Sumuru or Sax Rohmer's Sumuru is a 2003 pulp SF film directed by Darrell Roodt and starring Alexandra Kamp and Michael Shanks.
 It is an update of the character Sumuru created by pulp novelist Sax Rohmer.
Sax Rohmer (pseudonym of Arthur Henry Ward; 1883–1959) was a British writer of songs sketches, plays and stories.
 Born in Birmingham to Irish immigrant parents, the family moved to London in about 1886, where Rohmer was schooled.
 His formal education finished in 1901, following the death of his alcoholic mother.
 After attempting careers in the civil service, as well as the banking, journalism and gas industries, Rohmer began writing comic songs, monologues and sketches for music hall performers, including Little Tich and George Robey.
 Rohmer's first book was "Pause!"
, a series of sketches conceived by Robey and written by Rohmer, which was published anonymously in 1910; his second book was the ghost-written biography of Little Tich, published with Tich's real name, Harry Relph.
The Corpse Vanishes is a 1942 American mystery and horror film starring Bela Lugosi, directed by Wallace Fox, and written by Harvey Gates.
 Lugosi portrays a mad scientist who injects his aging wife (played by Elizabeth Russell) with fluids from virginal young brides in order to preserve her beauty.
 Luana Walters as a journalist and Tristram Coffin as a small town doctor investigate and solve the disappearances of the brides.
Chandu the Magician is a 1932 American Pre-Code mystery-fantasy film starring Edmund Lowe as Frank Chandler and Bela Lugosi as the villain Roxor that he must stop.
 Based on the radio play of the same name, written by Harry A. Earnshaw, Vera M. Oldham and R.R. Morgan.
 The radio series ran from 1932 to 1933 and Fox obtained the rights hoping the film would appeal to a ready-made audience.
 In 1934 Chandu returned in a twelve part serial, "The Return of Chandu", with Bela Lugosi ironically playing the title role.
The Mysterious Mr. Wong is a tongue-in-cheek 1934 mystery film starring Bela Lugosi as a powerful Fu Manchu type criminal mastermind of the Chinatown underworld, and Wallace Ford as a wisecracking reporter.
 The film is based on Harry Stephen Keeler's 1928 short story "The Strange Adventure of the Twelve Coins of Confucius" one of three stories in Keeler's book "Sing Sing Nights".
 Despite the name of the title character and being directed by William Nigh, it has no relation to Monogram Pictures later Mr Wong film series.
 The character of Mr. Wong does not appear in the original story.
Dr. Fu Manchu is a fictional character introduced in a series of novels by British author Sax Rohmer during the first half of the twentieth century.
 The character was also featured extensively in cinema, television, radio, comic strips, and comic books for over 90 years, and has become an archetype of the evil criminal genius while lending the name to the Fu Manchu moustache.
Scared to Death is a 1947 thriller film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Bela Lugosi.
 The picture was filmed in Cinecolor.
 The film is historically important as the only color film in which Bela Lugosi has a starring role.
Murder by Television (1935) is an American mystery film starring Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, and Huntley Gordon.
 The film is also known as The Houghland Murder Case.
 The cast also includes Hattie McDaniel.
Invisible Ghost (1941) is an American horror film starring Bela Lugosi, shot in black and white, and directed by Joseph H. Lewis.
 It was the first of the nine movies interpreted by Bela Lugosi for Sam Katzman at Monogram Pictures.
Night of Terror is a 1933 American Pre-Code horror film directed by Benjamin Stoloff, and starring Bela Lugosi, Sally Blane, Wallace Ford, and Tully Marshall.
 Despite receiving top billing, Bela Lugosi has a relatively small part.
 The film is also known as He Lived to Kill and Terror in the Night.

Question: The Mysterious Mr. Wong is a tongue-in-cheek 1934 mystery film starring Bela Lugosi as a powerful type of which fictional character introduced in a series of novels by British author Sax Rohmer during the first half of the twentieth century?
Answer: Fu Manchu