Hong Kong novelist and screenwriter Ni Kuang, who penned some 300 screenplays including The One-Armed Swordsman and The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin, has died.
According to local media, he passed away on Sunday at age 87.Tenky Tin Kai-man, actor and spokesman of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, confirmed Ni’s passing to the South China Morning Post.
The cause of death was reportedly skin cancer.Hailed as a giant in the Chinese literary world, Ni rose to fame with the New Adventures Of Wisely series which was first published in Chinese daily Ming Pao in 1963.
He specialized in martial arts, wuxia and science fiction. Beginning in 1965, Ni branched out into screenwriting, often working for the Shaw Brothers.
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