Kyaw Swe was a Burmese actor

Actor

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 and film director

Film director

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Biography

Kyaw Swe was born Maw Ni in 1924 in Yangon

Yangon

Yangon is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Region . Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial...

 to U Ba Nit and Daw Ohn Sein. He attended the St. John's High School, and during World War II

World War II

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 he was chief of law in Bago. He joined BDA

Burma National Army

The Burma National Army served as the armed forces of the Burmese government created by the Japanese during World War II and fought in the Burma Campaign...

 during the war. He entered into film around 1945. He became a film actor, changing his name to Kyaw Swe, and appeared in the film Saw Ya San Sha, a silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

, directed by Ba Shin. It was produced by the British-Burma Film company (later, “Nyunt Myanmar” ).

He moved to the A-One Film Company and he starred in the films of “Bogyoke”, “Ta Thwe Ta Mya”, and “Ahtauttaw” and “Chit Ye Baw” directed by Chin Sein (Shwe Nyar Maung). He also starred in “Bo Aung Din” and “Thar Bo Aung Din” directed by Shwe Don Bi Aung, “The Hsaung Hayman” directed by Thukha

Thukha

Thukha was a six-time Burmese Academy Award winning film director, writer, song writer, script writer and film actor. Thukha directed 33 films and is considered the most successful Burmese film director.-Biography:...

, “Phyay Yort Khway” directed by Chit Khin, “Min Aung Min Naung” directed by Aung Gyi and “Hpuza Nit Khine” directed by Hla Oo (Lu-Gyan Hla Maung Lay) for the British Burma Company.

In 1961, he went to Japan to study film-making. He established his own film company. His first directed film was “Pale Myetyay (Pearl Tear)” and he starred in that film, with actress Khin Yu May

Khin Yu May

-Biography:She was born on 23 March 1937 in Yangon, Myanmar, daughter of U Yu Swan and Daw Kyin Myaing. Her sister is Khin Yu Swe, a singer. At 1953 she began her recording career with the song May Pan Chi written by Myo Ma Thi. In 1958, she crossed over to films with a role in A-Thet by famous...

, a war film

War film

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. He also directed “Chit Myitta, “Ma chu tar the”, “The myat tar lane”, “Sane”. Between 1945 and 1982, he regularly worked as both a director and an actor. His last film is “Mwe Mwe chin Che Myin”. He died on 15 August 1982. He was survived by his wife, Nwe Nwe, and five children.

Filmography

• Saw Ya San Sha
• Bogyoke
• Ta Thwe Ta Mya
• Ahtauktaw
• Chit Ye Baw
• Bo Aung Din
• Thar Bo Aung Din
• The Hsaung Hayman
• Phyay Yort Khway
• Min aung Min Naung
• Hpuza Nit Khine
• Pale Myetyay
• Chit Myitta
• Ma chu tar the
• the myat tar lane
• Sane
• Mwe Mwe chin Che Myin