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Hong Jinbao, the master brother of Qixiaofu, entered the film circle as a child star in 1961, and has been working hard for 59 years, witnessing the rise and fall of Hong Kong movies, and is the real big brother of hong Kong's entertainment industry.
His good reputation in the film industry is not only because of his "high moral standing", but also because he likes to help people.
Although he was once affiliated with Jiahe, he often helped his friends shoot movies, not only in roles, but also as film directors.
In 1981, Chen Xunqi, who was tired of film scoring and had acted in movies, decided to try to make movies for himself, and with the support of the Golden Princess Group, he established Yongjia Film Company.
Hong Jinbao, who has a close personal relationship with Chen Xunqi, stopped working at Jiahe to direct Yongjia Film's debut film "Beware of Little Hands" for him.
Hong Jinbao's previous films in Jiahe were all costumes or Republic of China dramas, and "Beware of Small Hands" is his first attempt at fashion action films.
The script created by Wong Bing-yiu, one of the four major screenwriters in the Hong Kong film industry, has a plot of ups and downs and natural transitions, and the lines are concise and witty and humorous, which is a major guarantee for the success of the film.
Hong Jiaban's good action scenes and the kamikaze team's flying car stunts make the movie exciting.
Today, Pigo will talk with you about this classic post-station fun
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Let's start with the story
Pickpocket Rice Tank (formerly known as Hong Dajiang, played by Hong Jinbao) and Yan Tong (formerly known as Chen Xiantong, played by Chen Xunqi) are two generals under the head of the Wenque Group, Jin Ming (played by Liu Kexuan).
The two often team up with their master and sister Jin Annie (played by Peng Xiuxia) to steal on the street.
Due to their weak strength, they are often targeted by other criminal groups, but fortunately, the rice tank and the smoke pass are very skilled, and even if they want to fight hard, they have never suffered a loss.
Once Rice Tank and Yan Tong took Annie to dance in the dance hall, Rice Tank met a woman named Ling Yanan (played by Ye Dexian).
Rice Tank, who lacks love experience, quickly falls in love with Ya Nan and believes in her words.
Ya Nan tells Mi Tank that she is an undercover policewoman who is tracking down a stolen group whose backbone, Zhou Wensheng (played by Chen Long), is about to trade a batch of diamonds.
Ya Nan hopes that the rice tank can help her steal the diamonds, if Zhou Wensheng loses the batch of diamonds, the stolen group will certainly not let him go, and he can only cooperate with the police when he is cornered, and assist the police to pick up the stolen group.
For the sake of love, the rice tank sought Yan Tong's help without saying a word, and stole the diamond when Zhou Wensheng was trading.
When the rice tank handed the diamond to Ya Nan, Ya Nan asked him to use the diamond to lure Zhou Wensheng out of the trade, so that the police could catch Zhou Wensheng and his gang.
Under Ya Nan's arrangement, Mi Tank and Zhou Wensheng trade on a freighter parked on the edge of a desert island.
Before the transaction, Yan Tong found that the diamonds had been dropped by Ya Nan, which meant that they were calculated by Ya Nan and surrounded by Zhou Wensheng's gang.
Zhou Wensheng's fierce generals are like clouds, and the three of them, Mi Tank, Yan Tong and Annie, can only fight hard, fortunately, there is a protagonist aura, although the process is tortuous and finally rushed out of the siege.
At the end of the movie, Rice Tank and Yan Tong find Ya Nan, steal the diamond before she trades it, and teach her a harsh lesson.
However, at the end of the film, the subtitles are used to explain that the four people of Wenque Group, Namet, Yan Tong, Annie, Jin Ming, and Ya Nan, have not escaped the punishment of the law in the end.
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Behind the scenes
Why add extra subtitles at the end of the film?
Although the rice tank and the smoke are the protagonists, they are pickpockets as their profession, and the main line of the movie is not the traditional showdown between good and evil, but the story of "black eating black", which is bound to cause adverse social impact.
Hong Jinbao invited his friend Wu Yaohan to join and played the police officer Wu Xiangqin in the film, but he was a funny character who was teased the whole time, although he was a positive character, he did not have the image of a tall and mighty shore.
Therefore, the ending of the film is explained in the form of subtitles that the pickpockets and scammers have been brought to justice, and the police officer Wu Xiangqin has also been promoted for meritorious service, which is a compromise with the Hong Kong Electricity Inspection Office and also reflects the filmmaker's sense of social responsibility.
Let's talk about the martial arts action choreography in the movie,
It is responsible for Hong Jiaban Hong Jinbao, Yuan Biao, Lin Zhengying and Chen Huiyi.
The movements designed by Hong Jinbao are known for their high strike strength, speed and high ornamentality, which are not as cumbersome as Jackie Chan's movements, and are more bloody and violent.
TaiwanEse Army Colonel Di Wei is the main opponent of Hong Jinbao in the film, and his dashing and tough action is exactly matched by Hong Jinbao's strength.
However, Di Wei, who was born in combat, can not complete all actions easily, and many highly advanced movements require Yuan Biao to be a stand-in for him.
Although Chen Xunqi practiced White Brow Boxing, he also had martial arts skills, and many shots also needed to be completed by doubles.
It is worth mentioning that there is a shot of a rice cylinder, Yan Tong and Annie jumping off the van from a height in the film, which is one of the "Top Ten Desperate Shots of Hong Kong Action Movies" selected by netizens.
Completed by Yuan Biao for Chen Xunqi and Lin Zhengying for Peng Xiuxia, and Hong Jinbao, the three of them needed to accurately jump to the truck parked downstairs, and the slightest deviation would break the bones and tendons, which was extremely dangerous.
Yuan Biao harvested a good fortune
Yuan Biao also paid a lot for the film as a behind-the-scenes person, although he did not play a role, he was the one who gained the most.
The actress Peng Xiuxia, who plays Annie in the film, met Yuan Biao when filming this film, and the two quickly came together under the mediation of Hong Jinbao. Peng Xiuxia also quit the film circle early and married Yuan Biao and had a pair of children.
Although Peng Xiuxia does not play much in the film, she performs brightly and contributes two shots that the otaku audience likes, but it is obvious that a stand-in is used.
These two shots are only available in the 100-minute Japanese release disc version, and the screenshots are not put up, and interested netizens can Baidu themselves.
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"Beware of Little Hands" has changed the classification pattern of Hong Kong films
As Hong Kong films entered the 1980s, competition began to intensify, and Hong Jinbao felt that traditional Kung Fu films with a Background in the Republic of China would lose their market competitiveness sooner or later, so he boldly tried fashion action films.
In addition to adding a lot of fashion and comedy elements to the film, the design and choreography of action scenes can also use modern weapons to increase the viewing.
More importantly, as a standard feature of fashion action movies, flying car stunts are also a must-have element loved by audiences.
The stunts in the film are handled by the kamikaze stunt team, and its founder and director is Chen Yiyan, the first generation of Chinese stuntman in Hong Kong.
He was a member of Bruce Lee's action team, and after Bruce Lee's death, he turned to a stuntman, and many of the flying car stunts in Hong Kong movies were handled by him, and he cultivated special skills such as Ke Shouliang and Luo Lixian.
"Beware of Little Hands" received 11.81 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office after its release in 1982, and Hong Jinbao also won the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards in one fell swoop, which is an honor that Jackie Chan has not been able to get so far.
Hong Kong action film producers have also seen the new direction of the development of fashion action comedy films, and have followed suit, Hong Kong movies have officially entered an era of fashion action comedies, and three years later Jackie Chan also made a more mature "Police Story".
In a sense, in the genre of fashion comedy action films, Hong Jinbao is the real pioneer.
Jackie Chan joined the Buster Keaton-esque juggling and pushed it internationally, making the genre a big deal.
Although "Beware of Little Hands" is still immature in terms of story arrangement and action scene connection, as the first Hong Kong fashion comedy action film, it has its unshakable special status in Hong Kong films.
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