In 1983, "Long Live Youth" was released, a drama film produced by Shanghai Film Studio, directed by Huang Shuqin, starring Ren Yexiang, Zhang Min, Liang Yan, Qin Ling, Shi Tianyin, Wu Junmei and others.
Based on Wang Meng's novel of the same name, the film tells the story of a group of female students with different ideological personalities and youthful vitality in the early 1950s who helped each other and grew up together.
Director Huang Shuqin set the shooting principle for the film as "sincere life, sincere reflection", taking the review of history as the starting point and trying to truly restore the real life of middle school students in the early 1950s.
The style of the film is fresh and bright, timeless and elegant, full of spring and full of charm, with a unique artistic charm, revealing a strong sense of the times, not only in the depiction of individual scenes, but also throughout the artistic creation of the entire group of character images.
One of the important reasons why the film can be refreshing with its sense of youth is that the director attaches great importance to the selection and guidance of actors, and she has successfully organized the cast necessary to achieve the overall concept together.
The simple and natural atmosphere emitted by the Xiang sister Ren Yexiang was very rare among actresses at that time, and she successfully portrayed the role of Yang Qiyun in "Long Live Youth".
First from left: Hu Marie (played by Shi Tianyin); second from left: Li Chun (played by Liang Yan); fourth from left: Wu Changfu (played by Zhang Haiyan); fifth from left: Yang Qiyun (played by Ren Yexiang); seventh from left: Zheng Bo (played by Zhang Min); first from right: Suning (played by Qin Ling); second right: Yuan Xinzhi (played by Wu Junmei)
Guo Kaimin plays Tian Lin in the play
Cai Guoqing played Zhao Chen in the play
Promotional footage of "Long Live Youth" on the inside page of the magazine
Stills from "Long Live Youth"