When discussing the drama version of "Journey to the West", it is inevitable that it will involve the Japanese TV series "Journey to the West" filmed from 1978 to 1979. The TV series was introduced in China, but only two episodes were broadcast on CCTV before being removed. Among them, what makes Chinese audiences most dissatisfied is that this drama sets tang monks as women.
The author checked the information and found that in the Japanese version of "Journey to the West", Tang Monk is still a man, just let women play. Due to the wonderful performance of actor Masako Natsume, the fact that Tang Monk is a woman has become a worldwide consensus. The main reason for this is that Natsume Masako is really beautiful.
After she played tang monk, the feminine image of tang monk basically became the basic understanding of this role in Japan, South Korea, Australia and other countries. As a result, many versions of the Japanese remake have retained this setting - let female actors play male Tang monks. From China's point of view, this is indeed a cultural damage, but from an international perspective, she has also contributed.
Let women play Tang monks, improve the balance of yin and yang. After all, in "Journey to the West", the Tang monks and apprentices are all men, all of them are men, and the story always feels that something is missing. Setting this character as a woman has greatly improved both ornamental and dramatic. From that point of view, this is indeed an innovation.
However, there has always been a saying in China that Natsume Masako died at the age of 27 because she played a Tang monk, and her own blessings were too much to suppress, and eventually she fell ill and died. This statement is a bit of a mesmerizing. After all, many versions of the Tang monks in Japan are played by women, while everyone else is alive.
Therefore, the claim that Natsume Masako played a Tang monk and led to terminal illness is not valid. What's more, Natsume Masako did not spoof Tang Monk. She is interpreting the role of Tang Monk from the perspective of a man. In terms of acting skills, she is extremely mature and has a sense of proportion, but the two roles of Pig Eight Commandments and Sand Monk are extremely abrupt.
The TV series Journey to the West has brought an international influence to Natsume Masako. At that time, she traveled in various fields of the entertainment industry and made many bold and avant-garde attempts. For example, I took a lot of wet body photos, bikini photos, etc. In the 1980s, these were all extremely outrageous things. However, Natsume Masako's purity and beauty made these behaviors fully acceptable to the people at that time.
It's really not easy for an actress to get such widespread acceptance. After playing Tang Monk, she became the most popular actress in mythological dramas and continued this tradition. She was a well-received and excellent actress, but unfortunately, at the age of 27, she fell terminally ill and eventually died.
When people today look at this history, on the one hand, they will criticize the behavior of using actresses to play Tang monks, and at the same time, they will also regret Natsume Masako. After all, she left this world at the same age as a flower. I prefer to think that it is because she is so beautiful that she went to a better world and left us in this dirty world.
In China, Natsume Masako has been criticized for playing a Tang monk, which is also caused by cultural intolerance and should not be. This setting was set by the director, and Natsume Masako only acted according to the director's request. An actor creates a character, that's all, what's the crime?
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