Zombie films play an important role in Hong Kong movies, and in the mid-to-late 1980s, they were all the rage, giving birth to classics such as "Mr. Zombie", "Zombie Family", "Uncle Zombie", and then there were a number of "Dao Chiefs", such as Nine Uncles Lin Zhengying, Noon Ma, Chen You, Zhong Fa, Zheng Zeshi, Chen Long, Wu Yaohan, Feng Quanfan, etc. Lin Zhengying and Noon Ma gave people enough security, the four-eyed Daoist leader Chen You's strength was funny, and most of the rest were "not skilled in learning", and the most "murderous" was the Qianhe Road Long Zhong Fa.
In his early years, Zhong Fa studied in the Peking Opera class opened by Peking Opera master Fan Chrysanthemum, and the "Fan Family Class" and Yu Zhanyuan's "Yuan Jia Class" have sent many film talents to the Hong Kong film industry, Lin Zhengying, Meng Hai, Dong Wei, Hui Tianci, Zun Long, Luo Jiaying are all Zhong Fa's brothers, as well as Yang Panpan, Chen Baozhu, Xiao Fangfang, etc. are also his classmates.
Lin Zhengying entered the film circle as a dragon and tiger martial artist in 1969, and in the 1970s, he was appreciated by Bruce Lee and became Bruce Lee's right hand man. When filming "Dragon Fight Tiger Fight", it takes a lot of group performances who know martial arts, Lin Zhengying thought of his master and brother Zhong Fa, and brought him into the film circle, in which he played an island security guard. "Dragon Fight Tiger Fight" is Bruce Lee's highest box office film, that year the world won 230 million yuan, now look back, found that the dragon set at that time were all big coffee, Lin Zhengying, Jackie Chan, Yuan Hua, Yuan Biao, Mars, Tai Bao, Meng Hai, Gao Fei, Yuan Bin, Xu Zhongxin and so on.
After Bruce Lee's death, Zhong Fa and his brother Lin Zhengying continued to work in the film circle, experiencing a period of running dragon sets and acting as stand-ins, and they joined the Hong family class together, participating in Hong Jinbao's "Sande Monk and Scoop Rice Six", "Tiger Field Chicken", "Fat Dragon Across the River", "Lin Shirong", "Miscellaneous Family Boy", "Fighting Single Knife and Death Gun" and other films. During this period, the two brothers could only play roles such as thugs and killers, which belonged to the stage of preparing for the momentum.
Fast forward to 1980, the appearance of "Ghost Fight Ghost" marked the birth of the psychic action film, and its big sale paved the way for the later popularity of zombie movies. Zhong Fa is a little better than the luck of his brother Lin Zhengying, playing the kind "Xu Zhenren" in "Ghost Fighting Ghosts", becoming a zombie Dao Chief for the first time, in order to help Hong Jinbao, adhere to justice, and master brother Qian Zhenren fight with each other, the whole film integrates ghosts, kung fu, funny and other popular elements, coupled with Hong Jiaban's exquisite action design, it is difficult to sell it. At that time, Lin Zhengying was just a catcher, a catcher who grabbed people indiscriminately.
Then in 1982's "Scary People", Zhong Fa gave the role of zombie Road Chief to his brother Lin Zhengying, who played the villain role himself and planned a financial deception with his wife. Lin Zhengying starred in it as a faltering second uncle, with strong theoretical knowledge, as for the action scene, it was handed over to Hong Jinbao, the wonderful period of the paper man, as well as the obsessive red girl and the funny noon horse are also eye-catching.
In 1985, the ninth uncle Lin Zhengying became famous with the battle of "Mr. Zombie", and the supporting role became the protagonist, and since then he has become a generation of zombie dao chiefs, no one can beat. (The protagonist of Mr. Zombie is Qian Xiaohao, and Lin Zhengying was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor the following year.) On the other hand, Zhong Fa's luck is much worse, after "Ghost Fighting Ghost", he returned to the career of "thug" and "killer", such as "The Magic Trick Five Lucky Star", "Summer Lucky Star", "Royal Master Sister", "Dragon's Heart", "Flying Dragon Fierce General", "Rich Corps" and other films have his figure, he and Di Wei often appear together, but they are not inferior to Di Wei, Di Wei's opponents are Jackie Chan, Lovelo this level, single-handedly basically never lost, and Zhong Fa is often killed by others.
When it comes to "anti-killing", Zhong Fa is also like this in zombie movies or ghost movies, such as Chizuru Michiru in "Uncle Zombie", who was originally responsible for escorting zombies, but turned out to be invincible to zombies. "Fierce Ghost Chaguan" encounters the "Ghost King" Miyake Daisa, only to be removed from one arm, and then killed. Uncle Nine Lin Zhengying makes us feel safe enough, and Zhong Fa has the spirit of self-sacrifice, such as being bitten by a zombie in "Uncle Zombie" and choosing to commit suicide. There is also "Fierce Ghost Messenger Hall" knows that he can't do it, and he also has to do his best to drag Daisaku Miyake and let Xu Guanying and Jacky Cheung escape first.
Speaking of ghost films, Zhong Fa has starred in "Zombie Family", "Seven Heroes Chasing Ghosts", "Time to Run", "Miss Spirit", "Ghost Catching Master", "Ghost Kicking Foot", "Ghost Haunting Co., Ltd.", "Haunting Ghost Living on the Fence", "Catching Ghosts and Family Fun", "Ghost Biting Ghosts", "Corpse Heavy Land", "People and Ghosts", but most of them are small roles, and there is not much room for play. Of course, Zhong Fa has also participated in the planning of some ghost films, such as "Stepping Over the Boundary", Hu Jinquan's "The Yin and Yang King of The Painted Skin", etc., and has also done supervising production, martial arts guidance and other work.
On November 28, 1997, the ninth uncle Lin Zhengying died, his death also means the demise of zombie films, although many filmmakers have tried their best to recreate the glory of zombie films over the years, but it has never helped. The most praiseworthy is only 2013 Mai Junlong's "Zombie", which is a tribute to the 80s and 90s zombie films, is Mai Junlong's love letter to the zombie films of the past, the story is wonderful, the horror atmosphere is excellent, and more importantly, he invited Qian Xiaohao, Chen You, Wu Yaohan, Lou Nanguang, these old zombie films are familiar faces, of course, there is no lack of zhong fa for many years, coincidentally, Zhong Fa played the role of uncle Jiu, which is also a tribute to his brother Lin Zhengying.
After "Zombie", Zhong Fa reappeared and lived a retired life. Zhong Fa's decades of acting career, although most of them are supporting roles, and even most of them are "killers" and "thugs" and other roles, but still left a deep impression on us, if hong Kong movies did not have these kung fu masters, maybe there will be a lot less characteristics, thank them for their efforts, I wish the 66-year-old "Thousand Crane Road Chief" Zhong Fa all the best!