When it comes to the classic villains in Hong Kong films in the 1970s and 1980s, who do you think of?
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Han Yingjie
Huang Zhengli
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Luo Lie, Han Yingjie, Huang Zhengli, Shi Jian, Shi Tian... These excellent actors have played villains many times. They may be sinister, domineering, funny, or fierce, and together constitute our memories of Hong Kong films.
Wang Longwei
The one I want to introduce today is a big man from Shandong: Wang Longwei.
Wang Longwei
Johnny Wang Lung Wei was born on July 14, 1949 in Qingdao, Shandong Province, to a family of four brothers and two sisters, who moved from the mainland to Hong Kong on the year of his birth.
Wang Longwei has loved martial arts since childhood. As a child, he skipped school to watch various kung fu movies, and was expelled from school for fighting in middle school. Before the age of 15, he studied traditional Chinese kung fu, and later under the influence of the 007 film, he began practicing karate and obtained a black belt of gang soft flow karate. He believed that martial arts should be more direct and effective, so he studied Muay Thai, which was the style of martial arts he eventually adopted.
The Five Ancestors of Shaolin
Before entering the film industry, Mr. Wang made a living playing guitar in nightclubs in Hong Kong and teaching karate to local gang members. By chance, Wang Longwei saw an advertisement in the newspaper that Zhang Che was recruiting martial arts actors for the "longbow", and he decided to try his luck. Apparently, Zhang Che saw an ideal villain in his cold face and strong physique. In 1974, Wang Longwei starred as a cruel thug in the movie "Five Ancestors of Shaolin". Since then, Mr. Wang has been a regular guest in Films Shot in Taiwan between 1974 and 1976, and he has always played an immoral villain.
"Rotten Head Ho" Liu Jiahui, Xiao Hou, Wang Longwei
Two years later, Zhang Che ended the "longbow". Wang Longwei followed Zhang Che back to Hong Kong, continued to work for "Shaw", and began to be used by other directors of "Shaw". Among the directors who cooperate with Wang Longwei, I have to mention a generation of grandmaster Liu Jialiang. Wang Longwei's first Liu Jialiang film was "Bad Head Ho" (1979). Although he still plays the role of a villain, Liu Jialiang boldly innovates in the film, integrating the Southern School Hongquan and the Northern School Peking Opera Kung Fu into one, and Wang Longwei's martial arts choreography with Liu Jiahui and Xiao Hou can be described as exquisite.
"Wuguan" Wang Longwei, Liu Jiahui
After that, Wang Longwei has starred in Liu Jialiang movies several times. For example, "Shaolin Tent Master", "Elders", "Martial Arts" and so on. "Wuguan" is one of the few films in which Wang Longwei embodies the "good guy" side, in which he plays a martial artist from the north and has a wonderful street fight with Liu Jiahui. This martial artist is strong in martial arts and extremely martial, and is one of the most classic images in Wang Longwei's career. At the same time, "Wuguan" is also his favorite film during the "Shaw" period.
The Dock
"Shandong Madman"
"Tsim Shaid Dong Gangster"
After the 1980s, Wang Longwei starred in some independent films, such as Huang Zhiqiang's "Fight in the Ring" and Goofy's "Dock", which were all violent action films. In the mid-1980s, when "Shao's" declined, Wang Longwei was promoted to director and directed his first work, "Shandong Madman" (1985), which shows that Wang Longwei has always been obsessed with his "Shandong" identity. Written and directed by Wang Longwei and acting as an action designer, the film is a fight and a riot, and there are not many highlights except for violence and bloodshed. Then, Wang Longwei directed "Tsim Shaid Dong Gangster", and the bloody ending of this movie was regarded as a classic by some niche fans.
Poster of "The Prodigal Son"
After the suspension of "Shaw", Wang Longwei directed seven other films: "Rogue Hero", "Love and Righteousness", "Kill out of Hong Kong", "Tong Gen Sheng", "Tiger Bile Daughter Red", "Hot Prodigal Son", and "Flower Street Run". All seven films are based in contemporary Hong Kong, and it is said that the boss behind the scenes is a "triad" whose only motivation is money. As a director, Wang Longwei is very responsible. What he conveys in each film is anger and violence, which can also be regarded as a strange flower in Hong Kong films.
"Rich Train" left Wang Longwei
"Double Dragon Society"
"The Ancient Trickster Man in the Jianghu"
During his tenure as director, Wang Longwei did not stop participating in films by other directors. Such as Hong Jinbao's "Rich Train" (1986), Jackie Chan's "Plan A Sequel" (1988), "Double Dragon Society" (1992) and so on. In the mid-1990s, the Hong Kong film industry fell into a downturn, and Wang Longwei's activities gradually decreased, and the only thing worth mentioning is the movie "The Man of ancient puzzles in the jianghu", in which he played the father-in-law of the pheasant "Wei Ye". After that, Wang Longwei deteriorated, unable to extricate himself in the ocean of bad films, and even took over two rotten tertiary films "Jade Futon".
Wang Longwei
Middle Wang Longwei
In 2016, Wang Longwei re-emerged from the jianghu and directed a big online movie "One Punch youth". Wang Longwei, who is nearly seventy years old, still looks energetic, but the quality of the film is really not flattering.
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Although Wang Longwei did not become a movie superstar, he created many classic villains. Like Wong, he has an indispensable and important position in the Hong Kong film industry. As a director, his wild and furious style also constitutes an important part of Hong Kong films, and is the best witness of that era of a hundred flowers.
Finally, leave a thinking question: Please find Wang Longwei from the following figure.
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