Ma Weijun was born in an ordinary rural family in Gansu Province, and his parents relied on a few acres of land and diligently planted crops to make a living. Ma Weijun followed his parents from an early age and learned how Xi to work hard in the fields.
After school, Ma Weijun always plays with the other children in the village in the field, helping his parents do what they can. Every harvest season, looking at the mountains of crops in the warehouse, Ma Weijun feels happy and proud.
In Ma Weijun's eyes, his parents are the greatest people. Despite the lack of food and clothing in life, their parents never showed the slightest complaint and negativity in front of Ma Weijun, they only knew how to persist in working and create a better tomorrow for the family.
Ma Weijun aspires to grow up to be a good person like his parents.
In this way, Ma Weijun spent a simple but happy childhood. Until one day, his father told Ma Weijun that the government had canceled the college entrance examination system, and Ma Weijun could not pass the exam to leave the countryside and go to other places to see the new world as he expected.
This news was like a bolt from the blue, and Ma Weijun could not accept this fact for a long time.
However, Ma Weijun did not give up his dream, and the cancellation of the college entrance examination was just a small episode and obstacle for Ma Weijun. He firmly believes that as long as he works hard, he will be able to get out of this small mountain village and realize his new plans in life.
This determination supported Ma Weijun through this difficult turning point, and also achieved a breakthrough in his future life.
After the college entrance examination system was canceled, Ma Weijun left his hometown and came to a strange big city in order to change his fate. He first got a job in a large rubber factory, where he was responsible for operating machines to perform simple and repetitive manual tasks.
The noise in the factory was noisy, and the air was filled with a pungent smell, and Ma Weijun felt that this environment was too far from the life he longed for, and the sense of depression became stronger and stronger.
One day at noon, Ma Weijun was eating lunch on a bench outside the factory when a colleague named Ah Qiang sat down next to him and the two chatted. Cuong found Ma Weijun to have a lively, humorous and witty personality, which always made him laugh.
Ah Keung thought Ma Weijun was very suitable to be an actor and suggested that he try it out at a local repertory theatre. Ma Weijun himself dreamed of becoming a professional theater actor, and after hearing Cuong's advice, he decided to quit his job in the factory, join the repertory troupe, and officially began to pursue the road of acting.
When Ma Weijun came to the repertory troupe, he found that the training here was far more rigorous and professional than he had imagined. The director requires every posture and movement to be precise and in place, and the tone of the dialogue must also express emotions.
Ma Weijun realized that he was a complete layman and lacked any professional training. The teachers of the troupe are not interested in Ma Weijun's foundation, and the director rarely gives him formal roles, and often can only do small roles.
Ma Weijun felt lost and sad, and he gradually realized that there was still a long way to go to become an excellent professional actor.
Although the road to drama was not as smooth as imagined, Ma Weijun did not give up his dream. He understands that acting skills require a long time of cultivation and accumulation, and after being disappointed, Ma Weijun adjusted his mentality and decided to start with the trick first, learning Xi while running the trick, so as to lay a solid foundation for becoming a professional actor in the future.
Ma Weijun believes that as long as he persists, he will eventually usher in his own opportunities.
After a long period of running tricks in the repertory troupe, Ma Weijun decided to leave this place and start over in a completely new environment. He chose to go to Tokyo, Japan, to start his life in a foreign country.
When he first arrived in Tokyo, Ma Weijun felt very uncomfortable, he couldn't speak Japanese at all, and he had problems in all aspects of his daily life. During the day, he struggled on construction sites, barely completing some heavy and menial work to earn a meager wage.
In the evening, when he returned to the cramped rental house, Ma Weijun took out his Japanese textbooks, studied the language hard, and read a lot of books and periodicals about Japanese history and culture, hoping to adapt to this unfamiliar environment as soon as possible.
Just when Ma Weijun felt that his life was unsustainable, Zhang Xiaoqian, a Chinese girl who was also studying in Tokyo, appeared. Zhang Xiaoqian noticed Ma Weijun's efforts to learn Xi, and took the initiative to help him learn Xi Japanese and adapt to life.
The two began to meet frequently, and Ma Weijun would take Zhang Xiaoqian for a walk in the park and listen to her tell interesting stories about her life in China. Zhang Xiaoqian will also go to Ma Weijun's rental house and cook him some Chinese hometown dishes to warm his heart.
The two became closer and closer, and finally confirmed their relationship.
Later, Ma Weijun and Zhang Xiaoqian decided to get married and live together in Tokyo. Zhang Xiaoqian found a copywriting job at a publishing house, and Ma Weijun continued to work at a construction site, and the two took care of each other's lives.
Soon after they got married, they had a child, and the family of three lived in a larger house in the suburbs and lived a peaceful and happy life. Ma Weijun felt that with Zhang Xiaoqian and the child by his side, he could persevere in any difficulty.
After living in Tokyo for many years, Ma Weijun began to miss his hometown and relatives in China. He decided to leave Japan for a while and return to China to develop his career. With the fluency he has Xi over the years, Ma Weijun soon got an audition for a role as a Japanese officer in a film crew.
Ma Weijun was fully committed and successfully completed the audition with great results, and the producers were full of praise for him, officially confirming Ma Weijun to play the role of an officer.
The film began to shoot, Ma Weijun was dressed in a Japanese officer's uniform, wearing a military hat, and his expression was confident, exactly like a Japanese soldier. The director constantly praised Ma Weijun for playing the image of a Japanese in place.
After the popularity of this anti-Japanese drama, the audience was also impressed by Ma Weijun's "Japanese" role, and left messages praising his acting skills so good that people forgot that he was Chinese.
Since then, Ma Weijun has been famous in the film and television industry for his role as a Japanese officer, and is known as a "devil professional" in the industry.
In the next few years, Ma Weijun took on a large number of high-ranking Japanese military roles, and he is already a representative actor of this genre. As soon as he appeared, wearing a military uniform and speaking Japanese-style Chinese dialogue, the audience knew that he must be playing the Japanese again.
Some viewers even misunderstood that Ma Weijun was Japanese, Ma Weijun felt helpless and funny, he was just involved in his role, but he was a Chinese actor after all.
Although labeled as a "devil actor", Ma Weijun did not care and continued to devote himself to every role. He knew that he was telling the anti-Japanese story of the Chinese people by playing a Japanese military official, not just playing a simple Japanese.
Ma Weijun hopes that his superb acting skills will infect more audiences and enhance the cohesion and pride of the Chinese nation.
After a period of career development in China, Ma Weijun decided to return to Japan to reunite with his family. Zhang Xiaoqian has been living in Tokyo, and her son has already gone to school, Ma Weijun feels that he can't leave home for a long time and should go back to spend time with his family.
So, Ma Weijun bought a beautiful house in the suburbs of Tokyo, and the family began to settle here.
Ma Weijun will take on some Sino-Japanese co-produced film and television dramas, and sometimes need to go back to China for a period of time to shoot. But most of the time, he spends his time in Tokyo, a stable and peaceful home.
Ma Weijun would accompany his son to do his homework and take him to the park to play football; will help Zhang Xiaoqian prepare meals at home, and sometimes cook to show her skills. Looking at his beloved family, Ma Weijun felt that his life was full and content.
In Tokyo, Ma Weijun no longer struggled as before, but lived a peaceful life. He will spend time with his family at home, and he will also go to theater performances and enjoy the artistic atmosphere.
Ma Weijun occasionally recalls his youthful years when he struggled to pursue his dreams, and sighs about the drama of life. But now, he cherishes the family life in front of him even more.
After a short retirement, in 2022, Ma Weijun was diagnosed with throat cancer, which was a huge blow to him and his family. In the beginning, Ma Weijun tried to stay optimistic, actively cooperated with the doctors' treatments, and believed that science could defeat the disease.
He went to the hospital every week for chemotherapy, and although the side effects were great, he still gritted his teeth and persevered. His wife and daughter were carefully taken care of by Ma Weijun's side, giving him courage and confidence.
However, the condition deteriorated quickly, and the cancer spread faster than the doctors expected. As time went on, the effectiveness of chemotherapy became worse and worse, and Ma Weijun's physical strength became weaker and weaker.
Even though Ma Weijun was advised to switch to targeted drug therapy, doctors have hinted to the family that Ma Weijun may have only a few months left.
Faced with this reality, Ma Weijun's mood was very calm. He had a long talk with his wife and daughter, expressing his wish - he did not want to develop into a critical illness in the hospital, but wanted to die surrounded by his family.
Relatives respected Ma Weijun's choice and decided to take him home to recuperate.
In the last days of his life, Ma Weijun felt the love and companionship of his family. He would sit on the balcony and enjoy the warmth of the sun; I will look at old photos and reminisce about my childhood.
Sometimes he has a lot of strength, and he also plays chess and chats with his son. Ma Weijun did not have fear and regret, but was grateful to God for allowing him to have these relatives at the end of the road.
One quiet morning, Ma Weijun died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 67.
The news of Ma Weijun's death spread quickly, and all the viewers who knew and admired him felt very sorry and sad. Ma Weijun's role as a Japanese officer is so vivid that audiences are Xi to seeing him wearing a military uniform and speaking Japanese Chinese on the screen.
For many people, Ma Weijun is an indispensable part of the Anti-Japanese War drama, and his departure is like a page missing from the history of the Anti-Japanese War drama.
On the Internet, a large number of viewers posted a memorial to Ma Weijun, thanking him for depicting this historical period with his acting skills. Some viewers also said that Ma Weijun's death is a big loss for the Chinese film industry.
Ma Weijun did his best to play a good role during his lifetime, showing the spirit of Chinese self-improvement, and he deserves to be remembered and praised by every audience.
Ma Weijun's family is also very sad, but they understand Ma Weijun's willpower to live and love for his family, which will always inspire and warm everyone's heart.
Ma Weijun chose to die surrounded by his family, which was the most happy ending in his life. The family is determined to carry on the spirit of Ma Weijun and commemorate him with eternal remembrance.
Although Ma Weijun is gone, his wonderful performances through the silver screen will become a part of the history of Chinese cinema and will forever remain in people's memories. We will remember Ma Weijun's realistic acting skills as a Japanese, and we will also remember his dedication to the film industry.
There is no horse guard in the world, but his image and spirit will never leave us.