More than 80 years ago, the patriotic general Ji Hongchang said, "If you hate to die against Japan, you will be ashamed today." "Let us see the heroic and courageous ambition of the anti-Japanese heroes.
More than 80 years later, one anti-Japanese spy war drama after another has been staged one after another, allowing us to relive over and over again the iron-blooded heart of revolutionary martyrs who defended their homes and the country.
National martyrdom can never be forgotten, and heroes must always be remembered!
Recently, the period spy war suspense drama "Thin Ice" starring powerful young actors Peng Guanying, Chen Yuqi, Fu Dalong, Gao Hanyu and Chen Xiaoyu was broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV and Mango TV dual platforms, looking back at the magnificent and fierce red history from a youthful perspective, and the popularity and word of mouth have soared all the way since its launch, and has received a lot of praise.
The play mainly relies on the turbulent situation of the intricate and factional period of the Anti-Japanese War as the background, and tells the story of Chen Shao, a multi-faceted agent for a new generation of young people, who traveled between Shanghai and Chongqing, repeatedly went deep into Longtan Tiger's Cave to lurk, fought wits and courage with the enemy in dangerous situations, walked on thin ice, and finally grew into an excellent fighter of our party, fighting for the people and fighting for the motherland.
In the context of the new era, anti-Japanese spy war dramas need to have ups and downs and exciting plots to tell red stories well; It needs to have thoughtful, rigorous and clear narrative logic; There is also a need for anti-routine, youthful narratives.
Resonate from small details and raise the intention from the big tone, so as to fully demonstrate the righteousness of the "heroes of the times" who sacrifice small love for great love.
And this is precisely the advantage of "Thin Ice" to stand out and catch people's attention among many episodes in 2023.
The anti-routine tells the red story of the "multi-faceted agent"
Spy war dramas have always been the favorite of the audience, as well as the favorite of directors and screenwriters! It was once popular on the screen, such as "Lurking" and "Kite", which also revolve around the intelligence struggle between the enemy and us, and so on, all of which are boutiques.
Therefore, how to move people's hearts with the perspective of youth and how to innovate with anti-routine narrative techniques is the key to breaking the convention and standing out in "Thin Ice".
Unlike many spy war dramas in which the male protagonist performs a task and the narrative rhythm of the whole process is opened, "Thin Ice" does the opposite, first suppressing and then rising, enhancing the contradictions of dramatic conflicts.
Chen Shao, an ace agent codenamed "Lü Bu" in the military command, was arrested and imprisoned during the mission of assassinating high-ranking Japanese officials at the beginning, and while being tortured and cruelly tortured, he witnessed the life and death partner codenamed "Sable Cicada" being tortured and sacrificed his life for the country. The double suffering of physical and psychological made him painful.
It is this extraordinary courage that puts it to death and then lives after him, so that after escaping from death, he has no hesitation to stand in the precipitous place of Qifeng again, and with wisdom and blood, write a legend of the ups and downs of the spy sea.
In addition to the opening anti-routine, going deep into the Longtan tiger's den of Japan's No. 76 Mei organ lurks again, and foiling the Japanese plot to seize uranium ore resources as a double-sided spy is also very anti-routine.
In addition, the enemy's brutal punishments in prison, such as binding, whipping, soldering iron, electrocution, seven-trick needles, hallucinogens, dumb drugs, etc., also have many innovative skills, further demonstrating the heroism and indomitability of our party's outstanding agents and the iron bone of fighting the enemy to the end.
The punishment of the Japanese is cruel, the bones of the agents are hard, and the wisdom, courage and strategy of the agents are even more admirable!
Compared with previous spy war dramas, the agents in "Thin Ice" almost use their intelligence to transmit intelligence to the extreme.
At critical moments, dishes, paintings, bells around cats' necks, lemons on bathroom cabinets, and even the skin and flesh of agents can be used as tools and channels for transmitting intelligence.
This is really emotional, the intelligence of the agents and the rich experience of struggle accumulated over the years!
Small details carve the "revolutionary hero" blood love
Love is an eternal topic in this world! How can a person who is not a sage put aside the seven emotions and six desires?
But the emotional line setting in spy war dramas must have the opportunity to promote the transformation of the plot and characters, so that it has the value of ink.
The most touching thing about "Thin Ice" is that it attaches to the main line of the latent mission, integrating those sincere and fiery emotions into the delicate small details, understatement, but vividly showing the amazing power and tragedy of love in that war-torn era.
Chen Qian and Yu Chunyang, one is an ace agent of the military system, and the other is a novice agent of our party, the two know each other and fall in love because of a series of assassinations and hidden missions, and they staged the extreme pull of small love.
They help each other, influence each other, love comes naturally, and emotions are sincere and moving.
Zhou Zuo and Gu Manli, one is a servile traitor, the other is our party's experienced old agent "Feitian", the unrequited love emotional line between the two chasing me and escaping not only reflects the beautiful yearning of small people for love in cruel times, but also reflects the impact of love on a person's three views, beliefs and life.
It was Gu Manli's revolutionary belief in "no weakness, only armor" in the heart of a delicate woman, and the firm persistence of forging ahead and seeing death as home, that awakened Zhou Zuo's blood and conscience as a Chinese man.
"Thin Ice" fully presents the entanglement and vacillation of the little person's heart through the trembling of his hands when Zhou Zuo wipes his sweetheart's wounds, the distressed tears that slip from the corners of his eyes, a chestnut cake, a beautiful cheongsam and many other small details.
Is it to live on his knees and knees, or to stand upright and frankly and die?
Is it to get by, only promise to be a dog for the Japanese, or is it vigorous and be a man who stands tall against the sky?
Obviously, Zhou Zuo was deeply shocked by the scene of "flying to the sky" heroically going to death, it was the power of love that awakened him, and it was also the faith of revolution that touched him!
Yes, in which era, every pair of revolutionary couples deserves respect and admiration.
They not only secretly made a love vow to each other in their hearts to "love each other for life", but also promised to be loyal to the party and the people and ready to sacrifice at any time.
Giving up small love for big love, giving up one's own little love, is also to protect future generations and thousands of compatriots more small love.
This kind of use of touching small details outside the main line to carve the kind of passionate emotions of "revolutionary heroes" that can give unlimited strength to their lovers, comrades-in-arms, and those around them, which is exciting and breathtaking.
Coloring "people of the times" with a big hand
"Life is precious, love is more expensive, and if it is for freedom, both can be thrown away."
It is true that everyone's life is precious and every love is priceless, but from the general righteousness of the country and the people's free life, everything was willingly abandoned and sacrificed by our revolutionary martyrs.
This is true of Uncle Hai and his lover, Gu Manli and his lover, and even more so of Chen Shao and Yu Chunyang.
They put the righteousness of their family and country above their love and life, and staged a touching bloody legend of spy war heroes.
In addition to relying on love to set off faith, in the play, military agents, Japanese agents, our underground party, and many forces are mixed and fighting each other, which also vividly paints for us a character guide of all living beings in turbulent times.
The military system is selfish and corrupt internally; The Japanese puppet army saved his life and sold the country for glory; The Japanese are insidious and cunning and inhumane; The fighters of our party, on the other hand, are united, share the same hatred of the enemy, and regard death as if they were at home.
Some people live for love, some live for themselves, and some live for ideals, beliefs, and missions.
In the context of the times, each character is vivid and vivid, flesh and blood, cruel reality, real humanity, and human warmth and strength.
In addition, each character in "Thin Ice" has secrets, either two-faced agents or multi-faceted spies. True and false, constantly reversed, enemies are bright and dark, switch at will, so that the audience has a sense of urgency and excitement that is deep in the fog of war and cannot see the direction!
Gu Manli once told Zhou Zuo to be a man who stands tall against the sky, because "everything you do now, their descendants will definitely be able to see it in the future!" ”
Oh, yes! We, the descendants, have indeed seen and seen the heroes who have made great achievements in the wind and rain in order to defend their homeland; I saw the heroes sacrificing love, sacrificing their lives, and achieving great love with small love.
I have to say that the spy war drama "Thin Ice" has the ideals, choices and perseverance of small people during the Anti-Japanese War period, as well as the national integrity, shrewd wisdom and faith pursuit of big heroes at the time of the country's life and death.
In the magnificent history of the party, it vividly depicts the great righteousness of the "figures of the times" with a thick and colorful hand, which is moving.
At present, the play is nearing the end, the plot has reached a high-energy moment, and the audience's feedback has been good. "The pace of "Thin Ice" is too fast, the plot is so high-energy" "Chen Shao is too smart, and every character is highly intelligent"... Comments like these are frequent.
It is not difficult to see that as long as the works of the historical era have young artistic expression, anti-routine narrative methods, novel positive energy value concept output, and sophisticated and advanced production standards, they will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and win the audience.
The name "Thin Ice" has a profound meaning, "thin" is the thrilling and difficult of the agents walking on thin ice, but "thick" is the home and country feelings of the benevolent people who resist Japan.
We look forward to more spy war dramas, using young and innovative ways to tell stories, so that our new generation of young people can always remember history, remember national shame, remember martyrs, and write a new chapter full of positive energy in the new era!