From the 1960s and 1970s, Hong Kong films have experienced a glorious period, hong Kong Shaw films Can be said to be a banner of Asian films, "Shaw production, must be a good film", Shaw led an era of Hong Kong films. The company contributed a large number of wonderful film works to the TV screen, and a number of outstanding film stars emerged. Founded in Hong Kong in 1958 with Run Run Shaw as president, Shaw has produced more than a thousand films, but unfortunately ended shaw on November 28, 2011! Old-school actors were once well-known as Shaw kung fu stars, such as Dillon, David Jiang, Yue Hua, Er Dongsheng and so on! They were all the screen heroes who were surprised and hot at that time.
But before them, Shaw had several famous martial arts students, 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 big stars, let's take a look at these nostalgic veteran actors "Shaw Five Tigers"!
Wang Yu, formerly known as Wang Zhengquan, was born in Shanghai on March 28, 1944, with his ancestral home in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. He is a good karate actor, director, screenwriter, producer and producer in Hong Kong. In the past thirty years, he has made more than 60 martial arts films, and participated in the production and supervision of more than 80 films, making him the first martial arts film star in the new martial arts century. In 2019, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 56th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards!
As a disciple of Zhang Che, "Jianghu Strange Man" made Wang Yu debut, did not need a stand-in for filming, and completed various martial arts actions well, which was 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.
Born in Indonesia on June 29, 1938, Lo lie is an action film actor. Formerly known as Wang Lida, he was born in Guangdong. Lo Lie came to Hong Kong in his teens. When he was young, he studied kung fu and loved movies. In 1962, he was admitted to the first training class of Shaw's "Southern Experimental Theater Company" and became an actor of Shaw Company after graduation. In the early 1980s, Lo lie left Shaw and in 1988 joined Asia Television as an artist.
Luo Lie is also a disciple of Zhang Che, 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. On November 2, 2002, Luo Lie died of a heart attack on the way to Shenzhen Hospital at the age of 64.
Zheng Lei, born on October 5, 1944 in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province, is a former TVb and TV Asia drama artist and Hong Kong TV presenter.
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.
At that time, a body of muscles was the symbol of Zheng Lei, Zheng Lei, Luo Lie, and Wu Ma were all the first generation of disciples of Zhang Che, but they did not have great popularity, but they always regarded themselves as Zhang Che's disciples. At the funeral of Zhang Che, performing as a disciple, under the leadership of Jiang David, Zheng Lei, Chen Guantai, Li Xiuxian, Zheng Kangye, Qi Guanjun, Luo Mang, Liang Jiaren, Lu Jianming, Ye Tianxing, Qian Xiaohao, Guo Jin and Wang Zhemin bowed to Zhang Che's relic and bowed to Zhang Che as his father. Today, Zheng Lei is 74 years old and has been gone for many years.
Zhang Yi was born on February 24, 1945 in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, and his original name was Zhang Boshen. Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts and kung fu film actors in the 1960s and 1970s. Before joining Shaw Company, he had received eight years of Peking Opera training at The Taiwan Fuxing Drama School, specializing in the old student profession of literature and martial arts, with strong hands and sharp movements, and was a master of taekwondo, Aikido and karate. His works include "Sweet Talk", "Full Moon Curved Knife", "Qin Shi Huang" and so on.
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 is well known to the public with Yue Feng's "Soul Hunting Bell", and appears in works such as "Excalibur Earthquake", "Golden Sword of Death", "Shandong Xiangma", "Iron Palm Whirlwind Leg", "Nemesis", "Golden Luohan", "Golden Gambler", "Hero List" 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. After Bruce Lee's untimely death, Zhang Yi also ushered in a small peak in his career. From a former martial arts student to an action star. For many of the fight scenes in the film, he did not need a stand-in, and many difficult actions could be handled freely, becoming a hot action star at that time. In addition to action movies, he has also participated in the war film "Eight Hundred Heroes", the spy war film "Black Dragon Society" and the comedy film "Magic Hands and Thousands of Gold" and "Half a Pound, Seven Two". Zhang Yi is now 73 years old and has made a cameo role in the 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. It is a pity that Xie Yuan died young in 1977 at the age of 32, which is really a pity!
At that time, the "Five Tigers of Shao", Wang Yu, Luo Lie, Zheng Lei, Zhang Yi and Xie Yuan, also known as the Five Tigers of Shao, were martial arts students in the 1960s and 1970s. However, Luo Lie and Xie Yuan have been dead for many years, the years have not left anyone, and now Wang Yu, Zhang Yi, and Zheng Lei are also more than 70 years old, and they have to sigh that it is really a generation of screen memories! There are really very few people who know about them now! I don't know how many netizens know these people? Have you ever seen their movies! Welcome to comment below and leave a message exchange.
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