If you want to talk about the most popular movie in 1982, it is not "Shaolin Temple" starring Jet Li.
Queuing up overnight to see "Shaolin Temple" almost became the most popular cultural phenomenon of that year, and many boys were excited after watching it and rushed to the Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts.
After the success of "Shaolin Temple", director Zhang Xinyan also made a name for himself, and immediately cooperated with the mainland in a series of martial arts action films, including a comedy action film set in old Shanghai in the 30s, "The Thief of Change".
Some people may not be familiar with this name, but when it comes to the other name of the film, "I Love Thief Abba", many people immediately realize.
After the film was released in 1989, it received high praise, especially the "screen CP" pair of Chun Yu Shanshan and Ju Xue in the film, which became a beautiful movie memory in the hearts of many audiences.
01, the legend of the rogue in old Shanghai
In fact, director Zhang Xinyan only participated in the preparation process of "The Thief of Change", and the real director of this film is Zhang Xinyan's royal screenwriter and his apprentice Liang Zhiqiang.
After "Shaolin Temple", hong Kong Yindu institutions saw the market potential of this theme, and under the operation of Zhang Xinyan, they successively launched popular martial arts action films such as "Shaolin Boy" and "Yellow River Hero".
Compared with other action movies, "The Changing Thief" is one of the few films set in the Republic of China, which tells the legendary story of a thief in Shanghai Beach in the 1920s and 1930s.
This lively and handsome big boy is called Bao De, whose real identity is a thief who shocked the beach, and he is good at stealing in disguise as people with different identities, which really makes Inspector Zhu of the police station and others feel brain-wrenching.
But Baud had his own principles: he only stole rich people, and he adopted a group of orphans with a kind heart, always thinking of finding a place for them, lest the children become thieves in the future.
Over the years, Bao De has not been caught, but he has long cooperated with the famous lawyer Xia in Shanghai Beach, who helped him get rid of his crime, and Bao De helped Lawyer Xia win a good reputation, which can be described as a mutual benefit and win-win situation.
When the floods in North China suddenly hit and a large number of refugees poured into Shanghai, Lawyer Xia, as the chairman of the Disaster Relief Committee, took 2 million yuan of charity money for himself and planted it on Bao De.
Knowing that Bao De was imprisoned, Jia Hui, the daughter of lawyer Xia, who had always had a good feeling for Bao De, tried her best to follow the priest into the prison.
With Jiahui's help, Bao De escapes from prison disguised as a priest, and he decides to clear his grievances and recover the embezzled funds of Lawyer Xia.
Bao De first rescued the orphans from Li San, a bastard hired by Lawyer Xia, and then infiltrated Lawyer Xia's home to obtain evidence, waiting for the opportunity to expose Lawyer Xia.
On the day of Children's Day, Bao De saw through Lawyer Xia's plan to conceal the sky and cross the sea, and Lawyer Xia was arrested by Inspector Zhu, and the legend of the thief was far from over...
"The Changeable Thief" follows Zhang Xinyan's royal team for filming "Shaolin Temple" in the past, especially with the addition of Hong Kong martial arts fingers, the action scenes of the whole play are very smooth and clean, and the entertainment is quite strong.
But the film is not only satisfied with simple entertainment, behind the legend of the rogue, it also makes a pungent exposure and satire of the dark society at that time.
Lawyer Xia, who lives in the upper class, is cunning and greedy by nature, and his home is full of valuable antiques, but he is not willing to connect with the orphans for a meal.
On the other hand, those at the bottom, whether it is Bao De, who robs the rich and helps the poor, or Wu Dehui, who has been hunting down Bao De, although they are forced by life, they can always uphold an upright heart.
The most moving scene in the film is that the orphans can't find food and can only "paint cakes to fill their hunger": "Bite down, swallow it, good taste... Watching this group of children imagine eating scenes makes people feel particularly distressed.
On the one hand, it is the drunken fans of the upper class, on the other hand, the struggle of the bottom society to survive, and under the shell of the story of laughter and anger, the dark social reality of that year is really shocking.
02, the male protagonist has become a Singaporean superstar
Sunny handsome appearance, flexible and dashing figure, Chun Yu Shanshan, who played Bao De, stole the limelight in the film and won the love of many audiences.
In fact, Chun Yu Shanshan was originally called Chun Yu Shan, and the compound surname was "Chun Yu", but he felt that the name was a bit earthy, and later changed his name to "Shan Shan" under the guidance of Gao Ren.
Chun Yu Shanshan was originally a dancer, signed a contract with Yindu Agency in 1986, and participated in "Yellow River Hero" in 1987, playing the jianghu artist Che Tian in the film, and has since debuted.
The eccentric Che Tian in "Yellow River Hero" left a deep impression on people, so Zhang Xinyan decided to let the fledgling Chun Yu Shanshan as the male protagonist of "The Changeable Thief".
Thanks to the profound dance skills, many of the action scenes in Chun Yu Shanshan's films are not used as stand-ins but are completed by themselves; coupled with the handsome appearance and agile performance, many audiences like this role as soon as Bao De appears.
A few years later, Chun Yu Shanshan was invited to Singapore to develop, and successively starred in dramas such as "The Hero of The Dangkou" and "The Little Monk of True Destiny", and soon became one of the top stars in Singapore.
However, Chun Yu Shanshan still could not give up the acting career in the mainland, and returned to China to develop in 2001, but after leaving for too long, he has long ceased to be famous and can only play some small supporting roles for a long time.
After a period of silence, Chun Yu Shanshan began to get more opportunities to play some well-known roles, such as Yun Ming in "Thirty-Six Rooms of Southern Shaolin", and "Shining Spirit", the snake spirit leader in "Detective Di Renjie".
Today, Chun Yu Shanshan, who is over 50 years old, is still very active, starring in popular dramas such as "Restart of the Extreme Sea Listening to Thunder" and "Trumpeter in Place", and her acting skills are becoming more and more sophisticated.
03. "Lawyer Xia" fell silent because his family was killed
Although the whole play was robbed of most of the brilliance by Bao De, the pure and lovely Jiahui in the film also won a lot of praise, so that the 21-year-old Ju Xue began to make a name for himself in the film industry.
As early as 1986, the 18-year-old Drama Xue starred in the movie "Father and Son" starring Chen Peisi, but what really made her familiar was "The Changeable Thief".
In this film, JiaHui, played by her, looks like a showy girl, and there is also a decisive and clever side in addition to being gentle and pleasant: risking to go to prison to rescue Bao De against lawyer Xia's wishes is itself a heroic act.
But Jiahui and Bao De did not imagine that "lovers will eventually become dependents", and at the end of the film, the two did not have any "affectionate confessions", but Jiahui stayed in the orphanage to take care of the orphans and waited for Bao De to return.
In addition, Zhou Lijing, who plays lawyer Xia in the film, is also a very popular actor in the 80s, wearing gold wire glasses and smoking a cigar in the film, and the temperament of "Sven scum" is very well in place.
At that time, it was the most popular period of Zhou Lijing, in addition to this film, he also starred in films such as "Desert Purple Ban" and "Our Field", especially Gao Garin in "Life", which was his most deeply rooted role.
But unfortunately, in 1994, when Zhou Lijing was out filming, his wife was killed by gangsters who robbed the house, and Zhou Lijing, who was deeply affected, was silent for two years, but after his comeback, he never regained his former style.
Today, "The Changing Thief" is more influenced by the French novelist Maurice LeBron's "Arthur Robin" series of novels, setting the protagonist as a handsome and handsome thief with a jealous heart, as well as films such as "Rogue Lupin" in this period.
Not long ago, the movie channel rebroadcast "The Thief of Change", which shows that even after so many years, this film can still get the attention and likes of the audience, and has become a classic in the exploration period of Chinese commercial films. (Author: Pippi Shrimp)