In 1998, a martial arts TV series called "Water Margin" met with the audience, and Wu Jing, who was still green at the time, starred in the play as the male number one: Ximen Jinge.
"Water Margin" naturally tells the story of a series of jianghu storms that occurred after "Water Margin", and the main characters that appear in the play are basically related to the main characters in "Water Margin", such as Song Shijun is a descendant of Song Jiang, Li Daban is Li Kui's stepson, Ruo Nan is Yang Zhi's daughter, Gao Xiaoqiu is Gao Qi's son, and Ximen Jinge is a descendant of Ximen Qing, the negative character in "Water Margin". Not only that, but also creatively combined with Yue Fei's stories and legends, making this drama more full of family and country feelings.
However, in the "Water Margin", although Ximen Jinge is a descendant of Ximen Qing, he has lived with his mother since childhood, and the harsh living environment coupled with his mother's teachings has made Ximen Jinge simple, kind and righteous since childhood, and under the careful cultivation of Wu Song and Lu Zhishen, he not only learned a good martial art, but also was full of chivalry.
On the contrary, Song Jiang's son Song Shijun, although he is a descendant of the hero Haojie, is full of villains everywhere, and he is ambitious, constantly calculating and weaving his own delusions, and finally exposed by everyone.
This is the earlier film and television work of contemporary kung fu superstar Wu Jing, compared to his "Kung Fu Kid Breaks through the Love Pass", "Tai Chi Grandmaster", "Little Li Fei Dao", this "Water Margin Sequel" has a slightly less influence and popularity. However, in this drama, Wu Jing, Cao Jun, Kou Zhanwen and other martial arts actors are brought together, and the martial arts actions are wonderful and also pleasing to the audience.
At that time, Wu Jing was still a young man in his early twenties, with a green baby face and eyes full of simplicity and enthusiasm, which was more in line with his positioning of "Kung Fu Boy", and "Water Margin" described the journey of a warm-hearted young man who grew into a hero of the country and the people step by step, so the role played by Wu Jing was generally more successful. Wu Jing originally had a very good kung fu foundation, so many of the martial arts actions in the play were personally played, which was very beautiful. After all, hong Kong filmmakers in his early years once used to regard him as the successor of kung fu superstar Jet Li. Nowadays, Wu Jing has stepped out of his own path.
Actress Yang Mingna, who plays the heroine Ruo man
Throughout Yang Mingna's acting career, she is mostly presented to the audience as a heroine on the screen, whether it is "Divine Eagle Hero", "Smiling Proud of the River", "Dragon Slayer" and so on, which were re-filmed in recent years.
Kou Zhanwen, who plays Li Daban
If it is said that in the acting world, Kou Zhanwen's popularity may not be high, but in the domestic martial arts industry, Kou Zhanwen can occupy a place. Like Wu Jing and Jet Li, Kou Zhanwen is also a martial arts athlete, the basic skills are very solid, although the appearance is not outstanding, but tough, strong, he often starred in the image of a tough guy in film and television works. Whether it is a positive or negative image, it is all handy. Perhaps everyone should have the impression that in the TV series "New Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness" released in the mainland in 1994, Kou Zhanwen also starred in the role of Zhan Zhao, and the impression left in the minds of the audience at that time was also very profound.
Played Cao Jun when Ximen Jinge was a child
As we all know, Cao Jun is also a famous kung fu child star, who has participated in many influential kung fu TV series since he was a child, playing many popular classic roles, such as the little monk of true life, the lotus boy Nezha and so on. Nowadays, young Cao Jun is not only starring in kung fu-themed film and television works, but also began to hone his acting skills and participate in more theme works.
Song Shijun, played by Guo Jianyong
Personable, a white dress, a tall image of a brother, this is the first impression presented by Song Shijun to the audience, compared with Ximen Jinge's appearance is a poor "dick silk" like a look, Song Shijun makes people feel that he is really worthy of the descendants of Song Jiang, the leader of the good Han people of Liangshan. However, all this is only the appearance of Song Shijun. In fact, he is harboring evil intentions. As his ambitions are exposed step by step, in the end, he will eventually lead to personal demise.
Guo Jianyong played the role of Song Shijun to life.
In addition, Xu Jinjiang played the role of Lu Zhishen in the play
It is said that in the Hong Kong movie "The True Colors of Heroes", lu zhishen's role was once played by Xu Jinjiang, and he who was tough in appearance and tall figure did play the role of Lu Zhishen.
"Water Margin" has been broadcast for more than twenty years since then, and now the Chinese film and television industry has long been a thing of human rights, but this work is still full of a full sense of age.