On January 25, the anti-Japanese legendary drama "Gou Sheng Run" directed by Wang Xinjun and starring Jiang Long , Shi Ce , Qin Hailu , You Zhiyong, Jiang Yi and other actors was released on CCTV's eight TV drama channels and iQiyi starts broadcasting. The play uses the Anti-Japanese War as the historical background and is rooted in Chinese vernacular, creating vivid, ordinary and great little characters.
The protagonist Gou Sheng in "Gou Sheng Run" has a very resonant tragic fate. He was adopted by an ordinary family as an abandoned child when he was a child. When he became an adult, he returned from the Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts. He had a crush on Xing'er, a girl from the same village. The budding young man joined the army to fight against Japan in place of his brother Wang Mao for the simple purpose of "making money and marrying a wife". In a series of military and battlefield encounters, he achieved personality growth and gained a more thorough and profound self-understanding of his responsibilities and responsibilities for his home and country that were invaded by war. Gou Sheng's actions in the play fully demonstrate the growth arc of the little character in the process of climbing and rolling. Whether it is the witty confrontation with Director Yang, or the idealism of having the courage to fight against injustice after joining the army, these are ordinary feats of this character to cultivate the pure land of inner ideals.
The proposition of growth shows diversified expressions in "Gou Sheng Run". In addition to the protagonist Gou Sheng, the creative team created a group of flesh-and-blood little characters in the play. At the beginning of the story, Yang San, who was always against Gou Sheng and had evil intentions, witnessed a series of brutal and brutal acts by the Japanese invaders. He resolutely joined the revolutionary ranks and devoted all his strength to defending his homeland and country; the aspiring young man Peach Face Facing the arrogant and domineering Japanese army, they did not sway, obey or be cowardly. This set a positive spiritual benchmark for the young Chinese people in the war years. It also explained the Chinese nation's ability to survive the heavy catastrophes and stand firm in the world through its growth bit by bit. The foundation of the bones. In such stories of seemingly inconspicuous little people, growth is a common destiny and decision. They have witnessed the suffering of their compatriots, experienced the baptism of war, have different backgrounds and personalities, and finally walked towards the same great future. road.
In terms of genre expression style, "Gou Sheng Run" is based on the genre background of the main drama, starting from the two contexts of "sadness" and "happiness". "Sadness" is the persistence of traditional techniques, and "happiness" is the Innovation in expression style.
The miserable experiences of small Chinese characters during the Anti-Japanese War, represented by Gou Sheng, and the turmoil lingering over the country in the broader era are the "tragedy" embedded in history; the funny and humorous human relationships The entanglement of interests between people, as well as the absurd and absurd legendary situations that people experience in pursuing their ideals in life, are the "joy" attached to the expression technique. "Sadness" and "joy" are intertwined, leading the audience to gain insight into the complexity of the fate of small people in the great era from two perspectives - if there are no people, the country will not be able to survive. As an inspirational anti-Japanese war drama, "Gou Sheng Run" is based on the theme of "a small family gathering a big country". It reflects the unyielding blood of many small people and depicts to the world the spirit of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. spine.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Zu Weiwei
