In 1993, "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" was released, and Zhengdong Company was opening up and expanding its territory, and it was in full swing. This movie used Qian Xiaohao, who was gradually neglected by the times.
Dong Tianbao made Qian Xiaohao successfully break the game and became the most important role in his interpretation of his career.
Qian Xiaohao is a well-deserved positive role in the screen image of Shaw Brothers martial arts films. He is full of vigor, agility, and extraordinary skills. He seems to have become synonymous with the new generation of Shaw heroes in the 1980s.
Maybe in the early Kung Fu movies, Qian Xiaohao's performance did not require much lines. And the kung fu he practiced in childhood is enough to cope with the difficult and complicated martial arts routines in the movie.
In the early 1980s, Qian Xiaohao, who only focused on kung fu films, had no substantial breakthrough in acting. The single role became the shackles of his development.
Qian Xiaohao's growth is accompanied by the era of martial arts movies sweeping across Hong Kong. When he was a child, Xiaohao's father was attracted by the magical and gorgeous scenes in the world of martial arts movies.
Among them, the king of martial arts films in the 1960s "One-armed Sword" has become the favorite of every audience. Martial arts films have long instilled and influenced Hong Kong people, so that in the early 1970s, a wave of martial arts practiced by everyone in Hong Kong emerged.
The parents are eager to look forward to their son Jackie Chan, but Qian Xiaohao has taken another life path. Junior high school attended a pastoral school in Hong Kong. Under the boring English teaching, the joy of life was gradually attracted by martial arts.
At the age of 10, Qian Xiaohao worshipped a great master and practiced basic boxing skills with his master. In the process of practicing martial arts, young Qian Xiaohao got a glimpse of the way of martial arts for the first time.
Of course, in Hong Kong in the 70s, good skills could make you invincible on the streets, but it was enough to waste your life's studies.
Because of his passion for martial arts, 14-year-old Qian Xiaohao enrolled in the Shaw martial arts training class and became an ordinary student.
In the middle and late 1970s, the martial arts master Zhang Che focused on training a new generation of disciples. Qian Xiaohao, who was under 15 years old, became the lucky candidate.
Young Qian Xiaohao is smart, strong and physically strong, and his figure is no different from that of an adult.
After two months of trial training, Qian Xiaohao successfully entered the "Zhang Family Class" and became the youngest actor under Zhang Che. The selection of
changed the fate of Qian Xiaohao throughout his life. This is Qian Xiaohao's greatest fortune, and it has also set the pattern for him before the age of 30.
In 1979, "Shaolin and Wudang" was released. At the age of 17, he made his first appearance on the screen. He played the role of Shaolin master Wei Xinghong, and he could not get along with kung fu masters such as Guo Zhui and Sun Jian.
And Qian Xiaohao's success in the position also made up for the shortage of Shaw Kung Fu actors in the early 1980s.
Jin Yong and Run Run are on their honeymoon. In the martial arts movie "Flying Fox Side Story", Qian Xiaohao appeared as the male No.1 Hu Fei. The bloody masculinity made the Snow Mountain Flying Fox extremely wild.
In 5 years, Qian Xiaohao has produced 16 films in Shaw Brothers.
may be too young to become famous, and Qian Xiaohao's understanding of the character's character is always too simple. In addition to the difficult martial arts movements, young and masculine have become Qian Xiaohao's greatest characteristics.
Unfortunately, the 1980s was not the peak period of Mr. Zhang. Shaw Brothers and Zhang Che soon walked off the altar together.
Zhang Che went north to start co-production with the mainland. Two years later, Shaw Brothers ceased production, and Shaw's martial arts dynasty also ended.
is in a similar situation with Qian Xiaohao, and Mo Shaocong, who is the same age, may both become big stars of Shaw Brothers. But the owner fell violently, and the two had leaves but no roots.
In 1985, the 22-year-old Qian Xiaohao joined ATV and received good attention. In the popular TV series "Fearless", Qian Xiaohao appeared as the third leading role.
After Huo Yuanjia and Chen Zhen, Qian Xiaohao's Huo Dongge once again continued the incense of Mizongquan and Jingwumen.
"Huo Yuanjia" was a sensation in the mainland, but Qian Xiaohao did not make the audience remember like Huang Yuanshen and Liang Xiaolong.
In the era when Shaw Brothers hadn't completely shut down, Qian Xiaohao received a call from Sammo Hung, asking him to star in "Mr. Zombie" Lin Zhengying's apprentice, the second male brother Qiu Sheng.
At that time, Hong Jiaban was already in the footsteps of Jiahe Company. Jiahe dared to innovate and reuse talents. New concept kungfu films such as ghost horse kungfu and fantasy kungfu films emerged endlessly and uniquely.
The most representative in the early 1980s were Yuan Jiaban's "Qi Men Dunjia" and Hong Jiaban's "Ghost Fighting Ghosts".
is an evolution of "Mr. Zombie" based on its predecessors. The huge sales of zombie kung fu movies have also allowed Hong Kong's fantasy movies to dominate the world.
In 1985, "Mr. Zombie" produced by Sammo Hung was released, and Qian Xiaohao ushered in the second spring of his career through zombie films.
Hong’s family group arranged 140 groups of filming teams to jointly make this new type of film a big seller. The box office of "Mr. Zombie" exceeded 20 million, ranking seventh in the 1985 box office.
This psychic action film can be regarded as both comedy and action. Zombies are more like the living target of Kung Fu Taoist priests. Nanquan martial arts combined with up and down sorcery make this movie more exciting.
Qian Xiaohao is a half-specialist in ghost hunting. He has repeatedly fought against ghouls with his dexterity and became the most trusted partner of Taoist Lin Zhengying.
However, in "Mr. Zombie", he and Wang Xiaofeng's female ghost have a lingering love between people and ghosts, which is still fresh.
Before the age of 30, Qian Xiaohao has always been a positive figure. The image of a natural warrior made him unable to break through and explore the dark side of the moon.
until he became Dong Tianbao, Fang showed meticulous and focused performance.
In 1993, Qian Xiaohao has been working hard on the crew for 16 years and has seen the rise and fall of Shaw Brothers and the rise and fall of Jiahe. In terms of his career, he who switched to Zhengdong is undoubtedly the predecessor of Jet Li's acting.
In "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", Qian Xiaohao's domineering, insidious and domineering, and all the emotions of the characters are written on his face. In and out of the play, Dong Tianbao's acting skills are better than Zhang Junbao. During the two years of
in Zhengdong, he and Jet Li co-produced two kung fu films, both appearing as the second protagonist.
He has Dong Tianbao's domineering and evil spirit, and Huo Dongge's kindness and weakness. The freedom to switch between the positive and negative identities has also become the pinnacle of his acting career.
But Qian Xiaohao's fame is just a short-lived, "Jingwu Hero" is his last film in Zhengdong. After the end, Zhengdong fell apart, and Hong Kong movies soon fell apart.
From Shaw Brothers to Jiahe, from Lin Zhengying to Jet Li, Qian Xiaohao is the closest witness. Until the wave of Hong Kong movies faded, Qian Xiaohao was awakened from his dream.
After the 21st century, Hong Kong movies in China declined. Qian Xiaohao followed the director Zhang Zhiliang to the mainland, and he worked with the crew inside and outside. He almost controlled the director, starring and martial arts instructor.
When it comes to age, the years have not drawn too many traces on Qian Xiaohao's face. On the contrary, many years of acting experience brought him resolute eyes and a more layered performance method.
Actually, the two roles of Zhengdong are not systematic. But the ghost catcher in the zombie film has become Qian Xiaohao's true feelings and focus in his career.
In 2013, Qian Xiaohao was invited by young director Mai Junlong to play himself in the new film "Zombies". At this time, Mr. Lin Zhengying has passed away for 16 years, and his apprentice Qian Xiaohao is undoubtedly the backbone of the whole movie. The
horror film "Zombies" is full of nostalgia. Qian Xiaohao enters the world of images with his real body, bringing the distance between reality and fantasy even closer.
In the movie, Qian Xiaohao seems to have seen another 20-year-old, the vigorous young man who fought with zombies to the death.
After getting rid of all the ghosts, the movie was once again pulled back to the real world. At the end of
, Qian Xiaohao was forced to commit suicide due to his survival dilemma. This ending is a nostalgia for the zombie films in the 1980s, a tribute to the glory of Hong Kong films in the past, and a satire of the current plight of the film industry. After
, 50-year-old Qian Xiaohao dragged a Hong Kong-made zombie film all the way with a tired body, but his influence could not be compared 30 years ago.
In recent years, he starred in "Mr. Yin and Yang", "Mr. New Zombie 2", "Vampire Cleanup Department" and other zombie films. He has truly taken the class of his teacher and has become a new generation of ghost hunters.
From 1979 to 2019, Qian Xiaohao debuted as an actor for 40 years. His life has witnessed the ups and downs of Hong Kong movies one after another, and the ups and downs of one era after another. During the
period, what shocked the audience the most was Dong Tianbao’s rhetoric in "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng": My life is mineCan't help it!
At this time, Hong Kong Film has long been different. He was over half a hundred years old and had to be swayed by his industry and accepted the compromise of his life's fate. "My fate is my fate", which is more like a reverse interpretation of his 50-year life.
Outside the movie, Qian Xiaohao is always optimistic. Regardless of interviews and daily interviews, Qian Xiaohao has always treated the media, family, and friends with the most gentle attitude.
is humble outside and strong inside, which is perhaps the most intuitive feeling of outsiders towards Qian Xiaohao.
's fate in the play, he had to let go. But the fate outside the play, he has long been clear and clear, and he decides what he wants.
