"Shaolin Temple" filmed by director Zhang Xinyan in 1982 is a phenomenon-level film, which completely changed the impression of Chinese martial arts. In the past, movies always saw slow-shot sparring shots and screaming Sanda. This movie, simple action design, and real martial arts scenes made me truly feel the superb and gorgeous Chinese martial arts.
This is Li Lian’s first work, and it is also his famous work. In the film, all his moves and styles are dramas. When there is no special effect rendering, the fight to the flesh allows the audience to see the movie people. His sincerity, he became a hit, and he also created the image of Huang Feihong, Fang Shiyu, Zhang Sanfeng, Huo Yuanjia, Chen Zhen and other martial arts masters. Become a Kung Fu superstar with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
After the "Shaolin Temple" was released in the mainland, it reached the level of craze for thousands of people. Children regarded those martial arts as games. How many people became obsessed with Shaolin martial arts. There were many adults and children who followed the signs in the streets and alleys back then, playing sandbags. , Squatting on horses, hanging sandbags on the legs...
Martial arts schools across the country have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain. After it, "Shaolin Temple Disciple", "North and South Shaolin" and other films have appeared one after another, which can be said to have led a series of "Shaolin Temple "Legend" movie trend. The story of
seems to be not surprising now. It is the story of the Shaolin monks saving the Tang king Li Shimin. Jet Li is handsome, has a good temperament, good martial arts skills, and plays smart and humorous. The shepherds are beautiful, pure, brave, and infatuated. . After reading it for many years, I think they should be a pair. The villain has a murderous face. Including the last self-immolation of the old monk, these are indelible memories of childhood.
On the other hand, the film fully embodies the traditional Chinese chivalrous spirit. The hatred of the country and the family must be distinguished between right and wrong. The big man does not stick to the trivial, the wine and the flesh pass the intestines, and the Buddha stays in the heart. The great man must sacrifice and abandon, for desire, for life, for love and hatred.
The movie ticket of "Shaolin Temple" was 1 cent at the time, but it set a box office record of 161,578,014 yuan, that is, more than 680 million people have watched the movie! This makes today's blockbusters unmatched.
Many people may not help but ask, at that time, the total population of China was less than 1 billion, where did so many people watch movies. In fact, it was possible. At that time, almost every township had a movie theater, and there were no entertainment activities or some other news information. Movie watching became the best pastime. Many people watched it at least twice. For example, the population of Beijing at that time should be more than 8 million, which is almost once per capita, while Guangdong reached 27.56 million. This number is really unimaginable, so it was created in that era. A box office record of 160 million yuan.
If you still question the authority of the "Shaolin Temple" in the mainland box office, you can refer to the box office of other markets and look at it together. Not only was the mainland popular and hard to find, but also in other countries and regions. Thousands of people are empty. The film Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries have broken historical records or historical records of Chinese films. These newspapers and other documents have reported that
was in Japan, and "Shaolin Temple" created Chinese for 3.6 billion yen. The film has a record of 20 years; in Singapore, "Shaolin Temple" became the Singapore box office champion that year, reaching 1.7 million Singapore dollars. When it was released in South Korea and Spain, the performance of "Shaolin Temple" was still outstanding. If
converts the 161 million box office of the year into today's price level, the box office should exceed 20 billion. Such an astonishing number is unique in the world, even the "Wolf Warrior 2" that has caused a national craze cannot be compared with it.
