1905 Movie News "The waves run, the waves flow, the surging rivers never end..." The familiar "Shanghai Beach" will definitely make many viewers immediately think of Xu Wenqiang, Feng Chengcheng, and the turbulent old Shanghai. The
TV series version of "Shanghai Bund" was filmed in 1980. Although Chow Yun-fat just turned 25 years old, he used his superb acting skills to easily control Xu Wenqiang's "smart" image.
This drama can be called the "traffic king" of the year. In 1990, in the "Top Ten TV Dramas of the 1980s" voted by Hong Kong TVB audiences, "Shanghai Bund" ranked first, and Chow Yun-Fat and Zhao Yazhi became TVB respectively. TV's highest-grossing hero and heroine. After
, in 1983, after Hong Kong TVB made some additional shots, the movie "Shanghai Beach" edited from the TV series was released.
If you ask the audience's memory of "Shanghai Bund", I believe someone will mention the crowded scene at the finale of the TV series, and "Shanghai Bund" also left a lot of classic scenes and images in the hearts of the audience. The classic "Xu Wenqiang" style of hat, windbreaker, and white gloves, as well as the "Feng Chengcheng" hairstyle with two braids, became the audience's collective memory of that era.
"Shanghai Beach" is successful because the legend shows the struggle history of Xu Wenqiang, a "little man". In the film, this very contradictory character shows the depth of penetrating the world, and because of its tragic ending, the whole film is even more profound.
Xu Wenqiang had a perfect ideal in life, but was brutally torn apart by reality, and finally lost his family, love, Shanghai beach, and even his life. The film not only tells the legends of the bloody business wars and tycoons in Shanghai, but also fulfills the audience's heroic dream in the plot.
Fage's representative role: "Shanghai Beach" Xu Wenqiang
gentle, forbearing and unrestrained
When it comes to Chow Yun-fat's film and television works, what classic character can you think of the fastest?
The gentle Xu Wenqiang in "Shanghai Bund", the affectionate Fan Liuyuan in "Love in a Fallen City", the bohemian Alang in "A Lang's Story", the affectionate and righteous Pony in "The True Color of Heroes", "God of Gamblers" "The domineering Gao Jin...
Although there are many roles, Xu Wenqiang is undoubtedly one of Chow Yun-fat's most classic roles. Xu Wenqiang not only has a handsome appearance, but also has a delicate mind and inner forbearance, so it is more profound. smell. It is understood that in order to play the role of Xu Wenqiang well, Chow Yun-fat studied the history of Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s, so he could create this character with the characteristics of the times.
The eternal sister of Zhi: "Shanghai Beach" Feng Chengcheng
Love parting, can't beg
Zhao Yazhi, who participated in the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant in 1973, has appeared in "Jinghua Yanyun", "Talking about Qianlong" and "The Legend of the New White Snake". The "Feng Chengcheng" of "Beach" was rated as one of the five most unforgettable heroines of TVB in the 20th century.
Zhao Yazhi played the role of Feng Chengcheng very successfully in "Shanghai Bund", showing the charm of every lady. Her infatuation with Xu Wenqiang is equally impressive, and the ending is a sigh of relief.
