Member Iron_Leopard Posted May 22, 2020 Member Share Posted May 22, 2020 Who's more legendary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMK Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Well according to HKMDB: Lo Lieh Actor (229 films) Director (9 films) Producer (3 films) Assistant Director (1 film) Action Director (1 film) Ku Feng Actor (380 films) -------------------------------------- Lo Lieh has played one of the most iconic roles in Kung Fu Cinema history, Pai Mei, as well as credited for being the lead actor in the film that started the kung fu craze with 5 Fingers of Death (King Boxer). I'll have to go with Lo Lieh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Iron_Leopard Posted May 23, 2020 Author Member Share Posted May 23, 2020 15 hours ago, SMK said: Well according to HKMDB: Lo Lieh Actor (229 films) Director (9 films) Producer (3 films) Assistant Director (1 film) Action Director (1 film) Ku Feng Actor (380 films) -------------------------------------- Lo Lieh has played one of the most iconic roles in Kung Fu Cinema history, Pai Mei, as well as credited for being the lead actor in the film that started the kung fu craze with 5 Fingers of Death (King Boxer). I'll have to go with Lo Lieh. Cant argue with that really. Even though Ku Feng has been in more movies it just feels like Lo Lieh has more iconic roles. Actually now that I think about it do you think Lo Lieh is Shaw Brothers #1 most iconic star? Or would it be Jimmy Wang Yu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMK Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 26 minutes ago, Iron_Leopard said: Cant argue with that really. Even though Ku Feng has been in more movies it just feels like Lo Lieh has more iconic roles. Actually now that I think about it do you think Lo Lieh is Shaw Brothers #1 most iconic star? Or would it be Jimmy Wang Yu? For me, when I hear the words "Shaw Brothers", I think of Gordon Liu first. I'm sure that would be different based on who you ask. For some it may be David Chiang, Fu Sheng, Ti Lung, Ku Feng or someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator thekfc Posted May 23, 2020 Moderator Share Posted May 23, 2020 Lo Lieh Interesting I re-watched a few SB movies this pass week (Jade Tiger, Return of Sentimental Swordsman, What Price Honesty, The Fugitive, etc,) and said to myself Lo Lieh have played some of the most storied, eccentric, interesting & unusual characters and it look like he is having fun playing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Iron_Leopard Posted May 23, 2020 Author Member Share Posted May 23, 2020 47 minutes ago, thekfc said: Lo Lieh Interesting I re-watched a few SB movies this pass week (Jade Tiger, Return of Sentimental Swordsman, What Price Honesty, The Fugitive, etc,) and said to myself Lo Lieh have played some of the most storied, eccentric, interesting & unusual characters and it look like he is having fun playing them. He truly did have so much range as an actor. Everything I've seen from Ku Feng he played a villain. Did he ever portray a good guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Omni Dragon Posted May 23, 2020 Member Share Posted May 23, 2020 36 minutes ago, Iron_Leopard said: Everything I've seen from Ku Feng he played a villain. Did he ever portray a good guy? He played Wong Fei Hung (no less) in The Master of Kung Fu, as well as other good guy roles in other movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator thekfc Posted May 23, 2020 Moderator Share Posted May 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Iron_Leopard said: He truly did have so much range as an actor. Everything I've seen from Ku Feng he played a villain. Did he ever portray a good guy? The Water Margin, 10 Tigers of Kwangtung, Brave Archer series, The Anonymous Heroes, The Lady Assassin (kinda), The Web of Death (kinda), My Rebellious Son,...... Just to name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member morpheus Posted June 4, 2020 Member Share Posted June 4, 2020 I think Lo Lieh had more memorable parts. He could play both evil and good characters. Gaining popularity as Chao Chi-Hao in "King Boxer" really helped his career. Ku Feng really matched as a villain. He could either play the diabolical master or the closeted evil character -much like Cripple Peng in "Invincible Fist." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member De Ming Li Posted June 5, 2020 Member Share Posted June 5, 2020 Overall, it would have to be Ku Feng. Pound for pound though, and being younger and somewhat better on screen fighter, it's Lo Lieh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member teako170 Posted June 5, 2020 Member Share Posted June 5, 2020 Love Ku Feng but Lo Lieh was the lead in more films, so he does enjoy that star status/leading man role whereas Ku Feng did not. Interestingly enough, from what I read over the years, neither were actual martial artists per se but learned as they went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member morpheus Posted June 6, 2020 Member Share Posted June 6, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 4:41 PM, teako170 said: Love Ku Feng but Lo Lieh was the lead in more films, so he does enjoy that star status/leading man role whereas Ku Feng did not. Interestingly enough, from what I read over the years, neither were actual martial artists per se but learned as they went. Yup, this is why I think Jeong Chang-hwa used a lot of cuts and edits in King Boxer. I also noticed that much of the end fight was done close up, possibly to hide some of the footwork. Nonetheless, I still rate King Boxer as one of my all time favorites. Amazingly, Bryan Leung Kar Yan also is not trained in martial arts. From what I heard, he knows how to mimic movements and is quite athletic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tex Killer Posted June 6, 2020 Member Share Posted June 6, 2020 On 5/23/2020 at 8:50 PM, Iron_Leopard said: Actually now that I think about it do you think Lo Lieh is Shaw Brothers #1 most iconic star? Or would it be Jimmy Wang Yu? I don`t think there is such as most iconic star in SB..Wang Yu could have been had he worked some more years@Shaws... As villains Ku Feng had more tastier roles than Lo Lieh but overall would choose Lo Lieh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bigrogie Posted June 6, 2020 Member Share Posted June 6, 2020 Lo Lieh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlexanderFu Posted June 6, 2020 Member Share Posted June 6, 2020 it's 50/50 for me, they are 2 of my favorites, Fu Sheng makes 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlexanderFu Posted June 8, 2020 Member Share Posted June 8, 2020 Ku Feng might have had more range as an actor, but to me, lo Lieh as cool as anyone ever on screen...Brando, Pitt..... Take your pick of cool, and Lo Lieh was that. Ku Feng actually help teach acting, I believe. Best character actor of any country, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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