Wielding a sword and slashing a horse for half a lifetime, the qi runs through the martial arts rivers and lakes.
This may be the life of a generation of martial arts superstar Wang Yu.
On April 5, some media exposed an official announcement of Wang Yu's daughter, saying that the old man had died safely in the early morning of April 5 at the age of 80.
Although many fans and viewers also knew that Wang Yu had been fighting the disease for many years, and time was short, but now that they suddenly received the news of his death, they still couldn't help but feel some emotions.
Sighing that Mr. Wang Yu's martial arts life has come to an end quietly.
However, although people have disappeared, they still leave many classic masterpieces for everyone to enjoy and remember.
Perhaps the vivid and vivid martial arts images on the screen are the best gifts that Wang Yu left to the audience, making people instantly think back to the past after watching it.
Wang Yu was born in 1944 in Shanghai, China.
At that time, the film and television industry was not as developed as it is now, and everything was still in the process of exploration and experimentation. And Wang Yu probably didn't think that he would go so far on this road in the future.
At that time, Wang Yu was admitted to the Shanghai Institute of Physical Education, and then went to Hong Kong to study in the Civil Engineering Department of Zhuhai College.
It was still the early 60s, when the college students were a top noble, and Wang Yu, who was only 17 years old, could be admitted to a famous school, which showed that it was somewhat extraordinary.
If the development continues according to this trajectory, if there is no accident, Wang Yu should become an excellent engineer and make certain achievements in the construction industry.
But the wonderful thing about life is that it is full of uncertainty at all times.
Wang Yu's life is the same, after graduation, he did not follow the previously planned life path, but chose another more difficult road.
In 1964, at the age of 20, Wang Yu went to Shaw Company alone to run for the male lead of the film.
At that time, it was an important period for the development of martial arts in Hong Kong, and it was also a period when Shaw Company wanted to completely gain a firm foothold in the Hong Kong film and television industry, and Wang Yu successfully seized this opportunity to stand out among many candidates and become the male protagonist of "Tiger Hero Annihilation".
At that time, there were not so many martial arts substitutes and props when shooting martial arts dramas, and many shots could only be really dropped, and the actions were all practiced by the actors themselves.
In order to play the role in the play, Wang Yu can only work hard to practice. Fortunately, he had laid some foundations in the sports academy before, and he practiced very quickly.
Finally, "Tiger Hero Annihilation" was well received once it was broadcast, and at this point, Wang Yu also officially embarked on the road of film and television.
Shao Shi saw that he had a good response to two martial arts dramas in a row, and began to invest a lot of resources to pave the way for Wang Yu.
In this way, a "one-armed knife" was born with the joint efforts of both sides. If "Tiger Hero Annihilation" is a stepping stone to let Wang Yu enter the film and television circle, then "One-Armed Knife" is a representative work that makes him completely fire.
The one-armed jianghu line of one person and one knife opened the era of martial arts belonging to Wang Yu.
The tall and mighty Wang Yu played the image of the one-armed knife king deeply into the hearts of the people, and also brought more than one million box office, breaking the box office record of the Hong Kong film and television industry in one fell swoop.
That was the million box office in the 60s, and to put it to this day, it is absolutely mythical.
After this film, Shaw became the leader of hong Kong's martial arts film and television industry, and Wang Yu was also known as the master who created a new chapter of martial arts in the Hong Kong circle.
The pioneer shows how high the industry evaluates him.
After that, Wang Yu opened a number of one-armed martial arts masterpieces, each of which was a big seller. At that time, the one-armed hero Wang Yu had become a benchmark in the industry.
As a result, the Hong Kong film and television industry has become such a scene: the market for action and martial arts films has been almost equally divided by Wang Yu and Bruce Lee, and their salaries and status are almost unmatched.
At the peak, Wang Yu was even chased backwards by the shadow queen Lin Qingxia.
At that time, the rumor spread widely, and afterwards Wang Yu personally admitted that he and Lin Qingxia did have a love affair, but it was very short-lived.
Because Wang Yu's social image at that time was very bad, it was the flesh and blood Fang Gang, who climbed to the peak of his career at a young age, and had an H Gang background, it was inevitable that he would not swell, so he committed many mistakes, and even almost went to jail in the early 80s.
In order not to involve Lin Qingxia, Wang Yu had to choose to let go.
Love chooses not to hurt, which is also the practice of real men.
After that, Wang Yu continued his martial arts path, but gradually turned from the front of the screen to the backstage, and by the golden age of Hong Kong film and television, his figure was no longer common on the screen, so that many people had forgotten the martial arts superstar who had pioneered the river.
Until 2011, Wang Yu appeared in "Wuxia" as the Seventy-Two Hells Sect Leader.
Everyone once again paid attention to this man who dedicated half his life to martial arts.
That should be one of the few times the audience is worried that the lead actor Zhen Zidan will be killed by the villain.
The sect leader played by Wang Yu is domineering and recruits meat, which makes people look very happy.
Many people did not expect that this fierce man who acted neatly and strongly on the screen was already more than 60 years old.
Not long after this play, Wang Yu was plagued by illness and never returned to his former heroism, and to this day, his 60-year martial arts life has finally come to an end.
Looking back at Wang Yu's life, he has created a martial arts precedent, and after a lifetime of dashing life, he also has to have both children and daughters, that is enough.