Time Network News On August 27, 1992, the film " New Longmen Inn " was produced by Tsui Hark , directed by Li Huimin, starring Maggie Cheung , 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. 30 years later, it is still the top Chinese action movie in the minds of many movie fans. Behind this movie that is worth watching repeatedly, there are actually many interesting and unfamiliar stories, which together form the full picture of this classic work.
director is not Tsui Hark, but Lee Huimin
Tsui Hark As a martial arts master, he has many works. Generally speaking, audiences will classify "New Dragon Inn" as Tsui Hark's masterpiece. However, in fact, Tsui Hark is only the producer of "New Dragon Inn", and 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 Invincible Storm Resurrection " and "The Reality of Criminal Police", as well as TV works such as Richie Jen's version of "The Return of the 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 Invincible", "Wang Feihong's Second Men Should Strengthen Self-Strength", and "The Monster City".
Jet Li missed Zhou Huaian
Wu Siyuan prepared "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. Jet Li's version of "New Longmen Inn" was also aborted.
However, Jet Li and "New Dragon Inn" have not yet ended their fate. In 2011, the sequel of "New Dragon Gate Inn" directed by Tsui Hark, " Dragon Gate Flying Armor ", was released. Jet Li starred as the male lead, but the character's name is no longer Zhou Huaian, but Zhao Huaian .
Tsui Hark made a sequel to nearly 20 years later
"Dragon Gate Flying Armor" released in 2011 is the sequel to "New Dragon Gate Inn", and it is also the first truly 3D martial arts movie in mainland China after Hong Kong and the first IMAX 3D movie in the history of Chinese films after Cantonese to obtain official certification. The film 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 the Longmen Inn three years after it was burned down. The Ming Dynasty’s governor, , Yuhuatian, , chased the concubine who was pregnant with a dragon fetus and Zhao Huaian, who fought against the court, and came to this inn. The coquettish boss’s wife Jin Xiangyu had long disappeared mysteriously, leaving only the guys who escaped the fire disaster to start the fire again and waited for the boss’s wife to come back. The Western 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".
Brigitte Lin was injured and not finished shooting
Brigitte Lin was filming the action scene of "New Dragon Inn", a bamboo hit her eyes, causing the eye mask to rupture. In order to catch up with the progress, Brigitte Lin reluctantly finished filming the scene of the day. Although producer Tsui Hark and producer Shi Nansheng both advised Brigitte Lin to continue filming 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 .
stand-in Shi Yi's appearance is very similar to Brigitte Lin. Even Brigitte Lin herself sighed, "The mainland is really big, and it is hard to believe that you can find someone so similar to yourself."
992 "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 2: The Oriental Unbeaten" Brigitte Lin wore sunglasses when attending the event because she was injured in her eyes because of filming "New Dragon Inn". Competitive actor rankings
When the contract was signed by "New Dragon Inn", Tony Leung, Brigitte Lin and Maggie Cheung were all signed according to the contracts signed by the starring actor. Donnie Yen had not become famous at the time and signed according to the contracts signed by the supporting role.
992 "New Dragon Inn" was released in Hong Kong, the actors signed Maggie Cheung's first film, Brigitte Lin second, Tony Leung third, and Donnie Yen fourth. When the 2012 restoration version was released in mainland China, Donnie Yen became popular because of the "Ip Man" series, and the actor signed by "New Dragon Inn" promoted Donnie Yen to a certain extent. Hu Jinquan version of "Longmen Inn"
"New Longmen Inn" has a "new" in the name, 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 , etc. The film is set in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and tells the story of a fierce battle between martial arts heroes and East Factory masters led by Cao Shaoqin, who were in charge of a fierce battle at Longmen Inn after rescuing loyal and kind-hearted people.
"Longmen Inn" was released in Taiwan in 1967 and released in Hong Kong in 1968. It set a record for the highest sales of Chinese and foreign films since the opening of Hong Kong.
As a generation of film masters, Tsui Hark regarded him as his 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 was a lot of friction during the filming of the movie, and the shooting work was even forced to be suspended for a while.
Jinyingyu prototype
Although "New Dragon Gate Inn" is directly adapted from "Long Gate Inn", Jinyingyu played by Maggie Cheung in "New Dragon Gate Inn", the character prototype comes from another movie by Hu Jinquan, " Yingchun Pavilion's Storm ".
"The Storm of Yingchun Pavilion" is directed by Hu Jinquan and starring Li Lihua , Tian Feng , Xu Feng , and others. It was released in 1973. The film tells the story of a bloody battle of wits and power in the late Yuan Dynasty against Mongolia and started at Yingchun Pavilion Inn. The prototype of Jin Yingyu is the inn shopkeeper played by Li Lihua in the film. On March 20, 2017, Golden Horse Film Queen Li Lihua passed away at the age of 93.
Real historical prototype Yu Qian
Hu Jinquan is a director who has a strong interest in history. In "New Longmen Inn" adapted from "Longmen Inn", Cao Shaoqin, the eunuch of the East Factory, framed Yang Yuxuan, the Minister of War, and used the exile of his children as bait, in an attempt to lead Yang Yuxuan's subordinates to Huaian next week, in an attempt to capture all his old subordinates. The historical prototype of this loyal minister Yang Yuxuan in the film is Yu Qian, a famous minister of the Ming Dynasty.
Yu Qian’s greatest historical achievement was that after the “ The Change of Tumen ”, Ming Yingzong was captured, he withstood the pressure of the capital mover and successfully led the battle to defend the capital.
In the eighth year of Jingtai, Emperor Daizong Zhu Qiyu was seriously ill. He was sentenced to death by Shi Heng and Emperor 4 Cao Jixiang and Emperor 5 and Xu Youzhen. 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 the death.
After Yu Qian's death, in order to punish Yu Qian's descendants, Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty sent his son Yu Mian to Longmen to exile, and sent Yu Mian's wife Zhang to the Shanhaiguan area for exile. In 1466 AD, Yingzong died, and Yu Qian's son Yu Mian was able to return home. Subsequently, Yu Mian wrote a letter to rehabilitate his father Yu Qian. Ming Xianzong personally tried the Yu Qian case. After Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty made Yu Qian a mistake, he returned Yu Qian's land to Yu Mian. In order to express his apology to Qian, the Ming Dynasty court allowed Yu Mian to enfeoff the position of ",000 households and ".
Tatar shop waiter changed career as a painter
Viewers who have watched "New Longmen Inn" must be impressed by the "Diaopun" Tatar shop waiter who is so skillful in the film. However, after this movie, it seems 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 went to an amateur sports school to practice skills in the third grade. When he participated in the National Skills Championship for the first time, he won the title of National Skills Sports Sports Master. He was only 13 years old at that time. At the age of 17, he was selected into the Beijing Institute of Sports Skills Team from Sichuan. However, since Skill Sports was not an Olympic competition event, the Skill Team was disbanded in 1990. Wang Tongchuan starred in not many film and television works, but later he lived in seclusion and became a painter. Although
has not developed in the film and television industry, Wang Tongchuan left three classic action scenes in "New Longmen Inn": The Sakura, "Human Steak Bar," and "Knife Scratch Donnie Yen", which can be famous in history.
Young actor Zheng Xiyi
"New Dragon Inn" was an all-star lineup back then, but 30 years later, there are still some unknown actors in the film who have become stars now. 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. For example, Yang Mi once played the guest appearance of Stephen Chow’s daughter in "The Martial Arts Principal Su Qier".
