In 1967, shortly after the martial arts film came out of the studio, the martial arts film directors were still exploring how to make better use of natural light, and Hu Jinquan's martial arts film "Dragon Gate Inn" was released, and the film was already very mature in filming, martial arts, and soundtrack.
"Dragon Gate Inn" not only won the box office champion that year and the 6th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards Excellent Feature Film and Best Screenplay Award, but also was released in more than a dozen countries, which is after "One-Armed Knife", martial arts films have once again shined internationally.
Since then, "Dragon Gate Inn" has become a frequent name in martial arts works.
In 1992, Cai Ziming's Fuyi Film Company prepared to prepare for the filming of "New Dragon Gate Inn", and invited jet Li, the hottest kung fu star at the time, to play Zhou Huai'an (the picture below is Jet Li's version of Zhou Huai'an's makeup photos compared with Liang Jiahui's version of stills), and Yang Ziqiong played Qiu Moyan.
At noon on April 15, 1992, Cai Ziming just made an appointment with Yang Ziqiong for dinner; in the evening, he discussed the filming of "New Dragon Gate Inn" with Jet Li.
But on April 16, Cai Ziming was killed, so that the long-planned "New Dragon Gate Inn" was shelved.
In the same year, Xiaoxiang Film Studio and Hong Kong Siyuan Pictures co-produced,directed by Li Huimin, produced by Xu Ke, and starring Leung Ka Fai, Maggie Cheung and Lin Qingxia," was released.
Liang Jiahui plays Zhou Huai'an (Xiao Shaowei played by Shi Jun in "Dragon Gate Inn"), Lin Qingxia plays the heroine Qiu Moyan, Maggie Cheung plays the boss lady Jin Zhiyu, and Zhen Zidan plays the villain Cao Shaoqin.
In the golden age after Hong Kong cinema, martial arts films were still an important genre of works, but at that time, martial arts films no longer paid attention to one-move fights and details, but instead opened their minds in the plot, and all kinds of strange forces and chaos emerged in an endless stream.
"New Dragon Gate Inn" has become the starting point of Hong Kong's new martial arts, whether it is the actor acting, character portrayal and plot advancement, the film has achieved the ultimate, and to this day, it is still a monument to martial arts movies.
In 1996, "New Dragon Gate Inn" appeared on the screen in the form of a TV series, Ma Jingtao's Zhou Huai'an, Chen Hong's Qiu Moyan, the story on the basis of the original film, more creation, added a lot of characters, the story is more complex, called a masterpiece. In particular, Chen Hong's Qiu Moyan was stunning.
In 2011, Xu Ke's "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" was released, this work can be said to be an adaptation of "New Dragon Gate Inn", perhaps Jet Li in order to make up for the regret of missing Zhou Huai'an, this time, he starred in Zhao Huai'an, and Qiu Moyan was called Ling Yanqiu here, as China's first 3D martial arts film at that time, the reputation of this work was not very good, the performance of the protagonists was not brilliant, but Yuhuatian played by Chen Kun left a deep impression on the audience!
In the 2015 TV drama version of "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", Nie Yuan played Zhao Huai'an, and Fan Shaohuang played Cao Shaoqin, because Zhu Yu was in front, this work really could not be compared with the previous work, and even entered the ranks of "bad drama".
In 2020, "New Dragon Gate Inn" is here again! This time it is a martial arts drama directed by Zhu Shaojie, Liang Xinquan and Chen Jun, starring Marco, Qi Wei, Shen Mengchen and Bao Jianfeng.
As early as 2017, the drama has been completed, but it has not been broadcast until 2020, when there is no news of broadcasting.
In terms of actors, Marco plays Zhou Huai'an, Qi Wei plays Jin Zhiyu, Shen Mengchen plays Qiu Moyan, and Bao Jianfeng plays Cao Shaoqin.
Marco's Zhou Huai'an is handsome enough, but his body is thin, and he lacks the roughness and self-confidence that a jianghu chivalrous person should have.
Bao Jianfeng challenges the villain Cao Shaoqin, full of aura, compared to Zhen Zidan's Cao Shaoqin, more feminine.
Once Lin Qingxia's Qiu Moyan was too classic, placed in front of Shen Mengchen a big mountain, I hope she can have a good performance in the play.
Qi Wei's boss lady has red lips with gold inlaid jade red makeup, less wind and more fairy spirit.
In terms of plot, the location is no longer the edge of the desert yellow sand of Longmen, but a "Longmen Island" where pirates and jianghu sects gather, the story has been reconstructed, the characters are enriched a lot, and the plot is also a lot more complicated.
After all, Zhu Yu is in front, there are 92 versions of the "New Dragon Gate Inn" movie and 96 versions of the TV series, so whether the 2020 version can make the audience refreshed, only to be broadcast to see!