In the 1980s and 1990s, Hong Kong films shined and shocked the world film industry.
As a result, it attracted many foreign actors from Japan, South Korea, and even the West, and at that time, a group of international martial artists and Hong Kong's local kung fu stars had wonderful duels that the audience still remembered.
Unfortunately, with the decline of Hong Kong movies, many foreign actors at that time are rarely seen again.
Today, Pigo will take you to review the 10 foreign stars who have been very popular in the Hong Kong film industry.
After many years, the fate of these actors has also undergone earth-shaking changes, and now there are huge differences, some people have died young, and some people have disappeared.
First place: Ha Guorong (57 years old)
The recently released movie "The Marginal Walker" once again allowed the audience to witness the style of Hong Kong's "foreign police superintendent professional" He Guorong.
If he did not become an actor in Hong Kong, the Australian Gregory Charles River (The original name of River Guorong) would most likely inherit his father's business and become a farmer.
Everything has changed, starting with his junior year of meeting a group of Hong Kong students, because of this group of international students, he fell madly in love with Cantonese songs and became a super fan of Cheung Kwok Wing.
After changing his name to He Guorong, he gave up his studies and crossed the ocean to Hong Kong, becoming a "Hong Kong drifter".
At that time, TVB was recruiting a "Cantonese-speaking ghost guy" actor, and in this way, Ha Guorong became an actor.
In 1988, in "The Great Tea Garden" starring Wu Qihua and Mao Shunjun, he played a senior inspector in Hong Kong. Since then, he has also started his career as an actor in Hong Kong films as "Foreign Sir", and eventually became a "foreign police superintendent professional" in the Hong Kong film industry.
Since then, as the royal foreign actor of TVB, he has participated in more than 200 TV series, but he has always been a thousand-year-old match, just a foreign face with green leaves for 10,000 years, although it is extremely popular, but the future is narrow.
As an actor, Ha Guorong, who could not see hope, left TVB after his contract expired in 2008 and disappeared from the audience's sight.
Since then, Ha Guorong has made a living by teaching English, but his income has been unstable.
In 2014, forced by the pressure of life, he once set up a stall to sell his wife's handmade jewelry to supplement the family.
What's more unfortunate is that He Guorong, who was originally living on a tight budget, suffered from a serious illness in 2017 and underwent two surgeries, which made the family even worse and in debt.
Now 57-year-old He Guorong has returned to his old owner TVB to actively make a comeback, frequently announcing and receiving business performances, hoping to pay off the debt as soon as possible.
Second place: Wang Minde (57 years old)
If It is said that He Guorong has the title of "foreign police superintendent professional household" in the Hong Kong film industry, then Wang Minde, who is the same age as He Guorong, is a "Flying Tigers Asir Professional Household".
Wang Minde was born in New York, USA, the father is Chinese, the mother is American, there are three brothers in the family, all actors.
The eldest brother is Wang Shengde (Russell Wang), who often appears in American film and television dramas, and has collaborated with Jet Li in the movie "Deadly Romeo".
The third brother is Diklan Wang, in the early 90s, starred in "Across the Seas" and Stephen Chow's "Gambler 2".
In 1985, Wang Minde first played the "Flying Tiger Team Member" in the movie "Flying Tiger Soldier", because of his tall stature and decent appearance, he has since formed an indissoluble relationship with the "Flying Tiger Team".
He can be seen in almost every Hong Kong film about the Flying Tigers, with the audience most impressed by the 1994 "Flying Tiger Ambition" directed by Chen Jiashang, when the 29-year-old played the Flying Tigers instructor Wong Tai Shek.
Wang Minde looks like a "gentleman", but in life he is a good husband, in 1992 he married the model Ma Shihui, so far 30 years, emotional stability, has two daughters and a son.
All three children are interested in performing in front of the screen.
The eldest daughter is a model while running her own fashion brand, the second daughter is a professional model, has walked through many big shows, and has also been on the cover of many magazines, the younger son likes to act, and is currently studying theater abroad, ideally being an actor.
Today, the 57-year-old Wang Minde is still active in the film and television circle, and not long ago starred in two TV series, "Flying Tiger's Thunder Pole Battle" and "Flying Tiger's Heroic Hero", continuing his "Flying Tiger Team" career on the screen.
Third place: Huang Renzhi (82 years old)
In the 1980s, Hong Kong kung fu films became popular, attracting kung fu actors from Japan, South Korea, and even the United States. While working as actors in Hong Kong, they learned the skills of martial arts action movies.
In the 1972 Bruce Lee self-directed and self-starred film "Raptors Across the River", the Korean Aikido Seven-Dan and Taekwondo Six-Dan Master Hwang In-sik played the role of a thug.
In the movie, he was defeated by Bruce Lee with three punches and two kicks, although he was a real kung fu and did not get a full display, but thankfully, he stepped into the Hong Kong film industry.
After that, Huang Renzhi participated in many films of Hong Jinbao and Jackie Chan, among which "Master and Disciple Out of the Horse" and "Dragon Young Master" with Jackie Chan are the most representative.
Famous all over the world for his left leg kung fu, the Jianghu people gave him the nickname: the king of left leg attacks.
In the mid-to-late 1990s, Hong Kong-made kung fu films were in decline, and many foreign actors who appeared in kung fu movies also left.
In 1983, Tiger Eagle was Wong's last film, and he faded out of the film world to teach Aikido Kung Fu at a martial arts gym in Canada, and has only participated in a few Bruce Lee documentaries over the years.
Counting the age, Huang Renzhi is 82 years old this year, and now enjoys his old age, his body is still healthy, and there is little news.
Fourth place: Richard Norton (72)
Richard Norton is an Australian actor known for his "bad foreigner" image in the Hong Kong film industry.
Norton was already a karate black belt in his 10s, became a bodyguard after college, and has been involved in protecting many showbiz celebrities such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
In 1980, Norton met Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris is a karate world champion who made a name for himself for playing a spectacular Colosseum matchup with Bruce Lee in Raptors Across the River.
With the help of Chuck Norris, Norton made his first film, Ninja Gang, and officially entered the film industry.
After that, he worked with Norris on several Hollywood B-movies.
In the mid-1980s, he was favored by Hong Jinbao as a villain and was invited to Hong Kong to play a very eye-catching villain in the movie "Summer Lucky Star", and had a wonderful fight with Hong Jinbao at the end of the film.
Because of the film's popularity, Norton appeared in "Rich Train" and "Magic Emerald".
Later, he also continued to play the villain in Jackie Chan's movie "City Hunter" and "A Good Man".
In 1987, Norton returned to the United States to mix in a large number of B-grade films, most notably in the "Judge of Sin" series with Lovelo.
Now 72 years old, he is still active in the film industry, and in 2021 he also starred in the movie "Rage".
Fifth place: Binney Euquadez (70)
Speaking of Binnie Euquadez's name, everyone may feel strange,
But when it comes to a classic castle battle in the "Fast Food Truck" that he cooperated with Hong Jinbao, Jackie Chan and Yuan Biao, I think there are many people who have remembered it.
Binney was a true American professional fighter, born into a fighting family, the son of a professional fighting champion and the mother of a wrestling champion.
He was the original world heavyweight boxer of the WKA, with a professional record: 63 wins and 57 KO opponents, nicknamed "Jet".
Binney has been involved in film since the 80s, but because of the good appearance conditions of Shange Winton and Stephen Siege, most of them can only play supporting roles or villain roles.
But he can often "dominate" and impress the audience.
Especially in 1984, he and Jackie Chan had a fight in the movie "Fast Food Truck", and he did not fall behind in both strength speed and reaction.
The five-minute confrontation between the two was also named "the most exciting film and television fight scene in history" by Black Belt Magazine, second only to Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris in "Raptors Crossing the River".
Due to his outstanding performance, in 1988, Binney participated in "The Flying Dragon" and played Jackie Chan again. During the filming, the two not only exchanged kung fu, but Jackie Chan often asked him for Advice on English and formed a deep friendship.
After returning to the United States, Henni starred in many Hollywood B-grade films and TV series in the 90s, but they were not as stunning as the previous Hong Kong kung fu films.
In 2015, when Jackie Chan filmed "The Heavenly General", he also invited Binney to play a supporting role in the film, which was the last film Binney participated in.
Now 70 years old, Binney lives in the United States and still works in martial arts.
6th place: Yasuaki Kurata (76 years old)
Born into a martial arts family, Kurata's father was a karate teacher, and he began learning karate from his father at the age of 6.
In 1968, Kurata Made his debut in "Continued Organizing Violence" in Japan, then went to Taiwan to develop, later joined Shaw, and then switched to Jiahe.
In 1973, Kurata hospice starred in Kirin Palm, a film starring Bruce Lee's friend Kirin, who himself served as a martial arts consultant, so Kurata also worked with Bruce Lee.
Unfortunately, Bruce Lee died in the same year, and Kurata Yasuaki was unable to participate in his films, which became a major regret for Kurata Yasuaki.
It was not until 1994 that Kurata Yasuaki participated in the filming of Jet Li's film "Jingwu Hero", playing Fumio Funakoshi, that he was able to pay tribute to this regret.
Kurata Hosaki is 76 years old this year, because he usually pays attention to fitness, his body is still healthy, he has always been full of strong fighting spirit, not only active in the film world, but also still insists on filming "playing".
Last year, he also starred in the TV series "Tenmoku Crisis", playing a Japanese named Hiroshi Kuroki.
Seventh place: Yugali Oshima (59 years old)
Speaking of Kurata Hoaki, we have to mention that she is known as a Japanese actress in the Hong Kong film industry - Yuki Oshima.
Oshima Yuki learned karate from Hosaki Kurata since childhood, and has practiced real kung fu.
At the age of 16, Yugali Oshima won the Japan Karate Competition and later signed to Shinichi Chiba's JAE office and became an artist under his umbrella.
JAE has close ties to the Hong Kong film scene, with Oshima Yuki being one of the first to enter Hong Kong.
In 1986, Hong Jinbao directed and starred in "Rich Train", which was the first Hong Kong film she participated in.
During filming, Oshima Yugali completed a dangerous maneuver of sliding a bamboo pole from the top of two floors to the ground, which amazed everyone in the crew.
Since then, she has gained a firm foothold in the Hong Kong film industry and started a 10-year-long career of "beating women", participating in a series of good films such as "Angel Action", "Dream Awakening Blood Does Not Stop", "Power King", "Golden Triangle Heroes", "Bombardment Secret Order" and so on.
Her characteristics are that she can be competent for two different roles, the protagonist or the villain, will not be limited by the image, and has the ability to perform perfect action.
But after shooting a lot of action movies, Oshima Yukiga gained fame and fortune and fell into old wounds, and finally became overwhelmed.
Jackie Chan suggested that she find another livelihood, she listened to Jackie Chan's advice, and returned to Japan after filming "The Military Order of the Female General of Yangmen" in 2011, and founded a karate study class in her hometown, passing on her kung fu to the next generation and operating to this day.
8th place: Fujimi Takagi (54 years old)
Famous Japanese actresses in the Hong Kong film industry, in addition to Yuki Ōshima, there is also Takagi Fujimi.
Japanese karate black belt champion Takagi Fujimi is known for her leg skills, she debuted relatively late, only went to Hong Kong in 1989 to develop, the first film she took over was Li Saifeng's "Killer Angel", in which she played the killer Zhu Ling.
Fujimi Takagi has also worked with Donn'tson and participated in his two films", "Fury Veyron" and "Cheetah Action", and has performed well.
But in that era, the Hong Kong film circle was seriously involved, and even action stars could not pick scenes.
Although Takagi Fujimi is strong in martial arts, she also has to take over some shoddy movies, such as "Luring Lang into the House", "Pink Killer", "Flower Picking Monk", etc., which cannot be described by looking at the title.
1998's "Akin's Story", directed by Xu Anhua and starring Yang Ziqiong and Hong Jinbao, is the only literary film in which Takagi Fujimi has participated, but only a little drama.
1999's "Black Gold Empire of the Underworld Archives" was the last film in which Fujimi Takagi starred, and she returned to Japan after which she has not been heard from for a long time.
Ninth place: Darren Sahrawi (aged 43)
In 2010, the movie "Ip Man 2" was released, in which the British boxing king "Tornado", a body of tendon meat, the image is fierce, a look is a fierce role.
The "tornado" in the film is played by Dylan Sahrawi.
Dylan Sahrawi was born in Stockport, England, but he lived in Hong Kong as a child and began practicing martial arts at the age of 7.
Later, Dylan returned to the United Kingdom, and in 1989, because of the opportunity to meet Zhen Zidan, he followed Zhen Zidan to learn Chinese martial arts, and because of the influence of Zhen Zidan, he decided to develop in Hong Kong.
In 1993, Dylan returned to Hong Kong to enter the film industry and began to play some dragon set roles, such as in the movie "The Hundred Variable Stars", he played a bodyguard.
It wasn't until 1996, when Dylan played the villain Smith in "Kung Fu Kid Breaks Down" that he began to be known to audiences.
However, after making this movie, Dylan decided to go to Hollywood and participated in many B-grade action movies, but he never got a good role.
It was not until 2010, when Zhen Zidan filmed "Ip Man 2: The Legend of the Grandmaster", and Dylan was invited to star in the British boxing king "Tornado", that the career rose again.
However, unfortunately, although Dylan has been working out for a long time and is very strong, he suffers from severe atherosclerosis.
On January 14, 2015, Dylan died of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 43.
10th place: Lovelo (65 years old)
In March, martial arts actress Lovello updated a video on social platforms to celebrate her 65th birthday by diving into the glacier's extreme sport.
I believe that as long as you are a senior Hong Kong film fan, you will not be unfamiliar with this "royal sister" and the female policewoman "Overlord Flower".
Lovelough, whose original name was Cynthia Roslock, practiced karate at the age of 13 and practiced martial arts at the Chengdu Institute of Physical Education in China, winning the World Karate Championship for five consecutive years from 1981 to 1985.
In 1984, "Miss Malaysia" Yang Ziqiong came to Hong Kong and signed with Hong Jinbao's Debao Film Company.
Hong Jinbao starred Yang Ziqiong in the action movie "Royal Master Sister", taught her to learn martial arts for half a year, and then found a contract with Lovelo of Siyuan Film Company to partner her to ensure that nothing was wrong.
"Royal Sister" was released in the same year and achieved a box office of HK$10.02 million, successfully winning the red Poplar Ziqiong and Lovelo.
Since then, Lovell has participated in films such as "Magic Emerald", "Rich Train", "Law Enforcement Pioneer", "Overlord Flower" and other films with the image of this beaten woman, and its tough action style has amazed the audience.
After filming "Children of the Sun" in 1990, Lovello felt that her development had hit a bottleneck and left Hong Kong to return to the United States.
Lovelo, who entered Hollywood, has also participated in some movies, but they are all small investment B-grade films, playing nothing more than fighting and killing roles, far less than the scenery in Hong Kong.
Today, Lovelo is 65 years old, but still maintains an optimistic attitude and love of movies, trying various film jobs.
This year there is an animated film called "Time Girl", in which she participated in the dubbing work.
Presumably, like Pigo, everyone can feel a special sense of intimacy when revisiting these actors.
Although many people have not been able to play the main role in their lives, they are an indispensable scenery in Hong Kong films, stunning an era and witnessing the rise and fall of Hong Kong films.
Regardless of the decent, the villain, the supporting role of the protagonist, in the hearts of the audience, they are the brightest stars in the golden age of the Hong Kong film industry.
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