Guo Nanhong

Guo Nanhong

Guo Nanhong is one of the most important martial arts directors in Taiwan in the 1970s. He has 28 works, including 18 martial arts films and 10 kung fu films. At the same time, he also wrote scripts for his plays. He is an outstanding figure in the film history of Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Basic information

Name: Guo Nanhong birth and death: 1935

Caption: a famous film director in Taiwan

Native place: Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Guo Nanhong, whose real name is Guo Qingchi and whose stage name is Jiang Binghan, was born in 1935 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. In 1957, he joined the Asian Film and drama training class to study the editing and directing, and soon formally participated in the film work. His first film was the Taiwanese language film Ghost Lake (1965), then he set up his own film company to make Taiwanese language films, and joined the League of nations and the federal Corporation in 1966. Under the influence of Hu Jinquan and Zhang Che's new martial arts movies, Guo Nanhong, who used to be good at art movies, changed his ways and made martial arts movies instead. His first work "a generation of sword king" (1968), starring Shangguan Lingfeng and Tian Peng, made a big box office hit after it was broadcasted, making him one of the most popular films in the Hong Kong film market after Hu Jinquan and Zhang Che

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”It has also become one of the representative works of Taiwanese martial arts movies. In 1970, Guo Nanhong went to Hong Kong for development and joined Shaw.

Style features

Guo Nanhong's martial arts movies are basically solid and steady, and occasionally have some creative ideas. But they don't seek fancy martial arts skills, and they don't pay too much attention to the plot. Instead, they are committed to creating the theme of the movie, with a strong Chinese flavor. Among them, the national emotion and the traditional thinking of loyalty and filial piety are the two main themes, which are his advantages and limitations. In terms of merit, he firmly adheres to the traditional image of knight errant and the shaping of his righteous deeds. He has the power to promote the martial arts culture, which is quite in line with the people's mind at that time. In terms of limitation, it is inevitable that there will be flaws in the plot of the film, such as iron triangle, which was originally a plain kung fu film, but it is unnecessary to join in the plot of the martial arts school Japanese and Korean experts make the film full of unexpected performances.

Martial arts movies are basically based on the background of Greater China. The history, geography and culture of martial arts novels were very difficult to master in Taiwan at that time. Therefore, the disorder of space in martial arts novels also appeared in many movies, and Guo Nanhong's movies were also inevitable. For example, Yongzheng and his followers in Shaolin Temple (1977) were wandering, and Fujian, Hangzhou and Beijing seemed to be the same It's not in line with the principles of drama. However, in the historical textual research, Guo Nanhong is quite attentive. For example, the historical events and characters in a generation of Zhongliang are perfunctory. Most of them were originally from the Ming history. Although they are limited to scenes, they can not show magnificent scenes, but history seems to reappear on the silver screen, which is also highly appreciated.

As far as the quality is concerned, Guo's martial arts films have made great achievements. The main reason is that he can't make a new breakthrough after following the successful directors and films in Hong Kong. However, his 28 masterpieces are enough to make him stand firm in the martial arts film history.

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