Domestic dramas have always been criticized a lot, especially in today's well-resourced situation, high-quality dramas have been very few, and it is difficult to produce several acclaimed and well-sold works every year.
Nowadays, people have many choices to watch the drama, everyone is very impetuous, whether it is the audience or the capital, the director, the actors, there are indeed not many works that can be carefully polished and let people sink their hearts to see.
Every time I watched the early film and television dramas, people would always gain some unexpected touches. A good story is not limited by time and space, which is why the classic chant is circulating.
"Shrimp Ball" in 1982 is a classic work.
The story of "Shrimp Ball" is not complicated, the story is set in Hong Kong, the protagonist Shrimp Ball is a child of a poor family, pulled up by his mother, because he has to raise a family early, so he knows some people who are not the same, such as the rogue king paparazzi, crocodile head, etc., and finally under the introduction of Ding Brother, he has become a conscious and willing guerrilla fighter who is willing to fight for the interests of the people.
This drama is only 8 episodes, not only in the fire all over the country. "Shrimp Ball Biography" also became the first mainland TV series to enter Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and the era of "Cantonese TV dramas" came.
Of course, a successful film and television drama is naturally indispensable to a good song, and the "Wandering Son" sung by Cheng Fangyuan became a well-known work at that time, "It is said that the sea is bitter and salty, who knows the sorrow and bitterness of the wandering!" The scars all over the body are full of hatred, the footprints of the wanderer..."
39 years of time, equivalent to nearly half of a person's life, what kind of experience did the protagonists in the story encounter in their lives during this time?
The protagonist shrimp ball has gone through various tribulations and finally can grow up, and the most important thing is that his heart is good.
Zhong Hao, the actor of Shrimp Ball, is a rather spirited actor.
Zhong Hao, who has a talent for acting since childhood, was admitted to the children's drama actor class jointly sponsored by the China Children's Art Theater and the Central Academy of Drama at the age of 14. This is also his initial fate with children's dramas, and it has also become his lifelong pursuit.
After studying in the children's drama actor class for 3 years, Zhong Hao ushered in the first opportunity in his life, "Shrimp Ball Pass". And he also successfully grasped it, and the hit of "Shrimp Ball Biography" made him a popular new star, and invitations followed.
In the following years, he successively performed "Thunderstorm", "Female Soldier Wearing School Uniform Officer", "Party Group Leader", "I Want to Be a Champion", "Liaozhai", "Start-up Parking" and other works, although there were no more popular works, but it was still very stable on the road of actors.
However, Zhong Hao is not satisfied, while acting, he also actively participates in the self-examination, and then shifts more focus to the director, and focuses on children's dramas, his works include "Moonlight Lullaby", "Enjoy Hardship", "The Taste of Lemon Yellow", "Little Tadpole Finds Mother", "Nian", "Snow White", "The Castle of giants", "Love Heartbreak" and so on, and won numerous awards. He also became a first-class children's drama director who enjoyed special allowances from the State Council.
Zhong Hao is now 59 years old, and the years have left traces of experience on his face. The small fresh meat of that year has become today's old uncle, and the years have brought him rich enough. And he has his own happy family.
The tycoon Crocodile Head has been engaged in illegal activities, and the shrimp balls in the unknown are desperately fighting for his life, but the money is packed into the pocket of the "Crocodile Head".
Lu Haichao, the actor of crocodile head, is all too familiar to Guangdong audiences, and his role in "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang" is still broadcast today, in which he plays Kang Qizong's father-in-law Su Wei'ai.
Lu Haichao can be said to be inseparable from the acting career, the elder brother Lu Haipeng is a famous actor in Hong Kong, and Chow Yun Fat is a classmate of the artist class, and once won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Role.
His wife is Chen Xiaosha, the young daughter of cantonese opera master Chen Tianzhong, who is a "rare dao ma dan talent" and a famous director of Cantonese opera. Unfortunately, she died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage in 2009.
The son is a famous Guangdong host and actor Lu Ting.
In addition to "The Legend of Shrimp Ball" and "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang", Lu Haichao's main works include "Fang Mu Shen Detective", "Guangzhou People's Home", "Mountain And Countryside Storm" and so on.
Ah Di is a boat girl, although she introduced the shrimp ball to the crocodile head, but Ah Di still presents a simple appearance in this play.
Ah Di is played by Mai Wenyan, a Cantonese native born in Beijing.
After the actor troupe of Mai Wenyan, who loved literature and art since childhood, the first TV series he starred in was "Shrimp Ball". It can be said that a play became famous, and then she filmed "Two Midnight", "The Mystery of Qin Keqing", "Blood is Always Hot", "This is not a misunderstanding" and other works. But the response was mediocre.
In the late 1980s, Mak went to the United States with her sister Mai Xiaoqin, who was also an actress. After living in the United States for more than ten years, she began to learn and further study American-style performance skills there, and worked as a presenter in an art troupe.
In 1994, Mak Wenyan returned to China to shoot Xie Jin's TV series "Under the Roof of Shanghai", and after 2002 she returned to China to develop, shooting the TV series "My Father and Me" in 2004, and then filming the controversial film "Cloud Rain Spring Supper" in Hong Kong.
Today, Mai Wenyan has withdrawn from the entertainment industry, and after a failed marriage, her emotional status is unknown.
"Cowboy" is a friend of shrimp balls, righteous and cute. Once Shrimp Ball's mother fell ill, and because she had no money to treat her, Cowboy stole something with Shrimp Ball and prepared to sell money to her mother for treatment. The two and the crocodile head fought wits and courage, and finally managed to escape the pursuit.
Shen Zenghong and Zhong Hao are classmates of the Children's Drama Actor Class of the Central Academy of Drama, and their classmates also include Cai Guoqing and Xu Yajun. Like Zhong Hao, Shen Zenghong was later assigned to the China Children's Art Theatre.
After becoming famous for "The Legend of shrimp balls", He performed many film and television works in the 80s and 90s, including "Hanging Curtains to Listen to The Government", "Burning the Yuanmingyuan", "Postal Edge", "Dream of the Red Chamber", "Torrent", "Car Affair Always Grinding", "Sweet Career", "Snowless Winter" and so on.
He received the title of National First Class Actor in 1991.
After entering 2000, ShinZenghong shifted his focus to the directorship of children's dramas, although the director's salary was not as good as that of an actor, but he had enthusiasm and persistence for the cause he was doing.
The 58-year-old is currently the artistic director of the China Children's Art Theatre.
Although the horse commissioner in the play does not have many roles, he is an important role in the threading of the needle. Commissioner Ma was a liaison officer for the Warlords of Guangdong, and although his position was not high, his power was very heavy, and his words could make Crocodile Head successfully become the captain of the Shanghai Military. He was and at the same time timid and afraid of things. Although the crocodile head is given a green hat belt and is afraid of doing whatever it takes.
Commissioner Ma's actor Fu Botang, born in 1923, has been filming since 50 years, and has filmed films such as "Seventy-Two Tenants", "Headwinds", "Fighting Sharks", "An American Pilot", "The Man Who Deals with the Devil" and so on, most of the time playing villains. He died in 1989 at the age of 66.
For many people, "Shrimp Ball Legend" may be the first TV series in their lives, but the newcomer-based lineup has made everyone have a good memory.
Several of the lead actors have had their own life experiences in the past 39 years, and how have you changed at that time compared to now?