"The sky is grey, the wilderness is boundless, the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep are low, and the sky is like the vault under the shady mountain of Chilechuan, covering four fields ..." Under the Qilian Mountain, Chilechuan is blue and the grassland is boundless ... This is the theme song of the movie "Herdsmen". In fact, this song is selected from the Northern Song Dynasty poets. In this film, it was sung by Liu Bingyi.
The Shepherd is adapted from the novel Soul and Body by the famous writer Zhang Xianliang. It was shot by Shanghai Film Studio, directed by Xie Jin, starring Zhu Shimao and Cong Shan, and released in 1982. It tells the story of Xu, who was wrongly labeled as "Rightist", working in the northwest pasture and marrying a rural girl.
Xu, played by Zhu Shimao, was labeled as "Rightist" and sent to Chilechuan Ranch as a herdsman, but the local herders gave him care and care. During this period, he and Li Xiuzhi, a rural girl, became husband and wife in distress. Father Xu Jing returned to China to look for his long-lost father. He can't make up his mind whether to go or stay. ...
Li Xiuzhi, played by Cong Shan, was originally a peasant girl who fled from Sichuan to Chilechuan. She is sensible and dare to take responsibility, which makes her husband feel the warmth of the family. When her husband asked her, "Aren't you afraid that I will go abroad and never come back?" Xiuzhi said, "I'm not afraid. You will come back. I can't bind you and have no ability, but you can't walk out of Qilian Mountain and grassland. ...
Liu Qiong plays Xu Jingyu, an overseas Chinese entrepreneur living in the United States. That year, he left his wife and children and ran away from home because he was dissatisfied with the feudal marriage. After 30 years, deeply guilty, he decided to bring his son to the United States and inherit the inheritance. ...
Guo Zi played by Niu Ben is an ordinary herdsman. He is kind and enthusiastic. In the most difficult moment, he tactfully protected Xu from criticism, and he also enthusiastically protected Xu He. The sentence "Lao Xu, do you want a wife?" These lines are all the rage.
Fang Chao plays Qing Qing, the son of Xu He, and is the "bond" that unites husband and wife. When Xu wants to go to Beijing to see his grandfather, he asks his father, "Dad, where is Beijing?" "Beijing, in the northeast of the county." Cute, cute ...
Song Jiaoying played by Chen Xiaoyi is Xu Jingyu's female secretary. She accompanied her boss back to China to find his long-lost son Xu. This film not only made Cong Shan a hit, but also greatly enhanced the popularity of Chen Xiaoyi.
Other actors, Zhong Qianlei plays Dong Kuan, Gui Chunyu plays Wang Fuxing, Niu, Su Zheng plays Aunt Dong, Hai Sheng, Xiang Fushun, Song Jian plays Director Dong, Xie, Zhang plays Shen Shuzhen, Sui Shujun plays female teacher, Dong Lusha plays female shop assistant, Tian Ge plays runaway girl A, and You Liling plays runaway girl B.
After its release in China, herdsman caused a great sensation, with over 100 million viewers, and won awards frequently, such as the Excellent Feature Film Award of the Ministry of Culture 1982 and the Best Feature Film Award of the 6th Hundred Flowers Award. Li Xiuzhi, played by Cong Shan, was selected as the "Top 10 Most Favorite Young Screen Images" of China Youth Daily, and Niu Ben won the Best Supporting Actor Award of the 3rd Golden Rooster Award and the 6th Hundred Flowers Award Popular Film.
So, 40 years later, what is the situation of the above-mentioned main actors?
Zhu Shimao is a famous actor, who is still active in the film and television circle. In addition to herdsman, his film masterpieces include Defending the Blue Sky, Flying Symphony, Dr. Ke Dihua, The Road is Ruthless, The Blue Whale is Emergency, The First Float in the Yangtze River, etc. In the past two years, I have also participated in The Gun King of the Snow Leopard Commando, North Road South and Mom! Clown and other works.
Cong Shan, a Beijing girl, was under 19 years old when she played Li Xiuzhi. However, her popularity did not bring her good luck, but everything went wrong, so after shooting several works, she went to the French Higher Theatre Academy for further study. From 65438 to 0996, she took her son back to China to settle down, and participated in film and television dramas such as The Last Stand, Love Calls Transfer and Peach Blossom. In recent years, she has also appeared in The Origin of Love, Our The National SouthWest Associated University and Thirty Years.
As a famous early performing artist in China, Liu Qiong, Jin Yan, Zhao Dan, Comfortable and Tao Jin were also called the "Five Emperors" in China film industry in the 1940s. He has starred in films such as Song of Youth, Caravan Ringing the Mountain, Soul of the Sea, No.5 Women's Basketball Team, Shepherd and The Last Sun. Post-transformation director, directed the Song of Youth, Old Joe Getting on the Sedan, Female Xu, Station 5 1, Ashima, Camel Bell in the Desert and other famous films. However, on April 28th, 2002, Liu Qiong died of illness at the age of 89. His wife is a famous film performance artist Di Fan.
Niu Ben was born in 1935. He has appeared in hundreds of film and television dramas, but all of them are supporting roles, such as Mi Zhu in The Mountain Rings with Horses, Wang in The Battle of the Desert, Red women soldiers, The Legend of Tianyunshan, and Liu in One Spring. Although he is very old, he has not stopped acting, but has become more diligent. For example, since 20021,I have participated in worthy of the people, songs take you home, red power, accompanying the sunset, blood type, the right way on earth, long live the Long March, getting married this year, and people.
Before herdsman, Fang Chao was more famous than Zhu Shimao and Cong Shan, because herdsman was their first film, and Fang Chao, who just turned five, was already a child star. Before that, he appeared in Ah! Cradle, bitter fruit, etc. After that, Fang Chao took part in the films Ding Dong in Spring, Under the Bridge, Love on the Hump, Bells of Liang Qing Temple and so on. But later, he applied for film academy or drama academy for two years in a row, but he failed because he was too short. However, I later participated in the shooting of dozens of film and television dramas. Today, he is the executive producer and executive director of some film and television dramas.
Chen Xiaoyi graduated from Beijing Dance Academy. She used to be a dancer in Beijing Song and Dance Troupe. However, she was invited by director Guo Baochang to play a beautiful cat in the film Mist of Goddess Peak. Since then, she has embarked on the road of film and television. Her representative works include Magic Emerald, Code 2 13, Blue Flower, Die Die, Wedding, Story of Editorial Department, Returning to Kill the Tiger's Mouth and so on. Later, she went abroad, and now at the age of 63, she lives a quiet life abroad.
Representative works directed by the famous director Xie Jin, such as Women's Basketball Team No.5, stage sisters, Red Female Soldier, Shepherd, Legend of Tianyunshan, furong town, etc. On the one hand, he is good at portraying typical characters from different sides, highlighting the questioning and thinking of human nature, on the other hand, his image narration pays attention to the elaboration of the national ideology at that time, and the rhythm is almost in step, which makes people admire.
Do you remember the shepherd?