Hong Kong showbiz has a good habit, most people like to promote the younger generation, such as Zheng Shaoqiu with Chow Yun Fat, then Chow Yun Fat with Andy Lau, and Wan Zi Liang with Xing Ye, Lin Jiadong, Jiang Haowen and so on. At the same time, there are also many directors and apprentices in the Hong Kong film industry, some apprentices are not as good as masters, and some have surpassed masters, such as Hu Jinquan Xu Anhua, Zhang Che Wu Yusen, Wang Tianlin Du Qifeng, they are the best master-apprentice combination in Hong Kong!
First of all, let's talk about the master Hu Jinquan, who was once well-known in the international film world, "The Drunken Man" won Zheng Peipei, "Chivalrous Girl" won the popularity of Xu Feng, and Hong Jinbao also ran a dragon set in his movie and served as an assistant martial arts instructor. At the same time, Xu Ke is also his fan, the college graduation thesis is to study his films, and later looked for him to shoot "Smiling Proud of the River", although the opinions were disagreed later, but this did not affect Xu Ke's respect for him, Xu Ke's "New Dragon Gate Inn" is a remake of Master Hu.
One of Hu Jinquan's most famous director disciples is Xu Anhua, who worked as an assistant next to Hu Jinquan in the early years, and the English subtitles of "Heroine" were completed by her, and later Hu Jinquan also found Xu Anhua when filming "Smiling Proud of the River". Xu Anhua does not need to introduce it more, he won the Hong Kong Film Awards for the most times the best director, and there are "Women forty", "The Day and Night of Tin Shui Wai", "Sister Tao" and other works.
Xu Anhua also has a disciple, he is Guan Jinpeng, and has the blessing of many works such as "Ruan Lingyu", "Rouge Buckle", "Lan Yu" and so on, and finally did not insult the name of the teacher. What is more interesting is that both the master and apprentice have been the director guests of "I Am an Actor" before.
After talking about Hu Jinquan, let's take a look at Zhang Che, another martial arts master who was equally famous in Shao and him, who is known as the originator of violent aesthetics and advocates masculinity. Zhang Che has more disciples, the most famous of which are naturally Wang Yu, Jiang David, Dillon and Fu Sheng, but we do not talk about actors today, but about directors.
Zhang Che's most proud director disciple is Wu Yusen, who has played his violent aesthetics to the extreme, and even made a name for himself in Hollywood. And his works are even more tireless, "The True Colors of Heroes", "Across the Seas", "Blood Double Males", "Blood Street" and so on.
In addition to Wu Yusen, Zhang Che also trained directors such as Bao Xueli, Gui Zhihong, Wu Ma, Liu Jialiang, etc., each of whom can stand alone and make important contributions to Hong Kong films.
Hu Jinquan has Xu Anhua, Zhang Che has Wu Yusen, Wang Jing's father Wang Tianlin is remarkable, there is a group of director apprentices, Wang Jing needless to say, as well as Du Qifeng, Lin Lingdong, Lin Delu, Huang Jianxun, Liu Shiyu, Pan Jiade, Tan Langchang, etc., of which Du Qifeng and Lin Lingdong are the most well-known, and the Lin Lingdong Fengyun trilogy is enough to establish its status.
The highest achievement is Du Qifeng, which can be said to be unique in the field of gangster films, and the movies produced by Galaxy Image are deeply loved by fans, such as "Gunfire", "Dark War", "Dark Flower", "Underworld", "PTU" and so on. Galaxy Image's style is dark, black, and fierce, while also full of a strong sense of fatalism.
Du Qifeng is also more filial piety, after the retirement of the master Wang Tianlin, sometimes the drama addiction comes up, he will arrange a role for the master in the film, often the uncle of the community, and will also give the master a big red envelope. Wang Tianlin's life is really worth it, not only has a talented son, but also peach and plum all over the world.
Du Qifeng also has apprentices, such as You Dazhi and You Naihai, who also work in galaxy images, of course, the most well-known nature is Chen Musheng, but Chen Musheng and Du Qifeng's style is not very different, he prefers to pursue big scenes, such as "Stormtrooper's Fury Street", "New Police Story", "Boy's True Colors" and so on. (Rightmost Chen Musheng)
Of course, there is also a Zheng Baorui, who first followed Lin Lingdong as an assistant director, and then studied with Du Qifeng, and has now grown into a backbone director of Hong Kong films, Du Qifeng had hoped that Zheng Baorui could partner with You Naihai, and then take over himself and Wei Jiahui. Zheng Baorui also has works such as "Dog Bites Dog", "Kill the Wolf 2", "Accident" and so on, but in recent years, it has become more energetic with the theme of Journey to the West, and it is said that he will continue to shoot.
Xu Ke did not have a fixed master, because he studied film at the University of Texas system, but he was also influenced by directors such as Hu Jinquan, Zhang Che, and Long Gang. Xu Ke also has several apprentices, Chen Musheng has been guided by him, as well as Li Rengang and Chen Jiashang are also counted as his apprentices, but these two apprentices are now getting worse and worse, especially Chen Jiashang, who can no longer reach the height of "Truant Weilong" and "Jingwu Hero".
Although Chen Jiashang could not surpass his master Xu Ke, his apprentice Lin Chaoxian surpassed him, Lin Chaoxian had previously been an assistant director beside Chen Jiashang, participated in the filming of "Truant Weilong" and "Thunderbolt Fire", and co-filmed "Beast Criminal Police" with Chen Jiashang. At present, Lin Chaoxian has grown into the director who can make the most blockbuster films, the main theme of "Mekong Action" and "Red Sea Action" is brilliant in his hands, and he has begun to prepare for the blockbuster "Emergency Rescue" a few days ago, let's wait and see!
In addition to the above introduction, there are also gao zhisen gu dezhao, Ma Dang xiong li dawei, Zheng Zeshi Ye Weixin and other master-apprentice combinations. In that era, there was no perfect teaching mechanism, and these directors were all working and learning on the spot, which also had a mentor-apprentice relationship. What other master-apprentice combinations do you know? (The first photo below is Gao Zhisen, and the second one is Xingye and Gu Dezhao)