The unforgettable movie "Furong Town", starring Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen, what is the situation of the main actors 35 years ago?

Tour of Thousands of Classic Old Movies (128) - "Furong Town"

"Furong Town" is a story film with widespread influence in the 1980s. Once it was released, It immediately caused a sensation and received widespread acclaim. For this reason, the film won a large number of awards, such as the Best Feature Film and Best Actress at the 7th China Golden Rooster Awards, and the Best Feature Film, Best Actor, and Best Actress at the 10th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards. , Best Supporting Actor and many international film festival awards in Germany, France, Czech Republic, etc.

"Furong Town" is adapted from Gu Hua's novel of the same name. It was filmed by Shanghai Film Studio, directed by Xie Jin, starring Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen, and was released in 1987. The film tells the story of the beautiful woman Hu Yuyin in Furong Town and her true love with Qin Shutian, the only intellectual in the town, who developed a true love in the midst of adversity.

Hu Yuyin, played by Liu Xiaoqing, is a small vendor selling rice tofu in Furong Town. She is beautiful, simple, and has a fierce personality. She and her husband Li Guigui became rich through fair transactions, but they had troubles one after another. They were labeled as "new rich farmers", their new building was sealed, and her husband committed suicide. Hu Yuyin suffered humiliation, and the upright "rightist" Qin Shutian sympathized with the desperate Hu Yuyin, and the two became a "black couple"...

Qin Shutian, played by Jiang Wen, is the director of the former county cultural center. The most educated people are labeled as rightists for no reason. In that difficult era, he was sent to clean the streets with Hu Yuyin. The cold and the summer came, and the spark of love came out of the two dry hearts. But because of this, he was sentenced to ten years in prison, and Hu Yuyin was sentenced to three years in prison. , serving supervised release due to pregnancy...

Gu Yanshan, played by Zheng Zaishi, is a veteran cadre from the south and the head of the grain station in the town. He is very popular in Furong Town. He couldn't stand the practices of Li Guoxiang, Wang Qiushe and others, but he had no choice but to drink to drown his sorrows. When Qin and Hu secretly got married, he suddenly came to congratulate them. When Hu Yuyin had a difficult delivery, he rescued the mother and son...

Li Guoxiang, played by Xu Songzi, is an active promoter of the ultra-left line On the other hand, she is domineering, fierce, and full of "sports". She tramples and hurts little people who are unable to fight at will. She is jealous of Hu Yuyin's beauty and can't stand so many men being attracted to Hu Yuyin. However, she can't get true love, so she can only go her own way behind the scenes and eat whatever she wants...

Wang Qiushe, played by Zhu Shibin, was once a A second-rate boy in the town, he was lazy and lazy, but in that era of reversal of right and wrong, he became a celebrity in Li Guoxiang's eyes by virtue of his poverty and hard work. She personally trained Wang Qiushe to become the party secretary of the town and entered the power structure. But after ten years of turmoil ended, Wang Qiuhe turned into a madman. He beat the broken gong and shouted hoarsely, "Movement, movement"...

Li Mangeng, played by Zhang Guangbei, is a veteran who once Become the party secretary of the town. He and Hu Yuyin were childhood sweethearts, but due to Hu Yuyin's poor family background, the organization did not allow them to marry. He betrayed Hu Yuyin twice, once by love and once by promise. In order to make up for his inner guilt, he vowed to take good care of Hu Yuyin, but in the end he betrayed her without conscience...

In the movie, Xu Ning plays Wu Zhao La, Liu Linian plays Li Guigui, and Li Moxian plays Yang Mingao. , Mai Wenyan plays a military doctor, etc. Other participating actors include Jiang Youshi, Xiao Qichang, Li Guowen, Xie Meijing, Ma Shaopeng, Jia Zhijie, Cao Hongdi, Zhao Zhong, Qu Jizhi, Wang Enzhu, Xia Wenhua, etc.

Although "Furong Town" is a reflective film, the sadness and pain contain both the weight of thought and the depth of humanity, and many scenes are filled with poetry and painting, such as when sweeping the streets with Hu Yuyin. , Qin Shutian dances the waltz while sweeping the streets, with a strong romanticism in his heart; when Li Guoxiang did not dare to love, Qin Shutian and Hu Yuyin would rather go to jail to love, which is touching.

Director Xie Jin once said: When I shoot things, I like to pursue a bit of poetry and painting. For example, in "Furong Town" the hero and heroine dance a waltz to sweep the streets, and in "Stage Sisters" the troupe pulls their hair, etc., these are all .

So, 35 years later, what is the situation of the main actors in the film?

Liu Xiaoqing was once known as the "Three Golden Flowers of Beijing Film Academy" together with Li Xiuming and Zhang Jinling. Decades have passed, and her star has been replaced by newcomers, but her glory has remained in people's hearts. Her representative works include "Little Flower", "Look at This Family", "Wedding", "Hibiscus Town", "The Wilderness", "Spring Peach", "Wu Zetian", etc. She won the 7th China Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress for her role as "Hu Yuyin" , the 10th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress, the 1st China Film and Performing Arts Society Golden Phoenix Award, Acting Society Award and other awards.

Jiang Wen graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1984. His film and television masterpieces include "Furong Town", "Red Sorghum", "Beijingers in New York", "Sunny Days", "Let the Bullets Fly", etc., 24 years old That is, he won the 1987 Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor for his outstanding performance in "Furong Town".

Zheng Zaishi was born in 1934. He was admitted to the acting department of Shanghai Film College in 1959. He has been an actor at Bayi Film Studio since 1983. His representative works include "Roar, Yellow River", "Flying Tiger" and "Express". Alarm 333", "Furong Town", "The People's Republic of China Will Not Forget", etc. However, Zheng Zaishi died in Beijing in 2007 at the age of 73.

Xu Songzi was born in Changchun, Jilin in 1955. At the age of 27, she was admitted to the Directing Department of the Central Academy of Drama. After graduation, she was assigned to the director room of Shanghai Film Studio. However, she mainly engaged in acting. Her representative works such as "Furong" "Town", "Old Shop", "Red Dust", "Red Swan", "Fugitive Love", "Everything Happens at Home", "Empty Mirror", "Mandarin Ducks Make Mistakes", "Let's Get Married", etc. Director works such as "The Woman Who Walked Through Winter" and "Zhouzhou" etc. In July 2018, she and Liu Xiaoqing were invited to the filming location of "Furong Town", where they ate rice tofu with tourists and danced Tujia dance...

Zhu Shibin is "Pan Dongzi" who wishes good luck. My elder brother was born in Beijing in 1944. He was admitted to the China Youth Art Theater at the age of 14 and is a drama actor. His representative works include "Furong Town", "The Lost Companion", "The Golden Thief", "The Creation of the World", "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "The Heaven and Earth Are Deep", etc. For his role as Wang Qiushe, he won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 10th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards.

Zhang Guangbei graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1986. His representative works include "Furong Town", "Arc", "Mutiny", "Bright Sword", "Sunrise in the East", "Jade Guanyin", etc. His wife is Chen Wei, a famous actress in the 1980s and 1990s. Daughter Zhang Sile has also inherited the good genes of her celebrity parents and is now also a film and television actor. She has appeared in film and television dramas such as "Special Operations", "Hou Hai Is Not the Sea", "War with Sirius" and "The Most Beautiful Youth".

"Furong Town" inherits and develops the fine tradition of Chinese realist films and achieves social effects that are both refined and popular. The film's reflections and accusations on history convey profound social connotations. The description of people's tenacity and the flame of humanity makes the film a classic masterpiece in the history of Chinese films...