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The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

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The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Wang Yin is not only a famous "silver iron man" in the 1930s and 1940s, but also a veteran who has won many awards in the Hong Kong and Taiwan film circles. From 1930 until his retirement from 1978, he starred and directed more than 150 films in 48 years.

【"Silver Altar Iron Man"】

Wang Yin (1911-1988), formerly known as Wang Chunyuan, was born on June 25, 1911 in Tianjin. At the age of 6, he went to Shanghai with his parents and studied at Tongfang College in Shanghai.

When he was young, he studied martial arts, and when he first entered the film world, he made some martial arts films. His first performance was in the silent film Treasure at Sea (1930). Later, at the suggestion of Shi Dongshan (1902-1955), he changed to a literary and art film, and Wang Yin's stage name was also given to him by Shi Dongshan.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Stills from the movie The Furious Tide of the China Sea (1933), Wang Yin (left) and Yuan Meiyun

In 1933, Wang Yin starred in the silent film "The Furious Tide of the China Sea", which depicted the story of the fishermen under the oppression and exploitation of Japanese imperialism and Chinese fishing tyrants, led by the brothers Ade (Played by Wang Yin), who united the fishermen in struggle.

The film caused alarm among the authorities and was censored by a third. When the reporters read the original copy, they scolded the reactionary authorities in the newspaper.

The film "Escape" (1935) tells the story of the peasant Huang Shaoying (played by Wang Yin) and his sister Xiaoyun (played by Yuan Meiyun) and others who fled to the mainland during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and took up various "weapons" with a group of refugees to rush to the front line of the anti-Japanese resistance.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Stills from the movie "For the Glory of the Country" (1933), Wang Yin (left) and Huang Naishuang

Wang Yinyin starred in many brave young characters who were boiling with blood and dared to fight against the evil forces for justice, so he enjoyed the title of "Iron Man of the Silver Altar".

After that, Wang Yin starred in literary and art films such as "Avatar Girl" (1936) and "Young Master Girl" (1938), and his most satisfactory works in this life were "Thunderstorm" (1938) and so on.

Wang Yin and Yuan Meiyun (1917-1999) co-starred in many literary films, they married in 1938, had a son and a daughter, the son Wang Jian followed the father's surname, and the daughter Yuan Xiaoyun followed the mother's surname.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Wang Yin was photographed in 1938

Wang Yin's first self-written and self-directed films were "Outlaws" (1939), or written or directed films such as "The Big Girl in the Countryside" (1940), "Broken Intestinal Flower" (1941), "The Soul Returns to Hate Heaven" (1941), "Hate Does Not Meet and Not Marry" (1942), "The Phantom of the Night" (1942), "Torrent" (1943), "Watery YangHua" (1943), "Old Dream of Jinghua" (i.e., "Beijinger", 1944) and so on.

In 1943, Wang yinzhi made films such as "Spy Loyal Soul" (1948) and "Nine Dead Lives" (1948) from the Group Of Friends Film Company. At that time, as an actor and director, there were still very few independent production companies.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Stills from the movie "KaiGe" (1935), Wang Yin (left) and Li Junpan

【Multiple Awards】

In 1947, Wang Yin and his family came to Hong Kong, starring in films such as "Begonia Red" (1955), "Long Lane" (1956), "The Wanderings of Bitter Children" (1960), "Back door" (1960) and so on. He directed films such as Red Rose (1952) and Ghost Song (1952), starring Li Lihua, who won a special award for singing film at the first Asian Film Festival.

Wang's self-organized Tiannan Film Company's "Children of Blood/Under the Iron Hoof" (1960), starring his daughter Yuan Xiaoyun. Wang Yin also went to Taiwan to shoot the costume film "Yue Fei" (1960) and so on.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Front of the film "Children of Blood/Under the Iron Hoof" (1960).

In October 1962, the Information Bureau of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan held the Golden Horse Awards for Film. Wang Yin played a loyal and honest middle-aged intellectual in the film "Pistol" (1961) produced by the Shaw Company in Hong Kong, who had to rob with a fake pistol due to long-term unemployment and his wife was seriously ill. Later, due to the condemnation of his conscience, he originally wanted to wash his hands and shut down after doing it one last time.

However, this last time he was caught in the net and was judged by law. Wang Yin portrayed the state of mind of a poor middle-aged intellectual struggling in the old society extremely profoundly. Arousing the sympathy and thinking of the audience, Wang Yin won the Best Actor Award at the 1st Golden Horse Awards.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Stills from the movie Pistol (1961), Wang Yin (left) and Chen Hou

Wang Yin also played the role of Chun Yuyi, a famous Western Han dynasty physician, in the costume film Ti Hao (1971) directed by Li Hanxiang (1926-1996). The film has won three awards at the Asian Film Festival and the Best Actor Award at the 9th Golden Horse Awards.

In 1964, Wang Yin played Guan Shoufeng in "Jinghua Spring Dream" (i.e., "Laughing marriage"). Guan Shoufeng was originally a good man in the green forest, but later washed his hands and did not dry, and took his daughter Xiugu from the Kanto to Beijing to practice medicine for a living.

Wang Yin portrayed Guan Shoufeng, who has a tough personality and saved people with righteousness, and won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 11th Asian Film Festival.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years
The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Wang Yin's image in the film Ti Hao (1971).

In the large-scale biopic Wu Feng (1962), Wang Yin starred as Wu Feng, a Qing Dynasty generalist. When the film was released in Taiwan, it caused a sensation and won the Golden Horse Award for Best Social Education Special Award in 1963.

In Backdoor, Wang Yin and Hu Die (1908-1989) co-play a professor couple who, because they have no children, use their love for a girl who is unsupervised because her parents are divorced.

At that time, when Hu Die was auditioning for the movie "Back door", Wang Yin specially ran to the shaw company's dressing room to see her, and also told the media of the inspection class: "In 1935, when Yuan Meiyun and I were filming the movie "Escape" (1935) in Shanghai 'Yihua', it was Sister Hu who personally went out to recommend me to the director Yue Feng (1910-1999). ”

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Promotional photo for the movie "Backdoor" (1960), Wang Yin (left) and Hu Die

"But what Sister Hu never dreamed of was that more than 20 years later, this "Back door" was the Big Sister Hu I recommended to director Li Hanxiang (1926-1996)."

Hu Die said modestly: "I have seen several films directed by Li, such as "Yang Guifei" (1962) and "Wu Zetian" (1963), which are very artistic. In particular, Mr. Li Hanxiang's "Beauty of Jiangshan" (1959) is even more outstanding! This time, I didn't have the guts to try shots at your Shaw company. Needless to say, if there is no Mr. Zhu Kunfang's encouragement, I would not dare to come to Li Hanxiang here to try on the camera, because I am too old! ......”

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Stills from the movie "Backdoor" (1960), Wang Yin

After the film "Backdoor" was successfully premiered in Hong Kong, it was soon regarded as a key film by Shaw in 1960, and was screened at the 7th Asian Film Festival, winning the Golden He Award for Best Picture.

Hu Die also won the Best Actress Award for this film. This is the first time that Hu Die's film career in more than 30 years has been affirmed by the international film industry.

The film earned Hu Die a great reputation and won her a second career peak after 10 years of absence.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Stills from the movie "My Land and My People" (1975), Wang Yin and Lin Fengjiao

Then, in the film "My Land and My People" (1975), which is based on the theme of the War of Resistance, Wang Yin plays Du Xinghan, a righteous and patriotic middle school principal, who refuses to serve the Japanese in order to cover the anti-Japanese young students and dies in prison. The film has won two Golden Horse Awards.

After entering the middle and old age, Wang Yin's acting skills not only retain the cheerful and capable characteristics of his youth, but also shape the characters more richly and fully. He is suitable for decent, tough, and characterable roles, which are easy to resonate emotionally with the audience. This is how his acting skills have become more and more perfect in the midst of thousands of hammers and hammers.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Cover of the brochure of the movie "The Four Heroes of The Wang Family" (1950), from left: Wang Danfeng, Wang Yin, Wang Renmei, Wang Yuanlong

Wang Yin is a personable and cultivated old actor, he is like a hardy pine, standing in the film circle for many years. He advocated that the art of a country should develop towards national art, and the film should also focus on "local atmosphere", he said: "If we shoot the story of decades ago, the female character is also a foreign woman with breast augmentation and buttocks, it is not a taste." ”

【Know people and make good use of them】

Wang Yin not only has remarkable achievements in editing and directing, but also has praiseworthy points in selecting talents and promoting and cultivating new stars. Wang's film Smoke and Rain (1965) is a literary and art film based on Qiong Yao's novel.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Gui Yalei's image in the film Smoke and Rain (1965).

In order to make this film, he openly recruited the heroine in Taiwan, when more than 1,000 people went to audition, many girls dressed up beautifully, and some even had heavy makeup, except for her "clear soup noodles" and no powder. As a result, Wang Yin selected Gui Yalei. The film's investment boss said she wasn't pretty and was fiercely opposed.

But Wang Yin insisted that Gui Yalei was chosen by him and would certainly not go wrong.

The two quarreled over this... This matter was known to Wang Ying's wife, Yuan Meiyun, who also firmly supported her husband, saying: "This girl's eyes tell me that she will eat movie meals in the future. In order to return to Yalei, director Wang Yin decided to independently invest in this film, which made Gui Yalei embark on the road of acting.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Stills from the movie "Wu Feng" (1962), Wang Yin

"Smoke and Rain" is Gui Yalei's first role in the film circle, and won the best actress at the 4th Golden Horse Awards. Gui Yalei was red, which proved that Wang Yin's knowledge was good at using it.

Gui Yalei also starred in Films directed by Wang Yin, such as "Whose House The Flowers Fall Into" (1966) and "Woman, Woman, Woman" (1970). She still does not forget Wang Yin's grace of leading the way, and she has publicly stated that without Wang Yin's knowledge, she may not embark on the road of becoming a professional actor. Gui Yalei later became an actress known for her acting skills in the Taiwanese film industry.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

In 1938, Wang Yin and Yuan Meiyun read Film magazine together

【Silver Altar Companion】

As early as the Shanghai Yihua Company, Yuan Meiyun was the head of Hua Dan, Wang Yin was a Taizhu Xiaosheng, and in 1934, when the two first co-starred in "The Furious Tide of the China Sea", the two attracted each other to secretly complain about their feelings.

Yuan Meiyun's mother and adoptive father Yuan Shude obstructed her, and Yuan Meiyun and her adoptive father also had an economic account.

They were dealing with the resistance from Yuan Meiyun's mother and adoptive father, and they met his two demands financially, so that they could no longer hinder the lovers.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Promotional photo of the movie "Haitian Couple" (1937), Wang Yin and Yuan Meiyun

In 1938, Yuan Meiyun and Wang Yin both joined the Xinhua Film Company, Wang Yin turned from actor to director, and most of the films he directed were starred by Yuan Meiyun, and the two were enviable silver partners.

Everyone takes it for granted that the husband and wife partner of one director and one act must be the most tacit understanding, and Yuan Meiyun does not think so. She revealed in "My Screen Career Ten Years of Hard Struggle history of Yihai":

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

When we got home, no one liked to talk much about film work. You think that a person who has worked in the photography field for more than ten hours should always come home when he should rest, right? I feel that my director can only restrain himself, do not dare to act boldly, in order to be afraid that he is a little unconvinced by more talking, and I am not embarrassed to accuse the staff in the workplace, so as soon as I restrain myself, the acting will be dull, I hope that others will direct, then I am wrong, I can naturally listen to the director's guidance and immediately change.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Images of Wang Yin and Li Xianglan in the film Wanshi Liufang (1942).

After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, a "sharp sword" between the husband and wife appeared in front of them - on December 25, 1947, the "Declaration" published a message that "Zhang Shankun (1905-1957), a film giant in the period of enemy and hypocrisy, was prosecuted by the High Prosecutor's Office of the Kuomintang government: "During the fall of Shanghai, cooperated with the enemy and presided over the production of anti-Anglo-American resistance war films such as "Wanshi Liufang" (1942) and "The Hatred of Chunjiang" (1944)," and the actor Mei Xi ( 1911-1983), Chen Yunsheng (1919-2016), Li Lihua (1924-2017), Chen Yanyan (1916-1999), Yuan Meiyun, Wang Yin, Yan Jun (1917-1980), Wang Danfeng (1924-2018) and other "still in the detective". In 1948, there were as many as 108 filmmakers on the list of "han traitors" prosecuted.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

On the set of the movie "Wanshi Liufang" (1943), from left, yuan meiyun, Chen Yunsheng, and Li Xianglan

As a result, in the end, the main liquidation was "Wanshi Liufang" (a "problem movie" hidden in the snow, but it is unavoidable, and the status of film history is difficult to say) and "Chunjiang Hate", two participating members of the film.

The main characters in the play in "Wanshi Liufang" are played by Chen Yunsheng, Yuan Meiyun, Li Xianglan, Gao Zhanfei, Wang Yin, Yan Jun and others, while the main roles in "Chunjiang Hate" by the Chinese side are played by Li Lihua, Mei Xi, Wang Danfeng, Lü Yukun, Yan Jun, Han Langen and others.

As filmmakers attracted much public attention, as soon as the war was over, their activities during the war became a topic of conversation. From 4 October 1947 to 11 November and 9 December 1947, a total of about 30 people were summoned to court in groups. Chen Yunsheng and Yuan Meiyun were assigned to the first group to appear in court, and Chen Yanyan and Li Lihua were assigned to the third group to appear in court.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Stills from the movie "Chunjiang Hate" (1944), Li Lihua

Chen Yanyan reportedly admitted that she had played roles in several films, but did not feel that the films were "rebellious"; she also questioned why she only stared at the actress, why her male partner Liu Qiong was okay, while she was interrogated.

Li Lihua, 23, claimed that she had joined Huaying "against her will," adding that even now (1947), she was unaware of the theme of "The Grudge of Chunjiang." To use one word in the title of the film, it is "resentment", and she said that she really regretted participating in the filming of "Chunjiang Hate", saying that she never wanted to be a film actor again.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

On the set of the movie "Wan Shi Liu Fang" (1943), from left, they are: Fang Peilin, Bu Wancang, Zhu Shilin, Ma Xuweibang, Li Xianglan, Zhang Shankun and Wang Yin

At that time, Yuan Meiyun was already frightened in court and did not know what to say, after all, this experience was the biggest test for her. And Wang Yin could only stand beside her and give "comfort" in silence.

Under the pressure of all parties in the outside world, Yuan Meiyun's body is getting worse and worse than before, and she feels tired and gradually retreats. In 1948, Yuan Meiyun announced to the outside world in Shanghai that she was "dying due to illness".

Later, in an interview in the 1980s, Li Lihua revealed that at that time, the Shanghai District Court did not delve into the cases of her, Chen Yanyan, Yuan Meiyun, Chen Yunsheng, and others, mainly because the civil war reached a critical moment, both the Kuomintang and the Communists wanted to win the support of the literary and artistic circles, and it was of no great benefit to anyone to take a few actresses as scapegoats.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

In 1940, Yuan Meiyun and Wang Yin took a location in Hangzhou

Many of the relevant filmmakers have long been in the midst of the birds of fright after this battle, most of them have run to Hong Kong to work, and many of them have not set foot in Shanghai for a long time.

However, according to the data, in the early days of New China, films shot during the fall period, including Yue Feng's "Home" in 1941, and even Ma Xuweibang's 1944 "Begonias" for Huaying, were all publicly screened in China.

For example, "Begonias" was screened 225 times in Shanghai in 1950 alone, with a total audience of 1 million. Of course, "Spring River Hate" is not among these films that have been screened.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

The appearance of Wang Yin and Yuan Meiyun in the film Escape (1935).

At the end of 1948, Wang Yin and Yuan Meiyun went to Hong Kong to found the "Good Friend Film Company", Wang Yin was the planner and director, and sometimes also the male lead, Yuan Meiyun in addition to wang guiding the performance of "Vampire" (1950) and "All Roads" (1951) two films, since then to assist Wang Yinxin as a producer.

In 1987, Wang Yin fell seriously ill and his children were not around, so Yuan Meiyun returned to Shanghai with Wang Yin to settle down. The following year, just after the 50th anniversary of their marriage, Wang passed away.

Yuan Meiyun died on February 19, 1999, at the age of 82.

The first Golden Horse Film Emperor paid for Yalei out of his own pocket and returned to Shanghai with his wife to settle down in his later years

Wang Yin (right) and Yuan Meiyun were photographed in 1945

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