Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

"Enemy at the Gates" Berlin Premiere!

Director Jean Jacques, the male and female protagonists Yang Ye and Irina stood at the door to welcome the guests, and Yang Xi also followed her father obediently.

Soon, the director of the Japanese movie "City Heroes" Yoji Yamada and the heroine Hiroko Yakushimaru came together!

Yang Ye smiled and shook hands with them: "Long time no see, Mr. Yamada. Hiroko, you are getting more and more beautiful!"

"Yang Sang, long time no see!"

"Yang Sang, you are still as handsome as before!"

Yakushimaru Hiroko is one of the very few female celebrities who had a relationship with Yang Ye and escaped his clutches.

Because Bozi was too young at that time, and although Yang Ye was an LSP, he was not too zombie-like.

When Hiroko grew big enough to be picked, the two had no more interactions.

As for the great Japanese director Yamada Yoji, Yang Ye was actually not very familiar with him.

When Baiyang Pictures created the action film series "Royal Sister" for Kara Hui, they invited Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada to play the leading role in the second film, and also invited Japanese actress Keiko Matsuzaka to participate in the film.

Keiko Matsuzaka was a star of Shochiku Film Company. Participating in the films of Poplar Pictures could help her open up the Southeast Asian market. Coincidentally, that year the Academy Awards awarded the Best Asian Film to "The Call of the Mountains" directed by Yoji Yamada, so Shochiku Film Company was very considerate and allowed Yoji Yamada to go to Hong Kong in person to receive the award.

The series "Royal Sister" has now been filmed to the fourth part and has become Kara Hui's exclusive IP.

It was not like the original time and space where the lead actor was changed because Yang Ziqiong got married and retired from the film industry, so it was developed very well.

The fourth film, which was released last year, grossed over 1300 million in Hong Kong. As an action film starring a female action star, this is already a very good box office.

The "Royal Sister" series is a second-tier production of Baiyang Pictures. The investment is not very high and each film has good profits. Baiyang Pictures intends to make it a long-lasting brand movie.

In Japan and Hollywood, many film series can continue to be filmed for decades and remain popular, but there are relatively few such series in Chinese-language films.

This is mainly because Hong Kong's film companies lack long-term planning and are only interested in making a quick buck and running away.

Later, the focus of Chinese-language films shifted to the mainland... Never mind, it’s hard to put it into words!

Baiyang Pictures is doing this now, taking a long time, ten or even twenty years, to slowly plan and create a series of works.

The Royal Sister series is the first series created by Baiyang Pictures. After the fourth episode, the box office is still good, proving that this path is feasible.

The Ghost Blows Out the Light series is the second series of films created by Baiyang Pictures. Once "Mojin: The Lost Tomb" is a success, there will be a steady stream of investment!
There is also the future Wong Fei Hung series. In the original time and space, there was a fight for the role of Jet Li, so they ended up replacing the actor midway and invited Zhao Wenzhuo to play the role, but it ended up being a flop.

In fact, the two films starring Zhao Wenzhuo are not bad, but... the audience only recognizes Jet Li, what can we do?
If that bad thing hadn't happened, and Jet Li had continued to act, he could have kept making money and could have made ten or eight films. Wouldn't that be great?

Yang Ye already has a Golden Lion and a Golden Palm in his hands. Naturally, he attracted a lot of attention in Berlin this time, and many of his colleagues came to watch.

Since the guests were all big directors and famous actors, it took a long time to introduce, shake hands, and greet each other!
"Miss Judy, after the movie, I want to talk to you!" Yang Ye said while shaking hands with Jodie Foster.

"Me?" Jodie Foster was surprised.

This girl's appearance is not top-notch, but she can make up for the lack of appearance with her superb acting skills.

If we have to make an analogy, she is probably similar to... Hong Kong's Maggie Cheung and mainland China's Zhou Xun.

Both of them can rely on their acting skills to play charming characters, and they can act sexier than those actors who are known for their sexiness.

"Well, I went to see your movie yesterday. Your performance was outstanding. I thought there was a role that you might be interested in!"

"It would be my pleasure, sir!"

Judy debuted as a child star, then went to college. Now she is making a comeback, but because she is not very pretty as an adult, many film companies are reluctant to use her.

So Judy was very happy when faced with Yang Ye's invitation. Yang Ye was very famous even in Hollywood, and this was a good opportunity.

Yang Ye didn't want to mess with Judy, he really wanted to make a movie with Judy.

United Artists specializes in horror and action films. Although Yang Ye doesn't have much control over the business, he will occasionally grab some IP for the company.

As soon as the novel "The Silence of the Lambs" was published, Yang Ye asked Xie Yi to buy the copyright.

Not only did the film gross $2.72 million, it also swept the Oscars, winning five awards.

Jodie Foster even won her second Oscar for Best Actress for this film.

With the copyright in hand and Judy in front of him, Yang Ye naturally invited her.

Speaking of Judy, she has no interest in men!

When Judy was 14 years old, she played a chick in the movie "Taxi Driver" directed by the great director Martin Scorsese.

A man named John Hinckley fell madly in love with Judy after watching the movie. He watched the movie over and over again, kept writing love letters to Judy, calling her, and pestering her in every way.

Judy naturally ignored it and never met this crazy fan.

This is normal. For example, in later generations there was a crazy fan named Yang Lijuan who was madly obsessed with Liu Hua. Liu Hua would only pay attention to her unless he was mentally ill.

But this John Hinckley is even crazier than Yang Lijuan. He decided to do something big to attract Judy's attention.

This big thing is... killing the President of the United States!
He wrote to Judy: "I wrote this letter only one hour before leaving the Hilton Hotel. Judy, I ask you to look into your heart and at least give me a chance to win your love and respect with this historic action!"

It’s a pity that this guy’s skills were not very good. He fired six shots, but only one shot hit Reagan, and it missed the vital part, so Reagan survived.

Speaking of which, the Japanese male gunner is more awesome!
I don’t know whether Judy was frightened or traumatized by this incident, or for some other reason, or whether it was just her nature, but in any case she never had a boyfriend again and became a lesbian.

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As there were too many guests, this session was designated for guests and the media and was not open to the general public.

The screening room was soon filled with people. Jacques, Yang Ye and Irina came on stage and briefly introduced the background of the film, saying that Semyon was a real person and a descendant of a Soviet hero. Then the film officially began to show.

The film begins with a very legendary and symbolic shot.

A wolf lurks in the snow-covered forest, its eyes fixed on its prey... a horse serving as bait.

After being disguised, the childhood Xie Miao appeared in the picture holding a hunting rifle. He had a firm look on his face, but he could not hide his nervousness when facing the wild beast.

The wolf began to rush towards its prey, gradually gaining speed, and Semyon's gun began to tremble.

Under his grandfather's constant urging, the young Xie Miao finally fired the gun.

With a "bang", subtitles began to appear.

Did he hit the target? No explanation!
When Xie Miao grew up, he was called up to the battlefield.

In Stalingrad, a brutal war began.

The Soviet and German armies fought for every house, workshop, water tower, and railway embankment.

There were fierce battles even for a wall, a basement, and every pile of rubble.

The intensity of the war was unprecedented. The streets were no longer measured in meters, but in corpses.

Stalingrad no longer looked like a city. It was engulfed in endless smoke and flames, like a melting pot glowing red by the flames.

……

This war scene took nearly ten minutes to show and was very brutal.

The shots and scenes in it were all redesigned! In the original film, the Soviet army was bombed by German planes while crossing the river during the day.

The recruits were frightened and jumped into the river to escape, but were shot dead on the spot by the Soviet army.

After entering the battlefield, there were not enough guns, so there was only one gun for every two people. The one without a gun followed the one with a gun, and when he died, they took his gun.

The recruits were unable to defeat the German army and began to retreat, but were wildly shot at by the supervision team with machine guns, and they shouted "No mercy for traitors".

These ridiculous plots are gone now.

Yang Ye's film was shot in the Soviet Union. If they dare to shoot it like the original film, they probably won't want to leave Moscow.

In this brutal war, Xie Miao was not a soldier, but just a civilian.

His job was to deliver supplies, carry stretchers, move bodies, etc.

Until one day, when all the soldiers were dead, he took the gun from the political commissar and demonstrated his amazing marksmanship.

This wonderful sniper scene was directly copied from the original film.

Such an awesome sniper shot is really hard to find in film history, it is at the ceiling level.

Xie Miao, in front of the camera, was confident and calm. He took advantage of the sound of the cannon and shot down the Germans one by one.

The enemy didn't notice at all and was still lighting a cigarette.

Xie Miao killed four people in a row, and when the last one found that all his comrades were dead, he fled in panic.

Xie Miao stood up suddenly, pulled the trigger, and with a flick of the lens, the enemy fell to the ground.

This series of shots was clean and neat, so handsome that the audience in the theater was stunned.

We have seen many World War II movies, but it is unprecedented to see a sniper battle filmed in such a cool way.

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Semyon began to be promoted as a hero, and in a short time, his fame rose rapidly, as if he was the hope for saving the Soviet Union and the idol of young people.

The heroine of the movie, Tanya, had her parents killed by the Germans, and her heart is filled with the flames of hatred.

When she saw the brave Xie Miao, she couldn't help but feel love for him.

And Semyon, naturally, also loves the charming Tanya.

Love begins to grow in the smoke of gunpowder!
At this time, in order to kill the magical sniper Semyon, Germany sent a major, and the two sides launched a wonderful and cruel contest.

The political commissar, who has been committed to promoting Semyon, also has a crush on Tanya.

Faced with the fate of friendship, love, and country, he began to make difficult choices.

This movie not only shows the cruelty of war, the romance of love, but also the portrayal of the complexity of human nature.

In addition, some racist elements were added, for example, although Semyon became famous for his miraculous marksmanship.

But in fact, there are still people who look down on this Tungusic man and even tease him behind his back, saying that he is a pig farmer.

Tungus people translated into Chinese means pig farmers, because this ethnic group raises pigs.

Actually, there is nothing wrong with calling it that, and it cannot be considered a derogatory term.

For example, Nurhaci meant wild boar skin, which shows that they did not dislike pigs, but rather admired and liked this animal.

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After the Germans brutally killed the child, the commissar and Tanya decided to send the child's mother away from the battlefield.

On the way, Tanya was hit by a shell.

The political commissar returned to the battlefield and asked Xie Miao where the major was.

Xie Miao said it was just ahead, but he was not sure where it was!

The commissar was despairing. He said: "I am a fool. We tried so hard to create an equal society where you don't have to envy others.

But there are always things to envy, a smile, a friendship, something you don't have but want to get. In this world, even if we all unite into one country, there will always be rich and poor, people with talent and people without talent, people with love and people without love...

Tanya is not coming back, she is dead, she was hit by shrapnel, it all happened so suddenly, I don't think she even had time to see how it happened.

She wanted to come back to you, and as soon as she saw Mrs. Filippov get on board, she turned back to you. She was right, you are a good man!"

When Xie Miao heard the news of his lover's death, he cried silently.

But the political commissar lied. Tanya was killed in the explosion while sending Mrs. Filippov on board the ship, not on the way back.

Of course, it made no difference, because she would definitely return.

The commissar continued: "I want to help you, Semyon. I want to do something, something useful that can change the situation."

He took off his helmet and made the sign of the cross on it. "Let me show you where the major is!"

"Don't do that, don't!"

The political commissar stuck his head out and a bullet hit him between the eyebrows. He was dead!
It is hard to tell whether his behavior is a sign of sudden awakening or total despair!

It is hard to tell whether his death was a heroic sacrifice or a result of his unwillingness to live!

In any case, because of his death, the German major's position was exposed.

The sniper, whose position was exposed, was doomed to die when facing a master of the same level. Xie Miao shot his head with one shot.

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The war is over!
The Soviet army won the victory.

German prisoners of war were escorted away from the battlefield.

In every corner of Stalingrad, people cheered, hugged, waved red flags, danced, sang, and celebrated the victory with great joy!

Unlike the American happy ending in the original film where Tanya survives and is resurrected, and the two finally meet, this film has a Russian tragic ending.

Carrying his Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle, Semyon left the noisy crowd and came to the bank of the Volga River alone. At the place where Tanya died, he silently paid tribute to his beloved!

Sad music sounded, and the sad ending song "The One I Love" sang softly:

On the flower-filled riverbank, the soldiers followed her gaze that carried the scent of flowers.

The mountains and rivers are broken, and love grows solemnly in the smoke of gunpowder.

Come on girl, hug the one you love most.

A promise, a river, an endless fragrance.

Beautiful birch forest, please sing your wind sounds.

No matter how far away the wind and clouds are, they can stop the one you love from being on the road.

Time flows silently, and the years are beautiful because of love. My pain, your eyes, your heart... (End of this chapter)