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"Your Excellency, what kind of industry are you currently engaged in?" "Although cunning strategies may seem to help you win, they are not conducive to long-term development", "In the heat of war, avoiding shooting is extremely crucial".
Whenever people hear such unique lines, they will instantly wake up - the devil army on the screen is coming violently! This highly recognizable "devil's language" makes the audience unable to help themselves, and they have straightened their waists and raised their vigilance.
Surprisingly, however, this haunting style of language was created by a talented actor. We couldn't help but stop what we were doing and listen intently to the legendary life of this genius creator.
In 1928, Wang Xiaozhong was born in an ordinary family in Shenyang. In his childhood, he witnessed the atrocities of the Japanese invaders in the northeast region of wantonly burning, looting, and brutally killing compatriots, and a deep hatred for the invaders was deeply buried in the depths of his young heart.
After entering the adolescent stage, the entire Shenyang has completely fallen and has been trampled beyond recognition by the Japanese iron cavalry. In 1942, at the age of 14, Wang Xiaozhong was fortunate enough to be admitted to the Fengtian Railway College for further study in telecommunications, but the teachers and administrators of the school were all Japanese, and their brutality aroused Wang Xiaozhong's endless indignation and hatred for the invaders.
In 1949, 21-year-old Wang Xiaozhong joined the ranks of the Chinese People's Liberation Army without hesitation, and was subsequently assigned to the Northeast Military Region Art Troupe, thus kicking off his acting career that lasted for more than half a century.
In his first film and television work "Growing in Battle", he successfully shaped his screen image.
In 1965, Bayi Film Studio made great efforts to create the famous military education film "Tunnel War", in which Wang Xiaozhong successfully played the role of Yamada, the captain of the devil.
According to the original premise of the script, the devils should speak Chinese dialogue fluently like Chinese, but Wang Xiaozhong believes that this treatment does not make the characters more vivid and vivid.
Therefore, he began to diligently study the pronunciation skills of Chinese, pondering repeatedly, and finally tailored a unique set of lines for each devil character.
He skillfully used grammatical structures such as "Dide" to highlight the stiffness and comical use of Chinese by the devils, and thus create a comedic effect.
It is precisely because of Wang Xiaozhong's innovative attempt that the style of "devil's talk" that we are familiar with today came into being.
In terms of character shaping, in addition to the unique control of the style of lines, Mr. Wang Xiaozhong's in-depth depiction of the character of Yamada also has unique creativity.
Based on his extensive experience in telecommunications school in his early years, he subtly asked the makeup artist to add a very representative mustache to Yamada's lips - a style that is praised in Japan as a "hygienic mustache", which undoubtedly shows Yamada's arrogance and ferocity vividly.
Throughout the filming process, Mr. Wang Xiaozhong pondered this detail repeatedly, striving to make the character of Yamada more lifelike. Since then, the classic image-building technique of "Sanitary Hu" has been widely used and imitated in many anti-Japanese films.
In the process of filming the film "The Eternal Wave", Mr. Wang Xiaozhong successfully interpreted the important role of Nakamura, the leader of the devil spies. Among them, there is a scene that can be called a classic and unforgettable.
According to the script, Nakamura only needs to conduct a brief interrogation of Li Xia to complete this rival scene. However, the moment the camera started to move, Mr. Wang Xiaozhong immediately threw himself into the role.
This plot and lines are not the original design of the script, but the improvisation of Mr. Wang Xiaozhong on the scene. When Director Wang Ping observed this scene through the monitor, she was deeply moved by Mr. Wang Xiaozhong's excellent acting skills and couldn't help but be amazed.
After the shooting, she jumped to Mr. Wang Xiaozhong's side excitedly and praised his wonderful performance.
Afterwards, Mr. Wong Hsiao-chung explained that the reason why he was able to interpret this scene so vividly was that he had received professional training at the telecommunications school and was well aware that the index finger of an old newspaper operator was often flattened.
It's this extreme attention to detail that makes his performances engaging.
In view of the fact that Mr. Wang Xiaozhong has been widely praised for playing the role of a devil for a long time, the outside world often compares him with another famous "old devil" actor Fang Hua, and argues about who has more superb acting skills.
In this regard, senior film critic Lao Geng gave a very high evaluation, he said that in the Chinese film industry, there are very few people who can make a fair evaluation of these two masters of acting skills.
Extremely enthusiastic! Therefore, in 1965, when director Yan Youmin's masterpiece "An American Pilot" came to a perfect end, all the film and television lovers in the city applauded enthusiastically.
In this wonderful picture, the two admired veteran stars, Wang Xiaozhong and Fang Hua, were fortunate to be able to compete together, they played the roles of Japanese soldiers and Japanese spies respectively, and together they showed superb acting skills, presenting a rare peak showdown for the audience, which can be called a major event in the Chinese film industry that year.
In January 2016, Wang Xiaozhong, a great artist who has made outstanding contributions to the Chinese film industry, passed away at the age of 88 in the vibrant city of Guangzhou. The audience knows very well that Mr. Wang Xiaozhong has created countless images of devils that are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people throughout his life, especially the unique "devil words" created in "Tunnel War", whose influence has not faded to this day, and has become a classic in the Chinese film industry.
Whenever looking back on Wang Xiaozhong's artistic career, many filmmakers can't help but praise him as an outstanding actor who is diligent, good at thinking, and brave in innovation. According to the recollections of the crew of "Tunnel War", before each set and shooting, Wang Xiaozhong will always ponder the role repeatedly, inject new vitality into the character image, and make the character more lifelike, which can be called a veritable "devil king".
It is with this innovative spirit that he can last forever and remain young in the film industry.