There have been many villain professionals in the history of Hong Kong cinema, if you want to list them all, the list can be pulled a large list, and many of the actors have fixed benchmarking partners, such as Zou Zhaolong because of his many cooperation with Jet Li, and has been known as "Jet Li's screen nemesis". The Hong Kong actor we want to talk about today absolutely occupies an important place in his "peers", he has played many treacherous, despicable and arrogant villain roles, known as the "god of adultery", and because he has played Andy Lau's opponent in the play many times, he is known as "Hua Tsai's screen nemesis", he is the late actor Long Fang.
Born in Hong Kong in 1954, Long Fang, whose real name is Li Jianmin, has entered the industry as early as the early 1970s, and his first film was "Two Heroes" directed by Zhang Che in 1971, in which he played the role of a dragon set next to Wang Zhong. Later, he successively participated in the martial arts work of more than ten martial arts kung fu films, including "Kill Them All", "Double Dragon Goes to sea", "Two Tigers Fighting", and "Eagle Claw Mantis". In 1979, in "Shanghai Beach Tycoon" directed by Chen Guantai, Long Fang played an important role for the first time, playing the role of Zhang Husen, a traitor in the chaotic world, and this role also laid the foundation for Long Fang's future career.
In fact, in the early years of Long Fang Meiyu, there was still a sense of "righteousness", he had played the tragic minister Nian Qianyao who assisted Yongzheng in "Yongzheng and Nian Tangyao", and played the kung fu boy Qijin in "A Pair of Living Treasures Running the World", what people did not expect was that the role was the same as the drama of Hong Jinbao, Jackie Chan and Yuan Biao at that time, they were all humorous hero images. And these two movies are also one of the few works of Long Fang to show a positive image.
Although he has been in the show business for nearly a decade, Long Fang's acting career has been tepid, so in the early 1980s, he changed his career to become a seafood store manager.
Later, due to a coincidence, Long Fang was re-"dug" out by director Wang Jing, and played the role of the villain Miyagitaro in "Supreme Supreme", in which he not only competed with Andy Lau, but also inhumanly abused Chen Yulian, making people hate him and grit their teeth.
In the same year, Long Fang also participated in another gambling film directed by Wang Jing, which was also the hong Kong film box office champion of that year, "God of Gamblers", continuing his adulterous performance career. In the play, he became a widow, betrayed Gao Jin, and killed Gao Jin's girlfriend Gao Yi, the biggest feature of the role is that his temperament is full of treachery, but he suppresses his ambition and ambition as much as possible in front of people, but when he turns his head, he is fierce and fierce, with a strong dramatic effect. After starring in Gao Yi, Long Fang also became a hit in the Hong Kong film industry, which is enough to show that Wang Jing really knows how to recognize people and employ people, and even Long Fang himself did not think that playing a villain would become an important turning point in his acting career.
Perhaps because the spark from the confrontation with Andy Lau is too fierce, or perhaps because he and Andy Lau are too close, and the protagonists in many of Longfang's "traitor masterpieces" are Andy Lau. In addition to "Supreme Supreme" and "God of Gamblers", such as "Impact On the Heavenly Son's Protégé", "Leiluo 1", "Prison Dragon", "Dragon on the Edge", etc., the two have never stood in the same camp, either they are enemies who do not share the heavens, or they will always have conflicts of interest of large and small sizes for their masters. In short, at that time, there was Long Fang as his opponent's film, Andy Lau's performance will also be much harder, and the two will also stimulate each other's potential in each other's play, which is also the value of Long Fang.
Among them, it is particularly worth mentioning "Leiluo Biography 1", which xiaobian feels is also the most classic cooperation between Andy Lau and Long Fang. The latter played the outlaw rattlesnake who opened a gambling stall in the play, at first beat Leiluo half to death, and then kidnapped the retired detective played by Guan Haishan to claim debts, after being shot, he pretended to be dead and bit Yan Tong's ear, the human setting is both crazy and arrogant, because the arc of the role is complete, making people very enjoyable, and his line "I am crazy, even the Heavenly King Lao Tzu does not give face" can also be seen as a summary of the characteristics of the role of the traitor on the Dragon Fang screen.
In addition to being called "Hua Tsai Screen Nemesis", Long Fang also played some other unforgettable treacherous characters and jianghu characters, such as the Japanese officer in "Rich Army", the golden gui in "Shanghai Beach Gambling Saint", George Brother in "Dark Flower", etc. His last influential negative role is the deception of money and deception in "Black Prison Broken Intestine Song 2", the despicable and shameless warden cannibal, at that time, Long Fang played such a role, which was already familiar, and the "traitor's true color" has long been integrated into the bones of his theatrical performance.
Many people should remember the 1994 "Adulterous Family", this film is planned, supervised and invested by Long Fang, and it is precisely because of his call that there will be such a unique film in the history of Hong Kong films, which gathers almost most of the "villain professionals" in the Hong Kong film industry at that time.
Although long Fang's image of an adulterer has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in reality, he has an easy-going personality, is kind to people, and does not put up a shelf, which once again confirms the famous saying that "the evil people on the screen are privately good old people". In 2000, after filming "Studio Tycoon" and "Life and Death Fist Speed", Long Fang put all his energy into commercial activities and commercial performances in the mainland, and he could no longer see a trace of him on the screen.
Because he ran in the mainland for many years and ignored his physical health, in 2000 and 2003, Long Fang was found to have a malignant tumor in his throat, and in 2007, he was diagnosed that the cancer cells had metastasized to the lungs, and only a little more than a year later, he was taken away by the disease at the age of 54.
Because Long Fang and his wife went through divorce procedures as early as the early nineties, and their daughter also immigrated overseas with his mother, when Long Fang passed away, there was no relative around him, and even the funeral was handled by his agent, which was really sad to think. But fortunately, Long Fang left too many good characters and good works that are still fresh in his life, and may not be so easy to forget. Among all the characters of Dragon Fang, which one is your favorite, please leave a message below to discuss it together.