In 1987, the CCTV version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" premiered, and the alleys were empty, at the same time, a TV series with the theme of "Xiangxi Bandits" "Wulong Mountain Bandits" was broadcast, which also set off a ratings boom.
Although it was only 18 episodes, the popularity of the show was no less than that of "Dream of the Red Chamber" in that year.
35 years later, because the 87 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" has been repeatedly replayed, it is still famous, and "Wulong Mountain Bandit" has become yesterday's yellow flower.
However, for many old audiences, Liu Yutang, He Shan, Tian Xiugu, Tian Dabang, Drill Mountain Leopard, Four Yatou and so on are still alive in the memory.
In 2012, the new version of "Wulong Mountain Bandits" starring An Yixuan, Pu Bajia and others was broadcast, but it was difficult to recreate the glory of the past, perhaps not bad, but just about yesterday's good memories, which can no longer be replaced.
35 years later, the world has been turned upside down, and what happened to the most memorable people in the impression?
01, "He Shan" acted in "Kangxi Dynasty"
At first, He Shan gave people the impression of being frivolous and impulsive and loving to talk big, in fact, because of this personality, he did spoil many major things in the squad.
However, with the development of the plot, He Shan matured day by day, and later, not only did he show great bravery, but also became more and more intelligent and very pleasing in his struggle with the enemy.
In the play, He Shan's most impressive thing is the two "box cannons" in his hand, although they are not heavy guys, but under the blessing of marksmanship, they are full of power.
He Shan is also the only survivor in the squad, and in the last episode, in his imagination, the scene of the fallen comrades laughing and walking by is still unforgettable and sad.
However, because the play is really long ago, although He Shan's name is familiar, in the minds of many viewers, his appearance has been blurred, blurred to the point that the actor An Yaping later played Jin Machao who fought with Zhang Fei for three hundred rounds in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and played Wei Dongting in "Kangxi Dynasty", and many people failed to recognize that it was He Shan, the reconnaissance platoon leader of that year.
An Yaping was born in Tianshui, Gansu Province, he learned martial arts since childhood, he was once the national martial arts double hook champion, because of his extraordinary skills, he was photographed by Hong Kong director Du Shaorong, starred in the movie "Eight Hundred Arhats", and has since stepped into the show business circle.
After filming "Kangxi Dynasty", An Yaping once settled in the United States, returned to China in 2011, and successively starred in dramas such as "Mu Guiying Hanging Commander" and "Jingzhong Yue Fei", and is still active in the show business circle, but An Yaping, who is 58 years old, is no longer the handsome boy who was heroic and cool.
02, "Siberian Tiger" changed careers
Nicknamed "Northeast Tiger", Liu Yutang is the leader of the bandit squad, in the squad, his relationship with each team member is like a sibling, is a veritable big brother, and for the bandits, he is calm, intelligent and courageous, and is a nightmare existence.
At that time, Liu Yutang was most impressed by the Thomson in his hand, in the understanding of many children, with this gun blessing, he can be invincible in the world, so when the children "play gun battles and occupy the mountain" on the street, they all rush to do "Liu Yutang".
It is a pity that such a hero finally gave up his precious life when fighting the enemy.
In the play, Liu Yutang's sacrifice is the biggest tear point of the whole drama, which makes countless audiences feel uneasy, outside the play, Liu Yutang's actor Chen Jiaqiu faded out of the screen after filming this TV series, which also makes people feel regretful.
Before participating in "The Bandits of Wulong Mountain", Chen Jiaqiu was originally an actor in the General Political Drama Troupe, because of his heroic image, superb acting skills, and old acquaintance with director Song Zhao, The role of Liu Yutang naturally fell on his head.
However, although "Liu Yutang" was well received after the TV series was broadcast, Chen Jiaqiu did not go further on the road of acting, but retreated in a hurry and turned to screenwriting.
Over the years, Chen Jiaqiao has retired at home and basically does not appear in public.
03, "Drill Mountain Leopard" single
In the play, shen Junyi played the villain "Drill Mountain Leopard", designed to get rid of his bandit brother "Dragon Beard", not only to absorb his brother's old department, but also to make his uncle, Tian Dabang, who is also the leader of the bandits, submit to his feet.
It is reasonable to say that a bandit leader who does nothing evil will only make people hate it to the bone, but "Drill Mountain Leopard" has many fans after the TV series is broadcast. Because as a bandit leader, he was fierce, but as a man, he had a deep affection for the stolen lady Jingzi.
So much so that many female viewers said that if he could look at himself with the eyes of Jing Meizi, she would not hesitate to marry him.
Shen Junyi was first a worker in the Beijing subway, because of his tall and handsome appearance, by chance, he was photographed by the Guangxi Film Products Factory and became an actor.
At that time, although Shen Junyi was lonely and nameless, but his mind was on filming, when he received the invitation from the crew of "Wulong Mountain Bandit", at first he did not look at it at all, and was still waiting for the role of a movie, until the role fell, and finally he reluctantly took over the "Drill Mountain Leopard".
But what Shen Junyi did not expect was that such a villain role not only won him the "Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actor", but also made him famous and became a hot A-list star of the year.
Over the years, Shen Junyi is still active in the show business circle, but as he grows older, most of them play some supporting roles, and the most impressive ones are Ding Chunqiu in Zhang Jizhong's version of "Tianlong Babu" and the eldest grandson Wuji in "The Secret History of Wu Zetian".
It is worth mentioning that in 2011, he also appeared in the new version of "Wulong Mountain Bandits", playing the GMD general Chen Zixian, but in vain, the new version of the TV series did not stir up a splash.
In terms of personal life, shen Junyi divorced his ex-wife Zhan Yanni and lived with the actor Jiani for 8 years, but in 2000, this relationship also came to an end.
At present, the 65-year-old Shen Junyi is still alone, and filming has become his only sustenance.
04, "Tian Da List" has been old, in recent years faded out of the screen
Tian Dabang does have its own people in history, and his prototype is the bandit Leader Yao Dabang.
In the play, he is another famous bandit leader in Wulong Mountain, although he is over sixty years old, but his skills are extremely good, and now, many viewers still remember the plot of "Bang Ye chasing dogs", many people think that no one can really catch up with the speed of dogs, but "Bang Ye chasing dogs" is true.
The actor Zhou Qi and Liu Yutang's actor Chen Jiaqian were both actors of the General Political Drama Troupe at that time, and because they were familiar with director Song Zhao, they were invited to participate together.
When he starred in "Wulong Mountain Bandit", Zhou Qi was 57 years old, but in the General Political Drama Troupe, he was an athlete, who had participated in the 100-meter race in the system many times and achieved a good result of the fourth place, which led to the good scene of "Bang Ye Chasing Dogs".
Zhou Qi's Tian Dabang is cunning and sinister, with a vicious face, coupled with a quick hand, which makes people shudder, and it was the childhood shadow of many children.
Because of tian dabang, Zhou Qi gradually became well-known, and he was also featured in many later TV series and movies, he was Chen Daoshun, the old housekeeper in Zhang Yimou's movie "The Red Lantern Hangs High", and he was the gongmai Qiu in "Li Wei Dangguan", in 2006, Zhou Qi also played Cheng Qingya, the big treasurer of Guangshengyuan in "Qiao Family Compound".
However, because of the increasing age, after "Qiao Family Compound", the old man faded out of the show business circle, although the body is still tough, but now he is also a 92-year-old man.
It is worth mentioning that because of the "Wulong Mountain Bandit Record", Shen Junyi and Zhou Qi formed an indissoluble love affair, and finally, he also worshiped the old man as a dry father.
05. The "four ladies" divorced their husbands because of their fame
In the play, Chen Fengjiao, a secret agent, fell in love with the diamond leopard after coming to Wulong Mountain, and finally lost her life to cover the escape of the diamond leopard.
The character of the four girls is gloomy and cold, but it is the appearance of the play, so it is impressive, but the actor Chen Maya is diametrically opposite to the personality of the four girls in reality, very cheerful and lively.
Chen Maya once confessed that in addition to the four girls, she has also created many roles, but none of them can stand out. In fact, although the four ladies are villains, because the role is too brilliant, as soon as "The Tale of the Bandits of Wulong Mountain" was broadcast, Chen Maya became popular with a hit.
However, Chen Maya also lost her original happy marriage.
After Chen Maya became famous, whenever her husband had a social outing, friends asked Chen Maya to come out to meet, but also to take a group photo, at the dinner table, the husband who was originally the protagonist became a foil, over time, the husband felt the status gap with his wife, his self-esteem was hurt, and the feelings of the two also appeared cracks.
In 1990, at the insistence of her husband, they had just been married for two years, and the two ended in divorce.
The divorce hit Chen Maya very hard, and since then, she has decided not to shoot any more films, which is why Chen Maya suddenly disappeared after becoming popular.
After fading out of the screen, Chen Maya has been working in the railway literary troupe and is now 61 years old.
06. "Liu Xi" went to Taiwan to develop and became a professional household of QiongYao opera
Seeing Yue Yueli, everyone will not be unfamiliar.
In the past many years, he has been the royal actor of Qiong Yao drama, in "Wan Jun", he is Cui Shangqi's father, in "Qingqing River Grass", he is Xiaocao's grandfather. Yue Yueli has participated in many works, he is also Zhao Zhijing in Ren Xianqi's version of "Divine Eagle Hero", and Yue Buqun in "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu".
However, in 1986, Yue Yueli had not yet gone to Taiwan to develop, was an actor in the Hunan Radio and Television Art Troupe, near the water tower first to get the moon, at that time Yue Yueli was just 28 years old, tall, handsome, so he booked the role of sniper Liu Xi early.
Liu Xi has a lively and cheerful personality, is everyone's pistachio, but unfortunately died early.
After "Wulong Mountain Bandits", with the heat, Yue Yueli went to Taiwan to develop, although he never became popular, he starred in dozens of film and television dramas, talking about production alone, but also golden green leaves.
After the new millennium, Yue Yueli, who was born in Henan, turned the focus of development back to the mainland, and almost every year a new work came out, which can be called a model worker in the performing arts industry.
In 2022 alone, there are 4 film and television dramas in which he participated, such as "Mirror Twin Cities" and "Secret Agent Mission".
Yue Yueli, born in 1958, is now 64 years old, once had a marriage with actor Liu Fang, and had a daughter, after divorce, he married an outsider, and lived a happy life in his later years.
07. "Tian Xiugu" became a writer
In the play, the ex-husband of the female number one Tian Xiugu is also a bandit, and later lost her to the bandit leader and was devastated, so she deeply hated and hated the bandits to the bone, and by chance, Tian Xiugu met He Shan and joined the squad.
It should be said that Tian Xiugu and He Shan like each other, but unfortunately, everyone has not waited for the day when the two blossom and bear fruit, and they still feel regret when they think about it.
Actor Ma Junqin was already famous for playing the role of Meng Na in "The Dead Light on the Coral Island" before "The Bandits of Wulong Mountain", and "Tian Xiugu" made her usher in glory again.
Ma Junqin has participated in more than 200 film and television dramas in her acting career, which can be called a prolific actor, such as Mei Fanggu in "Chivalrous Travel" and Wu Jingzhong's wife in "Latent", which are all roles that are very familiar to the audience, but with the disappearance of "Wulong Mountain Bandits", few people know that the actors of these roles are the "Tian Xiugu" of that year.
Ma Junqin not only loves acting, but also has a special love for literature.
In 1991, she went to Hefei Union University for further study, after which she published prose works such as "The Story of Flowers" and "Forever Nanjing Time", with more than 200,000 words, and won the first prize of the good work of the supplement of the East China Municipal Newspaper and the first prize of the good work of the Jiangsu Provincial Newspaper.
Today's Teacher Ma is 69 years old, although he has faded out of the screen, he has not stopped working.
08, "DY Dragon" is intoxicated with martial arts
In the play, DY Dragon is cunning and sinister, and the seller seeks glory, first turning to the diamond leopard, and finally being killed by the diamond leopard. In reality, Liu Liehong, the actor of DY Dragon, is a martial arts hero who acts heroically and righteously.
Liu Liehong was born in Hunan in 1943, learned martial arts since childhood, entered the Qi Opera Troupe at the age of 12 as a martial artist, and then became well known for his role in Niu Wu in "Wulin Zhi", and also because of his creation of 128 Yan Eagle Fist, famous for moving Wulin, has the reputation of "Eagle King".
Liu Liehong once subdued knife-wielding gangsters with his bare hands in the vegetable market, and was talked about, and he studied orthopedic medical skills since childhood, and he also treated more than 1,000 bone injury patients free of charge, and his deeds were praised by people.
However, after filming some film and television dramas in the early years, Liu Liehong faded out of the screen and opened a martial arts museum, and since then he has concentrated on learning martial arts and educating people.
Liu Lie's red peach and plum are all over the world, and there are not a few talents among the disciples, in 2022, in the martial arts competition held in Shaoyang, the gold medal totaled 40 pieces, and Liu Liehong's disciples won 20 pieces.
In terms of fame in the show business circle, Liu Liehong and Ji Chunhua and Yu Chenghui in the same period are definitely not as good as each other, but their achievements in the field of martial arts are much higher than others.
In addition to opening a martial arts hall, Liu Liehong currently serves as the deputy Z seat of the Hunan Wushu Association.
09. "Tian Shi" retreated behind the scenes as a producer
The scene of Tian Shi's sacrifice on the raft still makes people tear up to this day.
Tian Shi was only 16 years old when he was sacrificed, in fact, before starring in "Wulong Mountain Bandits", actor Hou Hua was already famous in the circle because of film and television dramas such as "Wreath under the Mountain" and "Dream of the Red Chamber".
At that time, director Song Zhao watched Hou Hua's performance in "Wreath Under the Mountain" and threw an olive branch to him, but when Hou Hua came to the crew, he realized that he was 26 years old, and the age gap between the actor and the role was too large, which made Song Zhao hesitate.
However, Hou Hua's appearance was originally small, and after makeup, he looked full of youthful feelings, and in the end, Song Zhao still gave him this role.
With the broadcast of "Wulong Mountain Bandits", Hou Hua quickly became well-known, but he did not continue to take over the drama, but went to Japan to study, after returning to China, Hou Hua also participated in "When You Return", "Ancient City Spy Movie", "Old Wife" and other film and television dramas, but at this time, he has shifted his focus to the background and became a producer.
Today's Hou Hua is no longer prosperous, but from the five facial features, you can still faintly find the shadow of the former Tian Stone.
10. "Tian Fugui" went to Japan for 20 years, and the fallen leaves returned to their roots
Tian Fugui has an honest personality, but has a hatred for taking wives with bandits, and finally joins the squad until he is sacrificed.
Yao Weiping, who plays Tian Fugui, graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, and "The Tale of the Bandits in Wulong Mountain" is his debut work, but after filming this drama, Yao Weiping did not go further on the road of becoming an actor, but came up with the idea of being a director.
In 1988, Yao Weiping went to Japan to develop, and it was 20 spring and autumn.
In 2009, Yao Weiping returned from a teenager, but he became a labor model, and every year there are new works, such as "Rouge" and "Yanxi Raiders", and he has his presence, and in this year's hit drama "Dream Hualu", he also played the role of Lin Sansi.
Today, in addition to participating in film and television dramas, Yao Weiping is still directing stage plays, which can be described as an old Ji Futuo, with a thousand ambitions.
In addition, "stonemason" Xiao Guanghui and "Lady Of the Press" Xiao Ning worked in local television stations, "Shi Kui" Ma Hong'en concentrated on acting in dramas, but "Monkey Elder Ii" Shi Xiaoman has always been active, although over the years he has mostly shown people as small characters, but his works are quite rich, his acting skills are outstanding, and he has long been among the bones of old dramas.
However, there is no unbroken feast in the world! After 1987, the main creative staff of the crew had a gathering almost every year, but in 2006, when the crew held the "Return to Xiangxi" event, there were fewer people, and deputy director Zhou Qifu, drama director Liu Jinglin, and makeup artist Ye Xiangfang all passed away.
Fortunately, the classics are immortal, and the good memories of yesterday have not really gone far!