In the 1980s and 1990s, the Chinese film industry launched a wave of beating women, among which Michelle Yeoh, Yang Lijing, Li Saifeng, Hui-hong, Hu Hui-chung, etc. are the most well-known. In fact, this tradition can be traced back to the 1960s and 1970s. For example, Zheng Peipei, known as the "Marriage Queen", Shangguan Lingfeng, who is known as the "Marriage Queen", and Mao Ying, "Tornado Female Hero" were both representative figures at that time. During this period, another famous beating women appeared in the Chinese film industry. She performed a total of 50 movies and worked with the great director Hu Jinquan six times, and Xu Feng, who is known as the "King of a Generation".
Xu Feng was originally from Baoying, Jiangsu Province. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1950. Due to his father's early death and his mother remarried. At the age of 16, she was admitted to the Federal Film Company to raise tuition. The following year, she made her debut in "Longmen Inn" (1967) directed by Hu Jinquan. In the play, Yu Xin, the daughter of Yu Qian, was a very small role, but let Hu Jinquan see her enthusiasm for acting. So two years later, Hu Jinquan tailored the "Havenly Girl" for Xu Feng, which was born from Pu Songling's novel "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". After the film was released, it won the highest comprehensive technology award at the 28th Cannes Film Festival. Xu Feng also attended the Cannes red carpet with other creators, making her famous internationally. At that time, she was only in her early twenties.
During the filming of "The Legend of the Goddess", Xu Feng was seriously injured. At that time, an actor who was opposite her accidentally slashed his head, which made Xu Feng's face suddenly bleeding. Fortunately, he was sent to the hospital in time to leave no major problems. His heroic performance in the play and his desperate and dedicated attitude outside the play also made the title of "The Legend of the Goddess" who accompanied Xu Feng for his life.
In the 1970s, Xu Feng successively participated in "The Storm of the Spring Pavilion", "Loyalty and Martyrdom", "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain" and "Legend of the Mountain" directed by Hu Jinquan. Xu Feng has 11 movies and 6 movies, which shows his love for this actress.
html More than 0 years later, when talking about his mentor Xu Feng said: "He is a very strict director and never praises me in person, but not long after filming his movie, I felt that Director Hu was really talented. It would be much easier to shoot other directors' scenes in the future." Xu Feng also said, "It was him who taught me how to act. Only by being sincere and having a play in his eyes can he act well."
Later, Xu Feng won the Golden Horse Awards for "The Most Promising New Actress" and two "Best Actress" for "Ten Days in Dragon City", "Assassin" and "Source", respectively. He not only became another "martial arts queen" after Shangguan Lingfeng, but also pushed his personal acting career to the highest peak.
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In 1980, Xu Feng, who was in the golden stage of his career, announced that he would marry Tangchen Group's creator, the wealthy merchant Tang Junnian, and then retire from the film industry. The two had two sons after marriage. The eldest son Tang Zijia was born in 1981, and the second son Tang Zitong was born in 1983. Later, he changed his name to "Tang Jiacheng". Because of his handsomeness and wealth, he was once named a national husband by netizens, and even claimed to be "the dream of 900 million girls."
However, Xu Feng, who retired from the film industry, did not choose to become a rich wife who only knew how to enjoy herself. She could not let go of the movies in her heart. She used the 4 million investment she had given her husband to founded the "Tangchen Film Business Company" in 1984, and changed from an actor to a producer role. Since then, "Tangchen Pictures" has invested in many popular masterpieces, such as the "Good Boy" series that was once popular in the mainland, "Tonight's Stars" directed by Ann Hui, "Rolling Red Dust" directed by Yan Hao, "Roading City" by Li Dawei and Andy Lau, and "Wind and Moon" by Chen Kaige and Leslie Cheung for the last time.
Maybe many people don’t know that "Farewell My Concubine", which was once rated as one of the "Top 100 Immortal Movies" by Time magazine, was also invested by Xu Feng. At that time, she was deeply attracted by Li Bihua’s original work, so she decided to buy the copyright and adaptation rights of the novel and plan to make it into a movie. Later, she met Chen Kaige by chance at the Cannes Film Festival. The pull of fate and the deep impression left by "King of Children" on her finally made Xu Feng decide to use him to direct the film.In the end, "Farewell My Concubine" not only became the only Chinese-language film to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival in France, but also won the Best Foreign Language Film Awards in the US Golden Globes and the 66th Academy Awards, creating the highlight of Chinese-language films.
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1996 after filming the movie "Feng Yue", Xu Feng fell seriously ill due to excessive labor, and his film investment business was suspended for a while. It was not until 2004 that he returned to the film industry with "Beautiful Shanghai". However, at the same time, her husband Tang Junnian died of illness at the age of 56.
The relationship between the couple has always been very deep. Her husband's departure not only caused a huge blow to Xu Feng, but also forced her to put down her movie work and take over the Tangchen Group, which she managed by her husband. Xu Feng, who had no business experience before, relied on his strong will to lead the group company back on track step by step, and also trained his two sons to become outstanding entrepreneurs who can take over the group's career.
In 2015, Xu Feng re-entered the film industry that she had never given up. In the same year, she self-financing her representative work "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was restored and screened on the "Hong Kong Film Exhibition" held in Shanghai.
At the event, Xu Feng revealed that she had always had a knot about her mentor Hu Jinquan: It turned out that "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer" was originally invested by Tangchen Pictures, with Hu Jinquan as director and Tsui Hark as supervisor. But later, Tsui Hark decided to pull Hu Jinquan to "work alone", which made it difficult for Xu Feng to interfere in the filming of the movie. Unexpectedly, there was a huge disagreement between Hu Jinquan and Tsui Hark in the middle. A generation of great directors felt that he was disgraced and could only quit the crew in anger. In Hu Jinquan's later years, the opportunity for cooperation between master and apprentice passed by like this. I believe it is naturally a great regret for Xu Feng.
Xu Feng is not only a heroic image, but also has an extraordinary status in the international film industry. In 1991, at the 13th Three Continents Film Festival held in Nantes, France, the organizing committee specially held a special exhibition of "Xu Feng Review" for her, and also set up a "Xu Feng Award"; in 1992, the Lincoln Center Film Society held at the Wall Tried Theater in New York. "Female Warrior: A Review of Xu Feng's Movie" commemorates and pays tribute to her passion and achievements in martial arts films, and Xu Feng has also become the first Chinese filmmaker in history to enjoy this honor; in 1998, she was awarded the " Most Outstanding Producer Award " at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2017, the Golden Horse Award awarded Xu Feng's Lifetime Achievement Award to commend her outstanding contributions in acting and production.
From the screen hero in his early years to the producers, investors and strong women in the business world who have retreated behind the scenes, Xu Feng's role switching is rare in the film industry, and his life experience is as exciting and rich as the screen trajectory of his chivalrous woman!
