The Legendary Life of Kara Wai, a Begging Actress, and Its Prominent Background.

1960, Kara Wai was born in Hongkong, China. There are eight brothers and sisters in his family, whose ancestral home is Zhucheng, Shandong.

Kara Wai's ancestors had a distinguished family, and there were many slaves at home. The land is ten thousand mu, and my father is the boss of Shao Zhuang, a hometown in Zhucheng, Shandong. He is a descendant of Huang Qi and his surname is Ye Genara.

It seems that up to now, Jiahui Manor is still preserved, and there seems to be a Hui ancestral temple, which should be known to all brothers and sisters in Shandong.

In the early 1960s, the young owner of Huijiazhuang (that is, Kara Wai's father) came to Hong Kong with his family and bought nearly half of the property in Prince Edward Road with seven or eight boxes of gold.

If my father is so secure, these industries are enough for three generations to eat and drink.

But who is Kara Wai's father? It was a noble village and a small landlord. How can he live a normal life?

When Kara Wai's father first came to Hongkong, he was rich and made many friends. And addicted to gambling.

But where is Hong Kong?

My father has never experienced great storms in his life. When he was studying, he had to take his servant to school. He came to Hong Kong like a lamb to be slaughtered and was coveted by wolves, tigers and leopards.

Kara Wai's father went in and out of the casino day and night. Within a few years, he not only lost all his money, but also pawned his industry one by one.

The whole family has experienced great changes from being extremely rich to extremely poor.

In To Be Alive, the hero played by Ge You is a true portrayal of Kara Wai's father after he arrived in Hongkong.

By the time Kara Wai was born, his family's money and property had been lost by his father.

In the poorest time, the family can only hide in the corner of someone else's stairs and go to the back door of the restaurant to pick up leftovers discarded by others for dinner.

In order to survive, my brothers and sisters were sold to the troupe. Although they have no money to take it, at least they can eat something.

Two of Kara Wai's eight children were sold. At that time, the troupe was also cruel. If the child can't bear the pressure of training and runs away, or is beaten by the master for disobedience, he will not be responsible. The movie "Seven Little Blessings" is a true portrayal of those children.

Younger children like Kara Wai have to beg in the street. Sometimes they will kneel down and hug other people's thighs as a reward, or they will sell some chewing gum. When they meet someone with a bad temper, it is inevitable to be beaten.

"If it's wrong, hit it, if it's right, give it, don't hug (thigh)." Kara Wai recalled the past and naturally told the story of that year. In that environment, eating a mouthful of fresh white rice is a luxury, and it is not shameful to lose it.

Although it is because of his father's family that he is down and out like this, he still can't pull his face and beg. After all, he is a rich boy.

Every time I look at squatting at the corner of the stairs and wolfing down a plate of leftovers, Hui Hong Ying will see tears in the corner of her father's eyes.

He also regrets making his home like this!

Although the father is timid to do so, he loves his children very much.

No matter how poor and bitter you are, whether you are hungry or not, you will pour boiling water into the cup every morning, and then beat an egg for your child to supplement nutrition.

Because Kara Wai's father has read many books, he takes his children to the pond every noon and teaches them to read on the ground with branches.

Therefore, all the brothers and sisters in Kara Wai know a little English.

Perhaps most people have only seen this scene in movies, but for Kara Wai, this is her life.

When other people's children were three years old, they were taken care of by their parents. At the age of three, Kara Wai followed her mother to beg and perform in Lockhart Road, Wan Chai.

At a young age, she has taken on the heavy responsibility of supporting her family before she realized the warmth of her family.

Because Lockhart Road is backed by Victoria Harbour, most foreign ships docked here, so many foreigners have fun here.

Because his brothers and sisters were sold to the troupe to learn Peking Opera, Kara Wai took his brothers and sisters begging and busking on this road every day. If he is lucky, the family can eat enough, but if he is unlucky, he will often be beaten. Kara Wai has spent more than ten years on such a complicated road.

To put it cruelly, whoever has more children will earn more, which is really a response to the phrase "the poorer, the poorer".

In fact, every child has a fairy tale town in his heart. No matter what age she (he) was born and how hard her life is, the most sensible child will have childlike innocence.

Since she was sensible, she has been working and begging for a meal. She doesn't know what fun is and what childhood is.

One day, Kara Wai pleaded a lot. She wanted to play on the swing, but this scene was seen by her mother.

Mother chased her for several blocks while playing, and was finally taken home and hung up with her hands tied.

Kara Wai, who was beaten black and blue, asked her mother with tears: "Why do other children have to study and go out to play, but we have to be beggars?"

When the mother heard this, her crutch slipped and she cried in a low voice with her daughter in her arms.

If you can, which parent is willing to let their children live like this?

Kara Wai's mother's life experience is also very tragic. She was sold to her father's house since she was a child, because she was ugly and her grandmother didn't like her. Later, her father married a beautiful wife, but in the end, she accompanied the man to suffer.

Born in the countryside, she only knows how to work and has no culture, but she has love for children, but she just doesn't know how to express it in words.

Once, Kara Wai was selling chewing gum in Wan Chai, and then he was arrested by the "poor guy". His mother rushed into the poor guy's house, wrestled with the poor guy and robbed someone else's guy.

As a result, she was regarded as a mental patient, and the local authorities thought that she was incapable of raising children, so Kara Wai was sent to an orphanage.

Such a thing happened, which made the family worse. As for how to solve it later, it is unknown, but it must have cost a lot of money.

1972, Kara Wai, 12 years old, has become the elder sister of Lockhart Road. As a Shandong girl, she is one head taller than most children. Begging and busking in this street 12 years, although I have a small piece of my own "territory", I have also begun to have girls' anxiety.

Opposite is a luxurious ballroom, the bottom floor begging for a living, and the world is singing every night. There is only one road between them, but it is a gap that many people cannot cross!

When other girls go shopping with their sisters in beautiful little skirts, she can only beg and perform in rags, while Kara Wai's heart is beating!

Without telling her family, she ran to the ballroom with her sister. Although she can only play the role of a lion on the stage at a time, she can at least wear clean clothes, but she never gets tired of showing her face.

After a long time, it will naturally be exposed one day. Of course, it was scolded by my mother, but Kara Wai insisted, and finally she went.

That year, Kara Wai met the most important person in her life, namely Bow Sim Mark, Donnie Yen's mother.

Bow Sim Mark is good at Tai Ji Chuan, fencing and pushing hands, and also dabbles in Xingyiquan and Bagua Palm. Donnie Yen learned the basics of martial arts from her.

At that time, Bow Sim Mark was still worried about finding a sparring partner for his son Donnie Yen. By chance, she saw Kara Wai, who was about the same age as her son, on the stage, and offered to accept her as an apprentice. After learning about Kara Wai's life experience, Bow Sim Mark decided that this little girl without any martial arts foundation must be a good prospect.

In this way, Kara Wai took Bow Sim Mark as his teacher and learned the basic knowledge of Wushu from Donnie Yen. Speaking of it, Zhen Hehui is also a relationship between younger brothers and sisters!

After becoming a teacher, Hui's performances on the stage became more and more colorful. With the blessing of martial arts skills, the figure on the stage is not as rigid as before, and occasionally it will have its own home court.

It took Kara Wai more than ten years to go from being a beggar in Lockhart Road to having a small world on the stage. Although it is sometimes more difficult than begging before, it may be her only chance to get ahead.

At least for a girl who has never read a book!

1974, Zhang Che broke up with Liu Jialiang, and Bow Sim Mark wanted to emigrate with Donnie Yen, but these seemingly unrelated things changed her fate a little.

One day, Kara Wai was performing on the stage, and Zhang Che was sitting in the audience, his eyes shining. After the performance, Zhang Che offered to accept Kara Wai as his adopted daughter and a great director as his adopted father, which was another way for Kara Wai.

I think this has something to do with Bow Sim Mark. Otherwise, how could Kara Wai enter the martial arts film world when Master left?

1976, Kara Wai, which has been in the business for less than two years, has obtained good resources. Her first play was in the film The Legend of the Condor Heroes directed by Zhang Che, where she played Mu Nianci, the second female character.

Kara Wai himself worked hard. In this movie, she was only punched a few times. There is no body double in the whole movie, because she knows very well that as long as she falls behind, there will be a steady stream of people to make up for it. At that time, there was never a shortage of people who could bear hardships. What was lacking was opportunities.

At this time, Kara Wai left a deep impression with superb martial arts, all of which was of course attributed to Bow Sim Mark. At Donnie Yen's mother's place, it took her two years to learn almost knives, guns, sticks and sticks.

1978, Kara Wai was appreciated by Liu Jialiang and joined Liu Jiaban, while Zhang Che and Liu Jialiang, both directors of Shaw, were unhappy but quiet. It was only in the late 1970s that Kara Wai rarely appeared in his films.

Although Kara Wai has become a minor celebrity in the martial arts circle, his monthly salary is only 500 yuan. Shaw Company is famous for being stingy with its artists. It is for this reason that Bruce Lee once switched to Jiahe.

198 1 year, Kara Wai, aged 2 1 year, won the best actress award in the 1 Hong Kong Film Awards for the martial arts film Elder directed by Master Liu Jialiang.

When she took the stage to receive the award, she only said four words: "Thank you!"

Holding the trophy, she sat down and felt aggrieved: "What's the use of this award? Can I buy rice for my family for 500 yuan? " Looking at the trophy in her hand, she seems to have been laughing at it, and she still has to go on.

However, it is precisely because of this award that a love affair between her and Liu Jialiang was exposed by the media and was called a "special mentoring" relationship by outsiders.

When she got home, she threw the trophy under the bed. Making movies is just a means of making a living for her. People live their whole lives just to eat enough. The so-called movie dream is just the hypocritical wording of people who are full and full!

Is it really a good thing for Kara Wai that the little beggar of Lockhart Road was suddenly pushed onto the Avenue of Stars after being named as the best actress in his early twenties?

Not necessarily a good thing!

With the rise of fame, Kara Wai's heart became more and more unbalanced. Why, as a woman, others can easily shoot some scenes without difficulty, but they have to get hurt all over themselves?

Later, she wanted to try some different ways and began to choose plays and roles, which was a bit "big name". It's not that the protagonist doesn't play, because she didn't even play her sister's protagonist in her childhood. At this time, her heart is extremely sensitive.

Martial arts drama gave her a full meal, which also limited her development in the entertainment circle. Coupled with the debut of Cherie Chung, Maggie Cheung and other beautiful women, these powerful actresses were suddenly photographed on the beach.

1988, Kara Wai, who was tired of fighting opera, decided to try other routes and went to Paris to shoot a group of sexy photos at his own expense.

This is undoubtedly a very bold decision. It seems that I am completely not afraid that my existing career will be destroyed.

But think about it, even if she won the prize, she didn't give her family a good life. Only by constantly broadening her own path, who knows how many times her body can withstand serious injuries?

In the 1990s, Hong Kong films gradually declined. At this time, Kara Wai is not a good actor, and even "bad plays" are rarely accepted.

So she started a business with the money she saved, but who knows that doing business is more difficult than filming, and she has to make various apologies every day. If she knows nothing, she must please both the boss and the employees.

There is an old saying that when a person is full, he will pursue higher things. At this time, Kara Wai thought, why did he live worse than when he was a beggar?

From 65438 to 0996, Hong Kong's film industry showed a cliff-like decline, which was hit hard by big-budget films such as Japan, South Korea and Hollywood. A large number of shoddy Hong Kong films can no longer satisfy the taste of the audience, and many actors will face the crisis of "no job".

Although Kara Wai is also making a film, the response is mediocre. Coupled with the decline of Hong Kong films, there are fewer and fewer opportunities. Although there was no loss in business, exhausted Kara Wai suffered from depression. At the age of 36, she is very confused about the future.

This is not only the confusion of Kara Wai, but also the confusion of the whole Hong Kong film industry. In the words of Zheng Baorui, the current Hong Kong films are worse than death!

I think this sentence is also Kara Wai's inner monologue at that time!

From 65438 to 0999, not only Hong Kong films, but also Hui's acting career fell into a trough, and her career was not satisfactory, thus sowing the seeds of depression.

Kara Wai was depressed, and at worst he didn't go out for a month. One day, after calling her friend and locking the door, she took a lot of medicine. Fortunately, her sister found out in time, took her to the bathroom and poured a lot of water before being rescued in time. Kara Wai also took this opportunity to quit the film industry.

Sometimes man is a very strange animal. They feel anxious when their life is not satisfactory. When everything is satisfied, they will still get lost. As the saying goes, the contented are always happy. If you get lost, you might as well live in the present.

In 2005, with the help of friends around, Kara Wai rallied and returned to the entertainment circle as a newcomer.

This time, she abandoned her previous aura and started from a supporting role, not only making movies, but also entering the field of TV dramas; It turns out that Kara Wai not only knows how to play, but also has excellent performances.

Many years ago, she couldn't turn her head, but now she has been recognized by everyone, and the road to play is wider than before.

In 2009, Kara Wai played a possessive mother in the movie Devil, and Kara Wai won the "Shadow Queen" award again for her role. It has been more than 20 years since she won this honor for the first time.

Kara Wai, who disdained this award 20 years ago, cried all the way under the kiss of her friend, which proved the difficulty of those years and her strength. This award confirmed her rebirth.

Most importantly, Kara Wai gave an account to those friends who never gave up on her.

20 1 1 year, she played thirteen niangs with strong martial arts in the movie "Martial Arts" starring Donnie Yen.

Even Donnie Yen couldn't help sighing when shooting a duet: "Sister Hong, you are really great!"

At that moment, this former "martial arts queen" seemed to be stronger than decades ago.

On 20 17, Kara Wai suffered from an old injury in filming. He was dragged to the hospital after filming the last scene, and was finally told that his left knee was permanently disabled.

In September of the same year, Kara Wai said at the event he attended that he would never take a movie again, nor would he take a big action arc.

At this moment, Kara Wai is still in a semi-retirement state.

In 20 19, she participated in the performance of my people and my country. The film didn't bring her any awards, but she was more excited than winning any awards at the premiere.

This is the real experience of Kara Wai. She recalled, "I cried when I saw the national flag floating."

"Finally, I waited for the reward, and I finally knew that I had my own country."

"You can also tell everyone loudly that I am from China!"

She said: "I had already received other TV series at that time, but I will take time to shoot this drama anyway."

For a person who has really experienced it, it is an honor to make a film praising the motherland. If she doesn't catch it this time, she may never have a chance to participate at her age.

My Country and My People is the last film received by Kara Wai at present.

Kara Wai's life is full of ups and downs, from a little girl begging for a living on Rock Island to the "martial arts queen" on the Avenue of Stars. Her life is a good legend.

Of course, the difficulties experienced will certainly not be as understood by outsiders, and the real experience will certainly be much more bitter than what is said.

After all, others can't feel the pain. Unfortunately, such a woman is still single at the age of 60!