According to the latest news, a "new drama" filmed in 2016 will land on CCTV's eight golden files on September 2. The reason why it is called a "new drama" is because this spy drama work, which was filmed five years ago, has not been broadcast on the star before, and its director is the famous director He Qun, who has died.
Speaking of He Qun, the current audience may not be familiar with it, as early as 1991, the director joined hands with Shen Junyi, Song Chunli, Ge You, Li Qiang, Zhao Xiaorui, Liang Tian and other influential star lineups at that time to shoot a war movie called "Agni King Kong", which was divided into two parts, one called "LoneLy Hero" and one called "Magical Hero". This film is also a test of the integration of entertainment elements into the main theme of early domestic films, and it has also won market recognition and received praise from the audience. It has taken a solid step on the road of trying to commercialize Chinese films.
After that, in 2004, He Qun directed the martial arts drama "Ping Trace Hero Shadow" based on Liang Yusheng's wuxia novel, starring Fan Bingbing and Huang Haibing, which was also the first martial arts TV series directed by He Qun. In 2006, he also filmed the anti-Japanese theme TV series "The Biography of Lü Liang Heroes" starring Zhen, Yang Shuquan and Xing Jiadong, which also made the audience friends know Yu Zhen for the first time. In addition to continuing the meticulous and rigorous characteristics of Director He Qun's works, this drama also boldly innovates in film and television language expression and artistic expression means, so its ratings and word of mouth are both popular after broadcasting, and the impact is huge.
In 2013, He Qun directed the anti-war drama "Zero Cannon Tower" starring Due Zhen and Xing Jiadong, Zhu Yawen, Qi Kui and others starred in "Iron Blood Brothers" and other works, and in 2016, He Qun directed the spy drama "Code Name Mountain Leopard" starring Xing Jiadong, and this TV series also became the last work directed by He Qun. At 3:00 a.m. on December 31, 2016, director Mr. He Qun died of heart failure caused by pneumonia at the age of 61.
"Code Name Mountain Leopard" tells the story of Zhao Wenzhong, a CCP agent code-named "Mountain Leopard", who fought with the Japanese and successfully defended the national territory and treasures, and actor Xing Jiadong played the protagonist Zhao Wenzhong.
Xing Jiadong is an actor who is very familiar to everyone, and he has a lot of cooperation with director He Qun, and he can be called the royal actor of He Qun. Xing Jiadong was well known by the audience for playing Wu Liuyi in the TV series "Soldier Assault" in the early days, and later filmed "My Regiment Leader My Regiment", "The Rise of the Great Qin Empire", "Trident" and other works that are very familiar to audience friends. On June 21, 2021, the first female lie detector criminal investigation short drama "Lie True Detective" starring Yu Nan was launched, in which he played the rough and masculine leader of the bincheng City Public Security Bureau's serious case team.
Another actor familiar to the audience friend in this drama is Qian Bo, an actor who has starred in many TV series, although low-key but has solid acting skills, and he played Liu Translator in the spy drama "Odds of Victory" starring Liu Yunlong, which was recently broadcast. In addition, he also participated in the filming of "Yangtze River No. 1", "Tiger's Mouth Pulling Teeth", "The Nameless", "Magic Capital" and other spy dramas.
As the posthumous work of director He Qun, after five years in the CCTV eight sets of golden files broadcast, its quality should be guaranteed, and as a spy fan, once again ushered in their favorite themes, is also a happy thing, let us lock in the CCTV eight sets on September 2, feel the suspense of this "code name mountain leopard" to bring us the suspense spy war, treasure legend!