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Sun Jian
Since the 1960s, under the leadership of Shaw's leading director Zhang Che, the glorious era of Hong Kong action films has begun. During this period, many powerful stars have emerged, the most representative of which are Wang Yu, Chen Guantai, Dillon, Jiang David and so on. It is precisely because of these proud protégés that the prosperity of kung fu films has been created, and it has become an unforgettable classic image for generations.
Today, let's talk about the story of the star Sun Jian, it is no exaggeration to say that although the film time is not long, but the glory of Shaw's films, he has also left a strong and colorful stroke...
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"Losing his father at an early age, losing his husband in middle age, and losing his son in his old age" is the saddest thing in life, and for Taiwan's young son And Grandson Jian, his parents died at an early age, and only he can deeply understand the pain of life.
After his parents left, Sun Jian lived with his sister's family. In order to make her brother feel warm, her sister loved Sun Jian very much, even if she sometimes scolded him because she was too naughty, she finally felt too much pain, and the sisters and brothers hugged each other and cried.
In the 1950s, just after the war, the smoke of war was still thick. Just as the so-called "times create heroes", many patriots and heroes have constantly emerged here.
Born in a cold family and whose parents died early, Sun Jian was often bullied by children of the same age. Because of this, he has developed a character as strong as iron since he was a child.
There is a big hero living in the minds of the vulnerable groups, and Sun Jian is naturally no exception, in order to no longer be bullied when he grows up, he began to contact martial arts, and the most obsessed is "taekwondo".
Those who like martial arts must know that the term "taekwondo" originated in Korea and was named by General Choi Hong-hee, which is a Korean martial art developed in East Asian culture.
Net Map Taekwondo
Once, when General Choi Hong-hee studied in Japan, he learned the Japanese "Songtao Ryu Karate", and since then he has integrated it into taekwondo with traditional Korean martial arts such as taekwondo and hand fighting.
Taekwondo emphasizes the martial spirit of "starting with the ritual and ending with the ceremony", and the footwork accounts for almost 70% of this martial art, with a total of 25 sets of routines. In addition to this, ; There are also weapons, grappling, lock breaking, self-defense and more than 10 kinds of basic kung fu, etc., which are flexible and changeable, and the technical strikes are extremely powerful.
After falling in love with martial arts, Sun Jian has been obsessed with it since then, and every day when he comes home from school, the sandbags become punching bags, and the small trees in the nearby groves are inevitably affected.
There is an old saying: "Frozen three feet, not a day's cold", Sun Jian is relying on efforts beyond the imagination of ordinary people, several years as a day of practicing martial arts, at the age of thirteen or fourteen, no one dares to bully him anymore, and even hear his name, whether adults or children, often will stay away.
Seeing that his brother was so intoxicated with martial arts, although he was an older sister, he had always played the role of a parent, and he was worried that his brother would cause trouble, but he did not have a good way to do it.
Sun Jian photo
After graduating from high school, Sun Jian ushered in the first turning point in his life, according to the regulations of the Taiwan authorities, local boys who were checked to be in good health were required to perform unconditional military service when they reached adulthood.
Although he was reluctant in his heart, this was a hard rule, and Sun Jian's sister really had no choice but to send her brother to serve in the army.
After returning from military service, Sun Jian, who was obedient by nature, changed like a person, and his personality became much milder, and he no longer provoked trouble. The only constant is the love of martial arts.
At the age of 19, Sun Jian achieved the high rank of the "black belt five dan" in taekwondo, which is beyond the reach of most people in the field of taekwondo.
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In the early 1970s, shaw kung fu films gained momentum, in order to vigorously expand the Shaw film industry chain, with the consent of the boss Shaw, Zhang Che brought Chen Guantai, Dillon, Fu Sheng and several other protégés to Baodao Taiwan, formed his own "Longbow Film Company", and recruited artists for the society.
The five generations of disciples of the Zhangjia class gathered
During this time, Zhang Che, with a pair of wise eyes, received proud protégés such as Guo Chai, Jiang Sheng, and Qi Guanjun (see Binge's previous works for details) in Taiwan, and filmed many action masterpieces.
In 1976, Longbow Pictures was already facing a collapse due to poor management and the rise of heavyweight director Li Hanxiang. As a last resort, Zhang Che had no choice but to take his disciples back to Shao and revitalize Heshan.
In order to turn the tide, Zhang Che returned to Taiwan to recruit actors for Shaw's new film "Chinatown Kung Fu Kid". The daring Sun Jian came to audition, and after a superb martial arts performance, he stood out from the fierce competition of more than a thousand people and was deeply appreciated by Zhang Che, who immediately tailored it for him and played the role of "Yang Jianwen" as an international student in the film.
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At that time, Wang Longwei, Luo Mang, and others were already people that Zhang Che reused in advance, and Fu Sheng was his "dry son", and he was even more of a powerful object!
However, in reverse, compared with Guo Chai, Qi Guanjun and other teachers, Sun Jian was given the opportunity to be a starring actor as soon as he debuted, using a game saying to describe, which can be described as "full of blood as soon as he appears".
Looking at Sun Jian's down-to-earth and hard-working performance, Zhang Che was happy in his heart, and after Fu Sheng, he adopted Sun Jian as a "righteous son" and listed it as a key training object.
I have to say that in addition to being a good teacher, Zhang Che is still a "loving father" for Sun Jian. Knowing that his parents have died since childhood, coupled with his relationship with him because of the movie, as a senior, Zhang Che really wants to care about this bitter child who has lacked love since childhood.
Stills right one Sun Jian
In the following year's "Southern Shaolin and Northern Shaolin", Zhang Che once again arranged an important role for him "Xu Fang", his acting skills were exercised, and he had the careful guidance of his righteous father, coupled with his excellent kung fu, which made Sun Jian play with ease in action movies, showing everyone's style in one move and one style.
When I first came to Hong Kong, because at that time, Hong Kong movies were mainly cantonese, Sun Jian, Guo Chai, Jiang Shengqi Champion and other Taiwanese children, after coming to Hong Kong, where they were not familiar with life, really suffered a lot of language barriers.
In order to be able to "fight" a piece of the world in the film and television circle, they can only study the rapping Cantonese assiduously, the emperor is worthy of the heart, two years of serious study, several people finally overcame the language barrier, and then with a profound martial arts and performance skills, became the best among Zhang Che's fourth generation of disciples.
Friends who like kung fu movies should not forget a movie released in 1978 called "Five Poisons", which is also one of the masterpieces of iron-blooded kung fu films directed by Zhang Che.
In the film, Sun Jian played "Scorpion", Lu Feng played "Centipede", Wei Bai played "Viper", Guo Chai played "Gecko", Luo Mang played "Toad", and several brothers joined forces to form a "five-poison lineup", each one of them was excellent, hard bridges, hard horses, fists to flesh, launched a fierce jianghu dispute...
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After the release of "Five Poisons", it achieved very good box office results, and the "Five Poison Brothers" became famous and well-known in Southeast Asia.
Taking advantage of the fire, Zhang Che continued to use the original team of "Five Poisons" to launch the martial arts movie "Crippled".
In the film, Sun Jian co-starred with Luo Mang, Jiang Sheng, Guo Chai, Lu Feng, etc., playing the role of "Hu Agui" of Yi Bo Yuntian in the film, and several brothers were crippled by the bully "Du Tiandao" played by Chen Guantai, and then formed a "crippled lineup" to resist Du Tiandao, and the revenge was repaid.
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Friends who have watched Sun Jian's film works are not difficult to find that from the performance alone, his leg skills are very domineering, fast and accurate, and the ornamentation is extremely strong.
In terms of achievements in taekwondo, he is only five dan, while the "leg king" Tan Daoliang and Huang Zhengli are in the ninth dan, but it has to be said that if it is really a real battle, it is really unknown whose hand the deer died.
Leaving aside the "father-son" feelings with his mentor Zhang Che, sun Jian's strength can be seen in the fact that he can be entrusted with the "Hong Kong Film Generation Tyrant".
In the film and television circle, if you want to become a first-line superstar, in addition to acting skills, the quality of appearance also accounts for a very key factor. From this point alone, Sun Jian, Guo Chai and Luo Mang are general, the appearance is slightly rough, compared with Fu Sheng, Dillon, Jiang David, etc., less delicate, coupled with other external factors, making the future star path is not very smooth.
Due to limited appearance conditions, in addition to "Five Poisons" and "Broken", Sun Jian can only play supporting roles in Zhang Che's films most of the time, such as "Lu Guanying" in "Sequel to the Legend of the Eagle Shooter", "Xin Cheng" in "Acrobatic Outlaws", "Wang Yinlin" in "Guangdong Ten Tigers and The Last Five Tigers", "Yang Huyun" in "Golden Arm Boy", "Jin Tailai" in "Shaolin and Wudang", etc.
In the early 1980s, as new genres such as zombie movies and police films swept the screen, Zhang Che's kung fu films no longer flourished, and his disciples also fell apart.
Because of the practice of martial arts from an early age, Sun Jian knew more about the principle of "Knowing Grace Tu Bao", although he was in Shao's family, he never forgot the grace of his righteous father Zhang Che.
At that time, in order to find a breakthrough, Zhang Che left Shaw and formed his own "Changhe Film Company" to prepare for the famous violent action film "Thirteen Taibao on the Beach", which focused on five generations of disciples, but because of Fu Sheng's death, and Thus By Andy Lau. As for Sun Jian, for many reasons, he did not participate. This is a big pity for action fans.
In the following years, due to Zhang Che's departure, Sun Jian successively cooperated with the directors of Chu Yuan and Huashan, and participated in many martial arts movies such as "The Legend of the Hero of the Great Banner", "Heavenly Silkworm Change", "Excalibur Seven Styles", "The Leader" and so on, but most of them played villain roles and had a mediocre response.
In the late 1980s, with the global financial turmoil and the saturation of the Hong Kong film market, the "Hollywood of the East" was no longer what it used to be.
In 1991, after participating in "The Hot Prodigal Son", the 36-year-old Sun Jian chose to retire from the rapids and live a dull life, and even the Internet is difficult to find his news.
epilogue:
Rounding up Sun Jian's short acting career of more than ten years, he has contributed a lot of action masterpieces to everyone, although in the end he chose to retire due to poor development, but Shaw's former glory is inseparable from such a powerful kung fu star like him, above the action film world, wonderful because of them...
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