
Time Editorial Department | Yangyang
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On August 27, 1992, the movie " New Longmen Inn " was produced by Tsui Hark , directed by Li Huimin, and starring Leung Ka Fai, Maggie Cheung , Brigitte Lin , Donnie Yen , and Cheng Xiaodong as the martial arts director was released in Hong Kong, becoming a classic martial arts film of a generation.


, which is worth watching repeatedly, there are actually many interesting and unfamiliar stories, which together form the full picture of this classic work.
01 The director is not Tsui Hark, but Lee Huimin

Tsui Hark is a master of martial arts films and has many works. Generally speaking, audiences will classify "New Dragon Inn" as Tsui Hark's masterpiece.
But in fact, Tsui Hark is only the producer of "New Dragon Inn", the director of the film is Hong Kong director Lee Hye-min. As the producer, Tsui Hark also directed the scenes himself during the filming of "New Dragon Inn", and he also directed many scenes. For example, "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" and "A Chinese Ghost Story" are both well-known Tsui Hark's masterpieces, but among these two works, Tsui Hark is only named as the producer.
As the director, in addition to "New Dragon Inn", Li Huimin has also directed movies such as " Oriental Unbeaten Storm Resurrection " and "The Reality of Criminal Police", as well as TV works such as " The Legend of Condor Heroes " and "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer".
In his early years, Li Huimin was also an important partner of Tsui Hark. He participated in the planning of works such as "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer II Oriental Unbeaten", "Wang Feihong's Second Men Should Strengthen Self-Strength", and "The Monster City".
02 Jet Li Missed Zhou Huaian
Producer Wu Siyuan Preparing for "New Longmen Inn", and selected Tony Leung as the actor of the male lead Zhou Huaian.
However, at that time, Jet Li's agent Cai Ziming found Wu Siyuan and said that he also wanted to film "New Dragon Gate Inn". Jet Li was the protagonist and asked Wu Siyuan to give him the project, which was very strong.

When Wu Siyuan was in trouble, Cai Ziming was shot dead on the streets of Hong Kong, and Jet Li's version of "New Longmen Inn" was also aborted.
However, Jet Li and "New Longmen Inn" have not yet ended. In 2011, the sequel of "New Dragon Gate Inn" directed by Tsui Hark, " Dragon Gate Flying Armor " was released, and Jet Li starred as the male lead.
03 Tatar shop waiter changed career as a painter
The audience who watched "New Longmen Inn" must be impressed by the "Diaopun" Tatar shop waiter who is so skillful in the film.
After performing this movie, it is difficult for the film and television industry to see him again.

When "New Dragon Inn" was re-released in 2012, producer Wu Siyuan told the media that many staff members in the crew could not be contacted by them, and specifically mentioned that they wanted to find the waiter of the Tatar shop.
plays the actor who is Diao Buyu named Wang Tongchuan. He is an athlete. He was selected into the Beijing Sports Academy's Skills Team from Sichuan at the age of 17. He participated in the National Skills Championship for the first time and won the title of National Skills Sports Sports Sports Sports.
Wang Tongchuan has not starred in many film and television works. Later, he lived in seclusion and became a painter.

Although it has not developed in the film and television industry, Wang Tongchuan left behind the "Sheep", the human char siu bun, and the knife scraping Donnie Yen in "New Dragon Inn". These three classic action scenes can be left with a name in history.
04 Brigitte Lin was injured and not finished shooting
Brigitte Lin was filming the action scene of "New Dragon Inn", a bamboo hit her in the eye, causing injury. In order to catch up with the progress, Brigitte Lin reluctantly finished filming the scene.

Although producer Tsui Hark and producer Shi Nansheng both advised Brigitte Lin to continue shooting with injuries, Brigitte Lin finally decided to return to Hong Kong for treatment. Later, the unfinished shot of Brigitte Lin in "New Dragon Inn" was completed by the stand-in , Shi Yi, and .
The substitute Shi Yi has a very similar appearance to Brigitte Lin. Even Brigitte Lin herself sighed, "It's hard to believe that she will find someone so similar to her."


05 The competition for actor rankings
When "New Dragon Gate Inn" was signed, Tony Leung, Brigitte Lin and Maggie Cheung were all signed according to the contracts signed by the starring actors. Donnie Yen was not famous at the time and signed according to the contracts signed by the supporting roles.



06 Hu Jinquan version of "Longmen Inn"
"New Dragonmen Inn" has a "new" in the name of "New", which means there is also an original "Longmen Inn".

"Longmen Inn" is a martial arts movie directed by Hu Jinquan and starring Shangguan Lingfeng , Shi Jun , Baiying and other stars. The film is set in the mid-term of the Ming Dynasty , telling the story of the martial arts heroes and Cao Shao, who were the eunuchs of the loyal and honest, to save the loyal and the young masters, and to help the loyal and the young masters, Cao Shao, who was the eunuch of to help the loyal and good people. The story of the East Factory masters led by Qin started a fierce battle at Longmen Inn.
"Longmen Inn" was released in Taiwan in 1967 and released in Hong Kong in 1968. It set the highest record of Chinese and foreign films since the opening of Hong Kong.
As a generation of film masters, Hu Jinquan regarded him as an idol. The two also collaborated on the movie "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer", directed by Hu Jinquan and produced by Tsui Hark. However, the two had different creative ideas, and there were many frictions in the filming process, and the shooting work was even forced to be suspended for a while.
07 The prototype of Jinyingyu
"New Dragon Gate Inn" is directly adapted from "Long Gate Inn". In "New Dragon Gate Inn", the role of Jinyingyu played by Maggie Cheung in "New Dragon Gate Inn" is full of charm, and it combines a combination of straightforwardness and tenderness, which is impressive.
However, the prototype of the character "Golden Inn Jade" comes from another movie by Hu Jinquan, " Yingchun Pavilion's Storm ".

"Yingchun Pavilion's Storm" is directed by Hu Jinquan, h Starring tml3 Li Lihua , Tian Feng , Xu Feng and other actors were released in 1973. The film tells the story of a bloody battle of wits and powers in Yingchun Pavilion Inn by Han people in the late Yuan Dynasty.

Jin Yingyu is the inn shopkeeper played by Li Lihua in the film. On March 20, 2017, Golden Horse Film Queen Li Hua passed away at the age of 93.
08 Real historical prototype Yu Qian
Hu Jinquan is a director with a strong interest in history.
In "New Longmen Inn" adapted from "Longmen Inn", the eunuch of the East Factory, Cao Shaoqin, framed the Minister of War Yang Yuxuan to death, and used the exile of his children as bait, trying to lead Yang Yuxuan's troops to Huaian next week, trying to capture all his old troops.

The historical prototype of the loyal minister Yang Yuxuan in the film is Yu Qian, a famous minister of the Ming Dynasty. Yu Qian’s greatest historical achievement was in the " Change of Tumen ". After the Ming Yingzong was captured, he successfully led the Defense War of the Capital .
In the eighth year of Jingtai, the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Qiyu was seriously ill, Shiheng and Cao Jixiang , Xu Youzhen Xu Youzhen 4. Welcome the Ming Yingzong . Zhu Qizhen to restore the throne, and Yu Qian was sentenced to death. On the 23rd of the first lunar month, Yu Qian was taken out of Chongwen Gate, and was executed just in front of the city he had defended to death.
. After Yu Qian's death, in order to punish Yu Qian's descendants, Emperor Yingzong of Ming sent his son Yu Mian to Longmen to exile, and sent Yu Mian's wife . Zhang's to exile in Shanhaiguan area. Wait until . Xianzong of Ming . At that time, Yu Qian was justified.
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6Tsui Hark made a sequel in nearly 20 years later


"Dragon Gate Flying Armor" is co-directed by Tsui Hark and Zhang Zhiliang , and starring Jet Li, Zhou Xun , Chen Kun , Li Yuchun , Gui Lunmei , Fan Shaohuang and Fan Xiaoxuan .
This film tells the story of three years after the Longmen Inn was burned down. The West Factory Spy, Tatar Caravan and other people from all walks of life met again. The border inn, which was almost forgotten by the world, was once again surging by chance.
"Dragon Gate Flying Armor" plot is extended from "New Dragon Gate Inn". Jet Li plays the role of Tony Leung in the previous work "Zhou Huaian", but his name has been changed to " Zhao Huaian ".
10 Little Actor Zheng Xiyi
"New Dragon Inn" was an all-star lineup back then. Now 30 years have passed, and there are still some actors in the film who "played the supporting role" at that time who have now become stars. For example, Zheng Xiyi, who plays Yang Yuxuan's daughter in the film.

When filming "New Dragon Inn", Zheng Xiyi was only 11 years old. Because her father and producer Wu Siyuan were friends, she made a guest appearance in the film. "New Longmen Inn" was re-released in 2012, and Zheng Xiyi also helped promote it.
In fact, it is very common for celebrities to make guest appearances in some classic works as children, such as Yang Mi and , who played the guest appearance of Stephen Chow 's daughter in "The Martial Arts Principal Su Qier".
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