January 1, 1993Taiwan

Shao Lo-Hui (邵羅輝) was a Taiwanese actor, director and writer. Born as Shao Shouli( 邵守利), he lived in the city of Tainan before his family moved to Japan. He studied direction at the Imperial Film and Drama School in Tokyo. After graduation, he worked as an actor for Shochiku Pictures Co., Ltd. in Osaka under the stage name Nakamura Bunzo (中村文藏). After World War II, he returned to Taiwan and worked for the Guofeng Theater Company (國風劇團). He later formed his own theatre troupe, Mei Fangyu Theatre Company (梅芳玉劇團). In 1955, he was hired to direct the Hokkien language film Six Gifted Scholars' Romance of the West-Chamber (六才子西廂記).