On July 15, the movie "Seven Little Blessings" held a press conference,
Announced that Leung Ka Fai will be the male lead,
And used young actors as the new seven small blessings.
The film is directed by Hong Jinbao,
A group of Yuan Zi Brothers will gather in the movie to pay tribute to Master Yu Zhanyuan.
Speaking of the Seven Little Blessings, many people no longer remember this name,
But when it comes to Jackie Chan, Hong Jinbao, Yuan Biao and other Hong Kong martial arts stars,
Probably everybody has seen their movies.
And they were the same disciple brothers, who were once members of the Seven Little Blessings.
Before Hong Kong movies became a craze, Cantonese opera was the trend,
Society has a head and a face, and it is cantonese opera celebrities who are called the horns,
Yu Zhanyuan is one.
At that time, the Cantonese opera stage needed a large number of actors, and Pear Garden still had business to do.
Yu Zhanyuan opened his own drama school and opened classes to teach,
Recruited a lot of children whose parents can't control, children of drama families,
There are also children who are poor and unable to support the family, and the stage names of the disciples are all surnamed Yuan.
At that time, the rules of the theater were that if you sent to learn art, you would be scolded.
The children had to suffer and be beaten.
As for the origin of the name Seven Little Blessings,
It was only because Yu Zhanyuan selected seven disciples to perform Peking Opera.
Originally, it was Yuan Long, Yuan Lou, Yuan Kui, Yuan Hua, Yuan Biao, Yuan Tai, Yuan Wu,
After that, there were also personnel replacements, and Qixiaofu became the code name of these child stars.
Let's take stock of the members of the Seven Little Blessings.
01 Yuanlong Hong Jinbao
Hong Jinbao can be regarded as Yu Zhanyuan's eldest disciple,
There was once a disciple who fled because he couldn't stand the scolding.
Hong Jinbao became a master brother and inherited the name Yuan Long.
Among all the disciples, Hong Jinbao can be regarded as a family origin,
His grandfather was Hong Ji, the first generation of Kung Fu film directors in Hong Kong.
His grandmother is The First Generation of Hong Kong Kung Fu Actress Qian Xiangying.
Hong Jinbao has been very interested in martial arts since he was a child,
Moreover, the Hong family and Yu Zhanyuan are family friends,
The Hong family sent their grandson to learn art mostly for their friends' face.
Hong Jinbao's status among many disciples was naturally a little higher.
Don't look at the current Hong Jinbao belly, is a flexible fat man,
When he was a child, he was a delicate little fresh meat.
Because I was injured by a push when I was a child, I lay in bed for half a month,
During this period, I can't get out of bed, I can't move, I can eat and drink every day,
Hong Jinbao's figure also blew up like a balloon,
I've never lost weight since.
But others are fat, kung fu is still there, and they are more bearish,
Hong Kong boxing king Zhou Billy because of his childhood boxing practice, the shot is too heavy,
When filming the scene, he knocked his opponent unconscious several times,
But he likes to fight with Hong Jinbao the most, because he has thick flesh,
One punch is no problem.
In his early years, Hong Jinbao also performed on stage with his brothers.
But he soon graduated, when Hong Kong cinema was already on the rise.
Hong Jinbao transformed into a martial arts instructor and pulled up his own Hongjia class.
Especially with the decline of the pear orchard industry,
A group of shi brothers once relied on Hong Jinbao to eat,
Every day at the door waiting for the play, all follow the master brother to be a martial artist.
Hong Jinbao has family connections, plus has learned real kung fu,
He became one of the first martial arts instructors to develop in the film industry.
He once led his team to make a stand-in and dragon set for Bruce Lee movies.
At that time, Bruce Lee's film actions were all designed by himself.
Hong Jinbao also learned a lot from it.
After Bruce Lee's sudden death, Hong Jinbao took over Bruce Lee's team,
His later right-hand man, Lin Zhengying, was once Bruce Lee's martial artist.
After Hong Jinbao's team gradually matured, he began to invest in movies,
Self-written and self-directed, made the "Mr. Zombie" series,
"Plan A", "Seven Little Blessings", "Royal Sister" and many other classic films.
And Hong Jinbao has a lot of patterns in terms of managing the team,
He gave many brothers the opportunity to star,
For example, Lin Zhengying, who plays Mr. Zombie,
Later Qian Jiale and Qian Xiaohao brothers,
They were once martial artists of Hong Jinbao's team.
Because of this, Hong Jinbao has also become a big brother with a lot of status in the film industry.
He kept giving new people a chance, and did not hold his son,
Even Peng Yuyan knelt down and recognized him as a dry father.
Even the international movie star Jackie Chan is his little brother.
02 Jackie Chan Yuan Lou
Jackie Chan is the most well-known actor in the Seven Little Fortunes,
His original name was Chen Gangsheng, and he grew up with his parents in Australia.
But the Chen family is not a wealthy immigrant family.
Instead, he went abroad to work and beg for food.
But Jackie Chan was very uncontentious when he was a child, and often fought in school.
The parents are too busy with work to discipline this son,
He was sent back to Hong Kong to apprentice at the Drama Academy.
It is said that Father Chen, in order to curry favor with Zhan Yuan, also specially gave him gifts.
And let Jackie Chan recognize Yu Zhanyuan as a dry father.
I thought that Jackie Chan, who became the son of Gan, would get preferential treatment,
But Yu Zhanyuan was more strict with him,
No matter what you do wrong, you will be punished,
Brother Shi should also be punished for doing something wrong together, so that he can set an example.
However, Jackie Chan did not catch up with the good times,
The impact of the film on the drama is great, and the pear garden gradually declines,
Jackie Chan also gradually lost his job, and could only eat with Hong Jinbao.
Jackie Chan, who has just entered the industry, is just an inconspicuous little martial artist,
Dragon sets and stand-ins are all dry, often playing dead people.
Once he played a dead body and lay in the rain for most of the day,
But as the camera progressed, it captured his undulating chest.
The director scolded Jackie Chan and scolded him for not even playing a dead man.
And the early Hong Kong martial arts movies are real knives and guns,
Unlike today there are so many security protections,
A lot of dangerous moves have to be performed by stuntmen.
The martial artists are all making money with their lives, and they have eaten the last meal without eating,
So their favorite thing to do after work is to drink, to find a lady,
Relax completely, and Jackie Chan is no exception.
It wasn't until Jackie Chan was signed by director Luo Wei that the situation changed.
Rowe is a director who once worked with Bruce Lee.
Jackie Chan also followed Hong Jinbao to make the dragon set of that movie,
Therefore, Rovey remembered this young man who was still good.
He signed Jackie Chan under his banner, and Jackie Chan's stage name was also changed by Luo Wei.
Jackie Chan has since ascended the branch to become a phoenix, and he also deliberately cut his double eyelids,
But Luo Wei did not make him popular, on the contrary, the two were still very unhappy,
At one point, it reached the point of terminating the contract in court.
At that time, Jackie Chan already wanted to do his own characteristic kung fu comedy,
But Rowe insisted on Bruce Lee-style hardcore fighting.
In the end, Jackie Chan successfully opened a new style of kung fu comedy with "Drunken Fist",
He also signed Jiahe to have greater autonomy,
Become Hong Kong's premier kung fu star.
After Jackie Chan became famous, he set up his own family class,
But unlike Hong Jinbao, the protagonist of the movie of the chengjia class is only Jackie Chan.
So many years have passed, and only one big brother is Jackie Chan.
Nowadays, looking at international films, Jackie Chan enjoys a higher status,
He has fans all over the world and has created countless kung fu classics.
In the early years, Jackie Chan and Hong Jinbao also cooperated many times, such as "Plan A" and "Fast Food Truck".
At that time, there was also a master and disciple with the surname of Yuan in the movie, that is, Yuan Biao.
03 Yuan Biao Xia Lingzhen
Yuan Biao's original name was Xia Lingzhen, and few people knew his real name.
But most of them remember the mole on the right side of his face, which is very memorable.
Among the many division brothers, Yuan Biao is a more handsome one,
But he still started from the dragon set and the stand-in,
And he was originally a member of the Hongjia class,
Followed his brother to participate in Bruce Lee's movie "Jingwumen"
It's just that he wasn't discovered.
Yuan Biao doesn't seem to have really become popular,
He has been living in the shadow of jackie chan and Hong Jinbao,
But his audience is very good, and his kung fu is also good.
The coherent technical action of the three brothers in "Fast Food Truck" that year,
Tacit cooperation, there is no lack of laughter during the period,
In particular, the picture of Jackie Chan and Yuan Biao training together is very eye-catching.
The director of that film is Hong Jinbao, who is very demanding on the action,
There is a shot that requires Jackie Chan and Yuan Biao to jump from the second floor together,
The height was five meters, and Hong Jinbao let them jump nearly a hundred times.
But Jackie Chan and Yuan Biao obediently jumped every time,
They have become accustomed to the right to speak of the master brother.
Yuan Biao, like the two brothers, also personally participated in the action design,
He has won the Academy Award for Best Martial Arts Instructor many times.
However, unlike Jackie Chan and Hong Jinbao's lace news constantly,
Yuan Biao is a very dedicated person.
After he married his wife Peng Xiuxia home, there was never a scandal.
The couple was very affectionate and gave birth to a son and a daughter.
When Yuan Biao's daughter got married, Hong Jinbao came to congratulate him.
And this time the film conference of "Seven Little Blessings", Hong Jinbao failed to be present,
Yuan Biao presided over the overall situation, which showed his position among the brothers of the division.
04 Yuanhua
Yuanhua also debuted with Hong Jinbao,
His first film was Bruce Lee's Jingwumen.
Hong Jinbao once said that although Bruce Lee was a great kung fu,
But he turned over his head but could not compare with Yuanhua.
Among the shi brothers, the thin Yuanhua was particularly flexible,
In particular, heeling is a good hand, and Hong Jinbao also uses him extra heavily.
Subsequently, Yuanhua starred in the "Mr. Zombie" series in Hongjiaban.
Among the Seven Little Blessings, Yuanhua is also the one who appears more,
But unlike other division brothers who have been making martial arts movies,
Yuanhua began to transform into comedy very early.
In 1991, Yuan Hua cooperated with Stephen Chow for the first time in the film "Descendants of the Dragon".
In the same year, he cooperated with the movie "Love Saint", which received good word-of-mouth and box office.
Stephen Chow is also a kung fu fan and a fan of Bruce Lee.
And Yuanhua is one of the few kung fu actors who are more adapted to nonsense comedy,
Both later collaborated on several occasions.
What makes Yuanhua really famous is Stephen Chow's movie "Kung Fu",
He played the charter wife in it, and the one who played the charter wife was his classmate Yuan Qiu.
This movie made Yuanhua win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor,
In the entire Hong Kong film industry, kung fu stars have rarely won acting awards.
This also allows Yuanhua to get recognition in acting,
Yuanhua was able to fight for the Shi brothers.
Moreover, Yuanhua is also an actor who entered the mainland earlier.
Yan Chixia, played in the big S version of "Qiannu Ghost", is impressive,
In Chen Kaige's movie "Taoist Descending the Mountain",
Chen Sicheng's film "Detective Chinatown 2" has wonderful performances.
Compared with other brothers, Yuanhua is one of the late reds.
But he was in good health and in high spirits, still active on the screen.
05 YuanKui
In the Seven Little Blessings, the above four have become stars sooner or later,
But there are also people who don't pay attention.
Yuantai and Yuanwu have disappeared and are no longer in the entertainment circle.
But there are also people who have completely turned behind the scenes to become well-known action directors,
He is Yuan Kui.
Yuan Kui was also in Hongjiaban at the beginning and starred in a series of movies.
But soon he found himself more interested in directing,
So he voluntarily gave up the opportunity in front of the screen.
At the beginning, Yuan Kui still cooperated with Hong Jinbao,
Most of the films filmed are films invested by Hong Jiaban.
But as Yuan Kui took the initiative to seek more opportunities,
There have also been more variations in the style of his directing.
What made Yuan Kui famous in the first battle was the film "Gamble Saint" with Liu Zhenwei.
This movie not only made Zhou Xingchi popular,
It also set a new record for Hong Kong films,
It became the first film to break through 40 million at the box office.
Then Yuan Kui began to cooperate with Liu Zhenwei to shoot nonsense comedies.
He also created the "Truant Veyron" series.
And the movie "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", "Fang Shiyu", "Letter to Daddy",
Not only proves Yuan Kui's strength in action movies,
He also praised Jet Li, a kung fu film superstar with the same name as Jackie Chan.
With Jackie Chan and Jet Li entering Hollywood,
Yuan Kui has also been invited to direct international films many times and personally designed the action.
In recent years, Yuan Kui's works have decreased significantly,
But in Hong Kong kung fu films, he is definitely a representative director.
06 Yuan Qing Yuan Heping
Hong Kong's first martial arts refers to the eighth master Yuan Heping,
He is also Yu Zhanyuan's apprentice, with the stage name Yuanqing.
Yuan Heping was born in a martial arts family and learned martial arts from an early age.
Also facing the decline of the theater, starting from the martial finger.
Initially, Yuan Heping also followed Hong Jinbao to do martial arts for eight years.
But he later set up his own Yuan family class and began to make independent films.
Yuan Heping's fame is inseparable from his works,
The first kung fu star he created was Zhen Zidan,
The second is Jet Li,
And that "Huang Feihong" is the work he and Xu Ke co-directed.
Yuan Heping's works have spread throughout Hong Kong, Taiwan, the mainland, and even foreign language films.
And most of his works are fine.
The martial finger of Ang Lee's movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is Yuan Heping,
The martial finger of "The Matrix" and "Kill Bill" is still Yuan Heping.
Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Runfa's bamboo forest fight,
Keanu Reeves dodged bullets at the lower waist,
Not to mention Jet Li's textbook kung fu in "Huang Feihong",
The classic fight scenes in these movies are timeless,
Full of artistic sense, it is specially designed by Yuan Heping for characters and plots.
But Yuan Heping did not have much contact with Hong Jinbao, Jackie Chan and others.
Few people know that they are actually out of the same door.
Yu Zhanyuan was able to cultivate so many excellent disciples,
Occupying almost the entire front and back of the Stage of Hong Kong Kung Fu Movies,
He can indeed be called a master, a famous teacher.
No wonder the IP of "Seven Little Blessings" has endured for a long time and has been constantly remade.
But Hong Kong cinema has lost its former glory.
I am afraid it will be difficult to return to the era when kung fu movies were prevalent.
And these gods are getting older, and their works are getting less and less,
Probably this movie that regroups the Yuanmen brothers,
It will be the last work of the immortal fight.
| Nancy
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