Speaking of the Beijing Wushu Team, it is famous in China. This martial arts team, which was formed by the Beijing Shichahai Martial Arts School, has not only made great contributions to China's sports cause, but also to China's film and television industry. Many retired martial arts players have devoted themselves to the film and television shooting industry, some have become "martial arts instructors", some have become "first-line stars", and Zhen Zidan, Jet Li, Wu Jing, several "famous stars" who are active in the film industry are from this team. The "action master" we are going to talk about today is also from the Beijing Martial Arts Team, and he is Kou Zhanwen.
Kou Zhanwen, born in Beijing in 1966, entered the Beijing Wushu team in 1983 and became Jet Li's disciple and Wu Jing's brother, who, unlike Jet Li and Wu Jing, failed to achieve the corresponding martial arts championship title during the martial arts team. In 1988, Kou Zhanwen starred in his first film "Strange Lovers" and began his acting career. In 1993, he played a golden-backed humpback dragon in Chen Xunqi's self-written and self-directed film "The Prodigal Son of Border City". In 1994, he starred in the TV series "New Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness" directed by Xiao Feng and Qin Jinghong, playing Zhan Zhao. In 1996, he served as a martial arts instructor for the TV series "Shanghai Tango", and in 1998, at the invitation of his disciple Wu Jing, he starred in the TV series "Tai Chi Grandmaster" directed by Zhang Xinyan and Yuan Heping, playing the Kaibei Thunderbolt Hand Kurnamo.
In 2000, Kou Zhanwen served as a Chinese martial arts instructor in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Subsequently, he participated in the mythological comedy "Eight Precepts of the Splendid Pig in Spring" starring Xu Zheng and Tao Hong, in which he played Erniu (Houyi), interpreting Erniu's kindness and loyalty, and began to be widely known to the audience. In the same year, he starred in the TV series "The Great Husband of China" starring Zhao Wenzhuo and Yuan Jieying, playing Hu Jiangdao, the head of Taijimen. In 2001, in the TV series "The History of Wulin" starring Huang Haibing and Wang Yan, he played a line of incense picking as a flower thief. After that, he participated in the TV series "Lü Bu and the Sable Cicada" directed by Chen Kaige, playing Zhang Fei in the play. In 2002, he directed the TV series "Lotus Prince" directed by Shen Xin and starring Gu Yang, playing Chang Tianbao. In a series of film and television drama performances and cooperation with big directors, Kou Zhanwen's film and television status has also begun to increase step by step.
In the 2008 release of "Capture the Marshal", Kou Zhanwen played a role for "master and disciple" Wu Jing, and friendship starred in a fight scene. When Wu Jing directed his first work "Wolf's Tooth", Kou Zhanwen accepted the invitation of "master and disciple" Wu Jing to act as a "green leaf" again. In September 2008, Kou Zhanwen, Wu Jing and Li Zhongzhi attended the release event of "Abu of Wolf's Tooth" at the 17th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, at which Kou Zhanwen was asked by reporters, "Is it worth it for you to be a passerby for an actor (Wu Jing) who is not as famous as yourself?", Kou Zhanwen said: "I believe that A jing will go further than me, we are brothers, brothers and sisters take care of brothers and sisters, as it should be, not to mention that we are still brothers." ”
After 2014, Kou Zhanwen also began to transition to film and television directors, and he worked with his old partner Fan Xiaotian to direct the Republic of China-themed TV series "Big World". In 2015, he co-directed the revolutionary THEME TV series "Dark War Dangerous City" with Wong Ka Fai. In August 2016, Kou Zhanwen co-directed the anti-war TV series "Brothers in The Flames of War" with Chen Xiaolei.