1972 is destined to be an extraordinary year, this year is Bruce Lee's most brilliant year, "Jingwumen", "Raptor Across the River" have broken the record of Hong Kong film box office history, but this year is also a year of victory for other types of films, no longer the world of martial arts films, comedies, wind and moon movies, and even documentaries, all of which have entered the top ten of the Hong Kong film box office list this year. Jiahe's strength also made Shaw feel the crisis, but it also promoted the prosperity and development of Hong Kong films.
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First place: "Raptors Across the River" box office of 5.3 million 7351, which is the first time in the history of Hong Kong film box office to exceed 5 million. Acting is excellent and directing, and Bruce Lee is no exception. When Bruce Lee participated in the "Tangshan Big Brother" and "Jingwumen" both sold well, Jiahe finally realized Bruce Lee's super box office appeal, and also opened the torrent of traffic passwords, so Bruce Lee wrote and directed "Raptor Across the River", unexpectedly, this did not fully play the Bruce Lee action movie concept of the action film, became Bruce Lee's most representative work.
Douban score: 8.4 points. The film, released at the end of '72, caused such a sensation that the Hong Kong police had to dispatch police officers to control the crowds, and even some theaters suspended their money-making hands to drive out the audience. The most amazing thing is that this film broke box office records in almost all parts of Southeast Asia. Bruce Lee's fame reached its peak.
The climax of this film should be in the fight part of the ancient Roman Arena, this paragraph is really too classic, the most exaggerated is that Bruce Lee actually did not edit any shots, but directly used the medium and long mirror to shoot the whole process, I have to say that Bruce Lee is really the peak of pure kung fu movies. However, the one who grabbed the egg and pulled the chest hair would always make me can't help but look at me, and I would also feel a chill in my crotch and shiver.
In addition to these, it is worth mentioning that the heroine of this movie, Miao Kexiu. Personally, I like her looks.
Second place: "Jingwumen" box office 4431424. The film is a martial arts film produced by Hong Kong's Jiahe Film Company, directed by Luo Wei, co-written by Bruce Lee, Luo Wei and Ni Kuang, and starring Bruce Lee, Miao Kexiu and Tian Jun. It mainly tells that at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, Huo Yuanjia was poisoned by the Japanese design, Chen Zhen, in order to avenge his master, broke into the Japanese Taoist Hall alone to compete with a group of Japanese masters, and finally Chen Zhen stabbed the enemy with his hand and won back the dignity for the country and the nation.
Douban score: 8.5 points. This movie, I have seen it a long time ago, there are three places that I am impressed by: the first is that Bruce Lee carried the "Sick Man of East Asia" plaque sent by the Japanese Hongkou Dojo to the Hongkou Dojo, beat everyone in the Hongkou Dojo, and then said the sentence with a loud voice: "Chinese is not a sick man", and when he left, he shredded the paper into the mouth of the Japanese, which was really very relieved; the second was that Bruce Lee kicked the "Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter" sign with one foot, It's really too much to raise an eyebrow; the third is the heroine Miao Kexiu, in fact, a photo of Miao Kexiu has been sent on it, but here is another one.
Third place: "The Great Warlord" box office 3464725. Without Bruce Lee's two classics, this "Great Warlord" can achieve the glory of breaking the Hong Kong box office record, but unfortunately Bruce Lee is too strong this year, too strong. But we can't deny that this comedy film was also a success. The film is a comedy produced by the Shaw Brothers and starring Lee Han-hsiang, starring Xu Guanwen, Dina, Hu Jin and others.
Douban has no rating at present. When Li Hanxiang invited Xu Guanwen to play the great warlord, everyone in the Shaw clan was opposed, and they did not think that a TV host could play the main role of the film. Li Hanxiang fully supported, and even said: "Anyone who comes to my hand can make me look like a picture." ”。 Li Hanxiang really does not brag, really the old newcomer who has entered the film circle at the age of thirty is a look, it can be said that it is quite brilliant, but also after the release of many movies to kill a blood road, ranked third, breaking the monopoly of kung fu films, but also triggered the warlord theme fever, but also created a precedent for wind and moon comedy.
Fourth place: "007 Diamond" box office 2,818,365. Looking at the name, we can tell that this is the classic 007 movie, nothing to say, and it is the last time that the first generation james Bond Sean Connery starred in James Bond.
Douban score: 6.8 points.
Fifth place: "Unearthed Cultural Relics" box office: 2.776747. The fact that this film has made it from many films to the top ten really shows that the Hong Kong people have given this documentary a high degree of enthusiasm. You read that right, this movie is a documentary, a documentary shot in the mainland, and it is also a very rare mainland film that can enter the top ten, and it is a pure mainland film. However, I searched a lot and couldn't find a record of the film, let alone the rating.
Sixth place: "Fourteen Female Heroes" Box Office: 2,569,002. A war film produced by Shaw Films, filmed is the story of Yangmen female generals, the director is Cheng Gang, the actors are = Ling Bo, Lu Yan, Li Jing, Shu Peipei, He Lili, Ding Pei, Jin Fei, Xia Ping, Ouyang Shafei, Wang Jinfeng, Wang Ping, Yuan Biao, etc., it can be said that this movie concentrates on many of Shaw's popular movie stars, which is a very strong lineup. As for the results, so-so, sorry so many popular stars.
Douban score: 7.1 points. The film's martial arts instructor is Cheng Xiaodong, who is his first martial arts instructor. Of course, he was able to serve as a martial arts instructor for this big-budget film at that time, which was inseparable from his director father Cheng Gang. Not the process Xiaodong is also capable. Those who like Cheng Xiaodong can go to see this movie! Also a good choice!
Seventh place: "Ghost Horse Fairy Car" box office: 2444508. A comedy from the United States, a good comedy.
Eighth place: "The Great Snitch" Box Office: 2,235,597. It is a french-Italian co-production.
Ninth place: "Wind and Moon Strange Tan" Box Office: 2,023,104. The film is a wind moon movie, but also the first time this kind of film into the top ten of the Hong Kong film box office list, the director is Li Hanxiang, I Li director is really Wen Neng An Bang Ding light, Wu can ride a horse to kill the gutter, is really a human wizard also!
Douban score: 7.4 points. As the poster says, Shaw's production must be a good product. As for the middle two letters are automatically blocked. Of course, not all works need to block those two letters, and there are many films produced by Shaw, and many of them really fit those two letters. But "Wind Moon Strange Tan" is different, it is really a generation of classic Wind Moon romance films.
Tenth place: "Ma Yongzhen" Box office: 2 million 6935. It is also a film produced by Shaw, co-directed by Zhang Che and Bao Xueli, and starring Chen Guantai. To be honest, the top ten did not see Zhang Che's name, and I began to wonder whether Zhang Che did not shoot a movie this year, whether he forgot to bring his traffic password to kill in the Hong Kong film circle. In fact, no, Zhang Che has filmed a lot of movies this year with his two traffic passwords, but there are no good results. He also only has this film co-directed with Bao Xueli into the top ten. Fortunately, there was no shame in throwing people to my grandmother's house, and finally there was a Zhang director and a large flow of Jiang David (cameo) into the top ten.
Douban score: 7.3 points. "Ma Yongzhen" is a representative work of Zhang Che's "violent aesthetics", the first to open the old Shanghai gangster competition model, but also for many later filmmakers to create a large number of remake codes, it can be said that Zhang Che really led the trend of Hong Kong films, the creation of themes and characters to support the prosperity of Hong Kong films.
Summary: In 1972, the top ten Hong Kong films at the box office reached two million for the first time. For the first time, director Zhang Che only had one film in the top ten, and director Li Hanxiang entered the top ten for the first time with multiple films, and discovered the cold-faced smile artist Xu Guanwen. The most noteworthy of the year is naturally Bruce Lee, whose two films have all broken box office records, and it is not too much to call this year bruce Lee's year.