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In 1978, the movie "Wangxiang" was released in China, and the leading actors became famous overnight, but their life experience was very bumpy and full of dramatic ups and downs.
Now, time has passed, what have these leading actors experienced? Some are still in the entertainment industry, some have faded out of sight, and some have passed away.
Yoko Takahashi, who played the young Aki, was only 21 years old when "Wangxiang" was released in 1978, but she was already a popular student and played the heroine of the film.
With her superb acting skills, Yoko Takahashi perfectly interprets Aki's transformation from naïve to desperate and indifferent. Subsequently, she married composer Makoto Mitsui and turned to fiction writing, and her first novel, "Like the Rain", became famous and won several important awards.
In 2016, 63-year-old Yoko Takahashi made a comeback to the screen and played a wonderful performance of an Alzheimer's patient, once again showing extraordinary acting skills.
It can be seen that from the age of 21 to 63, Yoko Takahashi has always maintained her enthusiasm and dedication to acting, and has become one of the most outstanding acting schools in Japan.
Ken Tanaka, who played Aaki's lover Axiu, became famous with this role back then. Later, he married the daughter of a wealthy man and lived a prosperous life. But he did not have a good relationship with his parents-in-law, and later broke with them and married his lover who was 13 years younger than him.
Now 73-year-old Ken Tanaka has retired from the film and television industry and is immersed in life with his youngest daughter. It can be seen that from the merry and talented man of the year to today's family man, Ken Tanaka's life has undergone tremendous changes.
Mitsuo Hamada, who plays Aki's brother Yasukishi, was once in the limelight with Sayuri Yoshinaga in the sixties and seventies of the last century, but with the rise of a new generation of actors, he has faded out of sight in the eighties and is now in seclusion.
This reflects the cruelty of showbiz - the stars of the past are also replaced by newcomers.
Kurihara Komaki, who plays Kurihara Komaki, is deeply loved by the audience with his elegant temperament. But she never married, and it is rumored that she was sad because she had fallen in love with Chinese actor Gao Fei, and Gao Fei chose to give up on her for the sake of her family.
Today, at the age of 79, Kurihara Komaki is still alone, which shows that she can't forget this relationship.
Finally, Tanaka Kinyo, who plays Akipo, is the first female director in the history of Japanese cinema. In order to play Akipo well, she sacrificed a lot, and finally won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival.
But she was immersed in art all her life, neglected real life, and died of cancer in her later years at the age of 68. She has dedicated her life to the art of cinema.
The life trajectories of the leading actors of "Hopeful" are quite dramatic. They have been smash hits, but they have inevitably experienced ups and downs. Looking at their process from youth to twilight downturn, it can't help but sigh.
These artists who have brought us joy have also lived their own lives. Looking at the hometown is not only the name of the movie, but also their memories of their past youth.
No matter how time passes, "Wangxiang" and the leading actors have become part of the collective memory of that era.