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In 1981, the predecessor of Asia Television, Hong Kong Lai Television, was launched, and the 20-episode TV series "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia" was written by Zhang Huabiao and produced and directed by Xu Xiaoming.
The drama was introduced to the mainland in 1984, and after its premiere on Guangdong Television, it was broadcast on CCTV and various local stations.
Due to the excellent composition of the play, whenever it was broadcast, the crowds of people were empty and the ratings were extremely high, and it soon swept the country.
At that time, our mainland television sets were not very popular, and whenever "Huo Yuanjia" was broadcast, it was often several families who gathered together to watch, and the lively atmosphere became an unforgettable memory of a generation.
The "Huo Yuanjia" series of dramas is divided into three parts, and later "Chen Zhen" and "Huo Dongge" were launched, which were very popular.
The broadcast of the three dramas has also brought about a boom in kung fu martial arts culture in our mainland, and promoted the popularization of Cantonese.
The tall image of Huang Yuanshen, the actor of the protagonist Huo Yuanjia in the film, has also become synonymous with "chivalry"
However, when Huang Yuanshen was at the peak of his career in the 80s, he actually retreated in a hurry.
In the past thirty years, the rest of the leading actors have also floated and floated on their own life paths, interpreting their own legends.
Some of them have passed away; some are still active in the entertainment industry, shining brightly; some are even in prison, and the vagaries of life are really difficult to guess.
Originally from Chongqing, Huang Yuanshen was born in Shanghai in 1948 and moved to Hong Kong with his parents to live in Tiu Kwang Ling, Kowloon.
Because there are 5 younger siblings in the family, Huang Yuanshen is the eldest brother, and he needs to bear the burden of the family at a very young age and has worked many jobs.
He once joked: All said seventy-two lines, I have done seventy-three lines!
At the age of 12, Wong wong studied Wing Chun under Ip Man and was a disciple of Bruce Lee, and later learned skills such as Hong Quan and karate.
In 1971, Huang Yuanshen entered Shaw's WIRELESS film and television artist training class, and officially entered the television circle in 1972.
Although he officially retired in 1988, he has participated in more than 30 TV series and 5 movies in these 16 years, which shows the abundance of production.
When Huang Yuanshen filmed "Border City Dragon and Tiger Fighting" in 1984, he was influenced by Lin Guoxiong, who had already converted to Buddhism, and became interested in Buddhism.
Although he was already married and had a pair of children, he was still enlightened and officially ordained in 1989, worshiping Master Shengyi as his teacher.
Although he immigrated to the United States in 2005 and later to the mainland, he converted to Buddhism and practiced at home, and his fame and fortune had long since faded, even at a grand gathering such as Huo Yuanjia's 25th anniversary reunion on December 19, 2006.
Leung, along with Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Dillon, has been called the "Four Little Dragons" of Hong Kong's showbiz.
His martial arts skills are extremely high, and he has participated in three Hong Kong-wide fighting competitions, winning two championships and one runner-up, and there are countless street fights.
In 1972, when he was fighting in the street, he was favored by Wu Siyuan to enter the development of show business, and like Huang Yuanshen, he was also active until 1988.
It is said that because he said some patriotic words when he went to the mainland to participate in the activities, he was banned by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture, and he could not receive a play in Hong Kong for a while, so he had to retire.
This retirement lasted for 15 years, until 2003, when Stephen Chow filmed "Kung Fu", and invited him to come back to play the villain in the film, which made Liang Xiaolong's acting career enter the second spring.
Today, Liang Xiaolong is still active in the film industry, making cameos in some movies.
Playing Huo Yuanjia's father, Huo Endi, is Dong Biao, who is highly respected in the circle.
Born in Jardine Stables, Uncle Biao was associated with horses all his life, learned to ride horses at the age of 8, became the first professional jockey in Hong Kong in the 1950s, and also trained a famous horse to "speak out".
He became a horse critic for Leigh's TELEVISION in 1967, but in 1971 he moved to film and television due to the discontinuation of Marseille, starring in 18 TV series and more than 50 films.
He retired in 1999 and died in 2006.
Michelle played the heroine Zhao Qiannan in the play, which is actually a fictional character, but has become the most familiar role for mainland audiences.
Michelle is also a wireless artist, debuted in 1975, participating in "Upstairs and Downstairs".
He has performed well in famous dramas such as "The Ancient Capital of the Grace of the Earth", "Journey to the Tiger Mountain Again", and "The Tale of the Dragon Slaughtering in the Heavens".
Unlike the other protagonists, she is 65 years old, but she is still active, radiant, and productive.
She played the role of Long Yingxue in the "Forensic Pioneer IV" that was just broadcast in February, and she also participated in the recent network hit "Sideburns Are Not Begonia Red".
In the future, he has 4 more plays, which will be broadcast, among which "I Have a Date with Spring" starring her and directed by Gao Zhisen has attracted much attention.
Tan Rongjie plays Liu Zhensheng, Huo Yuanjia's eldest disciple, in the play, who is a real character in history and a character throughout the three episodes.
Tan Rongjie debuted in 1979, in addition to the "Huo Yuanjia" series, he also starred in classic dramas such as "Young Huang Feihong", "Journey to the Tiger Mountain", "Chinese Heroes of Chinese Pride" and so on.
He remained active in the film and television industry until 2002 and is currently said to be doing business in Hong Kong and mainland China.
Cao Dahua plays Liu Zhensheng's uncle Liu Quan, a dart master who was later killed by Long Haisheng.
Cao Dahua debuted in 1931 and is an actor at Shanghai Yueming Film Company.
Later, in Hong Kong, he played Long Jianfei in "Rulai Divine Palm"; Liang Kuan, the eldest disciple in Guan Dexing's version of the "Biography of Huang Feihong" series; and Guo Jing, the first in "Legend of the Eagle Shooter".
He died in the UK in 2007 at the age of 91.
Director Xu Xiaoming also made a cameo appearance in the play as "One-Armed Old Man" Cheng Tianxiao, who is Chen Zhen's first master and a character who is forced to end up.
Xu Xiaoming is a famous director in the Hong Kong film and television circle, 9 years old to learn martial arts, kung fu, filming without a stand-in, is the master of martial arts Lin Dian.
In addition to the elaborate "Huo Yuanjia" series, he has also directed film classics such as "Grace of the Earth" and "Journey to the Tiger Mountain"; "Kapok Robes", "Mirage", and "Overlord Unloading Armor".
Today, he has rarely produced works, but he has always been shining in the film circle.
The Japanese female spy Wang Xiuzhi (real name Sakurako Tanaka), played by Wei Qiuhua, is a more manly character in the play than the heroine Zhao Qian.
Although Wang Xiuzhi is a tragic character, her unique temperament of cold outside and hot inside is more likable than Zhao Qiannan.
"Xiuzhitou" once became a popular hairstyle for girls in the 80s.
When participating in "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia", Wei Qiuhua was at the low ebb of his career, so he could not get the heroine, and could only do "Second Gang Hua Dan".
But soon she got the opportunity to star in the heroine of "Beacon Love", and was listed as one of the top ten film and television stars by "Overseas Chinese Daily".
In the 1995 Gu Tianle version of "Eagle Hero", Huang Rong, who she played, was also very popular.
Later, he was active until 2006, starring in the movie "Mo Negative Youth", but is currently in a state of retirement.
Li Hanzhi played the hated villain Long Haisheng in the play, who looked like Sven, but was a vicious and cunning person.
Lai Han-chi's outstanding performance made this role hated by the audience to the teeth, but he himself is an acting school that can be understood by both positive and negative characters.
He starred in more than 60 TV series and 18 films until 2005.
He died of acute pneumonia on June 14, 2013 at the age of 62.
Finally, let's talk about Yang Jia'an, who plays Lu Da'an.
Lu Da'an is an inconspicuous funny little person in the play, although he is Huo Yuanjia's apprentice, he is a scum with a combat effectiveness of only 5.
However, he survived the trilogy of this series, which is also very interesting.
Yang Jia'an himself is much more legendary than the character, and he faded out of the film and television circle in the late 80s and entered the business world.
On November 30, 2002, a murder occurred at the Luk Yu Tea House in Central, Hong Kong, where businessman Lam Hon Lay was shot dead by a professional killer.
Soon, a total of 8 people were arrested in Shenzhen, and Yang Jia'an was among them, one of the main conspirators.
Later, Yang Jia'an was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court and deprived of political rights for life. From 2013 to 2016, he received two commutations for his good performance, but he is still in prison.
The fate of life often depends on its own choices, like Huang Yuanshen chose to go into hiding, he was otherworldly; Yang Jia'an chose to take risks and had to pay a price; and the dragon set actor Zhou Xingchi in the play, conscientious, also eventually became a generation of superstars.
Therefore, people still have to take their own path, step by step, and every choice must be considered thoroughly.
Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: Bloody Dan Heart
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