Du Shiniang is the heroine of the Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's book "Warning to the World: Du Shiniang's Angry Sinking Treasure Chest", she stubbornly struggles to get rid of adversity, and pins all her hopes on Li Jia, a rich prince in Shaoxing Province. However, as a Qinglou woman, she could not escape the shackles of her tragic fate no matter how hard she tried, and Li Jia betrayed her faith and sold it to Sun Fu. Under the ashes of all thoughts, Du Shiniang angrily scolded Sun Fu, rebuked Li Jia, and threw the treasures in the treasure chest that he had treasured for many years into the river, and finally jumped into the rolling waves. For thousands of years, the story of Du Shiniang has been widely circulated, people have placed infinite sympathy for her, and her image has also appeared in different artistic categories, today we will take a look at Du Shiniang in film and television drama.
Du Shiniang first appeared on the screen in 1940, directed by Li Pingqian, the title is called "Du Shiniang", Chen Yanyan played Du Shiniang, Liu Qiong played Li Jia, Wang Xianzhai played Sun Fu, Chen Yanyan was one of the four great tragedies at that time, and she played Ten Niang, and earned enough tears from the audience. Liu Qiong was personable in her early years, often playing a villain, and Wang Xianzhai was also a famous villain star, such a lineup was already very strong at that time.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the North Film Studio put the Sichuan opera "Du Shiniang" on the screen, which is the representative work of Sichuan opera performance artist Liao Jingqiu and the first color film of Sichuan opera. The beautiful singing voice on the screen makes the ancient art of Sichuan opera enter the hearts of the audience.
The 1981 feature film "Du Shiniang", starring Pan Hong, is the most familiar version for audiences, and the script of the film was produced in the 1950s and has been delayed for more than 20 years due to interference. The film story basically adopts the original work, but highlights the inner drama of the ten niangs, Pan Hong's performance is vivid and natural, and the strong tragic beauty shocked the audience, in the sixth "Popular Film" Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress, Pan Hong's role won the third place, but also because of the conflict with "Middle-aged", the number of votes was scattered, and did not win the Best Actress Award of the Hundred Flowers Award that year.
On the Stage of Yue Opera, performance artist Fu Quanxiang is Du Shiniang's best interpreter, and Fu Pai's singing voice is high-pitched and pathetic, which makes people sound heartbreaking. In 1990, the story was put on the TV screen and appeared in the form of a Yue opera TV series, and Fu Quanxiang, who was over the age of flower armor, once again appeared as a tragic figure.
In 2003, a Hong Kong film agency made a drastic change to this story, in the form of comedy, the title of the film is "Hua Kui Du Ten Niang", invited a group of popular stars to star, although it was hyped in advance, but the box office is not ideal, the film is a bit unusual, four different. However, the appearances of Li Jiaxin and Wu Yanzu are still quite eye-catching.
With the development of the times, Du Shiniang's story is also quietly changing, but no matter how it changes, it cannot weaken its tragedy, and her spirit of resistance is also worth affirming. So with so many versions of Du Shiniang, which version do you remember the most? Feel free to leave a comment to express your views.