On the eve of the "918" incident, Tian Zhaodong, a first-year student at Peking Furen University who loved literature and art and sports, was about to quit school. In the turbulent times, the poor family was unable to support his studies. After thinking about it, Tian Zhaodong wanted to change his name, to start his life again with a straight face and a square face, so he came to Shanghai to change his name to Tian Fang.
Because he lived in Beiping since he was a child, had a beautiful Chinese, and participated in an actor training class, he was very successfully admitted to Tianyi Film Company. Tian Fang first started with the field notes, the language instructor, and then the extras, and finally officially appeared on the screen. The handsome and outstanding Tian Fang has starred in more than a dozen films before and after.
When the War of Resistance Against Japan broke out in full swing, Tian Fang was a movie star with great fame at this time, but he always had his dream in his heart, that is, to become a real soldier and carry a gun to defend his homeland. Soon he joined the Second Shanghai Anti-Enemy Drama Team, with Hong Shen and Jin Shan as the main and vice captains. In the process of publicizing the anti-Japanese salvation tour, Tian Fang was secretly escorted to Yan'an, the holy land of revolution, by the party organization.
Tian Fang, who gave up the path of an actor and entered the training class for staff cadres of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, felt that his dream of becoming a real soldier was just around the corner. Ke Lu Yi heard about this movie star and forced him to "dig up". What should have been at his fingertips also became a dream that Tabata had never fulfilled in his lifetime. Perhaps carrying a gun to fight a war did not achieve what he wanted, but the simple stage on the bank of the Yan river also became his rampage. In the past few years, Tian Fang, as the head of the Luyi Actors Troupe, has created, organized and rehearsed more than a dozen dramas, making the drama stage in Yan'an sound and colorful.
Tian Fang and Yu Lan were in Yan'an
Tian Fang, who is diligent and hard-working, not only is rated as a model worker in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, but also has a good relationship with his sweetheart Yu Lanxi.
During the Liberation War, Takata came to the northeast to receive full screenings, and then founded the Tohoku Film Studio. At the beginning of the founding of New China, he became the first director of the Beijing Film Studio and the deputy director of the Central Film Bureau.
In his thirties, Tian Fang, who was already in a high position, was very low-key, and the public car was never used once, and he always rode the worn-out bicycle to work. During the three years of hardship, his cadre shopping card could be used to buy beans, eggs and sugar, and it was not used once, and the brand new shopping card was returned to the organization unchanged.
After liberation, heavy leadership work has taken up most of Takata's time, and even then he has not forgotten that he is an actor. All the characters who come to the door, no matter how big or small, as long as it is suitable and time permits, he will devote himself to the shooting of five or six films one after another.
Tian Fang and Wang Bin (1st from right), Yu Min
Wang Bin, a friend of Tian Fang's life and death friend and the director of the movie "White Haired Girl", commented on him: "Tian Fang, who is silent and silent, can be hot inside. Charisma trumps the role he plays."
After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the writer Ba Jin, who returned from a visit from the front line, passionately created the novella "Reunion" and published it in Shanghai Literature, which aroused strong repercussions. Changchun Film Studio immediately set about bringing the novel to the screen.
Tian Fang and the film director Wu Zhaodi
The film, which was completed in 1964, was also changed from its original name "Reunion" to "Heroes and Children". Director Wu Zhaodi specially invited Tian Fang to play Wang Wenqing, a senior commander of the volunteer army in the film.
Tian Fang's unobtrusive performance brought hope and comfort to the cruel reality of the commander's majestic military presence and gentleness and elegance everywhere on the tragic and arduous Korean battlefield, always maintaining a warm smile, and also using that subtle and deep eyes to convey too many delicate emotions that could only be understood and unspeakable.
In the film, Wang Wenqing accidentally encounters his long-lost only daughter, and Tian Fang uses his profound eyes to transform the violent emotional world of his father, which is clearly displayed in front of the audience.
Wang Wenqing, a senior commander of the Volunteer Army in "Heroes and Children", is the culmination of Tian Fang's multi-year stage screen career. The reason why he can show the rich, delicate and calm noble sentiments of the soldiers stems from the simple, warm and elegant character in life. Shanshan's late arrival in this military role also has his dream of carrying a gun to fight. This is also an unforgettable screen image left by Tian Fang as an actor.
During the ten years of catastrophe, Tian Fang became a "bourgeois roader" who was overthrown. But the increasingly serious illness also destroyed the body that was not strong. At the time of his death, he also instructed Yu Lan that the envelope in the drawer has more than a hundred yuan of savings, which will help you a little in the future." There are also several diaries that record my thoughts and hope to be seen organizationally." On August 23, 1974, Tian Fang died in Beijing at the age of 63 with unlimited loyalty to the party and attachment to his relatives.
Although It's been almost fifty years since Takata left us, he doesn't seem to be far away. Just like "Heroes and Children" is still playing, "Hero Hymn" is still being sung. Some things will not be erased by time, as unforgettable as his deep eyes and serene smile!