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Jiang Shengsheng's former photo
When it comes to the big director Zhang Che, the old fans who like action movies believe that they are familiar with it. Under his direction, Shaw kung fu films were all the rage, and there were many disciples under his command, including the older generation of stars Chen Xing, Wang Yu, Dillon, Fu Sheng, Jiang David, etc., and it was precisely because of their hard work that they created the "golden age" of Hong Kong action movies.
The one we want to talk about today, he is also Zhang Che's proud disciple - Jiang Sheng, in his short life, he has dedicated a series of kung fu film masterpieces to fans and friends, but it is a pity that he died young, which makes people sigh.
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In the 1970s and 1980s, Shaw Film Company occupied half of the Hong Kong film market, and Zhang Che's "iron-blooded" kung fu films were a unique and beautiful landscape in the history of Chinese films.
Net image Of shaw movies
Speaking of Jiang Sheng, today's children definitely know very little about it, while the 60s, 70s and 80s are different, but anyone who likes kung fu films should be unfamiliar with his works.
Jiang Sheng, who was born in Taiwan in 1951, made a poor family with many children and many daughters even worse after his mother died early.
In his childhood, in order to take on the burden of the family as soon as possible, Jiang Sheng did not read much. After that, he came to the "Fuxing Drama School" and began to systematically study Peking Opera, mainly serving as a "martial artist" in the crew, and found a job that depended on performance to eat.
Jiang Sheng's pre-life photo
Friends who like Peking Opera believe that they all know that the Peking Opera industry is also called "role", which can be mainly divided into four major trades: "birth, Dan, net and ugly". "Sheng" is also divided into "old students, red students, small students, martial arts students, doll students" and so on.
Among them, "wusheng" can be divided into two categories, namely "long dependent wusheng" and "short fighting martial arts". "Relying on martial arts for a long time" not only requires good martial arts, but also has the demeanor and courage of a general, and the work frame should be graceful, stable, and dignified; while the "short-strike martial arts students" require that they be strong and agile, clean and sharp, play beautifully, cannot drag mud and water, and perform with heavy and fast, flexible.
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Judging from Jiang Sheng's film works in his lifetime, it can be preliminarily speculated that he originally belonged to the category of "short martial arts students" in Peking Opera.
After coming out of the Peking Opera Troupe, Jiang Sheng also worked as an acrobat, and his martial arts skills have been improved to a certain extent, which has also laid a solid foundation for his future journey from film.
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In 1973, at the age of 22, Jiang Sheng came to Hong Kong where kung fu films were popular to seek development, and because of his skill, he was favored by Zhang Che, so he joined the Shaw Film Company under his introduction and has since become a Shaw kung fu actor.
In Shaw's first few years, because he had never received professional artist training, Jiang Sheng could only start from the most basic dragon set. However, compared with some of the rising stars who came to Shaw's development later, he was very lucky to be able to get Zhang Che's appreciation at once.
In the action movie "Wild Tiger", Jiang Sheng has begun to emerge on the screen, although he is a dragon set character, his martial arts skills have been played to a certain extent.
Wild Tiger movie poster
Since then, he has successively performed in the following year's "Who Dares to Move Me", "Shaolin Ancestor", "Earth Dragon Species", and "Fang Shiyu and Hu Huiqian" released in 1976.
Over the past few years, Jiang Sheng has done the role of "dragon set" in obscurity, and even the "green leaves" around the protagonist are not counted. But even so, he also conscientiously did every job, from the crew chores, running field, lighting, etc., never said half a "bitter" word.
Jiang Sheng photo
It's gold that always shines!
In the 1976 kung fu film Shaolin Temple, Jiang Sheng finally got a very important role, playing a young monk named "Full Moon". Since then, in "Naval Commando", he has been promoted to a "supporting role", although the role is still pitiful, but the "Jiang Pingguang" he played is impressive.
Naval Commando
In 1978, Jiang Sheng, who had worked hard at Shaw for five years, was 27 years old. As an actor, once you pass this age, it is really difficult to become popular.
At this time, the god of fate took care of this down-to-earth and hard-working young man, Jiang Sheng was recognized by the top management of Shaw Company, and arranged for him to play "Yang De" in the martial arts film "Five Poisons" directed by Zhang Che, and under the careful guidance of Enshi, he also relied on this role to become the most dazzling "mixed five poisons" in the film together with Guo Chai, Sun Jian, Lu Feng, and Luo Mang, and since then it has been red through half the sky.
Five Poisons movie poster
At that time, Shaw's movies, the stars were mainly Chen Xing, Wang Yu, Dillon, Jiang David, Fu Sheng, etc., at this time there was one more Jiang Sheng, and the star team was even more powerful.
After "Five Poisons", Jiang Sheng was also reused with his superb martial arts and superb acting skills.
With the continuous precipitation, in addition to acting, he also received careful instruction from Zhang Che in directing films, and has served as an assistant director many times since then. He also designed martial arts scenes for many kung fu films.
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Talking about Jiang Sheng's film masterpieces, there is also an action film called "Broken", which is also a classic. In the film, one move and one style shows the solid basic skills of the hard bridge and hard horse, which makes the old movie fans directly addicted. In this work directed by Zhang Che, the former "Mixed Five Poisons" once again joined forces to dedicate a frame of unforgettable fighting pictures, which became a precious memory for kung fu fans.
In the film "Crippled", Jiang Sheng plays a young man who behaves madly, but he has an unknown side, not only kind in heart, but also a chivalrous heart. Being able to perfectly interpret such a character with a changeable personality shows that Jiang Sheng not only has good martial arts, but also his acting skills are commendable.
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Since then, films such as "The Great Killing of the Four Sides", "Street Market Hero", and "Flying Fox Story" are also full of the unique jianghu atmosphere of Zhang Che and his disciples. More importantly, most of his disciples, such as Chen Xing and Wang Yu, have excellent real kung fu, hard and stylish, and the interpretation of heroes and villains is very in place, which makes the blood of moviegoers boil.
In the film "Fork hand", Jiang Sheng is a brave and resourceful "Qishan Yun"; in "Guangdong Ten Tigers and The Last Five Tigers", he is also "Zou Yusheng" who plays the bagua stick with tigers and tigers; in "Green Blood Sword", he has become a handsome, elegant and amorous "Wen Zheng"...
Jiang Sheng on the screen is arrogant and dry, and he is serious about righteousness, and the same is true in life.
In the early 1980s, with the popularity of movies such as ghosts, comedies, literature and art, and romance, kung fu movies no longer flourished. In order to broaden the market, Zhang Che also began to move to Taiwan.
The former "mixed five poisons" also fell apart, in which Guo Chai and Lu Feng moved their positions to Taiwan and set up their own film companies.
In order to support his brothers, Jiang Sheng not only designed martial arts actions for his opening film "Ninjutsu", but also played a role in the film.
Ninjutsu movie poster
Treating his brothers, Jiang Sheng spares no effort, and he is even more of an "obsessive species" in terms of love.
After arriving in Taiwan, Jiang Sheng's professionalism remained in Hong Kong, the "Pearl of the Orient", but his wife strongly asked him to stay in Taiwan for development. Between marriage and career, Jiang Sheng chose to be with his beloved wife and stayed on Treasure Island ever since.
Friends who like old movies believe that they all know that in the 1980s, although Taiwanese film and television gradually rose, it was still inferior to the Hong Kong market, which is known as the "Hollywood of the East". Because of this, Jiang Sheng, who stayed in Taiwan, began to decline his acting career.
During this period, although I participated in many TV series, what was the general glory of Hong Kong?
Referring to the TV series that Jiang Sheng participated in in Taiwan, as an old fan of the post-80s, I have to mention a martial arts drama called "Shenzhou Heroes".
This is a martial arts drama based on Liang Yusheng's martial arts novel "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", which was co-starred by Meng Fei and Pan Yingzi, which set off a martial arts boom at that time.
Stills from "Heroes of The Divine State"
At that time, although Jiang Sheng had been reduced to a supporting role, it was difficult to hide his former style.
In the play, the "money not to spend" played by him and the "money not to earn" played by "Duoduo" are a pair of living treasures, the two fight in the righteous rivers and lakes, and the "Bai Yunfei" played by Meng Fei worship as brothers of life and death, so that everyone can easily appreciate the pride of the jianghu at the same time, often by this pair of grotesque brothers can not stand it.
Friends who have watched this drama should be like the little brother, at least the uncle after the eighties, right?
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In addition to "Heroes of Shenzhou", during his time in Taiwan, Jiang Sheng also participated in the martial arts "Legend of the Eagle Shooter" co-starring Huang Wenhao and Chen Yulian, as well as "The Legend of cicada wings" starring Zhang Chenguang and Ying Xiaowei, which are also wonderful.
Stills from Huang Wenhao's version of "The Legend of the Eagle Shooter"
Jiang Sheng, who cherished his brothers and regarded his wife as the most precious treasure in his life, gave up the great future in Hong Kong, but what is unexpected is that in the trough of his acting career, his beloved people left him fiercely.
Under this double blow, he, who usually had the habit of drinking, regarded the "object in the cup" as a spiritual companion. In the long run, the body deteriorated.
In 1985, after cooperating with his mentor Zhang Che in the martial arts film "Thirteen Taibao on the Beach", the popular Jiang Sheng slowly faded out of the audience's sight. The star who once shone on the screen has been worn down by love and spirits, and has no longer been majestic.
Movie poster of "Shanghai Beach Thirteen Taibao"
One day in 1990, when everyone knew that Da xing Jiang Sheng had passed away, it was reported by the media many days later that it was learned.
According to reports, the first person to find Jiang Sheng's life at home was an actor named Cheng Tianci, who was a famous Taiwanese star at that time, and Jiang Sheng was a former friend.
According to Cheng Tianci's description, when Jiang was found to be alive and dead at home, the time of death was as long as three days, and he was only thirty-nine years old.
There have been several different versions of Jiang Sheng's death: one is that his friend Guo Chai said that he died of "broken heart", the other is to speculate that he died of excessive alcohol, which induced a heart attack; the third is that he died of heart failure and went away peacefully at home...
I have to say that Jiang Sheng's departure makes the action fans who like him feel sorry, but also thought-provoking: no matter how much pressure life is, you should not give up on yourself! Just as the so-called family has a difficult scripture, only by "laughing" at tomorrow can we usher in a better future.
epilogue:
Finally, I hope that we in life will take it as a warning: although wine is good, love is priceless, but only by cherishing yourself can we win the ultimate happiness.
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