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After several failed attempts, Jackie Chan won a beautiful turnaround with "Snake Shaped Hands" in the hands of Siyuan Company and Director Yuan Heping. This film not only set off a box office frenzy in Hong Kong, but also swept across Southeast Asia, creating a trend of kung fu comedy. In the film, Jackie Chan gives full play to his comedy talent, integrates comedy performance into martial arts, and begins to walk out of Bruce Lee's shadow and form a style of his own. "Snake Shaped Hands" is the first work directed by Yuan Heping, and Yuan Heping later became famous in the world for his action guidance. "Snake Shaped Hands" stars Jackie Chan, Huang Zhengli and Yuan Xiaotian, Yuan Heping's father. After the film was released, Yuan Heping also directed "Drunken Fist" in the same year, with the same cast. These two films made Jackie Chan the most popular newcomer actor at the time. Jackie Chan was born in Hong Kong on April 7, 1954, formerly known as Chen Gangsheng. His father took the name for him, which means he was born in Hong Kong. In 1961, he became a teacher of Yu Zhanyuan, a master of Peking Opera at that time. Jackie Chan got his first stage name "Yuanlou", and together with Sammo Hung, Yuankui, Yuan Biao, etc., he was called "Seven Little Fortunes", and then started to work as a martial artist with "Chen Yuanlong". In 1971 In 2009, he participated in the stunt work of Bruce Lee's "Fist of Swords", and was then taken a fancy by director Luo Wei, who took the stage name "Jackie Chan", and inherited the image of Bruce Lee from "New Sword of Swordsman" in 1976, but it was always unsuccessful. Until "Snake Shaped Hands" and "Drunken Fist" finally made Jackie Chan soar to the sky, and also forged the martial arts style of lively elves and comedy actions. In the 1980s, Jackie Chan's series of works such as "Junior Brother Going Out", "Plan A", "Police Story" and "Dragon Brother Tiger Brother" dominated Asia. In the 1990s, Jackie Chan entered Hollywood again, conquering Hollywood with "The Red Zone", "The Human Torch", "Rush Hour", etc., creating a box office myth, leaping to the first-line international superstar, and becoming the pride of Chinese movies.
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