Zhao Ziyue is an older generation of film performance artists, and he can be seen in many film and television works after the founding of New China. Maybe this name is relatively unfamiliar to young people, but it is familiar to middle-aged film fans, and the small screen characters he has created can bring you fresh vitality, so affinity and so closeness.
Zhao Ziyue was born in 1909 in Chengguan Town, Guxian County, Shanxi Province, and his father was a county magistrate during the Republic of China period. He lost his mother at a very young age and was raised by his grandfather and grandmother. Under the influence of his grandfather, he loved painting and music since he was a child, especially for folk singing activities during rural New Year's festivals and drum music accompaniment during weddings and funerals. When he was twelve or thirteen years old, he learned to play the flute, pull the board beard, play the three strings, and so on.
Zhao Ziyue joined the Communist Party during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and served as an officer in the Propaganda Department of the Taihang District Party Committee. He used his painting expertise to carry out a variety of publicity activities. At the same time, he also composed lyrics and composed music, teaching everyone to sing revolutionary songs. Since then, both leaders and fighters and the masses have affectionately called him "Teacher Zhao".
After the founding of New China, Zhao Ziyue served as the deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Drama Association. At this time, the film crew of Beijing Film Studio's "The Legend of Lü liang Heroes" went to the Lüliang Mountains in Shanxi to shoot the location, and Zhao Ziyue presided over the reception as the person in charge of local culture. Director Lu Banhui saw his talent, discovered his acting talent, and borrowed him to play the peasant Kang Tiancheng in the film, which became the beginning of his career as a film actor.
After the filming of "The Legend of the Heroes of Lü Liang" was completed, the role created by Zhao Ziyue was recognized by everyone. In 1951, Shi Dongshan invited Zhao Ziyue to play the guerrilla leader Hei Lao Cai in his "Biography of the New Children's Heroes". The black old Cai portrayed by Zhao Ziyue vividly shows the calm and resolute side of the struggle against the enemy, and vividly shows the simple and loyal other side of the black old Cai as an ordinary laborer. In contemporaneous films, this image is relatively successful. He was also officially transferred from the Shanxi Provincial Drama Association to the Beijing Film Studio.
After becoming a professional actor, Zhao Ziyue began to tirelessly delve into the art of film performance, and he carefully experienced, carefully studied, and meticulously created roles in his artistic practice. Has filmed "Hero Driver", "National Day Ten O'Clock", "Red Flag Spectrum", "Stormy", "Icing on the Cake" and dozens of other works, in addition to the old webmaster played by "Icing on the Cake" is the protagonist, the rest are supporting roles, and each supporting role he can play the role of "icing on the cake".
In the familiar film "Song of Youth", he plays the old landlord. When it was found that the peasant had cut off a large piece of his wheat, he cried out like cutting the flesh on his body: "My wheat..." Although it was a simple line, Zhao Ziyue very eloquently called out with a long cry, revealing the nature of the landlord's greed for money and life, which showed his performance skills.
Zhao Ziyue served as the head of the actor troupe in Beiying for many years, cultivating many young movie stars, and he was willing to act as a green leaf, working hard for the growth of young actors, and was deeply loved by everyone. In 1982, "Wrangler", which was filmed at the Shanghai Film Studio, directed by Xie Jin, and starring Zhu Shimao and Cong Shan, was once popular in the film industry. Zhao Ziyue, who has passed the age of ancient rarity, was invited to participate in the performance and played the gatekeeper of the school, although it is a short few minutes of drama and a few lines, but it can leave a deep impression on the audience.
Zhao Ziyue's performance is "earthy", his life is natural and realistic, and he is good at portraying the character characteristics of the characters through characteristic details and delicate expressions. Be a true performing artist.