Thinking about the first work of Hu Jinquan when I watched Hu Jinquan , I felt that chivalrous was very important, and I didn’t know how better than "Dragon Gate Flying Armor". Later, after watching " New Longmen Inn ", I realized that the feeling of "heroic" in Lao Hu’s works was really no one could imitate it. Hu Jinquan hasn't shot many movies in his life, but even if he doesn't tell you the director of the films he shot in his prime, just watching one beginning or a fight, you will definitely recognize who it was.
Let’s recommend the fourteen works directed by Hu Jinquan. Hu Jinquan actually had fifteen works, but in 1981, it is said that only the archives in Taipei and Beijing were available. I don’t know how to see it. It’s a bit regretful. After all, it happened to be Hu Jinquan’s work in the heyday of "The Spirit of the Empty Mountain" and "Legend of the Mountain". If anyone knows where to see this work, please be sure to contact me.
. "Yutangchun" (1964)
Rating: 6.7
"Yutangchun" As Hu Jinquan's first work directed by director, he selected his favorite opera elements, and was based on the opera painting book of the story " Su San ", depicting various images of Wang Gongzi and the people around him. It is still very enjoyable to start with
, but because it follows the original storyline, the behavior of the prince who is stupid and spends money to spend all his family's wealth is extinguished. Moreover, since it is a traditional opera script, many plots now seem to be uncomfortable in value orientation, etc. Fortunately, in the end, the grievances were washed away and the two-day flights were also a good thing.
By the way, when Su San wanted to commit suicide, he jumped towards the big stone, which was unprecedented, as if he was possessed by a superpower and ascended to the ground. If anyone watches this work, he must not miss that shot.
. "Children of the Earth" (1965)
Rating: 6.5
This work by Hu Jinquan involves the theme of anti-Japanese war. After facing the invasion of the Japanese army and frame-up, young couples in the town finally joined the ranks of anti-Japanese war and achieved the final victory.
plot is not impressive overall, it is fairly normal. The only thing that I was impressed by is that the firepower of the National Army was quite strong. If the National Army had really fought so fiercely at that time, it probably wouldn't have been defeated on the battlefield, right?
. " Drunk Hero " (1966)
Rating: 7.8
Name is "Drunk Hero". In fact, what left a deeper impression on the audience was " Jin Yanzi " played by Zheng Peipei. As a work before "Longmen Inn", the inn scenes at the beginning of this movie have already had the prototype of the Longmen Inn, and the beggar songs of the Drunk Hero taking children to beg for food are also particularly interesting.
Even if you are a peerless master, you don’t have to buy a bowl of fried noodles.
. "Longmen Inn" (1967)
Rating: 8.3
People may be more familiar with Tsui Hark's "New Longmen Inn" many years later, but Hu Jinquan's earliest version of "Longmen Inn" was actually excellent enough. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuchs in power were in power. A small inn gathered all kinds of heroes, turning from indoors to outdoor martial arts fighting. The eunuchs with strong kung fu were all staged one by one in this windy and desert.
If there is any flaw in this movie, it is because of the times, so the martial arts movements are still a little behind, but it is worth watching with the drama drum beats that Hu Jinquan likes. Not to mention the chivalrous spirit that Xiao Shaoyun bursts out through every frown and smile, every move, every talk and every speech in the first half. This sense of martial arts "hero" is not comparable to that of the later remakes.
. "The Legend of the Goddess" (1970)
Rating: 7.0
"The Legend of the Goddess" can be said to be the most famous one in Hu Jinquan's works. The scene of the bamboo forest chasing can be recorded in history, whether it is light and shadow or photography.But in my opinion, the movie is not that outstanding overall, and it is under the guise of a Chinese Studio's Story. Although the camera, artistic conception and cool Xu Feng are all good, the script itself is not outstanding in the fight, and the male lead is too awkward, which is much worse than Longmen Inn, and the ending is even more thriving.
. "Happiness, Anger, Sorrow, and Joy" (1970)
Rating: 7.8
platter-style works by four directors, Hu Jinquan directed the "angry" among joy, anger, sorrow, and joy. The other three are related to ghosts and gods, and are "joy" with the female ghosts, and the family is broken and the female ghost returns to their souls. The water ghosts have a kind heart and become gods and "joy", but Hu Jinquan's "angry" is the most inconsistent, and it is also a plot of Longmen Inn with gongs and swords and shadows, and there are no ghosts and gods. It seems out of place in these four stories.
also mentions several stories with different styles. Among them, Bai Jingrui's "Happiness" is imitated as a silent film throughout the whole process. The protagonist does not say a word, but in the end he shows the absurdity of desire; Li Xing 's "Happiness" story is short but also very powerful, with the charm of a Japanese horror film of the last century; Li Hanxiang's "Happiness" is adapted from the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Naturally, both humans and ghosts have feelings, water ghosts value love and friendship, and the old man is compassionate, and everyone is happy in the end.
. " Yingchun Pavilion's Storm " (1973)
Rating: 7.4
After watching "Longmen Inn" and watching other movies by Hu Jinquan, you can often feel its very similar characteristics. In the same inn, two waves of forces fight openly and secretly, and eventually evolve into a battle in the wild. The villain leader is also a skilled martial arts. Such a very similar routine is a bit aesthetic fatigue if you watch too much. The best scene of the
video is still in the inn. The female heroes in the inn secretly used the pictures of the soldiers and made me feel a little nervous when they watched it. The plot began to decline when it came to the wild war, and even the "flat-ground ascension suicide" in "Yutangchun" appeared.
. "Loyalty and Martyrdom" (1975)
Rating: 8.3
"Loyalty and Martyrdom" can be said to be the pinnacle of Hu Jinquan's fighting scene. A group of heroes organized to fight against Japanese pirates and finally hit the nest. It can be said that the plot of Jian Baiming.
: Two of my favorite scenes. The first game is the anti-siege in the woods in the middle. Not to mention the extraordinary dispatch of the camera during the fight, the part that the enemy forced him to come up was very interesting. The protagonists used the sound of flutes and chess pieces to show the enemy's position, and in the end the chessboard was densely packed with chess pieces.
The second scene is the role of the male and female protagonist entering the Japanese pirates' nest after layers of trials to meet the Japanese pirates' leader. (I didn't expect that the leader of the Japanese pirates was Sammo Hung ) Xu Feng was taciturn throughout the movie, but he was cool.
Hu Jinquan really knows how to accumulate audience emotions. Nowadays, many movies focus on creating an atmosphere before frightening, and Director Hu actually understands that a good action scene must also be accumulated and made.
. "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain" (1979)
Rating: 8.1
Several forces gathered in the temple. What they wanted was the hand-written scriptures of Tang Xuanzang . After turning and turning for a long time, anyone did not get anything, even if they got something, this scripture was just a piece of broken paper. It’s a pity that everyone can’t understand the Zen behind it, and forget that the most important thing is actually the scripture itself.
The female hero Xu Feng is still heroic and cool inside, and the final pursuit of the maple forest still has a taste. However, like "The Legend of the Goddess", he over-elevates Buddhism. A mistress can understand the truth after working for a few days. This is probably not a joke.
0. "Legend in the Mountain" (1979)
Rating: 8.0
and "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain" two movies also featured Xu Feng's cool performances.
I have to say that Hu Jinquan’s movies are really beautiful, not only beautiful, but also a poetic and a fairy sense. The clouds and mists in the valleys inside are really beautiful.
has a few deep impressions in the first half of
. One is the wandering fish, flowing water, lotus seeds and other intentions that cooperate with fish and water. The other is the scene of Xu Feng fighting with the monk. Even though the two of them didn't even meet, they still had a slight ups and downs.
I watched the edited version for more than three hours. The parts of the movie that I looked back on the past feel a little redundant, but the dream of the yellow beam is once a dream.
"You haven't gone yet?"
"I've been there."
1. " Great Reincarnation " (1983)
Rating: 7.2
This work is called Reincarnation, but it is actually a pair of miserable mandarin ducks, life and death, separation and sorrow for three lives. Each life of three lives is a short story, and each part is also directed by a director. The first life was directed by Hu Jinquan, a story about a woman escorting a master of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei escort, the second life was love, hate, and affection in opera troupes during the Republic of China period, and the third life was a story about the brother who imprisoned his younger brother with traditional ideas and eventually died unfortunately in this era.
In fact, these three stories have their own advantages, but compared with that, the second life has a compact rhythm and a good atmosphere. The third life has a clever design of the conflict between the two eras of the new and old eras. On the contrary, Hu Jinquan did not have many highlights in his first life.
2. "The No. 1 in the World" (1983)
Rating: 7.4
The emperor wants to find the No. 1 doctor in the world, the doctor wants to find the No. 1 painter in the world, the painter wants to find the No. 1 beauty in the world, and the beauty in the world, one after another, and finally all the elements come together. Just when you think Hu Jinquan's ending is about to collapse again, with an accident, the farce comes to an abrupt end, and when you laugh, you suddenly feel that this is the best ending.
3. "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer" (1990)
Rating: 7.6
This famous "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer" is only a small part of the director. Although this project started due to Hu Jinquan's idea, Tsui Hark continued to add ideas that went against Hu Jinquan during the production process, the two ended up in disagreement.
Among the versions we can see now, Tsui Hark takes up most of the shots. The old monster Xu's evil taste, Ye Tong's bathing, medicine-containing kisses, etc. are obviously his work, and jumping around and tearing people in half is naturally the action design of Cheng Xiaodong , and Hu Jinquan's chivalrous style and artistic conception are gone.
Of course, the movie is still interesting overall. Although it is far from the original work, it is a deconstruction of the work with Linghu Chong's eyes that seeing the corruption of the court and the sect's desire to be vigilant, and then ridicule it in a hilarious way. The "laughing of the sea" in the movie is also famous.
4. "The King of Yin and Yang" (1992)
Rating: 6.2
is based on the story of "The King of Painted Skin" in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, but it has made great changes. A scholar met a female ghost in the painting skin played by Joey Wong. After discovering the truth, the monk Taoist and the King of Yin and Yang appeared one after another. Hu Jinquan's last work did not escape the misfortune of "the collapse in the second half". The first half was still interesting, and the latter was full of spiritual energy, just like a mediocre TV series.
