[Chen Songyong, who was born as a Golden Horse Award actor, was once the most famous Taiwanese actor in Hong Kong films, but people only remember him for serving people in Germany]
The Golden Horse Award for Taiwanese Film is the oldest among the three major Chinese film awards. However, Taiwan’s local movies have always been weak, and they were supported by Hong Kong movies for decades. In the 20th Golden Horse Awards from the 80s to the 90s, only 5 winners were Taiwanese, including Ke Junxiong and Sun Yue and other seniors. The others were all from Hong Kong. In the 1980s, there were 5 queens who were Taiwanese, and only Lin Qingxia was left in the 1990s. The queen is Taiwanese.
In addition, Taiwan's Golden Horse Award winners and actresses of this era, including Brigitte Lin and Zhang Aijia, have all gone to Hong Kong to develop and become famous in Hong Kong film circles.
, Chen Songyong, who is famous for serving people with virtue, is one of them.
[Chen Songyong] was born on July 1, 1945 in Taiwan Province of China. In 1971, the 26-year-old Chen Songyong made his official debut for appearing in the Taiwanese Taiwanese TV series "Grandpa".
In 1989, Chen Songyong starred in the literary film "City of Sadness" directed by Hou Xiaoxian, as the boss Lin Wenxiong, won the 26th Golden Horse Award for Best Actor.
In the previous 18 years, Chen Songyong also starred in famous Taiwanese movies such as "Cold Spring", "Missing the Sword and Blood No Trace", "Drunken Eight Immortals Fist", "Zombie Boy", "New Momotaro", "Big Head Soldier" ”Series, “King of the Children”, “Report Warden”, “Big Brother”, “Genius Soldiers”, “Remember that I was Young at the Time”, “Rogue Family”, “Wind and Rain Playground”, “No Egg Head Home”,“ "Three-dimensional Raiders", "Fight to win", "Heroes without the guts", "Little People", "Lu Binghua" and so on.
At this time, 45-year-old Chen Songyong became famous for winning the Golden Horse Award winner. At that time, Taiwan Province was the largest foreign market and source of funds for Hong Kong films. Therefore, in order to open up the Taiwan Province film market, Hong Kong filmmakers would use various methods to please Taiwan. The use of local actors in Taiwan Province was the most direct, effective and most used. Methods.
So, since 1989, Taiwan Golden Horse Award actor Chen Songyong began to officially take over filming in Hong Kong. [Prior to this, Chen Songyong has had various collaborations with Hong Kong filmmakers, including Tony Leung in "City of Sadness" and "Big Brother" with Wan Ziliang and Tian Niu who were born in Taiwan and became famous in Hong Kong. 】
1990 Hong Kong gambling film "Supreme Number One Scholar" , starring Andy Lau Tan Alan and Chen Baixiang, Chen Songyong plays Taiwanese gambling king and Taiwan gang leader Jiang Shanhe. Chen Songyong's phrase "devil your mother", which is very characteristic of Taiwan Province, became his first impression of Hong Kong audiences.
In 1991's "Prison Situation II: Fugitives" , Chen Songyong played the mainland gang prisoner Long Ge, replacing Liang Jiahui and becoming the second male next to Chow Yun Fat. In the film, Chen Songyong also wrote the golden sentence "The sky is the coffin board, and the ground is the coffin cover." . They escaped from prison with Chow Yun-fat one after another, and spent a few days of wandering life in a hard and chic life.
In 1993, Jet Li’s entrepreneurial work "Kung Fu Emperor Fang Shiyu" , became Chen Songyong's most famous Hong Kong film masterpiece. The Thunder Tiger he played in the film is domineering and cute, rugged and affectionate; the phrase "convincing people with virtue" perfectly sums up this role, and is the deepest mark he has left in the history of filming.
is the same as Yuan Kui's "safety first" in "Fang Shiyu Sequel". Many people only remember to convince people with virtue, but they may not remember that he is the Golden Horse Award actor Chen Songyong! [Back then, Jet Li sinceChuang Zhengdong Film Company received financial support from Taiwan Province Yang Dengkui, so he also cooperated more with Taiwanese actors. 】
1994's "New Shaolin Fifth Patriarch" , Chen Songyong once again cooperated with Jet Li, playing the role of a greedy, stingy and bullying Ma Dashan. The son of this Ma Dashan is one of the five ancestors of Shaolin, and he is even more fortunate to ask the official Hong Xi, played by Jet Li, as a bodyguard.
Later, Chen Songyong also starred in "Cousin, how are you!" 3: The adult comes", "Dharma Master", "Black Gold", "Overlord of Western Chu" and other Hong Kong films, also played the heroine Shu Qi's father in Jackie Chan's New Year film "Glass Bottle" .
In 2000, Chen Songyong starred in a Hong Kong film for the last time, and also his last film in recent years. He played Zhongyong, the master of the Sanlian Gang Shanying Hall in "The Winner of Young and Dangerous Boys 6" .
Later, with the rapid decline of Hong Kong movies, Chen Songyong also returned to Taiwan Province to develop, mainly acting in some local TV series, and also published two books, namely "Chen Songyong Interpretation" and "Chen Songyong New Interpretation".
Chen Songyong, who is more than 70 years old in recent years, has died and is still suffering from illness. He really has to rely on morals to survive the rest of his life.
