Speaking of the old actor Summer of Shanghai Film Studio, the first role I thought of was the boss Ma in "The Secret Whistle of Yangcheng". Over the years, he and Boss Ma are almost identical. Just like Feng Zhe is equivalent to Wang Lian in "The Dark Whistle of Yangcheng".
Following the eight-gu actor Di Fan swaying into a craft shop, we heard the first line of Ma’s boss: "You can understand the timing, join the party-state, and plan for success in the future. Come to Taiwan..." He was seen sitting behind a table, speaking to two newly recruited agents. My feeling at the time was that the actor who played Boss Ma was really strong enough and his voice was very distinctive. When he interprets that line, a few subtle miracles can be said to be vivid, and the design of a few small movements shows the identity and character of this character at once.
This is the first time I saw an old actor's performance on the screen in summer. At that time, I was attracted and shocked by his skillful acting skills.
Then, in the movie "Lin Zexu", I saw him play the scheming villain Mu Zhanga. Because Lin Zexu's smoking ban directly ruined Mu Zhang's financial resources, he obstructed in every possible way and even harmed Lin Zexu, implying that Lin Zexu would rebel in front of the emperor, and the emperor became suspicious of Lin Zexu. Xia Xia interprets Mu Zhang'a's hypocrisy and insidious cunning very well. However, he did not simply make the characters face-to-face, but first showed Mu Zhang'a's dignified side. If the image of a minister whom the emperor trusts is established, then the villain will be more credible if he does bad things.
saw Mu Zhanga played by Xia, I couldn't help giving him a thumbs up: is really a good actor.
was born in Shanghai in the summer of 1920. He was born in Pizhou, Jiangsu, and his original name was Xia Keping. His father was a soldier, so influenced by his father, he first entered the Army Officer School (formerly Huangpu Military Academy) to study. But when he had just entered school for more than a year, he was expelled. Why? Because he is too radical in thinking and often confronts his teacher. After that, he made his living as an actor. He has enjoyed acting since he was a child, and he has watched many movies in Shanghai, and he is deeply inspired. He is eager to wait for the screen and become one of them.
So, he applied for the National Academy of Drama, and he was talented and he tried again to study drama performance. However, he did not expect to be fired again a year later. Why this time? Because he doesn't listen to greetings or persuasion, he always gathers progressive students and organizes everyone to carry out student sports. This gave the school a headache and drove him back home. Although
was fired again in the summer, he did not extinguish his inner desire to awaken the people's fighting spirit through acting. He later became a member of the experimental drama team of the Ministry of Education. One day, the acting team was preparing to play "Outside History of the Qing Palace" and everything was ready, but the actor who played Li Lianying was temporarily unable to come. Under such circumstances, the director thought of summer and pushed him up. He did not expect that he was very stable on stage and was a good material for an actor, so he officially became a drama actor. Participated in performances such as "National Supreme", "Chongqing 24 Hours", "Hamlet", "Yue Fei", "Transformation", "Home", "Female Shopkeeper", etc. He gained the feeling of being like a fish in water on the stage, and also accumulated a lot of performance experience.
In Chongqing at that time, my country's drama industry was in a prosperous period, during which many outstanding drama actors such as Bai Yang, Jinshan, Shu Xiuwen, Zhang Ruifang, Qin Yi were born. Xia Xia, as one of them, has greatly improved his acting skills in various stage practices. His performances in "Sunrise", "Cold Spring", "Promotion Picture", "The Wilderness", "The Phoenix of Hairpin" and other dramas have left a deep impression on the audience.
Later, I saw that his roles in many movies have a common feature, that is, his line skills are very good. I think this has something to do with his many years of drama performance.
In the summer of 1946, he entered Kunlun Pictures and China Power No. 1 Factory as an actor. He started from a very high starting point as a film actor. The first film was "A River of Spring Water Flows East", which he collaborated with Bai Yang, Tao Jin, Shu Xiuwen, Shangguan Yunzhu, Wu Yin, and others. The heavy bureaucratic staff, Section Chief Gong, his vivid performance made people feel very authentic and credible.
Immediately afterwards he took part in the filming of films such as "A Spring Dream in Paradise", "The Unstoppable Spring Light", and "Demons". He played the villain from the beginning, which seems to have shaped his career as a film actor. Since then, he has participated in many film performances, almost all of them are villains. The minions in "Rhapsody of Happiness", Boss Lu in "Beauty", and the thin monkey in "The Murderer" are all familiar characters.
In the summer of 1948, I went to the liberated area of northern Jiangsu with Pan Woyuan and others, and held a wedding here with Pan Woyuan. After the founding of New China in 1949, he became a member of the Shanghai Film Studio in the summer. He played Liu Sancai in "Cuigang Red Flag", spies in "Huaishang Family", Zuo Pian in "Li Shizhen", and Played Fu Yin in "The Story of Qiu Weng Meeting Immortal", played Kong Bingyuan in "Spring in the Water Country", and Lao Ba in "Mo Ya Dai". His wife Pan Woyuan became a voice actor in Shanghai Translation Studio.
Because the villain he plays is so characteristic, he is often regarded as a "object of suspicion" by unknown people in life. Once he followed the film crew to the countryside to film a movie, but the local staff in charge of reception always stared at him blankly. Seeing that his hair was straight in his heart, he was later asked to ask what was going on, only to realize that the staff member regarded him as Mu Zhang'a in "Lin Zexu", saying that this person is too hypocritical and not a good person.
But in fact, summer is really a good person in life. Not only is he very enthusiastic about his colleagues and neighbors, but he also insists on principles in art and refuses hypocrisy. In order to play a good role, he would often look around for people with the same experience, and study the script again and again. I think it is because of this seriousness that the roles he portrayed on the screen are so vivid, right?
Later, Xia Tian also became a director, directing films such as "Hiding the Light", showing his talent. A fan friend of
once asked me, "have he played a positive image when he played so many villains on the screen in the summer?" My answer is yes, but there are not many. For example, Liang Dakang in "The Great Wave", Zhu Autonomous in "Gourmet", and the customer in "The Barber" are all good images he played. It can be said that there are only a handful of them.
In 2005, the former villain performance artist of Shanghai Film Studio died of illness in the summer at the age of 85. He has presented his life to the film industry. Although most of his roles are villains, the memories left to the audience are very deep. Here, let us pay tribute to summer and the old artists like summer.
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