1958, Shaw Film Company was established, mainly producing films, with Shaw as the president. 196 1 Shaw Cinema in Clear Water Bay, Kowloon officially opened on 65438+February 6th. /kloc-During the 1970s, Shaw Brothers set foot in the rapidly developing TV industry and cooperated with wireless TV to cultivate artists. 1980, Shao Yifu became the largest shareholder of TVB. In the same period, the film business continued to shrink./kloc-0 stopped film production in May, 1987, focusing on TV production. In 2000, Shaw announced that it would sell the permanent copyrights of more than 1000 films it owned to pay for Malaysian TV stations. In 2003, Shaw and China Star Film Company jointly invested HK$ 65,438+065,438+0 billion to build the Hong Kong Film City in Tseung Kwan O Industrial Village, and invested about HK$ 200 million to start shooting about 65,438+05 new dramas. Shao Yuxuan, the father of the Shao brothers, was active in the Shanghai business community in the early 20th century, mainly engaged in the pigment business. However, many of Shao's brothers did not inherit their father's business, and almost all of them entered the entertainment circle. My elder brother Ren Jie, my second brother Ren Jian, my third brother Ren Mei and Shao Yifu are the youngest, formerly known as Ren Leng. They all have other nicknames because they want to be famous in the film industry. The eldest brother is a drunkard, the second brother is a monk, and the third brother is a mountain traveler. The youngest one is called Xiao.

1924, Shao Zuiweng founded Tianyi Film Company, with Shao Zuiweng as producer and director, Shao Dunren as screenwriter, Runme Shaw as the third child and Shaw as the sixth child.

1925 filmed the first film "Buddha on the Site", which was immediately welcomed by Shanghai residents after screening. 193 1 Spring in Singing is one of the two earliest films with sound in China.

From 65438 to 0926, Shao Yifu and Runme Shaw went south to Singapore to develop the Nanyang film market. 1930, Shaw Brothers established Shaw Company in Singapore. Through their unremitting efforts, by the eve of 1937 Anti-Japanese War, Shaw owned more than1/kloc-0 cinemas and 9 amusement parks in Singapore, Malaysia, Java, Vietnam and Borneo, and established a complete film distribution network, dominating the film market in Southeast Asia.

After 1937, the brutal invasion of Japanese imperialism disrupted the development process of Shaw Pictures. Shaw's life was hard, and later it was even more unsustainable and forced to close down.

1958, Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Limited was established in Hong Kong by Mr. Runme Shaw and Mr. Shaw. Since then, Shaw Pictures has released more than 40 films every year, and decades later, it has become the largest film and television shooting and production base in Hong Kong.

Since 1960s, Shaw Company has made more than 1000 films and won dozens of awards such as Golden Horse Award and Golden Award. Shaw first introduced the movie star system in Hong Kong, and produced a large number of big-name stars, directors and famous screenwriters, such as Ruan, Li Lihua, Ling Bo, Zou, etc. Among them, The Beauty of the Country, The Story of Diesim, Fall in love with the country, butterfly lovers, Drunk Man and One-armed Knife have all been used.

The Shaw family has made indelible contributions to the film industry in China. From silent films to talking films, from black and white to color, every step of China's films has the contribution of the Shaw family. Shaw movies flourished only after Shaw took control of Shaw Brothers Film Company. Shaw's films were not very eye-catching in the 1950s when Hong Kong's films were in full bloom. After the full-fledged Shaw Company, many luxury productions came out, which made the slogan "Shaw's products must be good movies" deeply rooted in people's hearts. Shaw's movies represent the quality of a movie.

Shaw has dominated the Hong Kong film industry for more than 20 years and has a far-reaching influence on Hong Kong films. Before Shaw, Hong Kong films dominated the market with artistic connotation. Orphan Island Paradise, Secret History of Qing Palace and Song of Exile are all early literary classics in Hong Kong. After Shaw Company unified the Jianghu, the Hong Kong film industry gradually changed from a mainstay of literature and art to a mainstream commercial film.

Shao Yifu believes that if a film wants to be successful, it must cater to the tastes of the audience. Although he gave his directors a lot of room to play, these directors should also follow certain market rules and make movies that the audience likes, rather than just enjoying themselves. Among the types of films that have been or are still continuing in Hong Kong's film industry, Shaw Company has made every type of film to the extreme, and has been learning from Hollywood, knowing how to attract the audience's attention with high investment and big stars. It can be said that the early commercial operation mode of China films has been matured and further developed in Shaw Company.

Although Shaw's commercial concept has not been completely inherited by the Hong Kong film industry, his whole concept of commercial film from production to marketing has deeply influenced Hong Kong filmmakers in the 1980s. After 1987 Shaw Company announced the suspension of production, the original Shaw employees sought other jobs one after another. This is a large number of film backbones, including Zou Wenhuai, John Woo, Jing Wong, Liu Weiqiang, Cheng Xiaodong and Xu Anhua. They are all film elites who have come out from Shaw successively, and the film experience they have learned from Shaw has benefited them a lot in their future careers. Shaw's 40 years of painstaking efforts have turned Shaw into a huge film kingdom and made Hong Kong's film industry the commercial film capital of Asia. Although Shaw stopped making movies in the 1980s, and its film city turned to television to shoot TV series, Shaw gradually lost its former edge in China film circle, but in any case, no one doubts that Shaw films are the treasures of China film circle.

From 65438 to 0999, a Malaysian consortium purchased the copyrights of more than 760 Shaw films, and then established Tianying Entertainment Company in Hong Kong with the help of Shaw's rich film library. Tianying Entertainment has been committed to restoring the former glory of Shaw films since its establishment. First of all, it spends a lot of money to repair the old film through digital technology. For Tianying Entertainment, their main job after their establishment is to repair these faded negatives. Tianying Entertainment uses the most advanced digital equipment and technology to repair these old Shaw movies, including color adjustment, removing stains, repairing damage and scratches, and so on. Then, these restored works are put on the market, and the restored films are likely to reappear on the big screen, so that people can see Bernard Shaw's Days of Our Lives again; The completion of the joint venture between Shaw and Huaxing in Tseung Kwan O Studios, which invested nearly HK$ 654.38 billion, will also prompt Shaw to re-sign artists for the new film. Han Hsiang Li

Huangmeipai film

In Bernard Shaw's films, China's costume films have always occupied a very important position, while Li Hanxiang is a master of shooting romantic costume films. Li Hanxiang entered the company in Xiao's pioneering stage. At that time, he advocated making Huangmei films, and chose Lin Dai as the leading role to make the film The Story of Diesim, which was released on 1958, and immediately broke the box office record of Hong Kong films in Mandarin. This success has enhanced the confidence of Boss Shaw in Li Hanxiang. Encouraged by the company, Li Hanxiang later filmed "Beauty of Jiangshan" and won the Best Film Award at the 6th Asian Film Festival. Li Hanxiang Huangmei School films have gradually become an important part of Shaw's films. Before the mid-1960s, Huangmei School was the mainstream of Shaw's films, and Li Hanxiang was Shaw's flagship director at that time.

Hu Jinquan, Zhang Che

New martial arts movies

Different from Li Hanxiang's style, Hu Jinquan and Zhang Che are famous for shooting martial arts films. Their style is a new genre of martial arts films. Make sure that the pioneering work of this school is "Come and have a drink with me" filmed by Hu Jinquan on 1966. The following year, Zhang Che's One-armed Knife was released, becoming the first movie with a box office of over one million, and Zhang Che's title of "million director" began from then on.

In Zhang Che's films, the actor really won the leading role. In the works before Huangmei School, the actor only played a foil role, but Zhang Che was different. In his films, most of the leading men are chivalrous men with strong personalities. They are very independent and have their own set of standards for treating people. What they value most is the friendship between men, but love for children often takes a back seat and becomes the foil of the main line of the movie.

Hu Jinquan and Zhang Che belong to the same period of directors, and they are also the pioneers of new martial arts films. However, he is somewhat different from Zhang Che. Hu Jinquan emphasizes the aesthetic feeling of action on the screen, and most of his characters are subtle, while Zhang Che pursues the cruel beauty and smart truth of action, and his characters are also tough.

Chu Yuan: The oldest martial arts film director.

Surreal and weird martial arts movies

Also a martial arts film, Chu Yuan's style is unique and belongs to surrealism, which is related to the fact that his films are mostly based on Gu Long's novels. Meteor butterfly sword and Tianya Yueming Dao are the representative works of this kind of surrealist martial arts movies. Most of the characters in this kind of movies are charming and dissolute, wandering around the world. From time to time, there will be some unreasonable plots, which is the characteristic of Gu Long's novels. The actor who often appears in Chu Yuan's films is Tommy Tam. At that time, people used to call Chu Yuan, Gu Long and Tommy Tam the Iron Triangle.

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Wang Yu

Formerly known as Wang Zhengquan, 1944 from Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, 1963 was admitted to Shaw Company. 1967, Wang Yu created a classic chivalrous image with superb martial arts in One-armed Knife, and even set a new record for the box office in Hong Kong, breaking through the million-dollar mark. Shaw has since occupied a leading position in the martial arts film market in Hong Kong. In addition to his outstanding appearance, Wang Yu was also studious and resourceful, which made him the chief martial artist in Hong Kong in the 1960s. His films include Yuanyang Playing in the Water, The Three Heroes in the Border Town, The Magic Knife and golden swallow.

Lo Lieh

Wang Lida, a native of Guangdong, was born in Indonesia on June 29th, 1929. When I was a teenager, I went to Hong Kong, entered the martial arts training class of 1962, and signed a contract with Shaw in the same year, mainly acting in martial arts films. 1969 made a name for himself with "The Iron Hand is Ruthless" directed by Zhang Che, and later became the protagonist in "The First Boxing in the World". The film is a sensation in Europe and America, and the grand occasion is not under the Bruce Lee film. Luo Lie has been in Shaw for more than ten years and has made more than 70 films, among which golden swallow, Poisonous Dragon Pool and Singing Thief are all classics. In the early 1980s, Luo Lie left Shaw and went to Taiwan Province alone to go to the world. 65438-0988 went back to Hong Kong to develop and sign up as an Asian TV artist. He died on June 2, 2002 at the age of 62.

Tommy Tam

Tan Furong, born in 1946, Xinhui, Guangdong. Tommy Tam was admitted to the Southern Actor Training Course of Shaw Company on 1968. The following year, Zhang Che's "Dead Corner" played a leading role. He stood out from ten new auditions and played a teenager Zhang Chun with a strong rebellious consciousness. Tommy Tam works closely with director Zhang Che and plays the leading role in films directed by Zhang Che, such as Bodyguard, Revenge, Thirteen Pacific Insurance and so on. The heroes played are not only similar in appearance, but also rich in martial arts moves.

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Text: Lin Dai

Born in 1934, Guangxi, settled in Hong Kong at the age of 15, and began to enter the entertainment circle at the age of 16. The story of "Diusim, Beautiful and Charming, Unfavorable" which she shot during the Shaw period all brought her the honor of best actress (the second time she won the best actress was because of "Jin Ping Mei", which was shot in Dianmo). 1964, she committed suicide for love, leaving two unfinished works, Blue and Black and Lotus Lantern. Her costume is particularly charming, and she is the top actress in the popular period of Bernard Shaw's romantic movies.

Wu: Pei-Pei Cheng.

Unlike Lin Dai, Pei-Pei Cheng is a martial arts actress under Shaw. She made 23 films in Bernard Shaw. When she made her debut, she made the film "Come and Have a Drink with me" directed by Hu Jinquan, which made her famous as a "chivalrous woman". 1970, she retired and lived in America with her husband. When Ang Lee filmed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Cheng Peipei became one of the "blue-eyed foxes".

(The above information comes from) Wu Siyuan.

Wu Siyuan, known as "the godfather of Hong Kong films", 1944 was born in Shanghai. 1966 joined the director department of Southland Experimental Troupe of Shaw Brothers Co., Ltd. and stayed in Shaw Company after graduation. He used to be a reporter and deputy director. After leaving Shaw, he continued to direct kung fu films such as Kidnapping in Rome and The Little Godfather in Hong Kong. Wu Siyuan not only directed and acted, but also exerted his social prestige to run for the whole working environment of Hong Kong-made films.

John Woo

1946 was born in Guangdong province and moved to Hong Kong at the age of 4. At the age of 25, he began to work as an assistant director in Shaw Film Company, studied under Zhang Che, and then joined Jiahe and Xinyi City Company. The films such as Hero, Hot-blooded Man, Wandering around the World, Bloody Streets, Hero II and Tough Detective are all his representative works. After entering Hollywood, he directed The Ultimate Goal, Broken Arrow, Face Turning/Off and Whisperwind, bringing the style of oriental action movies to Hollywood.