Chinese name: Zhang Che English name: Zhang Che Jiaose: director, actor, screenwriter, apprentice: Wang Yu,,,,, Li Xiuxian, Alexander Fu, etc.
In 1960s and 1970s, Zhang Che was one of the most influential figures in the Hong Kong film industry. Hong Kong people call him "Hong Kong's lean film generation". I'm afraid even Tsui Hark and Wong Kar-wai can't compare with his contribution to Hong Kong movies today. In the golden age of Hong Kong films, Zhang Che's name is a household name, his films are the guarantee of box office, and he is also the number one signature director of Shaw Company.
Zhang Che was born in 1922 and died in 2002. He is a great man spanning two centuries. Born in Qingtian, Zhejiang, many books say that he is from Shanghai, but he is not. He was born in Hangzhou and grew up in Shanghai. He likes to eat Shanghai fried noodles (Disciple's statement). Teenagers in politics are "cultural" officials of the Kuomintang. It is natural to emphasize the cultural officer here. He has no blood debt. Otherwise, it is estimated that 1986 will not go so smoothly when it goes back to the mainland to shoot "Greater Shanghai 1937". After the Anti-Japanese War, he continued to "culture" as a Shanghai theater and other positions, not only showing movies but also often appearing in various plays. Later, I also wrote a debut movie script "Masked Ball", starring Yan Hua, but this strictness is definitely not for dealing with her husband Yan Hua. Because someone once made a mistake and wrote an article about the top ten martial arts superstars, which confused the audience, I emphasized it in particular. The relationship between Yan Hua and Zhang Che continued many years after Yan Hua's death. Yan Hua's son John Chiang later became one of Zhang Che's proudest eldest sons.
Next, I want to introduce Zhang Che's Gao Shanqing, which seems to be a folk song of Gaoshan people. I didn't expect it from a director of a martial arts film. After that, Zhang Che went to Taiwan Province Province, where he worked as a screenwriter from 1962 to 1967. During this period, I only saw two films he handled, Wen Chen Su in' 66 and Pan Jinlian in' 64. The text is said to be based on Peking Opera, Tanci and (Shanghai Opera? ) adaptation. There are even many rap parts in the film. He Lili, the heroine, has nude scenes in the temple, which seems totally unnecessary. Probably not the masterpiece of this screenwriter, and he doesn't like it either. The film during this period is really interesting. No matter what form it is, it has to be sung in two paragraphs. Revenge of the Tiger General (1964) is the first martial arts film directed by him, and the main actors Wang Yu and Zheng Lei were recruited by him. Wang Yu is the father of Wang Xinping, a beautiful woman, but this father is really fierce, and he is also a gangster in Taiwan Province Province. A movie fan saw Wang Yu and shouted, "White-haired girl, brother Da Chun." . At that time, it might be more attractive to play a cool role in an informal way. As for Zheng Lei, he looks like a lout and has no unique tiles. The last time I saw Zheng Lei play the snake spirit in the TV series Monkey King of TVB, he appeared for about 3 minutes and then died.
From 65438 to 0966, the box office revenue of one-armed knife directed by Zhang Che exceeded one million, which was called a million director. The screenwriter was Ni Kuang of Water Margin. After that, the two worked together for more than ten years. One-armed Knife is said to have been adapted from Jin Yong's The Condor Heroes. I didn't know until I saw it. It's much better than some martial arts with mental retardation filmed in the mainland in the 1980s. But speaking slowly and fighting slowly, the plot has the shadow of the lower class turning over. Of course, this can't be demanding. Later "One-armed Knife King" and "Assassin" are all similar to this, and I really don't like it.
1969, Zhang Che made a fashion movie called "Dead Corner". The leading role is Tommy Tam recruited from hundreds of people, and the supporting role is John Chiang excavated from golden swallow, Miao Ching and body double. The screenwriter is a bit eccentric Kong-Kin Yau. It is said that this film is like james deen's Rebellion Without Cause to express the rebellious young people. There are lines in the play about whether David looks like James and Dean. Tommy Tam's Hero's Tale and Brigitte Lin's 1986 erotic drama are always dominated by the N-machine, and Tommy Tam laughs at himself. He was the ancestor of sex more than ten years ago, but now he is always dominated by the n machine. What he said was that the film "Dead Corner" had a strange style and suffered a big box office fiasco. Tommy Tam rested for half a year, and after two years, he completely became the main supporting role of John Chiang.
1970, Zhang Che won the best director of the Asian Film Festival, and the winning film was Revenge. The wonderful degree of this film is extraordinary. It has no background or location. This is a pure story of revenge for my brother, simple and full of passion. Finally, let Guan, who is covered in blood, churn out of the house after killing all his enemies, mumbling his eldest brother, and then calling the name of his beloved woman in slow motion. This is really a visual feast. John Chiang in Revenge is really great to the extreme, and it is hard to say that the winner of Asian movies is unreasonable. 1970 There is also a movie "Thirteen Pacific Insurance". In order to shoot this film, Zhang Che set up a location somewhere in Hongkong. Perhaps the film was too bloody, which led to the conflict between taboo villagers and the crew, and also contributed to the establishment of Shaw Film Factory. In the same year, a novel, Little Malefic, was a great success. The theme song "Narcissus" was sung everywhere and became popular in Tam. However, the plot of the little evil star is exactly the same as the diamond thief in 1969, and it is probably a variant of the same story. Perhaps the failure of the Diamond Thief prompted the birth of the little evil star, but personally, the first novel of the Diamond Thief, Shining Diamond, is much better than Narcissus.
At 197 1, Zhang Che filmed the Eagle King. It is said that Wang Yu was originally the leading role, but it's a pity that this guy went to Taiwan Province Province to shoot things like one-armed knives and blind people. So "Eagle King" was replaced by Tommy Tam. Maybe the script was meant for Wang Yu. In fact, I was shocked to see Da Chun's strong hatred in King Di Ying.
197 1 A memorable year. The highlight of this year is the new one-armed knife. At a recent French film festival, it was the only China film. There is a French poster of "New One-armed Knife". John Chiang has a steel knife in one hand, and his eyes are blue. This poster should be for Zhang Jizhong. Look at the beard. Why choose Yang Guo? This is ready-made The plot of New One-armed Knife is also very simple, which mainly tells the friendship between Tommy Tam and John Chiang. Learn from Jin Yong, Xiao Feng and A Jun's "Make Empty Promises with Cattle and Sheep" and make empty promises with chickens and ducks in the countryside. This passage inspired the famous gay Mike to write an article "The Mystery of Broken Sleeves in Zhang Che's Movies". However, it's really exaggerated. The two of them got angry when they left the heroine in the movie. Which movie dares to behave like this now? In the same year, there was a movie "The Great Duel" that was never shown, but it was said that Tommy Tam wanted to win the best actor in Asia. Unfortunately, not only Tommy Tam lost, but all Hong Kong films lost. I hate those journalists who insist on filming Tommy Tam's decadent appearance. No wonder they are at odds with their brothers. I won't mention a few here. The unsung hero, boxing and two heroes are relatively poor.
1972 There is a good film "Ma Yongzhen" featuring Chen Guantai and John Chiang, which is said to be the pioneering work of the Shanghai gangster film. I have to say Zhang Che's eyes here, Chen Guantai is the champion of Southeast Asia, tall, and seems to be a model of Shandong man. 1996, Xiao recruited a handsome boy "Takeshi Kaneshiro" Ma Yongzhen from Dahan to become a scholar. Alas, this vision is not as good as that of Zhang Che more than 20 years ago. Tan Si in John Chiang is also a model of the boss. Yuan Biao, who has a mole on his face in the later period, can't learn it. The only regret is that this film is not like the background of Shanghai, and it is a little niche.
1973, Zhang Che created a masterpiece "stab the horse". Zhang Che didn't get support when he first made this film, because the braid play couldn't be sold in Nanyang. In the eyes of overseas Chinese, braid is synonymous with humiliation. However, Zhang Che made great efforts to win support and achieved great success. John Chiang mentioned in the interview that "Sting Horse" added a lot of things, including emotion. I think the original intention of this story is only a story of revenge, but only with the struggle of character can the story be told more brilliantly. In addition, I also admire Zhang Che's textual research. In the play, Ma Xinyi's blue and gold embroidered robe has been exhibited as a treasure. I looked up the embroidered robe described in the noble work "The Horse Stabbing Case" of Shandong Heze Medical College, and it is no different from Zhang Che's film. In addition, the red dress worn by Zhang Wenxiang was also the custom at that time. The complexity of shooting is slow, but the emotional scenes are subtle, especially in Jing Li and Tommy Tam. Later, when reviewing the 30 years of Hong Kong films, Zhang Che mentioned that "Stinging Horse" was unfair to Jing Li. Many people still remember Ma Xinyi of Tommy Tam, but Jing Li is equally outstanding. After Stabbing Horse, the braid play is no longer taboo, but carried forward. 1973 Chen Guantai Elliot ngok's braid play "Wang Wu" is much inferior to "Sting a Horse", but this film is not exaggerated, but faithful to the well-known story. By 1993, Tommy Tam had already made a similar film "A Beautiful City with One Knife", but it turned into a story of loyalty and treachery of Wang Wu, Tan Sitong and Yuan Shikai. Although it is wonderful, it seems a little exaggerated.
Five Shaolin Ancestors (1974) is an earlier Shaolin film, among which two people have to mention, Qihe. Qi is Qiu Dongluo in Tsui Hark's Seven Swords, not the guy who swam to Hong Kong. 55 years old and still doing TV commercials. "I can't see that I am 55 years old. I used xx skin care products. " This is the first film made by Zhang Che Longbow Company. Personally, I don't like it very much, and the plot is boring.
After 1976, Tommy Tam officially switched to Chu Yuan and became the iron triangle. John Chiang doesn't seem to shoot Zhang Che's plays, but he and Hsueh Li Pao made a strange film similar to Seven Faces. 1977, Zhang Che filmed Jin Yong's trilogy of shooting sculptures, which lasted until 198 1 year * * *. However, there are too many contents in Jin Yong's novels, and most of the plots are supported by narration. Such a film is doomed to failure. However, the story of Nandi and Yinggu in the third episode was handled well, but Fu Sheng, played by Guo Jing, was really bad. There is a Chinatown kid this year, also written by Ni Kuang. The protagonist swims here again, with the background in America. This film has profound introspection significance, teaching young people not to go astray. 1993, Bernard Shaw had a barefoot boy, and the general view was that it was a remake of Red Boxing Boy. And I think the boys in Chinatown learn more, especially the images of watches and shoes, which are exactly the same.
The ruling of 1978 revived a group of new disciples. Guo Zhui, Chien Sun, Jiang Sheng, Luo Mang, Bai Wei, Lu Feng. This movie has great influence on the world, and it is said that it ranks 1 1 among the weird movies in the world. Guo Zhui used to be an acrobat in Taiwan Province province, but later he became a martial arts coach of TVB, and 97 Dragon and Eight Branches came from him, as did the legend of Yang Ziqiong. Jiang Sheng died of alcoholism a long time ago. 1988 starring Huang in "The Legend of Heroes in the Desert" (actually, it is "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", because in Taiwan Province, because of poetry, shooting sculptures is taboo). Luo Mang is still working hard at TVB, and Lu Feng is shooting a martial arts TV series in Taiwan Province, and has made Young Zhang Sanfeng by himself.
"Five Poisons" is actually just a story of the head of an evil sect confessing and cleaning his door before he dies, but the strangeness inside is really shocking. Steel needles go into the brain, ten thousand needles break frog skills, soak yellow paper to kill people. Everything is bloody enough. Of course, Zhang Che's purpose is obviously not as simple as giving people visual stimulation. A friend named Mirror and Tianya mentioned, "When will this endless killing end?" . Zhang Che seems tired of killing. In the end, the evil side of the five poisons is naturally carved out of the roots, but it leaves endless sadness. Martial arts is no longer a simple revenge on good people and killing bad people, but a spirit of repentance and guilt. I think this is a new interpretation of Zhang Che's five poisons. Relatively speaking, being incomplete by the same group of people seems to lack this spirit and return to the old road of revenge. Since then, Zhang Che has made some Jin Yong films, among which Sword with Royal Blood is the best. Yuan Chengzhi of Guo Zhui has a full face of beard, which is neither beautiful nor natural and unrestrained, but a chivalrous taste naturally arises. Wen Qingqing in Xue Erwen's works is not boring, but charming and lovely. The plot is tense and no narration is used. Among them, Guo Zhui also showed his acrobatic skills. In addition, gossip, this play has Sherwin's younger sister as "Yuan Qiu" who is famous for her kung fu recently.
Since then, in the early 1980s, Zhang Che left Xiao to form a long river. I have to mention that most of his disciples are concentrated in the movie "Thirteen Pacific Seas". Because of the death of Alexander Fu, Andy Lau stood aloof, but the disciples found that the master's experience was no longer vigorous, and sometimes they fell asleep after patting him.
Zhang Che 1986 came to the mainland to film, and his first film was Great Shanghai 1937. It is said that the box office in Hong Kong was not good, and I had not entered school that year. But according to some older friends, this film is very popular in Chinese mainland, especially Dong Zhihua's Yang Fan the Knife. 1988 "Dragon Crossing the River" has just been released on DVD recently. I just want to describe it in one word, awesome. But compared with the original revenge, slightly inferior, revenge is more important. "Dragon Crossing the River" adds too much national justice, which is too high. 1990 Xi An's murder is a remake of the five poisons. After that, Zhang Che's films were not as good as each other, while "Raiders of the Rivers and Lakes" and "Pingyao Westbound" were fascinating.
1992, Zhang Che filmed the TV version of "Stabbing Horse" on TV, and the plot became a foot-binding cloth. Later, the director also took the name of Lufeng. This may be because it is inconvenient for him to shoot in Chinese mainland. But I think he used to be a cultural official of the Kuomintang, not as miserable as Li Hanxiang. Mu Lixin and Du are the four great warriors of Taiping Army. These people are still active in TV dramas. Dong Zhihua plays the role of a fried ghost in Kung Fu. Mu Lixin was also nominated for Man with Flowers for Out of Amazon. Du forgot whether it was Ada or Joel in the TV series Eternity. Chen Jiming is, as long as it is a martial arts film, it is really hard to lose him. Zhang Che's mainland disciples are relatively quiet now, but many people miss them.
Zhang Che had no children, but he found so many excellent martial arts actors. Personally, I like Tommy Tam, Zhong Wang, Dong Zhihua and Mu Lixin best. He died in 2002, and was elegantly associated with James J.S.Wong, and the mountains and rivers spread naturally, and the one-armed tree was magnificent, but he said that his Gao Songshan Qing and the cross-era movie one-armed knife.
I don't know whether people will become attached to martial arts in the future, but I think this is my fairy tale forever. I just saw the Seven Swords, but to be fair, I didn't like it, because the plot was vulgar and I didn't see any humanity. Martial law was an absurd beginning and ended absurdly in the end. In a few years, Seven Swords, Heroes and Ten Faces will not be the representatives of martial arts films, but these unpretentious ones are the most sincere.
There are many shadows of Zhang Che in Kung Fu filmed by Stephen Chow. For example, the hammer came from Ma Yongzhen, and Dong Zhihua was even invited to play the role of a fried ghost. I believe that this chivalrous spirit will not be covered by the dust of the years. Looking back from time to time, it will feel like new.