When I was a child, martial arts films were very popular, and one of the films can be said to be very impressed in my heart, which is the TV series "Jingwumen" starring Zhen Zidan in 1995.
This version of "Jingwumen" is also more successful, making more reasonable use of the special history of China before Japan, as well as the treacherous Shanghai Beach storm in the 1930s. The story is about Shanghai in the early years of the Republic of China, the underworld is longitudinal, the masses are divided, the great powers are even more eyeing the tiger, but behind the luxury of the Ten Mile Ocean Field there is a scene of legend, that is, the heroic era, the martial arts master Huo Yuanjia set up a museum in Shanghai to teach apprentices, and by chance, Huo Yuanjia saved Chen Zhen, who had just entered the gang, and accepted him as a disciple. Unexpectedly, the real underworld identity has brought great variables to the calm Jingwumen, the Sino-Japanese war is like an arrow, the anti-Japanese sentiment in the country is high, Yuan Jia has repeatedly sabotaged Japan's conspiracy to invade China, and was later poisoned by the Japanese warlords.
Now 25 years have passed since the film, and 6 actors have died in this TV series that swept the major platforms that year.
Cai Liujin (Played by Liu Zhirong)
Cai Liujin was a gang boss in Shanghai Beach, and had long been against Huo Yuanjia in his early years, but Cai Liujin was unambiguous in the face of national righteousness, and finally after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Cai Liujin refused to cooperate with the Japanese and was framed by his own son Cai Xuefu. Cai Xuefu sold himself to the Japanese Kou and forgot his ancestors, and finally Cai Liujin killed his son and went into exile overseas. Cai Liujin is played by Liu Zhirong.
Liu Zhirong was a small fresh meat of Shaw Film Company in his early years, handsome, coupled with relatively diligent and good acting skills, Liu Zhirong has a good performance in the TV series filmed by Asian Television. In the mid-1990s, the older Liu Zhirong began to slowly fade out of film and television works. However, Liu Zhirong has a good track record in both business and politics, and was elected a member of the Chinese Political Consultative Conference (Guangxi), and on May 15, 2008, Liu Zhirong died of complications such as hydropulmonary hydrops due to heart disease.
Cai Jinhu (played by Han Yisheng)
Cai Jinhu is the younger brother of Cai Liujin and the master of the Golden Tiger Hall, but as a generation of leaders, Cai Jinhu's strength does not dare to compliment, Mo said that against Huo Yuanjia, that is, against Huo Yuanjia's apprentices are a bit difficult, forced to use Liang shrimp to get ahead. Cai Jinhu, as a person who practiced martial arts, was unambiguous about national integrity, and after reprimanding his nephew, he was killed by his own nephew. Cai Jinhu is played by Han Yisheng.
Han Yisheng is a famous martial arts instructor in Hong Kong, in the 1970s in the major movies as a martial arts instructor, although Han Yisheng is tall, but the shot is very delicate, the playing style is also beautiful, so Han Yisheng has been an actor in film and television works many times, specializing in some technically difficult actions. In 1995, during the filming of "Drifting Swallow", Han Yisheng unfortunately died in a car accident at the age of 44.
Zhang Zongtang (Luo Lie)
Zhang Zongtang was a warlord who divided the side, and his prototype was Zhang Zuolin, although Zhang Zongtang entered Shanghai and was interested in territory and money, he was very bold in the face of national righteousness, resolutely opposed cooperation with the Japanese, and was eventually killed in the northeast. Zhang Zongtang is played by Luo Lie.
Luo Lie graduated from Shaw's "Southern Experimental Theater Company" training course and was a major martial arts star in the 1960s and 1970s. At the end of the 1990s, when the Hong Kong film market was in a slump, Luo Lie resolutely turned to Chinese mainland to do business, and opened an academy of performing arts in Hunan to train new students. On November 2, 2002, Luo Lie died of a heart attack on the way to Shenzhen Hospital at the age of 64.
Okamoto Nosuke (Akira Tsang)
Okamoto Nosuke is a Japanese consular aide-de-camp, martial arts is quite good, at the behest of Takeda Yukio as a killer, killed the chairman of the Takeshi General Committee, Uncle Tsuen, but he used despicable smoke screen means to win, fist and foot martial arts is not as good as Uncle Tsuen, when Huo Yuanjia investigated the Japanese consulate, he confronted Okamoto Nosuke, blew up Okamoto Nosuke, and finally Okamoto Nosuke was shot and killed. Okamoto Nosuke is played by Akira Tsang.
Tsang Shou Ming is a famous green leaf actor in Hong Kong, playing more police officers and soldiers in the play, although Zeng ShouMing has been in the film and television industry for many years, he has always had a heart to follow the police. Tsang joined the Royal Hong Kong Army (Volunteer Army) in 1991 and joined the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force in 1997 as a police officer. In the early morning of April 23, 2017, Zeng Shouming unfortunately passed away during the performance at the age of 58.
Inspector Law (McGee)
Inspector Luo is a small character who is not important in the film, but it is true that he Chinese a manifestation of helplessness at that time, he himself has a certain patriotic feeling, but people can't help themselves in the jianghu, holding the rice bowl of the British, but they can't help but deal with their compatriots. Inspector Law is played by McKee.
McKee was a student of Shaw's first artist training class, and was the protagonist of the TV series in the 1970s, and began to work as a supporting role and behind-the-scenes role in the 1980s. Asian television shares changed hands, and McKee withdrew from the entertainment industry. In the early morning of July 6, 2014, he died of illness at the age of 79.
Translator (Mickey)
Mickey played a translator in the play, and there weren't a lot of shots. In the 1980s and 1990s, he was a hong Kong Asian television artist, a full-time dancer before joining Asia Television, and after joining the film and television industry, Mickey performed mediocrely, and died of illness in the early morning of May 8, 2018.