Zhang Che was a martial arts master in the Hong Kong film industry in the 1960s and 1970s, and he was also the top director of Shaw at that time, and his "Zhang Jia Ban" was also famous. We all know that Zhang Che once won a lot of martial arts stars, and the "five generations of disciples" under his command also reversed the feminine atmosphere of "yin sheng yang decline" at that time, vividly interpreting what is the "masculine martial arts" and "heroic friendship" under Zhang Che's lens, then after so many years, where are they now?
1. Wang Yu
Wang Yu is a Taiwanese actor, the first generation of zhang che's disciple, the latter once used "one-armed knife" to successfully promote him as the "kung fu emperor", from him, Zhang Che's film "pan intestine war" was kicked off. However, later due to the expiration of the contract with Shao, because of dissatisfaction with the conditions for renewal, Wang Yu immediately switched to Jiahe Company, and even did the "night thief contract", resulting in a complete break with Shao, naturally parting ways with Zhang Che, but even so, he later took into account the master-apprentice relationship and participated in "Shanghai Beach Thirteen Taibao", playing the strange thief black hat in the film.
In the 1980s, Wang Yu returned to Taiwan to start a film company, during which he was arrested on suspicion of instigating a brawl, and although he was eventually acquitted, he had an inextricable connection with the underworld. Although Wang Yu has a hot temper and has always liked to be brave and fierce, he is very affectionate and righteous, and he is very nostalgic for the past. Several years ago, he returned to the film world with Chen Kexin's "Wuxia" and "Blood Droplets", and after participating in the Taiwanese thriller film "Lost Soul" in 2013, he was relieved to retire due to poor health. And her daughter is the famous Taiwanese singer Wang Xinping.
2. Zheng Lei
Zheng Lei is a bodybuilder, who has starred in more than ten films directed by Zhang Che, including "Tiger Hero Annihilation", "The Great Assassin", "Double Hero" and "Ranger", he often shows a solid muscle in the movie, so he is known as an important actor who adds "masculinity" to Zhang Che's films.
However, many movies down, Zheng Lei is not popular with Zhang Che, leaving Shaw's he once went to TVB to develop, in many martial arts dramas have played supporting roles, the most well-known roles are the 97 version of "Tianlong Eight Parts" in the Wu Boss, the 96 version of "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" in the Saibei Ming Camel Peak and the 95 version of "Eagle Hero" in Qiu Qianling, etc., at the end of the 90s Zheng Lei has immigrated to Canada, the recent situation is unknown.
3. Luo Lie (1938-2002)
Luo Lie is an Indonesian overseas Chinese, graduated from the "Southern Experimental Theater Company" founded by Shaw and gave birth to many outstanding film talents, and became famous for starring in many Zhang Che films, and when he was popular, he created a record of more than 30 movies a year, and became a Chinese action superstar who entered the North American market earlier than Bruce Lee with "The First Fist in the World".
As he grew older, Luo Lie could only play villains and supporting roles, and he also opened an acting school in Hunan, but because he had hidden the fact that he was married, he fell in love with the mainland actress Le Yun, which led to his sad suicide and caused Luo Lie's personal design to collapse completely. In 1999, Luo Lie was sent to the hospital for a heart attack, and three years later the old disease recurred, but this time he closed his eyes forever.
4. Noon Horse (1942-2014)
Wu Ma should be regarded as one of Zhang Che's most "special" disciples, which does not mean that he is the best in Zhang Che's protégés in acting and kung fu, but because he dared to be in danger, volunteered to serve as an assistant director for Zhang Che, and did it for more than ten years, sharing a lot of trivial chores for Zhang Che, and the two established a very deep master-apprentice relationship in the process of cooperation.
When playing the popular Yan Chixia and Zhong Kui, NoonMa is middle-aged, but he is much better than many of his peers who have been working hard for many years but have always done nothing. Because he has indirectly helped and promoted many artists, he is very popular in the film circle, and at his funeral, the big stars such as Hong Jinbao, Jackie Chan, Dillon, Yue Hua and Jiang David carried the coffin for him.
5. Chen Guantai
Chen Guantai once followed Liu Jialiang and Tang Jia as martial arts directors and entered the show business circle, because he won the light weight championship of the Southeast Asian Chinese Arts Competition, coupled with his proficiency in the "Great Saint Splitting Hanging", so he was recruited by Zhang Che to be under his command, and many heroic kung fu films such as "Ma Yongzhen", "Iron Horse Horse", "Hong Xiguan" and so on were tailor-made, making him a hot martial arts star at that time.
After leaving Zhang Che, Chen Guantai has worked as a film company owner, a director and producer, and has continued to act, but it is not as successful as before, and now that he is 73 years old, he has no real plans to retire, and in the upcoming "Bottom Group" and "Detective Prequel", we can still see the figure of the old man.
6. David Ginger
At that time, Zhang Che had two "left and right arms", one was Dillon, and the other was David Jiang. At the beginning of his career, Jiang David worked as a martial artist and stand-in on the Shaw set, and was later recommended to Zhang Che by his father Yan Hua's acquaintance, coupled with his fluency in Mandarin, which was very in line with Zhang Che's selection criteria. Although Jiang David's body shape is not very large, but the martial arts action is sensitive, coupled with outstanding acting skills, it is also quite valued by Zhang Che, and he is also the winner of China's first "Asia-Pacific Film Emperor", the young Jiang David, who looks like a mixture of Liang Chaowei and Jay Chou.
Later, Jiang David turned to directing, filming "Black Snow", "I Want To Be Rich", "Double Fat Linmen" and "Inaudible Talk", etc., among which "Owl" jointly produced by him and his brothers Qin Pei and Er Dongsheng was known as the precursor of Hong Kong-made nonsense films. Although Today's Jiang David is more than seventy years old, but did not give up theatrical performance, in order to live enough drama addiction, even when the supporting role to do green leaves is also willing, this year alone he has three new film and television works came out, can be said to be the real "good drama people".
7. Dillon
Dillon in the small fresh meat period is tall and handsome, extraordinary, and deeply favored by Zhang Che, who plays roles such as young heroes in movies, and because he has been paired with Jiang David many times, he is called the "Twin Stars" in martial arts movies, just as the so-called "there will be a ginger generally there will be Di, and there will generally be Ginger if there is a di.". At the same time, his "Chu Liuxiang" series with Chu Yuan is also quite successful, and even Gu Long himself said that Dillon is the most suitable candidate to play Xiao Li Feidao, and my novel is like written for Dillon and Chu Yuan.
After leaving Shaw, Dillon experienced a period of low tide in life, in the mid-80s, he once again ushered in the second golden period of his career with jianghu hero films such as "The True Colors of Heroes", "Heroes", and "Righteous Red Lips", and later because of his age, he played the role of father in film and television works, and now, he mainly enjoys the joy of life with his wife, and occasionally shoots films, and his son Tan Junyan is also developing in the show business circle.
8. Wang Zhong
Like Chen Guantai, Wang Qing was also a martial arts instructor in his early years, but he felt that Zhang Che was only his leader, and the most cooperative with him were Bao Xueli, Sun Zhong and others. He is a brother to Hong Kong actor Wang Qing, nicknamed "Dakou Qing", and it is said that he and David Jiang are also related.
However, what makes Wang Zhong famous is not those martial arts films, but those realistic police films in the Hong Kong New Wave period, since the 80s, Wang Zhong has rarely appeared on camera, focusing on the background as a director, but when it comes to a role, perhaps many people will have a deep impression, that is, the gang elders who teach the dog stick to Xingye in "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er", he is Wang Zhong. However, after "Underworld" and "Little Double Man", I never saw his old man again.
9. Qi Champion
Qi Champion's origin is not small, he once learned kung fu from the famous master Zhao Wei, is considered to be the fourth generation of Huang Feihong's disciple, belongs to the authentic Hong Quan Sect, martial arts skills are real materials, after joining the Zhang family class, he has participated in Zhang Che's "Shaolin Temple", "Hong Fist and Wing Chun", "Shaolin Boy" and "Shaolin Five Ancestors" and so on.
In the 90s, Qi Guanjun's family settled in Taiwan, he focused his main energy on his own restaurant and boxing gym business, rarely filmed again, in 2003 he was invited by Liu Jialiang to re-emerge through "Drunken Horse", and Zhou Xingchi, who was preparing for "Kung Fu" at this time, was interested in the wonderful set of clematis he played in this film, and intentionally asked him to play the master "tailor" in "Kung Fu", but for various reasons, he was eventually replaced by the current master Zhao Zhiling. Because Qi Guanjun insisted on practicing martial arts every day with strong self-discipline, coupled with an open-minded mentality, he "had the art of freezing age", and he was nearly seventy years old and did not look like a peer at all compared with other disciples of Zhang Che's contemporaries.
10. Fu Sheng (1954-1983)
Fu Sheng is the most favored one among Zhang Che's third-generation disciples, and has a high exposure rate in Zhang Che's films, such as "Fang Shiyu and Hu Huiqian", "Hong Fist Boy", "Legend of the Archery Hero" series are his masterpieces, and because of the performance of Fang Shiyu, he has the reputation of "Beautiful Jade".
In that year, he won the "Most Promising Actor Award" awarded by the Asian Film Festival, and later married the female singer Zhen Ni, which can be described as a double harvest of career love. However, just when his career was in full swing, he unfortunately died at the age of 29 due to a car crashing into the mountain on the way to the clear water bay set, because of this incident, Fu Sheng's friend and one of the parties, Wang Yu, was blamed for a lifetime.
11. Wang Longwei
Wang Longwei should not be unfamiliar to everyone, he has played some heroes haojie in Zhang Che's movies, but more is to play some fierce and vicious villains, in fact, it is more like the foil of Fu Sheng, Qi Guanjun and other disciples. Wang Longwei also has a good foundation, he is a karate black belt winner, because the martial arts actors at that time, whether they are decent professional households or villain professional households have a professional foundation, so the kung fu films will be good.
Since the mid-1980s, Wang Longwei has begun to turn to the film scenes through his many years of experience in the film industry, not only doing action design, but also engaging in screenwriting and directing. At the end of the 90s, Wang Longwei had faded out of the entertainment industry, but 4 years ago, he was on the news, but not entertainment news, but social news, according to the media said that he because of family property disputes, fist punched his brother injured.
12. Guo Chai (Guo Zhenfeng)
Before entering the film circle, Guo Chai had the experience of performing in acrobatic classes, so he exercised his agile and athletic skills, some people said that there are two people in the Hong Kong film industry who flip the best and most beautiful, one is Yuanhua, and the other is Guo Chai. His churning is both highly powerful and aesthetically pleasing.
After leaving Zhang Che, he has served as an action director for many films under the name of "Guo Zhenfeng", including classic masterpieces such as "Hot Hand Detective", "Power King", "Wesley's Old Cat", and the action scenes of "007 Empire of Tomorrow" are also written by Guo Chai, which establishes his position as a gold medal martial arts director in the Chinese film and television circle. Now he has not left the show business circle, and his latest works are TVB's "Walled Heroes" and "League".
13. Jiang Sheng (1951-1990)
Jiang Sheng's fate was even more lamentable than Fu Sheng's. He received opera training at the Taiwan Fuxing Drama School since he was a child, and his martial arts skills are beyond doubt, and later in many movies, he has shown pleasing and gorgeous churning and fighting skills, and the brain-damaged but still strong white-clad hero he played in "Crippled" is even more unforgettable.
After Shaw's suspension of production, Jiang Sheng returned to Taiwan to start a business, but he did not agree. It is said that Guo Chai invited Jiang Sheng to return to Hong Kong to create glory again, but he gave up due to the strong opposition of Jiang Sheng's wife. Later, because of the breakdown of the family and the stagnation of his career, Jiang Sheng was immersed in depressed negative emotions all day long, and he could only rely on alcohol to anesthetize himself, until his body was found in the apartment a few days after his death, which can be said to be quite desolate.
14. Deer Peak
Lu Feng began to practice martial arts at the age of eight, and was later appreciated by Zhang Che and became one of his "fourth generation disciples". Whether it is a vicious villain, an iron-boned tough guy or a comedy role, Lu Feng can control it, but there was also a saying at that time: as long as he plays the villain's film, he must sell seats, as a decent film, but not necessarily a seat. However, his acting skills were eventually recognized - in 1979, he won the Most Outstanding Supporting Actor Award for Action Film At the 25th Asian Film Festival for "City Heroes".
When Guo Chai and Jiang Sheng returned to Taiwan to set up their own film company, Lu Feng was also one of the partners, after the failure of the business, Lu Feng stayed in Taiwan to continue to engage in martial arts instruction, like "The Legend of the New White Lady" and "Huan Zhuge Ge", Lu Feng was involved, and in 1992, he also co-directed a drama version of "Thorn Horse" with Enshi, and now he has rarely appeared in front of the stage.
15. Luo Mang
Luo Mang should be regarded as a familiar face in Hong Kong movies, he began as an accountant in Zhang Che's Longbow Film Company, because of the reason for learning martial arts from a young age, he stood out from thousands of martial arts students when Zhang Che was preparing to shoot "Shaolin Temple", so he appeared as a small appearance, and later became the male number one, Luo Mang can be said to be the best muscle line and body shape among Zhang Che's fourth-generation disciples.
Luo Mang also went to TVB in the later stage, and also starred in many jianghu characters in the movie, such as the big villain Arrow Pig in "Temple Street Story", the big brother who used despicable means and Liang Chaowei to race in "The Great Storm of Jianghu", and he is still active in the show business circle.
16. Sun Jian
Sun Jian is the best leg skill among the fourth generation of disciples, he got the taekwondo underworld 5 stages at the age of 19, and his skills can be seen in "Broken", "Golden Arm Boy" and "Guangdong Ten Tigers and The Last Five Tigers". Because of his participation in Zhang Che's well-known cult work "Five Poisons", he was known as Zhang Che's "Five Poisons Disciple" along with Wei Bai, Jiang Sheng, Luo Mang and Guo Chai. However, there are not many works in which he has played the main role since the film, although he has a certain reputation, but it cannot be regarded as a big hit. In the 1990s, he faded from view with only a few films and is said to now live abroad.
17. Wei Bai
Wei Bai is also one of Zhang Che's fourth-generation disciples, but among the so many martial arts roles he has played, only the Spirit Snake LangJun in "Five Poisons" is still a bit impressive, in addition, it is the iron hand in "The Four Famous Catches And Re-emerges" after he joined ATV. Perhaps it was that Zhang Cheli had praised too many disciples, coupled with the fact that there were many martial arts actors at that time, there were many martial arts actors like the stars in the sky, and the characteristics like Wei Bai were not clear enough, and there were many people who were gradually forgotten. It is said that he faded out of show business as early as the late 1980s and is currently in Argentina.
18. Dong Zhihua
Dong Zhihua is a martial arts actor discovered by Zhang Che after entering the mainland, he is a martial arts student of Peking Opera, and it is said that Zhang Che was interested in his superior stick skills, so he invited him to join the Zhang family class. Among the works he has participated in, only "Great Shanghai 1937" has been successful, in addition, like "Xi'an Killing", "Crossing the River Dragon", "Jianghu Strange Soldier" and "Westbound Ping demon", all of which are dismal at the box office, so Dong Zhihua has not been as famous as the main disciples of zhang che in previous generations. Later, it was the role of "Fried Ghost" in "Kung Fu" in which Goro Bagua Stick master made him known to more people.
Today's Dong Zhihua, even if he does not shoot dramas, does not have to worry about economic problems, his wife is a famous agent in the mainland Wang Jinghua, and his son is the current "post-90s film emperor" Dong Zijian.
19. Qian Xiaohao
Zhang Che has always liked actors with solid kung fu, and Qian Xiaohao is one of them, as soon as he graduated from the Shaw training class, he was selected by Zhang Che, and the first movie "Flying Fox" became the male protagonist.
But there is no doubt that Qian Xiaohao did not become popular in the hands of Zhang Che, but with the "Huo Dongge" and "Mr. Zombie" series in the late 80s, and "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng" and "Jingwu Hero" in the 90s. From 1999 to 2013, it is his low tide period, and now he has succeeded Uncle Jiu to turn into a "Dao Chief", and has taken over a lot of Maoshan-themed zombie films, whether he can usher in the second spring of his acting career again, let's wait and see.
20. Cheng Tianci
Cheng Tianci should feel very strange to many people today, but at that time, he could be regarded as the second disciple besides Dong Zhihua to receive Zhang Che's key points. The fast knife necklace in "Shanghai Beach Thirteen Taibao" is enough to show his all-round martial arts skills, and in "Thunderbolt Love", he combines break dancing moves with martial arts scenes, and the degree of "pleasing to the eye" is definitely not inferior to Zhen Zidan in "Love Meets the Enemy".
Later, because Zhang Che shifted his focus to the mainland, cheng Tianci, who was reluctant to follow him, returned to Taiwan to direct martial arts for several martial arts dramas, including Meng Fei's version of "Snow Mountain Flying Fox", and it is said that he is now running his own film company.
21. Long Tianxiang
Long Tianxiang could have become the fourth generation disciple of Zhang Che, but because of military service delayed his entry into the Zhang family class, and later when he cooperated with Zhang Che, it coincided with Shaw's gradual decline, although he played an important role in several works such as "Green Blood Sword" and "Divine Eagle Hero", but at this time, the box office appeal of Shaw's films has long ceased to be brave, so within a few years, Long Tianxiang left Shao and returned to Taiwan to continue development.
Today, Long Tianxiang specializes in TV idol dramas, and his latest work is this year's "Tenant of 1006".