In 2003, "Half Life" starring Lin Xinru and Jiang Qinqin premiered on Shanghai Television.
Adapted from Zhang Ailing's novel of the same name, this drama tells the sad love story that took place in old Shanghai in the 1930s.
At that time, Lin Xinru was in the limelight with "Huan Zhu Gege", and Jiang Qinqin was a high-profile Qiong Yao girl.
Lin Xinru used this drama to break the weak image of "Ziwei" and "Ruping", and the performance of "self-destruct image" made people shine.
And Jiang Qinqin even used his extremely tense performance to break the label of "pure beauty".
This drama can still be called a classic after so many years, in addition to the combination of Lin Xinru and Jiang Qinqin's Wang Fang, it also gathers Tan Yaowen, Li Liqun, Chang Cheng, Hu Ke and many other actors.
20 years later, looking back at the acting skills of the ten actors in "Half Life", Jiang Qinqin is stunning, and Hu Ke is at the bottom.
- First: Jiang Qinqin | play Gu Manlu
Gu Manlu is the most pitiful and saddest character in the whole play, and the tragedies of all people are caused directly or indirectly by her, and at the same time, she also involves herself in the abyss of eternal disaster.
Her personality is changeable, strong as a shrew on the outside, a capable big sister at home, and lonely and melancholy when she closes the door.
Jiang Qinqin grasps the layering of the characters just right, which makes people feel love and pity, and also makes people feel painful.
In the first episode, a farce told the background of Gu Manlu's life.
Gu Manlu abandoned the wealthy merchant Zhang Lusheng, who wanted to take back the house he had given her.
Only to see Gu Manlu pick up the stone and smash the car window, smashing a quasi, when the family advised her to say well, she was angry and went back, arrogant, and the sky was not afraid.
Seeing that Zhang Lusheng did not appear for a long time, her anger became even stronger, and she unbuttoned the top of the cheongsam and began to scold, her eyes were vicious, and her voice shouted hoarse.
After seeing Zhang Lusheng, her eyes were more determined, using her own powerful logic to make the other party have nothing to say.
Zhang Lusheng, who was angry and corrupt, could only come hard, and Gu Manlu did not eat this move at all, and gave him a slap on the backhand.
In this short scene, Jiang Qinqin held the whole scene, seven points spicy, three points sexy, like a fire, instantly brought the audience into her world.
It can be seen that she completely broke herself, performed Gu Manlu's domineering, and also showed her helplessness.
She gave her best youth to a mean villain, and after the song finally dispersed, she got nothing, and the only thing left was full of vicious and sparse memories.
Gu Manlu used a tough posture to guard her self-esteem, and also laid the groundwork for her later choices.
This is the peak moment of Jiang Qinqin's acting skills, merging with the characters and making people forget the original appearance of the actors.
- Second place: Li Liqun | play Zhu Hongcai
Zhu Hongcai is "a man who looks like a cat" in Zhang Ailing's novel, and Li Liqun wears a pair of old-fashioned sunglasses with old Shanghai-style clothing, which is really a bit similar.
Zhu Hong is the biggest villain in the whole play, but the audience can't hate him to grit their teeth, the biggest reason is that Li Liqun added a little humor to this vicious character, a little cowardice, and a little slippery.
Just appeared, with a few ridiculous language, and a comedic look, easily resolved a bloody storm.
After helping Man Lu to level Zhang Lusheng, Zhu Hongcai's face was full of pride, and man Lu's appearance of asking for merit was not like a middle-aged rich businessman, more like a boy who had just opened his heart, no wonder Man Lu would be moved by him.
In front of the elders, even if they were unwilling to listen to the lessons, they still swallowed their emotions with their mouths, and a few good words coaxed the elders to be happy.
After marrying Gu Manlu, Zhu Hongcai gradually revealed the inferiority in the bones of men in feudal society.
He has always been obsessed with Gu Manzhen, in order to arouse Gu Manzhen's interest, he took out the set of chasing Manlu at the beginning, said humorous and funny words on the surface, and played his own wishful thinking in his heart, and the straight hook eyes made people shudder.
Gu Manlu could not give birth to a son, and could not get Gu Manzhen, Zhu Hongcai began to spend days outside, forced by Gu Manlu to be anxious, he revealed the most vicious side, gritted his teeth, vicious eyes, as if to swallow Man Lusheng alive.
From humorous and funny to tricky and slippery, from cowardly obedience to dark scheming, Li Liqun played the character of Zhu Hongcai to life, and he interpreted every aspect of the character with a silent way of running things.
- Third place: Zhang Lan | play Gu Mu
In the show business circle, Zhang Lan's fame is not large, and there are not many works, but her performance is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In "Half Life", she perfectly presents the image of a mother of the old society, she has a great side of maternal love, and she also has a side wrapped up in feudal thought.
From the perspective of the original family, Gu Mother's narrowness, ignorance and selfishness are the root causes of the tragedy of the two sisters of the Gu family.
Digging deeper, Gu Mu is also a victim of feudal thinking, and all the decisions she makes are based on her own limited cognition.
She did the most hurtful thing with the weakest posture.
Gu Mu wants to reunite Gu Manlu and Zhang Yujin, but Gu Manlu is doomed to no longer have love innocently from the beginning of being a dancer.
Gu Mu did not understand the pride and bitterness in Gu Manlu's heart, in the face of Gu Manlu's cold words, she simply broke the jar and broke it, one would say "I don't care about you anymore", and the other would say "You are deliberately making me feel bad." ”
With three words and two words, with tears in her eyes, and with a cry, a kidnapping in the name of love took place.
Standing on the side of the giver, Gu Mu could not see Man Lu's struggle, only a rebellious daughter, and she became the most aggrieved mother.
Man Lu married Zhu Hongcai as Mrs. Kuo, and Gu Mu lowered her posture in front of Man Lu, and at the same time took out the rules of a woman to persuade Man Lu to be three from four virtues.
Gu Mu has a natural maternal love, but the long-term precarious life makes her regard survival as the most important position.
It is not that she cannot understand Manlu's difficult situation, she seems to be helping Manlu preserve her marriage, but she is actually saving herself.
What's even more frightening is that Gu Mu gave Man Lu the idea of "borrowing the belly to have a child", and it was still Man Zhen's belly that was borrowed.
When Gu Mu personally sent Man Zhen to Zhu Hongcai's hands on the pretext of visiting the sick Man Lu and left the Zhu family under the pretext of leaving the Zhu family, the faint sense of panic on her face could be seen that she had some entanglements in her heart.
Zhang Lan's performance is very stable and relaxed, with a calm momentum, slowly telling the character's character and fate to the audience.
- Fourth place: Lin Xinru | played Gu Manzhen
Born poor and grew up under the wings of ManLu, Gu Manzhen formed a gentle and stubborn personality.
This kind of personality is no different from Lin Xinru's previous interpretations of Ruping and Ziwei, and there is no doubt that similar roles are the most suitable for Lin Xinru.
In this drama, the biggest attraction of Lin Xinru's acting skills is that after being "insulted" by Zhu Hongcai, that kind of downfall, that kind of discouragement, has a strong appeal.
After being claustrophobic for a night, Gu Manzhen and Gu Manlu met, she crouched in the corner, shivering, after seeing through the trap of Gu Manzhen and Zhu Hongcai, two sharp eyes, clenched their teeth, it was the despair of her sister who had respected her for more than twenty years.
Gu Manlu used the posture of a victim to pour dirty water on Zhu Hongcai, but Gu Manzhen would no longer believe any of her words, and she had tears in her eyes, and the tears contained countless grievances and pain.
Gu Manzhen obviously did nothing wrong, but became a victim of her sister's marriage, and all her self-esteem and pride were shattered.
Shen Shijun went to the Zhu family to inquire about Gu Manzhen's whereabouts, which was Man Zhen's only life-saving straw, but unfortunately, at that time, her voice was already hoarse, but she still shouted with all her strength.
Separated from the person she loved, only a wall away, all of Gu Manzhen's encounters in the Zhu family came to mind, and countless emotions surged in her heart, but she still could not escape in the end.
Many years later, Gu Manzhen and Shen Shijun reunited, the moment they looked at each other, her tears swirled in her eyes, she desperately suppressed her emotions, and many words that did not have time to say came to her mouth, only turned into a sentence of "Shi Jun, you are also here." ”
It was as if the parting of the past ten years, those terrible encounters, had never happened.
When she was young, Lin Xinru, I saw Yu Pity, she played a tragic role, grasping the audience's tear glands.
You'll cry with her, laugh with her, that's the talent of an actor.
- Fifth place: Xing Minshan | as Zhang Yujin
Xing Minshan's tall and handsome appearance is very close to Zhang Yujin's character characteristics.
Zhang Yujin is a good man in the hearts of the elders, obedient and sensible from an early age, with excellent academic performance, and when he grew up, he became a doctor and became a vice president diligently.
More importantly, he was single-minded and serious in his feelings, and when he was young, he had a relationship with Gu Manlu, and Manlu resolutely broke up with Zhang Yujin in order to support his family and go to the sea as a dancer.
After breaking up for many years, Zhang Yujin not only did not have a new love, but instead remembered Man Lu, and tried her best to save it, and wanted to reconcile with her.
The sincere confession and the affectionate eyes make people think that as long as they marry the woman who marries him, they can be safe and happy for a lifetime.
In fact, Zhang Yujin's marriage proposal to Gu Manlu was just an obsession of his youth, he was not an old love unforgettable, but he was not willing to be abandoned inexplicably.
When the identity of Gu Manlu's dancers was recognized, Zhang Yujin's mother resolutely opposed them, and Zhang Yujin had to pretend to be affectionate to continue to propose, and as a result, Gu Manlu asked in three words and two words.
Zhang Yujin is a decent person, his birth is not bad, his social status is not bad, he must have a face, even if Man Lu innocently marries him, he cannot shield Man Lu from the wind and rain.
In the end, Zhang Yujin is still a secular man, and after he was dead to Man Lu, he had a bad heart for the gentle and kind Man Zhen.
It is also reasonable that he will fall in love with Man Zhen, not only because of Man Zhen's own beauty, but also because Man Zhen has a bit of Man Lu's shadow on him, Man Lu is no longer pure, but Man Zhen is as clear as boiling water, which just satisfies his inner shortcomings for many years.
After Zhang Yujin fell in love with Man Zhen, her attitude towards Man Lu changed by one hundred and eighty degrees, becoming cold and mean, and unkind.
When Man Lu mentioned that his mother and grandmother wanted to match him and Man Zhen, he flashed a trace of excitement in his eyes, but his mouth used "Man Zhen is a good girl" to avoid the problem.
In the whole play, Zhang Yujin's role is not much, but his existence has become a key part of the Gu family sisters' centrifugal work.
Xing Minshan's performance is restrained and restrained, and there are not many facial expressions, but there is a pair of talking eyes, which accurately convey the joys and sorrows of the characters.
- Sixth place: Wu Yunfang | play Grandma Gu
"Half Life" not only tells the love-hate entanglement between young people, but also portrays many feudal and pedantic parents.
The fate of children is more or less related to the three views of the elders and the heart.
Grandma Gu was born extraordinary, enjoyed qingfu, after the death of her husband and son, the family fell, and she also became an old lady in the city.
However, Grandma Gu has never been willing to live at the bottom, and she has no hope of changing her fate by relying on men, but she has pinned her hopes on a group of grandchildren.
Grandma Gu was originally very satisfied with the marriage of Man Lu and Zhu Hongcai, and when she learned that Zhu Hongcai had a wife in the countryside, she instantly turned her face.
Gu Mother can allow Gu Manlu to be a small one because she regards Zhu Hongcai as a cash cow for the Gu family, and with a backer, the family can rely on it.
However, Grandma Gu could not swallow this breath, and those who had experienced a decent life could not tolerate the concubines of the younger generations.
In those days, concubines were meant to be referred to by the horizontal eyebrows.
In order to break up the marriage between Gu Manlu and Zhu Hongcai, she angrily ran back to her hometown of Lu'an, ostensibly because she was taken away by Man Lu, but in fact she planned to help Man Lu and Zhang Yujin again.
Grandma Gu's mind was clear at a glance, in order to let Zhang Yujin accept Manlu, she did not tell him the truth about Manlu as a dancer, but only described Manlu as a poor woman who sacrificed herself to support her family, which made Zhang Yujin feel pity.
Zhang Yujin and Gu Manlu failed to continue the frontier, and Grandma Gu still refused to let go of this "big fish", so she wanted to give Man Zhen xu to him.
In the face of Shen Shijun of unknown origin, she always looked at each other coldly.
Grandma Gu is a typical parent of the old society, shrewd and snobbish, who wants to climb the branches, but never considers the ideas of the younger generations.
In the Gu family, Grandma Gu looks weak and sick, but she is very strong in her bones and holds the power of life and death of the entire Gu family.
Gu Mother has not had a husband for so many years, and she still only promises in front of Grandma Gu, which shows that Grandma Gu is not an ordinary old lady.
Wu Yunfang is an old drama bone, playing this kind of role seems to be at ease, as long as you sit there, the aura will come out.
- Seventh place: Tan Yaowen | as Shen Shijun
Shen Shijun's role was originally scheduled for Gu Juji, but as a result, Gu Juji resigned, and only then did he have Tan Yaowen's appearance.
Tam Yiu-man is Mui Yanfang's second disciple, who has released five records and has many film and television works in hong Kong showbiz.
His gentle and elegant temperament is very in line with Shen Shijun's cowardly and introverted personality.
Shen Shijun is a rich second generation, from childhood food and clothing worry-free, because of the complicated family environment, let him feel sensitive and inferior in his heart, want to get something but dare not work hard, and finally embarked on the most secure path arranged by the family for him.
At the same time, he also has a kind and generous side, belonging to the type that most women are prone to love at first sight.
Tan Yaowen's acting skills are relatively flat, and in the climactic scene, his highlights can be seen.
Shen Shijun has a fur business at home, and his father has a home outside, he watches his mother work hard for the family, and he has a deep grudge against his father.
He wanted to fight for his mother's rights and interests, but his father ignored his demands, and in the quarrel, he had tears in his eyes, which was a son's disappointment and helplessness to his father.
After Man Zhen was imprisoned, Shen Shijun mistakenly thought that she was married to someone else, and returned to her hometown to marry Cui Zhi in frustration.
On the night of the wedding, Cui Zhi felt sad for the marriage between the two, Shen Shijun's indifferent face was full of submission to fate, he could not escape the mercy of the big family, could not get the beloved, and could not do what he wanted to do.
Marrying Cui Zhi means that Shen Shijun has completely given up self-realization and is willing to live on the road paved by his parents.
Shen Shijun, who is middle-aged, and Shi Cuizhi have been separated from him for many years, and Shi Cuizhi hopes that he will have greater achievements, so he helps him in interpersonal relations.
But Qinggao Shen Shijun disdained this, the two finally broke out into a quarrel, at this time Shen Shijun had a rebellious heart, he did not want to continue to live under the eyes of Shi Cuizhi, he wanted to regain his own sea and sky.
After meeting Man Zhen, Shen Shijun cried for his dead love, and even more for his fate, but everything could not go back.
- Eighth place: Chang Cheng | played Xu Shuhui
In the eyes of The Yue Girl, Xu Shuhui is the most regrettable character in the whole play.
He was born into an ordinary family, had a pair of kind and enlightened parents, he was enthusiastic and down-to-earth.
If nothing else, Xu Shuhui will marry the daughter of an ordinary family and live a plain and happy life.
But at the moment of meeting Shi Cuizhi, his fate quietly and silently changed.
Xu Shuhui almost fell in love with Shi Cuizhi at first sight, he had never come into contact with girls from high society, and the squeamishness and temperament emitted by Shi Cuizhi were cute and charming in his opinion.
Chang Cheng's performance is better than the subtleties, a look, an expression, is enough to explain the character's current state of mind.
After sending Shi Cuizhi home, Shi Cuizhi only politely said goodbye to him, and in that instant, Xu Shuhui's gaze followed out, like an emotional boy.
Back on the carriage, smelling the perfume, when the coachman told him that it was the smell of Shi Cuizhi's body, he smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, which was the sweetness of love.
Immediately after the coachman said that within a hundred miles, only Xu Shijun could be worthy of Shi Cuizhi, and Xu Shuhui's eyes flashed a trace of loneliness, but he quickly adjusted his mood.
Xu Shuhui is a righteous gentleman, well aware of the truth that "friends and wives cannot be deceived", he likes Shi Cuizhi, but he has never thought of destroying her marriage with Shen Shijun.
Hearing the news of Shen Shijun and Shi Cuizhi's marriage, Xu Shuhui rushed to attend early in the morning and blessed him with the most sincere attitude.
After the wedding, he went abroad with a heartbreak, trying to escape his feelings for Cuizhi with his studies and career.
Years later, he had a lot of love abroad and got married, but no woman could really enter his heart.
When meeting Shi Cuizhi in middle age, he can only maintain politeness and restraint, and no longer dare to expect anything else.
Xu Shuhui and Gu Manzhen are both unpleasant characters, they should have deserved a better life, but they were tricked by fate.
- Ninth place: Wang Yixuan | play Ah Bao
Ah Bao was a servant of the Gu family, and later after Gu Manlu married Zhu Hongcai, she followed her to the Zhu Mansion.
When she acted in this play, Wang Yixuan was only 24 years old, sweet-looking and full of spirit, but unfortunately, after performing this play, she got married and had children and faded out of the entertainment circle.
Wang Yixuan's performance skills are very young, but they have left a deep impression on people, allowing the audience to see the kindness and helplessness of a low-level girl.
Gu Manlu's life in the Zhu Mansion was not satisfactory, only Ah Bao was sincere to her and stood in her situation for her sake.
Gu Manlu started a temper tantrum, doing everything, and even wanted to smash Zhu Hongcai with a vase, Ah Bao stepped forward and desperately stopped her, afraid that someone would really die.
Looking at the angry Gu Manlu, she took on the shawl and comforted Manlu, "Don't be angry."
These small things were not a maid's business, but Ah Bao did not turn a blind eye, and had been in the Gu family for many years, and his feelings for the Gu family were not only the master and servant.
Of course, she also has a selfish and weak side, after Gu Manzhen was imprisoned, she bribed Ah Bao to let her ventilate the news, but Ah Bao refused.
In fact, Ah Bao wanted to help Man Zhen in her heart, but after many years in the Zhu Mansion, she knew the fate of betraying Man Lu.
In the face of justice and survival, she naturally chose to survive, which is also understandable.
- Tenth place: Hu Ke | played Shi Cuizhi
Hu Ke was ranked last because her performance was too childish and the performance traces were obvious.
But Hu Ke, who is in his twenties, with a face full of collagen, still restores a pampered and proud rich lady.
Shi Cuizhi is a character with unlimited scenery but extreme sadness, living in a luxurious environment since childhood, and her beauty and family lineage make her unattainable.
In the rules of the upper class, she has always maintained the reservedness and pride of Bai Fumei, in fact, these are her masks.
Behind the mask, Shi Cuizhi is just a girl who has been PUA by her mother for a long time, she is sensitive and inferior, insecure, and eager to truly love and be loved.
Therefore, Xu Shuhui's unreserved treatment of her has a strong attraction to Shi Cuizhi.
Unfortunately, the two are not right, and Shi Cuizhi cannot give up her identity to accept this love, and finally can only miss it, and put herself into a worldly and satisfactory marriage siege.
Hu Ke's most wonderful performance is the part where she reunites with Xu Shuhui, and after experiencing the ups and downs of life, she still arms herself with a delicate appearance.
When Xu Shuhui mentioned that his ex-wife Yiwa was very similar to her, Cui Zhi's heart was afraid of a landslide, if she did not miss Xu Shuhui, she should now live a life of being held in the palm of her hand.
Listening to Xu Shuhui talk about her last marriage, Cui Zhi was calm on the surface, but in her heart she fell into regret and could not extricate herself.
Immediately after, Xu Shuhui did not shy away from talking about his abusive feelings in marriage, that kind of debauchery, and all of Shi Cuizhi's illusions about him were shattered.
Xu Shuhui took Shi Cuizhi's hand and wanted to repair the old good, Shi Cuizhi refused, she quickly returned to reason, Xu Shuhui will continue to get married, his wife is still young, beautiful, rich.
At this moment, Shi Cuizhi let go of all the obsessions of the past and was more willing to live a plain life with Shen Shijun.
- The girl said
The drama "Half Life" was called the most anticipated drama of the year that year, and many plots, from the current point of view, are a bit old, and even illogical.
But in that era, the love and hatred in it seemed particularly real.
After 20 years, looking back on this drama, I have a different understanding of the characters and the story.
We also revisited the fanghua of this group of actors, in the TV drama market where capital and traffic have not yet deeply invaded, the actors are acting with sincerity.
Acting skills are either mature or young, and there are places that move people's hearts. (End)
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