Shen Wei, the first best supporting actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards, died, and since then, Hong Kong films have lost a classic villain, and fans can only lament his record of "slashing" Ma Dangxiong.
In the glorious era of Hong Kong films, it is indispensable to double Monday Cheng and Xia Yufanghong, but those classic villain actors are also indispensable.
While remembering the "generation of treacherous horns" Shen Wei, today I take stock of the villain actors who died in Hong Kong films in those years, each of which is extremely nostalgic.
01. "Traitor Jian": Shi Jian (1913-2009)
The originator of the villain, who has witnessed the entire history of Hong Kong cinema, from the film period of the "Wong Fei Hung" series, he is the sworn enemy of Kwan Tak Hing and Cao Dahua.
In the period of Bruce Lee and Xu Guanwen, he still played the villain's true color, "Dragon Fight Tiger Fight" and "Half a Pound Eight Two" left a deep impression, outside the play with Bruce Lee, accidentally let Xiaolong Brother shed tooth blood.
Then to the Jackie Chan movie period, the old man began to take the "Cimei Shanmu" route, and starred in the fair and impartial five provinces to catch the three dukes.
In the late 1980s, despite his advanced age, he still actively supported his younger generations, including Hong Jinbao's "Rich Train", New Art City's "Best Partner 4" and "Hero 3".
The nature that mainland audiences are most familiar with is the two brothers Qiu Qianling and Qiu Qianzhang in the 83rd edition of "The Legend of the Archery Hero", two characters with completely different personalities, switching freely and amazingly.
After a cameo appearance in "Ten Brothers" in 1995, the old man quit the film industry and died in 2009 at the age of 96.
02. "Cantonese Opera Veteran": Liu Kexuan (1904-1983)
Earlier than Shi Jian's debut, he and Chu Yuan's father Zhang Huoyou were classmates in the same class and studied Cantonese opera together.
Entering the film circle, with "appearance advantage" and superb acting skills, he became the most outstanding villain actor at that time, participating in more than 500 movies.
Cantonese opera films went downhill, he chose to stop filming in 1970, and in 1978, he made a comeback in the film industry and participated in the films invested by his son Liu Zhirong, which can also be regarded as a platform for his son.
After his comeback, he began to shift from villain to positive role, cooperated with Xiao Fangfang in "Bumping into the Right" and "Eight Colored Lin Yazhen", participated in Shaw's "Legend of the Hero who Fights birds", guest starred in Xu Guanwen's "Modern Bodyguard", and played Hong Jinbao's master in "Beware of Little Hands".
The most famous is still the stone assistant in "Plan A", Jackie Chan's direct boss, but unfortunately in the "Plan A sequel", he is not there, so the direct boss of the marine police is replaced by Guan Haishan.
Of course, he has also acted in TV dramas, and Ding Chunqiu in Liang Jiaren's version of "Tianlong Eight Parts" is also admirable.
Lao Tzu's hero is a good man, his son Liu Zhirong did not bury his reputation, the Jianghu people called Liu Weng, once the treasure of ATV's town, but unfortunately in 2008 is no longer there.
It is worth mentioning that Yang Ling, played by Fang Zhanbo's sister Fang Min in "Big Time", is Liu Kexuan's granddaughter.
03. "Evil Few Professional Households": Feng Ke'an (1950-2016)
Feng Ke'an is from an acting family, her sister Feng Subo is a TVB "mother-in-law professional household", and her sister Feng Baobao is a talented child star.
Since he was a child, he followed his father Feng Feng on the set, a little older, crawled and fought in Liu Jiaban, serving Zhang Che and Liu Jialiang's films, and accumulated a lot of martial arts experience.
In the late 1970s, he and Hong Jinbao entered the honeymoon period, and in "The Three Virtue Monks and The Rice Six", he was not only a deputy martial artist, but also a major villain, and already had the rudiments of "evil less".
What really established its villain status was "Mr. Zan and Finding Qianhua", which played a mantis fist with one hand and left a name in film history.
In the 80s, Jackie Chan's fame was great, the family class needed help, and Feng Ke'an adhered to the principle of where there is a need, where I move bricks, and became a senior figure.
During this period, he focused more on the work of behind-the-scenes action stunts, and the performances were mostly in the form of cameos, such as "Young Master Dragon", "Strange Tricks and Five Lucky Stars", "Heart of the Dragon", "Police Story", etc., all of which have his presence.
Feng Ke'an looked evil when he was young, and became more and more kind in old age, such as the lack of land in "Kung Fu", the uncle of the society in "Capture the Marshal", Master Zheng in "Ip Man 2", and Luo Mang can say that they have cross-talk, and the table is very slippery.
After his death in 2016, Yuan Biao, Yuan Hua, Zeng Zhiwei, Meng Hai, Xu Shaoqiang, Zhou Wenxi, Lin Guobin, and Qian Jiale gave him the last journey.
04. The Head of the Four Evils: He Jiaju (1948-2015)
At the beginning of his debut, He Jiaju was also one of the standard-bearers of Hong Kong New Wave films, serving as the assistant director of "Jumping Ash" and the screenwriter of "Inside the Wall", and planned "Point Point Soldier".
In 1987, he really began acting, not from a science class, and had not studied acting before, but as soon as "Prison Storm" was shot, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which can only be said to be talented.
After bullying Chow Yun Fat and Leung Ka Fai, he was out of control, and the road to the villain after that was smooth, beating Chow Sing Chi in "Thunderbolt Pioneer", framing Andy Lau in "The Dragon in Prison", and torturing Liu Jialing in "The Emperor of Shanghai".
But what really made him sit firmly in the first position of the four evil people is still a few restrictive films, bullying Zhong Shuhui, Zheng Yanli and other actresses, which are still vividly remembered, fierce looks, frightening, it is said that in reality, he went to wash his hair, and he scared the little sister who washed his hair.
He Jiaju died after acting in "One Prison, One World" in 2015, starting with "Prison Storm" and ending with the prison theme, which can also be regarded as a good beginning and a good end.
05, the cutest "evil man": the big fool Cheng Kui Ann (1955-2009)
The big fool is tall, fierce-faced, and has played many evil people, but the audience can't hate him, because he is bad and frank, so he is known as the most lovely evil person.
The big fool worked as an extra in Shaw's very early on, but because he earned less, he ran out to be a thug, but unfortunately the timing was not good, and he had been in prison for more than 2 years.
After being released from prison, he re-entered the film circle to develop, followed by Leung Xiaolong as a dragon and tiger martial artist, and was later excavated by Lee Xiu-yin, becoming an indispensable golden supporting role in Hong Kong movies.
The first time Cheng Kui'an played the role of "Big Fool" was in 1985's "Jiren Tianxiang", since then "Big Fool" has become his name, and everyone who sees it shouts a big fool.
Later, in many films such as "Prison Storm", "Supreme Ji Zhuangyuancai", "The Last Big Guy in the Jianghu", etc., he once again played the role of a big fool.
At the same time, he is also a frequent guest in Wu Yusen's films, from the eldest brother Cheng's subordinates in "The True Colors of Heroes" to the immoral Wang Hai in "Blood And Two Heroes".
The most famous thing is his cooperation with Zhou Xingchi, both of whom are excavated by Li Xiuxian, who are considered brothers and have cooperated more than a dozen times.
From "Thunderbolt Pioneer" to "Wind and Rain", "Wangfu Jackie Chan", and then to "Gambler", "Invincible Lucky Star", "Trick Expert", the most classic is still the big mouth nine in "Gambler", which perfectly interprets "surrender and lose half".
In 2009, he died of illness at the age of 54.
06. "The Thirteenth Taibao of Tsz Yun Shan": Lee Shau Kee (1949-2019)
From a small mixed society, there is a gang background, the movie "Ciyun Mountain Thirteen Taibao" and "Poison." He is one of the archetypal characters.
Later, the boss Chen Shenzhi introduced him to TVB from Liang, in which he worked as a choreographer, among the four evil people, Lee Shau Kee is the most talented, in the film circle for decades, director, screenwriter like a line, but also planned a lot of prison theme movies.
In terms of actors, he does not have many really fierce roles, and the most impressive is the fat treasure of "O Chronicle Triad Archives", in which Zhu Yin sacrificed a lot.
Relatively speaking, he has played many comedic roles, such as several collaborations with Zhou Xingchi, whether it is the goose head in "God Eater", or the beggar in "Count Dead Grass", or the prison guard in "King of a Thousand Kings 2000", all of which are full of joy.
Of course, we must not forget the "Ji Ge" of the "Ancient Puzzle Boy" series, the spokesperson of the wall head grass, fortunately, Jiang Tiansheng and Gong Tianyang have a good temper, if it is a big D, the end can be imagined.
After acting in "Sweeping Drugs" in 2013, Lee Shau Kee quit the film circle and died in 2019.
07. "A Generation of Adulterous Gods": Long Fang (1954-2008)
Long Fang has already entered the industry at the age of 17, working as an extra in Zhang Che's "Two Heroes", then becoming a dragon and tiger martial artist, and then promoting to become a martial arts instructor, participating in dozens of action movies throughout the 70s.
In the era when there was Bruce Lee, Dillon, David Jiang, Liu Jialiang, Liu Jiahui, and Fu Sheng, Long Fang was difficult to shine, and until the 80s, he was still unknown, so in 1981, he finished acting "Dangerous People" and "Who Is Sacred" and resolutely changed careers.
After 8 years, after going around, Long Fang returned to the film circle, because Yongsheng's "Supreme Supreme" needed a villain, and he happened to be working for huaqiang and Wang Jing in the company in which they owned shares, so he found him.
After all, Long Fang has experience in the body, playing the villain is like opening the second vein of Ren Dou and finding his own route, after "Supreme Supreme", he is gone on the road of the villain.
From the betrayal of Zhou Runfa in "God of Gamblers", to the humiliation of Andy Lau in "The Legend of Leiluo", to the deception of Zhou Xingchi in "Descendants of the Dragon", to the torture of Wang Zuxian in "Blood Wash red flower pavilion", the villain is hated and itchy, and he can be called the spokesperson of Sven scum.
After the new century, Long Fang faded out of the show business circle and died of illness in 2008.
08. The villain with the most "bookish temperament": Wang Xiao (1959-2004)
Wang Xiao's father was Wang Fan, a first-generation Chinese pilot, and his mother was Yan Liqiu, a classmate of Li Hanxiang and an actor in the "Shanghai RenYi Drama".
Influenced by his mother since childhood, he likes to act, and in 1986, he had the honor to participate in the "Beijing Story" directed by Wang Zhengfang and officially entered the show business circle.
In 1988, he entered the development of the Hong Kong film circle, and at the beginning he did not determine the villain line, starring as journalist Xiao Xiaohao in Lin Zhengying's "Blood Rose".
In "My Days in the Underworld", I began to try to play the role of villain, and in "Supreme Supreme 2", it officially glowed, even Andy Lau and Wang Jie could not stop his brilliance, and the villain "Zhan Yongfei" left a name in film history.
Another charismatic character is the "doctor" in "The Rats and Dragons", and the phrase "people must rely on themselves" has become a classic line recited by many people.
In addition, in films such as "Legend of god of war", "Police Story 3", "Face Of The Face" and so on, there are also wonderful performances.
After the new century, Wang Xiao returned to the mainland to develop and directed and acted in the TV series "Love Testimony", which was highly acclaimed.
Unfortunately, such a talented filmmaker died of illness in 2004, leaving three works, "Code Red", "Dark Line" and "Promise", which were not filmed.
In addition to the 8 introduced above, in fact, there are golden supporting actors Lin Cong, "Black Bear Master" Zheng Zu, as well as Shaw's Jensen, Wang Xia, Goofy, etc., are also classic villains, nostalgic for the era when the stars gathered. (Written by: The Little Prince)