A few days ago, I re-watched the old movie "Ten Thousand Waters and a Thousand Mountains" made in 1977.
"Ten Thousand Waters and a Thousand Mountains" was first a drama work created by Chen Qitong, published in October 1954 in the People's Liberation Army Literature and Art. Also in 1954, it was brought to the stage by the Chinese The Drama Troupe of the Literary and Art Work Troupe of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army.
The drama is magnificent and truly reproduces the great feat of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in overcoming difficulties and obstacles and completing the 25,000-mile Long March after the Zunyi Conference.
For such an excellent drama work, Bayi Film Studio has put it on the screen three times.
The first time was in January 1958, by agreement between the General Political Department and the Ministry of Culture, the drama was jointly adapted into a film by bayi Factory and Beiying Studio, and co-directed by Hua Chun and Cheng Yin. The actors include Lan Ma, Huang Kai, Liang Yuru, Luo Shuncheng, Li Meng and others. At that time, the film was included in the "tribute film" for the tenth anniversary of the National Day. In order to make this film, the crew trekked more than 4,000 kilometers along the Road of the Red Army's Long March, which took 15 months, and finally filmed.
After the film was released in 1959, it received a lot of praise from the audience.
In 1968, Bayi Factory was ready to remake "Ten Thousand Waters and Thousand Mountains". The director is Hua Chun and Gu Fen, and the cast is very strong, consisting of Wang Xingang, the pillar of bayi factory, Daniel Zhang hand, as well as Zhang Lianfu, Yu Suping, Shen Huafen, Wang Chunsheng, Ma Changyu, Wang Qun, Li Junhai, etc.
But unfortunately, this movie was not released for various reasons, otherwise we will see the image of the Red Army soldier played by Wang Xingang on the screen.
In 1977, Bayi Factory put "Ten Thousand Waters and Thousand Mountains" on the screen for the third time, this time directed by Yan Jizhou, and the cast was mainly composed of actors from the General Political Drama Troupe. However, I saw a lot of familiar faces in it, and they all became movie stars. Only in this 1977 version of "Thousands of Rivers and Mountains", they played supporting roles and dragon sets.
The male protagonist of this version of "Ten Thousand Waters and Thousand Mountains" Li Youguo is played by Huang Kai. He played the role of Zhao Zhifang in the 1959 version of "Ten Thousand Waters and a Thousand Mountains".
In the 1977 version of "Ten Thousand Waters and Thousand Mountains", who played the role of Zhao Zhifang? He is Zheng Bangyu. He was later known to a wider audience in 1985 for playing Qi Ruixuan in the TV series "Four Worlds Together". It is said that Zheng Bangyu, who appeared in "Ten Thousand Waters and Thousand Mountains", is really very handsome.
Huang Meiying, the flower dan of Bayi Factory that everyone is familiar with, has a very prominent performance in this version of "Ten Thousand Waters and Thousand Mountains". Her role is Li Fenglian. Do you think that her screen image is indeed very beautiful?
And even more beautiful, there is Gong Xue who runs the dragon suit.
As we all know, Gong Xue first appeared as a heroine in the movie "Sacrifice Red" in 1979. But her experience of electrocution began as early as 1975. At that time, the General Political Repertory Theatre assisted in the filming of "Wheels Rolling" by the Long Film Studio, and Gong Xue participated in the filming as a mass actor, but it was difficult for everyone to find her figure in the camera.
However, in this 1977 version of "Ten Thousand Waters and a Thousand Mountains", although she is also a dragon runner, she still gives a lot of shots. It was only because she was not famous at that time that many viewers did not notice her. I think, maybe even she herself did not expect that in a few years, she would become the double shadow queen of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award, right?
In fact, in addition to Gong Xue, there are many actors who later became movie stars, who have run the dragon set in this 1977 version of "Ten Thousand Waters and Thousand Mountains".
For example, Bao Xun, a young actor from the Bayi Factory at that time, played a small soldier of the Red Army in it. Appears in the shot at the beginning of the film. Later, he became a movie star familiar to fans in the 80s by starring in movies such as "Flowers and Branches", "Bitter Fruit", and "Tonight's Starry Night".
There is also Hong Xuemin, who also appeared in the film as a dragon set actor, playing a female soldier of the Red Army, flashing in the camera. Later, she became popular for participating in films such as "Love of the Sea", "Xiying Gate", and "Legend of Tianyun Mountain".
There is also Zhao Fuyu, another young actor at the time of the Bayi Factory, who also ran a dragon set in this version of "Ten Thousand Waters and Thousand Mountains" and played a small soldier of the Red Army.
There is also Liu Jizhong, who is loved by everyone for playing Tsubaki in "Shining Red Star", and the role assigned to this movie is a small correspondent.
Chen Peisi, who later became a famous comedy star, played the role of bandit B, a nameless and nameless villain in the film. There is only one scene, and that is to be captured as a prisoner by the soldiers of our Red Army. But Chen Peisi acted really well in it, full of drama, almost every action, every look and every line was carefully designed, which made people sincerely impressed by his performance.
This version of "Ten Thousand Waters and a Thousand Mountains", because it is a drama on the screen, so the stage traces are relatively heavy. But seeing those familiar figures in it also makes us feel very close. Counting the stars when watching a movie is also a lot of fun, isn't it?
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