In July 2018, martial arts actor Ji Chunhua died of illness at the age of 57, and many friends in the circle posted tributes, saying that Ji Chunhua's death was a loss to the Chinese martial arts community.
Ji Chunhua memorial service
Jet Li once commented: "No one is Ji Chunhua's opponent", and the two have also formed a deep friendship, but why did Jet Li miss the funeral of his friend Ji Chunhua? Some netizens broke the news that Jet Li was absent from the funeral to watch the World Cup with Ma Yun, which could not help but make people wonder and cause great controversy, making him bear the insult of "ruthlessness and injustice", and also let many people transfer their anger to Jet Li.
Jet Li Ji Chunhua
Jet Li is a symbol of a generation of martial arts stars, and he has his presence in major film and television works; he and Ji Chunhua are inseparable in martial arts, and often play opponents in film and television works, which is a valuable group of golden partners in the showbiz circle.
Jet li
Later, after being inquired by the media, it was actually everyone who misunderstood Jet Li; at that time, he did not receive the news of the death of his friend abroad, and he himself was already inferior to before due to years of martial arts training, and occasionally photographed his appearance as an old dragon clock.
If you have a sick body, you will not go to other people's funerals and funerals, plus Jet Li believes in Buddhism and is accustomed to life and death, hoping that netizens can understand and reject moral kidnapping. Although Jet Li did not go to the funeral, his heart was sent, and he gave Ji Chunhua's family 200,000 condolences to express his regret for the death of his friend.
And for the cause of Ji Chunhua's death, no one would have thought that such a self-disciplined person insisted on exercising and reasonably arranged his diet every day, and often rode a bicycle in a circular shape, and did not expect that he suffered from lung cancer! Perhaps the profession of a martial arts actor doomed him to endure these pains more than others, and no amount of self-discipline in his later years could make up for the physical wear and tear of so many years.
Ji Chunhua
Ji Chunhua learned martial arts from childhood, when his hair fell out of his eyebrows because of physical illness, his appearance looked fierce; by chance, he was photographed by Director Zhang Xin as the villain "Vulture" in "Shaolin Temple", and at first Ji Chunhua did not think so much and only wanted to find a way out for himself. At the beginning of learning to act, he did not understand anything and could only slowly grope, but he had a high level of understanding, and the director explained the characteristics of the role to him, and he went home to practice slowly.
Stills from "Shaolin Temple"
Later played Duan Yanqing in "Tianlong Babu", this character has a deep scar on his face; usually can be shown through makeup, but it has not been able to achieve the desired effect, so the director discussed with Ji Chunhua to use skin collection water to "pull" out, but this potion is extremely harmful to the skin of the human body, and people with slight skin sensitivity may cause skin inflammation after use.... In order to make the role more vivid, Ji Chunhua agreed without saying a word.
Stills from "Tianlong Babu"
When filming "New Shaolin Five Ancestors", he played the villain with pus all over his body, so he brushed paint on his body! The harm of paint to the human body can be imagined, and later Ji Chunhua entered the hospital because of "benzene poisoning", he did not give up and even joked that the bad guys were in this end.
Stills from "The Five Ancestors of New Shaolin"
There is a scene in "Fang Shiyu" that requires falling from a high altitude, but I did not expect that in this scene, Ji Chunhua also had an accident, he fell from mid-air and almost paralyzed his limbs and lost consciousness, lying in the hospital for several months before gradually getting better. The role he played made everyone hate him to the bone, but it also proved everyone's recognition of Ji Chunhua's acting skills, and netizens called him a "heavyweight villain".
Still
Zhang Yimou also said in the casting that he was suitable for playing a bandit, Ji Chunhua had tried to transform in the middle of the way, due to the appearance problem and the previous role left too deep impression on people, he failed to transform successfully.
Zhang Yimou
Once in the recording of the variety show Ji Chunhua asked the little girl for directions, he was worried that his appearance would scare others, and the first sentence he said: "Don't be afraid, I just ask for a way...."I didn't expect the little girl to turn her head and run away without even wanting the bag, Ji Chunhua smiled helplessly and sadly, because he was used to it.
In addition, Ji Chunhua is also a dedicated person, because the work needs to shoot a lot of scenes, he will not use a stand-in, even if the weather is very cold, he insists on completing it himself, which also leads to him falling into many diseases. In his life, he did not like to trouble others, never asked for an assistant, did everything on the set, and often helped charity, we can't define a person's good or bad appearance, we have to feel it with our hearts.
In 1978, Ji Chunhua was infected with wind chills, which could have been adjusted, but he was unwilling to give up the dream of martial arts, which led to more and more serious wind chills; he had no choice but to use traditional Chinese medicine to regulate, during that time Ji Chunhua's hair and eyebrows have been falling off, and the wind chill has not seen a good trend, and after going to the hospital for examination, he found that Ji Chunhua used aluminum pot decoction to cause aluminum poisoning.
Interview with Ji Chunhua
Ji Chunhua's appearance was particularly fierce, and the school persuaded him to retire due to image problems; during that time, Ji Chunhua was very inferior, and he had to wear a hat and mask when he went out and did not dare to look up, and his parents could not bear to see Ji Chunhua so decided to find him a job. It just so happened that Sanda was recruiting the parents of the trainees to sign up for him, and he quickly learned Sanda with a foundation in martial arts, and his martial arts dream continued to work hard in another place.
Ji Chunhua was young
Just when the director Zhang Xin was recruiting actors, he saw the news "fierce god evil" and people who can do martial arts; the director felt that he had dug up a suitable person, he asked Ji Chunhua to try a play, after Ji Chunhua tried, Zhang Xin left with an assistant without saying anything, Ji Chunhua thought there was no hope, but he did not expect that two months later he received an invitation, so he entered the crew inexplicably... He seriously studied and played the role well, and he used his efforts to bring us the classic role of "Vulture", and since then Ji Chunhua has been crowned with the title of "evil man".
It may be that the first role has shaped him, or it may be because of his appearance, and the next invitations he receives are to play bad guys, and they are only small roles with martial arts actions. At that time, the economy was not very developed, so there was no Weiya, and every performance was dangerous, and he still played every role conscientiously.
Heaven did not live up to everyone who worked hard, Zhang Yimou was casting for "Red Sorghum" at the time; at first Ji Chunhua did not agree, thinking that this literary and artistic film was not suitable for such a rough person as him, but after the director's explanation, he gladly accepted.
Ji Chunhua's life is a blessing in disguise, and now that he has left forever, there is one less model in the show business circle; although he is not popular, he has interpreted his dreams with martial arts. In his lifetime, he has also created many classic roles to bring us wonderful, of course, I hope that Ji Chunhua will no longer play the bad guy in heaven and can become a "hero" in everyone's mind.
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