Classic films are always unforgettable, but behind a film, there are also many actors' blood and tears and heartache, and "Stage Sisters" is such a film that has to be mentioned.
The film was released in 1965 and was well received, and the major stars in the play were dazzling, Xie Fang, Cao Yindi, Shangguan Yunzhu, Li Wei, Deng Nan, etc., each of whose acting skills were outstanding, which was amazing.
However, behind the applause, this film also has some endless sad stories, it is in the storm of the times, in the contrast of the wind and waves, the hell that fell from the encounter of heaven, and many actors in the play have also been affected.
The most regrettable thing is that in this storm, the three actors who died lightly one after another, Shen Hao, 50, who committed suicide in 1966, Shangguan Yunzhu, a 48-year-old who committed suicide by jumping off a building in 1968, and Deng Nan, a 52-year-old who also committed suicide by throwing himself into the river a month later.
This is undoubtedly the most tragic story behind the film, Shen Hao, who played Shen Jiamu's mother, Shangguan Yunzhu, who played Shang Shuihua, and Deng Nan, who played the monk Ah Xin, such an ending, all of which made us sigh and make us sad and cry.
In the past articles, the lives of Shangguan Yunzhu and Deng Nan are told, and interested friends can re-read it, and as the earliest deceased Shen Hao, what kind of sad past does it have?
Shen Hao, born in 1916 in Tongxiang, Zhejiang, graduated from Tianjin Women's Normal School in her early years, and in 1931, at the age of 15, she left her hometown to teach in Shanghai, and then, in order to improve herself, she entered the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law to continue her studies.
When you are good enough, the entry will come to your side, in 1939, the 23-year-old Shen Hao no longer lingered on the three-foot podium, he wanted to chase his own stage.
After resigning, she successively served as a drama actor in China Travel Drama Society, Shanghai Opera Art Society, and Shanglian Theater Troupe, and because of her good education, she was knowledgeable and became a famous "talented woman" in the show business circle.
In the time on the drama stage, Shen Hao has successively starred in "Heroes of the Sea Country", "Reunion", "Thunderstorm", "Sai Jinhua", "Golden Wanliang", "Youth Tour", etc. Although she is not from the class, her acting skills are not inferior at all.
She starred in her first film "Reunion", after which she began to be active on the screen, she is Jia Mu in "Dream of the Red Chamber", and the sister Shen Lixuan in "Good Couple" in "New Grudge".
In the play "Good Couple", she met her lifelong partner Ye Ming, which was directed by Hong Mo in 1947, and because she needed an assistant at that time, she invited Ye Ming to star and serve as the assistant director of the crew.
Ye Ming fell in love with Shen Hao at first sight, and he decided that she was the one who held hands with him all his life, and the two were undoubtedly a pair of extremely right people.
However, at that time, Shen Hao already had a fiancé, so all the love ye Ming could only hide quietly in his heart, but Shen Hao's fiancé later went to Hong Kong, and he never heard from him.
Waiting for his fiancé who never returned, Shen Hao finally died, so he left Shanghai to work as an actor in the Beijing Qingyi Theater, and Ye Ming, who had been admiring for a long time, finally showed his heart to Shen Hao.
At that time, there were many criticisms of Shen Hao, many people thought that she was married and divorced, but Ye Ming did not shrink back, under his bold pursuit, the two finally married, he was 3 years younger than Shen Hao, but was deeply attracted to this big sister.
Born in Shuxiangmendi, Ye Ming worked as a drama actor in Shanghai Opera Arts Club and other groups in the early days, and later became a film actor in Shanghai Wenhua Film Company, and starred in films such as "False Phoenix", "Mother and Son", "Nightclub", "Mourning Middle-aged" and so on.
With his outstanding performance in "Good Couple", he began to change his career to associate director, and he really entered the directing industry because of the help of Huang Zuolin, who began his true directing path after the independent director "Brilliant" in 1951.
In 1959, he directed China's first dance drama art film "Baolian Lantern", which not only ranked among the 10th anniversary tribute films of the National Day, but also became the highest number of films exported to third world countries along with "Five Golden Flowers" and "Sisters on Ice".
He occupies a pivotal position in the history of Chinese film directors, and Shen Hao is also very outstanding on the stage of performance, in early 1950, after entering the China Youth Art Theater, he also starred in dramas such as "Chincha Minister", "Patriot", "Unsung Hero", "Home", "Female Worker", "Family Portrait" and so on.
After marriage, the two were in love and happiness, and their lives were very happy, but Shen Hao was straight and straight, and he was particularly prone to offending people, so he also encountered the disaster of innocence in the storms of the times.
In 1957, she was vilified for offending an actor with a very good background, and had no choice but to leave the stage, due to Shen Hao's embarrassing situation, many people persuaded Ye Ming and Shen Hao to break up.
But although Ye Ming played a rogue in "Nightclub", in real life, he is a typical upright gentleman and a competent husband.
He not only has a deep affection for Shen Hao, but also runs all the way in order to let Shen Hao return to the stage, and finally has the opportunity to star in "Stage Sisters" and play Shang Shuihua.
Although she only has a few shots in the film, his performance left a deep impression on the audience, thus ushering in the peak of her career, and her popularity even far exceeded that of Shangguan Yunzhu.
I thought this was a turning point in Shen Hao's career, but unfortunately she climbed out of the wolf's den and fell into the tiger's den, in the storm of the times, Shen Hao was not able to be alone after all.
Her situation was once very difficult, and in the end she was humiliated, and finally chose to end her life on September 7, 1966, at the age of 50.
After hearing the bad news, shen hao's mother, who had been dependent on shen hao, could not accept the pain of losing her daughter, so she also opened the window and jumped down, and Ye Ming's mother also died of a sudden stroke.
In just a few days, Ye Ming, who had lost three relatives in a row, was in pain, but in the end, because he was entrusted by his mother to take care of his sister who was unmarried and disabled for life, he chose to stand up strongly.
After that, Ye Ming put all his energy into his career, not only shooting films such as "July Flowing Fire", "Zhang Family Young Grandmother", "Little Knife Society" and so on, but also one of the important screenwriters of films such as "Big Li, Little Li and Old Li" and "Little Moon Building".
In his later years, he also shouldered the heavy responsibility of cultivating young directors, until his death, there are always too many regrets in life, but please cherish it when you have it...