During the 2026 Lunar New Year, at the Chinese box office, "Titao Nhan: Phong Khoi Dai Mac" produced and starring Wu Jing was a highly discussed work because it had a "comeback" both in terms of reputation and revenue.
In particular, a post-credits scene has received strong reactions from martial arts movie lovers.
In which, martial arts director/director Vien Hoa Binh, director over 90 years old Truong Ham Vien and Vice President of the Chinese Martial Arts Association Ngo Ban appeared as guests, each saying a line.
Three martial arts masters gather, full of nostalgic emotions, making this scene one of the most discussed scenes.
According to producer Du Bach Mi's revelation, Ngo Kinh almost accepted to participate in production and starring in "Titao Nhan" with the mentality that he could lose money, just because Vien Hoa Binh said to him: "This is probably the last movie of my life".
Vien Hoa Binh is the 8th child in the family, so he is called Bat Gia. In the film industry, he is also revered as "the number one martial arts director in the world".
The 80-year-old director received support, response and gathered a strong crew for "Titao Nhan", because he is an idol of most actors pursuing action movies, and has also supported many people, including martial arts stars such as Ngo Kinh, Thanh Long, Ly Lien Kiet, Chan Tu Dan, Duong Tu Quynh...
Ngo Kinh collaborated with director Vien Hoa Binh from his debut film in 1996 - "Thai Chi Quyen"; then "Thai Chi Tong Su" helped him become famous, then to films such as "Tieu Ly Phi Dao", "Tan Thieu Lam Tu"... In addition, Vien Hoa Binh also introduced Ngo Kinh to participate in "Nam Thieu Lam" of his older brother Vien Tuong Nhan, playing Phuong The Ngoc.
In recent years, due to old age, Vien Hoa Binh has gradually moved away from cinema. Ngo Kinh once invited him to reappear in the "Thua Phong" segment of the movie "My Uncle and I", completing complex riding and action scenes.
Unexpectedly, before the two had time to cooperate further in the theatrical project as planned, Vien Hoa Binh took the initiative to find Ngo Kinh to play "Tieu Nhan".
Meanwhile, Zhang Xinyuan is the director of Jet Li's first film "Shaolin Temple"; and Wu Bin is the master of both Jet Li and Wu Jing.
According to film critics, the guest scene of 3 veteran martial arts masters in "Tiêu nhân" shows gratitude and inheritance, is one of the most touching moments in the film, worthy of becoming a film legend.
In this scene, Vien Hoa Binh's hat-wearing and wine jar-wearing image is actually to commemorate the image of his ancestors - Vien Tieu Dien - in the movie "Juy Quyen".
In that work, Vien Tieu Dien played To Khuat Nhi, and Thanh Long played Hoang Phi Hong. The process of To Khuat Nhi training Hoang Phi Hong is classified as "classic", nearly half a century has passed, and now watching it again is still not outdated. The director of "Tuy Quyen" is also Vien Hoa Binh.
That was the golden age of action and martial arts films in Hong Kong (China), with powerful martial arts families such as Vien family ban, Luu family ban, Thanh family ban, Hong family ban equally talented, together creating the glory of this film genre.
Director Yuen Woo-ping is very reluctant to appear in front of the camera. But in a rare occasion when director Truong Ham Vien and martial artist Ngo Ban visited the "Catman" film set, they came up with the idea of appearing together in an interesting film scene for the audience.
He added that being able to portray a character who was once associated with his father's name makes that memory even more special and memorable.
