I clearly remember that when I was 8 years old, my neighbor’s girl took me to the cinema to watch the Korean movie "Flower Girl". We all burst into tears. After the movie ended, the neighbor's girl wiped her tears and said, "Hua Ni's fate is so tragic. The voice of the actor who voices Hua Ni is so nice." There is a profession called “voice actor”. But it is not clear what the name of the actor who voices Hua Ni is.
It wasn’t until I grew up and watched the Pakistani movie “Eternal Love” that I learned that the actor who voiced Rosie was also the actor who voiced Hua Ni. Her name is Xiang Junshu.
Oh, how can there be such a sweet, soft and affectionate voice in this world?
This made me very interested in the person behind this voice.
Unexpectedly, after getting to know Xiang Junshu better, I admired and loved her even more.
She is not only an excellent actor, but also a gentle and good wife and a competent mother.
Why can she match the voice of Hua Ni in "Flower Girl" so well? I think this has a lot to do with her childhood experience.
Xiang Junshu’s childhood experience had a huge impact on her life.
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On April 7, 1925, Xiang Junshu was born in an intellectual family in Beijing. Her father was very knowledgeable, so the name he gave her was also very particular. The word "jun" in Xiang Junshu refers to an outstanding and talented person, taking the meaning of Junxiu, Junyi and Junmei.
A person is as her name suggests. After we get to know Xiang Junshu, we will find that only the word "Juan" is the most consistent with her nature and temperament.
But Xiang Junshu once changed his name. The change of name also indicates that her destiny has changed from stable to unstable.
When she was 8 years old, her father, who loved her very much, suddenly died of illness. After losing the backbone of their family, their family's situation plummeted. At that time, Xiang's mother was unable to make ends meet with several children, so she sent her three children, including Xiang Junshu, to different families.
Xiang Junshu met a family from Harbin in the northeast. The head of the household was named Xu. The family was well off and they were willing to adopt Xiang Junshu as their adopted daughter. But the prerequisite is that the name must be changed.
In this way, Xiang Junshu’s name was changed to Xu Peihua. Then he followed his adoptive father named Xu to Harbin, thousands of miles away.
But an 8-year-old child actually already remembers things in his mind. She knew very well what she was going through. She had to be separated from her mother and siblings just because of the pressure of life. Moreover, when you go to other people's homes, you are always living under someone else's roof. No matter how rich your adoptive father's family is, how can it compare to the warmth of your own original family.
Ke Xiang Junshu just silently kept all these feelings in his heart.
She turned out to be a very cheerful little girl. Her greatest pleasure was to cuddle up in her father's arms and laugh non-stop. But after changing her name, she became taciturn.Most of the time, she would hide in her room and read alone. Occasionally she would look up at others, and her eyes would be filled with endless sadness.
Later, decades later, she poured all her true feelings of confusion, loneliness and weakness into the character Hua Ni in "The Flower Girl". Because she felt the same way, she acted so sincerely. Everything, thus creating deep "empathy" among countless viewers.
At this time, although Xiang Junshu's personality has become very introverted, she is particularly strong. In addition, she is very talented, so she comes out on top in every exam. In the end, she ranked first and was admitted to the only girls' middle school in Harbin at the time. From this we can see that Xiang Junshu was a genius "student" when he was a girl.
On the surface, the Xu family treats Jun Shu very well, but in fact they just treat her as a "money tree". When she was 16 years old, a marriage was arranged for her early and she was betrothed to a rich young master. After learning about this situation, Xiang Junshu sternly refused. She showed unusual determination. But the adoptive mother feels that since we have raised you so big, we naturally have the right to control everything about you. As a result, the two had huge differences.
When the adoptive mother threatened, "If you don't agree to the marriage, you will no longer be our daughter, and you will not be allowed to enter this family again in the future." Xiang Junshu bowed to the adoptive mother with tears in his eyes, and then left without looking back.
She first changed her name back, then came to Beijing, and with excellent results, was admitted to the private Beiman Girls' Middle School in Peking.
Xiang Junshu discovered that after she changed her name, her fate became different.
A new world seemed to appear before her eyes.
She has loved singing since she was a child, and she has a voice as good as a silver bell. So when she was 18 years old, she followed her wish and successfully passed the Music Department of Beijing Academy of Fine Arts. And in school, her acting talents were quickly discovered by teachers and classmates. When the school rehearsed the drama "Flying Orioles", Xiang Junshu participated in the performance and was recognized for his acting skills. Later, the Gucheng Drama Club also extended an invitation to her and arranged for her to play the leading role in the drama "Tears on a Singing Shirt", which further enabled her to find the joy of acting.
But what really made Xiang Junshu smile on her face was what she encountered a year later.
She didn’t expect that she would enter such a magical world.
2.
In March 1949, the People’s Republic of China was about to be founded. In order to cultivate literary and artistic cadres, the School of Literature and Art of North China University recruited more than 1,000 young students from the Pingjin area to study in the drama, music, and fine arts departments. Xiang Junshu was lucky enough to become a member of the drama department.
In September of this year, after Xiang Junshu graduated from the Drama Department of the College of Literature and Art of North China University, he was assigned to work as an actor in the Northeast Film Studio (later Changying Film Studio) in Jilin.
Like many girls of the same age, Xiang Junshu likes watching movies, but she never thought that one day she would be engaged in movie-related work. So she was very happy and had more smiles on her face. No matter what job the organization arranged for her to do, she worked extremely hard.
What East Film Studio lacked the most at that time was dubbing talent. When director Yuan Naichen directed New China's first translated film "An Ordinary Soldier", he couldn't find a voice actor, so he even hired Zhang Yukun who was a projectionist. So when Xiang Junshu, who had a voice as clear as a lark, appeared in front of him, he felt like a treasure. When he directed his second translated film "The Russian Question", he boldly cast Xiang Junshu as the dubbing voice for the role of Meg in the film.
This is Xiang Junshu's first dubbing work in Dongying Studio. At first, it was difficult for her to find the feeling when staring at the screen and speaking lines into the microphone, let alone "lip syncing". But under the guidance of experienced teachers such as Yuan Naichen, Bai Jingsheng, and Che Xuan, this smart girl quickly got into the groove. When she took on the role of dubbing again, she was able to achieve both voice and emotion.
So next, Xiang Junshu naturally became the main voice actor of Changying Studio, and served as dubbing for "The Great Turning", "Conquering Berlin", "Real People", "The Wanderer", etc. Especially the role of Leda in the Indian movie "The Wanderer", Xiang Junshu was given a sweet voice and gentle intonation, which better highlighted the beauty and kindness of this character.
In normal life, Xiang Junshu is an introverted girl who doesn't like to talk, but her achievements in work are obvious to everyone. At this time, there were many people around her, all casting admiring glances at her. Among them was a young man named Su Yun.
Su Yun was only 24 years old when he first met Xiang Junshu. But he was the management talent that Dongying Studio focused on cultivating at that time. Why? Because he is senior and capable.
He is from Shanxi. He joined the Eighth Route Army at the age of 13 and grew up rapidly in the smoke of gunfire. Although he only has a high school education, he is very smart and eager to learn, and he can learn anything quickly. Because of his talent in art, he was first assigned to study in the Luyi Art Department, and then to the Jinsui October Drama Club to create stage art. In 1947, he systematically studied the film production process, photography, printing and other aspects of knowledge, laying the foundation for his future film work.
In 1948, Su Yun followed the "Northwest Film Engineering Team" to the East Film Studio. Yuan Muzhi admired him very much and wanted to focus on training him, so he was assigned to the photography department as the section chief, and later promoted him to the production department. Deputy Director. In short, Su Yun was the youngest political cadre at Dongying Film Studio at that time and had a bright future.
So at that time, there were so many young girls who offered an olive branch to Su Yun that they could not be counted on ten fingers. However, Su Yun only had a soft spot for Xiang Junshu, who would go back to the dormitory as soon as he finished work and would only smile and say nothing when meeting people.
But when Su Yun expressed his feelings to Xiang Junshu, he was politely rejected by the girl.
This made Su Yun extremely frustrated. But after learning the real reason, he couldn't help but be "overjoyed." It turns out that Xiang Junshu had already noticed Su Yun, a young man who came and went every day.
And she also heard many "legendary stories" about Su Yun from many colleagues, and her affection for him doubled.
But when Su Yun boldly confessed his love to her, she was shocked and quickly refused. Because she felt that this was impossible.
Why?
Because she feels that her background is not good and her "social relations are complicated". She was worried that these circumstances of hers would have a negative impact on Su Yun's future.
After Su Yun learned about it, he thought to himself, the reason why Xiaoxiang had such concerns, didn't it mean that he was "also interested" in him? In this way, he is no longer just a "hair-saver". After thinking about it like this, his frown could not help but relax.
He launched an even more enthusiastic pursuit of love for Xiang Junshu. Xiang Junshu was finally moved by him, and the two people who truly loved each other came together.
However, as Xiang Junshu expected, their relationship was opposed by many people. Because a "red kid" fell in love with a "big lady", at that time, it was definitely a "big upset". Some leaders of Dongying Studio even believed that Xiang Junshu was "corrupting and tempting" revolutionary cadres. This made it difficult for Xiang Junshu to argue, so he had to break up with Su Yun.
But Su Yun was very stubborn, and his attitude was particularly tough on this matter. He told the leader who came to put pressure on him that even if I were removed from my position, I would still be with Xiao Xiang. The reason why you have misunderstandings about Xiaoxiang is because you don't understand her. It was only after I got along with her for a long time that I realized what a good girl she is.
In this way, with Su Yun's insistence, he and Xiang Junshu overcame many obstacles and came together. After getting married, they remained in love and gave birth to two children, a daughter and a son, which just made up the word "good".
Xiang Junshu is dignified and beautiful, with a pure and elegant temperament. He is a rare "screen actor". We can see this from her performance in movies such as "Tiger's Den". In this movie, she plays the wife of Director Xia of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. Although she doesn't have many roles, her performance is so natural.
So at that time, many crews of Changying Film Studio extended invitations to Xiang Junshu, but she declined them all. Because Su Yun was too busy at work, she could only sacrifice herself to fulfill her husband's needs.
But being a voice actor is different. She works in the factory all year round, and she can arrange and take care of everything big or small at home.
But even if he only did dubbing, Xiang Junshu also achieved great results. Her daughter once told us that when she was young, her mother seemed to be in a state of memorizing lines at all times. When she wakes up in the morning, she cooks breakfast for her family while flipping through the script and correcting the lines. Sometimes when she goes to sell vegetables on the street, she also puts the script in her pocket and takes it out from time to time to read it and mutter the words. When I put my children to bed at night, I still hold the script lines in my hands.
So sometimes my daughter will give her advice, Mom, are you looking at me or the script?
Su Yun also said, are you married to the movie, or are you married to me. After hearing this, Xiang Junshu smiled and said nothing. Do whatever needs to be done.
Xiang Junshu has worked at Changying Film Studio for decades and has served as dubbing for more than 200 film and television works.
I think her greatest dubbing feature is not her soft voice, but the emotion she pours into each role.
She gives different colors to different characters, such as Hua Ni in "Flower Girl", which is calm blue, Lida in "The Wanderer", which is elegant purple, and "Hua Ni" in "The Witness". Kyoko Basugi is mysterious black, and Rosie in "Eternal Love" is pure white...
But no matter what color it is, her emotions are always sincere and simple. I think this is what impresses us most about her dubbing.
In 1981, my country's first Golden Rooster Awards were held. Xiang Junshu won the Special Honor Award for his outstanding completion of the dubbing task of the Pakistani film "Eternal Love" and his voice that moved thousands of audiences. This is the first time that a Chinese voice actor has won this award.
In 2011, Xiang Junshu won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 28th Golden Rooster Award for his outstanding contribution to my country's dubbing industry.
She deserves all these awards and deserves them. But in her heart, movies and dubbing are not her favorites, her husband and a pair of children are.
IV.
Xiang Junshu and Su Yun came together because of true love.
And their marriage has withstood countless tests.
In the special era, Su Yun was labeled as a "capitalist roader", imprisoned in the "cow shed", and was picked out and criticized again and again. At this time, many people came to Xiang Junshu to do work, urging her to divorce Su Yun as soon as possible and draw a clear line, otherwise it would not only affect her, but also affect her two children.
But Xiang Junshu remained unmoved. To everyone, she only has one sentence: "I believe in Su Yun."
Once, Xiang Junshu took his daughter to deliver something to Su Yun. It happened that Su Yung had just endured a vicious beating. The back of his neck was swollen and there was a big bulge. Xiang Junshu cried immediately and asked, "Who is it? Such a vicious attack?" But Su Yun did not reply directly, only smiled and said, "Oh, they are just babies..."
After that, Xiang Junshu However, she cares more about her husband. Even though she is also under "supervision", she still takes the time to visit Su Yun every day. Even if she only says a few words to him, she feels better.
In 1969, Su Yun was finally reinstated and began to serve as the director of Changying Factory in August 1971. He was even busier, leading everyone to make many good movies such as "Sunny Day" and "Entrepreneurship". Xiang Junshu became the "factory director's wife" and was very busy, because she needed to take care of all the matters at home, and the dubbing work of the movies in the factory was one after another without stopping. when.
This couple, just like this, writing their "love legend" together while caring for each other and respecting each other as guests.
In 1985, Su Yun was elected as the vice chairman of the China Film Association. In 1986, Xiang Junshu also said goodbye to Changying Film Studio, where he had worked for 37 years, and came to Beijing to work as an actor in Beijing Film Studio.
After retirement, the old couple lived a peaceful and peaceful life in Beijing. Su Yun was not in good health, so Xiang Junshu put down his work and took on the task of taking care of Su Yun. Whether it was food and drink at home or accompanying Su Yun for a walk, Xiang Junshu always made meticulous and appropriate arrangements. This has a lot to do with her personality, which is gentle and delicate, and considerate of everything.
Their children are both outstanding under their training. And the names are very interesting. The daughter's name is Su Huan and the son's name is Su Jia. It can be seen from the name that their parents have great hopes for them. After growing up, Su Huan joined the magazine "Popular Films" that we are familiar with as an editor.
On July 31, 2005, 80-year-old Su Yun passed away in Beijing. Xiang Junshu was extremely sad.
1 years later, on December 12, 2016, my country's famous dubbing artist Xiang Junshu also died of illness and went to another world to meet Su Yun at the age of 92.
Although they are gone, the images they created, the voices they left behind, and the moving images they presented will always be deeply embedded in our minds.
Xiang Junshu experienced many ups and downs and pain in his childhood, which is difficult for outsiders to understand. So she has shown herself to be strong and independent throughout her life. In addition, she attaches great importance to the warmth of family. Fortunately, she met Su Yun, who gave her the sense of security she wanted most. From this perspective, her life is so complete.
Speaking of Xiang Junshu, I believe that many movie fans will never forget this former "Changying Dubbing Sister", right? Do you still remember her dubbing work? Which movie and role did she play in which is your favorite? Welcome to interact with more netizens through the message area.
