Viewers who have watched " Heroes and Children " are right:
"shoot me for victory". The line
is very impressive. This is a classic line from Wang Cheng in the play. It is Liu Shilong who plays Wang Cheng by
.
As an excellent actor, Liu Shilong performed many excellent works in his life.
includes " Liu Sanjie ", "Heroes and Sons", "Iron Giant" and so on.
However, he has a successful career, but his marriage is full of ups and downs.
He has been married 3 times in total, and each marriage was not very smooth.
His first wife fell in love with someone else in a marriage that lasted only 8 years.
Their son Liu Xiaolong was raised by Liu Shilong.
His second wife lived with him for 36 years
tragically passed away due to illness.
Liu Shilong is alone again. After
met his third wife and harvested happiness.
but he died 11 days after winning the award.
What happened in Liu Shilong's life?
01Growing up background
Liu Shilong was born in a knowledgeable family in the 1930s.
His father Liu Zongjin was an intellectual.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War , he gave up his work and joined the guerrillas resolutely.
as the guerrilla leader.
His mom was president of the Women's Rescue Society.
His sister Liu Zizhen is also a guerrilla.
Liu Shilong was sent to the army by his father when he was nine years old.
because his family was busy doing their job at the time and there was no one to take care of him.
was too young, he was sent to school by the army, and he also served as an orderly.
During his 12-year military career, he has participated in numerous battles, has been injured and made meritorious deeds.
When he was 16 years old, he joined the party and was an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs.
He can not only fight on the battlefield, but also sing and dance.
Later, he gradually became the head of the second wild 48th Division Art Troupe.
was sent to the Southwest People's Drama School to study. After the liberation of
, he and Pang Xueqin became the first batch of students recruited by the Performance Research Institute of the Central Film Bureau (the predecessor of Beijing Film Academy ).
Liu Shilong has never forgotten that he used to be a soldier.
wrote in the Graduation Ambition Assignment Sheet, "We must strive to create the image of a recruit."
However, Liu Shilong did not accept admission to the Central Film Bureau's Performance Research Institute after graduation.
Although the Central Film Bureau Performance Research Institute is the choice of most art candidates.
At that time, many excellent actors graduated from here, but Liu Shilong didn't care about this.
because Liu Shilong doesn't want to be an actor who can only act in idol dramas.
He wanted to make a red movie to show the audience the patriotism of the military.
So even if he was one step away from Beiying, he still gave up. After
graduated, Liu Shilong decisively rejected the admission of Beiying.
resolutely joined Northeast film studio .
Liu Shilong chose the Northeast Film Studio because only films with the theme of the Anti-Japanese War would be shot here.
This is very consistent with Liu Shilong's original intention.
promotes red culture and spirit through cinema.
Liu Shilong hopes to create his own world in the Northeast Film Studio. In 1954, Liu Shilong also officially started his acting career.
He participated in " Shajiadian Grain Station " and completed his screen debut, and the following year he participated in "Dong Cunrui".
Liu Shilong has been active on the screen ever since. At the beginning of
, he played a small role, but after all, it is a small role and the exposure is not high enough.
so he's not very famous.
but even a lot of people don't know him.
He also seriously finished the role in the playBeautiful performance. In
's "Mom, I want to become a monk", he and Bai Ruitong played a couple in the play.
Although Liu Shilong is not tall, he is handsome. In "Hongyan" after
, he played Li Yunlong .
played Li Yunlong's postman's identity too real in the play.
In 1960, he was selected by Suri, the director of the "Liu Sanjie" crew, to play the hero " Aniu ".
And his handsome appearance, strong physique and cheerful smile also deeply moved the audience.
But the most memorable part of this drama is "Liu Sanjie" Huang Wanqiu .
Liu Shilong's most brilliant work is "The Heroes and Sons" co-starring with Liu Shangxian and Tian Fang in 1964. After the
movie "Heroes and Children" began to cast, Liu Shilong's military experience made him stand out.
director Wu Zhaodi disregards everyone's opposition.
insisted on letting Liu Shilong play the role of Wang Cheng, the hero who rarely appeared in the "Children of Heroes".
said to Liu Shilong:
"Please rest assured, director, I will play well, I will not fight for my breath." After finishing speaking,
packed up his backpack and went to the outskirts of Changchun to join the army in the lower company where he used to be. After
arrived in the army, many items of standing guard, sentry, bombing, assassination and big contest.
He participated in the training without fail, and after three months, Liu Shilong had a heroic temperament.
Liu Shilong carefully read the literary script and storyboard in order to play the hero Wang Cheng well.
has experienced the director's requirements for Wang Cheng's role modeling many times, and he has done research on Wang Cheng's experience, thinking and ideas.
thought carefully about how Wang Cheng's character should react to different situations.
even has every move designed.
filming Now you can always see Liu Shilong's serious preparation and filming scenes, just the shot of Wang Cheng rushing through the gunfire.
Liu Shilong suffered a lot and suffered a lot of injuries for the filming of this drama. When
was officially filming, Liu Shilong needed to rush through the sea of fire with constant explosions and intense fire. After
filmed this scene, Liu Shilong's eyebrows were burnt out. The hair on the temples next to
's ears didn't burn more than half, and there were a lot of large blisters on his arms, which looked very painful.
Even so, Liu Shilong never flinched or cried out in pain.
used makeup to fill in the burnt eyebrows and sideburns in the subsequent shoots.
Liu Shilong continued to run back and forth in the sea of fire, regardless of the multiple blisters on his arms. After the shot of
was completed, Liu Shilong's arm was terrible, almost all blisters.
But Liu Shilong didn't care about it, and let the staff help him apply red potion, so that it was treated. After the broadcast of
in "Heroes and Sons", Liu Shilong's Wang Cheng has won unanimous praise. In fact,
can be regarded as Liu Shilong's true character.
Liu Shilong and Wang Cheng in the play both come from a family of patriots who have made great sacrifices for the country.
's love for the country and the new era is engraved in his bones, which is not a realm that performances can achieve.
He is accurate and true, full of sincerity to show the style of the warrior of that era.
Liu Shilong's most classic line as Wang Cheng in the play is: "For victory, shoot at me!"
With the release of the film, the role of Wang Cheng has become a hero in everyone's mind, and the actor Liu Shilong also left into everyone's sight.
03 Proud in the workplace, frustrated in love
Liu Shilong's acting career has made some achievements.
But his love life is full of ups and downs, full of bitterness and happiness.
Liu Shilong has a total of three marriages, and the first two marriages made him very painful.
did not regain happiness until the third marriage.
Liu Shilong's first wife, Lu Min, graduated from CCTVFilm Bureau Beijing Film School.
has appeared in the movies " Shangrao Concentration Camp ", "Unfinished Comedy", "The Fire is on Fire" and so on.
When he was 24 years old, he entered the marriage hall step by step.
But this is a loveless marriage.
just completed a thing that should be done at the age of marriage.
eventually divorced, ending an 8-year marriage.
But due to various reasons, the two got divorced first.
Later, Lu Min died by suicide at the age of 43. After
divorced, his son Liu Xiaolong lived with Liu Shilong. Influenced by his father, Liu Xiaolong also became a soldier when he grew up.
But unfortunately Liu Xiaolong died in a car accident in 1990 at the age of 36. In 1966, Liu Shilong married his second wife, Mang Shuangying, a Mongolian dancer.
Mang Shuangying is a graduate of Beijing Dance School. After graduation, she worked at Jilin Provincial Song and Dance Theatre . When
met Liu Shilong, she was in a relationship with one of Liu Shilong's friends.
But there was a little problem in the relationship between the two. Liu Shilong originally wanted to help his friend do ideological work for her.
did not want to chat and found that Liu Shilong and Mang Shuangying had very similar ideas.
Mang Shuangying thought that Liu Shilong was the one she wanted to be with for the rest of her life, so she shared her thoughts with Liu Shilong.
Liu Shilong was taken aback when he heard it, because he was not only nine years older than Mang Shuangying.
and the salary is one level lower than her, I feel that I am not worthy of her.
and the blunt Mang Shuangying said that he didn't care about this, because he didn't marry him. After
got married, life was very sweet.
Mang Shuangying gave birth to two sons for him. The eldest son Liu Xiaoyang is also engaged in literary and artistic work like his parents.
Unfortunately, in 2001, Mang Shuangying, the chairman of Jilin Dance Association, was diagnosed with leukemia .
died in March 2002 at the age of 63.
The blow of the two divorces made Liu Shilong dare not try new feelings in his heart. For a long time after
, Liu Shilong has been alone without any new feelings.
But in 2002, Liu Shilong, who was already more than 70 years old, unexpectedly ushered in love again. The appearance of a female fan of
made Liu Shilong no longer alone, in the process of communicating with Liu Shilong.
female fans talked about their admiration for Liu Shilong, and also expressed the idea of marrying Liu Shilong as husband and wife. After meeting,
learned that the woman was named Chang Jiarui.
She is more than 30 years younger than Liu Shilong, and Chang Jiarui also has an unfortunate marriage.
Her husband died in a car accident when she was 23 years old. After
, like Liu Shilong, she has been alone.
In an accidental TV show, Chang Jiarui learned about Liu Shilong's loss of his wife.
She felt that maybe it was fate's final arrangement for them. Since then,
has been trying to find any opportunity to contact Liu Shilong. Both
have experienced bereavement. Although
had the same experience, Liu Shilong did not agree to Chang Jiarui's request for marriage.
instead politely rejected her.
and Chang Jiarui did not give up on this. In the following days, she often wrote to Liu Shilong and communicated with each other.
is also under the watering of this continuous love, the two hearts that have been devastated by fate finally come together.
Chang Jiarui often flew to Changchun, and the two also started this long-distance relationship. Since then,
has abandoned the differences between age and region, and lived an ordinary and stable life. The
and
have two sons after more than ten years of marriage.
She and Liu Shilong cherish each other, accompany each other, and are tolerant and understanding.
This legendary twilight love ended on September 27, 2017, when Liu Shilong died of illness in Changchun.
is 87 years old.
Liu ShiThe passing of Mr. Long Lao is not only the eternal pain of his family and friends, but also the regret of the majority of movie fans. The sad thing about
is that it was just 11 days before his death.
Liu Shilong won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 31st China Film Golden Rooster Awards. The trophy
was undoubtedly the best gift he had before his death, even standing in front of the screen.
He still demands himself with the attitude of a soldier, the legendary old artist of both virtue and art.
not only brought the power of heroes to that era and inspired the people of that time.
has also continued into the spiritual world of the Chinese people for generations to come. This spirit is worthy of our respect!