Tung and Shen Dianxia are considered to be the best on-screen couples in Hong Kong comedy films, and their co-starring "Rich and Powerful" series of movies has become a classic masterpiece.
These movies are fun, but after many years we slowly enjoy them, we find that we want to cry when we look at them.
I admire that a generation of Filmmakers in Hong Kong can always perform some tragedies in the form of comedies.
And the best interpreter is Dong Biao and Shen Dianxia, only the screen couple of Fat Fat and Uncle Biao will be happy to see.
However, as times change and a generation of old people has aged or gone, we can't help but ask, where are the best comedy movies?
Do we have to watch those old movies and watch them again, but we are not willing to accept the new movies of today?
Indeed, the films of Uncle Biao and Fat Sister have left us with unforgettable joys that many young juniors today cannot surpass.
But unfortunately, now that Dong Biao and Shen Dianxia have passed away due to illness, we can no longer look forward to their new works.
In 1987, a generation of martial arts superstars Jiang David directed the new movie "Beautiful Man", which gathered many big celebrities, including Dong Biao and Shen Dianxia, as well as Zheng Yuling, Wu Yaohan, Huang Yunshi and others.
The film tells the story of Dong Biao's character who wants to emigrate abroad in the form of comedy, but due to historical reasons, he has two wives, Shen Dianxia and Huang Yunshi, so it becomes difficult.
After that, in order to achieve Dong Biao's goal, he did not hesitate to fake divorce and other means to complete, so a series of stories occurred.
This movie is the first cooperation between Dong Biao and Shen Dianxia, and it is to play a husband and wife, perhaps it is the success of this cooperation that makes the two become the best screen couple in the future.
Before we say they become the best screen couples, let's briefly talk about the fame history of these two.
Originally only a horse critic and host in Hong Kong, Tung's horse racing commentary can be described as the most first-class in Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong, when it comes to horse racing, no one does not know Dong Biao, and his popularity is actually inferior to some big stars.
Later, Dong Biao also participated in film and television performances while hosting, and in the Chu Liuxiang theme "Rogue Affair" in which ATV and wireless competed, Dong Biao played Chu Liuxiang's opponent and became a classic role familiar to fans.
In the 1981 TV series "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia", Dong Biao in it, everyone should still have an impression.
In 1983, Dong Biao had the title of Uncle Biao for the first time in the movie "Plan A" starring Jackie Chan.
Subsequently, in Jackie Chan's film "Police Story" series, Dong Biao has been playing the role of Uncle Biao.
Dong Biao became very popular in the film industry in this way, and seems to be greater than his achievements in horse reviews.
Speaking of fat Shen Dianxia, who also joined TVB in the 60s to become a basic artist, Shen Dianxia is lively and active, born with artistic cells, and is a pistachio loved by everyone.
Because of such an active personality, Shen Dianxia has joined a number of acting groups, first with Xie Xian, Qin Xianglin, Deng Guangrong and other people to form a "silver rat team", it is no wonder that at Shen Dianxia's memorial service Deng Guangrong will be angry, it turns out that they have long known each other, and are friends who work together.
Later, Shen Dianxia formed a "couple choir" with Rowan in 1971, and the two performed in Southeast Asian countries, even Europe and the United States.
After disbanding the group with Rowan, Shen Dianxia formed "Four Golden Flowers" with Wang Mingquan, Wang Aiming, and Zhang Delan, and the four sisters released a record, which was extremely popular.
I thought that this combination would last a long time, but within two years, Shen Dianxia faded out of the show business circle because of her relationship with Zheng Shaoqiu.
In 1987, Shen Dianxia took over the film "Beautiful Man", and met Dong Biao, the couple played by the two were really a natural pair of wrongdoers, always noisy, but extremely happy.
In the same year, they made the movie "Rich and Powerful".
In these films, Uncle Biao always appears as a wife-afraid, highlighting Shen Dianxia's fierce personality, making the dramatic conflict of the film more exciting and full of laughter.
Perhaps it is precisely because of the success of "Rich and Powerful", the following year in 1988, director Gao Zhisen immediately invited the two to shoot the sequel to "Rich and Powerful", that is, the movie "Rich and Powerful Again".
In the same year, they also cooperated in the movies "North and South Mama" and "Double Fat Linmen", also playing husband and wife, both of which achieved great success.
In 1989, Debao Film Company decided to make a sequel to "Rich and Powerful", the title of the film is called "Rich and Noble Repeatedly Forced", still co-starring Dong Biao and Shen Dianxia, but the director was changed to Xian Qiran.
Although the third part was not as good as the first two at the box office at the time, it was still a classic sequel after watching it many years later.
In addition, there are two films in the "Rich and Noble" series, but in terms of plot, they are not combined with "Rich and Powerful", but tell another event, but they are the story of this family.
These two films are "Rich and Happy Ghosts" and "Rich And Noble Golden House", and the general theme can be known from the name.
The 80s was the rich era of Hong Kong ghost films, so Jiahe Company would not let go of uncle Biao's family, and the plot arrangement became a ghost film.
The movie is funny, but if you think about these plots, they are also trying to pay for the benefit of the family.
"Rich And Noble Golden House" is the last film that Dong Biao and Shen Dianxia cooperated, the plot tells the story of Uncle Biao's family resisting the real estate developer, the plot is funny, but the laughter is with tears.
In addition, the family also made a cameo appearance in the movie "Night Feast of the Giants", and the aunt also appeared as a lottery fan, which made people laugh.
It is a pity that now Uncle Biao has left us, Dong Biao died of illness in 2006, and Shen Dianxia died of illness in 2008.
But the comedy films left behind by a generation of screen couples are still popular today, they represent the soul of Hong Kong comedy films, and now we can't help but ask, what will the future of Hong Kong comedy films?
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