Yuanjiaban mainly refers to Yu Zhanyuan's "Yuan" students, including Yuan Long (Sammo Hung), Yuanlou (Jackie Chan), Yuan Biao, Yuan Wah, Yuanting, Yuan Kui, Yuan Bin, Yuanwen, Yuan Wu, Yuantai, Yuande, Yuanqiu, Yuanfu, Yuanhong, Yuanbao and Yuanhui.
Chinese name: Yuan Jiaban
Alias: China Theatre Research Institute (Hong Kong)
Nationality: China
Occupation: actor, director
Graduate school: China Theatre Research Institute (Hong Kong)
Representative works: "Lucky Stars shine high" and "Seven Little Blessings"
Major achievements: When he was young, he was a famous Beijing opera actress. Later, after he went to Hong Kong, he sang on stage and acted on the screen. Forced by life, he founded "China Theatre Research Institute". Although its name was bluffing, its scale was only moderate among many drama schools in Hong Kong, and the school buildings were dilapidated and the conditions were poor.
fortunately, master didn't mistake his children. He taught seriously and the children studied hard. His disciples were Guan Zhengliang, Yuan Ting, Yuan Wah, Sammo Hung, Yuan Kui, Yuan Bin, Yuan De, Yuan Biao, Yuan Lou (Jackie Chan) and Yuan Qing (Yuan Heping, who studied martial arts with Yu Zhanyuan for more than a year). "Seven Little Happiness" is a Peking Opera mainly composed by Yu Zhanyuan for his disciples, and it is also the general name of his group of proud students. There are dozens of these disciples, among whom the most stable and outstanding ones are said to be Yuan Long, Yuanlou, Yuan Biao, Yuan Kui, Yuan Wah, Yuan De and Yuan Wu (note: Jackie Chan's stage name at that time was Yuanlou, while Yuan Long was the stage name of his elder brother Hong Jinbao).
Later, when Sammo Hung, who was two years older than Jackie Chan, started his career in the film industry, Jackie Chan won the title of Yuan Long), and of course, Yuan Qiu, because the performance was very successful, Yu Zhanyuan took this opportunity to form a "seven little blessings" troupe, which not only allowed his disciples to gain more performance experience, but also earned some silver, which is called "killing two birds with one stone". This is the embryonic form of the "seven little blessings" which has a profound influence on Hong Kong and even the world film industry and is famous in the eyes of fans. Later, in the movie "Seven Little Blessings", Sammo Hung played a mentor. After the 196s, they entered the film circle one after another as the martial artist of the Dragon and Tiger, body double and even starring, and gradually became the most important group of filmmakers in the 198s.
Yu Zhanyuan's own achievements in the film industry are average, but several of his apprentices are still the mainstay or even the best in Hong Kong movies. Including his daughter, Yu Suqiu, played the leading role in works such as Tathagata's Palm in the 196s.
film and television works
master's coming out (1979)
the strange man with the golden knife (1967)
Hongniguan (1964)
The White Gate Tower beheaded Lu Bu (1961)
Liang Hongyu fought a bloody battle with Huang Tiandang (1961)
The sword tied the knot (1955). Like many northern artists, Yu Zhanyuan, who was born in Beijing class, went south to Hong Kong in an attempt to find a way out. Yu Zhanyuan didn't make much progress when he arrived in Hong Kong. Instead, his youngest daughter, Yu Suqiu, made a name for herself and opened up a new path-she started filming in Hong Zhonghao's film company in the late 194s.
By the early 195s, Yu Suqiu had become famous, and Yu Zhanyuan occasionally made guest appearances in films starring his daughter, such as Qin Liangyu and The Sword Married. Accidental acting is not even tinkering around the edges. What Yu Zhanyuan is good at and fond of is still his familiar operas. After consideration, Yu Zhanyuan took an important step in his life and founded the China Theatre Research Institute.
Yu Zhanyuan is not a celebrity in Hong Kong, nor does he run a big school, so it has not caused much repercussions. But after all, there is a skill, not a deceptive school that misled people's children, and some students have been received one after another. For example, Hong Zhonghao, the boss of Yu Suqiu and the director of South China Film Factory, saw that his grandson Sammo Hung was stubborn and sent Sammo Hung to the China Theatre Academy.
The original intention of "China Theatre Academy" was not to send people away to the film industry. At that time, the market of drama was fine, and the original intention of the school was still to teach outstanding children of the pear garden, so it followed the tradition of pear garden rules and strictly studied. But at that time, teachers in the school-like Guan Zhengliang and others-also worked as dragon and tiger martial artists in the movie martial arts, so they suggested that Yu Zhanyuan might as well let these little apprentices exercise in the movie.
The movie income is quite good, and some small actors are really needed. Therefore, since the 196s, some young students have been able to make an exception and make films in the movie industry. But on the days when there is no filming, they still need to go to Liyuan (not Liyuan) and other places to perform operas.
Around p>1968, with the decline of traditional Chinese opera, Liyuan changed, and "China Theatre Academy" struggled. Some students who graduated from full-time teachers have joined the film martial arts with their predecessors such as Han Yingjie. Yu Zhanyuan thought there was still a market in the United States, so he took another group of students to perform in the United States.
China Theatre Research Institute has also come to an end.
At that time, this ordinary opera school was not outstanding. Now, it looks like the "Whampoa Military Academy" of Hong Kong film industry, with a large number of generals, which deeply influenced the history of Hong Kong films (especially action films).
Actually, compared with other drama schools, China Theatre Academy has no advantages. On the time of debut, most of us are children who wandered into the film industry in the 196 s; On the relationship between film circles, there are big stars Chen Baozhu and Xiao Fangfang in the Fenjia class and Tangdi in the Oriental Drama School. On the basic skills, whoever is afraid of who can be higher than who < P > But when it comes to solidarity and mutual assistance, China Drama School is far superior to other schools. Of course, at the beginning, they benefited from having a brother Sammo Hung with great charisma, who United all the other disciples, worked together, ate together, and slowly worked out the world. However, after Jackie Chan, Yuan Biao, Yuan Kui, Yuan Wah and others became famous, the cooperation between Yuanjia classes continued for decades, which was not found in other drama schools.
Therefore, other schools only stand out as individuals, and the school name disappears, while the "Yuanjia Class" and "Seven Little Fucks" of China Drama School are often mentioned as a group.
Seven Little Fucks
Yuan Jiaban is the leading actor
Yuan De, Yuan Kui, Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuan Biao, Yuan Wu and Yuan Bin of the Seven Little Fucks, and the seven people who became famous were at the award ceremony of the Golden Awards. Unity, brains and courage, coupled with indispensable struggle and luck, finally achieved the glory of Yuanjiaban.
"seven little blessings" is another concept. Yu Zhanyuan has taught hundreds of students. Strictly speaking, not all the students in China Drama School can be called members of the "seven little blessings". Of course, the non-scientific fields do not need to be so strict, so it is right to say that they are all "seven little blessings".
what are the seven little blessings? This has to start from decades ago.
In p>1962, Hong Kong's Maolin Film Company wanted to start shooting a play of The Princess and the Seven Little Swordsmen, so it selected the so-called "Seven Treasures of Maolin" from China Theatre School in Yu Zhanyuan, with Yuan Long (Sammo Hung), Yuan Ting, Yuan Qiu, Yuan Wah, Yuan Hong, Yuan Fu and Yuan Sheng as the actors. And Master Yu Zhanyuan is the martial arts director of the film.
After the filming, Yu Zhanyuan was deeply inspired by the name "Seven Little Swordsmen", thus creating a Peking Opera team of "Seven Little Fucks" and began to perform in Liyuan and other places. Over time, it became famous. (According to: the origin of the name of the Seven Little Fooks should also have something to do with the film Seven Little Fooks directed by Ng Wui in 1961)
Although it is called "Seven Little Fooks", in fact, the number of people is not fixed, and there are far more than seven people. When Yuan Wah was interviewed by Pei-Pei Cheng and others, he said that Master Yu Zhanyuan would arrange combinations according to different occasions, and often there would be three or four groups of "Seven Little Fooks" in different places such as "Liyuan" at the same time.
It was only in the 198s and 199s that Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuan Biao, Yuan Kui, Yuan Wah, Yuan Bin and Yuan De became so famous that the outside world mistakenly thought that "seven little blessings" meant Jackie Chan in Sammo Hung.
main member
Yuan Ting-Ming-tsai Wu
"Little Dragon" Ming-tsai Wu Yuan Ting. In the 197s and 198s, people in Yuanjiaban used to add their surnames to the names given by Master, so Yuanting was also called Wu Yuanting. Ming-tsai Wu looks like a baby-face, but he actually entered Yu Zhanyuan early. He is Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, their disciples.
I left China Theatre School around p>1965 and entered the film circle. At that time, I was filming in Shaw and other companies. His performance in movies was average. Later, he and Han Yingjie worked as martial arts instructors in Hu Jinquan movies, and they got into the right boat. A rising tide lifts all boats, and their performance was excellent, but except for Hu Jinquan's films, most of the other films they participated in were so-so.
In the 199s, Hu Jinquan was trapped in the predicament that there were no films to shoot. Disciples Ming-tsai Wu and Sammo Hung, who had served beside him in those years, stood up and contributed to support Hu Jinquan in filming The Painted King of Yin and Yang. It's just that no one thought that Painting was Hu Jinquan's last work.
In the 198s and 199s, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung's Hongjia class became popular. Ming-tsai Wu and Yuan Biao Yuan Wah and others planned to set up a team to play the banner of Yuanjia class. At that time, the members were Ming-tsai Wu, Yuan Biao, Yuan Wah, Yuanfu, Yuan De, Yuankui, Yuanchang and Yuanbao. These people have their own abilities, but they are leaderless. Together, they are just a rabble, far from giving full play to their power. Only a few films, such as Frozen Man, No Regret Action, Shanghai tycoon Du Yuesheng and Give Ghosts a Play, were stopped.
Since the 199s, Ming-tsai Wu, who has his own film company, has mostly invested in making films and rarely appeared in front of the screen. In 27, Ming-tsai Wu put Hu Jinquan's "The Picture of the Martyrs" on the screen again.
Education of Love Sammo Hung, Ming-tsai Wu
Empty Mountain and Spiritual Rain Feng Hsu, Ming-tsai Wu
legend of the mountain, Ming-tsai Wu
The Storm of the Spring Festival Pavilion Hu Jin, Ming-tsai Wu
The Picture of the Martyrs Ming-tsai Wu, Bai Ying
Yuan Qiu
Zhang Zhuannan, Zhang Yuanqiu and Lin Xiu. Yuan Qiu's father, who was born in Beijing from the Mainland, was friends with Yu Zhanyuan. When he arrived in Hong Kong, he sent Yuan Qiu to Yu Zhanyuan because of his heavy family burden. Yuan Qiu entered the school at the age of 7, ranking third among hundreds of disciples in Yu Zhanyuan. Later, two other senior sisters immigrated to Canada, and she was promoted to the senior sister of Yuanjiaban involuntarily.
Yuan Qiu also worked in the film industry after completing her teacher's degree. At that time, she was a martial arts actress named body double. Yuan Qiu practiced martial arts since childhood, but she didn't think she was a pretty girl. Later, she had the opportunity to play the leading role, but the company asked her to make a literary film, and she cursed the company for wanting her to die. In the early 197s, she signed a contract with Jackie Chan for "The Great Earth Film", but the results were mediocre. After the collapse of "The Great Earth", she made films in Shaw and other companies, but her career was not satisfactory. During this period, she married Chin-Ku Lu (Chun-Yeung Wong), the director of kung fu films (they had a lot of cooperation during that time), and then she gradually withdrew from the film industry. Hsueh erh Wen, the younger sister who taught Kung Fu by her, became popular instead and became the Hua Dan of TV station.
Yuan Qiu didn't really prosper until she was filmed in Kung Fu by Stephen Chow in 23, and the role of "the hired woman" in Kung Fu won her the 42nd Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress. After a few years, the film contract continued. However, after Kung Fu, most of the films that Yuan Qiu participated in were Jing Wong's bad films.
Chin-Ku Lu's Wild Silkworm Change, Yuan Qiu and Yuan De; "Five claws and eighteen turns" Yuan Qiu; In new tales of the flying fox, Liang Jiaren and Yuan Qiu play Mr. and Mrs. Hu Yidao.
Yuan Fu-Li Juhua
In p>1962, "Seven Little Fucks" was able to participate in "Sweeping the Seven Overlords in the South of the Yangtze River", which was led by her. She plays Zhang Yiba, Sammo Hung plays Zhang Erba, Yuan Ting is short and plays Zhang Sanba, and Jackie Chan is Zhang Liuba
Yuan Fu only acts occasionally in the film circle, and does not appear much. What news have you heard from her since the 198s?
Sammo Hung
Eighteen Darts in Two Lakes, Sammo Hung, Yuan Long and Zhu Yuanlong.
Sammo Hung comes from a movie family. Grandpa Hong Zhonghao is a film director and director, and grandma Tsi Ang Chin is a kung fu star.
Later, when Yu Zhanyuan founded the China Theatre School, the couple donated funds to Yu Zhanyuan, and sent their twins (Jinlong and Yinlong) and their eldest grandson Sammo Hung to Yu Zhanyuan for teaching. Hong Pang and his two uncles were called triplets at that time because of their age.
Sammo Hung joined the martial arts with interest after he completed his apprenticeship. At that time, Han Yingjie, the master brother (Han Yingjie is Yu Zhanyuan's eldest son-in-law, but Sammo Hung called him the master brother), took him with him. He not only entered the Hu Jinquan team to give martial arts instruction, but also got to know Bruce Lee, Hu Jinquan and Bruce Lee's innovative ways of making movies, which made Hong Jinbao's eyes wide open and learned a lot. Later, he became a Hong Kong Kung Fu movie giant.
The Education of Love is Sammo Hung's first film. The film Zhu Yuanlong was well received by children.
Tsi Ang Chin and grandson Sammo Hung
Shaolin Gate Sammo Hung
Chivalrous Woman Sammo Hung
Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung congratulate Yu Zhanyuan on his birthday
Yuan Wen-Meng Liang
Yuan Wen: Meng Liang and Yuen Man Meng. Jackie Chan, their little brother. The child star era is quite bright. In' 63, "Monkey Soldiers Rescue Huashan", other disciples and sisters, such as Sammo Hung, all played the big black monkey, and he was the only one who played the little white monkey. In' 72, filming "Heroes" and playing "Two Dogs" was already a villain.
In the 197s and 198s, Yuan Wen was highly praised, and he was the leading role in some kung fu movies, such as "Grab the Stick" and "Dragon Humen", and all of them were extremely skilled, but their skills were not generally good. I just didn't get up with the trend, and then I didn't know what to do.
Monkey Soldiers Rescue Huashan
Heroes
At the end of 197s, Yuen Man Meng fell in love with Hua Dan Mandy, a Cantonese opera name, which attracted the attention of Cantonese opera circles.
Meng Hai in the old edition of Dragon Humen, Yuan Wen
Yuan Wen in Grab the Stick, Qin Wu
Yuan Wu-Zhou Yuanwu
The Patriarch of Dharma Yuan Wu: Zhou Yuanwu. Yuan Wu is mostly just a martial arts instructor. Later, I worked with Sammo Hung, a martial brother, in Hongjiaban, and my achievements were mostly during Hongjiaban's time-including: Fighting for Life with a Single Sword, Scaring People, Mr. Zombie, Lucky Star, etc. See (Hong Jiaban Yuan Wu)
Jackie Chan filmed "drunken master 2" for the Hong Kong Wushu Association, and he also participated in it.
Lin Shirong Ching-Ying Lam, Li Haisheng, Feng Kean, Yuan Wu
Single-handed Death Gun Billy Chan, Ching-Ying Lam, Yuan Wu, Zhong Fa
Yuanlou-Jackie Chan
Yuanlou, also known as Chen Gangsheng, Fang Gangsheng and Chen Yuanlong. When I was a child, I was sent to Yu Zhanyuan by my parents. The fame is far-reaching, and it is the most beautiful in Yuanjia class.
Yuanjiaban, circled as Jackie Chan.
Jackie Chan returned to Hong Kong to celebrate his birthday and became an apprentice to Wang Zehong.
Yuan Ju
has always been in the entertainment industry, but her work is rather detailed, such as recording the scene, directing martial arts, directing drama, and fighting body double, and so on, and she is rarely in front of the curtain.
Yuan Ju took Yuan Qiu to audition for Kung Fu, and Yuan Qiu, who was reading the newspaper in the back, was selected.
Yuan Jun-Wu Yuanjun
Wu Yuanjun: Yu Zhanyuan has a unique vision and will name each apprentice according to his characteristics. He got the word "Jun".
yuan jun signed shaw in the late 197s.