Bruce Lee ventured into Hong Kong-Concord Film Company!

Bruce Lee ventured into the Xiangjiang River-Concord Films

In the late 1960s, Bruce Lee served as the action director for American films such as "The Merry Secret Service" and "Walking in the Spring Rain". Before that, he had already He is one of the most famous martial arts masters in the United States. Hollywood stars such as James Cobain and Steve McQueen are his disciples. As a result, Bruce Lee, who was hoping to bring Jeet Kune Do to Hollywood, had a very good opportunity in 1971. The TV department of "Warner" was planning to shoot a TV series called "Kung Fu". It was tailor-made for Bruce Lee, and he received the audition invitation as he wished. Later, in the interview conducted by the department director, Tang Guen, the story he told was also successfully recognized by Guen.

Unexpectedly, it is quite dramatic that "Warner" not only did not activate Bruce Lee, but also sent a rejection letter several months later. The loss of the election severely hit Bruce Lee's ambitions and made him realize the difficulties of foreigners developing in Hollywood. So he once again set his sights on Hong Kong.

For Hong Kong audiences in the 1970s, Bruce Lee was already not only a child star with the reputation of acting genius, but also the hit of "Green Hornet" and the "Inch Punch" and "Ling Kong" performed on "Happy Tonight" "Kickboard" and other efforts have quickly established him as a Kungfu star, which paved the way for him to return to Hong Kong. In 1971, a letter sent to my friend Xiao Qilin officially opened the Hong Kong film company's battle for Bruce Lee.

For Bruce Lee, whose ultimate goal is Hollywood, the "Shaw Brothers" who was the dominant family at that time is undoubtedly his favorite partner. However, for the conditions that he proposed for a salary of US$10,000 per film, a shooting time of not more than 60 days, and the right to modify the script, the "Shaw Brothers" who has always been a big studio style is not very interested. He boasted that the development of Bruce Lee's Hollywood was blocked. Instead, he asked him to come to Hong Kong first and then make arrangements, breaking Bruce Lee's bottom line, and the cooperation broke down.

At that time, Run Run Shaw’s former love of Zou Wenhuai after leaving Zou Wenhuai founded "Jiahe" is just in the employment, Zou Wenhuai immediately instructed the director Luo Wei’s wife Liu Lianghua to personally invite Bruce Lee, and Liu Lianghua, who was "lobbying" Zheng Peipei in the United States, was unable to succeed and then turned to Liu Lianghua. Inviting Bruce Lee, progress went very smoothly.In fact, Zou Wenhuai had already appreciated Bruce Lee's skill at that time, so he felt that if he could help out with Lee, he would undoubtedly provide a boost for "Jiahe". Therefore, Zou promised to meet Bruce Lee's filming conditions. Finally, on June 28, 1971, Bruce Lee officially joined "Jiahe" and signed a contract for two films.

On July 12, Bruce Lee flew directly from the United States to Thailand to film "Big Brother Tangshan". The film was directed by Luo Wei. "Jiahe" only played the role of investor and distributor, and Bruce Lee was also entitled to participate in the film's profit sharing, which laid the foundation for him to establish a satellite company in one fell swoop. "Tang" finally won the top-selling championship with the first box office of 3 million Hong Kong dollars. The role of ice factory worker Zheng Chaoan quickly detonated "Bruce Lee Fever", "Li Sanjiao", "Volley Leap" and very penetrating shouts. Become his indelible symbol.

tasted the sweetness of "Jiahe", and quickly started shooting "Jingwumen". The continuation of the signature action and the setting of the national heroes pushed the image of Bruce Lee to another level, and even more completely started the signature of "Bruce Lee Works", and he also won the 10th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards with this film Special award for best craftsmanship. In 1972, Bruce Lee had Zou Wenhuai's support to establish the Concord Film Company, and at the end of the same year, he launched the entrepreneurial film "The Raptors Crossing the River", which was the company's only work.

As Bruce Lee’s blockbuster kung fu film, "The Raptors Crossing the River" is not only the first Hong Kong film to go to Europe for filming, but also invited the 7th American karate champion Luo Lishi, Korean Aikido 7dan and Kung fu masters such as Huang Renzhi participated in the sixth section of Taekwondo, and the ultimate showdown between Lee and Lawless at the Colosseum in Rome has become one of the most famous scenes in movie history. In the end, the box office of "Meng" broke the 5 million Hong Kong dollar mark, setting a new record for Hong Kong movies.

After "The Raptors Cross the River", Bruce Lee then prepared for the new work "Game of Death". But at this time, Warner saw his value in hindsight and invited him to cooperate with "Dragon Fighting Tiger Fighting", which really opened the door of Hollywood for Bruce Lee. For this reason, Bruce Lee suspended "Dead" and devoted his energy to the production of "Dragon".In the movie, Shaolin's eyebrow sticks, Philippine short sticks, nunchakus and other kungfu continued to be shown, and the movie-watching craze triggered by "Dragon" in North America also declared to Bruce Lee: He has sturdyly returned to Hollywood!

However, at the peak of Bruce Lee's career, he died suddenly and unexpectedly, which became a great regret in the Hong Kong film scene. The unfinished "Game of Death" was completed and renamed "Game of Death" five years later, but the plot of the film was not only completely unrelated to Bruce Lee's conception during his lifetime, but the actual appearance of the film was only ten minutes. In a few minutes, the rest will be taken into the mirror by the avatar.

Although Concord Films failed to make a breakthrough in the Hong Kong film industry due to Bruce Lee's misfortune, it is destined to be a lesson that cannot be avoided in the history of Hong Kong film because of the "dragon" name.