[Thirty years ago, Andy Lau, a total of 16 movies were released, and no one was invincible in his diligence and dedication]
Thirty years ago, who was doing what, many people may not remember themselves, if it is made into a movie and leaves an image, then they can remember it at any time. Thirty years ago, in 1989, Chow Yun-fat won the Hong Kong film box office with "God of Gamblers" and led a wave of gambling film craze. That year's feature film "The Story of Ah Lang" allowed Zhou Runfa to win his third Academy Award. That year, the movies starring Fa Ge, "Hero Nature 3 Sunset Song", "Blood Double Male" and "The Story of Ah Lang" all entered the top 10 of the annual box office in Hong Kong, which can be said to be the year of Zhou Runfa of Hong Kong films. This year, there is another figure worth remembering, that is, the Immortal King Andy Lau. If nothing else, just because Andy Lau released a total of 16 movies in this year, this record has never been recorded before, and no one can break it in the future.
[List of films starring Andy Lau in 1989:]
"Same Root" was released on January 7, 1989
"Provincial Hong Kong Flag Soldier 3" was released on January 12, 1989
"Soaring City" was released on March 3, 1989
Best Boyfriend was released on March 17, 1989
"Proud Eagle" was released on April 5, 1989
"The First Cocoon" was released on April 16, 1989
Shenxing Taibao was released on May 25, 1989
Supreme was released on June 22, 1989
"Little Cop" was released on September 21, 1989
"Specialized Fishing Predator" was released on October 5, 1989
"The Lonely Sea of People" was released on October 8, 1989
"Dragon and Tiger Club" was released on November 4, 1989
The Finale was released on November 30, 1989
God of Gamblers was released on December 14, 1989
"Comrade Lover" was released on December 21, 1989
"Hardcover Chasing Girls 3 Wolf One Clan" was released on December 21, 1989
Andy Lau was admitted to the 10th session of the Hong Kong Wireless Artist Training Class in 1981, and then debuted on TVB, ran the dragon set for two years, and became famous with the 1983 wireless Jin Yong martial arts drama "Divine Eagle Hero", and then became one of the five wireless tigers. After starring in the star-studded Taiwanese drama "Yang Jia jiang" in 1985, Andy Lau wanted to develop the film industry and refused the conditions for wireless contract renewal, so he was hidden in the snow for more than 400 days. In 1986, under the personal mediation of wireless boss Mr. Run Run Shaw, Andy Lau reconciled with Wireless and helped Wireless shoot TV series such as "True Destiny" and "Sirius Robbery", and only in 1988 was it able to fully enter the film circle. In this way, Andy Lau suppressed and accumulated energy for a long time, and all burst out in 1989.
At the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards in April 1989, Andy Lau's first collaboration with Wong Kar-wai on carmen in Mong Kok made him nominated for the Academy Awards for the first time, which was his first cooperation with Jacky Cheung and the first cooperation with Maggie Cheung. Andy Lau has always been regarded as an idol, especially with Jacky Cheung, who later became the same of the Four Heavenly Kings; in fact, Andy Lau already had the acting strength of the film emperor as early as 30 years ago, but often because of the appearance of his idol, he was often ignored for his strength and efforts.
Released on December 14, 1989, "God of Gamblers" was the annual box office champion in Hong Kong that year, and more than HK$36 million was achieved by the box office appeal of Chow Yun Fat, the god of gambling, but As the second male, Andy Lau also had enough bright performance in the film, especially during the amnesia of the god of gambling. The box office performance of "God of Gamblers" is definitely due to Andy Lau, otherwise there would be no later "Gambler". Andy Lau and Chow Yun Fat both debuted from the Hong Kong Wireless artist training class, the brother Chow Yun Fat has the grace to promote the master and brother Andy Lau, and later Andy Lau and Chow Run Fat have cooperated many times, each time as a supporting role, which is Andy Lau's respect for Chow Yun Fat, but also the embodiment of Chow Run Fat's status. Later, Andy Lau became the first favorite under Xiang Huaqiang, and then became one of the four kings of Hong Kong, and already had the status of the king of the Hong Kong entertainment industry, but in 2016, "Macau Storm 3" Andy Lau was still willing to play a supporting role for Chow Yun Fat. [Zhou Runfa is the god of gambling, Andy Lau is a gambler, and the god of gambling is the master of the gambler, and this relationship will not change.] 】
In the Hong Kong film industry, in addition to Chow Yun Fat, there is another superstar who can make Andy Lau a supporting role, that is, the emperor superstar Tam Wing Lin, in 1989 they collaborated on another gambling film classic "Supreme Supreme". In "Supreme Supreme", Tan Yonglin is the first gambling king in Asia, and Andy Lau is the first fast hand in Asia, the two are brothers and sisters, and the partners make money. Andy Lau is always the most moralistic one, in the movie for Tan Yonglin, his first favorite heroine Chen Yulian gave up to Tan Yonglin, and then in order to save Tan Yonglin was cut off the tendons, and finally to save Chen Yulian to take his life. [Hong Kong tycoon Xiang Huaqiang is famous for starring in Dragon Five in "God of Gamblers", but he has already starred as a high-level dragon brother in an American casino as early as "Supreme".] 】
In 1987, Zhou Runfa starred in a modern urban romantic comedy "Hardcover Chasing Girls" directed by Wang Jing, which achieved good box office results. In 1988, Zhou Runfa had no schedule, Andy Lau took over the sequel "Hardcover Chasing Girls 2", or Wang Jing's director, Zeng Zhiwei Chen Baixiang Feng Quanfan and other funny teams as supporting roles, but also achieved a good box office. By 1989, "Hardcover Chasing Girls 3 Wolves One Family", Wang Jing really couldn't find anyone, so she took the big fool and Huang Zhun and other people to act by herself, and Andy Lau, who was busy, also cameoed back to make a few scenes. Unfortunately, "Hardcover Chasing Girls 3 Wolf One Family", although it gathers the four beauties of Zhang Min, Qiu Shuzhen, Zhou Huimin and Weng Huide, is still the worst of the three.
In "Best Boyfriend", Andy Lau plays the son of a toy company owner, which is a Wang Jing-style urban romantic comedy written by Wang Jing, and there are lin zixiang, Zheng Yuling, Chen Yalun, Wu Dawei, Lin Jianming, Cheng Kui'an, Wen Jun, Yao Youxiong, Wei Jishun, Qiu Shuzhen, Su Xingxuan, Wang Jing, Chen Baixiang, Cao Charlie, Lu Fen, Chen Guoxin and other co-stars, the cast is still quite shining.
Andy Lau was banned wirelessly, and the first person to look for him to make a movie as a male protagonist after thawing was Wang Jing; at that time, Wang Jing saw that Andy Lau had to shoot more than a dozen movies a year, often lacking sleep, and each time let him sleep on the set for a few hours before starting up. Andy Lau is grateful to Wang Jing for this affection, basically Wang Jing opened his mouth, Wang Jing's film he will help, so among all the directors who have cooperated, Wang Jing and Andy Lau have cooperated the most times. This year, Andy Lau and Wang Jing cooperated in "Supreme Supreme", "God of Gamblers", "Hardcover Chasing Girls 3 Wolf Clan", "Best Boyfriend", and "Fishing Crocodile" five.
Similarly, when Andy Lau was still in the wireless training class, the first movie "Caiyun Qu" starred as a student, and zeng Zhiwei cut his hair between shooting, and Zeng Zhiwei saw his diligence and recommended him to some film directors. In 1989, the absurd comedy film "Little Policeman" directed by Zeng Zhiwei invited more than 60 stars to make cameos, and Andy Lau also made a cameo appearance in a traffic police role, which was a return for Zeng Zhiwei's early care. [In 1992, Zeng Zhiwei directed the martial arts film "Absolute Double Glory", and Andy Lau cooperated with Zeng Zhiwei again. 】
In 1989, in the action drama "Shenxing Taibao", Andy Lau played a newspaper reporter named Taibao, because he rushed to the first news scene every time and became a modern Shenxing Taibao. In "The Lonely Hong of the Sea of People", Andy Lau plays a low-level gu puzzle boy with a conscience, who is dissatisfied with the creditor's behavior of kidnapping and collecting money and tearing up the ticket, releases the hostage, and is beaten by the creditor to be seriously injured. In "Comrade Lover", Andy Lau plays a passionate and reckless Hong Kong photojournalist, who meets a Vietnamese female translator played by Zhong Chuhong during a Vietnamese business trip, and then gets involved in a series of painful events, trapped in a Vietnamese black prison, and finally escapes to the mainland after a difficult and broken hand.
In "Same Root Sheng", Andy Lau plays a mainland youth who has smuggled to Hong Kong, and is appreciated by the boss played by Chen Huimin in Hong Kong, and after the death of the boss, Andy Lau left the jianghu to develop in Taiwan and start a family. Unexpectedly, he was still being hunted down and killed by the enemy family in Taiwan, and the killer killed his daughter by mistake, and this killer turned out to be his eldest brother who was lost when he smuggled into Hong Kong. In this film, Wen Bixia plays Andy Lau's wife. In "Provincial Hong Kong Flag Soldier 3", Andy Lau plays a mainland honorary soldier who was sentenced to death for being involved in a criminal case, and had no choice but to smuggle himself to Hong Kong, and the agent played by Xu Jinjiang tracked him all the way to Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, Andy Lau was forced to participate in the robbery gang, and after countless tribulations, he ran to Panama with his lover Li Meifeng to start a new life.
In "Soaring City", Andy Lau plays a Taiwanese driver who crashes and kills the big brother of the society, is forced to flee to Hong Kong, where he is involved in a more complex whirlpool of rivers and lakes, and then has to flee all the way to Guangzhou, Macau and Hong Kong. In this film, Andy Lau cooperated for the first time with beautiful Qiong Yao girls such as Lu Xiuling and Yue Ling, and the film interlude used Wang Jie's "Am I Really Nothing". In "Dragon and Tiger Club", Andy Lau plays a big brother of Dutch Chinese society, and the story is based on the real experience of Hong Kong volunteers, but the storyline is more chaotic. This is a movie in which the legendary Andy Lau was forced to star, and the heroine Liu Jialing also suffered the same fate.
In "The First Cocoon", Andy Lau plays a police undercover, who met Wu Jiali when he was undercover and helped her quit drugs, only to be killed by the social big brother, and finally Wu Jiali avenged him. In "Proud Eagle", Andy Lau plays a police elite who has suffered many blows in the process of handling the case and has also gained real growth. In "Specialized Fishing Predator", Andy Lau plays a police elite who specializes in solving major cases, cooperating with Wan Ziliang, Wu Junru, Zhang Guoqiang and so on. In "The Finale of The Inner Story of the Law", Andy Lau once again played the justice barrister, which is the last part of the trilogy of "Extralegal Affairs" and "Inside the Law". This film is produced by the Brothers of Hong Kong film tycoon McDonald, or the mother and son of Andy Lau and Ye Dexian, which are of a high standard and are one of The representative works of Andy Lau in his early years.
This year, Andy Lau has been debuting in the music industry for 4 years, releasing his first Chinese album "Back to You・ Legal Affair". The most important thing is the development of the film industry, this year he cooperated with Zhou Runfa, Tan Yonglin, Wan Ziliang, Lin Zixiang and other predecessor superstars, as well as Zhong Chuhong, Wu Jiali, Qiu Shuzhen, Wen Bixia, Zheng Yuling, Chen Yalun, Guan Zhilin, Liu Jialing and other popular actresses, there are also Mo Shaocong, Lin Junxian and other peer elites. In this year, 28-year-old Andy Lau cooperated for the first time with Xu Jinjiang, Wu Jiali, and other classmates of the wireless artist training class, graduated for 7 years, and each of them mixed up in the entertainment industry, and Andy Lau was always the most outstanding one. [At that time, Mo Shaocong, Lin Junxian and Andy Lau were equally powerful, but today almost not many people remember them, and only Andy Lau is red until now, which is exactly what Andy Lau's efforts have made! 】
Among the 16 films in 1989, There were 2 Cameo only cameos in "Little Policeman" and "Hardcover Chasing Girls 3 Wolves", there were 3 relegated male number two "Best Boyfriend", "Supreme Supreme" and "God of Gamblers", and the remaining 11 were male protagonists; 5 entered the top 20 of the annual box office, of which "God of Gamblers" and "Supreme Supreme" were the 1st and 5th respectively. Such output and attendance are absolutely unprecedented, and there are no successors, because behind this is Andy Lau's dedication and diligence, and the infinite prosperity of Hong Kong films; today, there are still people as diligent and hardworking as Andy Lau, but the glory of Hong Kong films can never be turned back!
[The prosperity of Hong Kong films is actually the accumulation of many filmmakers like Andy Lau and the films they create.] 】