The first part: "One-Armed Knife", Hong Kong box office: HK$1.29 million
This film is the first hong Kong local box office to exceed 1 million Hong Kong dollars, and now the mainland "10 billion directors", "10 billion stars" titles, in the 1960s and 1970s in the Hong Kong film industry, "million directors", "million stars" title, for a film practitioner, is also a huge glory. "One-Armed Knife" was released in 1967, a sensation, director Zhang Che and starring Wang Yu, also became the first "million box office director" and "million box office star" in the Hong Kong film industry, two people known as master and apprentice, and later cooperated with "Golden Swallow", "One-Armed Knife King" and other films, each of which sold well at the box office. However, later Wang Yu broke up with Zhang Che, the former co-produced "Humpback City and the One-Armed Knife" with the Japanese film company, and the latter began to support his new disciples, praising David Jiang and Dillon, and filming "The New One-Armed Knife", which was also a hit.
The second part: "Tangshan Big Brother", Hong Kong box office: 3.19 million Hong Kong dollars
In the early 1970s, Bruce Lee, who was depressed in Hollywood, was ready to return to Hong Kong to develop, and he originally planned to invest in Run Run Shaw's men, after all, Shaw's wealth at that time was huge, occupying a monopoly position in the Film Market in Hong Kong and even Southeast Asia, but he was snubbed by Shaw. Bruce Lee in a rage, turned to the newly established Jiahe Company, and got the full trust of the boss Zou Wenhuai, the first Hong Kong film "Tangshan Big Brother" was able to start shooting smoothly, the film production cost is not high, in fact, there is a sense of testing the water, but after the release of the unexpected explosion, in one fell swoop broke the highest box office record since the opening of Hong Kong, since then, the Hong Kong film industry has entered a short and brilliant Bruce Lee era.
Part III: "Ghost Horse Double Star", Hong Kong box office: HK$6.25 million
Xu Guanwen was originally a TV host, and was later discovered by Shaw's famous director Li Hanxiang, starring in blockbuster comedies such as "The Great Warlord" and "Yile Ye". However, Xu Guanwen, who was in the yuan, was not willing to be an actor, so he sent the script of "Ghost Horse Double Star" he wrote to Shao Yifu, hoping that the other party could shoot his self-written and self-directed works. The latter had no choice but to turn to Jiahe's men, at this time Bruce Lee had just passed away, Jiahe Company seemed to have lost its pillars, Zou Wenhuai could not help but be happy about the arrival of Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanwen and his brothers Xu Guanjie and Xu Guanying, and soon completed the production of "Ghost Horse Double Star", the film was released in 1974, breaking the box office record, becoming the first film in the history of Hong Kong cinema to break the box office of 6 million, and in the following six or seven years, Xu Guanwen would sit firmly on the annual championship throne as long as he made a film, comparable to the later Stephen Chow.
Part IV: "Drunken Fist", Hong Kong box office: HK$6.76 million
After Bruce Lee's death, Hong Kong filmmakers began a collective search for Bruce Lee's successor, jackie Chan was one of their targets, but several films were made and did not receive good results. It was not until a few years later, in 1978, that Yuan Heping and his father Yuan Xiaotian joined forces to combine Jackie Chan's personal appearance, temperament and personality to tailor the kung fu comedies "Snake-shaped Executioner" and "Drunken Fist" for him, which officially opened jackie Chan's superstar road. The Hong Kong box office of the two films is close to 10 million, of which "Drunken Fist" sold more than 6.7 million, ranking second in the year, the box office champion of this year still belongs to Xu Guanwen, jackie Chan wants to completely replace each other and become the hegemon of the film industry, it will take several years.
Part 5: "Best Partner", Hong Kong Box Office: HK$26 million
Before filming "Best Partner", Hui Guanjie had been mixing with his brother Xu Guanwen in terms of movies, and his personal box office appeal had never been confirmed, until the explosion of "Best Partner", known as the god of song, Xu Guanjie, officially became the first film star in Hong Kong at that time. It is said that in terms of the number of moviegoers, this film is still the most visited film in Hong Kong, and the two sequels since then, "The Best Partner's Great Magic" and "The Secret Order of the Empress of the Best Partner", are the annual champions of Hong Kong films in 1983 and 1984 respectively. The last sequel, "The Best Partner of a Thousand Miles to Save the Poor Woman", was released in 1986, ranking third in the year, and failed to win the championship throne, because this year, another epoch-making film "The True Colors of Heroes" was released.
Part VI: "The True Colors of Heroes", Hong Kong box office: HK$34.6 million
Before shooting this film, Wu Yusen's most directed comedy films, and has not sold a blockbuster movie for many years, with the release of "Laughter" and "Two Tigers" in 1985, Wu Yusen's film career fell to the bottom. At this time, Zhou Runfa was called a box office poison by the media, and Dillon had just terminated his contract with Shaw, and these rotten brothers and sisters got together, as if they couldn't do anything, if it wasn't for Zhang Guorong's joining, the film probably wouldn't even get the investment. Fortunately, in the end, with the help of executive producer Xu Ke, "The True Colors of Heroes" was completed.
The film not only let Wu Yusen, Dillon and other salted fish turn over, but also let the Hong Kong film industry open a zhou runfa era, from 1986 to 1990 in just four years, Fa Ge starred in nearly 40 movies, most of which sold well at the box office, during this period, he also won the Hong Kong Golden Statue Emperor three times, even he himself also ridiculed in the movie: Every year Zhou Runfa, how is it Chow Yun-fat.
Part 7: God of Gamblers, Hong Kong box office: HK$36.2 million
In the era of the rise of Chow Yun Fat, Hong Kong director Wang Jing also began to stand out, shooting a series of blockbuster movies such as "Best Friend", "Hardcover Girl", "Courtship Daredevil", and what really made him a first-line commercial director was the two gambling films "God of Gamblers" and "Supreme Supreme", both films were released in the same year, with a total box office of nearly 60 million Hong Kong dollars, since then, gambling films have become a unique genre of Hong Kong films, these two films have also played an indirect role in promoting the rise of Stephen Chow, if there is no "God of Gamblers", The big hit, I'm afraid there is no "Gamble Saint" released a year later.
Part 8: "Gamble Saint", Hong Kong box office: HK$41.3 million
Before starring in this film, Zhou Xingchi has actually emerged in the Hong Kong film industry, many black fans of Xingye on the Internet, claiming that Xingye will only act in comedy, will not act in the right drama, in fact, before the big hit, Zhou Xingchi has acted in many positive dramas, such as "Thunderbolt Pioneer", "Righteous Courage", "Wangfu Jackie Chan", "Wind and Rain", etc., his performance in the film has begun to show its sharp edge, but "Gamble Saint" has completely changed the direction of Stephen Chow's acting, if there is no such movie, there may not be a later king of comedy, the glorious era of Hong Kong films, It won't look so radiant.
Part 9: "Wong Fei Hung", Hong Kong box office: HK$29.7 million
If "Gamble Saint" changed Stephen Chow's acting path, then "Huang Feihong" restarted Jet Li's film career, before starring in this film, Jet Li had a five-year trough, self-directed and self-acting "Chinese Hero" only sold 11 million in Hong Kong, not to mention the top ten highest-grossing movies of the year, even the top 30 of the year did not enter. Co-starring with Stephen Chow in "The Dragon at the End of the World", the Hong Kong box office is only 6.8 million, and the popularity accumulated in the era of "Shaolin Temple" has almost dissipated. Fortunately, he met Xu Ke, "Huang Feihong" not only changed jet Li's fate, but also redefined the kung fu film, in which the boy's ambition and family and country feelings, in the laughing and angry Hong Kong films, are actually extremely rare, but also injected majestic power into the film.
The reason why we call the above nine films epoch-making works is because they have opened an era of longer or shorter, there are many works with extraordinary status in the history of Hong Kong cinema, in addition to the above nine films, what other Hong Kong films can be called epoch-making? Welcome to leave a message to discuss!