The Hong Kong actors that Ben Wolf has been writing about before are all men, and maybe it's time to write about female actors. This actress is not simple, the first qualification is old, the second is very good at playing, the third personality is charming; her name is Mao Ying, presumably there must be a bunch of officials, big question marks: Who is Mao Ying.
Mao Ying is the sister of Bruce Lee in the cameo movie "Dragon Fight Tiger Fight".
Born in 1950, Mao Ying grew up in Taiwan, began to study art at the age of six in drama school, and later became the first of the ten Wudan. Her film journey is brilliant and short, she and Jackie Chan debuted at the same time, when Mao Ying became popular, Jackie Chan was still a nobody.
In 1970, the newborn Jiahe filmed "Eight Generals of Tianlong" in order to make a name for himself, which was Jiahe's first film. Mao Ying also came to Hong Kong from Taiwan in 1970, joined Jiahe, and participated in "Eight Generals of Tianlong".
At that time, Jiahe discovered mao ying's plasticity, and in 1971, Mao Ying starred in the movie "Ghost Fury River" and became famous. It also formed the Jiahe action classic iron triangle Mao Ying, White Eagle, and Hong Jinbao.
In 1972, in order to shoot the movie "Aikido", she went to South Korea to practice Aikido and became a master of Aikido Black Belt Three. In the same year, the filming of "Iron Palm Whirlwind Legs" became more and more famous.
In 1973, she made a cameo appearance as Bruce Lee's sister in "Dragon Fight tiger fight", and in the same year, she studied taekwondo for the filming of "Taekwondo Earthquake Kyushu".
Bruce Lee and Loris, Bob Wall explores Aikido by Ban Mao Ying
Everyone knows that many of the previous martial arts actors were from the troupe drama class, like Zheng Peipei, Qixiaofu, etc., like Bruce Lee, who was proficient in a variety of practical combat boxing techniques. And Mao Ying has become a three-dan master of Aikido black belt and a taekwondo master with her own efforts, which is very worthy of recognition.
There was once an incident in which Mao Ying was attacked by a man on her way home, and as a result, the man was beaten by her and ran away, which was in the news at the time. From this, it can be seen that Mao Ying really has a foundation in actual combat.
In the 70s and early 80s, Mao Ying starred in many action movies, and the movie "Aikido" was actually like the female version of "Jingwumen", which was a lot of enemies. Her fights are fierce and graceful, sweeping through groups of enemies with high kicks that break her opponent's jaws, occasionally throwing her braids aside in bloody fights. In her films, the common climax is that she wrestles with a villain who is twice as big as she is.
So at that time, Jiahe made her the image of the female version of Bruce Lee. "Life and Death Battle in the Middle Muay Thai Boxing", "Iron King Kong Great Breaks the Purple Yang Temple", "Tantric Sacred Hand", "Breaking the Ring" and so on are all mao Ying's classic action films.
Mao Ying also has many fans abroad, and director Quentin claims to be influenced by the film starring Mao Ying. In the 2003 film "Kill Bill", a scene of fierce fighting appears with a chain ball swinging around, which is a reference to the scene of Mao Ying's film "Breaking the Ring".
In the 1970s, the Times Square Mill Theater in the United States released several action movies by Mao Ying. At the time, American film critics saw her as a feminist spokesperson under machismo.
In some DVD rental stores in the United States, Mao Ying's films have a separate partition, side by side with Bruce Lee movies and Jackie Chan movies.
The Japanese also used Mao Ying's classic image in "Breaking the Ring" to shape the spring beauty in the famous game "Street Fighter". Chun Li's background is a female fighter from Hong Kong, and her legs are skilled.
Bruce Lee once said that in his heart, Mao Ying was the strongest Chinese female martial artist, and he admired her very much
Mao Ying's son died out in 1983 after the birth of mao ying, made several cameo appearances in several films in the mid-to-late 80s, made several documentaries in honor of Bruce Lee in the 90s, and moved to New York in 1993. After that, she opened her first restaurant, Mama King, on Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing. North and South and North Restaurants opened in 1997, followed by New Mei Hua in Flushing and Guo Ba Inc at Bayside.
She says this is my second career: "In the United States, opening a Chinese restaurant is always a good way to make money. ”
Now 67 years old, her family lives peacefully in the United States, taking her granddaughter with her during the day to visit and sit in restaurants, and many martial arts enthusiasts come to visit.
Mao Ying once said the purpose of coming to Hong Kong from Taiwan: "To be honest, the income from filmmaking is higher, and I have to support my family." I give most of my income to my family. This is the tradition of Chinese". She doesn't value her star status, which seems obvious from the start
A kung fu magazine once wrote: "Obviously, success did not let Mao Ying be spoiled, or she was too simple to know how famous she was."