In the 1980s and 1990s, many Japanese TV series were introduced to China and were loved by many viewers. One of them generated a rating of up to 80%. And this TV series that has achieved the myth of ratings is "The Story of Ashin"!
TV series "The Story of Ashin"
The 81-episode Japanese TV series "The Story of Ashin" takes the fate of Ashin, the daughter of the tenant farmer in Yamagata Prefecture during the Meiji period, as the main line, telling the story of a woman who struggles, struggles, and starts a business in order to survive, condensing the joys and sorrows of a big era into a seemingly weak, but hard-working and determined woman. The image of Ashin created by screenwriter Hashida Shougako touched the hearts of hundreds of millions of women, inspiring them to bravely accept life and the challenges of society.
Young Ashin
The success of the role of Ashin, in addition to the spiritual guidance of the archetypal character and the wonderful script of Hashida Sugako, the actor who played Ashin is also indispensable. Speaking of which, many viewers should still have the impression that in "The Story of Ashin", there are three actors who play Ashin!
Childhood, youth, and old age are three ashin actors
The play fully shows the protagonist Ashin's ups and downs and brilliant legendary experience in life, and in order to make the character image more full, 3 actors play the childhood, youth, and old Age as Ashin respectively.
Ayako Kobayashi as Childhood Ashin
Ashin Kobayashi is played by Reiko Kobayashi, who entered the children's department of the Toei Acting Institute in Japan at the age of 6 to participate in a children's television show. After starring in "The Story of Ashin" at the age of 11, Ayako Kobayashi became a national idol, and the film contract continued.
Nobuko Otowa as The Elder Ashin
The steady and restrained performance of the elderly Nobuko Otowa also left a deep impression on the audience, when she was already the most respected and loved star in the Japanese film industry. In fact, nowadays, many people mention A Xin, and the first image that comes to mind is still the young A Xin. Hiroko Tanaka, the actor who played the young Ashin, also became the spokesperson for Ashin.
Hiroko Tanaka as Young Ashin
At that time, Yuko Tanaka was 28 years old, and she had played many roles before Ashin. But compared to Momoe Yamaguchi, who was already popular in Asia as a teenager at that time, she could only be regarded as obscure.
Yuko Tanaka
Hiroko Tanaka was born in Osaka, Japan in 1955, and was born on the same day as Emperor Hirohito of Japan, and her father named her "Hiroko". Yuko Tanaka graduated from the Drama Department of the Meiji University Faculty of Letters, and then joined the Literary Theater Troupe, and in 1979, at 24, she was first screened by director Takeyuki Hirayama and participated in her first TV drama work "Little Sister Pony", thus laying the foundation for her performance. In "The Story of Ashin", Hiroko Tanaka conquered all the audiences with her skillful acting skills, and the role of Ashin also made Hiroko Tanaka a first-line actress in Japan at that time.
This is the July 1986 "Popular Movie", and the back cover character at that time was Hiroko Tanaka, who became popular in China with the role of Ashin. Yuko Tanaka is exquisite and petite, looks weak and delicate, and squints her eyes to look quite attractive. How did such a delicate and weak girl play the tenacious Ashin so vividly?
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