In the summer of 2005, a movie called "Touzi D" landed on the screen to meet the audience, this movie is adapted from the very famous and popular Japanese racing anime "Touji D", co-directed by Chinese Hong Kong filmmakers Liu Weiqiang and Mak Zhaohui, Jay Chou, Chen Guanxi, Yu Wenle, Chen Xiaochun, Zhong Zhentao and other Chinese actors and some Japanese actors co-starred, the original "Touji D" in the thrilling racing scene really reappeared in front of the audience.
This commercial film, before its release, has done enough commercial publicity, such as "Jay Chou's screen debut", such as "Jay Chou for the whole film to produce film music", in a word, is to fully tap the commercial value of Jay Chou. In fact, Jay Chou's screen debut should be the Hong Kong literary film "Looking for Jay Chou" released in 2003.
In the first decade of the 21st century, the entire Chinese music scene was almost led by Jay Chou alone. Its huge influence has led Hong Kong directors to arrange for Hong Kong's most attractive new era actors such as Chen Guanxi, Yu Wenle and Chen Xiaochun to play for them, creating this racing-themed film with the theme of hot blood and youth.
For a person who likes both Jay Chou's music and Japanese anime, I'm afraid they can't figure out whether they know this "Head Text D" because of Jay Chou, or whether they pay more attention to this movie because of the original anime works.
The film, released in 2005, is sixteen years old.
Sixteen years is the time distance between Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü to reunite in the Valley of Absolute Love.
Sixteen years. China, and indeed the entire world, is undergoing earth-shaking changes. So what is the current situation of the actors who participated in this movie that year?
1. Jay Chou as Fujiwara Takumi
It is said that when the director met Jay Chou at that time, he not only saw the huge influence of Jay Chou, but also in view of the fact that Jay Chou's personality characteristics and Fujiwara Takumi in the original anime works were very compatible: they were all wooden personalities and were not good at communication, but they were all talented in their respective fields and had the advantage of leading everyone. It seems that the role of Fujiwara Takumi is tailor-made for Jay Chou.
Realistically speaking, Jay Chou's first starring role, the role of Tuohai played, its performance level is still a bit unsatisfactory, compared with the performance of Chen Guanxi, Yu Wenle and Chen Xiaochun in the film, it is much worse, and even the small role played by Liu Qihong is relaxed and natural.
But all this, in the eyes of Jay Chou's fans, is nothing. Moreover, Jay Chou personally wrote the theme songs "Drift" and "All the Way to the North" for the film, which have long become the best in his musical works and are deeply loved by fans, especially "All the Way to the North", which has a very high degree of singing.
Although "Head Text D" is not a very good work, for Jay Chou's fans, it is a memory worth cherishing forever.
Today, Jay Chou has long been a husband and a father, and he has already set thousands of pampering and all the halos in one, and he no longer needs any commercial activities to prove himself.
However, the new album that is said to be good has not been able to cash in for fans.
2. Chen Guanxi plays Ryosuke Takahashi
Ryosuke Takahashi claims to be the first rich handsome man in the entire "Head Text D", the prince of racing, who combines appearance, wisdom, ability and reason. At that time, Chen Guanxi, who was in the limelight, very well interpreted the characteristics of the role of Ryosuke Takahashi. Especially in the film, Chen Guanxi's smoking shots have fascinated many young audiences.
As the best actor in the new era of Hong Kong, if it were not for the later "** gate" incident, perhaps Chen Guanxi could go further and achieve more achievements on the road of acting.
The "** Gate" incident in 2008 completely buried Chen Guanxi's acting career.
Not long ago, several screenshots of Chen Guanxi's live broadcast were exposed on the Internet, in which Chen Guanxi has shown obvious aging, and it is difficult to associate with Ryosuke Takahashi, who was full of spirit.
3. Yu Wenle plays Zhongli Yi
I remember that in the original anime, Takeshi Nakasato is a hot-tempered and personality racing driver, and the GTR he drives once made Takumi win very hard. However, in the movie, Yu Wenle's interpretation of Nakasato Yi is completely devoid of temper and personality, and in the second half of the film, he even becomes Ryosuke Takahashi's little follower and Takumi's little fan. I don't know whether Yu Wenle's interpretation is not careful, or the director has other arrangements, afraid that ZhongliYi's personality is too obvious, which affects the play of Jay Chou and Chen Guanxi.
In any case, Yu Wenle and Chen Guanxi were the twin stars of Hong Kong's new era actors, and both of them had excellent performances in films with a strong Hong Kong film style such as "Infernal Affairs" and "Jianghu".
Today, Yu Wenle, who is almost a year old, has shown a tired and aging appearance, or the entire hong Kong new era actor group that grew up in the early twentieth century, except for Tse Tingfeng, who can maintain a good state, the rest are all invisible.
4. Chen Xiaochun plays Keiichi Sudo
When Chen Xiaochun played Keiichi Sudo, he continued his usual untamed and full of personality, which is the side that Chen Xiaochun has presented to the audience in film works for many years.
Today, Chen Xiaochun has passed the year of knowing his destiny and has lived a happy life of his wife and children. Not only are there very few film and television works, but the occasional recent photos are also a little less stubborn, and they add a bit of mature temperament.
5. Apricot Suzuki plays Natsuki Motegi
As the female number one of the film, The Japanese actress Natsuki Motegi played by Suzuki Apricot once left a very deep impression on the audience with her well-behaved and sweet appearance. Even when Jay Chou's first kiss on the screen was seized by it, it also aroused the "anger" of many Jay Chou fans.
Now, more than ten years have passed, the sweet and petite summer tree has already become the image of a big mother with a big waist and a round waist, I don't know how Tuohai will feel in the face of such a summer tree?
6. Chie Tanaka as Miya (female gas station employee)
In fact, as early as 2004, when Jay Chou launched the MV of "Qilixiang", Japanese actress Chie Tanaka had cooperated with Jay Chou as the heroine of the MV. But at that time, everyone did not know that she was actually a Japanese actor with a sweet appearance. Later, in the movie "Head Text D", Chie Tanaka played Takumi's female colleague who worked at a gas station.
That beautiful appearance, that clear eyes, I believe that many viewers also remember her deeply. Personally, I think that although Chie Tanaka is not the heroine of this movie, she is better than the heroine Suzuki Apricot in terms of appearance and temperament.
Perhaps with the best performance in "Head Character D", Chie Tanaka has developed quite smoothly in the mainland in recent years, and has participated in the movie "Cook. Actors. Leper", TV series "The Righteous Are Invincible", "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" and other works.
Chie Tanaka starred in "The Cook. Actors. Leper
7. Zhong Zhentao plays Yuichi Tachibana
As a former veteran singer and actor in Hong Kong, Zhong Zhentao's performance in the film, although not much, is also remarkable, adding a lot of comedic effect to the film.
In 2013, Zhong Zhentao continued to cooperate with Jay Chou and appeared in Jay Chou's film "Rooftop Love".
Today, Zhong Zhentao, who is nearly seventy years old, is getting younger and younger, and he is in a very good state.
VIII. Liu Ruihong plays Kiyoshi Iwaki
As a good friend of Jay Chou, although Liu Lihong only played a small role in the film, he was still very brilliant with his vivid acting skills.
Since then, many of jay Chou's starring films will bring Liu Qihong to appear in it.
And Liu Qihong's other most well-known is his muscular figure.
In addition, there are Du ** and Huang **, although they were also once very popular actors in Hong Kong movies, but due to some inappropriate remarks they made, they were no longer introduced.
This "Head Text D" can be said to carry many people's memories of youth.
And this long sixteen years, in which the great changes in the participants, also have to be emotional.
Before, I also heard that its sequel was also going to be created, but at that time, the characters of Takumi, Ryosuke, and Nakasato did not know whether they could still get together.