Shi Wei is an old artist, formerly known as Sun Zongxun, who was active on the screen in the 1960s and 1970s.
She played Bai Ru in "Lin Hai Xueyuan" and Fang Li in "Secret Drawings", both of which have a place in the history of Chinese cinema.
In addition, she is also a director, participating in or independently shooting many well-known films, such as "Shining Red Star" and "Roar, Yellow River" and so on.
In fact, Shi Wei's origin is an authentic scholarly family, so how did she embark on the path of an actor? What has happened to her in the decades since she was an artist?
01, born in the family of scholars
In the icy and snowy Harbin, the first day of the Chinese New Year in 1928, firecrackers were everywhere, and when celebrating the New Year, Shi Wei, who was still in his mother's belly, seemed to feel this festive atmosphere and could not wait to be born.
Shi Wei's father was a college student, who worked as a Russian translator in the Railway Bureau, joined the army after the liberation of Northeast China and joined the Translation Bureau of the Central Military Commission, and later transferred to Tsinghua University to teach.
Shi Wei's mother is an authentic housewife, so in terms of educational concepts, the opinions of Shi Wei's parents sometimes diverged.
Shi Wei's father liked to wear a small skirt of white foam and small red leather shoes for Shi Wei, and began to learn Russian from a very young age, and also invited them to teach Russian.
But Shi Wei's mother, she did not like the family to speak foreign languages back and forth, and later in order to teach her, she resigned, when Shi Wei was 5 years old to go to school, her mother still did not agree.
However, in the end, there was no way, she still made a small school bag for Shi Wei, and embroidered a lot of beautiful flowers on the small school bag.
This experience also allowed Shi Wei to have a deeper understanding and understanding of women like his mother.
After "9/18", Shi Wei's family moved from the northeast to Beijing and lived with his grandfather and grandmother, who worked at the Beijing University of Political Science and Law and was also a knowledgeable person.
Shi Wei's grandfather's family lived in Chunshu Hutong, and at that time, many famous Peking Opera artists lived in that hutong, such as Yu Shuyan and Shang Xiaoyun.
At that time, Shi Wei's father and grandfather often led Shi Wei outside the courtyard to watch these famous artists sing opera, or go to the theater garden to listen to the play.
When Shi Wei was 8 years old, Wei Lianfang, a famous Peking opera artist, saw Shi Wei on a motorcycle and asked Shi Wei: "Little girl, your appearance is very good, do you like to sing Peking Opera?"
Shi Wei still liked something in his heart, but she was too young to know what to say for a while, so he said to go home and ask his mother, and as a result, his mother, who has always been kind, was actually furious, "Singing Beijing opera, don't even think about it!" ”
In Shi Wei's house, studying scientific and cultural knowledge well is the right way.
Under their education, Shi Wei's brother was admitted to the Department of Civil Engineering of Wuhan University, participated in the design of many national key projects such as the Yellow Crane Tower, and was a famous expert in architectural engineering in China, known as the "Confucian General of Jiangcheng Urban Construction Planning".
Therefore, in such a family atmosphere, Shi Wei's Peking Opera journey died before it began, and after graduating from middle school, she was also admitted to the Biology Department of China University.
02. Formally engage in art
However, the influence he received since childhood had a subtle influence on Shi Wei, so when he was in middle school, Master began to act on stage with his mother behind his back.
Shi Wei, who appeared on stage for the first time, performed in the drama "Thunderstorm", and she was a substitute when he was 16 years old.
At that time, she joined the school's progressive group, and she even wanted to go to the Liberated Areas to perform condolence performances, but in the end, because of the situation, she did not succeed.
However, the classmates who had been there came back to tell them a lot of stories about the Liberated Areas, such as the atmosphere of the Liberated Areas they felt, meeting Ding Ling, and the heroic female soldiers, all of which made Shi Wei full of endless yearning for the Liberated Areas.
In 1948, the situation was very tense, Shi Wei was arrested because she had always been an active figure in the drama club, but in several interrogations, she skillfully negotiated with the interrogators, and finally with the efforts of all parties, she was released on bail and then went to North China University.
Later, North China University established the Third Literary troupe, and Shi Wei joined, and since then he has become a professional actor.
In order not to reveal his identity, Shi Wei changed his name, took the last word of his mother's surname and his father's name, and gave himself a new name, called Shi Wei.
In 1950, Shi Wei participated in the filming of the film "Lü Liang Hero" in Beiying, which was Shi Wei's first film, in which she played Cuilan. Later, she filmed films such as "The Legend of the New Children's Heroes" and "Children's Relatives".
Later, because of her husband Kang Yujie's work transfer, she followed her husband to Shangying, where Shi Wei starred in films such as "A Storm" and "Mother".
In 1958, Shi Wei followed her husband to the Bayi Film Studio, but Shi Wei, who entered the Bayi Factory, encountered unprecedented difficulties.
Shi Wei was born in Xiangmendi, his appearance is very sweet, there is a natural girlish feeling, how to see her has a taste of a female student.
However, at that time, the mainstream image was that of workers, peasants, and soldiers, and there were not many roles that an image like Shi Wei could play.
Shi Wei herself is also very distressed, in order to change her image, she tried to participate in various activities, digging river embankments, doing farm work and doing anything, but she always had an elegant temperament, which made Shi Wei very distressed.
Therefore, there are not too many works that Shi Wei has starred in, but gold will always shine, and Shi Wei's performance in every film is remarkable.
Bai Ru in "Lin Hai Snow Field", Zhou Mingzhu in "Eastward Overture", including the 1963 drama "Sentinel under neon Lights", in these works, Shi Wei left a deep impression on people.
Although some of Shi Wei's works were not released in the end because of the special era, as an actress, her performance was relaxed and extremely spiritual, and she has always been loved by many audiences.
In particular, it is worth mentioning that Shi Wei played the female agent Fang Li in "Secret Drawings", Shi Wei did a lot of work when playing the role, contacted a large number of piano actors, and observed the characteristics of the characters from them.
Then in the performance, she also tried to avoid the face and a thousand people side of the performance method, so that the character looks very real, breaking the past, the female agent is to be demon, scratching the head of the performance method.
This role is very good in the same type of performance, but Shi Wei, who looks very young in this film, was 37 years old at the time.
Shi Wei's husband is a very talented director, but in the special era, he and Shi Wei have experienced a 15-year separation.
At that time, Kang Yujie was transferred from the Shanghai Science and Education Film Studio to the Beijing Science and Education Film Studio, but in 1966, Shi Wei, who had been in Shanxi for a year, returned home and found that her husband was gone.
In a hurry, Shi Wei looked around and learned that her husband had expressed some of his views on the current situation in the diary, but the diary was discovered because her husband was locked up, that is, he was sent to labor camp.
No one thought that this difference was 15 years, during which Shi Wei suffered both mentally and in life.
However, Shi Wei firmly believes that her husband is innocent, and her colleagues around her are also very protective of her, so that she can work normally in the factory.
She was alone, with three children, gritting her teeth and raising them.
What's even more remarkable is that during such a difficult period, she also successfully turned from actor to director.
She began to learn from the assistant director, in fact, the main job of the assistant director is to do chores and run errands for the director, as an actor who has been famous for a long time, Shi Wei put down his body and started again.
In 1974's "Shining Red Star", she was the assistant director, who was responsible for directing several small actors such as "Pan Dongzi" and "Tsubaki Bud".
Later, Shi Wei successfully changed his career to directing, independently directing the films "Lost Song" and "Grass".
Her husband, Kang Yujie, was not imprisoned until the end of 1979, and after his rehabilitation, Kang Yujie also served as the deputy director of Beijing Keying.
In these long fifteen years, Shi Wei and the children supported each other and finally survived.
Mr. and Mrs. Shi Wei had three children, the eldest son Teng Chen, the second son Teng Yu, and the youngest daughter Teng Yi.
Although Shi Wei herself is a very good actor, she does not approve of her three children continuing to engage in this industry, and all three children are very obedient.
The eldest son was admitted to the University of California in the United States, and after graduation, he had a successful career and was also a success, the second son worked for CCTV, and the daughter worked as a program editor in a cultural company.
In 1987, Shi Wei retired, she was energetic, writing at home every day, raising flowers, and exercising.
Originally, such a family and Hemei, but no one expected that in 1988, her second son died of a sudden heart attack, and he died at the age of 44.
This hit Shi Wei very hard, but unexpectedly, in 2012, her young daughter also died in a car accident.
Her husband, Kang Yujie, died in 2006, and the grief of her youngest daughter's death was borne by Shi Wei alone.
What kind of mood Shi Wei felt about losing two children and husband in her later years, she herself described it as miserable.
But fortunately, she slowly walked out by practicing calligraphy, and fortunately, she and her grandchildren, the children of the eldest and second sons, would come to see her.
In 2017, she also made a cameo role in the movie "If You Are Okay", and when she was introduced as the little white pigeon in "Lin Hai Snow Field", the audience erupted into warm applause, and she was also very touched to say" Thank you for remembering me." ”
On January 17, 2019, Shi Wei, Daniel Zhang, JinDi and several other veteran artists also gathered together to hold a New Year party.
The little white pigeon and the little sword wave were already two white-sided people, and time flew by, but in everyone's hearts, they were still the same as they were then.
In 2020, she still cares about the country and praises the retrograde medical staff.
This old man, who is more than 90 years old, has gone through ups and downs and dedicated so many wonderful works to us with his talent.
With his own courage, he calmly faced the suffering of life.
I hope she lives a long and healthy life.
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