In 1982, Zhang Xinyan's "Shaolin Temple" made Jet Li quickly rise in the Chinese film industry. Later, "Shaolin Kid" and "North and South Shaolin" also further stabilized Jet Li's audience market.
In the early 1990s, the encounter with Xu Ke made Jet Li usher in a new career peak. With the establishment of "Zhengdong Film", Jet Li's acting road has also gone international step by step.
On the action screen, Li Lianxing performed many classic works. Among these works, many powerful stars have also cooperated with Jet Li and staged many classic action scenes.
In these classic action scenes, Jet Li's performance is excellent, but the so-called "monofilament is not a line, a single tree is not a forest", if these fight performances do not have the cooperation of the opponent, it is obviously impossible to hit the audience's visual hi-spot.
Next, let's talk about the fierce enemies and strong players who have worked with Jet Li in the classic fight scene, and talk about their past and past.
01: Qian Xiaohao
Speaking of Jet Li's on-screen rivals, Qian Xiaohao is definitely the first impression in the minds of many viewers.
In "Jingwu Hero", Qian Xiaohao not only performed brilliantly with his fists and feet, but also performed the literary drama extremely well.
And Dong Tianbao, who "my life is up to me" in "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng", has made Qian Xiaohao win the love of a large number of audiences with his strong role charm.
Qian Xiaohao's film road seems to have been very unsmooth.
In 1979, Qian Xiaohao was favored by the big director Zhang Che and walked onto the big screen of "Shaw Martial Arts Film". However, in the early 1980s, Shaw Films suddenly announced that it would stop production.
In 1985, Qian Xiaohao joined Hong Jinbao's "Hong Jia Class" and ushered in a career turnaround with "Mr. Zombie". Unfortunately, since 1988, "zombie films" have rapidly declined, and Hong Jinbao's "Baohe Films" have also gone out of business in 1992.
In 1993, Qian Xiaohao cooperated with Jet Li's "Zhengdong Film" to shoot two classic works, "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng" and "Jingwu Hero".
These two classics should have made Qian Xiaohao's film career turn around. Unfortunately, in 1993, the market for "Hong Kong-style martial arts films" collapsed, and "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng" was also affected by the market, and the box office performance was flat.
And "Jingwu Hero" was due to the collision period with Zhou Runfa's "God of Gamblers 2", the box office performance was dismal, and it was only released for 16 days.
At the end of the 90s, Hong Kong films declined, and Qian Xiaohao's film road was also hit by the impact of the tide of the times and fell into a trough.
In 2004, Qian Xiaohao tried to transform into a TV series director and filmed the TV series "Silk Road Hero", but unfortunately the market response was flat.
In 2013, Qian Xiaohao collaborated with director Mai Junlong on the film "Zombie", which although it received good market evaluation, failed to make Qian Xiaohao usher in a career turnaround.
Now Qian Xiaohao, the film industry is still like a pool of backwater. In order to live, he has also become a regular guest in various "spirit network movies".
02: Zou Zhaolong
Zou Zhaolong also left a strong mark in Jet Li's film career.
In works such as "The Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer in the Sky", "The Bodyguard of Zhongnanhai", "Letter to Daddy", "Adventure King" and other works, zou Zhaolong and Jet Li's wonderful fight performances can be said to have become the action film memories of a generation.
In the early years, Zou Zhaolong was a stuntman in the "HongJia Class". In the early 1990s, with the collapse of Hong Jinbao's "Baohe Film".
Zou Zhaolong also began to try to leave the "Hongjia Class" and seek new development opportunities. On the big screen of Hong Kong films in the mid-90s, Zou Zhaolong created many classic villain roles.
The frequent cooperation with Jet Li also made the audience remember Zou Zhaolong's fierce skills.
Dare to fight with "Master Huang" head-on, Zou Zhaolong should be the first.
His active performance on the big screen of Hong Kong films gave Zou Zhaolong an opportunity to go international. In 2003's "The Matrix 2", the role of "Prophet Bodyguard" played by Zou Zhaolong also surprised many international action fans.
At present, Zou Zhaolong is still active in Chinese film and television works.
However, as we age, our physical fitness declines. Nowadays, Zou Zhaolong has gradually withdrawn from the mainstream action big screen, and like Qian Xiaohao, has become a regular in the big movies.
03: Zhen Zidan
In 1992's "Huang Feihong 2: Boys Should Strengthen Themselves", Jet Li and Zhen Zidan launched a classic "cloth stick fight".
Under the joint cooperation of Li and Zhen, "Boy When Self-Improvement" has also become the "peak of fighting" in the "Huang Feihong series".
In the early 1980s, Under the excavation of Yuan Heping, Zhen Zidan entered the big screen of Hong Kong films.
In the early days, Yuan Heping, although he planned many film works for Zhen Zidan, these works did not make Zhen Zidan's career popular.
At the end of the 1990s, Zhen Zidan left Yuan Heping and set up his own film company, trying to seek a new direction of development on the road of "self-directing and self-acting", but unfortunately failed.
After filming two works, "The Legend of the Wolf Warrior" and "Killing and Dancing", Zhen Zidan's film company had no choice but to go out of business because of its dismal box office results.
Although the early film road was very unsmooth, Zhen Zidan after 2005 ushered in his own "spring".
The emergence of two works, "Kill the Wolf" and "Fuse", has stabilized Zhen Zidan's audience market. The subsequent "Ip Man" series also made Zhen Zidan's film road to a new peak.
04: Billy Chow
Among Jet Li's film works, Billy Chow is also an active and frequent frequent guest.
In his early years, Billy Chow was a professional fighter. In the mid-1980s, he began to enter the film industry.
In the film works of Jackie Chan and Hong Jinbao, the figure of Zhou Billy has appeared. In works such as "Adventure King", "Rats and Dragons", "Jingwu Hero" and other works, the fierce fighting performances of Zhou Billy and Jet Li have also made many fans addicted.
At the end of the 1990s, Hong Kong films went into decline. Billy Chou's film path has also gone to a low point. After 2005, Billy Chow's figure also completely faded from the big screen of Chinese action.
05: Hoaki Kurata
In "Jingwu Hero", the classic fight between "Chen Zhen" and "Funakoshi Fumio" has always been regarded by fans as a "textbook action movie fight scene".
In the film, Kurata Yasuaki, who plays "Funakoshi Fumio", has also become a strong on-screen rival in Jet Li's film career.
As early as the 1970s, Kurata had already begun to be active on the big screen of Hong Kong films, and had film cooperation with Bruce Lee, Dillon, David Jiang, Chen Guantai, Liu Jialiang, Hong Jinbao and others.
After entering the 1990s, Hong Kong films ushered in the peak of development, and Kurata Yasuaki's star-playing career also entered the peak.
At the end of the 1990s, Hong Kong films declined, and the "co-production" model began to become the mainstream on the big screen in Chinese. Kurata Yasuaki also followed this trend of the film industry, came to the mainland, and participated in works such as "The Wind and clouds", "Wild Beast", "Golden Brothers" and so on.
At present, Kurata Hosaki is still active on the big screen in Chinese. However, now he, because of his age, has given up action performance, and more often, he is engaged in literary interpretation on the big screen.
06: Ren Shiguan
1991's "Huang Feihong's Ambition" can be said to be a major turning point in the road of Jet Li's films.
Ren Shiguan, who starred in the "iron cloth shirt" Yan Zhendong in this work, is also a "strong enemy on the screen" that cannot be ignored in Jet Li's film career.
Like Kurata Yasuaki, Ren Shiguan has begun to develop on the big screen of Hong Kong films in the 70s, because of his fierce appearance, he has always been a "villain professional" on the big screen.
After entering the 1990s, with the rapid development of the Hong Kong film market, Ren Shiguan's villain acting career has gradually reached its peak.
And "Yan Zhendong" in "Huang Feihong", "Let Me Go" in "Laughing at the Undefeated East of the Rivers and Lakes", "Yankong Monk" in "Young Huang Feihong's Iron Horse", and "Feng Xifan" in "Deer Dingji" are also the role classics left by Ren Shiguan on the big screen.
At the end of the 1990s, the Hong Kong film market declined, and Ren Shiguan, like Billy Chow, chose to withdraw in time and fade out of the film world.
After filming "The Legend of the Second Five-Year Plan" in 2001, Ren Shiguan's figure completely disappeared into the big screen of Hong Kong films.
07: Zhao Wenzhuo
In 1993, Jet Li's "Zhengdong Film" launched the entrepreneurial work "Fang Shiyu".
In this work, the villain "Nine Doors Admiral" played by Zhao Wenzhuo left a deep impression on many audiences. The long and short stick duel between Zhao Wenzhuo and Jet Li has also become a fighting classic on the big screen of Chinese action.
This "Fang Shiyu" can be described as Zhao Wenzhuo's film debut, and the wonderful action performance in the film has made Zhao Wenzhuo favored by many directors.
After "Fang Shiyu", Zhao Wenzhuo also succeeded Jet Li and cooperated with Xu Ke in the "Huang Feihong" series.
Although I got quite good resources, I didn't catch the good timing. After 1993, Hong Kong-style martial arts films went into decline, and Zhao Wenzhuo's "Green Snake" and "Huang Feihong 4" suffered box office setbacks one after another.
In 1995, Zhao Wenzhuo starred in the martial arts classic "Knife", and the results after its release were even more dismal.
At the end of the 90s, Hong Kong films declined, and in order to survive, Zhao Wenzhuo chose to give up movies and switch to TV series.
And works such as "Book of Swords and Vengeance", "Mulan", "Drunken Man", "Wind and Cloud" and so on have also allowed Zhao Wenzhuo to stabilize an extremely large audience base.
In recent years, with the development of the mainland film market, Zhao Wenzhuo has also begun to try to return to the big screen of movies.
Today's Zhao Wenzhuo has transformed into a director, trying to seek a new career development on the road of self-directing and self-acting. In February 2021, Zhao Wenzhuo also released his directorial debut "Strike Back".
08: Yu Rongguang
In 1995, Yuan Kui filmed a "police action movie" for Jet Li - "Letter to Daddy". And the powerful star Yu Rongguang also launched several wonderful fist and foot fight performances with Jet Li in the film.
In the mid-1980s, Xu Xiaoming's "Kapok Robes" and "Mirage" made Yu Rongguang famous in the Chinese film industry.
In 1990, the box office hit of "Ancient and Modern Wars against Qin Figurines" also made Yu Rongguang popular with many Hong Kong film producers.
In 1993, Yu Rongguang entered his own film production period. Works such as "The Rise of the Undefeated Storm in the East", "The Judge judge", "The Iron Horse of the Young Huang Feihong", and "Super Plan" were also born at this time.
Unfortunately, Yu Rongguang, like Zhao Wenzhuo, failed to catch up with the dividend period of Hong Kong films.
After 1995, the Hong Kong film market gradually showed a downturn. After 1997, Hong Kong cinema also officially entered a trough of development.
In the face of the environment of the rising rivers, Yu Rongguang, like Zhao Wenzhuo, chose to leave the film market and devote himself to the TV drama market.
In 2003, Yu Rongguang established his own "Beijing Hairun Film and Television Group" and began to shoot TV drama works as a director. And "Wolf Poison Flower", "The Legend of the Hero of the Southern Overseas Chinese Mechanic", "Mufu Fengyun", "Legend of Dance Music" and other works have also won the love of a large number of audiences.
In recent years, with the rapid development of the mainland film market. Yu Rongguang, like Zhao Wenzhuo, returned to the big screen.
Now Yu Rongguang, not only as an actor, is active on the big screen, but also has embarked on the position of film director with the film work "Father and Son Boxer".
09: Ji Chunhua
In Jet Li's film career, Ji Chunhua's figure also appears to be particularly active.
In 1982's "Shaolin Temple", Ji Chunhua and Jet Li first launched a kung fu duel. Then in "Shaolin Kid", "North and South Shaolin", "New Shaolin Five Ancestors", "Fang Shiyu Sequel", Li and Ji joined hands again and staged a wonderful fist and foot duel.
Although they all became famous because of "Shaolin Temple", Ji Chunhua did not enter the Development of the Hong Kong film market like Jet Li, but stayed in the mainland film industry with peace of mind.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the development situation of the mainland film industry was not as superior as that of the Hong Kong film market at that time. As a result, Ji Chunhua missed many development opportunities.
The so-called lost East, harvested Mulberry. Although he was unable to make a big splash in the Hong Kong film market in the 1990s, Ji Chunhua was given many opportunities on the mainland TV screen.
"Duan Yanqing" in "Tianlong Babu", "Blood Knife Old Ancestor" in "Lian Cheng Ti", "Eagle Qianli" in "Ma Mingfeng Xiao Xiao", and "Tan Fei" in "Shaolin Martial King", these classic characters have become the childhood memories of a generation.
Ji Chunhua, who has created many classic roles in Chinese film and television works, ended the final curtain of his acting career in 2018. In this year, Ji Chunhua died of illness at the age of 57.
10: Yu Chenghui
"Shaolin Temple" in 1982 not only made Ji Chunhua and Jet Li, but also Yu Chenghui.
In "Shaolin Temple", Jet Li and Yu Chenghui's "stick and sword battle" has left a deep impression on a large number of fans. Later, in "Shaolin Kid" and "North and South Shaolin", the duo's "stick and sword performance" once again poked at the visual hi point of the audience.
Like Ji Chunhua, Yu Chenghui, who became famous for "Shaolin Temple", did not enter the Hong Kong film market, but chose to stay in the mainland to develop.
Due to the poor development of the early mainland film industry, Yu Chenghui failed to achieve too outstanding results on the big screen, but instead received praise on the mainland TV screen.
In 2015, 76-year-old Yu Chenghui left this world due to illness. His acting career also came to an end at this time.
11: Jackie Chan
In 2011, Hollywood director Rob Minkov directed and filmed the film The King of Kung Fu. Jackie Chan and Jet Li, the two kung fu superstars, also came to a fist-and-foot duel in the film.
On the big screen of Hong Kong films in the 1990s, Jackie Chan and Jet Li repeatedly clashed above the action movie market. After entering Hollywood, the two action superstars launched a box office duel in the overseas film market.
After 2004, Jackie Chan and Jet Li returned to the Chinese film industry, and the box office war between the two also spread to the mainland film market.
In 2011's "King of Kung Fu", two action stars went from box office confrontation to screen duels. The lively fight scenes have also comforted the hearts of groups of action movie fans.
Jet Li after "The King of Kung Fu" began to fade out of the big screen. After the film, Jackie Chan is still active on the big screen.
However, in recent years, Jackie Chan has gradually weakened his action performance due to his age. And Jackie Chan, who diluted the action characteristics, also began to gradually lose his own audience market.
Time never goes back, and the past can only be recalled. Now Jet Li has faded out of the film world, Jackie Chan, Zou Zhaolong, Kurata Baozhao and others, although they are still insisting on the big screen, but their skills have long been inferior.
The glorious era of action movies has become a thing of the past, a memory of a generation.
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