On December 1, the all-round musician Li Xiaotian passed away, at the age of 73, once popular Zhang Guorong, is the "Garfield" in everyone's mind, is the composer of songs such as "Grace of the Earth", "The Great Wall Never Falls", "Rouge Buckle" and other songs, thanks to the classics he created for us, to say that the highest degree of singing is "The Great Wall Never Falls", which was the theme song of the TV series "Huo Yuanjia", which was popular for a while, basically everyone will sing two sentences with the melody.
"Huo Yuanjia" was produced by Hong Kong Li Television (Asia Television) and directed by Xu Xiaoming, premiered in Hong Kong in 1981, and became the first Hong Kong drama introduced in the mainland in 1983, so many people also called it the 83 version of "Huo Yuanjia", which set off a viewing frenzy as soon as it was broadcast that year, which also triggered a boom in learning martial arts and learning Cantonese, and also strongly stimulated the people's patriotic thoughts.
Many small partners should remember that Xu Zheng has a flash of "Huo Yuanjia" screen in "Win the Championship", seeing many people watching TV scenes, is it immediately recalled that they also came this way when they were young, "Huo Yuanjia" had such a great impact that year, one is the lack of mainland film and television works, and the other is that the martial arts scenes in the play are real, fist to flesh, the story is simple and clear, and the character portrayal is plump and colorful. Now it has been 38 years since the premiere of "Huo Yuanjia", and in addition to Li Xiaotian, there are many other actors in the play who are also gone.
1. Akino: Wu Hui (1912-1996)
Full of bad water, he tried to harm Huo Yuanjia. Wu is not small, is the oldest actor in the play, most of the students know that the old man should be Bao Longxing's father in "Nine Pin Sesame Officer", and then through some episodes of ATV, such as Yang Dake of "Grace of the Earth", Shen Sanlu of "Huo Dongge", and Uncle Tim of "Journey to tiger mountain again".
2. Huo Endi: Dong Biao (1933-2006)
Huo Yuanjia's father, a traditional martial artist, has different views on martial arts concepts with his son, but this does not affect his concern for his son. Dong Biao is from a family of horse trainers, was a professional horse trainer, and later hosted a horse racing program on TV, so he had the opportunity to enter the show business circle to shoot, "Grace of the Earth", "Journey to the Tiger Mountain", "Chen Zhen", "Four Famous Catches" have his presence in Hong Kong movies, but everyone is more familiar with his performance in Hong Kong movies, such as the "Police Story" series, "Red Fan District", "Drunken Fist 2", "Miracle", etc. cooperated with Jackie Chan; "Master Brother Collision Ghost", "Righteous Courage", and "Detective Father and Son Soldier" cooperated with Andy Lau. Of course, we can't forget his and Shen Dianxia's "Rich and Powerful" series, which is a classic high-grossing film at a small cost.
3. Liu Dangshi: Cao Dahua (1915-2007)
Liu Zhensheng's uncle was also a martial artist, and when the Huo and Zhao families were fighting, he wanted to mediate in the middle, but the martial arts were really a little poor. Cao Dahua has a relatively high status in the Hong Kong film industry, Liu Jialiang must shout Uncle Hua when he sees it, as early as the Cantonese film era with the "Huang Feihong" series, "Rulai Shen Palm" and other fame, known as the silver altar iron man, and Guan Dexing, Shi Jian and called the iron triangle, to the eighties and nineties, many movies have paid tribute to it, such as "Truant Weilong 2" of the heavy crime team of the tiger Cao Dahua, "Best Partner", "Five Lucky Star" series of detective image, etc., his life has been contributed to the film, worthy of our eternal remembrance.
4. Wang Xiwen (Tanaka): Mai Tianen (1950-2007)
Typical hypocrites, the best at disguise, smiling at you on the surface, but doing some hurtful things behind the scenes, this kind of person is the most terrible, and Mai Tianen's grasp of the role is also more accurate, the typical skin laughs and does not laugh, and the acting skills can be described as fascinating. Mai Tianen has starred in the black devil of "Heavenly Silkworm Change", the second brother of "The Great Inner Qunying", and the wind and thunder of "Ranger Zhang Sanfeng", all of which have left a deep impression on us, and the film has cooperated with Jackie Chan in "Police Story Sequel" and "Miracle", etc. After acting in "The Golden Retriever King" in 1994, he faded out of the film world.
5. Feng Zhigao: Ling Liwen (1941-2010)
Feng Zhigao is also a treacherous villain, Huo Yuanjia smoking opium is exactly the needle he hits, really hateful, a villainous face. Ling Liwen is a licorice actor, who also starred in "Grace of the Earth" on ATV, but everyone is more familiar with his performance in TVB dramas, such as "Gestapo", "Searching for Qin", "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", "Nine Five-Year Supreme", security guards, a shop owner, lao bo, etc., are all this type of role.
6. Long Shaoji: Sima Hualong (1921-2012)
Long Haisheng's father, Zhao Qiannan's uncle, found that the character he played always had a bad son, such as "Huo Yuanjia", and "Eight Immortals Across the Sea". Sima Hualong is also an old actor in the Era of Cantonese films, and the same "Inspector" image is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and later served ATV for decades, starring in "Heavenly Silkworm Change", "Qin Shi Huang", "Winner is King 2", "Gun God", "Zombie Road Chief", "The King of a Thousand Kings Re-emerge" and other dramas, fading out of the film world after the new century.
7. Long Haisheng: Li Hanzhi (1951-2013)
Handsome on the outside, but full of evil on the inside, he is a villain who has done all the bad things and lost his conscience. Li Hanzhi is too handsome, so many people can't hate him, compared to the ATV dramas he participated in, personally more familiar with his performance in TVB, such as Liang Chaowei's version of "Yi tian slaughter dragon record" Yang Xiao, Zhu Yin's version of "Legend of the Eagle Hero" and Gu Tianle's version of "Eagle Hero" a lamp master, "Yuan Zhenxia" Ding Hui, "Laughing Proud of the Jianghu" Qu Yang, "Tang Shuanglong Biography" Wang Shichong and so on. It's just a pity that such a charismatic actor left in 2013 at the age of 62.
38 years have passed, "Huo Yuanjia" is still the most beautiful memory in the hearts of many people, sleeping for a hundred years, the Chinese people have gradually woken up, open their eyes, look carefully.