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Biography
Lai Hang (1928 – 9 February 1965), also known as Henry Lai, was a Chinese actor who began his acting career at age 4. The oldest child of Japanese-born filmmaker Lai Man-wai and Canadian-born actress Lim Cho Cho, he appeared in many films with his mother in the 1930s. One of his most notable roles was in The Goddess (1934), which was voted one of the top 30 Chinese films of all time at the 2005 Hong Kong Film Awards.
Though his parents both resided in Hong Kong after the Chinese Communist Revolution, Lai Hang chose to remain in mainland China to dedicate himself to the Communist cause. He was attacked in 1963 during the Socialist Education Movement because his older sister Lai Lan lived in Taiwan with her husband Shen Chang-huan, who was a high-ranking Republic of China diplomat. His marriage also fell apart, and in 1965 Lai Hang committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree.
Filmography
| Year | English title | Original title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Conscienceless | 人道 | Lost | |
| 1933 | Night in the City | 城市之夜 | Lost | |
| 1934 | Life | 人生 | Lost | |
| Coming Home | 歸來 | Surviving copy is unedited | ||
| A Sea of Fragrant Snow | 香雪海 | Lost | ||
| The Goddess | 神女 | Shuiping | ||
| 1935 | Song of China | 天倫 | ||
| Young China | 幼年中國 | |||
| 1936 | Gateways of Body and Spirit | 靈肉之門 | ||
| 1937 | Song of a Kind Mother | 慈母曲 | ||
| A New-Comer's Way | 新人道 | |||
| 1938 | Rouge Tears | 胭脂淚 | ||
| 1940 | The Little Hero | 小英雄 | ||
| 1941 | Good Son, Good Daughter | 好兒女 | ||
| A Prostitute and a General | 賽金花 | |||
| Rescue Grandpa | 孤兒救祖記 | |||
| 1949 | The Way of Love | 戀愛之道 | ||
| 1950 | Democratic Youth on the March | 民主青年進行曲 | ||
| 1952 | The Harmful Yiguandao | 一貫害人道 | Zhang Jianhua | |
| 1958 | Shanghai Girls | 上海姑娘 | Xiao Zhao | |
| 1963 | The House of 72 Tenants | 七十二家房客 | Does not appear | Assistant director |
| The Emperor Looks for a General | 齊王求將 | Does not appear | Assistant director |