The author's previous article said that Andy Lau Zhao Yazhi's "Demon Land Taoyuan" is a rare TV series where the protagonists are basically dead. In fact, it is still a little inaccurate, because the female number one Tang Qi in "Demon Land Taoyuan" survived.
Some readers mentioned a domestic TV series "The Legend of Yi Wei Haoke", the protagonists and supporting characters in this drama, including the villain, were basically all dead in the finale.
Don't say it doesn't matter, this pole is directly pestle to 29 years ago, when the author was still a teenager, I remember that I could see this "Legend of Yi wei Haoke" almost every day during the holidays.
Speaking of "The Legend of Yiwei Haoke", we have to mention the director and screenwriter of this drama, Ji Xiaohei, who made three well-known TV series in a row in the 1980s and 1990s, also known as the "Ji's Trilogy", spanning from the Sino-Japanese War to the surrender of Japan in 918, namely "The Legend of Kant's First Bodyguard", "The Legend of Yiwei Haoke" and "Wolf Dawn".
Due to the fire of the first "Legend of Kant's First Bodyguard", it also stimulated everyone's interest in "The Legend of Yi Wei Haoke", but it was often confused with the theme song of the two TV series. This is quite normal, because the male number one of the two dramas is played by the same person, and the style of the theme song is similar.
The opening song of "The Legend of Kant's First Bodyguard" is "The Wind is Cold, the Knife is Cold", and the ending song is "The Arm of the Carrot, the Leg of the White Radish".
The opening song of "The Legend of Yi Wei Haoke" is "Wolf eyes are fierce, white teeth Sensen, suddenly block your intersection, life always encounters wolves". The ending song is "Whoever says he doesn't believe him, who says he doesn't believe him."
Having said that, although looking back at this TV series from 29 years ago, I feel a little contradictory, after all, the elements of this drama such as costumes and roads have become somewhat rudimentary, but the plot of the drama is still very beaten, and even very suitable for the whole family to watch on special days.
First, the super long plot is not injected with water
"The Legend of Yi wei Haoke" depicts a group of Kwantung Haojie, led by Heng Shashu, a martial artist, who fell in love and killed each other in the White Tiger Town, where the atmosphere of enmity and hatred was strong, and after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, everyone abandoned their former suspicions and went to the country to be difficult. The whole drama has 52 episodes, which is simply the same as the EXISTENCE of the TV drama industry BUG in that year, the general TV series thirty episodes is very long, this guy put 52 episodes in one breath is also a long drama now.
However, unlike the current dramas where the plot of twenty episodes is injected into seventy episodes, the plot of "The Legend of Yi Wei Haoke" is basically not suspected of water injection.
There are many main characters in the play and complex relationships, such as Hengshashu and Bai Ruxue, who have a vendetta against each other for killing their fathers and a hatred for taking their wives, Yu Linlang's identity is complex, and Hengshashu is also an enemy and a friend. The two sisters and Tai Oto Katsuo are riding in the Nippon Budden. Yuhu Xizi and others are also enemies and friends.
In short, there are as many as twenty important characters in the whole play, and the image of each of these twenty characters can be fully portrayed, and the love and hatred between them are also clearly explained.
2. Anti-Japanese themes are not divine dramas
The Ji Xiaohei trilogy is all about the anti-Japanese theme, and "The Legend of Yiwei Haoke" is the second part. Different from the popular divine dramas now, "The Legend of the Otomi Haoke" is more objective in portraying the image of the Japanese and respects history.
For example, in the Japanese martial arts gym, not every Japanese person is extremely vicious, and Tai Otsuo and Tamako Nishiko belong to the Japanese with a conscience. Although the two people who rode the car and the sister also did evil things, they were actually victims of Japanese militarism.
In the finale of the whole drama, all the people in the white tiger town, no matter what hatred and resentment they had before, sacrificed their blood and lives in the face of the Japanese invading army. For example, Yu Linlang, who had a vendetta against the rebel army, was captured by the Japanese army, and in order to rescue him, the rebel soldiers desperately attacked and suffered heavy casualties. Some people in the rebel army were not convinced, thinking that they should not save people like Lin Lang, and qin Fengfan, the leader of the rebel army, said the next sentence: "But he is beating the Japanese!" ”
Under the severe disparity in the balance of forces, the Qing soldiers, regimental training, rebel troops, Wuguan martial divisions and other people who were constantly fighting in the white tiger town all died in the battle with the Japanese army. Almost all of the main characters in the play are killed, and this kind of big ending of the same hatred and hatred is lamentable.
Third, love and hate and suspense
The anti-Japanese theme of "The Legend of Yi Wei Haoke" is very appetizing to parents. In addition, the first broadcast of the drama was in 1991, when the main audience chasing this drama was the post-60s and post-70s, and now these audiences are basically middle-aged and elderly, I believe they must also have the urge to relive the show to find young memories.
For today's young people, "The Legend of Yi Wei Haoke" is very earthy, and its plot design is not backward at all, and it can even be said that the plot is quite rich.
The family love vendetta, the enmity between Hengshashu and Bai Ruxue's two generations, each other and each other have a vendetta of killing their father, and then they also inserted the hatred of taking their wives, and Bai Ruxue's sister Bai Rumeng and Hengshashu have ambiguous feelings. This main line is actually enough to support a drama.
Straight men complain about female drama, in the Japanese martial arts gym, the car rides a lot of sand and loves the handsome and high martial arts of Tai Yi Katsuo, but the steel straight man Tai Yi Katsuo prefers the tender water yuhu Xizi, and the car rides more sand can only be constantly entangled with Tai Yi Katsuo and finally commit suicide in the ashes of all thoughts.
Dog blood triangle love scene, Hengsha number deeply love Zhao Chenying, Zhao Chenying deeply love Hengsha number, but in the middle Zhao Dusting and Bai Ruxue have a love.
Bai Rumeng likes Hengsha Number, Yu Linlang likes Bai Rumeng, and Li Chunxiang likes Yu Linlang.
Heng DanMei likes Zuo Fentian, Zuo Fentian likes Qin Caozhu, Lin Yujie also likes Qin Caozhu, but Qin Caozhu likes Zuo Fentian, and Zuo Fentian finally charges and dies with Hengdanmei.
Suspenseful horror scene, Li Zhenchang was afraid that the imperial court would pursue responsibility, so he put his wife Yun Yu nun in a coffin, yun Yu nun orders that he should not accidentally find the ancient tomb in the secret room, this ancient tomb was built by an old nun. Inside the coffin of terror there is another chamber containing a large amount of gold. The tomb has an organ, and twisting the mechanism can open the tomb.
There are also some bizarre cases around the tomb, a Japanese person told everyone before his death that there was a strange in the tomb, and its mouth shape was 'tomb', but it was interpreted by everyone as the "number" of the Hengsha number or the "as white as snow", which left a deep impression on people.
Fourth, the actor is reliable and has a familiar face
"The Legend of Kant's First Bodyguard" and "The Legend of Yi Wei Haoke" had high ratings in that year, and the acting skills of the main actors in the play were remarkable, but this drama was the same as "The Ring of the Year", the drama was very popular, but the actors did not have many fires later, and only a few actors often appeared in popular dramas later.
Let's talk about the whereabouts of some of the main actors of that year.
Zhang Jibo, played by the male no. 1 Hengshashu, was a big star in that year, and starred in three TV series of Ji Xiaohei in a row, whether it was Huo Diange or Hengshashu, the roles he played were full of righteousness, but unfortunately, his subsequent works were few, and in recent years he has faded out of the film and television circle.
Lan Zhenbo, the actor of the male number two Bai Ruxue, starred in the last two parts of the Ji Xiaohei trilogy, especially the dragon descending heart played in "Wolf Dawn" is more brilliant than Bai Ruxue, but unfortunately, the deputy director of the Guangxi Repertory Theatre died of a heart attack at the age of 55.
Mu Liyan, the actress of female No. 1 Bai Rumeng, is also an actress in the Guangxi Repertory Theatre and graduated from the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama. Bai Rumeng is the face value of "The Legend of Yi Wei Haoke", and his beautiful and heroic appearance is quite favored by the audience.
Although Mu Liyan did not become popular later, she also appeared in many popular dramas, such as she played Hu Liushi in "Battle Changsha", and in the blockbuster drama "Ode to Joy", she played Qu Xiaoxiu's mother. It is estimated that many viewers can't imagine it, bai rumeng actually became the mother of the qu goblin, and the forehead drops youth.
There are also three female characters in "The Legend of Yi Wei Haoke" that also attracted much attention that year.
Playing the role of riding a sandy car is Yang Su, who actually participated in "Journey to the West" in her early years, playing the spider spirit fourth and the electric mother. She plays a hot-tempered and emotionally rich son, although she has caused trouble all day and has some snake and scorpion hearts, but she belongs to the kind of villain role that does not attract people's suspicions.
Unfortunately, Yang Su faded out of the film and television circle within a few years after starring in Duoshazi. Recent photos show that her style has not diminished that year.
Playing Yun Yu's nun is Chen Xiaofang, her nun style masks her appearance, in fact, she is more beautiful and generous in terms of facial features.
Chen Xiaofang, a native of Anqing, Anhui Province, is a well-known actor in Huangmei Opera, who also quit the stage to settle in the United States a few years after playing Yun Yu nun.
Playing Heng Shashu's sister Heng Dan is Liu Hongmei, a girl with a temper like a small pepper who was quite unpopular with the audience at that time, and her appearance was even complained about as showing old age.
Liu Hongmei was still studying in the Chinese Opera Acting Department when filming "The Legend of Yi Wei Haoke", and later she also starred as Luo Bing in "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng" and the wife of Jiang Menshen in "Water Margin". She is currently the deputy director of the Department of Chinese Opera Performance.
The last thing I want to say is that just as retro-style clothing sometimes becomes popular, the TV series that were popular in the 1980s and 1990s are still attractive to watch.
A good drama is like a good book, which can stand the test of time.