Wang Yu, Luo Lie, Zheng Lei, Zhang Yi, and Xie Yuan, also known as the Five Tigers of the Shao Clan, were martial arts students of the 1960s and 1970s. The first three are all zhang che's first generation disciples, Xie Yuan has no news for a long time, today the great sage and everyone chanted Zhang Yi.
Zhang Yi, born in 1945, before entering the industry, he was a veteran of Peking Opera, studied Peking Opera for 8 years at the Taiwan Fuxing Drama School, not only has rich experience in stage performance, but also practiced a strong kung fu, taekwondo, Aikido, karate are not a problem.
In the last century, Hong Kong and Taiwan were closely linked in film, many film companies were paid by Taiwan, and Hong Kong films also attached great importance to the Taiwan market, and there were many filmmakers in the two places. Zhang Yi himself came from a theater background and had a martial arts foundation, so he was naturally recruited by Shao And played the male lead from the beginning.
In 1967, Gao Li's "Confucian Hero" was adapted from Jin Yong's novel "Book of Swords and Enmity", and Shen Bingyi, the hero played by Zhang Yi, was Chen Jialuo in the original work. Zhang Yi, who is handsome in appearance and athletic, has his own bookish temperament, which is very suitable for playing the image of some decent heroes.
In the same year, he also starred in the role of "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness", which is the first Southern Hero Zhan Zhao in the history of Hong Kong cinema. Because of the merits of rescuing Bao Zheng and the princess, he was named a royal cat, which triggered a contradiction with the five rats.
Zheng Peipei became famous with the golden swallow of "The Drunken Man", was the martial arts empress at that time, and starred in "Excalibur Earthquake Jianghu" with Zhang Yi in 1967, adapted from Jin Yong's "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", but not the story of Zhao Min Zhang Wuji, but Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu. The two were a pair of dazzling screen heroes.
If you want to choose a representative work of Zhang Yi, it is undoubtedly "Soul Hunting Bell", the storyline is relatively simple, that is, the story of the protagonist's whole family being killed and then revenge. However, this film is magnificent, the details are also handled better, the bamboo forest war, the candle night battle and the battle in front of the city gate tower at the end are very brilliant, is a rare Shaw martial arts boutique at that time, it is said that Shaw yifu is very fond of this film.
In 1970, In "Five Tigers Slaying the Dragon", Zhang Yi starred as the second brother Gao Zhi, Jin Han was the eldest brother, Gao Yuan was the third brother, Yue Hua was the fourth brother, Luo Lie was the fifth brother, plus the female hero Zheng Peipei, telling the story of the revenge of the five brothers. Everyone has a different personality. Zhang Yi naturally maintains his consistent Confucian temperament, and it is worth mentioning that the action design of this film is Hong Jinbao. Zhang Yi and Hong Jinbao had a relatively good relationship, and the two later collaborated on many films in Jiahe.
Wang Yu was Shaw's most popular martial arts student in the mid-to-late 1960s, and the "One-Armed Knife" series made a lot of money for Shaw. In 1970, Zou Wenhuai established Jiahe Film Company, and Wang Yu was one of the earliest actors. Zhang Yi, who was a good brother with Wang Yu, also went to Jiahe, but their luck did not seem to be very good. In 1971, Bruce Lee joined Jiahe Film Company, and miracle popularity, while driving the boom in action movies. Wang Yu and Zhang Yi were completely suppressed by Bruce Lee and could only run to Taiwan to work hard. The two collaborated on films such as "Chivalrous Two Heroes", "One Husband And One Pass", and "Four Heavenly Kings".
After Bruce Lee's untimely death, Zhang Yi also ushered in a small peak in his career. From a former martial arts student to an action star. For many of the fight scenes in the film, he did not need a stand-in, and many difficult actions could be handled freely, becoming a hot action star at that time. In addition to action movies, he has also participated in the war film "Eight Hundred Heroes", the spy war film "Black Dragon Society" and the comedy film "Magic Hands and Thousands of Gold" and "Half a Pound, Seven Two".
Many filmmakers at that time wanted to recreate a Bruce Lee second, and without exception did not succeed, because the audience also had times of boredom. In 1976, Zhang Yi also began to transform, no longer simply as an action actor, began to challenge the villain, in the "Great Eunuch" played the East Factory Factory Gongtian Ergeng, this fierce, sharp-eyed role made him very popular, feel and the early Huang Zhengli belongs to a routine.
It is worth mentioning that Hong Jinbao is also a eunuch image in "The Great Eunuch", and he is quite exemplary. Later, Zhang Yi starred in many films of the same type, without exception, all of them are white-haired villains.
In the 1980s, as the market for action movies continued to decline, Zhang Yi began to fight in the film and television circle, playing the role of Iron Hand in the CLASSIC ATV drama "Four Famous Catches", the TV emperor Wu Weiguo played ruthless, Li Hanzhi starred in cold blood, and Liang Xiaolong, the evil god of fire clouds, starred in the pursuit of life. In 1986, he played the role of Li Mu in "Qin Shi Huang" starring Liu Yong, liu Yong can be called the most classic Qin Shi Huang in history, and there is no one.
The relationship between Zhang Yi and Hong Jinbao has always been relatively good, Hong Jinbao in the 80s has long been an important filmmaker in the film industry, and when filming, he naturally thought of his brother Zhang Yi, and in 1986, "Thunderbolt Loudspeaker" invited Zhang Yi to play the role of a thousand-faced man.
In the 1992 "Legend of the God of War" directed by Hong Jinbao, Zhang Yi starred as Lanling Guojun and Mei Yanfang's father. I was most impressed by Andy Lau's whale.
In the 1990s, Zhang Yi jumped from ATV to TVB and cooperated with Zheng Yijian in "ZhongshenTong Wang Chongyang" and "Golden Snake Langjun". At that time, Zheng Yijian was not Chen Haonan.
In Liang Chaowei's version of "Chivalrous Journey", Zhang Yi starred as the scheming Bei Haishi, who was the military master of the Changle Gang. The bad guy may not be counted, but he is a true villain.
I believe that one of the characters who are most impressed by Zhang Yi should be the Gongsun Zhi of gu Tianle's version of "Divine Eagle Hero", who almost married a little dragon girl that year.
At first, he may have a good impression, but the more he went back, the more annoying it became. Kill lovers, frame daughters, and murder wives. Of course, Gongsun Zhi and Qiu Qianzhi are dying, you have me, I have you, and I can also be regarded as a pair of life and death enemies!
It is not wrong to say that Zhang Yi is a professional household of pit daughters, the god eagle hero pits his daughter Gongsun Lucao, and in the "Full Moon Curved Knife", he kills his daughter Ren Qingqing pit, is it true that the daughter is the father's lover in the previous life.
Many actors in Hong Kong chose to immigrate in 1997, Zhang Yi was also one of them, and Yue Hua and Jiang David chose to move to Canada, and occasionally many of them also got together.
He finally couldn't stand the loneliness of his love for acting, returned to Hong Kong in 2008 to shoot "Sweet Words", and the next year he cooperated with Yue Hua in "The Gangster", playing the role of Uncle Xiangfa, which is a foolish and loyal person, knowing that the boss cannot stand, but also to stick to the old lady's last training, let him inherit the family business.
Zhang Yi began to enter the industry in the 1960s, until now more than 50 years, witnessing the rise and fall of the Hong Kong film industry, but also left a strong mark, looking forward to his continued to bring us new works!