Hong Wa = Tung Li ????

[Bruce]

Someone said to me that Shaw actor Hong Wa (Kang Hua)
http://www.hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mht ... ay_set=eng
is the same person as Tung Li.
http://www.hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mht ... ay_set=eng

They certainly look similar:



Does anyone object to merging these names, at least for the pre-1975 Hong Wa entries?

And does anyone know if the later Hong Wa entries pertain to the same actor?

[Bruce]

After spotting the actor again in The Chinese Boxer (as Hong Wa) and Girl Named Iron Phoenix (as Tung Li), I am fully convinced they are the same person. So "Hong Wa (1)" was made an alias for Tung Li, and the Shaw credits were switched.

Since it is uncertain whether the later credits pertain the the same person, those later credits were left with "Hong Wa (2)".