The history of Chinese film has Zhang Yimou great!
Zhang Yimou
His films not only made himself, but also made a girl.
Gong Li in "Red Sorghum" successfully opened the era of the girl,
Since then, all the heroines who have come out from Zhang Yimou's hands have been crowned with the honorary label of Mou Girl.
Gong li
Actors who can be called girls have several commonalities,
That was the first time to act in a movie, the first time to be a heroine, relying on Zhang Yimou and became popular.
With the blessing of gong li and Zhang Ziyi, such a high-level girl,
Actors who can be called girlizers have an extra gilded coat than ordinary actors.
Zhang Ziyi
However, the same is Zhang Yimou's thousands of selected and approved heroines, and zhang Yimou has also carefully adjusted her acting skills.
Some of them have become well-known film queens at home and abroad, and some have become ordinary people.
Others were boycotted and insulted by the whole network.
Gong Li is the first generation of mou girls to rely on Zhang Yimou to go to the international stage,
But I have to admit that she and Zhang Yimou are partners who achieve mutual achievements and combine strengths.
Gong Li Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou seems to have been born for Chinese films, from cinematographer to actor to director,
Step by step, he realized his own film trilogy.
Zhang Yimou
He studied photography and worked as a photographer and actor after graduation.
After receiving the honors of Excellent Cinematographer and Three Golden Film Emperors, he first challenged the role of director in 1987.
Zhang Yimou
At that time, Gong Li had just entered the second year of college, and two years ago she was specially recruited to enter the Chinese opera performance department.
Gong li
The movie "Red Sorghum" is written by Mo Yan, Gu Changwei is the photographer, and Zhang Yimou personally directs it.
Zhang Yimou is very cautious in casting, and Mo Yan's Jiu'er is a woman with rich breasts, fat buttocks and cheerfulness.
Gong li
They came to the Chinese opera to select actors, and the flower of the Chinese opera school at that time was Shi Ke,
She is tall and skeleton standard, and at the same time looks very atmospheric, which is very similar to the image of "Jiu'er".
Shi Ke
Zhang Yimou was also very satisfied, so he included Shi Ke as one of the candidates for the "Nine Sons".
However, Gong Li missed this casting because of something, and she regretted it after getting this news.
But the role of "Jiu'er" in her heart was written for her.
Gong li
Later, Li Tong of the Chinese Opera Directing Department recommended Gong Li to deputy director Yang Fengliang and gave her the opportunity to audition.
Originally, Zhang Yimou identified Shi Ke in his heart, but he hesitated at the first sight of Gong Li.
Later, she and Shi Ke went through several auditions, and Zhang Yimou became more and more undecided in his heart.
Gong li
Eventually, Zhang Yimou asked his friend and photographer Gu Changwei, "Which do you think is better?" ”
Gu Changwei replied ,"Gong Li", and Zhang Yimou immediately decided on Gong Li as soon as he clapped his hands.
Zhang Yimou Gu Changwei
In fact, in Zhang Yimou's heart, Gong Li had long been identified,
Asking Gu Changwei is just to find someone who agrees with his views.
Shi Ke, who was selected first, was snatched away by Gong Li, and the relationship between the two became delicate.
In 1987, the film won the Berlin Film Festival's top prize: the Golden Bear.
This is the highest honor of the three major European film festivals won in the three major European film festivals since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
At the same time, in China, it also easily won the best film of Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers.
Gong li
This film opened the source of Zhang Yimou and Gong Li's decades of cooperation,
It also means that Chinese cinema has entered a new era.
Zhang Yimou Gong Li
After that, Gong Li and Zhang Yimou cooperated in many films such as "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit".
These films have all won awards at international film festivals,
Zhang Yimou and Gong Li became internationally renowned directors and actors.
From 1987's "Red Sorghum" to 1995's "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge",
Gong Li and Zhang Yimou have been working together for 8 years and creating 8 films.
These 8 films transformed Gong Li from an obscure acting college student into an internationally renowned film queen.
At this time, Gong Li was fully capable of identifying and interpreting a good movie.
Therefore, after leaving Zhang Yimou, her works can still be called classics.
Today's Gong Li is 56 years old, and she has a domineering nickname "Gong Huang",
There are many actresses in the history of Chinese cinema, but she is the only one who can be called "emperor".
Gong li
Gong Li's aura was so powerful that the second generation of mou girls after her looked very dull.
She is even ruthlessly called "the most dirty girl".
Wei Minzhi
In 1998, the heroine of Zhang Yimou's new film "No One Can Be Less" is a simple and unpretentious rural girl.
So the rural girl Wei Minzhi played the heroine, and even the name was used.
In order to strive for authenticity, this is the first time that Zhang Yimou has chosen a non-professional actor as the heroine.
Although this film did not bring Wei Minzhi any honor, it changed the trajectory of her life.
Wei Minzhi Zhang Yimou
Originally an ordinary rural girl, she developed a strong interest in movies.
Although she did not have an innate advantage, she also stubbornly embarked on the road of learning directing.
In 2004, she was admitted to the School of Communication of Xi'an Foreign Chinese University and became a choreographer.
After graduation, she chose to continue her studies abroad.
Wei Minzhi
After completing her studies, she filmed the documentary "Miracle's Daughter" to record her growth story.
Because of the aura of the girl, she was always compared, but these malicious intentions never defeated her.
She felt that it didn't matter, just be myself.
In the United States, she married a Chinese husband and a lovely son, and lived a happy life.
Wei Minzhi's family
With the development of Zhang Yimou's directorial career, generations of girls emerge in an endless stream,
In 1999, "My Father and Mother" was released, and Zhang Ziyi appeared in front of everyone.
Zhang Ziyi was excavated by Zhang Yimou in 1998, and seeing her was like seeing a miniature version of Gong Li,
Among the many plot girls, Gong Li ranked first, then the second place was Zhang Ziyi.
Zhang Ziyi
She was also discovered by Zhang Yimou when she was a sophomore in Chinese opera.
Played the mother Zhao Di in "My Father and Mother",
In the film, the clip of her holding the altar and trotting all the way has become a classic,
Zhang Ziyi also won the Best Actress of the Hundred Flowers Award for this.
Zhang Ziyi
After the success of the first film, she collaborated with Zhang Yimou on the martial arts films "Hero" and "Ten Faces Ambush".
Her fame is almost faster than Gong Li, and Zhang Yimou has only partnered in three movies.
It allowed her to transform from an unworldly college student to an international movie star.
Zhang Ziyi
In 2005, she and Gong Li starred in "Memoirs of a Geisha".
There is finally a collision of acting skills between the two generations of girls.
Like Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi also has a code name "International Chapter".
Gong Li Zhang Ziyi
Zhang Ziyi, who has been active in the international film industry since 2019, began to fight in the domestic market.
In 2021, Zhang Ziyi tried to shoot the TV series "Shangyang Fu" for the first time.
In the film and television industry, there is generally a despised chain drama with the highest level, followed by movies, and finally TV series.
The TV series starring Zhang Ziyi was ridiculed by netizens as "lower mortal".
But this TV series did not bring Zhang Ziyi a good reputation,
Because Zhang Ziyi, who is in her forties, forcibly plays a teenage girl in the play, it makes people feel bad.
For a time, the discussion about Zhang Ziyi's appearance on the Internet remained hot,
This time, "Xia Fan" not only did not get any honors, but also made his reputation stink.
In 2010, Director Zhang continued to exert his strength and created the love movie "Hawthorn Tree Love".
Zhang Yimou's first feeling when he saw Zhou Dongyu was clean and pure.
Zhou Dongyu
At that time, the photo of The milk tea sister Zhang Zetian went viral on the Internet, and her appearance can be said to be a representative of purity.
Zhang Yimou extended an invitation to her, but Zhang Zetian rejected him because of his studies.
Later, Zhang Yimou saw Zhou Dongyu.
Milk tea sister Zhang Zetian
At that time, Zhou Dongyu was just 17 or 8 years old, and Zhang Yimou told her to be the heroine.
Zhou Dongyu was very confused and didn't know what was happening.
Zhou Dongyu
What this movie wants to show is pure love, under the tutelage of Zhang Yimou,
She interpreted Jing Qiu's shy, green feeling very appropriately,
After the release of the movie, Zhou Dongyu left the audience with a pure image of a young girl.
Zhou Dongyu
After that, Zhou Dongyu entered Nortel to study acting, and after graduation, she starred in the campus drama "You at the Same Table".
In 2016, she won the Golden Horse Film with the role of Ansheng in "July and Ansheng",
In 2019, she broke through the role for the first time in "Young You" to play the bullied student Chen Nian,
After getting the golden statue and the golden rooster, she became the first post-90s actress to hold three golds.
Zhou Dongyu
Among the new generation of film actresses, Zhou Dongyu can be said to be the leader of the fault line.
No one in her family is a filmmaker, and Zhang Yimou brought her into the film circle.
Subsequent success proved that she was the one who ate this bowl of rice.
Zhou Dongyu
Even though she is now 30 years old, she can't see the slightest hint of maturity in her face.
Her youthful appearance broadened her path of drama and at the same time brought her limitations.
Zhou Dongyu
Now Zhou Dongyu still has several stocks in his hands, "Hot Search" and "Parrot Killing" are all works worth looking forward to.
And she is also the most outstanding girl after Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi.
In fact, from the perspective of acting skills, there is a girl who can be on par with Zhou Dongyu,
Even in appearance, she could be better, but she did not have such a good life as Zhou Dongyu.
This "bad fate" plot girl is Ni Ni, who is known as the "most miserable plot girl".
In 2007, Zhang Yimou began to prepare for his new film "Jinling Thirteen Chao".
The selection of the heroine has also received much attention.
Nini
The story takes place in Nanjing, so the heroine is required to speak an authentic Nanjing dialect.
The heroine Yumo is a dusty woman, and her body looks bound to be full of charm.
Nini
She spoke fluent English so she was able to work with the priests of the church to protect the schoolgirls.
At that time, the number of female protagonists was tens of thousands, including Ni Ni, the host of the school broadcast.
Nini
Ni Ni is a native of Nanjing, and she is majoring in broadcasting, so she fully meets the conditions in the language area.
In the end, Ni Ni stood out from the selection of tens of thousands of people and entered a two-year intensive acting training.
In December 2011, the film was released in China,
The special theme coupled with the actor's emotional acting has won the love of the audience.
Jade ink
Especially the jade ink played by Ni Ni, every movement is hooked,
In the movie, Ni Ni and Hollywood film star Bell played together and did not see any inferiority.
With this outstanding work, Ni Ni jumped to the best newcomer actor of the year,
Won two awards for newcomer actor and best actress.
This film has also become Zhang Yimou's successor to three works such as "Ju Dou".
It was selected for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for the fourth time.
"Jinling Thirteen Chao"
But Ni Ni, who has good appearance and acting skills, did not rely on Zhang Yimou's springboard to "soar",
On the contrary, because Zhang Yimou broke a big heel, so that the current resource status is not as good as Zhou Dongyu.
Nini
Because the box office of the film did not meet expectations, Zhang Yimou broke up with zhang Wei, chairman of the partner,
Ni Ni felt that Zhang Yimou was her mentor, so she decided to side with Zhang Yimou.
However, it was tragically hidden by the company and became a victim of the capital game.
Nini
Ni Ni, who had been silent for a long time, finally won the lawsuit with the help of Feng Shaofeng and set up a studio by herself.
Ni Ni Feng Shaofeng
After this incident, she made several films in a row, which can be said to be almost all bad films.
After several years of precipitation, Ni Ni began to develop in a full range and starred in several TV series.
Fortunately, these TV series have boosted her reputation.
Nini
Ni Ni, who opens high and walks low, can be said to be not lightly pit by Zhang Yimou,
However, there is a woman who pits Zhang Yimou not lightly.
He Jun
At that time, He Jun, the girl, was selected to enter the crew of "Jinling Thirteen Chao" together with Ni Ni.
However, she was expelled for violating Zhang Yimou's rules during the training camp.
Years later, He Jun discovered that another girl who had been expelled with her had returned to Zhang Yimou as a director.
He Jun
She felt that Zhang Yimou was deliberately trying to fire her at that time, so she had a sense of revenge.
She got the news of Zhang Yimou's supernatural life from her hometown of Wuxi and exposed it.
For a time, the news that Zhang Yimou married his wife and was overbirth sensationalized the society.
Not only will he face hefty fines but he may also be discredited.
But this is also a good thing for Zhang Yimou's wife, Chen Ting, and her three children.
Zhang Yimou
They finally no longer had to sneak up on Zhang Yimou, and Chen Ting finally had a name.
Although He Jun did not become a girl, she did not take Zhang Yimou lightly.
Zhang Yimou's family
In the past two years, Liu Haocun, a newly promoted girl, has become a newcomer actor that Zhang Yimou has praised.
In 2016, when Liu Haocun was still in middle school, he promised Liu Haocun to "wait for me to come to you."
Liu Haocun
In 2018, he officially designated Liu Haocun as the heroine of his new film "One Second".
Although her acting skills are not very good, Zhang Yimou's love for her is indeed unprecedented.
Liu Haocun's audience is not good, even if her appearance is pure and cute, but the audience is not optimistic about her.
The voice of the audience did not affect Liu Hao's position in Zhang Yimou's heart.
The next new film to be made will also bring Liu Haocun with you.
But no matter how much Guoshi likes her, the audience just doesn't buy her account,
Last year, because of the incident of her mother's mutilation of the little girl, her reputation plummeted, and she became a girl who was boycotted by the whole network.
It is suggested that Zhang Yimou do a basic back tune when choosing an actress again,
Lest you get a blow from behind after paying your hard work.
Mou girls are a very high starting point, they step on Zhang Yimou's springboard,
Nature can more easily catch opportunities that others can't catch.
But as the saying goes, the master leads the door to practice in the individual,
From the beginning of Gong Li to the present, there are no less than a dozen Mou girls under Zhang Yimou.
But only a few people can remember names.
So which one do you like or favor the most among the girls in the past?