In the heyday of Hong Kong's tertiary films, many stars lost their lives and contributed their bodies to art.
Actresses such as Shu Qi, Ye Yuqing, Li Lizhen, and Weng Hong have become a generation of stars, and their works have become eternal classics.
But the real representative of the third-level film is Xu Jinjiang, who enjoys the title of "the godfather of the wind and moon film", after all, the female star of the flowing water, the iron Xu Jinjiang.
Xu Jinjiang, now 62 years old
In that era, gunfight films represented Zhou Runfa, comedies represented Zhou Xingchi, kung fu films represented Jackie Chan, and Fengyue films represented Xu Jinjiang.
With the passing of the era of wind and moon films, the decline of a number of stars, how did Xu Jinjiang, who was also a star debut, go all the way in this situation and gain the love of the public?
Looking back on his life, this man who always looks like a reckless man who is full of evil on the screen, in his life like a fragrant river, uses a gentle and elegant attitude to interpret the true meaning of the phrase "return is still a teenager".
Coming from a family of medicine, the family road made him give up the art he loved
Xu Jinjiang in his youth
In 1961, Xu Jinjiang was born in Heilongjiang to a medical family.
His father is from Harbin, because his mother has Peruvian ancestry, Xu Jinjiang has been different in appearance since he was a child. In middle school, Xu Jinjiang, who was 1.8 meters tall and had deep eyes and a straight nose, was very eye-catching in his youth.
When he went to Hong Kong with his father to practice medicine, many people who came to the clinic to see a doctor thought that his image could go to be an actor, go out shopping, and often attract the attention of scouts.
At that time, the Xu family was practicing medicine for generations, and those laid at the feet of the young Xu Jinjiang were naturally also from the road of medicine.
However, the man who was later known to the public as a rough image, at that time, dreamed of becoming a painter.
Painting Xu Jinjiang
At that time, he studied the knowledge he loved at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, and saw his infinite possibilities on the road of painting art, but he could not see the impermanence of fate.
When Xu Jinjiang was 20 years old, Xu's father died suddenly, followed by his mother's illness, which left the originally solid family in an instant.
Xu Jinjiang, the only man in the family, had to find another way to make a living, and he went south to Hong Kong again to work.
The fate of Xu Jinjiang began a new chapter from this time, and his life began to be like the endless tide of the Xiangjiang River, with ups and downs.
The Wind Moon Film entered its heyday and ushered in the Xu Jinjiang era
Hong Kong in the early 1980s was the heyday of the entertainment industry.
The rise of entertainment made a number of stars popular, and entering the TV station as an actor once became the dream of many young people at that time.
Forced to make a living, when she learned that the famous TVB recruited artists training class, the sister suddenly remembered that many people said that her brother Xu Jinjiang was suitable for being an actor, so she secretly registered for her brother Xu Jinjiang.
As a result, with his outstanding appearance, in 1981, Xu Jinjiang entered the 10th TVB Artist Training Class. Became a classmate of Andy Lau Leung Ka Fai and others.
Xu Jinjiang Andy Lau group photo
Liang Jiahui recalled that Xu Jinjiang, who first met, was completely a polite literary student, and after introducing himself, he also performed a ceremony gracefully and showed his talents to dance a ballet.
Compared with Andy Lau Leung Ka Fai, Xu Jinjiang's initial acting career was not very smooth.
In the major TV series to run the dragon set, all day for the small roles to go east and west.
In 1989, due to the introduction of the grading system for Hong Kong films, many film companies took advantage of the opportunity to make a windfall, and the best era of Hong Kong films came, and Xu Jinjiang also ushered in his own peak period.
Director Ma Dangxiong, who has worked with Xu Jinjiang many times, has a film with three main male characters, the sexy shusheng Weiyangsheng, the domineering rogue Sai Kunlun, and the sullen Quan honest.
Xu Jinjiang is undoubtedly very much in line with Sai Kunlun, but this time, Ma Dangxiong wants to create a new Xu Jinjiang.
Although Xu Jinjiang has a fierce and rough appearance, his acting skills are extremely malleable, and he may play the role of Quan Honesty better than others.
As soon as this film was released, it became the most popular movie, standing out among many restricted films, and Xu Jinjiang's macho image also instantly became popular all over the country.
At that time, everyone knew: comedy movies to see Zhou Xingchi, kung fu movies to see Jackie Chan, Wind Moon movies to see Xu Jinjiang!
After that, he also acted in a number of different types of wind and moon films, although the style of this type of film is not high, but Xu Jinjiang is fully engaged.
For every scene and every action, he did enough homework to present the perfect visual effect to the audience.
3 times to meet, 3 sentences to get married
In 1993, when Xu Jinjiang was filming in Beijing, he met a female soldier who looked very special and looked exactly like the woman in a painting he had painted.
Xu Jinjiang, who has been single for a long time, immediately turned his head and said to his friends: I am getting married!
Immediately after, Xu Jinjiang walked up to the girl and said, "Hello, I am Hong Kong actor Xu Jinjiang, I like you, I want to marry you." ”
In the face of a stranger's inexplicable confession, the girl only responded with the three words "neurosis" and then left.
The girl's name was Yin Zhuping, who served in Yunnan and was a female soldier. After retiring from the army, he learned that the idol Dawn was filming in Beijing, and Yin Zhuping traveled to Beijing with his friends in order to see an idol.
Coincidentally, in addition to Dawn, Xu Jinjiang is also in this crew.
At that time, Xu Jinjiang was hanging Wei Ya in the air, and suddenly found that the girl in the last painting appeared in the crowd, Xu Jinjiang's heart beat faster, and he immediately signaled the staff to put it down.
A few steps to Yin Zhuping's side, he boldly said, "In a week, I will go to the place where we first met, and I will marry you." ”
Xu Jinjiang and Yin Zhuping
A week later, Xu Jinjiang really brought all the documents needed for marriage, and although Yin Zhuping felt unrealistic, he still half-believed and took the hukou book with him.
Xu Jinjiang was very excited to see that the other party had taken the hukou original, and immediately asked Yin Zhuping: "You say, where is the more representative place to get the certificate?" ”
In this way, the two met 3 times, said three words, and got married.
Xu Jinjiang's marriage is like a drama, and this seemingly unreliable marriage is run by the two people are happy and happy, Xu Jinjiang has never had any scandals after marriage, and the two appear to be ten fingers of love.
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After becoming famous, Xu Jinjiang had the nourishment of love and opened the mode of fengshen god, which not only had high output, but also had good quality.
In 1997, Xu Jinjiang was nominated for the Hong Kong Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a male actor in the film "Sq Men and Women" starring Cheung Kwok Wing.
In "Sp Men and Women", Xu Jinjiang changed the rough image of the past and played a de-star Uncle Hua, who was introverted and subtle, with clear layers, which well explained the situation of Hong Kong movies at that time.
The real and delicate performance made Xu Jinjiang nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Xu Jinjiang at an award ceremony
As his fame grew, the hustle and bustle followed, and the money earned from filming made him gradually lose the direction of his life.
He couldn't get a taxi on a rainy day, so he turned around directly, swiped millions of cards at the next car dealership, bought a luxury car on the spot and drove home.
Just as the so-called prosperity is declining, the material pole will be reversed. Because of the failure of the stock market, his car and house were mortgaged by the bank, and he and his wife lived in the rental house and ate food stalls every day.
At the same time, the high-intensity filming has also begun to show some dangerous signals in his body.
He once grew tired and resistant to being an actor, "I played so many roles, but that wasn't me, I couldn't find myself." ”
In 2005, the 44-year-old Xu Jinjiang was often prone to anger and could not control his emotions, and was exposed one after another on the set of inexplicably angry and did not shoot, dropped things and left.
Xu Jinjiang painting
On a summer night, Xu Jinjiang faced the window, looked at the distance in a daze, and said to himself, "When my brother (Zhang Guorong) left, it must be very beautiful!" ”
Due to filming with Zhang Guorong, he was somewhat infected, he almost couldn't control his body, and finally his wife woke up late at night and quickly pulled back from the window.
At this time, he realized that he had suffered from severe depression, and later he began to actively treat, and with the encouragement of Guan Shanyue's daughter, Xu Jinjiang stayed away from the hustle and bustle of the entertainment industry, regained his brush, and began to paint Danqing, paint oil, and practice sculpture.
In 2007, Xu Jinjiang's son Xu Fei was born, and his condition was obviously controlled, and his life gradually got on the right track.
Xu Jinjiang's family of three
Why xu Jinjiang's reputation is so good
In the heyday of the Wind Moon film, countless actors rushed to step into this ranks, making enough fame and fortune in a short period of time, and as the third-level film was suppressed, these actors began to fall into the deep valley, regretted endlessly, and even criticized.
But only Xu Jinjiang, with the wind and moon film to open the market, but won a lot of praise, did not disappear with the passage of the times and loneliness, why is this?
The success of people is inseparable from the character itself, although it is not a high-style film, but every passion scene, Xu Jinjiang will repeatedly practice posture, that look meticulous.
At the same time, he has his own principles, for some excessive requirements, he will be very clear: "The difference between wind and moon films and color movies is that there is absolutely no need to fight the real army, acting is acting, is it true that the plot says to kill people, and the actors really want to kill people?" ”
Mr. and Mrs. Xu Jinjiang and Weng Hong
Completely different from the fierce man with teeth and claws in the inside, he is a humble gentleman outside the play.
At that time, many actresses often encountered the oil of the actors who played the role in the process of shooting wind and moon films, and they were miserable.
Xu Jinjiang is a clear stream among them, he has special respect for actresses, except for contacting actresses according to the actions specified in the script, the others do not look at or touch.
Before filming the kissing scene, he would brush his teeth and not eat smelly food.
Take the initiative to apply scotch tape to your sensitive parts, even if it is painful every time you tear it off.
Actresses such as Shu Qi, Weng Hong, Ye Zilin, and Ye Yuqing, who have worked with him, have all called him a person who respects women and has been named "the male star with the best reputation in Fengyue Film".
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Xu Jinjiang and his son participated in the variety show
Later, Xu Jinjiang stepped out of Hong Kong films and starred in many roles that impressed us.
In "Deer Ding", he played the arrogant Aobai; in "Little Fish and Flowers", he played the evil tongtian full of evil; in "The Legend of the Paladin Sword", he played the moon worshipper who was hated by everyone; and participated in the variety show with his son, and his funny and eccentric personality refreshed people's cognition of him.
Stills from The Legend of paladin
The wind and moon film in its heyday was like a double-edged sword, and as long as the stars performed hard, they could kill a bloody road, but when they looked back after standing on the top of the mountain of fame and fortune, they found that their dignity was also bleeding.
And Xu Jinjiang, as the godfather of the wind and moon film, has no such baggage at all, and he is very calm about all this, because he knows that the role and himself are separated.
Perhaps for Xu Jinjiang, the past is unbearable, and has long been reduced to a lonely courage.
The clothes taken off are no longer a fig leaf, but a victory flag obtained after passing through the barriers on the road of life.
From the peak of the wind and moon film to the demise, Xu Jinjiang experienced the darkest moment of his life, fortunately, when he returned, he was still a teenager.
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