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In Hong Kong and Taiwan kung fu films, the protagonists have excellent kung fu and decisive killing, beating the villains to the ground, showing their heroic style.
But there is also an old villain with explosive force, who has almost hit the entire Chinese film industry, which is outrageously bad.
He is an indispensable villain in Hong Kong films, has participated in more than 80 movies from his artistic career, and has never played a positive character, he is Shandong fierce man - Wang Longwei.
In 1949, China ushered in the Great Liberation.
However, after the war, China was in ruins.
It was at this time that Wang Longwei was born in an ordinary family in Qingdao, Shandong.
Parents with seven children together soon moved to Hong Kong to make ends meet.
Wang Longwei has loved martial arts since he was a child, often skipping school to watch martial arts films in the cinema, and fighting with people at school, which is regarded as a problem student.
Around the age of 20, Wang Longwei had obtained a black belt in karate and also learned a variety of martial arts such as Muay Thai, Southern Boxing and Northern Leg.
He worked as a karate instructor in a gang in Hong Kong, teaching gang members fighting techniques.
In that era when there was no distinction between black and white, Wang Longwei's living environment made him have to rely on force.
In Hong Kong in the mid-60s, the withering film and television industry gradually recovered.
In the 1970s, Shaw became a leading figure in Hong Kong films.
Wang Longwei saw Shaw's advertisement for actors and decided to give it a try.
At that time, Shaw urgently needed supporting actors, and Wang Longwei's strong force and fierce appearance met the requirements of director Zhang Che.
Zhang Che discovered Wang Longwei's potential and arranged for him to play villain roles in many movies.
Under Zhang Che's promotion, Wang Longwei quickly became famous and was a signature actor in the Hong Kong film industry at that time.
He is not afraid of hardships and spares his life, and has also become one of the most qualified "dragon and tiger martial artists" in the crew.
It is precisely because these roles are played too deeply into the hearts of the people that Wang Longwei has since embarked on a "villain road of no return".
He often plays ruthless and evil bully roles, such as Yu Bi in "Hong Fist and Wing Chun", Ouyang Feng in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", etc.
Wang Longwei's spicy acting skills impressed the audience and gave the villains of Hong Kong action movies a unique personality.
In the 1980s, Wang Longwei teamed up with Liu Jialiang and other directors to continue to shape a group of popular villains, such as Lian to ward off evil in "Dragon and Tiger Martial Master", and Miaofeng in "South Fist and North Leg".
These classic roles have made him a stature in the film industry.
Playing a bad guy can become a demon, and playing a good guy can become a Buddha.
However, Wang Longwei is limited by his vicious appearance and is difficult to play positive roles.
But at the suggestion of Liu Jialiang, Wang Longwei also tried to play a positive role in "Martial Hall", showing a different side.
Acting and excellent is directing!
In 1985, Fang Yihua, the boss of the Shaw family, decided to give Wang Longwei a chance to be a director.
In this way, Wang Longwei directed the first self-written, directed and acted film "Shandong Madman", and officially transformed into a director.
But due to its fledgling, the film received a mediocre response.
In the words of netizens: neither criminal aesthetics, nor the main plot, some jokes even seem stupid and funny.
Since then, he has continued to direct many action films and even "tertiary films" to accumulate experience.
Come around in circles, and it's time to the '90s.
In the mid-90s, with the decline of the Hong Kong film industry,
Wang Longwei has participated in fewer movies.
During that time, gunfight films led by Chow Yun-fat, zombie films led by Lin Zhengying, comedy films led by Stephen Chow, and gangster movies led by Ekin Cheng quickly led the Hong Kong film market.
Zhang Che's "kung fu films" have also been replaced by various comedy kung fu films that are better than blue.
During that period, he only starred in the small role of "Wei Ye" in the movie "The Man of the Confused Boy".
But after that, Wang Longwei's career deteriorated, and he had to play soy sauce in many movies of poor quality, just to make a living.
In the most helpless period, he even starred in two very inferior third-grade films, which made matters worse and completely shattered his position in the film industry.
After the millennium, Hong Kong films once again began to slowly decline, with mainland films occupying the first place.
However, even at the trough, Wang Longwei's ambition and passion have not diminished.
In 2016, he drew on the rise of online movies and directed an online movie comeback called "One Punch Youth".
Although it is almost old, judging from the trailer, Wang Longwei's mental outlook and temperament are still good.
But this first-time film was not only miserable at the box office, but also disappointed in quality, and was criticized for its old-fashioned plot and rough production.
Wang Longwei's dream of returning to the peak was shattered.
After that, Wang Longwei rarely appeared in the public eye.
Although Wang Longwei did not become a movie superstar, he created many classic villain images in Hong Kong films and made unique contributions to the characteristic style of Hong Kong films.
Together with Leung Ka Yan and others, Wang Longwei represents that kaleidoscopic and colorful era, leaving a true portrayal of Hong Kong's street culture for future generations.
Although his career as a director was not smooth, his individuality and passionate spirit also attracted the attention of a generation.
Wang Longwei's glory days were from the mid-70s to the early 90s of the last century.
This period of time is in the golden age of Hong Kong and Taiwan kung fu films.
From brilliance to loneliness and decline, Wang Longwei's life records the rise and fall of "Oriental Hollywood"...
He bloomed with that era of blooming flowers, and also decayed with it, which can be described as a microcosm of the development of Hong Kong film.
Despite his ups and downs, his passion for film never waned.
In any case, Wang Longwei will leave a unique page in the history of Hong Kong cinema.
In any case, the times move forward step by step, nothing can stop it from moving forward, the lost youth, and you can slowly rummage through old movies...