Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted January 7, 2020 Member Share Posted January 7, 2020 I remember reading something a long, long time ago about LKL's Dirty Ho being based on some pre-existing material ie. book, old folk tale etc. but I can't find any evidence of it anymore. Might have been on the old forum back in the day. All I recall is some vague info about Ni Kuang borrowing the whole "rotten head Ho" concept from some literary source, but that's it, and if it's true or not, I have no idea. Does anyone know anything about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chen Hung Lieh Posted January 7, 2020 Member Share Posted January 7, 2020 I have no idea, but after looking around a little I found this old martial arts novel series: http://book.kongfz.com/21700/1277364390 Its author 大圈地胆 (a.k.a. 黄健) is briefly mentioned in the Baidu text of the movie as well. https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E7%83%82%E5%A4%B4%E4%BD%95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted January 7, 2020 Author Member Share Posted January 7, 2020 Have a little trouble navigating and understanding all this, but what I'm getting is that it actually was a literary figure before the film, yes? This might have been what was alluded to in the info I read years ago. Thanks for chiming in, CHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chen Hung Lieh Posted January 7, 2020 Member Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, TibetanWhiteCrane said: but what I'm getting is that it actually was a literary figure before the film, yes? That's all what I can understand too (appears in Chu Yu-Chai's Wong Fei Hong biography, later main character in 大圈地胆's novel series). After some google researching I found another 烂头何(aka 何辉南), an inheritor of Choy gar style who lived 1874-1965. Don't know if that guy is the same one in the movie, maybe just coincidence. But a contemporary of Wong Fei-Hung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted January 7, 2020 Author Member Share Posted January 7, 2020 Thanks very much for info, Chen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member panku Posted January 7, 2020 Member Share Posted January 7, 2020 I came across this film with Kwan Tak Hing (Wong Fei Hung) and Sek Kin a while back when I was looking for the same info. The character is called Rotten Head Ho on the poster: http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=2809 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member panku Posted January 7, 2020 Member Share Posted January 7, 2020 Sorry, the poster says: Broken Head Ho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted January 7, 2020 Author Member Share Posted January 7, 2020 Thanks for that valuable info, Panku........ was hoping to hear from you on this. I knew I hadn't imagined it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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