2005 is the "big year" in the history of Chinese television dramas.
This year, Guan Hu filmed the 9.5-point divine work "Migrant Workers of Survival" that reflected the lives of migrant workers, He Bing contributed his best masterpiece "The Great Song Ti Criminal Officer", and Hu Mei, who filmed "Yongzheng Dynasty", joined hands with Chen Baoguo to hand over historical dramas such as "The Emperor of Han Wu".
Young audiences' favorite "Pauline Lantern", "Paladin 1" and "Family with Children 1" also came out this year.
But the most influential TV series mentioned this year is "Bright Sword".
With the rise of the Internet, this TV series, which has been on the air for 17 years, is not gradually forgotten like most works of the same era, but has become more and more vibrant.
The reason is by no means summarized by a few hot memes.
On the one hand, "Bright Sword" was born at the right time.
Peace is long, people need the heroic image of happiness and revenge from the spirit, so Hong Kong's martial arts movies have accompanied us through the golden years of decades.
However, with the decline of Hong Kong films, people need less and less "heroic images".
So at the beginning of the new millennium, various anti-Japanese dramas emerged in an endless stream, and film and television industry practitioners keenly captured this, but limited by the production level, attitude, and idea of making quick money, they could only make such a clumsy expression.
On the other hand, the production level of Bright Sword is indeed online.
From the acting skills of the actors to the costumes, "Bright Sword" has set a good example for the anti-war drama, of course, in addition to the serious shrinkage of the scene of the war due to the shortage of funds.
17 years have passed, and we look back at the classics again.
The 12 main actors, after participating in this play, have developed differently, and today we will take a look at their life trajectory and what the current situation is.
It is also a small gift to the fans of "Bright Sword".
1. Li Youbin (as Li Yunlong)
"Our old Li, at that time, was a handsome descendant of the eight townships in ten miles."
This sentence, Old Li really did not brag.
In 1997, when director Chen Guoxing and his crew came to the mainland's nuclear test base that year, they were suddenly stunned in the face of the ruins and broken walls.
However, he immediately greeted the crew and put out the two big characters of "North Shadow" with stones on the ground, because when the crew was filming on the Gobi Desert, it was said that there were more than a dozen satellites abroad monitoring, so Chen Guoxing was worried about making a misunderstanding and causing trouble for the government.
More than two years of time was not in vain, when the movie "Turned Out" was released, there was a lot of applause.
The film not only won six awards at the Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Cinema that year, including Best Film and Best Director, but also sent Li Youbin, one of the leading actors, to the throne of the Film Emperor of the Changchun Film Festival.
In the film, Lu Guangda, played by Li Youbin, is a nuclear physicist and personable.
Although he is nearly 40 years old, he can still see the perseverance and handsomeness in the corner of his eyes.
After "Bright Sword" and "Breaking into The Guandong", perhaps the images of Li Yunlong and Zhu Kaishan are too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the roles played by Teacher Li Youbin since then are rarely impressive.
In the second half of last year's "Life and Death Blocking", Li Youbin and his wife Shi Lanya and Zhang Guangbei participated.
Regardless of the quality of the film, after watching it, I have only one feeling:
Old Lee, really old.
The broadcast of the TV series "Ace Troops" confirms this even more.
Today, the number of works by teacher Li Youbin is still undiminished, and I hope that he can bring us more exquisite acting skills.
Second, Zhang Guangbei (as Chu Yunfei)
In the 2020 hit drama "Circuit Prosecutor Group", Zhang Sile, who played Qiao Yi, has been spat upon by the audience:
Ugly crying!
Many people have speculated, how could she play the role of a beautiful girl who should have been Wen Jing?
This Zhang Sile is Zhang Guangbei's daughter.
In fact, since the third season of the variety show "I Am Not a Star" in 2014, zhang Guangbei, an old drama bone, has begun to use his resources in the circle to pave the way for his daughter to enter the show business circle.
Helplessly, the actor industry is very "face-eating".
Although he graduated from the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama, Zhang Sile, who did not have an advantage in appearance, even with the strong help of his father, could not break through in the show business circle.
Zhang Guangbei first attracted the attention of the audience in Xie Jin's film "Furong Town".
However, because the two main actors Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen are too dazzling, Zhang Guangbei's real fame is after starring in Lü Bu in the 94th version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
However, in that era when the stars of the mainland showbiz circle were shining, most of the film and television dramas in which Zhang Guangbei participated as the male protagonist were not big productions, so he almost failed to make any splashes.
Today's Zhang Guangbei, while providing resources for his daughter (which is also understandable), is not idle.
However, "Mountains and Rivers Moonlight" and the film version of "Three-Body Problem" seem to be far away.
Third, He Zhengjun (as Zhao Gang)
In "Bright Sword", Li Yunlong is known for his "violent temper".
The only person who can partner with Li Yunlong to the end is Zhao Gang, a "big show talent" with a gentle temper and not arrogant.
He Zhengjun, who plays Zhao Gang, was born into a military family.
In 1979, 17-year-old He Zhengjun was working on a drawing design at the Chengdu Light Industry Bureau, which was 3 years.
Later, He Zhengjun was admitted to the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama.
But He Zhengjun did not come out to act early like many classmates, but in 1988, at the age of 26, he starred in the first TV series in his life, "Liaozhai".
During this period, He Zhengjun also met his future wife Fan Yu.
After two years of acquaintance, the two successfully entered the palace of marriage, but because He Zhengjun's name was unknown at that time, the living conditions were more difficult, fortunately, He Zhengjun's wife has been silently supporting him.
Filming "Bright Sword" and playing a soldier can be said to be easy for He Zhengjun, who is originally from a military family. This year, another TV series in which He Zhengjun participated, "The Great Song Ti Criminal Officer", was also officially broadcast.
The explosion of the two dramas made He Zhengjun's acting career after him very smooth.
Nowadays, he and his wife are as loving as ever, and their daughter has gradually grown up, although film and television dramas mostly appear in supporting roles, but for this national first-class actor, it may have long been faded.
Fourth, Tong Lei (as Tian Yu)
In the war drama "Bright Sword", there are not many female characters, and the role is quite limited.
Understandable.
Even if the actress does not play much in this drama, Tong Lei is also a proper female number one.
Tian Yu, played by her, became Li Yunlong's second wife, husband and wife, one born in a family of traditional Chinese intellectuals, the other in the army to sweep the ground, so the contradictions between the two are always many.
Tong Lei's starting point is very high.
Not long after graduation, Tong Lei was photographed by Haiyan and starred in "Deep Prison", originally titled "Sunshine Blooms Like a Flower", becoming a new generation of "Rock Girl".
It is also because of this drama that Tong Lei met her boyfriend At the time, Zhou Wei.
At that time, Zhou Wei was still a "non-famous actor", and after a few years of low-key love, the relationship between the two ended in a breakup. Later, Tong Lei married Zhou Xuhui, the former richest man in Wenzhou, who was a teenager, and had a daughter.
After becoming Mrs. Kuo, Tong Lei rarely acted in nearly ten years.
In 2015, Zhou Xuhui's company was forcibly delisted, and he was also arrested for financial fraud, so Tong Lei embarked on the same path as Liu Tao: a rapid comeback to filming.
It's just that the original scenery is no longer there.
Fifth, Sun Li (as Feng Nan)
Like Tong Lei, Sun Li is also famous for starring in Haiyan's TV series.
However, her "Jade Guanyin" is two years earlier.
Although before starring in "Bright Sword", Sun Li has become famous with several dramas such as "Blood Romance", but it is still far from the status of the later domestic drama "female shoulder handle".
Throughout Sun Li's entire acting career, it has been relatively smooth, almost maintaining a high-open and high-going posture.
Starting from the "Biography of Zhen Huan" 10 years ago, all TV series starring Sun Li, even if the reputation is average, but the ratings and click rates are of a high level.
For example, "The Legend of Mi Yue" and "An Jia".
Although it turned out later that Sun Li was indeed not suitable for the big screen, the TV series she starred in was still a blockbuster preparation.
In addition, the marriage of Sun Li and Deng Chao is also a good story in the mainland showbiz circle.
Sixth, Zhang Tong (as Wei Dayong)
Last year was a year of concentrated outbreaks in Zhang Tong.
He has played Mr. Li Dazhao three times in "The Age of Awakening", "Glory and Dreams", and "Red Boat", and also starred in another main theme drama "Top Secret Mission".
Especially in the performance of "The Age of Awakening", he and Yu Hewei can be called "double-walled brilliance".
"Mr. Li Dazhao was only 38 years old when he died, and I am also 38 years old this year. I have played many revolutionary roles, but this time, my experience as a revolutionary pioneer made me feel shocked. Different times, the same 38 years old, but I feel the same faith, burning, inspiring our lives."
However, in last year's Magnolia Award nomination list, Zhang Tong did not even get the nomination for the best actor, and many viewers were angry about it.
Born in Tianjin, Zhang Tong has had a deep introspection that does not match his age since he was a child.
Such a personality led to his incompatibility with the classmates around him.
After the college entrance examination, Zhang Tong was admitted to the computer department of Nanjing University, but the slightly boring major made Zhang Tong suddenly turn his interest to acting, so he ran to the Lyon Art and Drama Academy in France to start learning acting.
In 2002, Zhang Tong participated in Gu Xiaoyang's life drama "Flowers Bloom and Sound".
After that, he continued to participate in TV series such as "Huan Zhu Ge Ge 3" and "Seven Fairies of Happy Heaven", but he still "did not check this person" for the show business circle.
Therefore, when the opportunity to star in "Bright Sword" was placed in front of him, Zhang Tong especially cherished it.
At that time, the director asked Zhang Tong if he could do martial arts, and Zhang Tong needed the role too much, so he lied, saying that he knew martial arts, and in front of the director, he punched a tiger and a tiger fist.
After playing the role of "Wei Monk", Zhang Tong finally began to be well known to the audience.
After this, he successively starred in dramas such as "A Generation of Merchants Meng Luochuan" and "Wild Duck", but when filming "One and Eight", there was an accident:
The flying stones hit his eyes, making Zhang Tong almost blind.
In those years, Zhang Tong, in addition to eye injuries, coupled with the pressure of external evaluation, he also suffered from depression.
However, after hard work, Zhang Tong gradually recovered under the company and careful care of his family, and ushered in a complete outbreak in 2021, and at the end of last year, there was good news that the National Theatre of China will introduce Zhang Tong into the theater.
Seventh, Wang Quanyou (as Ding Wei)
Wang Quanyou, born in 1950 in Baoding, Hebei Province, is a national first-class actor.
At the same time, he is also a famous veteran actor in the Chinese drama critics.
He came into contact with film and television dramas relatively late, and initially participated in performances as a supporting role in large productions such as "Sima Qian" and "Water Margin", and the role that really made him remembered by the audience was Ding Wei in "Bright Sword".
In the industry for decades, Wang Quanyou has starred in a small number of film and television drama works.
Strictly speaking, in the past two years, Wang Quanyou has really ushered in the "peak period", not only participating in the filming of many TV series such as "You Are My Glory" and "Liu Yong's Pursuit", but also participating in variety shows such as "Director Please Advise".
But he is over seventy years old, and he has gradually begun to fade out of the screen.
8. Che Xiaotong (as Liu Bocheng)
In "Bright Sword", Marshal Liu Bocheng does not play much.
The actor who plays the role is called Che Xiaotong, and his ex-wife Wang Liyun and daughter Che Xiao are all famous actors in China.
Che Xiaotong was born in the military compound, from childhood by the environment of the ear, people are very strict in doing things, after participating in the work, he once devoted himself to the career, no time to take care of him.
Later, unable to withstand the introduction of the enthusiastic elder sister, Che Xiaotong met Wang Liyun, who was a junior himself, and the two officially married in 1981, and soon had a lovely daughter, that is, Che Xiao.
But he and his wife, Wang Liyun, are both "career strongmen".
The married life of ju less and more makes the intersection between the husband and wife less and less, but because the daughter is still young, the two did not choose to divorce soon, but waited until Che Xiao became an adult.
There are not many film and television drama works starring Che Xiaotong, most of which are positive military images.
Due to his excellent performance in "Bright Sword", Che Xiaotong played the role of Marshal Liu Bocheng in many film and television dramas such as "The Great Undertaking of The Founding of the People's Republic" and almost became a special actor.
But what many people don't know is that the golden horn king in the old version of "Journey to the West" is also played by Che Xiaotong.
Years later, Che Xiaotong and Wang Liyun can still chat calmly and calmly like old friends, which is somewhat incredible in the eyes of many people.
Maybe it is the two people who are extremely enterprising, and they fully understand each other.
9. Yu Li (as Kong Jie)
Unlike many of the actors above, Bright Sword was the first film and television drama starring Li.
He was 41 years old.
Born in 1963 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, Yuli graduated from the directing class jointly organized by Beijing Film and Shenzhen University.
After graduation, Yu Li served as the production director of Shenzhen Film Company, and in 1992, he participated in the production of the documentary "The Choice of History" as a screenwriter, which won the "Classic Chinese Documentary Classic Award in Commemoration of the 30 Years of Reform and Opening Up".
After that, Yuli also served as the full-time vice president and secretary general of the Shenzhen Tourism Association.
In 2005, as soon as "Bright Sword" was broadcast, Kong Erzi, played by Yuli, quickly "went out of the circle", and the first work was a great success, doubling Yuli's confidence, and 2 years later, he resigned from the Shenzhen Tourism Association and became a full-time actor.
However, in the years since, there have been very few film and television drama works starring YuLi, and most of them are small productions. The recently broadcast network university "Bright Sword: Decisive Battle Ghost Cry valley" is one of his few works.
Yu Li, whose drama path is not wide, has begun to face the dilemma of no drama to play.
10. Zhan Weihua (as Zhang Dabiao)
In 1990, the 20-year-old Zhan Weihua graduated from vocational high school and his first job was as an electrician.
Since childhood, he had an infinite expectation for the military, and he was determined to take a different path, so he applied for the Beijing Film Academy and was successfully admitted to this famous college.
During his time at the school, Zhan Weihua also served as the head of the class.
However, at this time, Zhan Weihua was somewhat "dissatisfied", so he filed a complaint, and finally transferred to the acting department of the Central Academy of Drama half a year later, which made him the first person to "cross-department transfer" since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Since "Bright Sword", Zhan Weihua has not ushered in the expected "film contract continuously".
Perhaps it is the fixed image of the predatory soldier in military dramas and war dramas that limits his development, although Zhan Weihua has also participated in works such as the drama version of "Armageddon", but in addition to Zhang Dabiao, only the old abacus in "Three Eight Lines" is remembered.
11. Zhang Xiaojun (as Duan Peng)
In "Bright Sword", the role of Duan Peng has a pivotal position.
In the play, Duan Peng, as the commander of the reconnaissance company, was seriously injured by Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei, it was Duan Peng who risked his life to save Li Yunlong and sent him to the hospital, and almost clashed with the hospital.
It can be seen from this that Duan Peng admired and loved Li Yunlong, the regimental commander, from the bottom of his heart.
Zhang Xiaojun, the same age as Zhan Weihua, graduated from the acting department of the Beijing Film Academy. They also have in common that most of them are film and television dramas with war themes.
However, Zhang Xiaojun also has a "unique skill": spy war drama.
In the past two years, Zhang Xiaojun has continuously participated in large-scale film and television dramas such as "Changjin Lake" and "Crossing the Yalu River", but the problem of role solidification is still bothering him.
Twelfth, Liang Linlin (as Yang Xiuqin)
Liang Linlin's road to art stems more from her parents' love for literature and art.
Liang Linlin, who was born in 1982 in Fushun, Liaoning Province, was almost "insulated" from literature and art from childhood, from primary school to junior high school, she was not the so-called backbone of literature and art, and she did not even participate in a literary and artistic performance.
During the middle school entrance examination, Liang Linlin's parents, out of their love for literature and art, let her enroll in the Liaoning Provincial Art School, which was enrolling students.
To this end, her parents also invited a professional actress from the drama troupe to conduct "special training" for her.
In 1999, Liang Linlin was selected to join the army for participating in the drama "Red Plastic Bucket in the Shade" organized by the Beijing Military Region and began her military drama performance career.
In 2000, Liang Linlin graduated from the junior college class of the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama.
In the following years, Liang Linlin did not appear in film and television dramas as she wished, until the TV series "Bright Sword" extended an olive branch to her.
After the role of "Yang Xiuqin" was out of the circle, Liang Linlin and Li Youbin cooperated again and starred in the era drama "Breaking into Guandong". The "Xiu'er" played by him has also won unanimous praise from the audience.
In 2014, "Old Farmer" was broadcast, in which Liang Linlin played the role of Han Meili.
After that, her works gradually decreased, until the past two years, she only made cameo roles in some works such as "Ideal City", and it is really regrettable as a powerful actor.
Write at the end:
After 17 years, "Bright Sword" is still an indelible classic in the hearts of audiences.
Originally, its original author Du Liang wanted to build it into a well-known big IP in China, but the "New Bright Sword" launched later was really suspected of some dog-tailed sables.
To make matters worse, there was the "Bright Sword Trilogy" after that:
1. "Thunder Warrior of bright swords"
2. "Future Warrior of bright swords"
3. "Bright Sword Star Wars"
The first "Thunder Warrior", because of the bad reviews has been removed, the other two should be difficult to shoot again.
Classics, like the beauty of our youth, are enough to stay there.