Who has not had a martial arts dream, fresh clothes and angry horses, fighting swords in the end of the world, in the middle of the last century, it is the most brilliant time of Hong Kong film martial arts films, creating a large number of classic screen heroes, Chu Liuxiang, Lu Xiaofeng... The sword and light sword shadow in the jianghu, happy and vengeful, carries the martial arts dream in our hearts, and today, we want to tell the story of dillon, the first person in the 70s Hong Kong film martial arts.
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Dillon, formerly known as Tan Furong, was born in 1946 in Xinhui District, Guangdong, his father has two wives, the family has a bunch of brothers and sisters, life is very hard, shoes open mouth and no money to buy new, are sewn with fishing thread.
Once, when he was in physical education class, Dillon was a little dizzy, and when he fell to the ground, he suddenly remembered that the sole of his shoe was broken, and he was afraid of being seen by his classmates, so he resisted the dizziness and stood up. The poverty of life makes Dillon's mind particularly sensitive, in order to supplement life, Dillon dropped out of school early and worked to earn money.
Later, Dillon came to Hong Kong to earn a living, working as an apprentice in a clothing store. In order not to be bullied by others, Dillon also went to learn Wing Chun, and he was still Ip Man's apprentice, because his master was Ip Man's apprentice.
In 1968, the 22-year-old Dillon saw the news of Shaw's recruitment of artists and immediately signed up. At that time, Shaw's has entered a period of development, the film type filmed is mainly martial arts films, the most famous martial arts director is Zhang Che, in the case of many people are not optimistic, Zhang Che is more important to Dillon, Dillon is Zhang Che gave him the stage name.
When he was young, Dillon was born for martial arts movies. One meter eighty-three height, nine heads of perfect proportions of the figure, although it is a single eyelid, but the eyebrows are thick, the face is like jade, it is very photogenic.
The departure of Zhang Che's eldest disciple Wang Yu, the male action actor is in a blank period, under the support of Shaw and Zhang Che, the combination of Dillon and Jiang David has created many classic screen images and become Shaw's golden signboard.
The two have made more than forty movies before and after, "Two Heroes" is a pure grandfather's movie, there is no woman in the play, full of strong masculinity; "Revenge" won the title of the first movie emperor for David Jiang; In "Thorn Horse", Dillon tried the villain role and won the Golden Horse Award for "Outstanding Actor Special Award".
Thorn Horse
Dillon and Jiang David, similar in age, the friendship between men, sleeping in the same bed, eating the same bowl of noodles is getting deeper and deeper, it is said that when Jiang David received the award, he also pulled Dillon together, in their respective films as directors, personally battled, as the male protagonist. At that time, there was no CP to say, but Di did not leave Jiang, Jiang did not leave Di, and the brotherhood of the two became a good story in the film circle.
Dillon and David Ginger
Jiang David was born in an artistic family, is a child actor, coupled with extroverted, clever and well-behaved, very Zhang Che likes, Dillon, poor birth, and is a taciturn nature, in the two cooperation movies, most of the time is Jiang David as the protagonist, Dillon as a supporting role, plus the two pursuit of the movie is different, and finally parted ways.
Such a pair of golden combinations, with the appearance of two heroes, ended in a strange road, where one of them appeared, absolutely could not see the figure of the other person, which was inevitably regrettable.
After filming "Falling into the City", Zhang Che also picked up other actresses one after another. Without Zhang Che's Dillon, what kind of martial arts life will be opened?
"Falling into the City"
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Zhang Che's film is the beauty of masculinity, he advocates the blood of the rivers and lakes, the chivalrous people carry the sword to the world, and they are full of pride; Chu Yuan's films are romantic and free feelings, and his martial arts world pays more attention to the emotions of the characters, which is very suitable for Gu Long's jianghu.
Chu Yuan admired Dillon and, upon learning that Dillon had left Zhang Che, pulled him into his group.
Thus, Chu Yuan, Gu Long, and Dillon formed a new iron triangle.
In "Tianya Mingyue Knife", Dillon is the "first fast knife" Fu Hongxue; In "The Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword", he is the amorous detective Li Xunhuan; In "Chu Liuxiang", Dillon has become a gentleman and martial artist Chu Liuxiang.
Chu Liuxiang
In Chu Yuan's shots, Dillon fully showed his external advantages, he was handsome and handsome, known as the "first beautiful teenager in Xiangjiang", not only the audience liked him, Gu Long also appreciated him. When Jackie Chan first entered the industry, a director introduced him to Gu Long, and as a result, Gu Long did not give face at all, saying, "My script is written for Dillon, not for Jackie Chan." But later, Jackie Chan still participated in Gu Long's movie, in which he called Dillon's father.
Dillon, Jackie Chan
In reality, Jackie Chan also called Dillon's father for many years, those years, is the peak of Dillon's career, saying that he is red and purple is too much, every year to get awards, get soft.
"Random flowers gradually want to charm the eyes", Dillon will bring the jianghu righteousness in the play to life, friends have difficulties, he reached out for the first time, occasionally playing a big card, young and vigorous Dillon, some lost in flowers and applause.
At this time, Hong Kong movies began to decline, the market was gradually replaced by TV series, many film actors have changed to make TV series, the former partner Jiang David also compromised, Dillon did not want to transform, so the relationship with Shaw was very stiff, coupled with the arrival of middle age, the original handsome small fresh meat, began to appear Xie Ding, the advantage in appearance is gone.
When the contract expired, Shaw wrote a thank-you letter to Dillon, which was also a letter of dismissal.
Dillon who lost his job, his career fell into a trough, Jackie Chan, who once called his father, also changed his mouth to call him "Brother Dragon", he could not find a suitable role, tried to transform and did not succeed, he finally realized that he only cared about filming, did not develop a little network, and did not make sincere friends.
In the next two years, he can only be a marginal supporting role, sometimes the old owner Shao shi lacks people, he will also star for free, his mentality is constantly adjusting, still adhere to the original intention, supporting roles are also acting, acting can become a lifelong career.
Dillon, one of the "Four Little Dragons of Hong Kong", has been a worm ever since, or can he turn into a dragon again?
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Sure enough, Heaven still treated Dillon, and two years later, Dillon got a chance to get him back to the top of the mountain.
When he was frustrated, there were two other people who were also at the trough of his career, one was Zhou Runfa, although he was once a movie emperor, but the continuous film pounced on the street, making him a "box office poison", and the other was Wu Yusen, who could only make some comedies he didn't like after jumping to a new company, but each one did not sell well.
Three frustrated men collide together, and with the support of Xu Ke, this classic gunfight film "The True Colors of Heroes" was put on the screen.
Dillon is the eldest brother Song Zihao, a sentence in the play "I have not been a big brother for many years", saying that the three men were brilliant in the past and the heartache of today's downfall;
Zhou Runfa is a brother of life and death, xiao Ma Brother, this line "I have been unlucky for three years, just to wait for an opportunity", shouting out the original intention of the three men to stick to the dream of the movie.
Zhou Runfa
In fact, this movie was almost hidden in the snow. When the movie was just finished, the company felt that the movie must have to hit the street again, the actors who had been angry, the poison at the box office, what appeal could it have? At Tsui Ke's insistence, the film was given the opportunity to be screened in the middle of the night.
Unexpectedly, the film directly exploded the midnight show, won the annual box office champion, and also broke the Hong Kong film box office record.
Dillon, who plays Song Zihao, is no longer a handsome little student, his head obviously appears on the top of his head, revealing a smooth forehead, he has shown all the accumulated experience from the film in this movie, brothers, friends, can block guns, can die, liver and gallbladder.
This film allowed him to lift the trophy of the Golden Horse Award for Film Emperor, and also ushered in the second spring of his career.
Since then, Dillon's resources have also increased, "People's Hero", "Night Feast of the Giants", "Drunken Fist 2", etc., Dillon on the screen, and continue to write his legend, he also accepted the transformation, filmed a TV series, the emperor in "Huan Zhu Ge Ge 3", is Dillon played, but also cameo in the "Country Love 11" in a rich businessman role.
"Huan Zhu Ge Ge 3"
In reality, Dillon has also become more mature and stable, and his marriage with his wife for several years has become a representative of a model couple.
If there is still a regret, that is, when director Zhang Che died, Dillon was filming in the mainland, did not rush back to attend the memorial service, had to let his son go instead of him, Jiang David was very annoyed by this, once the partner, there is no possibility of reunion.
Today's Dillon, has faded out of the film and television circle, every time he appears, like an ordinary old man, either go shopping with his wife hand in hand, or play with his grandchildren, enjoying the joy of heaven, for Dillon who is about to usher in his 76th birthday, family harmony and family health are the most important things.
Male chi twilight, only the classic images on the screen, as if still telling the immortal jianghu, and the righteous and thin chivalrous guests in the jianghu.