In the golden age of Hong Kong cinema, there was a special genre called "Hitting Women's Films". This kind of film features women as absolute protagonists, who are extraordinary, courageous and resourceful, and play half the sky in the field of masculine action movies.
"Heroine", Xu Feng
"Playing women's movies" is in the same line as "chivalrous movies". From Zheng Peipei, Xu Feng, and Shangguan Lingfeng in the era of Hu Jinquan's ancient costume martial arts, to Hui Yinghong, Yang Jingjing, Yang Panpan and others in the era of the early Minchu kung fu films, they are in a heroic and cool, love-hate chivalrous image, and Zhang Che's masculine martial arts are in harmony with each other.
Overlord Flower
With the continuous development of film concepts and the transformation of audience preferences, modern action movies have gradually replaced traditional kung fu movies. Hong Jinbao's "Debao" company developed the "Royal Master Sister" series, and Jackie Chan's "Weihe" company derived the "Overlord Flower" series from the "Five Lucky Stars" series.
Yang Ziqiong, Luo Fuluo, Hu Huizhong, became a first-line action actress, and Hui Yinghong, Yang Panpan and others also found a place to play again.
Michiko Nishikyo, Yugali Oshima, Li lijing Yang, and Saifeng Lee
The popularity of "Royal Master Sister" and "Overlord Flower" has attracted countless followers, and there are many "female movies" for a time. Li Saifeng, Yang Lijing, Liang Zheng, Gao Lihong, as well as the "Three Sisters of the East" Oshima Yugali, Nishikyo Michiko, and Takagi Fujimi are among the representative figures.
However, the female star I want to introduce today is little known. You may not have heard her name, but her face will definitely make you unforgettable.
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Her name is Du Guihua and she was born in Taiwan Province in 1960.
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Du Guihua began practicing taekwondo at the age of sixteen and won the 1979 World Cup, the 1985 Asian Cup and the 1986 World Junior College Cup.
She is also a professional bodybuilder, having been elected to the Bodybuilder (MiddleWeight) twice in 1986 and 1988 and the Heavyweight Champion at the World Women's Bodybuilding Championships in 1990.
"Mang Han Dou Lao Qian"
"Smiley Killer Silly Kid"
Du Guihua entered the film industry in the late 1970s. Because she is 168 cm tall, her cheekbones are prominent, and her face is not good, she has played some strange roles. From 1978's "Sword Qi Shenlong" to 1982's "Smiley Face Killer Silly Boy", she has starred in a total of eight costume kung fu films, and has cooperated with famous Taiwanese martial arts commanders Ke Shouliang, Chen Shaolong and Chen Xinyi.
In 1988, Du Guihua assumed the pseudonym Du Peihua and starred in "The Wandering Girl", starting her career as a fashion action film. In this film, Du Guihua starred as a bodybuilder.
The Falcon
Then she played a role in the Hong Kong-Taiwan co-production "Falcon", followed by "Dragon And Tiger", "Rogue License" and "Spirit Boy Qiannu". Frankly speaking, except for "Heavenly Dragon and Earth Tiger" (because there is Zhang Yusheng in it), these films are extremely sparse.
SWAT Overlord Flower
"Pretty Girl Goes Out"
1990 was a small peak for Du Guihua since the film. She collaborated with Hui Yinghong on SWAT Overlord Flower (aka Pretty Girl Goes Out). This is a follow-up work of the "Overlord Flower" series, but except for Hui Yinghong, it has nothing to do with the previous work. In the film, Du Guihua appears as a positive character. She presents intense martial arts scenes, including a wrestling scene of a woman in a swimsuit.
Chen Baixiang, Du Guihua
Another work worthy of key recommendations is the comedy action film "Starting Endnote" produced by "Jiahe", directed by Yuan Xiangren and produced by Xu Xiaoming. This is the most well-made film in which Du Guihua has participated, starring Chen Baixiang, Li Jiaxin, Liang Wanjing, Shan Liwen, Fang Gang and others. In terms of martial arts, Yuan Jiaban and Xu Jiaban joined forces to design wonderful and intensive martial arts actions. Du Guihua, as the first thug under the villain boss Fang Gang, has a pulling style and a fierce action, which makes the two male protagonists Chen Baixiang and Shan Liwen suffer enough.
"Deadly Woman"
This year, Du Guihua also starred in a "Deadly Female Overlord". In today's parlance, this is a "feminist" film that tells the story of Du Guihua's humiliation and leading a women's group to confront the gangs. The film was produced by the Taiwanese team and was of relatively poor quality, the only highlight was that Du Guihua once again staged swimsuit women's wrestling.
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"BoomIng Tianlong", Wu Yijian and Du Guihua
In 1991, Du Guihua still worked in Hong Kong and Taiwan. She starred in the ghost film "Demon Girl Fighting Master", the gambling film "Gambler Supreme", and the action films "Layout" and "Booming Dragon". In addition to the impressive action, these films are not of high standard.
"Hunting and Killing The Girl"
"The Underworld Bully", Du Guihua, Takagi Fujimi
"Hot Big Circle Boy"
Du Guihua's 1992 films are all grass platform team level: "Hunting and Blooming Women", "Underworld Female Overlord", "Hot Big Circle Boy", "Red Stick", "Thousand Fire Roses". Fight and kill, uh-huh, eight words can sum up everything.
A Thousand Fire Roses
The most bizarre thing is the "Thousand Fire Roses" filmed in Cambodia, which can be understood by B-grade film regulars Chen Xing and Korean materials, and even Wen Zhaolun! I once doubted that the reason why wen Zhaolun, who was full of style, would take over this kind of film was because of any grievances?
Pink Killer
In 1993, the resources Du Guihua obtained could only be described as deteriorating: "Yun Yu Life and Death Love", "Red Pink Killer", "Temple Street Thirteen Sisters". In addition to "Red Pink Killer" can be seen as a sister article of "The Underworld Bully", it can still be seen, "Yun Yu Life and Death Love" and "Temple Street Thirteen Sisters" are occupied by too many bed scenes, wasting a group of good actors.
However, Du Guihua's appearance in "Thirteen Sisters of Temple Street" is very cool, and the aura is also strong. She plays a villain thug similar to "Blind Man", and the two fight scenes with Luo Rui and Fang Zhongxin are very exciting.
Wang Yongfang, Du Guihua
In 1994, Du Guihua filmed her last film, Assassination Corps. The director of the film is He Zhiqiang, and the heroine is Wang Yongfang. The former is called "Hong Kong's worst director", the latter is known as "third-level Lin Qingxia", what kind of spark will these two collide? It turns out that there are no expectations for He Zhiqiang at all.
After filming "Assassination Corps", Du Guihua quit the film world and did not know where to go.
Du Guihua, Hui Yinghong
To be fair, with Du Guihua's skill and actual combat ability, she can definitely rank in the top three among the many women. If the development goes well, she can be completely beaten into the "female version of Billy Chow". Unfortunately, there are not many good opportunities for her, so that she has been struggling with bad movies for many years. But although the movie sucks, the characters don't suck. Du Guihua has created many strong and daunting characters with high kung fu, and she should not be forgotten in the dictionary of "beating women".
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