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Abstract: On November 19, "Railway Hero" was released nationwide, and there are many literary and artistic works on the theme of railway guerrillas, in so many works of the same theme, how many "Road Heroes" starring Zhang Hanyu and Fan Wei can be ranked?
Figure 1: Various film and television drama posters with the theme of railway guerrillas
On November 19, "Railway Hero" was released nationwide, and there are many literary and artistic works on the theme of railway guerrillas, in so many works of the same theme, this "Road Hero" starring Zhang Hanyu and Fan Wei can be ranked first?
The theme of railway guerrillas is undoubtedly the most remade and remade in the theme of the War of Resistance, whether it is Zhang Ga, a small soldier of the plain guerrillas, or the Agni King Kong of the armed forces behind the enemy lines, or the underground battlefield mine warfare Shajiabang, can not be compared with the railway guerrillas, since the advent of the novel "Railway Guerrilla" in 1953, the number of literary and artistic works with the theme of railway guerrillas in the past seventy years, including film and television dramas, operas, etc., far exceeds other anti-war themes. The reason is very simple, the railway guerrillas fight on the railway line, on the speeding train, itself with a strong thrill, at the same time there is a spy war plot, and there are face-to-face combat bridge sections, the content is very rich, far more than the single struggle style of the martial arts guerrilla has more dramatic conflict elements.
Therefore, in 1956, just three years after the novel came out, the Shanghai Film Studio filmed the film "Railway Guerrilla", directed by Zhao Ming, starring Cao Huiqu, Feng Zhe, Qin Yi, and Zhong Xinghuo. Although the film adapts the original novel according to the needs of the film, some wonderful bridge sections, such as blood spattering and killing Okamura, are not shown in the film, but they are still widely acclaimed, and the bridge sections such as the ticket car in the play, the grenade of Fanglin sister-in-law do not pull the string and other bridge sections are very wonderful and have become red classics. In particular, the interlude "Play My Beloved Earth Pipa" is even more popular and has been sung to this day.
Figure 2: Stills from the 1956 film "Railway Guerrilla"
In addition to movies, the most popular literary and artistic works of the year comic strips are not far behind, in 1955 the Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House published a set of 50 folio 10 volumes of "Railway Guerrilla" comic strips drawn by Han Heping and Ding Bin, which was also very popular. In 1962, the titles of the 10 volumes were unified into four characters, the cover was repainted, the inner pages were also adjusted, and the second edition was published, and in 1963, it won the first prize of the first national comic strip award. By October 1965, the total print run was 1.127 million copies. This was an absolutely amazing achievement at that time. This set of books was a few cents in a single volume of the year, due to its age, it is rarely seen today, and the full set of products is intact, and the price in the market is at least 1,000 yuan.
In 1978, the Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House changed the folio of this set of comic strips to 64 kai, and made major changes to the fourth volume of "Yang Ji Hoe Rape", and the other volumes also had some changes, and the third edition was published. This edition has been reprinted 20 times, with a total print volume of 36.52 million copies, which is also a record-breaking in the history of Chinese comic strips. This set of classic comic strips priced at 1.75 yuan is also relatively common now, and the price of good quality on the market today is about 500 yuan.
Figure 3: Cover of the first volume of the first edition of the comic strip, "Playing foreign trades"
Figure 4: The cover of the first volume of the second edition of the comic strip, "Blood Splash foreign trade", the titles of each fascicle are unified into four words
In the twenty-first century, several publishers, including the Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House, have republished the comic strip. In 2017, the Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House republished 32 hardcover collections, a full set of 598 yuan, which is still very popular. You can see the charm of this classic comic strip.
In the ten years of catastrophe from 1966 to 1976, the theme of the big guerrilla did not become one of the eight model plays, so it was beaten into the cold palace. Until after the reform and opening up, it was once again favored by the film and television circles.
In 1985, the Shanghai Film Studio filmed a 12-episode TV series "Railway Guerrilla", the director of the drama Feng Xiao is the actor of Xiaopo in the 56-like movie, which is also a continuation of the 56 version, and the main actors are Zhang Jiatian, Wang Guoqiang, Zhang Xuehao, Niu Na, and Xue Guoping. This TV series is much larger than the 58 version of the movie, so the content is also much richer, but the response is mediocre.
Figure 5: Poster of the 1985 TV series "Railway Guerrilla"
Figure 6: Liu Hong and Fang Lin's sister-in-law in the 1985 TV series "Railway Guerrilla"
In 1995, Emei Film Studio filmed the railway guerrilla theme of "Flying Tigers", directed by Wang Jixing, the actors really let relatively luxurious, Liu Wei, Li Xuejian, Li Youbin, Zhang Fengyi, Wang Zhiwen, Chen Xiaoyi, Yuan Li, Pan Changjiang are heavyweight big names, but both the plot and the character image have attracted a lot of criticism. What impressed Lao Zhou was that the characters in the play used a 20-round long magazine shell gun, which was rare in previous film and television dramas, and the continuous hair type shell gun fired, the rate of fire was very fast, almost like a submachine gun.
Figure 7: Poster of the 1995 film version of The Flying Tigers
In 2004, in order to present the 60th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Shandong filmed a 35-episode TV series "Railway Guerrilla", directed by Wang Xinmin, written by Li Shiming, and starring Zhao Hengxuan, Shi Lanya, Liu Changchun, Zhang Li and so on. He also invited Liu Zhenhua, the wife of Liu Zhixia, the author of the original novel, to serve as an artistic consultant and reviewed the script. Therefore, the play is the most faithful to the original work, but also the most successful adaptation, and the general evaluation is good.
Figure 8: Poster of the 2005 TV series "Railway Guerrilla"
In 2014, Shandong Satellite TV Media, WeishanHu Film and Television Culture Communication Co., Ltd. and Beijing Perfect Film and Television filmed a 39-episode TV series "Flying Tiger Team", directed by Qian Yanqiu and starring Zhang Zijian, He Gang, Zhong Weihua, Liang Linlin, Chun YuShanshan, Yang Qijun and so on. Male no. 1 Zhang Zijian is the famous "Yuanfang, what do you think" Li Yuanfang played, but this drama is too bad, Douban score is only 3.3 points, even the desire to complain is gone.
Figure 9: Poster of the 2014 TV series "Flying Tigers"
2016 Lunar New Year film "Railway Flying Tiger", starring Jackie Chan, as well as Huang Zitao, Wang Kai and other popular stars, the title of the film sounds like it should also be related to the railway guerrilla, but in fact, it is a hot spot for the railway guerrilla, although it is also in Zaozhuang on Jinpu Road, it is also the railway workers organized to resist japan, but it is not a legitimate railway guerrilla, the captain is called Ma Yuan, not Liu Hong. Moreover, it is a comedy with the background of the War of Resistance, so it is inconvenient to copy the Liu Hong Railway Guerrillas, so it has to play a side ball.
This brings us to the just-released "Railway Hero", which should also be regarded as a railway guerrilla theme. Zhang Hanyu and Fan Wei play Lao Hong and Lao Wang, which is clearly Liu Hong and Wang Qiang, and there is also Li Zheng in the play, but he has become an instructor - this is also one level lower than the political commissar, and in addition to organizing two team members to join the party oath, it is still the work of political work cadres, and the other is responsible for passing on the instructions of the superiors. As for the other Peng Liang, Lu Han, Lin Zhong, and Xiao Po, who are familiar to us, the characters of several team members are very thin, there are no few lines, and even the faces are not recognized. The heroine is not Fang Lin's sister-in-law, but the female nurse Zhuang Yan in the factory, who was transferred from Jinan to Zaozhuang, and began to cover lao Hong without any preparation, which was too abrupt. Moreover, Lao Hong was injured and fell unconscious on the road, and a weak woman could carry Lao Hong home alone, which was comparable to Lu Han.
There is also a gun expert from the Hanyang Arsenal in the film, Qi Shun, who recognizes that the rifle obtained by the old Hong pickpocket train is the American Springfield (also translated as Springfield) M1903 rifle, although it is an American gun, but it began mass production in 1903, and Japan got the gun in the 1940s, which was no problem at all. Qi Shun also said that the rifle was designed with good precision, often used as a sniper rifle, and left one for his own use - I was thinking, yes, it is rare for a movie to describe a gun basically correctly, and then immediately hot eyes - he shortened the barrel of several other Springfield rifles, and then paired them with modified bullets to make a high-power pistol. Barrel saws have an impact on the short range and accuracy, but it is basically no problem to use as a pistol. But the use of modified bullets is a big problem, bullets and firearms, not only simple caliber matching, but more importantly, the bullet on the barrel of the chamber pressure. If the chamber pressure is small, the range and power must be reduced, but if the chamber pressure is large, it will explode, so even if it is the same caliber, the bullet cannot be used randomly. As a gun expert at Hanyang Arsenal, don't you know this basic principle of firearms?
Figure 10: The Springfield rifle used as a sniper rifle in Railroad Heroes
Figure 11: The Springfield rifle sawn short into a high-powered pistol
In terms of plot, there is not much to say, let's say that the last blow up of the Japanese military ammunition train, Lao Wang heard the departure time of this military train, but the Japanese army has blocked the station, just when he was worried about not being able to get out of the station, the Japanese deliberately let him out of the station, he immediately informed the traffic officers waiting outside the station, and then threw the grenade on the rickshaw car riding by the agent who tracked the traffic officer. Moreover, before leaving the station, Lao Wang gave the knife to the stone, obviously knowing that he was exposed, and arranging the aftermath. Since he knew that his identity was exposed, but he still returned to the station, what was the reason for this? Who knows that he will have to "throw himself into the net" when he is exposed? Totally unreasonable. Some people will say that if Lao Wang does not go back, the devil will change the departure time when he perceives it, so he knows that he must also go back when he is exposed. What is this logic, his identity has been exposed, can not return to the station, the devils can change the departure time, is he going back to fall into the clutches of the Japanese army, the Japanese army will not change the departure time? It's not round.
After Lao Wang was arrested, he was taken to the military column, and the Japanese agent Fujiwara actually untied him and let him drink together in the dining car. What is this? trial? psychological warfare? Or enjoy the triumphant joy of teasing a mouse after a cat catches a mouse? Or is it to give the old king a chance to angrily rebuke Fujiwara? There is also Fujiwara is a mantetsu intelligence system person, how to turn around and put on the military uniform, mantetsu and the military are basically two systems, even if the relationship with the military is good, it is also a relatively deep source with the Kwantung Army, the Tsuura line belongs to the Chinese dispatch army, and mantetsu has nothing to do with it, how will the mantetsu agent become a soldier, and the level is not low, even the gendarmerie captain has to listen to him. Pull away, and then return to the dining car, but no matter how to say, it is impossible to drink between the two of them, at least there must be a guard around, is it to facilitate Lao Wang's resistance?
Figure 12: Poster of "Railroad Heroes"
Then, Lao Hong led the team members to start attacking the military train, and successfully attacked the train, and Fujiwara launched a one-on-one positive and negative PK, this kind of bridge section of the cliché is not much to say, and finally Lao Hong killed Fujiwara, himself was seriously injured, and then he lit the explosives tied to his waist and blew up the entire military column! Please, the place where the explosives are detonated is the dining car, and the explosion will definitely affect the carriage where the arms are released? If not - most likely not, then Lao Hong regards death as a heroic sacrifice, didn't he just blow up the dining car?
The screenwriter, to show the heroism of the sacrifice, please also take a little snack, make up so loopholes, originally wanted to sing praises, but it turned out to be a joke.
Therefore, "Railway Hero" is pale and weak, both in terms of character shaping and plot arrangement. Even if the lead actor uses all his strength to play the acting skills to the fullest, he cannot make up for the logical defects. Overall, the artistry and appeal of "Railway Hero" are only above the two "Flying Tigers", and in many railway guerrilla-themed film and television dramas, it is definitely among the top three.
(The picture of this article is from the network)