Feng Shun in "Little Soldier Zhang Ga"
Feng Shun was born in Shenyang, northeast China in 1921, to his parents who came to Guandong from his hometown of Zhucheng, Shandong. Although he did not have a handsome appearance, with his love of acting, he was admitted to the Shenyang Fengtian Drama College at the age of 18.
After feng shun graduated from school, he worked as an actor in the full film company. In 1941, he participated in his first film "Spring Flowers". It tells the story of a beautiful girl and two young people entangled in love. The heroines are Li Xianglan, who is famous for singing the song "Night Fragrance", pu Ke, who later became famous, and Ling Yuan, who was named Zhang Min at the time.
Feng Shun (1st from the left) in "YingChun Song"
Feng Shun, who is not outstanding, not tall, and has small eyes, plays an inconspicuous dragon suit, which also begins his lifelong "obscure" screen career. It has successively appeared in movies such as "Blue Blood Shadow", "Dream of the Red Chamber", "White Mountain Black Water Blood Splash", "Lang Cai Female Appearance", "Haunted" and so on.
In 1942, Feng Shunnan went south to Shanghai, the birthplace of Chinese cinema, as a trade port open to the outside world, naturally influenced by a large number of Western films, and film creators incorporated Chinese elements into local films.
At this time, Feng Shun's eyes were wide open, not only watching and learning a large number of movies, humbly asking for advice from the predecessors in the film industry, but also starring in the feature film "Dream of the Red Chamber" jointly produced by stars Zhou Xuan, Yuan Meiyun and Wang Danfeng, although it was a flash of a small town.
Feng Shun in Dream of the Red Chamber (1st from the right)
After the victory of the War of Resistance, he came to the Third Studio of the Central Film Enterprise Company in Beiping.
After the peaceful liberation of Peiping in 1948, the party organization assigned Tian Fang to take over the third factory of CLP, on the basis of which the literary and artistic backbone from the northeast and Yan'an was brought together to establish the Beiping Film Studio, which was officially renamed Beijing Film Studio on October 1 of that year, and Feng Shun also became the first batch of actors in the Beidian Film Studio.
In 1950, the image of Feng Shun once again appeared in new Chinese films, criticizing the feudal superstition of Uncle Zhang in "Gods and Ghosts", and reflecting the Japanese squad leader in Lü Liang's anti-Japanese theme "The Legend of Lü Liang's Heroes".
As well as the feature film "Children's Affair", which was filmed to promote the first marriage law, his role can be seen in the cast list as Farmer C.
In 1952, Xian Qun, a famous choreographer and director of the Beijing Film Studio, completed the black-and-white feature film "Longsugou" based on the writer Lao She's drama of the same name. In the film, Feng Shun vividly portrays a hooligan Feng Dogzi who oppresses the people, which is his famous work from the film for many years.
In the 1950s and 1960s, feng shun's creative peak period was found, and he was featured in the famous films filmed by beijing film studios, such as "Wisdom to Huashan", "Spring and Autumn on the Water", "The Waves of Life", "Lin JiaPuzi"
"Storm", "Song of Youth", "Spring and Autumn on the Water", "Grain", "After the Armistice", "Honghu Red Guards", "Red Flag Spectrum", "Youth Luban" and other films.
These are all the same supporting roles, but Feng Shun still presents a vivid image in an extremely limited lens and a narrow space.
Whenever he appears, there must be an element of happiness and pleasure on the screen. Even if there is only one picture, the vivid and interesting long portrait will make the audience shine.
Feng Shun with Tian Fang and Yang Jing
In 1963, the famous director Cui Wei filmed the children's theme film "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", which reflected the War of Resistance Against Japan, in order to truly restore the characteristics of the times, his requirements for all actors were :"We need to live on the screen full of earthy atmosphere, not performance." ”
Group photo of Feng Shun and Cui Wei and others
Unsurprisingly, Feng Shun once again played a villain, albeit as a puppet army with few scenes. He learns from life, draws nutrients from his own experience, and draws nutrients from other images, and character biographies and character analysis are indispensable links. He plays the insatiable, cowardly puppet army. Although there are only a few shots, his real image, exquisite portrait, and comical portrayal of this character, has also become one of his important masterpieces.
In order to improve his artistic accomplishment, Feng Shun not only learned Peking Opera singing and Kunqu opera. Many years ago, he wrote a pamphlet "Common Sense of Drama Makeup" based on his experience in the field of theater.
He also immersed himself in the study of calligraphy, and the seal book was also well received. Friends gave poems to praise: "The small hoe in the film industry is often happy, and the most bitter idea in life"
Feng Shun, who entered the new era, also starred in many film and television works such as "The Mysterious Buddha", "Wulin Zhi", "Agni King Kong", "Water Margin", "Bath" and so on.
"Agni Golden Steel" is a film of the same name based on Liu Liu's novel of the same name, which tells many stories of song and tears that happened during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when the military and people of Jizhong under the leadership of the Communist Party fought heroically against devils and traitors.
Feng Shun plays a shrewd, scheming vice president of the maintenance association Xie Laozhuan. Leave a deeper character image for the audience.
Feng Shun has been following the art for decades and has starred in nearly 200 film and television works. Although the common characteristics of the characters are often: there are not many lines, and there are many lines. He is like a small green leaf in the film world, and it also adds luster to the Chinese screen. He died in 1999 at the age of 78.