When it comes to Hong Kong movies, you can never avoid Shaw films, Shaw Films was founded by Shaw and Shaw In-myeong in 1958, once known as the "Hollywood of the East". Shaw has produced more than 1,000 films, which involve various genres, such as Huangmei opera films, Fengyue films, martial arts films, etc. Many shaw movies are classics, and xiaobian will take stock of the top ten shaw classic movies in Xiaobian's mind today.
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The first part: 1976's "Tianya Mingyue Knife" is based on the classic masterpiece of the famous martial arts novelist Gu Long in Hong Kong, which depicts the world-class masters Fu Hongxue (Dillon) and Yan Nanfei (Luo Lie) being attacked by top killers during the competition, they evaded one conspiracy after another, and finally learned the true identity of the black hand behind the scenes from the mouth of Mingyue Xin (Tian Ni), that is, Gongzi Yu, who tried to dominate Wulin. In order to fight against Gongzi Yu, the two went to the Peacock Villa together to get the Peacock Plume, who ranked first in the weapon spectrum, and Gongzi Yu, who learned the news, also sent a killer to intercept and kill the two again. The world's most powerful weapons brought bloody disaster to the Peacock Villa. Around the peacock plume and the name of the first master, people continue to lose their lives. In the process, Fu Hongxue also discovered the secret behind Gongzi Yu.
1976 "Heaven End Bright Moon Knife"
The second part: "The Tale of the West Chamber" was produced by Shaw Corporation in 1965. "The Tale of the West Chamber" can be said to be a classic of the classics, which is one of the popular traditional Chinese operas, which has been put on the screen many times and is very popular with the audience. In an accident, the scholar Zhang Sheng met Cui Yingying, the eldest miss of Qianjin, Zhang Sheng became Cui Yingying's life-saving benefactor, and Cui Yingying's mother helplessly agreed to the marriage of Zhang Sheng and her daughter, even if she knew but temporarily repented. Zhang Sheng, who was thinking bitterly about Cui Yingying, actually suffered from lovesickness and could not afford to be sick. Cui Yingying's maid Hong Niang couldn't bear to watch this pair of talented women suffer from fate, so she secretly matched and set up a bureau to create an opportunity for Zhang Sheng to meet Cui Yingying privately, and the feelings between the two heated up rapidly. Soon, their affair was discovered by Lady Cui, who detained the Red Lady, but was blinded by the latter's sharp teeth, and confusedly agreed to the marriage of the two. In the end, Zhang Sheng promised Mrs. Cui to go to Beijing to take the exam and wait until after the high school champion to marry his sweetheart.
"The Tale of the West Chamber" can be said to be a classic among classics
The third part: "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" is regarded as one of the most important films in 1963, Shaw has a classical beauty known as the superstar Letty played Zhu Yingtai, originally in Malaysia and Singapore around the First Time Ling Bo played the male protagonist Liang Shanbo, became famous in one fell swoop. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a female Yingtai (Letty) outside the Zhuyuan of Zhujia Town, Shangyu, Zhejiang, who was beautiful and talented, and eager to study. So he persuaded his parents to go to Yuhang to study. On the way, they meet Liang Shanbo (Ling Bo), the two are in love, fold willows and become brothers. Three years of the same window, the two love more than flesh and bones, Liang Shanbo has not known to worship the brother as a woman, Zhu Yingtai gradually fell in love with this righteous brother. Zhu Yingtai saw that his daughter did not return for three years, and even the book was urged to return, and Zhu Yingtai had to withdraw from school. Before leaving, he entrusted his mother (Gao Baoshu) as a matchmaker and brokered on his behalf. Liang Shanbo returned to the academy, learned the truth, and flew to Zhujia Town. Who expected that Zhu Yuanwai had already given his daughter Xu to Wencai, the son of Ma Taishou. Zhu Yingtai pleaded in every way, but his father insisted on refusing to withdraw from marriage, and Liang Shanbo came one step late, and the sunny day was thunderous. After returning home, Liang Shanbo became ill and could not afford to be sick. Zhu Yingtai was shocked to hear the bad news and was in pain. On the way to get married, Zhu Yingtai took off his ji clothes and went to the tomb of Liang Shanbo to weep and sacrifice. Suddenly, the heavens and the earth changed color, the tomb cracked, and Zhu Yingtai threw himself into the tomb and martyrdom. The two transform into a pair of colorful butterflies, never separated.
Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is regarded as one of the most important films of 1963
The fourth part: "Dragon Gate Inn" is an action film directed by Hu Jinquan and starring Shangguan Lingfeng, Shi Jun, and Bai Ying, and was released in Taiwan on October 21, 1967. The film tells the story of the eunuch Cao Shaoqin in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, who was in charge of the Jinyi Wei and the Dongchang secret service, and persecuted Shangshu Yuqian of the Bingbu, and won the 6th Golden Horse Award for Excellent Feature Film. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, when eunuchs came to power, Shangshu Yuqian of the Bingbu Department was framed and imprisoned, and the door was full of beheadings, leaving only one son and one daughter to be escorted to the Saiwai Dragon Gate to charge the army. The eunuch Cao Shaoqin (Bai Ying) of the East Factory intends to cut the grass and remove the roots, and sends people to intercept and kill two children, but is stopped by Zhu Ji, the old subordinate of Yu Qian. Cao Shaoqin also sent his confidants Pi Shaotang (Miao Tian) and Mao Zongxian (Han Yingjie) to the Longmen Inn, where they had to pass out, to intercept them. At that time, the righteous soldier Xiao Shaowei (Shi Jun) also rushed to the inn to meet with the owner of the stack to discuss the rescue of Zhongliang, Zhu Ji and his sister Zhu Hui (Shangguan Lingfeng), who was dressed as a man, also rushed to the inn, and the three people and horses met, with their own purposes, testing each other's identities, and soon turned into a scuffle, at this time Cao Shaoqin was also rushing to the Longmen Inn, and he was the last enemy of the righteous soldiers with high martial skills...
Won the 6th Golden Horse Awards for a feature film
The fifth part: "The New One-Armed Knife" is a film directed by Zhang Che and starring David Jiang, Dillon, Gu Feng, Wang Zhong, and Zheng Lei. It is about the white-clad young man Lei Li being framed by the design of the dragon and abandoning his right arm to withdraw from the jianghu. Get to know the young man Feng Junjie, regain confidence, and use his left arm to practice a good kung fu to avenge the story of his good brother. The film was released on February 7, 1971 in Hong Kong, China. In 1971, he won the Best Film Editing Award at the 9th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards.
Won the Best Film Editing Award at the 9th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards
The sixth part: "Five Poisons" is a film directed by Zhang Che and starring Guo Zhenfeng, Sun Jian, Jiang Sheng, Luo Mang, etc., released in Hong Kong, China on August 12, 1978. The story is that before his death, the leader of the evil sect's "Five Poisonous Doors" felt that his kung fu was too vicious, so he ordered the disciples to eliminate several brothers who were wrongdoing. The five brothers each learned a kung fu, such as scorpion gong, toad gong, etc., and although the younger disciples knew some of each martial art, they had to unite with an upright master brother to defeat the other four respectively. But the little disciple didn't know their appearance and identity at all, and they didn't know which master brother was righteous, so...
It was released on August 12, 978 in Hong Kong, China
Seventh: The Hong Kong film "The Drunkard" was produced by Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. in 1966, directed by Hu Jinquan and starring Zheng Peipei and Yue Hua. The main plot is: "Five Tigers" was not willing to allow the governor of Liangjiang, Lord Zhang, to imprison his boss and take Zhang Buqing, the son of Lord Zhang, as a hostage in exchange. Zhang Buqing's sister "Golden Swallow" Zhang Xiyan, who is highly skilled in martial arts, went alone to rescue her brother. However, the group of thieves is very cunning, and the golden swallow failed to save his brother, and almost lost his life. At the critical moment, Fan Dabei, a drunken man who was fortunate to hide in the jianghu, came to the rescue. The Five Tigers join forces with Master Wukong, the brother of the Great Drunkard, to cut the golden swallow and the Great Drunkard to the roots. Jin Yanzi joined forces with the Drunken Man to fight a vicious battle with the group of thieves, and finally annihilated the group of thieves and rescued Zhang Bu. The film is based on drama and uses the ancient song style created by Zhou Lanping; the fight scenes in the film are like the level of the Peking Opera martial arts field, leaving people with a lot of room for imagination; director Hu Jinquan emphasizes the beauty of action on the picture, and does not pursue the cruel beauty and the sharpness of action; the characters he portrays are not tough and have a subtle personality; Zheng Peipei's role of "Golden Swallow" establishes her status as the number one martial arts actress of "Shaw"; Hu Jinquan's "Drunken Man" and Zhang Che's "One-Armed Knife" make the two known as "absolute double pride".
Hu Jinquan's "The Drunken Man" and Zhang Che's "One-Armed Knife" made the two known as "absolute double pride".
The eighth part: "One-Armed Knife" is a film directed by Zhang Che and starring Wang Yu, Jiao Jiao, Tian Feng, Wang Guangyu and others, released in Hong Kong, China on July 26, 1967. The plot tells that the servant Fang Cheng died to save the hero Qi Rufeng, and Qi took in his son Fang Gang, taught him martial arts, and wanted to become the leader. Her daughter Qi Pei, because of the failure of her love fang, secretly calculated with her brother in the name of a contest, and cut off her right arm. On the way, he was saved by the young girl Xiao Man, and trained his left-handed sword with the "Left Hand Atlas" left by his father. The Qi family was attacked by the enemy Smiley Sanlang and the Long-Armed God Demon, and at the moment of crisis, Fang did not care about the previous suspicions, and joined forces with Xiao Man to rescue Master and Qi Pei.
It was released on July 26, 1967 in Hong Kong, China
The ninth part: "Thorn Horse" is a 1973 drama film directed by Zhang Che and starring Dillon, David Jiang, Chen Guantai and Jing Li. In the chaotic era of the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Wenxiang (Jiang David), Huang Zhong (Chen Guantai) and Ma Xinyi (Dillon) did not fight and did not know each other, and they were worshiped as brothers with different surnames, Ma Xinyi was pushed as the eldest brother, and Zhang Wenxiang became the third brother. Ma Xinyi's ambition attracted the admiration of Huang Zhong's wife Milan (Jing Li), but due to the ambition to strive for progress and the constraints of moral concepts, Ma Xinyi did not accept Milan's love, and after being promoted to the governor of Liangjiang, Ma Xinyi became unscrupulous to achieve his goals, and took possession of Milan in the case of a complete collapse of the moral and emotional defense line, and at the same time designed to kill the rough and reckless Huang Zhong, who was bent on him. After Zhang Wenxiang found out the true cause of death of the second brother, he changed his usual jumping away from the agile movement and solemnly asked Ma Xinyi, who gave up her good brother, to settle the account.
It is a 1973 drama film directed by Zhang Che and starring Dillon, David Jiang, Chen Guantai and Jing Li.
Part 10: "Shaolin Tent Master" is a film directed by Liu Jialiang and starring Liu Jiahui, Hui Yinghong, Wang Longwei, Kwon Yongwen and others, released in Hong Kong, China on August 24, 1980. The film tells the story of Ren Jie practicing kung fu for Shaolin on the peak of the hoe evil overlord, and finally punishing evil and promoting good. The story of the people in the grass who are destroyed in the dark officialdom. This is a martial arts film about brotherhood, whether it is the control of emotions or the rhythm of the narrative, it is not excellent and superior.
It was released on August 24, 1980 in Hong Kong, China
Shaw movies must be good! These movies are old, but each one is a classic!