In order to achieve innovative development of opera art, inheritance is important, and dissemination is more important. Spreading through different channels is a good thing for opera.
For example, through movies to let more people understand opera, or contact and recognize a certain genre.
Today, Xiaoying takes everyone to take stock of these high scores, but very classic and good-looking unpopular movies!
1. "Farewell to the King"
Peking Opera-related film, this film is adapted from Li Bihua's novel of the same name, directed by Chen Kaige, written by Li Bihua and Reed, and starring Zhang Guorong, Gong Li and Zhang Fengyi.
The film revolves around the half-century of sorrow and joy of two Peking Opera masters, showing the thinking and understanding of traditional culture, human living conditions and human nature.
The film was released in Hong Kong on January 1, 1993. This movie is super classic, not to be repeated.
2. "Stage Sisters"
Yue opera related movies, this is an old movie. Most viewers have not seen the film, as it was released in 1965.
The film is a 1964 feature film by Shanghai Tianma Film Studio, directed by Xie Jin and starring Xie Fang and Cao Yindi.
The film tells the tragic life of Yue opera artists Zhu Chunhua and Xing Yuehong who were oppressed in the old society, and tells the growth process of Yue opera actors Xing Yuehong and Zhu Chunhua in the Republic of China period, as well as the story of their liberation and rebirth in the new society.
The film is based on reality and is highly acclaimed, and was later adapted into Yue opera "Stage Sisters" and "Stage Sisterhood", of which "Stage Sisterhood" was twice performed as a tribute to the anniversary of Yue opera.
PS, in which Chunhua adapts "Blessings" into the plot of Yue opera, is based on Tian Han's support for Yuan Xuefen to carry out Yue opera reform.
3. "Garden Dreams"
This is a literary and artistic film related to Kunqu opera.
Directed by Yang Fan, starring Riki Miyazawa, Wang Zuxian, Wu Yanzu and others. It tells a beautiful and desolate emotional story between Cuihua, a singer who married into Rong Province, and her family cousin Rong Lan. The film was released on April 6, 2001.
When playing this movie, Miyazawa Rie did not understand Chinese, so the singing skills were sung by Yang Juan, and the performance was personally guided and designed by kunqu opera actors. Wang Zuxian came to Hangzhou to learn the body and singing style of a small student for five days with The famous Kun opera characters Wang Shiyu and Tao Tie Axe. The two heroines have more than 70 costumes, and the whole film has more than 270 costumes.
4. "Nanhai Thirteen Lang"
Cantonese opera is related, which is a movie that Xiaoying personally pushed. "Nanhai Thirteen Langs" is a drama film directed by Gao Zhisen, written by Du Guowei, and starring Xie Junhao, Pan Canliang, Su Yuhua, Wu Qili, etc. The film is mainly based on the deeds of the character Nanhai Shisanlang, telling the life of Nanhai Shisanlang. The film was released in Hong Kong, China on May 15, 1997.
At the beginning of the movie, on the streets of Hong Kong, a group of people heard that the book people told stories. The police car drove up and took the storyteller back to the police station under the pretext of obstructing traffic. Two people, in order to continue listening to the story of the famous Cantonese opera screenwriter Nanhai Shisanlang, started with the police and were taken back to the police station with the storyteller. Eventually, the story is told and the storyteller leaves. The storyteller tells everyone that it's just one sloppy screenwriter telling the story of another screenwriter.
Looking at such an ending, Xiaoying was even more emotional.
The Hong Kong Repertory Theatre adapted the story of the famous Cantonese opera playwright NanHai Shisanlang to the stage in 1993 and made a film in 1997. The stage version of this story has been playing for a long time.
5. "Autumn Rain"
This is a love film related to Peking Opera. The male protagonist is Jin Dong, and the female protagonist is Maeda Zhihui - who has acted in "Purple Sun" before.
It mainly tells that the Japanese girl Gardenia (Played by Maeda Zhihui) was sent to China by her grandfather Hashimoto To study Peking Opera, met the old man He Jichu (Bi Yanjun), his son He Ming (Jin Dong), and fell in love with He Ming. However, Gardenia's grandfather once participated in the invasion of China and killed He Ming's grandfather in the war. Of course, the ending is the joy of the reunion.....