In 1994, Xu Ke joined hands with Lin Lingdong to make this martial arts film with huge funds, and it was removed from the shelves for 7 days, Fang Shiyu, Hong Xiguan vs Shen Gong II, the bold adaptation of the legend of the Shaolin Ten Tigers III, and the male protagonist was banned IV: the mainland movie star in the movie

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From 1928 to 1930, the series of films adapted from Pingjiang Buxiaosheng's novel "Burning the Red Lotus Temple" launched a total of 18 episodes that were once the hottest martial arts films in the old Shanghai Beach. (Episode 19 was released in Hong Kong in 1935)

After entering the 90s, with the success of classic IP remakes such as the movie "Huang Feihong", "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" series and "New Dragon Gate Inn", the call to restart the movie "Burning Red Lotus Temple" is also increasingly loud.

In 1994, after the launch of the "Fengyun" series, director Lin Lingdong saw the timing, he joined hands with Xu Ke to remake a new version of "Burning Red Lotus Temple", continuing this martial arts legend.

When the "old monster" Xu Ke meets Lin Lingdong, who has always been known for his sharpness, it indicates that this movie is not only a remake, it is destined to be very extraordinary.

Under Xu Ke's conception, the new version of the story background was moved to the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, and the protagonist was replaced by the legendary Shaolin Ten Tigers.

<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >, Fang Shiyu, Hong Xiguan, And shengong</h1>

As the origin of the anti-Qing restoration, the Shaolin Temple was killed by soldiers sent by the Yongzheng Emperor.

Fang Shiyu (played by Ji Tiansheng) and Uncle Zhishi fled to the desert and were hunted down and killed by the Qing court eagle dog Blood Drops (played by Cheng Dong).

In order to escape the pursuit of the soldiers, they hide in the broken house of the minnu Doudou (Li Ruotong), but in the end, because they are outnumbered, the intelligent master uncle is killed by blood droplets, and Fang Shiyu and Doudou are captured and sent to the Red Lotus Temple in heaven.

The Red Lotus Temple is not actually a temple, but a completely enclosed, heavily guarded and heavily organized underground prison.

It was run by the Qing court's lackey general Shen Gong, and hundreds of captured Shaolin disciples were imprisoned here, living a dark prison life.

Shengong (Huang Jinjiang) is the Earth Emperor in the Red Lotus Temple, who has two major protectors of the Blood Droplet and the Cuihe River, and is a master of fierce heart.

ShenGong practiced a unique qigong similar to the Sunflower Treasure Book, the martial arts were unfathomable, he was also a literary fan, and his hobby was to decorate the Red Lotus Temple like hell with murals, and called it "Buddha has been happy in hell".

Master brother Hong Xiguan (played by Yang Sheng) in order to discover the organs in the Red Lotus Temple, pretending to turn to the Shengong, secretly investigates the path in the prison temple.

Unfortunately, his plot was not successful before he was discovered by Shen Gong, and Fang Shiyu and Fang Shiyu led the Shaolin disciples to escape, but because they did not know the path, they were finally caught in the organ and were captured.

Hong Xiguan and Fang Shiyu escaped by chance, and since they could not find a way out of the Red Lotus Temple, they decided to detonate the arsenal in the temple and directly destroy the Red Lotus Temple.

After the arsenal was detonated, the main structure of the Red Lotus Temple was also destroyed.

The Shaolin abbot Zhishan Zen Master led the Shaolin disciples to find the cave hidden behind the Buddha statue and finally escaped from the Red Lotus Temple.

In order to save Doudou, Fang Shiyu and Hong Xiguan, after defeating Cuihe and Blood Drops successively, fought the Shengong with the Tiger Crane Double Fist.

After a bitter battle, the god was eventually killed by the two and buried in the ground along with the collapsed Red Lotus Temple.

<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > two, a bold adaptation of the legend of the Ten Tigers of Shaolin</h1>

The protagonists in the film, Hong Xiguan, Fang Shiyu and Tong Qianjin, are all members of the Shaolin Ten Tigers

The remaining seven Shaolin Tigers are: Fang Xiaoyu, Fang Meiyu, Sande Monk, Hu Huiqian, Li Jinlun, Lu Acai and Xie Yafu

Zen Master Zhishan is the master of the Ten Tigers and one of the Five Elders of Shaolin (the other four are WuMei, Miao Xian, Bai Mei and Feng Daode).

Their legendary story was first seen in the Qing Dynasty chivalrous novel "Holy Pilgrimage Prosperity Evergreen".

The film associates the story of the Ten Tigers of Shaolin with the story of "Burning the Red Lotus Temple", which is a bold adaptation.

In terms of scene and character design, the film is also quite careful:

The design of the hellish secret room of the Red Lotus Temple, the deliberately created eerie, depressing, and cold atmosphere, and the crazy and obedient and lawless gods all make this film present a unique temperament of blood and darkness.

The heroine of the film, Li Ruotong, sacrificed the image of the jade girl in the past and dedicated a lot of bold performances.

However, such a bold and avant-garde and ingenious Cult martial arts film is incompatible with the Hong Kong film market in the 90s.

With a huge investment of tens of millions of dollars, the film was released on March 31, 1994, and after only seven days of screening, it was forced to be released due to the lack of viewers, and only received 1.82 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, losing all the money and ending extremely sad.

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The topic around the film did not end with the release of the film, but intensified by a scandal extended by the film, and eventually became a sensational soap opera in Hong Kong.

This matter also starts from the two main actors of the movie, Ji Tiansheng and Li Ruotong.

The two are both du Qifeng's famous artists, Ji Tiansheng is from the United States, because of his martial arts practice since childhood, his image is sunny and healthy, and he is trained by Jiahe as Jet Li's successor.

Being able to become the male number one of such a large investment film as "Burning the Red Lotus Temple" shows that Xu Ke and Du Qifeng had high hopes for him at that time.

Li Ruotong had also just debuted at that time, and ran through the dragon set in Xu Ke's shocking "Demon Beast City".

We all know that she later became popular with the role of The Little Dragon Girl, and her heavenly immortal appearance is needless to say.

During the filming of "Burning the Red Lotus Temple", Ji Tiansheng came into contact with her for a long time, and was quickly attracted to her and launched a pursuit offensive.

The two fought very fiercely, as an agent, Du Qifeng originally resigned himself to it, but then Ji Tiansheng was kicked by the Hong Kong media to expose that he had a wife in the United States, and for a time became a scumbag representative who was bombarded by the media.

Du Qifeng is a person of integrity, and the personality of his artists is also very demanding, Ji Tiansheng eats in the bowl, looks at the pot, how can such a person stay?

So Du Qifeng decided to endure the pain and seal his snow hiding.

At that time, Ji Tiansheng had already participated in 5 large and small works, and his reputation was gradually rising, but in the face of Du Qifeng's fierce heart, he had no choice but to quit the Hong Kong showbiz circle, and "Burning Red Lotus Temple" also became the last martial arts film starring in his actor career.

It is said that Ji Tiansheng still lives in the United States, travels between China and the United States, and is a successful businessman.

After this, Li Ruotong experienced 10 years of bitter love with businessman Guo Yingquan, and seemed to be discouraged by love after many disappointments.

Today, she is still single, although she is no longer young, but she also maintains a goddess-like appearance.

After many years, think again, Li Ruotong's sacrifice and loss are too great because of this film.

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Because the film was filmed in the mainland, it was indispensable for mainland movie stars to participate.

Among them, the protector of the Fa Cuihe beside Shengong is Lin Quan, a martial arts athlete in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, who has participated in 11 film and television works, including the classic movies "Wudang", "Gua Shed Female Jie", "New Fang Shiyu" and so on.

Playing the Zen Master of the Best Zen is Li Ji, an old drama bone of the Shangying Actor Troupe, who has participated in many movies, including "Reconnaissance of Crossing the River", "Sea Soul", and "Old Things in Seongnam".

Elder Li was low-key, just drove to the west on February 29 this year, and died at the age of 100.

In addition, Cheng Dong, the "bully of the whole deception", actually wore an iron armor in the film, played a blood droplet with high martial arts skills, and had many fights with Ji Tiansheng.

The weapon he holds is the legendary blood droplet that can take the head of a person from a hundred meters away, which is designed in the shape of a crescent moon, which is the most creative weapon in the film.

The design of the Red Lotus Temple mechanism in the movie is also a major highlight, and the story arrangement and action design are very careful, and it still seems to be an excellent martial arts work.

Although it did not achieve a better box office that year, it still seems to be a conscientious work that cost a lot of painstaking efforts, and it is still unparalleled and worthy of collection and appreciation by fans.

Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: Bloody Dan Heart

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