On September 27, 2021, from taiwan media news, the famous director Zhang Pengyi unfortunately passed away at the age of 80. This director can be called a martial arts professional, because most of his film and television works are all martial arts works, many of which are also famous works of Gu Long. In addition, he is still good friends with Lin Qingxia, and has also cooperated with Zheng Shaoqiu and Dillon, and his directed works are very classic.
Decades ago, Zhang Pengyi joined The Shaw Company, thus unlocking a large number of ancient dragon masterpieces, such as the movie "The Legend of the Great Banner Hero", "Chu Liuxiang Finale", "Midnight Orchid", the TV series "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang Star and Moon", "Cema Xiao West Wind" and so on. In these works, stars such as Dillon, Zheng Shaoqiu, Wu Jing, Lin Qingxia and other stars have cooperated with them. The works he directed can be called classics.
In 1982, Zhang Pengyi directed "The Legend of the Hero of the Great Banner". This play is also adapted from Gu Long's work of the same name, telling the story of how the young lord of the Great Banner Gate, Tie Zhongtang, took revenge and restored the Great Banner Gate. At that time, the male number one was the famous Gulong beauty Dillon, who played the iron tang. Dillon's appearance was extremely high when he was young, and he also had a martial arts background, and also starred in many ancient dragon masterpieces such as "White Jade Tiger", "Chu Liuxiang", "Bright Moon Knife Snow Night Annihilation".
In 1983, Zhang Pengyi launched "Midnight Orchid" and "Chu Liuxiang Finale". These 2 plays are starred by the most handsome Chu Liuxiang Zheng Shaoqiu. The "Grand Finale" tells that Chu Liuxiang also contracted a terminal illness because he had a relationship with Lin Huanyu, who was terminally ill, and later unfortunately died. In this movie, Xu Shaoqiang plays the big boss, and he is also the brother of Wuhua, while Lin Huanyu is played by Lu Yingying.
However, the plot of Chu Xiangshuai's death at a young age makes people feel very bad, especially the waste of his immortal appearance is the most unacceptable, so Gu Long later wrote "Midnight Orchid", in this play, Chu Liuxiang was "resurrected". This play was continued by Zheng Shaoqiu to play Chu Liuxiang, while Lin Qingxia played the female number one. It was precisely because Lin Qingxia had cooperated with Zhang Pengyi at that time, so they also became very good friends.
In addition to being good at making movies, director Zhang Pengyi can also direct classic martial arts TV series. In 1985, he also produced the TV series "The Legend of the New Moon of Chu Liuxiang", which was suddenly a success. The person who played Xiang Shuai this time was Qiu Guan. This time, the plot is caused by the disappearance of the Crescent Princess, and the free-spirited Xiang Shuai is once again innocently carrying the pot, so he is forced to pursue it, which leads to a series of stories.
In 2000, Zhang Pengyi also directed "CeMa Xiao West Wind", which is a combination of the plot of Gu Long's masterpiece "Meteor Butterfly Sword" and "Tianya Mingyue Knife". In this TV series, Wu Jing played Meng Xingling, while Xing Minshan played Fu Hongxue, Tao Hong played Mingyuexin, and Yu Feihong played Gao Boss. Although the story of this drama is a bit chaotic, it is also unique after being interpreted by many people.
Zhang Pengyi is like a visual master, he makes Gu Long and other martial arts masterpieces vividly expressed through directing. Director Zhang is very powerful, coupled with the interpretation of Zheng Shaoqiu and Dillon these old drama bones is too good, so it also connects the well-received classic martial arts. Even if you use today's eyes to look at Zheng Shaoqiu in "Chu Liuxiang Finale" and Dillon in "The Legend of the Great Banner Hero", they are still rare beautiful men, and they are also a kung fu hero.
I hope that Zhang Dao will go well, and his works will continue to stay in the world and become unforgettable classics forever.