On November 21st, the generation of talented people came out. In the turbulent Hong Kong film scene, it is not easy to be coquettish for several years. The one I'm going to introduce today, after years of hard work, eventually became the protagonist, but at the peak of his life, he went downhill, and finally disappeared without a trace. His name is: Wang Jiang.
王将 (Tino Wong Cheung), was born in Hong Kong in 1954, also known as Chen Tianlong. Now there is no way of knowing his history of mentorship. It can only be speculated from the few kung fu movies he starred in that he may have received training in Beijing opera. The king of
will make his debut as a dragon and tiger martial artist and joined the "Shaw Brothers" in the early 1970s. His first film was "The Mirror of Wind and Thunder" directed by Sun Zhong in 1971, starring Liu Dan and Shu Peipei. Wang Jiang is just one of many martial arts wielding a turban. After
, Wang Jiang joined Zhang Che’s team and starred in "Water Margin", "Young People", "Chou Lianhuan", "Angry Youth", "Ma Yongzhen", "Sting Horse", "Hong Quan and Wing Chun", etc. A well-known movie, but it's all a series of characters that flash by. At the same time, he also served as a martial artist in directors such as Chu Yuan, He Menghua, and other low-cost films.
King General’s long-term tactics lasted until 1976. In "The Dragon's General" produced by "Xie Li", he finally got a serious role.
In 1977, Wang Jiang ushered in the spring of his career. Wu Siyuan rushed to film the sequel of "Southern Boxing and North Leg", "Southern Boxing and North Leg Fighting Golden Fox". Wang will be selected as a new generation of "Southern Boxing" and partnered with the already famous "North Leg" Liu Zhongliang. It can be seen from the magazine reports at the time that Wu Siyuan, the "film world Bole", intends to cultivate Wang Jiang. Wang Jiang lived up to the expectations and accomplished the task brilliantly, becoming the "Nanquan spokesperson" after Wang Dao (the "Nanquan" in "Nanquan and North Leg"). After the great success of
"Southern Fist and Northern Leg Fighting Golden Fox", Wang Jiang has got more opportunities. In "Eagle Claw Iron Cloth", also directed by Wu Siyuan, he plays the "first master of the criminal ministry", the imposing and energetic Shen Yue. Wang Jiang once again competed with Liu Zhongliang, demonstrating his extraordinary fighting ability. However, the light of Huang Zhengli in this film is too dazzling, and Wang Jiang is much bleak in comparison.
"Eagle Claw Iron Shirt" pushed Wang Jiang's career to the highest point, and then Wang Jiang starred in "Snake-Shaped Hand", "Drunken Fist" and "Butterfly Change" produced by Wu Siyuan. For some reason, he became a supporting role again. In "Snake-Shaped Hand", he still has a bit of prestige. In "Drunken Master", he only played a dude, was beaten by Jackie Chan and was very embarrassed. In "Butterfly Change", at best, it is only a male number five.
With the rise of Jackie Chan and Tsui Hark, Kung Fu movies ushered in a new era, and Wang Jiang's old-school style gradually lost its appeal. He co-starred with his old partner Liu Zhongliang in "Miscellaneous Master" and "Ninquan Megatron Paris", and co-starred with Huang Zhengli in "Wandering Fearless" and "Killing with a Knife", but the response was mediocre.
It is worth mentioning that in "Butterfly Change", Wang Jiang began to act as assistant action director, and officially listed as martial arts instructor in "Wandering Fearless". Chow Yun-fat’s early films "Headhunting" (1982) and "Blood and Sweat Money" (1983) were both designed by Wang Jiang. At this time, the king of
was already in a semi-retired state, and only made a cameo appearance in Yuan Jiaban's "Bo Niu" and "Qi Men Dun Jia". I don't know if he deliberately made the audience forget him. In these two films, he used the name "Chen Tianlong".
In 1989, Wang Jiang made a guest appearance in the last film "Sky Boy". This is an unremarkable police movie, starring Lin Junxian, Mo Shaocong, Zheng Shaoqiu and others. Wang Jiang played a police academy examiner and only appeared for about two minutes.
Since then, Wang Jiang has no more film and television works, and no news of him can be found on the Internet. He seemed to have evaporated and disappeared.
Thirty years have passed, and many fans are still searching for the king on the Internet. If any friends know the whereabouts of the king, please leave a clue.
"The First Master of the Criminal Department" Shen Daxia, how are you now?
