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There are many kung fu actors in the show business circle who have been national martial arts champions, and we are familiar with Jet Li, Wu Jing, Zhao Wenzhuo, Zhao Changjun, etc., but there is one person who many people are not familiar with, he is Qiu Yunbo. Working in the Hong Kong film industry for many years was unknown, and later became famous in Hollywood.
Qiu Yunbo, born in 1960 in Hong Kong, China, moved to the United States with his family at the age of 11, and like many people influenced by Bruce Lee, Qiu Yunbo also liked martial arts when he was a child, and wanted to become a martial artist like Bruce Lee, so he began to practice kung fu. It is worth mentioning that he also studied karate for a while during his university years, but later chose to quit because he felt that it was not very useful. At the age of 22, he returned to China to participate in the National Wushu Competition and won the championship in one fell swoop.
Hong Kong movie action movies are a big genre, many directors also like some people with real kung fu, in the mid-to-late 1980s Qiu Yunbo began to appear in many Hong Kong movies, but the opportunity to play the main role is very small, basically play some supporting roles, after all, there were too many excellent kung fu actors in Hong Kong during that period.
In 1987, Qiu Yunbo participated in the first Hong Kong film, cooperated with Wan Ziliang and Ren Dahua in "One Brother", and then played roles such as thugs and bodyguards in films such as "City Special Police", "Royal Master Sister 3 Male and Female Thieves", "Righteous And Red Lips", "Supreme Supreme", "My Days in the Underworld", "Dragon Battle" and other films. It is worth mentioning that in 1988, Qiu Yunbo starred in a "Fighting Hero", also known as "Battle Cage", which is the childhood memory of many people, and Qiu Yunbo, who is full of muscles and murderous spirit, has also left a deep impression on us.
In the show business circle, many actors will give themselves a stage name, such as Jackie Chan's original name Chen Gangsheng, Dillon's original name Tan Furong and so on. Qiu Yunbo's stage name in the Hong Kong film industry is Wei Long, and I believe that many fans with video hall memories should remember this name. Dasheng's first attention to Qiu Yunbo was in "Money Laundering", which was directed by Yuan Heping and starred Zhen Zidan and Guan Zhilin.
Zhen Zidan added many signature actions to the film, such as volley three consecutive kicks, volley one-word horizontal kicks, and Sharp leg skills were shown. However, we can't ignore the villain boss Qiu Yunbo in the film, in the final battle, he moves quickly, his hands are fierce, kung fu does not lose Zhen Zidan, and the fist-to-flesh fight between the two is really wonderful.
After that, he cooperated with Li Yuanba, who was once known as Jackie Chan's successor, "Booming Dragon", and Yang Lijing, the beaten girl, "Royal Master Sister 6: Underground Arsenal", and Japanese action actress Yugali Oshima cooperated in action films such as "Law Enforcement Weilong", "Supreme Special Police", "Across the World" and so on, all of which showed Sharp skills, but the response was not good.
Highlighting the "Black Cat 2" cooperated by Qiu Yunbo and the beating girl Liang Zheng, he is an intelligence officer in the film, and the half-human, half-mechanical killer Liang Zheng performs a mission together, and this film was popular in the video hall that year, basically playing this movie. Qiu Yunbo's performance is remarkable, the most eye-catching is Liang Zheng, as a super killer, killing people is unambiguous, and she was also known as Yang Ziqiong's successor. Among them, Nalan Fuya of "Golden Branch Desire" is Liang Zheng.
Qiu Yunbo has been working in the Hong Kong film industry for nearly 10 years but has no hope, one is that he is unlucky, and the other is that there were too many Hong Kong film talents at that time. Frustrated, Qiu Yunbo returned to the United States in 1994 and participated in the drama "The Lost Files" the following year, which attracted the attention of director Paul Anderson and invited him to participate in "The King of Fighting", because the film became famous in Hollywood.
"King of Fighters", also known as "Demon Palace Empire" and "Mortal Kombat", is based on the game, although the plot is not good, but the special effects and production level are very rare at that time. Qiu Yunbo plays a Chinese martial artist Liu Kang in the film, and his handsome and wonderful actions have impressed foreigners, and many people have praised him and seen bruce Lee's shadow in him.
Because of the wonderful performance of the first part, "King of Fighter 2" is naturally indispensable to him, in addition, he later participated in the ninja in "Beverly Samurai", 14K in "Death Speed", and Chunli's kung fu teacher in "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chunli".
YuanKui, as one of the Seven Little Fortunes, once broke into Hollywood with Jet Li, in which he directed "Life and Death Fight" invited Qiu Yunbo to make a cameo appearance, playing a pirate leader, the shape is more joyful, but the encounter is more sad, and he is beaten by the heroine.
Perhaps he has been a dragon and tiger martial artist in the Hong Kong film industry for nearly 10 years, Qiu Yunbo filmed a "Red Pants: The Life of Hong Kong Stunt Boy" in 2003, in which red pants refer to martial arts stunt actors, who silently pay for the movie, many dangerous scenes are all on them, are real unsung heroes. Qiu Yunbo wants to use this film to remember his past years, but also to pay tribute to these unsung heroes.
In 2010, qiu Yunbo quit the film industry after acting in "Death Car 2", focusing on the family and slowly turning to behind-the-scenes work. It is said that Yuan Heping invited him when he filmed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2" in 2016, but he refused on the pretext of family.
Although Qiu Yunbo did not become popular, he also left a footprint in brilliant Hong Kong movies, and he is also one of the few kung fu actors who broke into Hollywood, wishing him all the best!