In the 1970s and 1980s, Hong Kong movies have come out of many "bearded villains" with a real kung fu, the most representative of which is the first generation of Martial Arts in the Chinese film industry, Han Yingjie, and The Leg King Huang Zhengli from South Korea, the protagonist in this article, I believe you must have seen his performance, his appearance is somewhat similar to Huang Zhengli, and he is also known for his kung fu villain image, he is Wang Longwei.
Wang Longwei, formerly known as Wang Sheng, was born in Qingdao, Shandong In 1948, and then moved to Hong Kong with his family, because he liked martial arts from an early age, he began to learn karate and got a black belt at the age of 15, and was discovered by director Zhang Che in the 1970s and entered the film circle, first as Ma Fuyi in "Five Ancestors of Shaolin" in 1974, and this role also laid the way for his future villain.
Although Wang Longwei was a disciple of the Zhang family, he played a negative role in many Zhang Che movies, the most famous of which were li Zhongqing, a boxer traitor in "The Eight-Nation Alliance", the general manager of Tiandao Zhuang In "Mutilation", and the corrupt county order in "Five Poisons".
Because of his rugged appearance and understanding of true kung fu, many Shaw directors other than Zhang Che at that time also liked to use Wang Longwei to play the villain, such as Sun Zhong's "Godhead", "Blood Drops", "Cold-Blooded Thirteen Eagles" and so on.
Since the late 1970s, Wang Longweiduo has cooperated with Liu Jialiang and his Liu Jiaban to participate in a number of kung fu films, including "Bad Head He", "Shaolin Tent Master", "Elders" and "Wuguan", the most noteworthy of which is "Wuguan", in which he played shan Xiong, a northern martial artist who is also good and evil, and finally he and Huang Feihong played Liu Jiahui in a kung fu duel in a narrow alley, and the leg skills display of the hard bridge hard horse is a classic.
In 1985, Wang Longwei was appreciated by Ms. Fang Yihua, the first leader of Shaw Productions, to make his directorial debut "Shandong Madman", a person who also directed, martial arts, screenwriter, actor and several positions, and the title of "Shandong Madman" also echoed Wang Longwei's own origin. In the same year, he also directed the triad background of "Dragon Head Overlord" (also known as "Tsim Shaun Dong Gangster"), although the response of this film was mediocre at the time, but a few years later, it was regarded by some fans as a Hong Kong-style cult film masterpiece because of the 10-minute "shopping mall blood war" at the end.
Subsequently, Wang Longwei directed 8 works such as "Rogue Hero", "Love and Righteousness", "Kill out of Hong Kong", "Tong gen sheng" and so on, most of which are jianghu-themed films, and 1989's "Tiger Bile Daughter Red" is more special, and it is also one of the few films in the history of Hong Kong film that is completely female-oriented.
Although Wang Longwei's directorial works are often full of shocking and prominent visual effects, it is always difficult to have a new breakthrough in the choice of themes, which also makes his directorial performance seem average, relatively speaking, I believe that people can still remember his thug and gangster roles.
In the 1990s, Wang Longwei's most representative role was that of Wei Ye, who was known as "one punch can kill a horse" in "The Man of Ancient Puzzle Boy in the Jianghu", and even the pheasant trembled when he saw him; in 1994, he was invited by Wang Jing to join "The Five Ancestors of New Shaolin", playing the eight-armed Arhat of the imperial court killer, which is also a tribute to the old version of "Five Ancestors of Shaolin" Ma Fuyi.
In 2003, Wang Longwei faded out of the entertainment circle after filming "The Queen of Female Boxers" because of taking care of his mother, during which it was reported that he had caused a lawsuit due to the inheritance problem to his brother Wang Longguang and caused a lawsuit, which basically ruined his film career.
In 2016, Wang Longwei tried to enter the field of the Internet to shoot a "One Punch youth", but did not stir up any splash, resulting in 4 years after he has not yet come out with a new work, it is estimated that he has decided to retire completely, in fact, the "fate" of many Hong Kong actors has become a "fate", when the glory has become the past, our impression of them can only stay in the memory.