On October 20, well-known actor Yue Hua died of illness in Canada.
I see that the most important label attached to Yue Hua in most reports is "TVB senior artist". When many movie fans and drama fans miss him, they mostly mention some impressive roles he played in TVB dramas. In fact, before becoming a "TVB senior artist", Yue Hua starred in more than 100 films, most of which were produced by Shaw Brothers.
Whether it is Yue Hua, a movie star in the Shaw Brothers era, or Yue Hua, a "senior entertainer" in the TVB era, Yue Hua has the same boss - Run Run Run. About 80% of Yue Hua's half-century acting career has been for Shaw Brothers. He is definitely one of the most important veterans of Shaw Brothers.
In 1963, Yue Hua was admitted to the third actor training class of the Nanguo Experimental Theatre Troupe. The following year, Yue Hua participated in the filming of Shaw Brothers' film "Blood on Peony Red", which was his first film.
Many movie fans and drama fans are fond of saying that TVB's artist training class has cultivated a large number of superstars. In fact, the model of TVB artist training class to train actors is copied from the Nanguo Experimental Theatre Troupe. In the 1960s, the Nanguo Experimental Troupe also cultivated a large number of movie stars, such as Li Jing, Yue Hua, Luo Lie, Pan Yingzi, Zheng Peipei, Wu Ma, Di Long, etc.
In 2007, Yue Hua returned to Hong Kong from Canada to join TVB. In the following five years, he starred in many TVB dramas. ), Jiang Qiao in "Women and Heroes" (2009), and Zheng Langjun in "Women and Heroes" (2010), all of which left a deep impression on the audience, and he became a star The representative of TVB's "senior entertainer" or "old drama bone".
In fact, the classic roles that Yue Hua left to film history are no less than the classic roles he left to TVB dramas.
In 1966, Yue Hua signed a contract with Shaw Brothers as a basic actor. Soon, Yue Hua became famous for playing the Monkey King in "Journey to the West" (1966). In "Journey to the West", He Fan, a later top photographer and erotic film master, played Tang Seng as his partner with Yue Hua.
In the same year, the pioneering work of the martial arts movie "Drunken Man" by Hu Jinquan, a master of martial arts movies, was born, and it was Yue Hua who starred in "Drunk Man". Yue Hua was only 23 years old when he acted in "The Drunk Man", but he had to play the vicissitudes and despair of a hidden hero. This was not easy for him, who was still relatively young at the time. Under Hu Jinquan's training, Yue Hua dedicated his first screen classic image.
Yue Hua's "Drunken Man" is not only a classic image in the history of Chinese martial arts films, but also because Hu Jinquan and his film aesthetic statement have spread far and wide - Hu Jinquan is one of the most influential Chinese film directors in the international film industry, and some of his films have been restored. The version has been released on Blu-ray Disc by EUREKA (Eureka, UK) MOC series (Master Series) and CC (Standard Movie Collection, USA) - the screen image of "Drunken Man" has become a classic image in the history of world cinema.
As one of the most loyal movie stars to Shaw Brothers, Yue Hua is also the favorite of Shaw Brothers directors.
The film director Yue Hua worked with the most in his life was Li Hanxiang, who starred in about 14 works directed by Li Hanxiang.
Li Hanxiang, as a member of Shaw Brothers, left Taiwan in the early 1960s and established his own business. In the early 1970s, Li Hanxiang returned to Shaw Brothers and returned to the peak of business with "Fengyue Film". Yue Hua starred in most of the "Fengyue Films" directed by Li Hanxiang. In "Fengyue Field", he was like a duck to water, sometimes suave, sometimes wretched, and left a section of erotic funny records.
It is said that "Chuyuan-Gulong-Dillon" is the "iron triangle" of the "Gulong Movie" that was popular in the 1970s. Then, if we want to say the "Iron Triangle" of the actors in the "Gulong Movie", I think it should be "Dillon-Er." Dongsheng-Yuehua". Yue Hua is also an indispensable part of the "Gulong Movie".
The "Gulong Movies" that Yue Hua and Chu Yuan collaborated on mainly include "Meteor Butterfly Sword" (1976), "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword" (1977), "White Jade Tiger" (1977), "Chu Liuxiang" (1977), "The Battle of Lu Xiaofeng" Before and After (1981) et al. Among them, Li Kagawa, who he played in "Meteor Butterfly Sword", is his most classic role in "Gulong Movie".
In addition, Yue Hua also starred in Chu Yuan's stunning masterpiece "Ai Slave", which is said to be the first work showing homosexuality in the history of Chinese-language films. In this female-dominated work, Yue Hua's performance in the film is equally impressive.
Among Shaw Brothers movie stars, Yue Hua is not like Di Long, Jiang David, Liu Yong, Fu Sheng, Er Dongsheng, etc., who can sit firmly in the male No. 1 position, but he is definitely the visibility and recognition in Shaw Brothers movies. One of the highest male stars, he left too many unforgettable movie roles.
"The Drunk Man" has not been remade since its release (the 2002 TV series "The Drunk Man" has little to do with the film, just borrowing its name), "The Drunk Man" Yue Hua and "Golden Swallow" Zheng Peipei, It is estimated that no one can replace it - a classic is a classic, it cannot be copied.
In 1979, Taiwanese director Zhang Renjie filmed "The Confused Drunk Man" and specially asked Yue Hua to star in it. Yes, Yue Hua is the perfect candidate for the "Drunk Man". It's a pity that "The Confused Drunk Man" is just a follow-up work, and it lacks anything to say.
"Popular Butterfly Sword" has been remade many times, the most famous is "New Meteor Butterfly Sword" (1993) directed by McDonnell. The film's starring cast can be described as an all-star cast, such as Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh, Joey Wong, Lin Zhiying, Donnie Yen, Tuo Zonghua, Xu Jinjiang, Ye Quanzhen, etc., but it can't subvert the classic status of the 1976 version of "Meteor Butterfly Sword" from drama to aesthetics to performance. Yue Hua's law, Xiangchuan, is also irreplaceable.
Yue Hua has passed away, there is no more drunk man in the world!
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