Lung Fei
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Biography
A personal friend of Jimmy Wang-Yu, you can usually find him opposite him either chopping off his arm, putting out his eye, trying to stab, shoot, whip, punch, kick him or all the above. They've appeared in countless films together and their chemistry never seems to get dull. You can also find their other buddies in most of their films as well - Shan Mao, Tien Yeh, Ma Chi, and Hsien Han adding to the mayhem. He was one of the best martial-actors to come out of Taiwan and the films that he appeared in, only helped us to see, just how good he'd eventually get (as an actor).
Decent skills with more Bark-than-bite, his lack of the super-high kicking ability and acrobatics, are made up for by his intensity and daring (when fighting). He's definitely no push-over and all of his films reflect that quite clearly. Most of their choreography was kept simple, what most refer to as Swingy-arm kung-fu, with the flashy stuff put in by Camera tricks. Though, no one was kicking above the waist with any authority (or accuracy) in a lot of his films, they were enjoyable just the same.
Though, he's much better "teaching-you-a-few-tricks" - when he starred as the hero in the film The Rickshaw Puller, we got to see him in a whole new light. Kicking, punching, and helping out with the choreography; as he did in Exit The Dragon, Enter The Tiger (starring Bruce Li). From Taiwan, I think he got his biggest notice when he starred in the The Chinese Professionals, where he looked like he did his own makeup and in The Screaming Tiger, where the final fight scene was, probably the first time in a kung-fu film, that a fight was staged on a moving train.
Unlike many, he has had a very rewarding film career (over 20-years), appearing in an enmormous amount of films and a number of classics. I've always felt, that he was under-rated as a performer, because of the many contributions he's given to the genre. While, many may dwell of the fancy footwork of other villains like Wang Jang-Li, others tend to forget, what a devastating performer he was. As the kung-fu genre was winding down and moving into the modernized Heroic Bloodshed films, he also made the transition. He appeared in a handful of films in the '90s, deciding to stretch his acting talents, instead of his muscles.