In 2008, Weixin Ye and Donnie Yen co-launched the kung fu film "Ip Man", which received a good reputation at the box office and won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Film and Best Action Design.
made great efforts for the filming of " Ip Wen ". Not only did he study and practice Wing Chun in a 9-month retreat, he also personally invited Sammo Hung to join as an action director.
(Sambo Hung shot two classics of Wing Chun, "Mr. Like and Looking for Money" and "The Prodigal Son")
Donnie Yen attached so much importance to "Ip Man" only to make up for a regret 14 years ago.
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In 1994, Yuan Heping launched the movie "Wing Chun", this martial arts film about the origins of "Wing Chun", starring Michelle Yeoh, and Donnie Yen as the husband of the role of Michelle Yeoh and acting as the action director of the movie.
was influenced by the martial arts movies and trends at that time, "Wing Chun" finally got only 4.15 million Hong Kong dollars in the box office. The movements designed by
Yen Zidan also failed to show the essence of Wing Chun, which left him regret. The failure of
's "Wing Chun" has its objective reasons as well as its own shortcomings. What is the quality of the movie
, we will explain it in detail today.
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First look at the true historical background and plot of the movie story.
Yan Yongchun, the founder of Wing Chun, was born in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and his father Yan Eryuan was a Cantonese. Because
was falsely accused, in order to escape from prison, Yan Er brought the female Wing Chun to the foot of Sichuan's Daliang Mountain to make a living selling tofu.
When Wing Chun was 15 years old, he was forced to marry by local tyrants because he was born beautiful and known as tofu Xi Shi.
The five masters who lived in seclusion on the Daliang Mountain learned of this, so they accepted Wing Chun as a disciple and passed on their unique skills such as plum blossom fist, seven-star red fist, and two-character pincer Yangma.
Wing Chun went down the mountain to defeat the local tyrants and created Wing Chun to keep the peace of the common people. The movie "Wing Chun" started from here.
On the Great Sacred Peak near Daliang Mountain, there are a group of bandits who often harass the villages below the mountain.
Yan Yongchun (played by Michelle Yeoh) returned from Yicheng, and co-operated a tofu shop with her aunt, Tiezuiyushuban, Fanggu (played by Yuan Qiongdan), and often displayed men's clothing to protect people's safety.
Wan Yanniang (played by Hong Xin), a beautiful young woman, took her seriously ill husband all the way to Daliang Mountain to seek treatment with a witch doctor, but met the robber halfway through, and Wing Chun rescued her. After
, because of the death of Yanniang's husband, Wing Chun took in Yanniang to work in a tofu shop, and soon replaced her as the new "tofu Xi Shi".
However, the beautiful girl has become the coveted object of the thieves on the Great Sage Peak. The flying horse mule, the master of the second village on the mountain, is the girl who wins the girl, and Wing Chun was beaten to death by Wing Chun.
The flying orangutan (played by Xu Shaoqiang), the master of Dazhai, went down the mountain to take revenge for his brother, and forced Wing Chun to fight with him.
Wing Chun and the Flying Gorilla couldn't get any bargains in both battles, and they suffered internal injuries.
later got the guidance of his teacher's five masters, and his fiance Liang Boyan (played by Donnie Yen) went to the Great Sacred Peak for three battles with flying orangutans, and finally defeated him and recognized him as a godson. The performance of actors in the movies
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Although the story of the movie is fictitious, Yuan Heping is very particular about Yan Wing Chun’s background and the origin of Wing Chun’s lineage.
Not only did he lead the crew to shoot in the mountainous areas in the interior, he also gave a serious introduction to the reasons why Yan Yongchun and Liang Boyan practiced martial arts, which are consistent with historical facts.
Based on the real historical background, Yuan Heping is determined to let fictionalThe story is vivid and interesting. Two characters, Fang Gu and local tycoon Huang Xuezhou (played by Li Zixiong), , are added to the film
, both to create more jokes.
changed the identity of Yanniang and Wing Chun as "Tofu Xi Tzu", which caused Liang Bojun to mistake Yanniang as Wing Chun. Many jokes were made, which is also an interesting plot in the film.
Later Liang Botian had a heart-to-heart talk with Wing Chun, and finally resolved the misunderstanding. The two had a deep affection. This emotional drama was also very successful. It was a rare stage in the early stage where Donnie Yen had room for acting.
Hong Xin is in charge of the appearance of the whole film, and it is precisely because of her appearance that these incidents are caused. She is actually used as a vase in the film.
Michelle Yeoh was born in Malaysia after all. Although most of the film is in men's clothing, its appearance is not inferior to Hong Xin, and it has a full face of heroism, exuding charm from the inside out. The action design in the
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movie
The action directors of the
movie are Yuan Heping, Yuan Xinyi, and Donnie Yen. Due to the influence of the atmosphere of martial arts movies at that time, Yuan Heping demanded that martial arts action should be elegant and good-looking, so he rejected those practical moves.
Yuan Heping likes to use some props to increase the difficulty of martial arts action.
For example, in a play between Yan Wingchun and the village martial artist (Xu Xiangdong), Yan Wingchun took a piece of tofu as a bet;
Yan Wingchun and the flying gorilla (played by Xu Shaoqiang) used wooden stakes, king guns and indoor Space to increase the appreciation, these are the methods commonly used by Yuan Heping.
In the film, most of the play is focused on Michelle Yeoh. As a supporting role, Donnie Yen just hit soy sauce,
and Xu Shaoqiang looks tall and magnificent, in fact, many shots need to use a substitute.
Due to the extremely difficult movements designed by Yuan Heping, it is difficult for even an action movie star to make it completely. Although Michelle Yeoh has a good foundation, she also needs a substitute to complete some actions.
Wing Chun, which takes close combat as its advantage, its characteristics are completely contrary to the "elegant" style.
Therefore, although the Wing Chun elements such as wooden stakes, cunjin, eight-cut knives, and two-character pincers are used in the film, they are all superficial, and the Wing Chun fist played by Michelle Yeoh is not authentic. All of these are really concerned. Yen Zidan, who was shown in martial arts, felt sorry.
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In history, Yan Wing Chun passed Wing Chun to her husband Liang Bojun, and later Liang Bojun passed the boxing with his nephew Liang Langui, Liang Langui Chuanquan and Red Boat Huang Huabao, Liang Erdi, these two passed the boxing and Liang Zan, finally Make this boxing technique flourish. The
film intercepted a fragment of Yan Yongchun's life to play it, creating this witty and funny story. Although it is fictional, it is also an excellent work.
Unfortunately, competition in the Hong Kong film market was really fierce, but such a masterpiece was mediocre and eventually buried in the vast sea of Hong Kong films.
Now that Pi Ge revisits the movie, he is still moved by the sincere emotions it shows;
sincerely admires the beauty of Hong Xin and Michelle Yeoh; and praises the funny plots.
For Donnie Yen, although "Wing Chun" left behind regrets, for us fans, "Wing Chun" is really a good work that tells the story of the origin of Wing Chun.
Fortunately, after 14 years, Donnie Yen finally has the opportunity to truly show the unique style of Wing Chun.
He released 4 works in a row, which perfectly shaped the stalwart image of Wing Chun Grand Master Ye Man.
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