She was once one of the most popular “martial arts actresses” in Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s, along with Hu Huizhong, Hui Yinghong and others, but a demolition scene nearly ruined her acting career.
She never had any scandals during her Time in the show business, but she almost lost her reputation due to a statement from her husband.
She was once known as the “martial arts angel”, but what are the ups and downs of her Life?
In 1965, Li Sai Fung was born in an ordinary Family in Hong Kong, with three children, she was the third in line.
Her mother had no schooling and could only help others with odd jobs, and the family lived mostly on her father’s breakfast sales.
Although life was difficult, but barely able to cope with the family’s Food and children’s school expenses.
However, Li Saifeng’s childhood does not have too many good memories.
At the age of seven, Li Saifeng’s Parents divorced, and a complete family fell apart.
The disintegration of her family made her experience her first separation, and her father took her to Taiwan with him.
To make ends meet, her father took up his old job, selling soy milk and doughnuts at a stall every morning and night.
Since she was nine years old, she would get up at four or five in the morning to help her father fry doughnuts.
To study and help his father fry doughnuts, tired of dozing off will also be accidentally burned hands, a long time ago, the original white fat Li Saifeng not long after the thin and bamboo-like.
Later, her father married another woman not long after, although her father still loves her, but she has no sense of belonging in her heart.
At that time, the only thing that could make her happy was dancing.
When she was in elementary school, she became interested in dance, but in the end, after only three months of study, her father brought her back to Hong Kong.
In 1978, Lee Sai Fung’s father took her back to Hong Kong to visit her mother and brothers.
When her mother saw how thin her formerly chubby daughter had become, she was so distraught that she burst into tears.
She clutched Li Sai Feng’s hand, saying that she would keep the child with her even if she suffered, and that there was no way she would let her husband bring her daughter to that remarried family.
She could not bear to see the burden of the whole family fall on her mother, so she started to work in a factory during the summer holidays at the age of 13.
Li Saifeng’s mother was very traditional in her thinking, and was very patriarchal.
When she saw that her daughter could already earn money, she said, “Why don’t you come out to earn money? It’s useless for girls to study so much.”
But Li Sai Feng didn’t think so, she wanted to finish her studies no matter what, and would rather work part-time after school to save for her own tuition.
In 1979, at the age of 14, Li Saifeng did not expect that her dance skills, which she had only learned for three months, would change her life.
On October 10, the school held the Double Ten Day celebration, and although it is often said that ten years of work is done off stage, Li Saifeng, who had only studied for three months, also signed up to participate.
Because of this dance performance, Li Sai Feng was spotted by Hong Kong TVB producer Siu Hin Fai.
After the performance, the director ran over to Lee Sai Fung and said: “Are you interested in doing a movie? Your image is very suitable for one of our dramas.”
Li Saifeng: “Huh? I haven’t filmed before.”
Xiao Xianhui: “Your image is really too suitable for our drama, you look earthy enough.”
Li Saifeng: “……”
With the idea that she could make money, Li Saifeng inexplicably entered the acting world.
In 1979, “The House of Earthly Grace in Pearl River” hit a ratings peak upon its launch, and was also known at the time as the masterpiece of the Asian television generation.
This drama was Lee Sai Fung’s debut, working with popular actors such as Tung Piao and Bao Qi Jing and other veteran actors.
She played the role of Yang Yaman, a teenager, in this drama, although it was only a supporting role, but it also gave her a good start to her acting career, and also got the nickname “Ah Man”.
After filming a drama, Li Saifeng went back to her studies and was later dragged to film “The Great Accusation”.
It was also because of the drama “The Great Complaint” that Li Saifeng met her uncle Xu Xiaoming.
Xu Xiaoming started learning traditional Chinese martial arts when she was 9 years old, and has been a martial arts master and martial arts director, and has a lot of weight in the industry.
After studying under Xu Xiaoming, Li Saifeng was introduced by him and officially signed with Asia TV.
In 1984, Li Saifeng starred in the TV series “Drunken Fist Wang Wuji”. Under the tutelage of Xu Xiaoming, her martial arts moves in this movie were beautiful and sharp, and her sweet looks won her heart.
It was this drama that established Li Sai Fung as the leading actress of ATV.
In this year, she was not yet 20 years old, her career is unlimited.
In 1985, with the help of her mentor Xu Xiaoming, Li Saifeng broke her contract with ATV and joined Golden Harvest, becoming the first actress to sign with Golden Harvest.
At that time, martial arts actress was a scarce commodity. In order to promote Li Sai Fung, the company let her work with Jackie Chan for the motion picture “Dragon Detective”.
With this movie as the basis, Li Sai Fung officially started the glorious period of “martial arts queen”.
In 1987, at the age of 22, Li Saifeng took on the action film “Angel Action”.
This Hong Kong-Japanese action movie starred Li Sai-fung and Nishiro Hideki, a popular actor in Asia.
Together with the famous Japanese actress Yuri Oshima, and the famous Hong Kong actor Alex Fong.
Later, she went on to do “Angel Action: The Fire Phoenix Dragon” and “Angel Action 3: The Devil’s End”.
These movies also became the classic masterpieces of Hong Kong-made action films in that era.
The “Angel Series” also helped Li Sai Fung rise to the top, making her a first-tier “martial arts actress”.
She was also given the title of “martial arts angel”.
In 1988, Golden Harvest released a series of movies based on “Angel Action”, “The King’s Flower”.
In the meantime, Li Sai Fung, Hu Huizhong and Hui Ying Hong instantly became the iconic figures of Hong Kong martial arts actresses.
With the arrival of success and fame, a crisis also lurks unknowingly.
Li Sai Feng’s character is very valiant, doing everything herself, never using a body double, dangerous, difficult martial arts scenes have always been her signature.
In her mind, she felt that as a martial arts actress, if everything was done by a body double, then what was the point of her existence?
But as the old saying goes, if you walk by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet?
In 1989, Li Sai Fung starred with Lui Leung Wai and Hu Huizhong in “The Devil Hunters”.
There was a scene where she, Lui Leung Wai and Hu Huizhong had to jump from the second floor during an explosion.
Just see the lightning between the three rushed to the window to leap, Lu Liangwei weight reason first fall, and the air Hu Huizhong vaguely wrapped in fire, and then look at the last landing Li Sai Feng, the whole person has been wrapped in flames, has become a “fire girl”.
The original, due to staff error, blasting too early, resulting in Hu Huizhong facial burns, after a year of rest to recover.
The worst is Li Sai Feng, the nerves of the whole body were numbed by the burns, and only when the hospital was medicated did she feel the pain.
Later, when it came to the compensation for the accident, Li Saifeng gave up the company’s compensation and only asked for a symbolic part.
When the old boss stood in front of her and pleaded in a low voice not to sue them, Li Saifeng’s heart softened.
She thought to herself: this old man is a handful of years old, she is still young, this one robbery should be good after, or forget it.
The shooting accident left her heart palpitating, since the accident, Li Saifeng is no longer as hard as before.
She used to do everything herself, and then as long as there are blasting scenes will be confirmed again and again, can use a body double will try not to go into action personally.
She used a phrase to describe her martial arts career: “Every single bill I earn carries sticky blood and sweat.”
Since then, Li Sai Feng has appeared less and less on screen.
In fact, it is justifiable, life is only for a mouthful of food, and what is the use of flaunting fame?
Later, Li Saifeng reduced the number of martial arts scenes and various action films.
In 1993, Li Saifeng and the “king of flowers” Hu Huizhong after a “family of thieves” is almost a state of rest, put the body and mind on the dance.
After fading from acting, Li Sai-fung immersed herself in traditional Chinese arts and dance, and opened her own dance studio in Hong Kong.
In 1995, at the age of 30, Li Saifeng celebrated her first Marriage.
She was so protective of this relationship that almost no one knew she was in love and married.
In fact, before this marriage, Li Saifeng and director Liu Guanwei had a relationship.
As the saying goes, a talented man is a good match for a beautiful woman, and Lee Sai Fung had a mutual affection during the shooting of “Mr. Zombie”.
However, with the transition of Li Sai Feng, coupled with the fact that they were separated after a short time together.
In 1996, Li Sai Feng and her husband went abroad to visit Xu Xiaoming, where they also met Luo Qiren.
It turned out that Law Kai-yan was shooting a movie called “Five Elements Warrior”, and Xu Xiaoming happened to be the action director of that movie, so Xu Xiaoming even greeted him at that time and asked Law Kai-yan if he could get Li Sai-fung into Hollywood.
But at that time, Lee Sai Fung was pregnant, and it turned out that she was out of the country waiting to give birth, so Law Kai Yan and her exchanged phone numbers and had the opportunity to work together again.
In 1997, Lee Saifeng attended the launch of “Five Elements Warrior” in Hong Kong as a special guest.
Seeing that she was alone, Law Kai-yan asked about her husband, only to see Lee Sai-fung then burst into tears.
After the launch, we learned that Li Sai Feng and her husband had broken up.
The two began to get acquainted, and from time to time they would talk on the phone.
Li Saifeng admired the man’s educational background, and her dedication to traditional Chinese dance also made Luo Qiren very appreciative.
But what Li Saifeng did not know was that this man would be a nightmare in her life.
In 1999, when she and Luo met again, her son was already two years old.
Luo Qiren did not care about her having a son, and then launched a wild pursuit of Li Saifeng, and their feelings warmed up with time.
They then became lovers and started a further relationship.
In 2001, Li Saifeng married the prince of Hong Kong’s famous toymaker Lo’s family, Lo Kai-yan.
After the marriage, with the help of Law Kai-yan, Lee Sai-fung devoted herself to promoting the cause of traditional Chinese dance.
Later, Law Kai-yan asked Lee Sai-fung to bring traditional Chinese dance to the Law family’s cabaret company in Denver.
Whether it was intentional or business, that remains to be seen, but the gentry is ultimately a place of cultivation.
In 2004, Zong Tianyi, a graduate of the Beijing Academy of Opera Arts, came out of school and joined the Law’s International Performing Arts Company.
The first time they met, Luo Qiren admired Zong Tianyi so much that he recognized him as his godson on the spot.
To Zong Tian Yi’s surprise, the man sitting across from him would soon push him into the whirlpool of public opinion.
In 2007, Luo Qiren announced in a statement that he was divorcing Li Saifeng and took the opportunity to scold her for misbehaving with his godson.
There was no response from Li Saifeng, so Luo Qiren broke the details to reporters, saying he had seen his godson Zong Tianyi “trying on his pants” in the closet.
Li Saifeng saw this and sent a 4000-word article to angrily denounce Luo Qiren’s ambiguous relationship with the troupe leader Wang Xiaoli.
Zong Tianyi was also dismissed from the troupe without notice.
Interestingly, at this time, the “godson” used the incident to start promoting his new song.
As the momentum grew stronger, the marriage was litigated abroad.
The final result was that Li Sai Feng lost the case.
After winning the case, Luo Qiren was even more ruthless, and afterwards published a book condemning Li Saifeng and bringing her into disrepute.
The most important thing is that the person who has a scandal with Luo Qiren, Wang Xiaoli, sued Li Saifeng and asked him to apologize.
As for whether Li Sai Feng apologized or not, it is not known, but the drama is also considered to have subsided a little.
The company’s main goal is to provide a solution to the problem.
The public opinion is again directed at Luo Qiren, but whether it’s scolding Li Saifeng or supporting her, it doesn’t matter to her anymore.
The truth of the matter is still a mystery to outsiders, and the rumors are no longer necessary for Li Sai Feng to come forward to respond, she has long been an outsider.
Think about the generation of “martial arts actress” debut twenty years, in the acting circle is almost zero scandal, but in her retirement years by her husband to make a reputation.
For the marriage with Luo Qiren, Li Saifeng lamented, “Luxury is not that fun, I have felt, not as good as you think.”
After two marriages, Li Saifeng, who was already disappointed with love, decided to stay alone and take her son away from the public eye.
Today she is permanently settled in Shanghai.
Now at the age of 56, Li Saifeng devotes herself to dancing and traveling.
Today she loves traditional dance and the country’s great mountains more than love.
She started her career at the age of 14 and has been in the show business for nearly 30 years, having been badly injured and disfigured, having met scumbags and having entered a wealthy family, all of which has become a thing of the past for her.
Time passes easily, although I am old, “martial arts angel” Li Sai Feng at least in the Hong Kong film glory of the era occupied a place.
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