When we watch the curtain of Hong Kong movies gradually fall, and regret with the passage of time, the backs that gradually fade away are more and more lamentable and pathetic.
There is a star, he is ordinary as an ordinary person, his personality is tepid and not sharp, his mentality is peaceful and conscientious.
With high compatibility, he often maintains a high exposure rate in many movies, but he is always humble and kind, which makes fans worry.
Liao Qizhi, known as "Zhi Zai" when he was young, because of his old face, was later called "Zhi Uncle", a famous green leaf in the history of Hong Kong cinema, who dedicated many high-quality roles to the Chinese film industry throughout his life, with simple acting skills and touching feelings.
The supporting roles played by Liao Qizhi are often prominent in personality, and their role characteristics are quite in place, and more importantly, he can spark with the protagonist in the play, add color to the characters, and add brilliance to the movie.
Uncle Zhi was a man of great vision, optimistic about life, and had the positive attitude towards life among the low-level people in Hong Kong in that era. It seems that God gave him a bad deck of cards, and he also wanted to play the appearance of Wang Fried.
In 1976, at the age of 22, Liao Qizhi decided to apply for the wireless artist training class. Before that, he loved to watch Cantonese feature films of "Li Yingsheng", and he had the idea of being an actor after watching more.
Liao Qizhi, who is short in stature, ordinary in appearance and weak in aura, is simply a mediocre ordinary person.
However, Liao Qizhi's enthusiastic application for the art training class was brushed off, and the teacher who interviewed him felt that his image was not good and he was not suitable for being an actor.
Liao Qizhi was greatly hit, but Uncle Zhi was not discouraged, calmed down and actively prepared, 2 years later, he signed up for the art training class again, and finally was admitted to the 8th wireless artist training class, and became a classmate with Tang Zhenye, Liang Jiehua, Chen Min'er and others.
Knowing that his appearance is not as good as Tang Zhenye and other students, then he will hone more in acting skills, and every coursework will become a test for Liao Qizhi, and with his enterprising and hard work, Liao Qizhi successfully signed a wireless contract after graduation.
In 1980, Liao Qizhi made his debut in the Republic of China-themed TV series "Shanghai Beach"; competed on the same stage with stars such as Zhou Runfa, Lu Liangwei, and Zhao Yazhi, playing Ding Li's "horse boy" Chen Xianggui.
After the TV series was broadcast, thousands of people were empty, and several major protagonists became popular, but Liao Qizhi, like the role he played, almost became the background board behind Ding Li, whether this foreshadowed the status of Uncle Zhi in the show business world in the future, an obscure supporting role.
But there is a scene in "Shanghai Beach", Xu Wenqiang, played by Zhou Runfa, was cut off his finger on the river and lake, and after being injured, there was no place to stay, and he ran to his nest in Zhabei. At that time, Zhou Runfa was eating porridge, and suddenly the wound hurt, and the porridge all squirted out.
There is no such thing as this action script, Zhou Runfa feels that the play has arrived, and naturally makes this action, the director has not shouted click, and Liao Qizhi, as a newcomer, has perfectly caught Zhou Runfa's play with years of tempering of acting skills.
This performance, both a strong professional standard, but also a flexible adaptability, later, this improvisational performance was used as a training material by the instructors of the subsequent wireless training class.
But at that time, it was the era of handsome men and beautiful women, and there were no resources in the show business circle, and there would be no protagonist to play, debuting for many years, Liao Qizhi has been conscientiously playing supporting roles, but the acting skills are becoming more and more exquisite.
And the actors of that era were very professional, acting was one of their professions, and at the charity party, they would wear high heels and walk tightrope to perform acrobatics. Maggie Cheung also performed acrobatics that year.
That's responsibility, and it's responsibility. Just like chen min'er, a classmate who pursued the same wireless artist training class, but because of the big gap between his career and appearance and Chen Min'er, many people at that time were not optimistic about them.
On the contrary, Liao Qizhi felt that they were very compatible, he realized that he and Chen Min'er were langcai women, and the two began an eight-year-long love. In the past 8 years, Chen Min'er, who has solid acting skills and a beautiful face, has become one of the Hua Dan who tvb is strongly supported, and has starred in film and television dramas such as "Xue Dingshan Zhengxi", "Book of Swords and Vengeance", "Lin Chong" and so on.
Until 1987, when the two registered for marriage, they did not have time to give Chen Min'er a wedding, and Liao Qizhi also played a supporting role, or there was no fame. But Liao Qizhi is very concerned about the family, in order to shoot the gu family is not wrong, but also set up his home next to the TV station.
After years of training, Liao Qizhi's acting skills have matured, and there is only one chance left.
In 1992, he collaborated with Huang Jiaju on the film "Caged People", liao Qizhi played the intellectually disabled person "TaiZisen", the degree of realism is enough to be believed to be true, with this film, he defeated Liang Chaowei, Wu Zhenyu, Zhen Zidan, and won the 12th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor.
In a few scenes, in a certain moment, Liao Qizhi can always give the character a different connotation, give you a direct touch of the heart, that innocent, helpless, helpless eyes to see through the sadness of the world.
The performance methods summarized and speculated by the predecessors have benefited the younger generations a lot, which is also the reason why hong Kong film talents have emerged in that year. Years later, Zeng Guoxiang also encountered similar characters in "Mobile Force - Dead End", borrowing and using the same type of performance method.
Zeng Guoxiang, the son of Zeng Zhiwei, of course, now Zeng Guoxiang has achieved great success and is already a successful director, "July and Ansheng" and "Young You" are directed by him.
But Liao Qizhi's life is really very bitter.
The youngest son died of leukemia at the age of 5, and his wife suffered from depression. Liao Qizhi, who has acted in a good drama of his life, has seen all sentient beings in his tragic and joyful life, and has also witnessed the ups and downs of Hong Kong films.
In "Infernal Affairs", he played the silent and vicious third uncle of the Ni family. After arranging for his men to kill the four bosses of the gang, he took out the harmonica and played a song called "Friendship Lasts a Long Time", which was a simple score written down by Uncle Zhi when his youngest son played the harmonica.
The emotion of that moment erupted in silence. The former brothers have long been separated by yin and yang, the song is not over, and the people have dispersed.
According to director Mak Siu-fai, when it came time to shoot this scene, Liao Qizhi said whether he could let him add a harmonica-playing plot by himself, Mak Zhaohui thought about letting him try, and as a result, Liao Qizhi brewed up a little emotion, and when "Friendship Lasts a Long Time" came out, the whole scene exploded on the spot.
This is the cultivation of an actor.
This role earned Liao Qizhi the Best Supporting Actor in Hong Kong and Taiwan at the Chinese Film and Media Awards, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 23rd Film Awards.
An excellent actor, who has the method of acting, will do preparatory work in advance, be good at cooperating with opponents, and constantly give the play a plus, which is what many of our traffic actors do not have now, especially those thousands of years of beautiful women, see Uncle Zhi, don't you blush?
In the 2018 movie "Over the Spring", Liao Qizhi played Brother Yong, a clothing store vendor and a down-and-out father, who did not trim the edges, his eyes were empty, and he successfully portrayed the image of a middle-aged middle-aged person oppressed by life.
A few days ago, some people took these stills out to say that the old Hong Kong opera bones were miserable and desolate in their old age and were forced to set up stalls. This is to attract attention until the company comes forward to clarify.
Liao Qizhi, people can't tell what is drama and what is life. This is a compliment to his acting skills.
In the film and television circle, everyone is famous, only Uncle Zhi, on the road of sweeping monks, gradually drifted away, slowly, many peers can only see his back.
Wu Mengda, who is also famous for playing small characters and supporting roles, can see routines in his performances; but Uncle Zhi's performance is like water and air, filling the cup of the role, invisible, but qualitative.
Liao Qizhi once said: "The Lord is the match, and the match is the Lord." When I deserve you, I am the protagonist. ”
This is what the older generation of mainland actors said: "There are only small actors, no small roles." "There are similarities in methodology, and the characters are not sized.
It is precisely because of the height of cognition that Liao Qizhi has walked in front of his peers and has been moving towards a full-time teacher at the Film School of the University of Hong Kong.
But the adult world is not easy, Liao Qizhi has experienced the hardships of life, but it seems that God has no more pity for him.
The younger son Nono's leukemia died, his wife Chen Min'er suffered from depression, it was difficult to accompany the opening and treatment, just got better, the eldest son wanted to change sex and become a woman.
He was willing to give everything for this family, only for peace and smoothness, but the sky did not go according to people's wishes.
Life kisses me bitterly, but I repay it with songs, not to lose every passion, not to please any indifference.
The hail of life falling on him has become his nourishment, and his precious experience has made every role he plays shine with the brilliance of humanity, and in those years, almost all the films of Hong Kong directors he appeared in became the background of Hong Kong films.
In 2009, Liao Qizhi once again ushered in the peak of acting, and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor again with the movie "Witness". This time, he defeated Zhou Xingchi of "Yangtze River Seven", as well as Lin Jiadong, Fan Shaohuang and Zhang Fengyi.
Liao Qizhi said to the air at the award ceremony: "Nono, Dad got another one, we took it together." After the award ceremony, back at home, Liao Qizhi placed the trophy next to the photo of his young son.
Smile in honor of Nono, then wave goodbye.
It's just that Uncle Zhi is still not treated well by God, and in 2020, 66-year-old Liao Qizhi was diagnosed with stomach cancer.
Liao Qizhi has the true color of the old generation of Hong Kong films, no matter what he plays, he gives people credibility; he is kind to people and dedicates his life to his family. Even if you are sick, you will not cause trouble for medical care.
In "Kill the Wolf", Ren Dahua and Liao Qizhi eat at a restaurant.
While eating, Ren Dahua casually said, "I have cancer!" Liao Qizhi casually asked, "Where?" ”
Ren Dahua pointed to his head.
Liao Qizhi: "Is there a cure?" Ren Dahua: "I don't know! ”
Liao Qizhi: "That's fine." ”
On March 28, 2021, Liao Qizhi left this world that he missed forever.
When we sing elegy for the passing times and people, Liao Qizhi's tenacious persistence has forced life and death to be despised.
I have come to this world, worked hard, and have no regrets.
What a sighing figure, how much struggle has been experienced in a lifetime, wind and rain can change the years, and prosper several times to the human world.
"Shanghai Beach" debuted, and began to cooperate with Zhou Runfa, the fourth master of high school
"Peerless" ended his fate with Zhou Runfa, because he respected his performance, and at that time, Zhou Runfa began to call him big brother
Liao Qizhi kai chi liu part of the awards
Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actor 8 nominations, 2 awards, a lifetime of what to ask, goodbye, Uncle Zhi!
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