Speaking of Liu Jialiang, I think everyone is no stranger, he is a descendant of the authentic southern school of kung fu Hong Jia Quan, and he is also a famous actor director and martial arts instructor in Hong Kong, of which the martial arts instructor position was personally created by Liu Jialiang
As a martial arts instructor, Liu Jialiang has won numerous awards in his life, and has also won a number of martial arts stars, "ShenDa" made the kung fu boy Wang Yu stand out, "Elder" made Hui Yinghong win the best actress award at the first Academy Awards, and "Shaolin Thirty-Six Rooms" made his brother Liu Jiahui a hit
As a martial arts rising star who has always been praised by Liu Jiaban, Liu Jiahui was once considered to be Liu Jialiang's brother, but in fact, it is not, and the person who is really related to Liu Jialiang is the protagonist Liu Jiarong we are going to talk about today
He is Liu Jialiang's brother, he also has a deep martial arts foundation, but he is not used by his brother in the show business circle, but he can shine on Hong Jinbao's side, and even many people say that he and Hong Jinbao are more like brothers, why this brother has not been reused by his brother, today let's take a look at this "poor brother" Liu Jiarong
Liu Jiarong was born in a martial arts family, his father Liu Zhan is the second generation of Huang Feihong's disciple, so he began at the age of 10, under the guidance of his father and brother, practicing authentic Southern Kung Fu Hong Jia Quan, because his brother and father are working in the film and television circle, so at the age of 15 Liu Jiarong also entered the development of the show business circle
At the beginning, he was a dragon and tiger martial artist on the set, and he also had a lot of appearances in Zhang Che's early films
Later, he slowly began to help Zhang Che with his brother Zheng Changhe and other directors to design martial arts actions, even if he was acting and part-time martial arts instructor, in 1972 he participated in the action design of the kung fu film "The First Fist in the World"
The wonderful and novel fist and foot confrontation was quite popular with foreign audiences at that time, so this film was very popular in the European and American markets as soon as it was released, becoming Shaw's first kung fu film to enter the international film world, and the success of this film also prompted Liu Jiarong to have a small reputation in the film circle, and then he first starred in the male number one in Chen Honglie's "Cupola Cannon"
Although Liu Jiarong was 31 years old at the time, he still looked like a teenager, and together with Huang Peiji in the film, he also presented a short but wonderful fight scene to the audience, but it was a pity that this film did not make him angry
Later, Liu Jiarong was favored by Taiwan's "First Pictures" company, and invited him to Taiwan to participate in films such as "Tiger Crane Double Shape" and "One-Armed Man vs One-Armed Man" and served as his martial arts instructor, that is, during this period, he met the "skinhead" Mai Jia, which also laid the groundwork for his later establishment of a film company
Because the development in Taiwan is not satisfactory, so in the mid-70s Liu Jiarong returned to Hong Kong, in 1977 he filmed his directorial debut "Kung Fu Kid", the film selected Liu Jiahui Wang Yu, the core members of Liu Jiaban, so it has a lot of points in playing, and its box office performance finally exceeded one million
This brought confidence and motivation to Liu Jiarong, who started a business for the first time, and in the same year, he and his brother Liu Jialiang founded the Liu Brothers Film Company, and successively launched action films such as "Ghost Horse Kung Fu" and "One Courage, Two Forces, Three Kung Fu", but unfortunately these films did not bring substantial development to the company, so the company finally had to declare bankruptcy, although Liu Jiarong's development over the years was not smooth, but many years of trial and error also indirectly prompted Liu Jiarong to become a film talent with all-round development
In 1978, he and his friend Hong Jinbao Mai Jia founded the Garbo Film Company, the three of them worked together, filmed a lot of good works, 1978's "Tiger Field Chicken" can be said to be a film of deception collection, in which Liu Jiarong played the tiger Hong Jinbao played the field chicken, and the two were also enemies and friends
It is also mixed with some acrobatic performances, which can be said to be a very good funny action movie, and the next year they launched the movie "Fighting Single Knife And Death Gun" while it was hot, it is worth mentioning that this movie is quite novel in conception, Liu Jiarong and Hong Jinbao, the two protagonists play each other's apprentices
From young to old, the master's duel has also been passed down to the apprentice's generation, coupled with the performance of the ghost horse of Shi Tian, this movie has become one of the top ten high-grossing movies in Hong Kong that year
But unfortunately this glory did not last long, 2 years later with the departure of Hong Jinbao, the newly established company also announced the dissolution, and then Liu Jiarong returned to Liu Jiaban again, but at that time Liu Jiaban already had the popular stars Liu Jiahui and Wang Yu, and his brother Liu Jialiang was still trying to praise Hui Yinghong and Xiao Hou, so Liu Jiarong could only play some green leaf roles in the movie most of the time
This led to the fact that he had always had a mediocre response behind his brother, but left his brother's cooperation with Hong Jinbao, so that Liu Jiarong's talents were fully exerted, such as the later works such as "Miscellaneous Family Boy", "Dragon Heart", "Rich Train", "Fat Dragon Skinny Tiger" and other works, each of which has achieved good market response
One of the most impressive is the film "Miscellaneous Family Boy", in which Liu Jiarong played the martial arts master Jia Wudao, who carefully taught Yuan Biao and Liang Jiaren Kung Fu, which made many people think that he was a decent character in the early stages, but in the second half of the film, the audience realized that he was the villain behind the scenes
Liu Jiarong's acting skills and strength in this film are online, and "Miscellaneous Family Boy" has also become one of his few representative works, which has not been reused in his brother's side, but the cooperation with Hong Jinbao has left a deep impression on the public's mind, for which Liu Jiarong himself has said that he has known Hong Jinbao for decades, he has completely treated himself as a family, and the outside world has also laughed that Liu Jiarong and Hong Jinbao are more like brothers
However, for the brother Liu Jialiang did not have the strength to praise the younger brother, in fact, think carefully can also understand, although Liu Jiarong is not as famous as his brother Liu Jialiang, but his ability is still quite outstanding, as an actor, he was invited by Hollywood in the late 80s to go to the United States to cooperate with Shange Winton "The King of Fighting", which shows that he also has a certain popularity in North America
As a director, his films "Little Fear", "Young Master Weiwei", "Dragon Family", "Spy Pursuit" and other works have achieved good box office results
As a martial arts instructor, he has won the Best Action Direction Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for many times, and when Xu Ke filmed "Huang Feihong", the earliest martial artist he found was Liu Jiarong, and finally he and Yuan Xiangren Yuan Xinyi also won the Best Action Direction Award at the Academy Awards with this film
So in summary, in fact, even without the support of his brother, Liu Jiarong can become an excellent filmmaker with his own efforts, but later with the decline of traditional kung fu films, Liu Jiarong also retreated, except for occasionally invited to participate in the behind-the-scenes work of some movies, I have rarely taken on roles that need to play, after all, he is getting older
Throughout Liu Jiarong's life, although he has a well-known brother, he did not rub his brother's heat and fire, but relied on his own efforts to step by step to the peak of life
Liu Jiarong, who is now 77 years old, rarely appears in public again, but his contribution to kung fu films is worth remembering forever