In 1963, the 13-year-old Anjis lived in Inner Mongolia, the son of Wulan, a famous two-gun female general in Inner Mongolia.
At that time, he did not act in his future life plan, and it was an option to become an actor, but his screen debut made him famous overnight.
Unexpectedly, more than a decade later, he was rejected by the Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama, and has since disappeared in the film industry.
And the inflection point of his life encounter was due to a movie called "Little Soldier Zhang Ga"...
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As the best actor of the first Hundred Flowers Awards, Cui Wei, who won the Actor Award of the Chinese Film Century Awards at the 90th anniversary of the birth of Chinese films, is not only an excellent actor, but also an excellent director and screenwriter.
"Yangmen Women" in 1960, "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" in 1963, "Plains Operation" in 1974...
He was a director and actor of that era who was uniquely Chinese "bloody" and heroic, and his film works had a rough and unrestrained, rich and fierce artistic style.
In 1962, as a director, Cui Song was given a "political mission" to make a children's film, in direct opposition to the Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky's first film, Ivan's Childhood.
At the same time, the Beijing Film Studio took a fancy to the novella and script of the same name by "war writer" Xu Guangyao, and decided to put it on the movie screen.
After the script was finalized, some people advocated directly selecting professional actors, but Cui Wei decided to use a vegetarian.
He believes that "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" needs to live on the screen, not "perform" children. Cui Wei was looking for a small gazi with a taste of life and an earthy atmosphere, so he began to go to beijing primary schools, children's palaces, and activity stations to find small actors.
Picking one out of a few hundred, although these children are tiger-headed, he still feels that the "ga" is not strong enough to make a choice.
Many months have passed, and "Gazi" is still absent.
Just when Cui Wei was at a loss, the actor Yu Lan sent several photos to the North Film Studio, among which Anjis (as Gazi) in Inner Mongolia and Wu Keqin (as Fat Dun) near Beijing were taken in by the director at a glance.
Although he did not know what filming was, the little Angis seemed very casual in front of strangers in a strange environment, he looked east and west in the house, and soon became the child king. The other candidates are shy, afraid, and restrained...
With boldness and playfulness, Angis won the title of protagonist.
At first, he didn't know what that meant, and Anguis just made his first and only film in a vague way.
At that time, Angis was in elementary school, in order not to delay the children's learning, Cui Wei also specially invited a teacher to the crew, and after filming every day, let the teacher give the children homework.
Filming, for little Angis, is a fun children's game.
At that time, he felt very new and interesting, and how could he expect that his life was about to usher in a huge change...
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In 1963, the movie "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" was released nationwide.
This film successfully shapes the artistic image of Zhang Gazi, a revolutionary child who is "full of gas", and vividly interprets the child hero from multiple dimensions such as the suffering child's life, the ardent yearning and pursuit of the revolution, and the growth of a witty and brave revolutionary fighter through twists and turns.
The mischievous and reckless BaiYangdian teenager Gazi, who did not know who his parents were from childhood, and relied on his grandmother for his life. At the age of 13, he witnessed his grandmother being killed by the Japanese Kou to cover the Eighth Route Army, and the respected old Uncle Zhong was also captured.
In order to get revenge, he embarked on a journey alone in search of guerrillas, which actually symbolized that he had embarked on a crucial path of growth.
The film writes this paragraph in great color - he crosses the river with his baggage on his head, his shoes are broken until his toes are exposed, and he mistakes the great hero Luo Jinbao in his heart for a traitor...
These difficulties render his strong desire for revenge, highlight the internal driving force of his growth, and show the special and magnificent growth process of children of that era.
Huang Suying, who played Ying Zi's mother in the movie and played Gazi's grandmother in the TV series "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" half a century later, specifically mentioned the great director Cui Wei's kindness to Angis.
In order to shoot this drama well, Cui Wei did not bother.
To say that riding a horse and a gun to climb a tree, Angis has no problem, but biting people, squeezing eyebrows and making eyes, these childlike and naughty things, are all trained by the director.
In fact, these children do not have the concept of "filming" in their minds, and the scene where The little fat dun er and Gazi fight is a little bit of grinding by the director.
Before filming began, Cui Wei did not let the young actors rehearse, but instead let Fat Dun and Gazi strip naked and play barefoot with the children of Baiyangdian.
More than ten days passed, and filming officially began, and Cui Song chose Gazi and Fat Dun wrestling as the first act.
Fat Dun took a fancy to the wooden gun that Old Uncle Zhong gave to Gazi and wanted to exchange it with a string of firecrackers. Gazi was reluctant to change, but wanted firecrackers. So the two agreed to wrestle each other, and whoever won would get the bet.
Cui Wei gave the children the real environment, they also "fake the real play", Angis, who played Gazi, moved the real character, and after losing the game, he really played Lai and bit the fat mound, and the fat dun was bitten and screamed.
They perform classic fragments in a very relaxed, natural state, without regard for everything around them.
But we are also disappointed to find that the Gazi in the movie appears as a foil for the combat hero, an accessory to the adult character.
During a battle, Gazi captured a pistol, and he triumphantly showed off to the other children, but turned around and was asked to turn it in.
The district captain gave him revolutionary doctrine, warrior discipline, and carefully cultivated this child to make him a real and qualified people's fighter.
Gazi suppressed his true thoughts and handed over his pistol in tears.
After wrestling and biting people with Fat Dun, he was accused by Fat Dun's father of "what is the eight ways", and was criticized by the district captain and punished for review.
Gazi was not convinced, ran to block the cigarette pipe of the fat dun family, and was criticized by the district captain and punished by squatting and confined.
As he walked on the roof, the setting sun cast the shadow of Gazi on the outer wall of the fat dun's house, which was the shadow of an adult's height, and Gazi walked from this side to that side, symbolizing an immature, naïve child who needed adult education and shaping, and slowly walked towards the appearance that an adult warrior should have.
He is only interspersed with the image of an "educated person", and the real leader of the plot is still the adult image - the district captain.
At the end of the film, Gazi understands his mistake and takes the initiative to admit it to the district captain. He understood that it was necessary to first enmity between the country and then the family, and he understood that it was his duty to liberate all mankind, and he grew into a true warrior under the guidance of adults.
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After filming, Angis returned to Inner Mongolia.
Over the years, he seems to have disappeared, barely appearing in front of the media.
After the TV series "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" was broadcast, it immediately caused a sensation among the audience, and CCTV specially held a symposium for this purpose. Invited the actors who were still alive in the old movies, but "Gazi" Angis did not come.
Fat Dun said that he called Gazi, but it happened to be raining heavily in Beijing that day, and the car was not good.
It was not until many years later that Li Huiying, the lover of Zhang Ying, the actor of "Luo Jinbao", unveiled this mystery.
According to her, Zhang Ying was greatly affected during that period, not only was she criticized for fighting, but also imprisoned in the cowshed of the North Film Factory, not allowed to eat good, only allowed to eat nest pickles.
What hurt Zhang Ying the most was that at that time, Anjis was connected from Inner Mongolia to Beiying. Under his command, Cui Wei, Zhang Ying, Yu Shaokang, the main creators of "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", were collectively criticized, and he also moved his hands...
In June 1969, the persecuted Zhang Ying died of illness at the age of 45.
Li Huiying is reluctant to mention this sad past or his name. Because Anchis is good in all aspects, everyone hasn't talked about it for so many years, and they just don't want to have any impact on him.
During the time of filming "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", Zhang Ying was very good to Angis, his swimming was still taught by Zhang Ying, and Angis's shot also made Zhang Ying doubly sad.
However, in that era, adults had a lot of crazy behavior, not to mention a teenager who was most likely to be led by the nose of the mainstream of society.
With the passage of time, Li Huiying understood him, did not blame him, and hoped that everyone would understand him, all of which were the faults caused by that era.
Li Huiying thought that this matter was also a past that Angis did not want to look back on, and she hoped that the other party could let go of this burden and find time to get together with everyone.
As Mrs. Zhang Ying said, it was the mistake of the times, but the real-life Angis has not been able to get out of that past, he refused to be interviewed, and has since stayed away from the entertainment industry.
Until, CCTV is going to do a program to interview the prototype of "Gazi", and let Angis take his son with him. At this time, the son learned that his father was the "Gazi" in the movie.
He once became a young man who went to the countryside to join the army, was admitted to Peking University after resuming the college entrance examination, was assigned to work in the central government after graduation, and also went to various places to do business with the tide of the sea.
In 2008, Angis was nominated for "2008 Green China Person of the Year", he once said: "I am getting older now, I hope that my hair is gradually graying, and the desert of our country can slowly green." ”
From a small actor to the president of the China Youth Green Action Committee, the 71-year-old Angis has lived a different life.
In the movie, Gazi has become a real warrior under the cultivation of the district captain and others, but the real Angis has become a demon who beats up his mentor under the influence of the social environment, and everything can only be said to be a creation.
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