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Title: Kung Fu

Producer/Director/Screenwriter: Stephen Chow

Starring: Stephen Chow, Eva Huang, Liang Xiaolong, Yuan Wah, Tian Qiwen and Yuan Qiu.

Guest: Xiaogang Feng.

Type: comedy, action film

Investment: Colombian film production (Asia)

Release date: 65438+February 23, 2004

Synopsis: The story happened in China in the 1940s. Stephen Chow plays a young gangster who has accomplished nothing and is narrow-minded. He is determined to join the most powerful and cruel gang "Axe Gang" at that time. Star Boy tried to blackmail the residents of a place called "Pig Cage Town Village", but he didn't know that they were all stunts and finally came here. The conflict between Xingzai and the residents inadvertently and dramatically involved the "axe gang", and the struggle between the pros and cons officially began. From struggle for existence, a resident, to the confrontation between two martial arts masters, Xing Zi gradually gave up his previous ideas and ambitions and began to understand the true meaning of Kung Fu.

◆ Actor:

Yuan Wah plays the charterer.

Yuan Wah is a common villain in Hong Kong movies. Since he started his career in 1970s, he has performed 100 films. Directors he has worked with include Tsui Hark, John Woo, Sammo Hung and Liu Zhenwei, and actors he has worked with include Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, Jet Li and Yang Ziqiong.

He, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan are one of the "seven little blessings". He played body double in Bruce Lee in 1970s and played a Japanese who was kicked down by Bruce Lee in Jingwumen. His villain role in 65438-0987 "The Oriental Condor" attracted attention for the first time. His famous works include Frozen Man, Modern Tathagata's Palm, and Tai Zhang Chi Sanfeng.

He has collaborated with Stephen Chow in many works, including Truant, William, Lover and Descendants of the Dragon.

Yuan Qiu plays the role of a licensed woman.

Born into a family of Peking Opera, he studied Peking Opera under the influence of his father from an early age and laid a foundation for martial arts. /kloc-at the age of 0/0, he became a disciple of Yu Zhanyuan, and a member of Class 7 Fuxiao in Yuanjia. Participated in local and foreign film performances, then faded out of the film circle and became a full-time housewife. In 2003, when she accompanied her friends to participate in the casting activities of Kung Fu, she was discovered by Mr. Stephen Chow and was invited to take part in the filming. She was one of the leading ladies of the film. After the film was shown at Toronto International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival, its performance attracted attention from all walks of life.

Yuan Qiu studied drama with master Yu Zhanyuan in his early years. Like Jackie Chan, he was from Shandong, and he was Sammo Hung's teacher elder sister by seniority. When he was young, Yuan Qiu was a stuntman like other martial arts players. In the mid-1980s, Yuan Qiu withdrew from the screen. In 2003, she was rediscovered by Stephen Chow, and she played a licensed heroine in Kung Fu, winning the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award.

Liang Xiaolong plays the devil of fire and clouds.

Liang Xiaolong was a kung fu star in 1970s and 1980s. He was once as famous as Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, and was called "Three Little Dragons". 1973 began to star in the movie Energetic. In just over ten years, he shot more than 70 films such as White Crane Boxing and Magic Boxing. Later, he entered the television industry and produced more than 1,000 TV series such as Legend of the Condor Heroes, Legend of the Condor Heroes, Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain, Huo Yuanjia, Zhen Chen, Journey to the Tiger Mountain again, Legend of the Hero in Ouchi, Four Famous Captions, etc. 1 000, and became one of the most famous martial arts stars in Hong Kong in the early 1980s.

In the mid-1980s, just after filming Four Arrests, Liang Xiaolong was invited to Chinese mainland for cultural exchange and visit. However, as a result of this visit, he was banned from entering Taiwan Province Province by the authorities. As Taiwan Province Province is the main market of Hong Kong film and television, he was forced to stop filming.

Kung Fu is the first time that Liang Xiaolong has returned to the big screen since 1980s.

Playing party.

Kung Fu is Eva Huang's first film. Eva Huang was born and raised in Shanghai and began to learn dance at the age of five. She won the Shanghai Hosting Newcomer Award in 2000 and began to attract the attention of the film industry. I participated in the TV show for the first time in 2002. He is still studying at Beijing Film Academy.

Xiaogang Feng plays the leader of the crocodile gang.

Xiaogang Feng is a famous screenwriter and director in Chinese mainland. A year ago, he became the screenwriter of the popular TV series The Story of the Editorial Department, which became an instant hit. He later wrote and directed the TV series Peking Man in new york starring Jiang Wen. He also directed the film Never Lose My Love for the first time on 1994.

1995 and 1996 returned to TV and directed the TV series "The Back of the Moon".

In recent years, he broke the box office record in Chinese mainland with a series of comedies, including 1997' s "Party A and Party B" and 1998' s blockbuster "Be there or be square". In 2000, his work "A Sigh" was adapted from the novel of famous writer Wang Shuo, and won the best film, best screenwriter, best actor, best actress and other awards at Cairo Film Festival. His other works include Endless, All the Best, and blockbuster mobile phone.

◆ Behind the scenes elite:

Stephen Chow-producer/director/screenwriter/protagonist

Stephen Chow is the king of comedy of Asia and one of the most popular artists. He has acted in more than 50 films, A Chinese Odyssey has been rated as one of the top ten films in the world by Time magazine, and shaolin soccer 200 1 has become a rare international superstar in Asia. Like Kung Fu, shaolin soccer was written, directed and acted by him. This Hong Kong film broke local box office records when it was released in Asian countries, including Japanese and Korean non-China countries.

Producer in Liu Zhenwei

Besides being a filmmaker, Liu Zhenwei is also a leading director in Hong Kong. Paul Fonoroff, a film critic of South China Morning Post, once described him as "one of the most creative directors in Hong Kong". His works as screenwriter and director include citi shaolin starring Chow Yun Fat; "92 92 Legend Black Rose" starring Tony Leung Ka Fai; And The Legend of the Condor Heroes starring Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Brigitte Lin and Maggie Cheung went in and out in the east; There is also a Chinese Odyssey starring Stephen Chow.

Kan-Cheung Tsang-screenwriter

Kan-Cheung Tsang has created 15 Hong Kong films. The first film is Christmas Adventure and Marriage starring Maggie Cheung, and his works include The Queen's Sister and China Warrior starring Yang Ziqiong. Tony Leung Chiu Wai starred in "Butterfly Dream" and "The Beach Boy and Teacher Zhou's Milk". The first collaboration with Stephen Chow was 1996' s Gourmet. After that, I collaborated with Stephen Chow on every work, including king of comedy and shaolin soccer.