When it comes to kung fu superstars, we are familiar with Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Hong Jinbao, Zhao Wenzhuo, Zhen Zidan, Wu Jing, etc., who have starred in many action movies, brought countless classic works to generations of people, and left a strong mark in the history of Chinese cinema.
From the 1960s and 1970s, Hong Kong cinema has experienced a glorious period, not only producing many high-quality film and television works, but also giving birth to a kind of martial arts star. Represented by Shaw's martial arts, the audience is familiar with Dillon, Jiang David, Yue Hua, etc., but before them, Shao's has several famous martial arts students, which is the famous "Shaw Five Tigers".
Many people don't know about the "Shaw Five Tigers", or have never heard of it, but in the 1960s and 1970s, they were famous stars, and the five were Wang Yu, Luo Lie, Zheng Lei, Zhang Yi and Xie Yuan.
As a disciple of Zhang Che, Wang Yu starred in more than 60 martial arts films in his lifetime, participated in the production and production of more than 80 films, and was the first film star of the new school of martial arts, in 1964, Shaw openly recruited actors, was selected to star in "Tiger Fighter", and began his acting career.
"Jianghu Strange Man" made Wang Yu debut, filming without a stand-in, well completed a variety of martial arts actions, favored, and thus got the opportunity to make him famous in history. In 1967, Zhang Che's "One-Armed Knife" came out, which is considered to be the pioneering work of the new school of martial arts, and the one-armed knife Fang Gang played by Wang Yu was very popular, and the film income exceeded one million yuan, and Wang Yu became a hot big star with it.
Later, Wang Yu starred in many martial arts films, such as "One-Armed Knife King", "Wind and Rain Double Meteor", etc., after the new century, he generally appeared in action movies as a supporting role, and in 2011, Chen Kexin's "Wuxia" Zhen Zidan played a one-armed, and the main villain in the movie was played by Wang Yu.
Now that Wang Yu is 74 years old, his last appearance on the screen was in the 2013 horror film "Lost Souls", which has been in the film since recent years.
Luo Lie is also a disciple of Zhang Che, formerly known as Wang Lida, and his debut work is "Butterfly Cup" directed by Zhang Che. Later, he starred in many classic martial arts films, because of his unique appearance and a villain face, so he hid in the movie to play the villain, and often partnered with Dillon.
People who often watch Shaw's movies summed up a sentence: "When you see the listing, you know who the last big boss is!" And he must have died at the hands of Dillon! In addition to Zhang Che, Chu Yuan also liked Luo Lie's acting skills, and in many martial arts films in Chu Yuan, Luo Lie had performances, such as "Tianya Mingyue Dao", "White Jade Tiger", "Huanhua Washing Sword", "Mingyue Dao Snow Night Annihilation" and so on.
Luo Lie committed suicide because of the Golden House Hidden Jiao, leyun was accused of being late and was scolded as a scumbag. In 200, Luo Lie died of illness.
Zheng Lei, born of bodybuilding, so he has a beautiful muscle. He often appeared in movies as a strong man, almost always as a supporting role. In Zhang Che's first martial arts film "Tiger Hero Annihilation", he starred with Wang Yu and Luo Lie, and played supporting roles in action films such as "One-Armed Knife", "Border City Three Heroes", "One-Armed Knife King", "Iron Hand Ruthless" and so on.
Zheng Lei, Luo Lie, and Wu Ma were all the first generation of Zhang Che's disciples, but they were not popular, but they always regarded themselves as Zhang Che's disciples. Zhang Che was buried and performed as a disciple. Today, Zheng Lei is 74 years old and has been gone for many years.
Zhang Yi, formerly known as Zhang Boshen, is a native of Huizhou, Guangdong. As early as the Taiwan Fuxing Drama School received eight years of Training in Peking Opera Classes, specializing in the old student of literature and martial arts, with strong hands, sharp movements, and practiced taekwondo, Aikido, karate, can be said to be a kung fu master. Later, he joined Shaw and played the leading role as soon as he debuted because of his excellent appearance. He has become well known to the public with Yue Feng's "Soul Hunting Bell", and appeared in works such as "Excalibur Earthquake", "Golden Sword of Death", "Shandong Xiangma", "Iron Palm Whirlwind Leg", "Nemesis", "Golden Luohan", "Golden Gambler", "Hero List", "Black Dragon Society" and other works.
Whether in Shao or Jiahe, Zhang Yi has played many classic roles. He played the role of Gongsun Zhi, the lord of the Absolute Love Valley, in "Divine Eagle Hero", and also left a deep impression on the audience.
Zhang Yi is now 73 years old and has made a cameo role in a movie in 2012.
Xie Yuan, who worked with Bruce Lee in "Game of Death", also starred in "Soul Hunting Bell", "Half a Pound Eight Two", "One-Armed Knife", "Eight Gate Sect" and other works. Unfortunately, Xie Yuan died young, and in 1977, at the age of 32, He died!
At that time, the "Five Tigers of Shao", Luo Lie and Xie Yuan had been dead for many years, Wang Yu, Zhang Yi, and Zheng Lei were also more than 70 years old, and there were really very few people who knew about them now!