"Big Brother Tangshan" was produced by Jiahe Film Company. It was shot in Baizhuang Village, Bangkok, Thailand. It was started on July 23, 1971 and finished on August 18. It only took more than 20 days to complete the filming and post-production for more than 1 month. , Was released on October 3, 1971. Once it was released, it swept the box office and won 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars in one fell swoop, breaking various box office records, becoming the annual box office champion, and Bruce Lee became popular all over the country overnight.
Before returning to Hong Kong, Bruce Lee had filmed some TV series in the United States, but the impact was not significant, so he decided to adopt the "curve to save the country" approach, return to Hong Kong to develop, and then to the Hollywood market. At first he wanted to join the Shaw Film Company, but it was a pity that Shaw did not get the pay he wanted. In addition, Jiahe fought for him, so he joined Jiahe. Originally, Jiahe Film Company and Shaw Brothers had been at a disadvantage in the confrontation, but Bruce Lee reversed the defeat on his own. It is estimated that Shaw must regret his death!
In fact, at the beginning, Jiahe was not sure whether Bruce Lee could be popular, so he asked him to shoot "Big Brother Tangshan", which is not too much investment. The original director was Wu Jiaxiang. He was turned from an actor to a director. He was not good at making action movies and was not familiar with Bruce Lee. So when the two started filming, they had conflicts due to their disagreements. Jiahe immediately sent Luo Wei to save the scene. Can continue shooting.
We now all know Bruce Lee's signature "Sanjiao". In fact, the source of this nickname is due to the director Wu Jiaxiang. At that time, he had a conflict with Bruce Lee. He let Bruce Lee fight with three bad guys, and Bruce Lee kicked the three of them with three kicks. Then the director asked the three bad guys to get up and fight again. At this time, Brother Long was reluctant because he felt that they could not get up anymore, so there was no need to fight again. Then the two sides disagreed on this, the director and others said that Bruce Lee had only three feet, and thus had the nickname "Li Sanjiao". After Zou Wenhuai heard about it, he immediately used "Li Sanjiao" as the propaganda slogan. Originally, director Wu Jiaxiang satirized Long Ge, but Zou Wenhuai said that Bruce Lee had a kung fu, and only three kicks were needed to hit people. I have to admire Zou Wenhuai's precise marketing points.
Let's talk about Luo Wei again. He was from Shaw Brothers before, but Shaw is full of talents. There are four major directors in charge. He doesn't have much early days, so he followed Jiahe. After the success of "Big Brother Tangshan", Luo Wei often used the name of Bruce Lee as his master, but Bruce Lee did not appreciate him. In addition, Bruce Lee sometimes intervened in the director's affairs for film effects, so he and Luo Wei cooperated after the "Jing Wu Men" There is a contradiction.
After Luo Wei and Bruce Lee parted ways, the films they made were basically mediocre, but he was unwilling to admit this result, so after Bruce Lee died, he looked for Jackie Chan to film and wanted to make him the second Bruce Lee. In the end, Jackie Chan still cooperated with Wu Siyuan and Yuan Heping in "Snake-Shaped Hand" and "Drunken Boxing". It can be seen that Luo Wei has knowledge but lacks talents. At that time Jet Li was also the first to discover by Rowe, and the collaboration between Stephen Chow and Jet Li, "The End of the Dragon" was produced by his Rowe Pictures Co., Ltd.
Luo Wei also has a title in the circle, known as "Master of Followers". In the 1980s, Yuan Heping's "Qi Men Dunjia" became popular. He produced "The Ghost Horse Heavenly Master", and Tsui Hark's "A Chinese Ghost Story" became popular. He produced "Chasing the Sun". In the 1990s, martial arts movies were popular, and he asked Sammo Hung to direct "One Sword Allure", but he overturned the car this time and lost his coffin worth 18 million. "Ghost Horse" and "Chasing the Sun" are not classics, but "One Blade Allure" is a rare classic martial arts, known as the best martial arts film with the best lines, quite the style of ancient dragon martial arts novels.
Back to "Big Brother Tangshan", the title Tangshan does not refer to a place name. "Tang" stands for China, which means "Tang" in "Chinatown". "Mountain" refers to mountains, rivers and rivers, so "Tangshan" refers to the land of China. Simply put, it means Chinese hero. The story of the film is also relatively simple. It is the story of the young Zheng Chaoan who went to work in an ice factory in Thailand and then sought justice from the boss for his workers. In the film, Bruce Lee showed his unparalleled three feet.The whirlpool kicks, the flying kicks, and the high-pitched screams all made us exclaim. After more than 40 years, the story of "Big Brother Tangshan" is average, but Bruce Lee's kung fu and demeanor are never to be bored.
The villain of "Big Brother Tangshan" is Han Yingjie, who is also the martial arts instructor of this film. He and Bruce Lee forged a deep friendship because of "Big Brother Tangshan", and Han Yingjie also gave him Chen Huiyi from his team, Bruce Lee. Later Li's family relied on Han Yingjie's help. Han Yingjie is also the martial arts instructor of the great director Hu Jinquan and Yu Zhanyuan's son-in-law. This is why he helped Sammo Hung later. The Hongjiaban team was basically members of Han Yingjie and Bruce Lee.
"Big Brother Tangshan" martial arts instructor is Han Yingjie, and Lin Zhengying is the deputy martial artist, and also starred in the film one of the workers. It is said that the nine-uncle Lin Zhengying didn't pay attention to Bruce Lee when he saw him for the first time, and wanted to compete with him. As a result, he just raised his hand and was kicked by Bruce Lee. Later, the nine-uncle Lin Zhengying completely convinced Bruce Lee and started working with him. And Bruce Lee also liked this serious and professional little brother. Later, there was a saying: Without Lin Zhengying present, Bruce Lee would never boot.
"Big Brother Tangshan" has several female characters. The most beautiful is naturally the cameo Miao Kexiu, who later became the "Dragon Girl", cooperating with Bruce Lee in "Jing Wu Men" and "The Raptors Crossing the River", comparing the origins of Miao Kexiu and Bruce Lee Shen, the two have known each other since childhood. They were childhood sweethearts, and later they became on-screen lovers. Regrettably, Miao Kexiu is still single, and Long Ge has passed away for many years. Finally, I wish Bruce Lee and Lin Zhengying well in the other world. .
