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In 1982.
Zhang Xinyan's film "Shaolin Temple" caused a sensation in the country after its release, making Jet Li, Yu Hai, Yu Chenghui, Ji Chunhua, Hu Jianqiang, Sun Jiankui, Liu Huailiang and other leading actors famous in one fell swoop.
Later, one of the producers, the Hong Kong Yindu Agency, signed a 5-year contract with the leading actors, planning to make 10 kung fu films within 5 years and squeeze out the "surplus value" of this team.
In 1988, director Zhang Xinyan defied public opinion, put the anti-number one in "Shaolin Temple" Yu Chenghui Fuzheng, and cooperated with Xi'an Film Studio (responsible for distribution) to shoot "Yellow River Hero".
Written by Huang Maiquan, the film is based on the history of the war for supremacy in the early five generations.
Today, Pigo will talk to you about the "Yellow River Drama" and some of the behind-the-scenes stories behind it.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >, the story of Ma Yi, the hero of the Yellow River</h1>
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the kings of the clan were in a scuffle, and the people were displaced and suffered from war.
The three kings of Duan, Liu, and Li occupied the Yellow River valley in the northwest, and they attacked each other, all wanting to annex each other's territory.
Ma Yi (played by Yu Chenghui) has been practicing swords for ten years, is skilled in swordplay, has the ability to calm the chaos and save the world, and the three kings all know his skills, either want to take him for their own use, or want to get rid of him to avoid trouble.
But Ma Yi himself is a person who upholds justice, fades fame and fortune, and looks down on life and death.
He was willing to draw his sword to help save others from danger, but he did not want to climb the magnate and defect to either side.
Liu Wang (played by Ji Chunhua) is fierce by nature, he led his troops to capture the Duan Wangfu, Duan Wang (played by Jin Demao) fled into the wilderness, Liu Wang was in desperate pursuit, and when he encountered Ma Yi, a passing Yellow River hero, he was saved by Ma Yi.
King Liu suffered a loss and waited for an opportunity to take revenge, led his troops to wash Ma Yi's village in blood, killed Ma Yi's daughter, and made a bloody vendetta with Ma Yi.
King Li sent two of his staff (played by Sun Jiankui and Liu Huailiang) to persuade Ma Yicheng, adhering to the tenet of "what I can't get, let others not get it", and when he saw that Ma Yi did not comply, he poisoned Ma Yi's wine and poisoned his eyes blind.
However, although Ma Yi could not see with his eyes, he could still hear the sound and distinguish the position, and the sword technique was not affected in the slightest.
King Duan, who was saved by Ma Yi, treated Ma Yi with kindness and used him to get rid of King Liu, who was originally stronger than himself.
At this time, Ma Yi suddenly had an epiphany, he understood that he could not change this world by his own strength alone, so he opened a martial arts hall and recruited disciples to cultivate his own strength.
This group of budokan apprentices played a key role in Ma Yi's later confrontation with King Duan.
Later, King Duan designed to use Ma Yi to get rid of King Li, occupying the entire Territory of the Yellow River Valley, and his power increased greatly.
The bird hid his bow, and after Duan Wang became famous, he killed Ma Yi.
Fortunately, Ma Yi had a group of apprentices to help him, and when King Duan went to The Miaofa Temple to offer incense, he besieged him and finally killed King Duan.
Ma Yi's eyes were also healed by the abbot of Myoho-ji Temple.
Ma Yi originally wanted to take refuge in Buddhism and stay in the Miaofa Temple to repay the favor of curing his eyes, but the abbot pointed out that he was fighting among the princes of the world, and the people were in trouble, so they should take it as their duty to save Cangsheng with a martial art.
Ma Yide presided over the guidance of The Misty, so he decided to raise his sword and break into the rivers and lakes again to support justice.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > second, the actors of "Yellow River Hero"</h1>
It should be said that in the eyes of the Three Kings, Ma Yi itself is a dangerous sword, just like Li Wang (played by Zhao Zhigang) said, even if he can't take it under his command, he can't let him fall into the hands of others.
Therefore, in such a chaotic world, characters like Ma Yi, who appear with bugs, are easy to become the targets of contention.
The film places such heroes in a chaotic world of heroes and deer to show the difficulty of heroes.
It is necessary not only to face the test of life and death, but also to maintain a high integrity and firm position in the face of all kinds of temptations and traps.
The interpretation of Ma Yi in the original script is relatively thin, and it is Yu Chenghui who gives the character a distinct personality of introverted and deep, righteous and thin, kind and frank.
Its exquisite sword technique is even more intoxicating to see people, and the unity of man and sword has reached a high degree, reaching the supreme realm of the unity of man and sword as stated in martial arts novels.
As an auxiliary character, the male number two jianghu artist Che Tian is the funny person in the film.
Originally, it was a character tailored for Jet Li, but because Jet Li started another stove, he refused this role, and director Zhang Xinyan found a dancer Chun Yu Shanshan from the Comrades-in-Arms Song and Dance Troupe of the Beijing Military Region to play this role instead.
(Note: After "Shaolin Kid", Jet Li had the idea of learning from idol Bruce Lee to direct his own films, so he started a new stove and went to Qingdao to shoot "Invincible Kid".) When "Yellow River Hero" was filmed, Jet Li had already become famous and was not suitable for playing a supporting role)
Although Chun Yu Shanshan has no martial arts skills, her dance skills are excellent, and the martial arts movements in the film can win or lose, and he also cherishes this opportunity and strives to shape the character image well.
The dialogue of this role, but still looking for Tong Zirong, and Jue Yuan in "Shaolin Temple" is the same voice actor.
Yu Hai of the "Shaolin Temple" team played the host of The Miaofa Temple in the film, although there is a certain role, but there is no drama from beginning to end, which is also very rare.
Liu Wang and Yu Chenghui, played by Ji Chunhua, have many fights, which is the first time he and Yu Chenghui have played against each other.
In previous films, he often played Yu Chenghui's subordinates, even in "Shaolin Kid", he never played against each other, and the two rehearsed for a long time during the filming process.
At that time, the conditions were too poor, Ji Chunhua was accidentally injured in the middle of the shooting, and went to the hospital to stitch and could not find anesthetics and anti-inflammatory drugs.
He had to stitch 4 stitches in a hemp-free state, which showed that the "Vulture" Ji Chunhua was so strong inside and outside the play.
Sun Jiankui and Liu Huailiang played two of Li Wang's staff in the film, with no specific names, but they were responsible for a lot of fighting scenes.
Because Jin Demao, who plays Duan Wang, does not know martial arts and has a similar body shape to Sun Jiankui, Sun Jiankui made his action double, and those fight scenes in the film are actually the confrontations between Sun Jiankui and Yu Chenghui.
It is a pity that there are important scenes in "Shaolin Kid"; Hu Jianqiang, who once got the opportunity to "sit on an equal footing" with Jet Li in "North and South Shaolin", has only a few scenes in this film, playing a young swordsman, who is only responsible for part of the play.
After this film, he also participated in the Japanese film "Shogunate" and Liu Jialiang's "Drunken Fist III", but there was no highlight again.
Xiong Xinxin played a small character called Eye in the film, there are one or two fight scenes, which should be his first character with a name.
Xiong Xinxin has a very good kung fu foundation, and after years of hard work, he gradually grew from a stand-in to an action star, which is really not easy.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > three: the mainland exploded, and the Hong Kong box office fiasco</h1>
Western Film Studio sold more than 450 copies of the film on the mainland at that time, setting a record, but only 2.48 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, which shows the aesthetic differences between mainland and Hong Kong audiences.
Compared with the two movies "Shaolin Temple" and "Shaolin Kid", the story of "Yellow River Hero" is obviously heavier, and has a clear tragic tone, not the style of light comedy martial arts films.
However, the role of the jianghu artist Che Tian is also a funny gene, and the incongruity of this atmosphere is a major problem of the movie.
There are many obvious problems with the film's plot transition, the grasp of the rhythm, and the sudden switching of the camera is confusing, these are editing errors, perhaps related to abridgements.
The portrayal of the characters is superficial, the dialogue is too blunt, the film lacks depth, and the story is not well explored, which are the shortcomings of the film.
With the progress of the Hong Kong film industry, by the 1990s, there was less and less market for martial arts feature films like this, which is why many of the films made by director Zhang Xinyan in the later period did not sell well.
However, to this day, when you watch the movie "Yellow River Hero", it is still a flawed martial arts classic. #Headlines Film & TV Archives # #头条观影指南 #
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