He is Yuan Xiaotian, who played many classic roles in his early years. All of his five sons are actors in the entertainment industry. Some are veteran actors, some are directors, and some are martial arts instructors. They are very good. It is reported that his eldest son Yuan Heping is the most famous. He filmed many works in his early years. Later, He switched careers and became a director. Although Yuan Heping stopped acting later, his connections and popularity in the entertainment industry are not inferior to Stephen Chow, and his international influence is also great. Introduction to Yuan Xiaotian
In 1937, Yuan Xiaotian went to Hong Kong at the invitation of popular Cantonese opera star Xue Juexian and was responsible for the northern martial arts scenes in Cantonese opera. Two years later, Yuan Xiaotian officially entered the film industry, taking on martial arts and stunt double roles in martial arts films.
Among Yuan Xiaotian's seven children, Yuan Heping, Yuan Shunyi, Yuan Xiangren, Yuan Richu, Yuan Zhenwei, etc. are all famous martial arts instructors and actors. Yuan Heping, in particular, is famous in the international film industry and enjoys " Known as the number one martial arts index among Chinese people in the world, he is the core figure of the "Yuan Family Class".
Yuan Xiaotian’s superb drunken boxing skills are surprising and intoxicating, and the wonderful martial arts scenes deeply attract the audience; in these films, the characters played by Yuan Xiaotian are either drunkards or old men. He is a naughty boy and a hidden martial arts master, and his screen image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It has many movie fans among the general public. Famous director Yuan Woo-Ping
Yuan Woo-Ping entered the film industry under the guidance of his father in the 1960s, and participated in the Shaw Brothers film "The Legend of White Snake". From 2017 to now, he has been in the film industry for nearly 55 years. In particular, his accomplishments as a martial arts director are highly praised by the industry. , known as the number one military commander of the Chinese.
In the 14 years of working at Shaw Brothers, although Yuan Jiaban became more and more famous, he always played supporting roles for Liu Jialiang and Tang Jia. It was not until Mr. Wu Siyuan's discerning eye that Yuan Jiaban met heroes. In 1977, he participated in martial arts and directed the classic "Eagle Claw Iron Shirt" in the hearts of countless movie fans, which also made Yuan Heping an instant star. When I was a kid watching kung fu movies, I would often see the closing subtitles
But of course the one that appeared most often was the martial arts director Yuan Heping. After doing this for a long time, I was very impressed by Yuan Heping. Later, when I grew up, I was fascinated by the works directed by him. I especially like him. People in the circle call him Yuan Ba ??Ye. He has collaborated with Donnie Yen and Jet Li on many works. Jet Li is so popular because of his contribution. His martial arts coaching style is unique and makes people watch. I still want to watch it. Maybe we only remember Jet Li's wonderful fights, but this is also the credit of Yuan Heping. The relationship between Yuen Woo-Ping and kung fu stars
Donnie Yen’s later achievements have a lot to do with the training of his master Yuan Woo-Ping. Many kung fu actors have collaborated with the eighth master Yuan Woo-Ping, and his success has a lot to do with the eighth master Yuan Woo-Ping. , Jackie Chan's early films were always tepid, until he collaborated with Yuen Woo-Ping in the films "Drunken Master" and "Snake in the Shape of a Hand", which allowed Jackie Chan to find his own style and make Jackie Chan an international superstar.
Kung fu actor Jet Li also performs chic and elegant movements, which are also the result of Yuan Heping. The martial arts director of Jet Li's pinnacle "Once Upon a Time" was Yuan Heping himself, who designed a unique set of moves for the master Huang Feihong. , coupled with Jet Li's handsome appearance and solid martial arts foundation, his movements are perfect. Since then, Jet Li and the eighth master Yuan Heping have also collaborated in many classic movies "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" and "Fist of Heroes", making Jet Li a generation of kung fu emperor.
Wu Jing is the successor of Jet Li. He entered the film and television industry at an early stage. When he debuted, he had the honor to co-operate with the eighth master Yuan Heping in the movies "The Kung Fu Boy" and "Tai Chi Master", which laid a solid foundation for Wu Jing to shoot kung fu movies in the future. Wu Jing's movements are very similar to those of his senior brother Jet Li. The same movements are free and elegant, clean and neat, and very entertaining. It can be said that he is inseparable from the eighth master Yuan Heping. Ba Ye has been actively learning various Kung Fu schools since he was a child under the enlightened education of his father Yuan Xiaotian
This has given him a foundation that combines the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought. At the same time, his many years of film creation experience have also given him an understanding of action and film. The relationship has been very accurately grasped. He often uses his own understanding of the film as the foundation and the director's ideas as the basis. At the same time, he fully explores the actor's own potential and designs movements in a tailor-made way. Compared with the design ideas of other Wu Zhi with strong personal style, Ba Ye's creative method is undoubtedly more in line with the artistic rules of film creation, and it is more flexible than others.