Poster of the movie "Red Detachment of Women" starring Zhu Xijuan.
In a lavender beret, a few strands of blonde curls are exposed on her forehead. Vintage white polka-dot light green shirt, a light green jersey of the same color, light blue pants.
Zhu Xijuan's appearance is both chic and fresh, and she is still in her prime.
The retro and elegant beret seems to be her standard, and she has been seen on different occasions wearing black, white, red and other colors of berets, which are very nice. Accompanied by a brisk pace, eyes as sharp as ever, who would have thought she was 83 years old.
From the red movie protagonist to the Lifetime Achievement Award
In 1959, because of a pair of "hot big eyes", she was director Xie Jin, starring in the "Red Detachment of Women" heroine Wu Qionghua role.
The Red Detachment of Women is a war movie produced by the Shanghai Film Studio, which tells the story of the Second Domestic Revolutionary War, the tenacious, spirited, brave and simple Wu Qionghua, who grew up from a slave to become a ****productivist warrior, and the story of the battle of the Red Detachment of Women in Hainan.
In 1960, on the day of the founding of the Party, The Red Detachment of Women was released in theaters and became a national sensation. Overnight, Zhu Xijuan became popular throughout China.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party, at 10:00 am on March 25th, Zhu Xijuan wanted to record a blessing video for the "Watching Movies and Learning the History of the Party" themed activity in Guangdong Province.
In order to record the video, Zhu Xijuan brought a small black jacket from home. Like Wu Qionghua, she put on the black jacket and memorized the blessing without saying a word.
In the meantime, her son came over, and she immediately said, "Help me look at the image.
One of the original blessings was: pay homage to the classics, pass on the history, not forgetting the original heart, and move forward. Zhu Xijuan immediately objected, "with the 'strengthening' is not enough living, the people may not understand, I changed to continue to move forward."
Over the years, Zhu Xijuan has been "continuing to move forward". 1983, she has been famous for the role of "Wu Qionghua" in the movie "The Red Detachment of Women", and moved to Shenzhen for her second career. "She became the deputy director of Shenzhen Television and opened up the TV business in the Special Administrative Region. After three years, Shenzhen TV station in a grassy lake rose up, a number of television series reflecting the construction of the Special Administrative Region came out, creating a cultural sector "Shenzhen speed".
At the age of 60, she learned English, got her driver's license at 65, starred in Snowy Winter Solstice at 78, and Empty Nest at 81, Zhu Xijuan retired in 1998, and continued to "move forward".
In 1962, Zhu Xijuan won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress in a Popular Film for her role in The Red Detachment of Women. Premier Zhou Enlai also attended the Ball of the Hundred Flowers Popular Film Awards, and at the Ball, the Premier said, "Today, my first dance will be with the best actress!" As a result, Zhu Xijuan stepped on the Premier's foot several times in her nervousness.
In 1962, when China selected the "twenty-two stars", Zhu Xijuan was the youngest among the "twenty-two stars", and at the age of 24, she was already on par with Wang Xinguang, Wang Xiaotang, Xie Fang, etc. In 2018, at the age of 80, Zhu Xijuan was honored with the Golden Rooster Hundred Flowers Award. The first time I've ever seen a movie, I've never seen a movie.
For the award, Zhu Xijuan said lightly, I am a grandmother, the opportunity to give more to the young.
The award was given to a woman who is a grandmother, and who has the opportunity to give more to the young people.
The woman is still the same "Wu Qiong Hua" (吴琼花)
Now Zhu Xijuan is still active in the film and TV industry.
For the development of the movie, she hopes that more good scripts will be discovered. If you just focus on the actors and not on the script, what's the use?
Obviously, she has her own movie persistence. 2019, at the age of 81, she made the Shenzhen-produced "Empty Nest".
The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by the famous writer Xue Yiwei, and tells the story of how the elderly empty nesters can live happily in their twilight years, which is a socialized problem in China and even in the world. Zhu Xijuan plays the role of Zhao Yimei, a middle school teacher in Shenzhen who lives alone with her son, who works in Beijing and doesn't come home to visit her. Zhao Yimei is a lonely person who doesn't like to socialize with others. After and health care salesman Lei Xiaoding grandparents and grandchildren have strong feelings, has tried to cover up Lei Xiaoding fraud.
Talking about the price of movie tickets, Zhu Xijuan said, "It's too expensive to go to the movies now, it used to be only a few cents.
In her words, although she thinks she is getting older, Zhu Xijuan is still very young at heart. Not only does she dress young, but in life, she also requires herself to keep up with the world of young people, WeChat, Taobao, one after another.
Zhu Xijuan, who is already in her 80s and 90s, still seems to be the same "Wu Qionghua" as she was when she was in her 80s and 90s.
"She always has inexhaustible energy and talent."
Guo Baochang, an old friend and writer-director of The Mansion, said of Zhu Xijuan: "In 1984, she asked me if I was willing to come to Shenzhen, and I followed her there without any hesitation." After coming to Shenzhen, they made a lot of TV dramas and a movie called "Male Citizen". "This is one of the most satisfying works I've ever made, and I think she's very courageous, grasping the subject matter of Shenzhen's reforms and walking in front of it." Now, Zhu Xijuan is still on the front line, and Guo Baochang has seen her acting in many TV dramas and movies, and is overwhelmed with emotion. "The older she gets, the busier she gets, the more energy she has, the more talent she has. She has always maintained a very advanced posture, I hope she will live a long and healthy life, and can continue to show her talent in the creation of more good roles."
Liu Shu, the author of Zhu Xijuan's autobiography, "Forward Forever - Zhu Xijuan," once commented that her performance as Wu Qionghua was actually a true performance, and that her character had a lot of similarities with Wu Qionghua's. When an actor's own character is similar to that of Wu Qionghua's, it's not easy for him or her to be a good actress. When an actor's own character and her character match invisibly, the character will be successful. When she was in school, people called her a tomboy, she couldn't play a particularly virtuous image, and she couldn't pretend to be like that - but she was very diligent and hard-working, and worked hard to develop her characterization of her acting, which proved to be a great success for her.
Intern Zhu Hanqi, Zhang Tong, Feng Yingqian
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