In 1981, director Yang Jie took on a heavy responsibility: shooting Chinese's own "Journey to the West".
Although "Journey to the West" is a famous Chinese book, the Japanese shot it ahead of Chinese.
What's more, the Journey to the West taken by the Japanese is very hot-eyed.
Tang Monk was played by a woman, and he cried and shouted that he wanted to marry the goblin.
Sun Wukong is squinting, and the Eight Precepts of the Pig directly use their hands and feet on Chang'e.
This made the leaders really unbearable, so CCTV designated Yang Jie to shoot our own "Journey to the West".
Yang Jie, who took over the heavy burden, had no way to start for a while, so she watched the Japanese film "Journey to the West" with the approval of the leader, and she couldn't help it.
In order to shoot "Journey to the West", Yang Jie also suffered a lot, and the selection of actors alone hurt her brain.
At that time, not only did many actors play many different roles in the play, but even the crew did not make cameos in the play.
Do you remember the black bear spirit in the play? He looks like this ↓
His actor, named Xiang Han, single-handedly played 14 roles in Journey to the West.
The thief is him, the tailwind ear is him, the land duke is him, and the North Sea Dragon King is still him!
Black bear essence, yellow lion essence, ghost judge he can act, monks, family members, monkeys he can also act, drama throwing face has a very high evaluation of an actor, but Xiang Han is not an actor.
At that time, he was only the art design of "Journey to the West", but his acting skills were simply a hundred times stronger than many actors from the class today.
The most shocking thing about Xiang Han is not that he has not yet been seen by the audience for 14 roles, but that he has also become the earliest "nude substitute" in China because of this drama.
Remember the glittering navel of the spider spirit in the "Wrong Falling Disc Silk Hole"?
The belly of the spider essence on the screen looks delicate, the muscles are full of elasticity, and it is reminiscent of beautiful women at first glance.
But in fact, this belly is not a spider essence at all, but a substitute played by Xiang Han, played by the black bear essence!
Let's feel the contrast.
Who would have thought that such a rough guy could have such a perfect belly?
The reason why Xiang Han became the "naked body" of the spider spirit is also part of the reason for the era.
At that time, the goblins in the play wore cool clothes, which made the actresses very embarrassed.
In the end, the costumer came up with a compromise by letting them wear flesh-colored tights in their tulle coats.
It can not only achieve the shooting effect, but also take care of the feelings of the actresses.
But when it came to filming the navel scene, the actress said that she did not want to be exposed like this, so the black bear jingxianghan was pulled out to "save the united states by heroes".
In addition to the black bear Jingxianghan, Erlang Shenlin Zhiqian is also a god-like existence in the "Journey to the West" crew.
Lin Zhiqian was tall and burly, and he knew martial arts, and he exuded hormones all over his body, so there were many girls in the crew who had a crush on him at that time.
But Lin Zhiqian was not at all impressed by the girls' explicit or implicit overtures, and even threw out his own reasonable quote:
Why should a good person take it to get married!
Tang Monk's temptation to face beautiful women was enough to sit still, and he did not expect that Erlang Shen was more ascetic than Tang Monk.
However, this also reflects from the side, Lin Zhiqian, like Erlang Shen, is a very decent man.
After all, "not for the purpose of marriage to fall in love is to play hooligans", Lin Zhiqian can think of marriage from the girl's overtures to himself, which shows that he is a good man with a very sense of responsibility.
I just don't know that after so many years, Lin Zhiqian is married?
In the "Journey to the West" crew, it is very common to have multiple roles, Xiang Han plays 14 roles while serving as an art designer, and Lin Zhiqian plays Erlang Shen, but also serves as the martial arts instructor of the crew.
Sha Monk's role in the play is not much, but the actor Yan Huaili is not idle.
Due to the large number of roles in "Journey to the West" and the crew does not have so much money to find actors, director Yang Jie will almost arrange a role when he sees who is idle.
Yan Huaili played 10 large and small roles in the play, did you notice it when you watched the play?
Taishang Laojun, the Dragon King of the West Sea, the Imperial Horse Supervisor, the Bull Demon King, the Clairvoyant, etc. are all played by him, in addition to several roles of passers-by.
Can you see that this Taishang Laojun and Sha Monk are the same person?
I really admire the makeup artist at that time, this makeup technique is also too good.
The process of filming "Journey to the West" is very bitter, the crew wades up and down the mountains and rivers, but also faces various difficulties and dangers at any time, and it is really admirable to be able to persevere.
In the play, not only are the actors difficult, but even the horses have suffered a lot.
At the beginning, the crew only found a thin and weak horse, and could not move Tang Monk at all.
Therefore, in the scene of the three dozen white bone essences, Tang Monk had never ridden a horse from beginning to end.
Later, Yang Jie took a lot of effort to finally find a white dragon horse that met the shooting requirements, and it was also a military horse, and its quality was much stronger than that of ordinary horses.
From the age of 4 to 10, Bai Longma followed the crew throughout the motherland and experienced various tribulations.
I thought that after the shooting was completed, the white dragon horse could finally rest well, but I did not expect that it was sent to a film and television base in Wuxi and began to be forced to open day and night.
In order to make money, the film and television base attracts tourists under the banner of the white dragon horse, and as long as you give money, you can ride it for a few laps.
Every day, the living environment is dark and damp, and the smell is still smelly, and gradually, the white dragon horse not only loses its original aura, but also becomes emaciated.
In 1995, when Yang Jie went to visit Bai Longma, he looked at Yang Jie and sighed, which made Yang Jie feel sad.
Although Yang Jie told the staff to take good care of it, Bai Longma died soon after.
To its death, it has not been able to live a comfortable day.
What is even more distressing is that the staff hastily buried it, and finally can't even remember the location.
"Journey to the West" has been filmed for a total of 6 years, with a total investment of only 6 million, which is simply a dime compared with today's film and television drama investment of more than 100 million.
However, they used this 6 million to create a classic that has been handed down to the world.
Because of the low investment, the income of the actors is naturally very low.
Not to mention the daily salary of 2.08 million, after six years, it is high to get two thousand pieces of remuneration.
Even if the effort is not directly proportional to the income, everyone's enthusiasm for the creation of the work is not diminished.
In order to let the audience better remember the characteristics of each yokai, the staff carefully designed the skills of the yokai.
When the yellow-robed monster came out, it put yellow smoke.
When the black bear essence comes out, it puts black smoke.
When the red child comes out, he puts red smoke.
However, what makes people cry and laugh is that when the drama was broadcast, everyone found that most of the audience's homes were black and white TELEVISION sets, and the audience could not understand their creativity at all.
Like "Dream of the Red Chamber", many actors in "Journey to the West" have also changed their lives by the drama.
Zhang Yushan, who plays the Jade Emperor, once said that he regretted playing the role of the Jade Emperor very much, because the drama was so popular that the manufacturer of the dark coin saw a business opportunity.
They printed the photo of the Jade Emperor on the coin, leaving some not-so-good memories for Zhang Yushan's psychology and life.
Well, the story behind "Journey to the West" is here, do you know any more about the behind-the-scenes story of this show?
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Author: Qian Xiaodao
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