When it comes to the big director Li Hanxiang, it is natural to think of his classic wind and moon films, but Li Hanxiang, who is known as the "godfather of the wind moon", said: "The comedies and wind moon films I made were all sold for money. "His real ambition is actually historical drama.
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Born in the northeast, Li Hanxiang moved to Beiping with his parents in his early years and began to learn painting. But during this period, he was a radical activist, often participating in the student movement and being expelled from school.
But Li Hanxiang was not upset, because he was not here. By chance, the drama "The Flower of Tang Di" in which he participated was valued by dramatist Ma Yanxiang, and thus got the opportunity to enter the Shanghai Municipal Drama School and participated in the movie "Full of Wind and Rain".
After entering the Great Wall Company, Li Hanxiang took the initiative to move from the front of the stage to the backstage, because he was more interested in the behind-the-scenes work of set art and drawing advertising boards, and he did a good job unexpectedly. This was also appreciated by Shaw Film Company, and after joining Shaw, Li Hanxiang began his directing career.
From "Narcissus", to "Sable Cicada", to "Jiangshan Beauty" and "Qiannu Ghost", Li Hanxiang broke the record of the film industry again and again, earned wave after wave of silver for Shaw, and also won a number of actresses such as Lin Dai and Lottie, becoming a hot director at that time.
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But it wasn't long before Li Hanxiang broke up with Shaw.
Because Shaw implements a salary system for its employees, even if Li Hanxiang earns more money for the company, he can only get a salary of more than HK$8,000. However, Shao Shi spent a lot of money to dig up Tao Qin and Yue Feng, and each film could give them a salary of 20,000 or 30,000 yuan.
With such a gap and limited filmmaking, Li Hanxiang resolutely left Shaw and, with the support of Lu Yuntao, the owner of International Film Co., Ltd., went to Hong Kong to establish the League Of Nations Film Company.
However, with the unexpected death of Lu Yuntao, Li Hanxiang also lost a strong backing, and the development of the League of Nations was difficult, and finally after filming "Xi Shi" in 1965, the League of Nations completely went bankrupt.
Desperate, Li Hanxiang had to return to Hong Kong to find the original owner Shaw, and Shaw, who was influenced by Jiahe Pictures, continued to cooperate with him regardless of his previous suspicions. In this 12-year cooperation, Li Hanxiang has produced more than 30 films for Shaw, all of which have a considerable impact, of which more than 20 are wind and moon films, which brings a lot of profits to Shaw.
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But Li Hanxiang said that his ambition is not in the wind and moon film, but in the history film.
Therefore, in 1975 and 1976, two historical blockbuster films, "Falling into the City" and "Yingtai Weeping Blood", were released, and they achieved unprecedented success.
Inspired, Lee Han-cheung continued to attack and came to the mainland to shoot "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Hanging curtains to listen to the government", which not only won a high box office of 27.46 million Hong Kong dollars, but also made Leung Ka-fai the youngest film emperor in the history of the Hong Kong Film Awards.
Unfortunately, in 1996, when invited by Liu Xiaoqing to shoot "Burning Appang Palace", Li Hanxiang died of a heart attack due to overwork and died at the age of 70.
It is understood that liu Xiaoqing has regretted inviting Li Hanxiang so far.
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Although Li Hanxiang left, although he is determined to be a historical film, the Wind moon films he produced are also quite classic, and many stars have been popular.
White Little Man
Bai Xiaoman is a beautiful woman of mixed Chinese and American descent, formerly known as Hu Ruimei, and she is also considered by Li Hanxiang to be "lin dai's biggest discovery after that".
Before being discovered by Li Hanxiang, Bai Xiaoman was very dashing, only sixteen or seventeen years old, he went to the Philippines with her boyfriend, and used Hu Jiamei's name to shoot a "Detective Little Whirlwind", which first appeared on the screen, but did not make her fire.
In the Philippines, in addition to falling in love with filming, Bai Xiaoman also fell in love with psychedelic drugs and could not extricate himself from smoking all day. After returning to Hong Kong, Bai Xiaoman continued to live a life of red wine and greenery. It wasn't until she met Li Hanxiang that her life changed dramatically.
Bai Xiaoman not only became Li Hanxiang's dry daughter, but also got the praise of Li Hanxiang, starring in the wind and moon film "Sound and Color Dog Horse", which became a hit, and signed a 5-year contract with Shaw, and the star path is unlimited.
However, before the film was released, Beauty committed suicide at the age of 18. It is rumored that Bai Xiaoman was overwhelmed by the pressure of the underworld and chose to commit suicide.
Hu Jin
Among the many stars, Hu Jin is the most cooperative with Li Hanxiang, who has made hundreds of Wind and Moon films in Shaw's 10 years. In all of Li Hanxiang's Fengyue films, almost all of them have Hu Jin's figure. People jokingly called "the wind and moon girl of the flowing water, the iron Hu Jin", which is enough to see the status of Hu Jin in Li Hanxiang's heart.
In that year, when Li Hanxiang founded the Guolian Film Company in Taiwan, he discovered Hu Jin. The widow in "The Great Warlord" made Hu Jin famous in one fell swoop, and also became Li Hanxiang's daughter.
Subsequently, when Hu Jin was almost idle, films such as "Affair affair", "Golden Bottle Double Yan", "Fun Things to Catch Adultery", "Warlord Fun History", and "Half Demon Milk Lady" were released one after another. In these wind and moon films, Hu Jin uses her unique expression and voice to interpret the role vividly, adding a strong wind and moon atmosphere to the film.
It is understood that many nude shots are not Hu Jin himself on the battlefield, some are completed by stand-ins, and some are Li Hanxiang's skills, through these, it can also be seen that Li Hanxiang loves and attaches importance to this dry daughter.
Today, Hu Jin has retreated into the background, worked as a television producer, and is also keen on public welfare and philanthropy.
Dina
Dina can be called a very legendary wind and moon actress.
As early as before joining Shao and getting to know Li Hanxiang, she was already a very famous Wind Moon Girl, and Yang Quan's films such as "Seven Captures, Seven Verticals, Seven Colored Wolves" and "Rampage Seven Colored Wolves" have made Dina have a lot of popularity.
But what really made Dina popular was Li Hanxiang. In "The Great Warlord", Dina, who was persuaded by Li Hanxiang, performed a full L performance and completed the shots in the famous Western paintings. This film not only won a good box office, but also really became popular with Dina.
However, just when people thought that she would continue to "take off" her acting career, Dina chose to stop the film, and li Hanxiang became increasingly estranged, and "The Great Warlord" became the only film she and Li Hanxiang cooperated in.
After the film, Dina returned to the mainland to develop the space industry for the mainland and establish a navigation system for the mainland airport; she also promoted the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, conducted business, and participated in the Galileo positioning system plan, making great contributions to China's development.
In 2010, Dina died of organ failure in Hong Kong at the age of 65.
I have to say that Dina is indeed a legend: when starring in the Wind Moon film, she can do a very popular moment, and she can also choose to be in the film at the peak and do what she really wants to do, which is very rare.
Nowadays, Li Hanxiang, the godfather of the Wind Moon, has already driven the crane west, and the Wind Moon Girl he held out in one hand is also late. But who dares to say that the classics they jointly created will not be passed on forever?